VAJRA BODHI SEA

APRIL, MAHAYANA 3000
THERAVADA 2516
Volume IV 
Series 8, No. 37

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"FIRST AMONG THOSE WHO HEARD THE MOST" ANANDA'S POINTED OUT: "VAST LEARNING AND SOUND MEMORY" WAS KUNG'S DISCIPLE HUI. RECITING THE MAHAYANA BY HEART, PROFOUND AND DEEP PRAJNA WISDOM WELLS UP AND OVERFLOWS, JUST LIKE A BUBBLING SPRING.


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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Bodhi Seal of the Patriarchs-Tripitaka Master Hsuan Chuang
THE LOTUS SUTRA 
THE EARTH STORE SUTRA
THE AMITABHA SUTRA
Record of the Lives of the High Masters
The Biography of the Venerable Hsu Yun
The Bodhi Mirror—Bhiksu Hsin Ting
The Bodhi Lectern—Upasaka C.T. Shen
News from the Dharma Realm
Sangha Receives Offerings
    Refectory
    Open Lectures on Campus
    Safe Passage
Sanskrit Lesson


Cover Gatha: Composed by the Venerable Master Hua. Translated by Disciple Bhiksu Heng Kuan. Calligraphy by Disciple Lee Kuo Ch’ien. Layout by Disciple Kuo Hui Weber.

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Director of Translations: Bhiksu Heng Ching, Upasika T’an Kuo Shih
Director of Administrations: Bhiksu Heng Shou
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President: Upasaka I Kuo Jung
Editorial Board: The Vajra Bodhi Sea Publication Society Editorial Committee