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VAJRA BODHI SEA PUBLICATIONS

January, Mahayana 3000

Theravada 2516

Volume III

Series 7, No. 34

The United Palms Hand

SINGLE MINDEDLY REVERE THE GOD AMONG GODS; KIND THOUGHTS FOR LIVING BEINGS ARE TRUE AND SINCERE. ONE PLANTS CAUSES, REAPS RESULTS-SEEK WITHIN YOURSELF; WHEN REVERENCE IS MUTUAL, THE WAY IS NOT UNBALANCED.

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Table of Contents

Bodhi Seal of the Patriarchs--The Venerable Shou

THE EARTH STORE BODHISATTVA SUTRA

The Amitaba Sutra

Biography of the Venerable Hsu Yun

The Ten Dharma Realms

The Record of Water and Mirror

A Heavenly Demon (completed in this issue)

Sanskrit Lesson

The Bodhi Mirror, Bhiksu Ch'eng Hsiang

The Bodhi Lectern, Upasika Fong Kuo Hsiang

Dharma Realm Buddhist News
     South American Buddhist Visits Gold Mountain
     Pioneering a Vegetarian Thanksgiving
     Open Lectures on Buddhism at State College
     Hung Fu Temple Opening Gathas

The Art of a Chinese Modernist, by Chang Dai-chien

Vegetables for a Long Life--inside back cover.

Cover Gatha:

Composed by the Venerable Tripitaka Master Hua.

Translated by Disciple Bhiksu Heng Yo.

Calligraphy by Disciple Lee Kuo Ch'ien.

Layout by Eric Weber.


VAJRA BODHI SEA STAFF

Director of Publications: Bhiksu Heng Ch'ien

Director of Translations: Bhiksu Heng Ching, Upasika T'an Kuo Shih

Director of Administrations: Bhiksu Heng Shou

Permanent Advisor: Professor Lewis Lancaster

President: Upasaka I Kuo Jung

Editorial Board: The Vajra Bodhi Sea Publication Society Editorial Committee