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...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Mar 24, 2024 | Buddhism for All
(Context: Emptiness) Out of Nāgārjuna’s MMK comes another teaching that had a profound and long-lasting influence on Buddhism, that is the idea of the two levels of truths. The way Nāgārjuna puts it: The Buddha’s teaching of the Dharma is based on two...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Mar 23, 2024 | Buddhism.net Blog
Exciting News Alert! Friends! Buddhism.net has officially joined the LinkedIn community! And here’s the best part: Starting from Chapter 1, we’ll be sharing the content of the entire book “Buddhism For All” on LinkedIn! We cordially invite you...
