“In the morning and dusk, when walking, standing, sitting or sleeping, as soon as you hear the sound of the bell, recite this verse.”
晨昏於行住坐臥間。一聞鐘聲時。即誦此偈呪。
Category: vietnamese buddhism
“That is supernatural power.” Thich Nhat Hanh on eternalism, nihilism, rebirth, fear, and supernatural powers.
I love the way he smiles when he says, “Nothing is lost”, and the way he laughs when he says, “You become supernatural.” You can find a more detailed explanation also by Thich Nhat Hanh here: The Buddhist Understanding of Reality, but personally I think this video, in just slightly over 4 minutes, really is […]
Xuanzang’s Heart Sutra in Mandarin, Vietnamese, Japanese, and Korean
Buddhists throughout East Asia chant the version of the Heart Sutra that goes back to the legendary translator Xuanzang, who lived about 14 hundred years ago. That is to say, Buddhists in China, Vietnam, Japan, and Korea all use Xuanzang’s text, but they pronounce the 270 characters in that text differently. Below you can find […]