📜 化城 (Huà Chéng) – The City of Illusion / Transformation City Creation What is life about? What is it really about? Life is an illusion. Don’t let it control you — it’s empty. Why be afraid of it? The heart creates it blindly. Don’t follow it. 化城 is the “temple” humans reach before they…

5 Levels – How Does Pure Land Appear? From Blindness to Awakening 😄☸ Where did this class come from? A Sifu Dharma Chat with Sean – Free 🙏 Step 0 (Before the 5 Levels): Conditioning Tension-free Foot toes, ball spring point – rolling Air foot, charge foot 1. Wise Choice = Capability for Learning One…

  A teaching on causation and intention in Pure Land Buddhism There’s a difference between imagining a Pure Land and entering one. This is not about creating your own paradise. It’s about aligning your life with the conditions to be reborn in Amitabha Buddhas Pure Land. According to the teaching we received in class, the…

On rare chances—and what you do with them There’s a story from the Buddha that cuts deep—especially for those of us who think in probabilities. Imagine the ocean. Not poetic—just vast. Deep. No bottom in sight. Now picture a single wooden ring floating on the surface. Just drifting. One ring, whole planet. And somewhere in…

Observe the self through Dharma – Become aware that the “causation ‘I’” and “all other life forms” are illusions, not our true Dharma Self. The true heart has no beginning and no end, is always pure, and exists beyond form, space, and time. Recognize the incredible nature of Amitabha’s Pure Land system – Realize how…