Can you understand that originally there is no birth or death?
Mahayana
Visual Awareness Does Not Perish — From the Surangama Sutra
The Buddha said, “Your Majesty, you have not perished yet. How is it that you know you will perish?
Why the name of Tathāgata?
It expresses true suchness.
More Amazing than Amazing!
That is more wondrous than wondrous!
The Host and Guest — From The Surangama Sutra
By considering this example of the visitor, the one who comes and goes, and the innkeeper, the one who remains, I understood what the visitor signifies.
Questions and Answers with the Dalai Lama
A group of Southeast Asians visit the main temple in Dharamsala in 2012 for teachings by the Dalai Lama.
Book Cover from a Manuscript of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra Astasahasrika
This painted cover for a palm-leaf manuscript belongs to the Pala- Nepalese tradition. It comes from a palm-leaf edition of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra (“Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Verses”).
Guidepost for the Hall of Pure Bliss by Hongzhi
Dwelling in peace and forgetting hardship, let go of adornments and become genuine. Chinese Zen master Hongzhi
