The Buddha Speaks of Amitabha Sutra

by Hsuan Hua, Buddhist Text Translation Society (Translator)

Overview

This translation of the Amitabha Sutra, the Pure Land text which describes Amitabha Buddha�s Land of Ultimate Bliss, incorporates the lectures of the Tripitaka Master Hua, which explain the essential principles of Pure Land and Orthodox Buddhism, and follows the traditional Chinese Buddhist system. Included are detailed analyses of the prerequisites for becoming enlightened, biographical anecdotes about the Buddha�s disciples, and interpretations of allegorical passages.
Tripitaka Master Hua presents a complete overview of Buddhism�s fundamental teachings with a
profound understanding and clarity that speak to newcomers and experienced Buddhists alike.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940150497887
Publisher:	Buddhist Text Translation Society
Publication date:	10/27/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	408 KB

About the Author

Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua (1918 � 1995)
At first glance, he looked and sounded like any other Chinese immigrant in San Francisco in the 1960s. His humble manner belied his position as the 45th Buddhist patriarch in direct lineage from Shakyamuni Buddha.
Master Hua was born in 1918 near Manchuria, China into a family of frugal farmers. He learned to read at 15, and after his mother�s death at 19, he became a monk. He meditated by his mother�s grave for three years and practiced other austerities before receiving full ordination.
At Nan Hua Monastery in Canton, Master Hua received the mind-to mind transmission of the Patriarchs Master Hsu Yun, making him a Patriarch in direct lineage with Bodhidharma, the last patriarch of India, and Hui Neng, the first patriarch of Zen.
With the arrival of the communists on the Chinese mainland, the Master went to Hong Kong to promote orthodox Buddhism. In 1962, he brought monastic, Mahayana Buddhism to America. He founded the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, the International Translation Institute, and over 20 other monasteries and temples all over the globe, with the goal of spreading Buddhism worldwide.