It's not about memory but the attachment

purify oneself everyday for a very long period of time then one day will reach liberation.

then u learn vajrayana buddhism la ... they got teach u how to meditate to bypass rebirth....
if u are good, u even can become instant buddha when u are in intermediate state
but until now never heard anyone of them achieve this ...

This post has been edited by will4848: Oct 24 2018, 03:10 PM

When you have rainbow body, then it's good enough, no need even to enter the bardo state, haha...
some people reach rainbow body state by just chanting om mani pehmeh hom whole life, dunno true or not.

pure consciousness only can achieve when u are in samadhi .....
how many people u know can reach this state ?? ....
there are 2 type of merit, one is "fook tuck" another one is "kung tuck" .....
law of causality ..... every cause there must be an effect with the right condition .....
so every offering to buddha sure got merit one but is fook tuck not kung tuck ...
but u can transfer your this fook tuck merit to ten direction all sentient being ma ....
then your fook tuck will become kung tuck .... this one call "sam lun tei hung" ma ....
no one make offering, no one receive offering n nothing to be offer ....

You get some point on this, while based on the statement you mention,
did you experience yourself and conclude the answer?

Ｗhile the merit part, i just remember the conversation between Bodhidharma（达摩）and Emperor Liang (梁武帝）
on this topic. Quite interesting and may become source of learning.

This post has been edited by will4848: Oct 24 2018, 09:15 PM

what u chant ? mantra or sutra ? if u wanna make offering to buddha, at home u got buddha statue or not ??

then when u go temple try to make light offering to buddha/kuan yin la ....
u can google the benefit of light offering to buddha ....
or the best is that u chant the diamond sutra or heart sutra ...
these are prajna paramita sutra, chanting this sutra can have immeasurable merit ...

“Furthermore, Subhuti, in the practice of compassion and charity a disciple should be detached. That is to say, he should practice compassion and charity without regard to appearances, without regard to form, without regard to sound, smell, taste, touch, or any quality of any kind. Subhuti, this is how the disciple should practice compassion and charity. Why? Because practicing compassion and charity without attachment is the way to reaching the Highest Perfect Wisdom, it is the way to becoming a living Buddha.”

“Subhuti, do you think that you can measure all of the space in the Eastern Heavens?”

“No, Most Honored One. One cannot possibly measure all of the space in the Eastern Heavens.”

“Subhuti, can space in all the Western, Southern, and Northern Heavens, both above and below, be measured?”

“No, Most Honored One. One cannot possibly measure all the space in the Western, Southern, and Northern Heavens.”

“Well, Subhuti, the same is true of the merit of the disciple who practices compassion and charity without any attachment to appearances, without cherishing any idea of form. It is impossible to measure the merit they will accrue. Subhuti, my disciples should let their minds absorb and dwell in the teachings I have just given.”

this one from diamond sutra chapter 4 ....

burn candle or lamp la .... some temple got sell or u can buy from those selling incense shop la ....

just now u say some people got power to see buddha ....u can read this ....



This post has been edited by will4848: Oct 24 2018, 10:09 PM

then just chant the heart sutra at home la ..... merit is immeasurable....





This post has been edited by will4848: Oct 24 2018, 10:07 PM

yes, just finsih recite this sutra just now.
actually i understand what to try to say, regard the merit thing.
You can;t see the accumulation, but based of personnel experience your could feel it.
You could justify with your current outlook, health, career, the ambition you working too
and most important is one of life saving key when you face near death situation.

pursuit the recite or chant buddha name as you say, as this is whole life journey.
Focus your inner mind and your consciousness.

There Buddhist story regard a person cut hair as offering
to light a lamp, while repay back with unmeasured fortune in coming future.

Is the intend of emptiness and sincere during you perform good action
That why during Buddha time,practice alms giving which offer the poor choice to accumulate deeds.

The more you give the more you receive.

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The First Sermon


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actually still cannot feel it cos karma take very long time to take effect, even next life or many life later ....
in vajrayana sect, they say karma need to take 3 years to take effect or 1000 times of practice ...
eg, let say u chant yellow jambala mantra for fortune......
u must everyday chant, maybe let say, 108 times/day for 1000 times ....
that mean about 3 years la, for it to take effect (365 x 3 = 1095 days = 1095 times )

actually i dont practice chant buddha name or the pureland ...
but i do chant heart sutra n the great compassion dharani everyday ....
im more on the yogacara, learning the diamond sutra n heart sutra .....

This is good, keep it up, this is part of practice. I'm uphold the sutra the which you practice too.
Since you already have heart sutra and great compassion mantra,why not add up another one to
Become complete set? Sutra name :the-lotus-sutras-universal-gate-chapter-on-avalokitesvara-bodhisattva (普門品）

Each section of practice have their own definition, as I not practicing it, so don't have much comment on this.
For the beginner there is a lot obstacles forbid us to continue this path.
A lot of monkey mind to ask us delay the practice, no need to recite everyday.
Seem like is kind of mind training to alter our behavior.

As perfect practice make perfect, this monkey mind get tamer,while you move another step.
The more you uphold,u could notice something changes around you.
And one more key of this practice foundation.
No matter which section you are, 5 moral of precepts is a must.
This is last word leave by Buddha himself before enter to mahanivarna.

Haha, used back reverse engineering method to revalue what you are today,because of past you put a lot of seed ,and this lifetime you proceed back same road,make sense?

Our consciousness is our jewel of knowledge which waiting us to open it.

No matter which path we choose, there is only 1 road. Escape this samsara life wheel.

Many bless.

actually mantra is for us to "use", sutra is for us to "learn" n u chant buddha name is to make a "connection" ....
without sutra how u going to learn buddhism in the next life ?? if only u can born in maitreya buddha time la ....but this need immeasurable merit ....

becos the 8th consciousness is the one going to reincarnate deswai we must put only good thing in it .....
what else is better than putting a diamond sutra or heart sutra in it ???
remember the last part of heart sutra say ....



meaning.... past, present n future buddha, all also learn prajna paramita to becum a buddha ...

remember the buddha say in the diamond sutra about the four line stanza .....



actually the 4 line stanza is 身空, 心空, 法空 n 性空 n all this also in the heart sutra ....
so by chanting the heart sutra or diamond sutra, u will have many "invisible friend" listening to u ....so this is immeasurable merit .....

This is great talk, keep it up this spirit, may you fruitful throughout this journey.
Many bless