VAJRA BODHI SEA

August, 1978 Mahayana 3005-Theravada 2521

Volume IX - Series 20 - NO. 99

sulu sulu

      Myriad things speak dharma. Who is there listening? Living beings in this world are false thoughts coagulating. All Buddha's basic origin is separate from words. Thus I have heard-the merit of Great Compassion.

A monthly journal of the orthodox Buddhism

Issued in July, 1978. Copyright by the Sino-American Buddhist Association, Vajra Bodhi Sea Publication Society.

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Table of Contents

Bodhi Seal of the Patriarchs
THE LOTUS SUTRA
AVATAMSAKA SUTRA: The Ten Grounds
Sanskrit Lesson, by Bhikshuni Heng Hsien
Self Enquiry, Bhikshu Heng K'ung
DISCIPLE OF L'ALCHEMIST, Translated by Shramanera Kuo Di
The Bodhi Mirror , Shramanera Kuo Chi
Pictorial Biography, Dharma Master Hsu Yun
BODHI STAND , Upasika Kuo Miao
With One Heart--Letters
News from the Dharma Realm:
     Pure Mind, Able Hands-Workshop
     Five New Lives
Poems: Pondering Self, by Kuo Yin Henry
       Kuan Yin, by Kuo Chuan Slater
 

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             VAJRA BODHI SEA PUBLICATION SOCIETY
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Cover:  Verse by Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua

              Translated by Upasika Kuo Ts'an

              Calligraphy by Shramanerika Heng Ming (English)

                             Upasaka Liu Kuo Chi (Chinese)


Photography: Bhikshu Heng Lai & Upasika Kuo Ling Pecaites.

VAJRA BODHI SEA STAFF

Director of Publications: Venerable Master Hsuan Hua

Chairman of the Board of Trustees: Upasaka C. T. Shen

President of the Vajra Bodhi Sea: Upasika Phuong Kuo Wu

Vice President of Vajra Bodhi Sea: Professor Lee Hsing Sun

Advisor: Prof. James Yu

Editors: Bhikshuni Heng Ch'ih, Bhikshuni Heng Ch'ing, Shramanerika Kuo Jing

Chinese Editor: Upasaka Liu Kuo Chi