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Sutra
Mantra
Buddhism and SuperstitiousAmitabha Buddha
Pure Land Buddhism
Shakyamuni Buddha
The Founder of Buddhism
Medicine Buddha
Eastern Pure Land Buddhism
Maitreya Buddha
The next coming Buddha. Between Shakyamuni Buddha and Maitreya, there is no other Buddha during this period.
Samantabhadra Bodhisattva
Bodhisattva associated with Action and Practise
Manjusri Bodhisattva
Bodhisattva associated with Great Wisdom
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva
Bodhisattva associated with Vowing and Filialness
Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
Bodhisattva associated with Great Kindness
Skanda
Bodhisattva associated with Guarding Buddhism Teachings
Saintly Emperor Guan
Bodhisattva associated with Guarding Buddhism Teachings
Dhrtarastra
Guardian of the East
Virudhaka
Guardian of the South
Virupaksa
Guardian of the West
Vaisravana
Guardian of the North
Eighteen Arhats
People who have gained insight into the true nature of existence
Yongming Yanshou
(Sixth Patriarch of Pure Land Buddhism)
Those who practice Chan, but do not practice Pure Land, Nine out of ten will be led to astray;
When the negative realms manifest, They may swiftly follow it.
Those who do not practice Chan, but practice Pure Land, All practisers will go to the Pure Land;
If they’ve seen Amitabha Buddha, they don't need to worry for not attaining enlightenment.
Those who practice both Chan and Pure Land, They are like tigers with horns;
They become teachers to others in this lifetime, And become buddhas or patriarchs in future lives.
Those who do not practice Chan nor the Pure Land, They will be met with iron beds and bronze columns
For ten thousand kalpas and a thousand lifetimes, They will have no one to rely on.
The Obstacles in Practising Buddhism
Shurangama Sutra sited: "A person eats a sheep. The sheep dies and becomes a person. The person dies and becomes a sheep, and it goes on that way through ten births and more. Through death after death and birth after birth, they come back to eat one another". By eating pork, you start an incorporation with pigs. The truth is that our flesh will turn into pork.
Tobacco is an obstacle on the path to liberation. Not only does it make a person smell bad outside, it also makes the inside of his body smells bad. Bodhisattvas and Dharma protectors will not want to protect you when you smell like smoke. Also, one cigarette contains more than 4000 chemicals, such as cancer-causing nicotine, tar and other toxins. There is absolutely no benefit for consuming a cigarette.
Wine and alcohol derange one's nature. Once you drink alcohol, you lose your concentration and more likely to violate the other four precepts. Also, the odor of alcohol is like fragrant to ghosts, but urine to Bodhisattvas and good spirits. Buddha taught that alcohol is a poison that will cloud the clarity of a mind.
Five Pungent Roots
A disciplined Buddhist should not consume any of the five pungent herbs because they can arouse one's anger and sex urge.
Missions
My missions are:
to improve the moral of a society,
to enhance one's inner wisdom,
to stimulate one's interest in Buddhism
and to live like another regular person
that you can find on the street.
My English name is Mantra Mantra
and my Chinese name is Xu Yuan(旭緣).