It has been six days since we recited Earth Store Sutra, you may be quite familiar with the sutra, and some of you recite it every day, maybe several times per day, so you know quite well of the meaning of this sutra. It instructs us to understand the principles of cause and effect; it is not only a sutra of precepts, but also a sutra of filial piety.
A Dharma talk given by DM Heng Tsai
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We are here today to bow to the Jewelled Repentance of Emperor Liang. I’d like to ask you: What are we repenting for? Why do we have to repent? We have come to the monastery saying, “I am a Buddhist. I came here to study Buddhism, to cultivate, and to study the dharma.” Why do we do so?
A talk by DM Heng Je
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Another year has come and gone. Most companies are busy closing their books for the year end to see what their profits and losses were this year.
A Dharma talk given by DM Jin Da
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Now I am going to tell a story. I believe that after you have heard it, you will become even more rigorous in supporting Gold Sage Monastery’s reconstruction.
A Dharma talk given by DM Heng Rung
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We just heard the Venerable Maser’s lecture on birth and death. After thinking it over, I find that there is actually no birth or death. Why? Because it is just a change of a body, as it is said “after this life ends, one will be reborn in another life”. The Venerable Master mentioned that if someone commits suicide when encountering difficulties thinking that he will be free of suffering by doing so, he will find no such bargain. Then what will happen to that person?
A Dharma talk given by DM Heng Yun
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