Taming the Monkey Mind

This book is published by the Corporate Body of the Buddha Educaional Foundation.

Of all the forms of Buddhism practiced in East Asia, Pure Land has been the most widespread for over a millennium. It can be found throughout the Mahayana canon, with specific references in more than 200 texts (Encyclopedia of Buddhism). In one such text, the Avatamsaka Sutra, the story is told of a wordless sutra, "equal in extent to the universe, existing in each and every atom." What is this sutra? It is the...