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VAJRA BODHI SEA

MAY, Mahayana 3001-Theravada 2517

Volume V - Series 10 - NO. 50

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WITHOUT BEGINNING, WITHOUT END, NEITHER OLD NOR NEW, EMPTY SPACE, THE DHARMAREALM SWALLOWED IN A GULP, THE SELF-NATURE SILENT AND STILL WITH NO INSIDE OR OUT, SO IT IS, SO IT IS, THE CAUSE IS JUST LIKE THIS.

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Table of Contents

BODHI SEAL OF THE PATRIARCHS
ACROSS THE SEA OF SUFFERING
      IN A BOAT OF VOWS
THE AMITABHA SUTRA
BIOGRAPHY OF THE VENERABLE MASTER HSU YUN
SANSKRIT LESSON
THE BODHI MIRROR
THE BODHI LECTERN
POETRY
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
DAILY RECORD OF THE SAGES TRAVELS
NEWS FROM THE DHARMA REALM
THE PONG SONG
Cover Gatha: Composed by Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua

Translated by Bhiksu Heng Kuan

Calligraphy by Lee Kuo Ch'ien

Layout by Kuo Hui 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.