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You can receive teachings from anyone you like and your root Guru is something you discovery, not something you choose :good: We don't have total control over our lives, nor complete understanding of our personalities and situation. So it's not always immediately clear which school, which teacher, ...

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:good: You have nothing to fear when you remember the Three Jewels, Buddha, Dharma, Sangha. The best way for this to become personally true is to remember them while you are actually vulnerable or suffering. When I have bad dreams, fears, and worries, I think about a buddha. When I recognize repetit...

When you practice with one, you are never far from the other in mind or aspiration. This is because of how they work together in the Sutras, both ways. For Vietnamese Pure Land, there is "Buddhism of Wisdom and Faith" online, but it's not specifically about Avalokite: https://www.ymba.org/books/budd...

Lojong is excellent, as JD said. Check out Daily Lojong and just chew on one saying a day for a while. Chapter 6 in Shantideva's Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life concerns the Perfection of Patience. Shantideva wrote that nothing burns up the field of merit like anger. He said we should guard the...

Honen Shonin.
During his exile, he brought Buddhist practice into many laypeople's ordinary lives.

I think if you have the opportunity and a positive aspiration, it will benefit you.
It involves not only our limitations, but also the skillful activity of incomparably wise and compassionate beings.

What makes our life most meaningful, most happy, most beneficial for every sentient being—with real happiness, inner peace—is living life with bodhicitta, with compassion for others. Then we will have no regrets now, no regrets in the future, no regrets at the time of death; especially no regrets i...

Unless I'm mistaken about which mantra/dharani is being discussed, there's a Sanskrit version on Rulu 's site here . There's an included audio file of the pronunciation. namo ratna-trayāya | nama āryāvalokiteśvarāya bodhisattvāya mahāsattvāya mahākāruṇikāya | oṁ sarva-bhaya-śodhanāya tasya namaskṛtv...

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It's a great way to help animals, to develop your positive qualities, to stand strong during difficulties, to confront your negative habits, to remember the teachings, to nurture affection for the Three Jewels. In short, to benefit oneself and others. Here's some general info from Lama Zopa Rinpoche...

Since this thread is already very interesting and helpful, i hope its OK when i ask if someone knows resources where one can learn more about Pure Land Teachings in Tibetan Buddhism? I really enjoyed "Peaceful Death, Joyful Rebirth: A Tibetan Buddhist Guidebook" by Tulku Thondup, but haven't found ...

In Jodo Shu, Kannon and Seishi come to help and protect the nembutsu practitioner in daily life and at death. They accompany Amida Buddha. They're often present on a Jodo Shu altar. Some view Honen Shonin as an emanation of Seishi. And Zendo (Shantao) is sometimes viewed as an emanation of Kannon, b...

Bodyweight exercises such as squats, lunges, pushups, planks, bicycle crunches, jumping jacks. Nerd Fitness is a site with good information (although a lot) for working out at home. Exercise circuits instead of doing one exercise over and over have been better for me also. I also find my exercises n...

In Jodo Shu, you may encounter the long and short forms. "Namu Amida Butsu" is favored when by itself, such as saying it one time or referring to nembutsu. You may see this in the translated writings of Honen and Ippen, or at the end of an email. "Namu Amida Bu" is what I was taught to recite when r...

Whats the minimum number of recitations so that Amitabha will come get you when you die? According to the Contemplation Sutra, calling out Amitabha Buddha's name even once while dying, praying to be born in his land, is enough to attain birth there. This is considered the lower limit of practice, a...

Patience.

"Horizontal Escape" and "Buddhism of Wisdom and Faith" are different editions of the same work.
BWF is available for much less than $800
There's also this legally free version online, from YMBA.

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