28 Aug The Making of “In Praise of Shen-Long”
https://vimeo.com/452409653 Watch the making of "In Praise of Shen-Long" by Master Shen-Long was commissioned in 2018 by the Crow Museum of Asian Art and the Nancy A. Nasher and David J....
https://vimeo.com/452409653 Watch the making of "In Praise of Shen-Long" by Master Shen-Long was commissioned in 2018 by the Crow Museum of Asian Art and the Nancy A. Nasher and David J....
Master Shen-Long, Awakening Dragon, 2006. Ink and mixed media on canvas. Viewable from both sides. Collection of the artist. Photo (Left): Chad Redmon Dragon means inconceivable being, one who has great...
The Perfection of Meditation to Samadhi Level (Dhyana-Paramita) Today we begin to explain the perfection of meditative concentration to Samadhi level (Dhyana-Paramita), one of the Six Paramitas (perfections). Last time we talked about the perfection...
(Last week we ended with, “After having practical skills, then the state of “purity, equality and enlightenment” will not backslide. After never receding to reach to perfection as far as...
(Last week we ended with, “If these purposes cannot help you to resolve your afflictions, then it is meaningless. If it cannot help you to resolve your affliction and cannot...
(Last week we ended with, “Speaking from the philosophical view of the school of Buddhism: When a person at birth ought to be purified of defiling illusion and bright light,...
(Last week we ended with, “If you truly and wholeheartedly are mindfulness Amitabha, you will see it. It is from a sincere mind that is a mind of proficient diligence. If you...
(Last week we ended with, “Finally, are you able to stop your erroneous thinking and attachments within a whole day? To stop then is fine. It is an experiment, the...
(Last week we ended with, “Common people talk about going and being born to Amitabha Pure Land, in fact, there is no going and no birth. It is to get...
(Last week we ended with, “Inexhaustible wisdom-life refers to infinite wisdom. Infinite wealth is precisely adorned with infinite seven treasures and radiance. We hear people talk about it all day...
(Last week we ended with, “I believe this phenomenon exists for everyone, everyone is just a little less and a little more. This phenomenon is that he is unclear about...
(Last week we ended with, “Basically, there is still a word in our mind – greed, mentioned earlier regarding the habit of “greed, aversion and ignorance”. Curiosity is part of...
(Last week we ended with, “So, you must think, this case-record is for all eternity; why was the Sixth Patriarch able to attain enlightenment?”) He awakened to the truth at the...
(Last week we ended with, “No doubt means having no doubt regarding all of Buddha’s teaching, and their teaching of mindfulness Amitabha. Having no doubt, from a common person’s level,...