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【本刊訊】萬佛聖城自九二年十二月十九日至二十五日，舉行為期一週的精進佛七，嚴格規定參加者必須禁語，受持八關齋戒，每日七炷香念佛，並禮佛一千拜（六十歲以上者，可以坐拜、跪拜，或者以念佛兩萬聲代替）並且不看報紙、不接撥電話、不收寄信件、並謝絕食客，一心向道。休息時間也是念佛、拜佛，萬佛殿呈現清淨的氣息，儘管規矩嚴格，參加者非常踴躍，在佛七的最後一天下午，宣公上人讓大家報告心得，許多人都有不可思議的感應與信心，並相約下次再來。
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(Announcement) The Sagely City of Ten Thousand Buddhas conducted a one-week Vigorous Buddha's Recitation Session from December 19th to the 25th. Participants were restricted from talking, reading newspapers and magazines, using the telephone, receiving or sending letters, and seeing visitors. There were many participants, in spite of the extremely strict regulations. They were all required to uphold the Eight Vegetarian Precepts and be present at all seven incense periods of reciting the Buddha's name. They were also required to complete one thousand bows each day. (Those over sixty-years old were allowed to bow in a sitting or kneeling position, or could recite the Buddha's name twenty thousand times in place of bowing.) Everyone single-mindedly worked towards the Way. Even resting periods were spent in diligent effort to bow and recite. These conditions caused the atmosphere in the Ten Thousand Buddhas Hall to be filled with peace and serenity.
On the last day of the Recitation Session, the Venerable Master asked for responses from the participants regarding to the Session. Many people were filled with faith and inconceivable states as a result of the Vigorous Buddha's Recitation Session.
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