by Chade-Meng Tan | Mar 31, 2024 | Buddhism for All
We learned earlier that the Buddhist path to enlightenment is defined in four stages. It is no accident that the first stage is called stream-entry. Ancient Buddhist texts poetically compare the journey towards full enlightenment as a gentle flow from the...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Mar 29, 2024 | Buddhism.net Blog
Coming up on 30th March 2024 (21st day of the 2nd Lunar Month) is Pu Xian Bodhisattva (Samantabadra) Birthday. Let us use this day, to cultivate a Bodhi mind and connect with our aspirations, just like Samantabadra. Samantabhadra Bodhisattva is a bodhisattva in...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Mar 28, 2024 | Buddhism for All
Once upon a time, a god dropped a dragon pearl into a pond deep inland by accident. The pearl later transformed into a little baby dragon. As he got older, he learned that he was actually a sea dragon, so the only way he could grow into a full adult was to...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Mar 27, 2024 | Buddhism.net Blog
Coming up on 28th March 2024 (19th day of the 2nd Lunar Month) is Guan Yin Bodhisattva Birthday. Let us use this day, to cultivate a Bodhi mind and connect to Guanyin’s compassion and wisdom in ourselves. “In Buddhist classics, Avalokiteśvara, or Guanyin...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Mar 26, 2024 | Buddhism.net Blog
Friends, You have now learned all the Buddha’s core teachings, including all Four Noble Truths, virtue (Topic #9), and “advanced subjects” such as emptiness, karma, and dependent origination (Topic #10). Congratulations. When I started learning Buddhism, I too...