VAJRA BODHI SEA

Volume VIII - Series 18 - NO. 87

JYE LA JYE LA

      Angry eyes and arched eyebrows contain improper demons. Awesome virtue without bounds protects all of the Buddhas. Each and every living being attains to happiness. Bodhisattva's mission over he laughs aloud, "Ha, ha!"

VAJRA BODHI SEA. A monthly journal of the orthodox Buddhadharma.

Issued in July, 1977. Copyright c 1977 by the Sino-American Buddhist Association, Vajra Bodhi Sea Publication Society.

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Printed in the United States of America, 1977, issue no. 87

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Table of Contents

Bodhi Seal of the Patriarchs...Mahakashyapa
The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra
The Avatamsaka Sutra..10 Grounds Chapter
Abhidharmakosa Sastra, Karika No. 2...trans.. Dr. Thich Huyen-Vi
Sanskrit Lesson...by Bhikshuni Heng Hsien
Pictorial Biography of the Venerable Master Hsu Yun
The Bodhi Mirror....Bhikshu Heng Lai
The Bodhi Stand.....Upasika Yen Kuo Ya
Freezing, Don't Climb on Conditions..by Bhikshuni Heng Yin
NEWS FROM THE DHARMA REALM
   Three Steps One Bow: letters...by Bhikshu Heng Sure and Shramana Heng Ch'au
   His Eminence Pien, Cardinal Yu Visits Gold Mountain
   Celebration of the Birthday of the Venerable Master Hua
   "Celestial Horses" Exhibition Opens
   Summer Camp at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas
   My Guide on the Bodhisattva Path....by Gwo Syin Newell

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Cover gatha:  Composed by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua

              Translated by Bhikshuni Heng Hsien

              Calligraphy by Shramanerika Heng Wen

                             Bhikshuni Heng Ch'ih