Buddha-Dharma: Pure and Simple 2：佛法真義 A 21st Century Guide to Buddhist Teachings

　　In today’s Buddhist sphere, numerous claims have been made on what the Buddha has taught. However, were they truly spoken by the Buddha? The Buddha-Dharma: Pure and Simple series is an exploration of over 300 topics, where Venerable Master Hsing Yun clarifies the Buddha’s teachings in a way that is accessible and relevant to modern readers. Erroneous Buddhist views should be corrected, the true meaning of the Dharma must be preserved in order to hold true to the original intents of the Buddha.

　　This second installment contains 50 articles on the topics of doctrine and practice, strengthening our right view with a detailed explanation of fundamental Buddhist concepts, as well as practical guidance on how to bring the Dharma into our daily lives.
 

About Venerable Master Hsing Yun
Translator’s Introduction
Preface
1. A Drop of Water
2. Four Reliances
3. Improper Reliances
4. Believe, Accept, and Uphold the Dharma
5. Cultivation
6. Dual Cultivation of Merit and Wisdom
7. Three Acts of Goodness
8. Four Givings
9. Expedient Means
10. Five Harmonies
11. Húshuō Bādào
12. Wealth
13. Equality in Giving and Receiving
14. Unrighteous Generosity
15. Giving of Fearlessness
16. Repentance
17. Giving and Receiving
18. Letting Go
19. Four Advices from Four Sutras
20. Understanding Patience
21. Understanding Austerities
22. The Four Elements Are Not Empty
23. Genetic Modification
24. Transforming Cognitive Knowledge into Prajna Wisdom
25. The Mind as a Factory
26. No Dharma Beyond the Mind
27. Ordinary Mind
28. Bodhi Mind
29. Destiny and Causes and Conditions
30. Queries and Conceptual Proliferation
31. Blessing and Elimination of Karma
32. Divine Connection
33. Transcending Desire
34. Affliction is Bodhi
35. Four Small Things Not to be Taken Lightly
36. Equality
37. Master Daosheng Expounds the Dharma
38. Old Age, Sickness, Death, and Rebirth
39. Transcending Birth and Death
40. The Small Matters of Birth and Death
41. Understanding “Essence, Attribute, and Influence”
42. Beyond Words
43. Middle Path
44. Dharma Gate of Non-Duality
45. Absolute Emptiness
46. Motion and Stillness are One
47. Across All of Time and All of Space
48. The Path to Liberation
49. Nirvana
50. Buddha’s Light Verse
Notes                                            
Index                      

 

作者簡介



Venerable Master Hsing Yun

　　Venerable Master Hsing Yun is the founder of the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Order. A Buddhist monk for over eighty years, he has dedicated his entire life to propagating the teachings of Humanistic Buddhism throughout the world.