Series – Books https://books.lymtcanada.com LYMT Canada Wed, 25 Jan 2023 23:35:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://books.lymtcanada.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/cropped-open-book-32x32.png Series – Books https://books.lymtcanada.com 32 32 Pure Land for all 2 https://books.lymtcanada.com/product/pure-land-for-all-2/ Tue, 27 Dec 2022 00:11:19 +0000 https://books.lymtcanada.com/?post_type=product&p=85 Pure Land for All contains Dharma lectures delivered by Venerable Master Miao Lien. How do we cultivate Buddhism? What causes and conditions that will allow us to reach the so-called Western Pure Land? What is Pure Land?

]]> 20 Difficulties to Leading a Spiritual Life https://books.lymtcanada.com/product/20-difficulties-to-leading-a-spiritual-life/ Tue, 27 Dec 2022 00:11:19 +0000 https://books.lymtcanada.com/?post_type=product&p=84 The Sutra in Forty-two Sections Spoken by the Buddha was the first sutra to be translated into Chinese and brought from India by the Venerable Elders Kashyapa-matanga and Gobharana around 67CE, during the reign of the Han dynasty emperor Han Ming Di.
This publication of Section 12 of the Sutra seeks to make Venerable Master Miao Lien’s guidance on the Buddha’s list of twenty difficulties more widely available. These twenty difficulties, while pertinent to all people, can be organized into two categories. Difficulties one to three describe the obstacles to secular cultivation while the rest explain the challenges of non-secular cultivation. Within the latter category, difficulties four to seventeen focus on the hindrances to self-cultivation, and the final three difficulties delve into the arduous task of delivering sentient beings.

]]> Complex Questions Simple Answers – Family, Relationships, and Other Questions of Life https://books.lymtcanada.com/product/complex-questions-simple-answers-family-relationships-and-other-questions-of-life/ Tue, 27 Dec 2022 00:11:19 +0000 https://books.lymtcanada.com/?post_type=product&p=81 This book is a translated compilation of answers provided at public events by the Venerable Master in his native Mandarin Language.

You will notice that the Venerable Master’s answers in this book are simple. Based on his in-depth study of Buddhism, he could have given us highly complicated and philosophical answers to the questions of life; he had all the intellectual knowledge to do this. Instead, he spared us the trouble and told us in a few sentences what we should do to live meaningful lives starting today and to prepare ourselves for the hereafter.

]]> Dispelling Doubt in the Sea of Dharma https://books.lymtcanada.com/product/dispelling-doubt-in-the-sea-of-dharma/ Tue, 27 Dec 2022 00:11:19 +0000 https://books.lymtcanada.com/?post_type=product&p=82 Through a question and answer series, Venerable Master Miao Lien describes the practices and methods necessary to create beneficial causal conditions that eventually lead to superior conditions for existing within, up to and including emancipation from suffering and becoming a Buddha. They are disarmingly simple, requiring no special talent or ability beyond the simple intention to perform them earnestly. The hardest part is faith in the method, a stumbling block that impeded some of the greatest Dharma Masters of the past. Even though the ability of past Dharma Masters may have been far in excess of our own, being able to accept and practice the Pure Land teachings is no more difficult to grasp for ourselves than it was for them. It is the most egalitarian of all the Buddhist schools by being equally within reach for all people regardless of whether they are of high or low capacity. So, it is in the spirit of accessibility and inclusiveness that it is being presented to you here in this short book.

]]> Reconnecting with Inner Tranquility https://books.lymtcanada.com/product/reconnecting-with-inner-tranquility/ Tue, 27 Dec 2022 00:11:19 +0000 https://books.lymtcanada.com/?post_type=product&p=83 This book is divided into four sections: Right Views, the Mundane Way, Practice, and Buddha Recitation. Each section provides valuable insight into our lives, as well as practical guidance on how we can address the root causes of suffering and reconnect with our inherent, inner state of tranquility and happiness.

]]> How King Virudhaka Annihilated the Shakya Clan https://books.lymtcanada.com/product/how-king-virudhaka-annihilated-the-shakya-clan/ Tue, 27 Dec 2022 00:11:18 +0000 https://books.lymtcanada.com/?post_type=product&p=72 The Venerable Master often used stories and parables to present the Dharma in a lively and easy-to-understand way. This book is a collection of stories from the Venerable Master’s daily lectures. They allow you to know the truth of life, understand cause and effect, and become aware of impermanence from different perspectives. As the book has something for everyone, people of all ages will enjoy reading these wonderful stories. This is the best book for those who want to learn about Buddhism but do not know where to start.

