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How to Develop One Heart, One Intention

How to Develop One Heart, One Intention

Develop One Heart, One Intention through gradual and sudden realization, appreciating the Pure Land path. Train discipline, awareness, and humility. Understand illusion, awaken true heart, and follow Amitabha’s system with joy, sincerity, and deep daily practice.

Training Guān Xiǎng 观想 Ability

Training Guān Xiǎng 观想 Ability

Guān Xiang (观想) means observing and sensing deeply—not just imagining, but truly feeling energy, muscle, and bones. It’s the path from thought to intuitive awareness. Through mindful philosophy, Tai Chi, and sensing practice, we awaken our consciousness and live with real presence.

Why is Life Incredible?

Why is Life Incredible?

This post reveals why life is incredible: ever-changing yet patterned, empty yet aware. It explores shared essence, causation over chaos, and the Dharma’s power to clarify illusion. Even across time and culture, wisdom survives—offered gently, without force. That clarity itself is incredible.

The Essence of 1 Heart and 2 Gates

The Essence of 1 Heart and 2 Gates

This post explores “1 Heart, 2 Gates.” The 1 Heart is our eternal essence—peaceful, timeless, and secure. The 2 Gates are our choices—blindness leads to illusion and suffering, awakening leads to compassion and wisdom. Through this path, we return to true nature and live with spiritual clarity.

Two most important relationships in life.

Two most important relationships in life.

This post reveals the two essential relationships: with self and with Dharma. Observing self-being frees us from blindness; observing Dharma awakens the heart beyond ego and reincarnation. Let go of “I,” stay humble, and discover the limitless wisdom already within your eternal, formless essence.

Two most important relationships in life.

Two most important relationships in life. Without these two wisdoms, an awakened

Heart Sutra Summary - Part 1

Heart Sutra Summary - Part 1

Heart Sutra Summary – Part 1 Here is the first part of a

Awaken Your Inner Bodhisattva - Exploring the Levels of Consciousness in the Heart Sutra

1. Ego I Only think about self: the desire to survive and

In Search of Lingqi 靈氣 : Life, Concentration, Meditation and Intuition

In Search of Lingqi 靈氣 : Life, Concentration, Meditation and Intuition

In Search of Lingqi 靈氣 : Life, Concentration, Meditation and Intuition Part One:

3 Qi’s into Pure Land Training System - Draft

3 Qi’s into Pure Land Training System – Draft 血氣Xue Qi (Physical)

Moody

We are moody because we lost in “Causation I“ We are pure

There is only two powers in life

There is only two powers in life 1. Will is kind and