A Prayer for the People who Listen to the Dharma, read by Venerable Juewei | Sound of Sutras

Venerable Juewei, Bhikshuni of Fo Guang Shan, Director of Nan Tien Institute Humanistic Buddhism Centre reads A Prayer for the People who Listen to the Dharma, by Venerable Master Hsing Yun

A Prayer for the People who Listen to the Dharma

by Venerable Master Hsing Yun

Oh great, compassionate Buddha!

Please guide us in understanding cause and effect, and karmic retribution clearly;

Please guide us in exalting loving-kindness, compassion, and equanimity;

Please guide us in respectfully upholding the five precepts and the ten wholesome conducts;

Please guide us in carrying out the six paramitas.

We hope to transfer the merits of listening to the Buddha’s teachings to all beings in the Dharma realms;

May we all seek and realize supreme Enlightenment.

Oh great, compassionate Buddha, Please accept our sincerest prayer!

Oh great, compassionate Buddha, Please accept our sincerest prayer!

About Venerable Juewei, Director Nan Tien Institute Humanistic Buddhism Centre

Venerable Dr Juewei is the Director of Nan Tien Institute’s Humanistic Buddhism Centre and Head of Program for the Institute’s Applied Buddhist Studies and Humanistic Buddhism programs. Venerable Dr Juewei holds a Ph.D. in Religious Studies, a Master of Arts in Buddhist Studies, a Master of Business Administration, and a Master of Science in Computer Science and Engineering.

Venerable Juewei’s recent publications include ‘A Reflection on the Humanism in The Platform Sūtra of the Sixth Patriarch’ in Studies on Humanistic Buddhism, vol. 5, and ‘Flows of Innovation in Fo Guang Shan Oceania: transregional dynamics behind the Buddha’s Birthday Festival’ in Journal of Global Buddhism, vol. 23, no. 2. She is co-editor, with Professor Suzanne Franzway and Professor Stephen Hill, of Cultivating compassion: going beyond crises (Peter Lang, 2023). She is also on the editorial board of the Studies on Humanistic Buddhism journal. 

Juewei’s research interests include Humanistic Buddhism, Buddhist acculturation, and Buddhist issues in modern society, including Buddhist Economics, Buddhist Ethics, Buddhism and Artificial Intelligence, and Buddhist responses to contemporary crises and social challenges. Besides research, Venerable Dr Juewei also teaches subjects such as Buddhism and Modern Society, Buddhist Ethics and subjects related to Chinese Buddhism.

Through the Humanistic Buddhism Centre, Venerable Dr Juewei leads a number of research projects, including the grant funded Buddhism in Australia project, the Buddhism in the Sea of Islands project, and the Humanistic Buddhism Special Interest Group. She also leads a number of engagement projects, including Communities of Practice (Sunday Check-in Sessions), and, since 2017, the collection and publication of real-life humanistic applications of Buddhist teachings in the Turning Points series.

In addition, Venerable Dr Juewei is an active member of the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist order. She has held many international positions within the order’s University Consortium and Temples, including University of the West and Hsi Lai Temple in California, USA, and Australia’s Nan Tien Temple.

Bio source: https://www.nantien.edu.au/about-us/faculty-and-staff/venerable-dr-juewei/