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VAJRA BODHI SEA

August, Mahayana 3000-Theravada 2516

Volume IV - Series 9 - NO. 41

The Sweet Dew Hand


STARVING AND THIRSTY LIVING BEINGS LOOK TO THE PURE AND COOL, WHILE WITHERED WOOD LIVES ONCE AGAIN, EMITTING CURIOUS LIGHT. COMPASSIONATE KINDNESS VASTLY SAVES ALL IN THE THREE CREATIONS, SPRINKLING SWEET DEW EVERYWHERE RESCUES ALL LIVING BEINGS.

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Table of Contents
Bodhi Seal of The Patriarchs
             Vinaya Master Tao Hsuan
The Lotus Sutra
Dharma Talks
Record of Water and Mirror
Sanskrit Lesson
Pictorial Biography of the Venerable Hsu Yun
The Bodhi Mirror
            Bhiksu Chih Ming
The Bodhi Lectern
            Upasaka Kuo Fa Olson
Ch'an Master Lai Kuo
News From the Dharma
            3000th Anniversary of the Buddha's Birth
            Sangha Receives Offerings in the East
Vegetables for a Long Life

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