]]> Buddhism Works https://books.lymtcanada.com/product/buddhism-works/ Tue, 27 Dec 2022 00:11:18 +0000 https://books.lymtcanada.com/?post_type=product&p=73 The Venerable Master often used stories and parables to present the Dharma in a lively and easy-to-understand way. This book is a collection of stories from the Venerable Master’s daily lectures. They allow you to know the truth of life, understand cause and effect, and become aware of impermanence from different perspectives. As the book has something for everyone, people of all ages will enjoy reading these wonderful stories. This is the best book for those who want to learn about Buddhism but do not know where to start.

]]> The Story of the Father and His Son https://books.lymtcanada.com/product/the-story-of-the-father-and-his-son/ Tue, 27 Dec 2022 00:11:18 +0000 https://books.lymtcanada.com/?post_type=product&p=74 The Venerable Master often used stories and parables to present the Dharma in a lively and easy-to-understand way. This book is a collection of stories from the Venerable Master’s daily lectures. They allow you to know the truth of life, understand cause and effect, and become aware of impermanence from different perspectives. As the book has something for everyone, people of all ages will enjoy reading these wonderful stories. This is the best book for those who want to learn about Buddhism but do not know where to start.

]]> Cultivating Compassion with Guan Yin Bodhisattva 悲智雙運觀自在 https://books.lymtcanada.com/product/cultivating-compassion-with-guan-yin-bodhisattva-%e6%82%b2%e6%99%ba%e9%9b%99%e9%81%8b%e8%a7%80%e8%87%aa%e5%9c%a8/ Tue, 27 Dec 2022 00:11:18 +0000 https://books.lymtcanada.com/?post_type=product&p=71 Guan Yin Bodhisattva is the Bodhisattva who “hears the cries of those suffering and rescues them” (Universal Door Chapter, The Lotus Sutra). The Bodhisattva is widely revered in the East, where many Buddhists pray to and invoke Guan Yin Bodhisattva’s name. In this booklet, Lingyen Mountain Temple seeks to introduce Guan Yin Bodhisattva to both English and Chinese-speaking audiences.

We look to Guan Yin Bodhisattva–not simply to solve our everyday woes; rather we must constantly recite the Bodhisattva’s name with sincerity and respect, as the Sutra teaches. That will reduce our greed, anger, and ignorance and nurture our pure Bodhi minds. Then we will find a deep accord with Guan Yin Bodhisattva and, like the Bodhisattva, reach out with empathy and compassion toward all sentient beings. 　　Cultivating Compassion with Guan Yin Bodhisattva indicates which sutras to study to learn more about Guan Yin Bodhisattva and clarifies frequently asked questions about the Bodhisattva’s form, merits, and virtues, and aspirations for the liberation of sentient beings.

Relying on Guan Yin Bodhisattva’s meritorious virtues and sincerely reciting the Bodhisattva’s name, or the Great Compassion Mantra, can also lead to rebirth in the Pure Lands of Ten Directions, including Amitabha Buddha’s Western Pure Land. Focus on both Amitabha Buddha and Guan Yin Bodhisattva and you can be assured a future life of Ultimate Bliss.

Lingyen Mountain Temple invites readers to open their hearts to the compassion of the Bodhisattva. May we learn to hear the cries of the world like Guan Yin Bodhisattva and deliver all sentient beings to the Ultimate Bliss of Buddhahood.

]]> The Arhat and The Fragrant Elephant https://books.lymtcanada.com/product/the-arhat-and-the-fragrant-elephant/ Tue, 27 Dec 2022 00:11:18 +0000 https://books.lymtcanada.com/?post_type=product&p=75 The Venerable Master often used stories and parables to present the Dharma in a lively and easy-to-understand way. This book is a collection of stories from the Venerable Master’s daily lectures. They allow you to know the truth of life, understand cause and effect, and become aware of impermanence from different perspectives. As the book has something for everyone, people of all ages will enjoy reading these wonderful stories. This is the best book for those who want to learn about Buddhism but do not know where to start.

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