3/19/2009

AMZH @ Aloha - Chan & Pure Land

Date: March 18 (Wednesday)
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Location: Chinatown, N Hotel St & Kekaulike St, Honolulu, HI 96817
Sponsor: Chinese Pure Land Buddhist Association, Hawaii Chapter

Chinese Chan Buddhism highlights how an enlightened mind sees the nature(明心見性)。On the other hand, Chinese Pure Land Buddhism emphasizes when the inner flower blossoms, one sees the Buddha (花開見佛) 。In reality, these two represent identical meaning: seeing one’s true nature is seeing one’s Buddha nature. Therefore, practicing Chan is the same as practicing Pure Land, even though Chan does emphasize more on the causes while Pure Land pays more attention to the results. Nonetheless, these two practices point to the same path. In this interactive talk, Venerable Jian Dan explained the two practices and encouraged all practitioners to purify one’s mind to attend Pure Land.

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