Question: Since all sentient beings possess Buddha nature,they must have encountered many Buddhas since time immemorial. How come they are still transmigrating in the cycle of birth and death, being unable to escape from the burning house of the three domains?

Master Daochuo answers: According to the sacredteaching of Mahayana Buddhism, ...

When people think their karmic transgressions are so enormous that, as the saying goes, “the entire space of the cosmos cannot contain them,” two worries arise: first, “How can I be reborn in the Pure Land with such heavy karma?”, and second, “Even if I did, wouldn’t it require much hard work tocultivate merit and virtue?”Master Yin Guang has a particularly subtlemetaphor with “snowflakes and hot furnace.” He says ...

Time flies, and we once again welcome the auspicious Year ofthe Horse. In Chinese culture, the horse symbolizes vitality, courage, and forward momentum. We wish one another "success as swift as a galloping horse" and the "spirit of the dragon-steed" for good health.

Yet amid the relentless pace of modern life, our minds often resemble a "restless monkey or wild horse." Driven by greed, anger, and delusion, our thoughts race underdaily pressures. We find it hard to pause, harder still to find true peace.