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00173 Know Our Own Buddha Nature
00173 Know Our Own Buddha Nature
No. 00173
Category / Lecture Tours-Asia
Event date / 1987.02.13
Place / (Formosa/Taiwan)Penghu
Language / Chinese
Translation / Taiwanese
Time (mins) / 1h23m49s(Translation) 58m27s(No Translation)
Publication No. / "The Immediate Key of Enlightenment", Chinese version(vol.5)
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  • Summary

What does Great Master mean? It means Buddha. The word Buddha means a highly enlightened person with light and great wisdom in Sanskrit. So with respect, we call him Buddha, a great master, a true teacher, a great teacher, a great and benevolent advisor, or great bodhisattva-mahasattva, etc. They have more or less the same meaning.

The highest respect we can give Master is by "practicing" diligently, knowing who we are and becoming the same as Master. These people are the most respectful sons of Buddha. "Attaining Buddhahood " means understanding Buddha to the utmost. Master does not only come to tell you that you are Buddha but also help you find your Buddha nature.

If we still don't know who we are, as long as we practice the Quan Yin Method diligently, we can soon recognize our original nature. Because during initiation, we will receive something immediately, we will be different from before.

 

Highlights

1. Where does Buddha come from?

2. In the Lotus Sutra, Nagakanya could also become Buddha. She was not a man, not a human being even, how did she become Buddha? Why does such a mythical thing happen?

3. The Lotus Sutra says that all Buddhas appear to make sentient beings understand the wisdom of Buddha. What does understanding the Buddha's wisdom mean?

4. When we are born as human beings, we should have the highest goal to be worthy of having human bodies and worthy of being the ideal noble gentleman. What is the ideal noble gentleman?

5. If the Diamond Sutra is not the Diamond Sutra but another sutra, then what is the real Diamond Sutra?

6. What is utilized to "give initiation"? What does it mean by "other transmission besides Buddha's teachings"?

7. How do we achieve the six perfect virtues mentioned in the Diamond Sutra - "giving alms , keeping precepts, patient endurance, zeal and diligence, contemplation, wisdom"?

8. Is one able to transmit the Dharma after one is enlightened?

9. Since Buddha nature has always existed, why do people still have to wait for initiation to become Buddha?

10. The Quan Yin Method is the only ultimate method. Which scriptures praise this method of spiritual practice?

11. If we understand this Self nature, what should we do next in order to reach the very pure state?

12. Is it useful to recite Buddha's names and worship Buddha statues?

 

*This inspiring discourse was recorded during the early years when Supreme Master Ching Hai give public lectures. Although the quality of recording was less than perfection due to limited preparation and lack of advanced equipment at that time. Please pardon us for imperfect audio quality at times.