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Awaken To The Buddha Within 2013 PDF
Awaken To The Buddha Within 2013 PDF
Buddha Within
Shi Wuling
Venerable Wuling is an American Buddhist nun of the Pure Land
school of Mahayana Buddhism. More of her writing can be found at
www.abuddhistperspective.org.
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ISBN: 978-1-59975-355-3
Acknowledgment vii
Buddhism Today 1
He Who Has Accomplished His Goal 8
The Great Awakening 18
Turning the Dharma Wheel 28
The Path to Liberation 38
Karma and Rebirth 49
The Three Dharma Seals 60
The Four Immeasurable Minds 65
The Five Precepts 72
The Six Paramitas 80
Taking the Three Refuges 116
Pure Land Buddhism 121
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Shi Wuling
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fell from his eye and rolled slowly down his face. He
began to weep, with more tears streaming down.
Greatly concerned, the king asked if some terrible
misfortune was to befall his son. Master Asita replied
no. On the contrary, the child would grow up to one
day find the Way to enlightenment. But he, Asita,
would no longer be alive, and so he wept.
Just a few days after Siddhartha’s birth, the queen
died and the prince was raised by his aunt, the king’s
second wife. She lovingly cared for Siddhartha as if
he were her own son.
When Siddhartha was nine years old he went to
the annual plowing ceremony. He saw the panting
oxen being lashed by their sweating handlers while the
sun blazed overhead. And as the plows tore into the
earth, he saw the worms being cut up by the plowing.
Small birds swooped down to devour the writhing
creatures. A larger bird flew down and caught a
smaller one. Siddhartha contemplated what he had
just seen. Even as a child, he was becoming aware of
the harsh realities of life—all living beings kill one an-
other to survive and in this there is suffering.
As Siddhartha grew up, he was provided with eve-
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THE GREAT AWAKENING
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where the five were staying. When they saw him ap-
proaching they discussed what to do. They remem-
bered how he had stopped his austere practice, begun
to eat more, and interacted with the local people.
They had rejected and left him. Now here he was
again! They decided that they would pay no attention
to him and not even stand to properly greet him.
But as the Buddha approached, they were unable
to ignore him. His appearance was radiant, his bear-
ing dignified yet gentle. The five ascetics had
achieved much understanding. Perhaps they realized
that this was no longer an ordinary man. They
quickly took his begging bowl and gave him a stool to
sit on and some fresh water to drink. Only then did
they sit down on the ground around him.
The Buddha told them that he had found what
they were seeking. At first, no one spoke. Then they
questioned how could one who had abandoned his
ascetic ways and begun eating more food have possi-
bly found the Way?
The Buddha asked if they had ever heard him lie
or previously claim that he had achieved the Way.
They replied that they had not. Then would the five
listen to him so he could tell them what he had
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TURNING THE DHARMA WHEEL:
THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS
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and continuously.
As one keeps chanting and the mind focuses on
the sound of “Amituofo,” errant thoughts are replaced
with pure thoughts. In this way, we also create less
negative karma. After Amitabha has been in our mind
continuously for a long time, our true nature—our
Buddha-nature—will gradually be uncovered.
Amitabha Buddha is the wise and compassionate
teacher who understands everything, and who is always
thinking of us, lifetime after lifetime after lifetime.
We are the students who are trying to learn and
practice. Just as a good teacher listens to the calls for
help from a student looking for the right answers, if
we have unwavering belief, vow to be reborn in the
Pure Land, and behave morally and sincerely prac-
tice, Amitabha will respond. He is like the mother
who always thinks of her child. If the child does not
in turn think of his mother, her thoughts will not
help. But if he also thinks of her, they will eventually
be reunited. In such a way, Amitabha is always
thinking of us, waiting for our thoughts to turn to
him, so that we may come together.
When we chant to the point of single-mindedness
with the sole thought of Amituofo, we successfully
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Ways to Reach Us
www.amitabha-gallery.org
www.chinkung.org
Australia [61]
Amitabha Buddhist Association of NSW
T: 2-9643-7588 F: 2-9643-7599
Amitabha Buddhist Association of Perth
T: 8-9306-8120 F: 8-9306-8366
Amitabha Buddhist Association of QLD
T: 7-3273-1693 F: 7-3272-0677 E: amtb@amtb-qld.org.au
Canada [1]
Amitabha Buddhist Association of Ottawa
T: 613-723-9683 F: 613-723-6316 www.amtb-ottawa.ca
Malaysia [60]
Amitabha Buddhist Society (Malaysia)
T: 03-4041-4101 F: 03-4041-2172 www.amtb-m.org.my/emid.shtml
Singapore [65]
Amitabha Buddhist Society (S)
T: 6744-7444 F: 6744-4774 E: abss@amtb.org.sg
Taiwan [886]
The Corporation Republic of Hwa Dzan Society
T: 02-2754.7178 F: 02-2754-7262 www.amtb.org.tw
Thailand [662]
Amitabha Buddhist Society
T: 662-719-5206 F: 662-719-4356
United States of America [1]
Amida Society
T: 626-286-5700 F: 626-286-7988 E: amida@amtb-la.org