The Annotated True Buddha Sutra [Paperback]

Sheng-yen Lu (Author), Janny Chow (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 31, 2002

The True Buddha Sutra is short for The Sutra of Authentic Dharma that Removes Hindrances and Bestows Good Fortune. This sutra contains the authentic Buddhadharma and holds the key to eradicating one's disasters and receiving good fortune. This is tantamount to transforming one's fate. Additionally, this sutra can help one attain rebirth to the Maha Twin Lotus Ponds, the highest realm within Amitabha's Pure Land.

In this series of thirteen talks, Living Buddha Lian-sheng gives us a sincere and discerning eplication of the True Buddha Sutra. This book describes the happenings in Maha Twin Lotus Ponds prior to Padmakumara's incarnation into the human world. Inside, the Living Buddha also divulges the secret to the many inscrutable Zen koans. Presented in his clear and lively style, The Annotated True Buddha Sutra in fact holds the most profound secret to achieving Buddhahood.

Product Details

• Paperback: 109 pages
• Publisher: Purple Lotus Society; 1 edition (March 31, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1881493083
• ISBN-13: 978-1881493082
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #991,178 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Investigate your own Intuition, June 9, 2007

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Henry G. Cooper Jr. (Sagle, ID) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Annotated True Buddha Sutra (Paperback)

I gave this one star. Do some research about this author. How does the Buddhist community view self proclamation? What is this idea of no thought? Does the 6th Patriarch's Platform Sutra speak to the no thought idea, and those who proclaim it? Investigate your own intuition, and determine if this is the best investment of your purchasing dollar.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chant the True Buddha Sutra, January 13, 2004

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White Lotus (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Annotated True Buddha Sutra (Paperback)

I have been chanting the True Buddha Sutra for over 3 years now and I can attest to the power of this sutra. This book will elucidate on passages from the sutra and give you wonderful insight on it's meanings. For example, Master Lu explains how "the key to realizing the Buddha jewel sambodhi is a quiescent mind". "No thought" or a quiescent mind is the key to the Buddha Jewel of Perfect Realization. He is telling us to put all thoughts to rest. Then he says, "that of realizing the Dharma Jewel is purity of body, speech, and mind." This is referring to the purification of our beings. When we hold a mudra, the body is engaged in a temporary purity for the duration of that moment. We must train ourselves to extend this temporary purity of the body, speech, and mind into all aspects of our daily lives: while we are exercising, standing, sitting, or lying down.

Steven Q
Om mani padme hum!