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Prajna Wisdom’s Insight into All Phenomena; All Phenomena Are Within Prajna Wisdom
We often mention “prajna wisdom,” but what exactly is it? Put simply, prajna wisdom is a type of wisdom that enables one to have foresight and the ability to let go of concerns.
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Ethical Discipline as the Unsurpassable Foundation of Bodhi and the Cultivation of All Virtuous Roots
The path followed by Buddhists is grounded in the teachings given to us by an awakened teacher—the Buddha—and calls upon us to observe, experience, and put these teachings into practice directly.
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Accomplishing the Path of Liberation through the Three Higher Trainings
Dharma is a teaching of awakening, and the path of awakening is a spiritual path that must be realized through the three higher trainings: ethical discipline, meditative concentration, and wisdom.
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Life as a Field of Merit
I have therefore discovered a form of practice particularly suited to our circumstances: “Work itself is practice; life itself is a field of merit.”
The Four-stage Training
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Avatamsaka Pure Land: All Beings are Buddhas
What Ling Jiou Mountain seeks to promote is precisely the Avatamsaka Pure Land: the conviction that “every being is a Buddha, and everyone will eventually attain buddhahood.” This realm of buddhahood is the Avatamsaka Pure Land.
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The Avatamsaka Realm: The Unfolding of the Four-stage Training (II)
Therefore, at present we must cultivate bodhicitta ground by ground. To practice the Buddhadharma is to study and practice it through to completion; one must never waver or shift course.
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The Avatamsaka Realm: The Unfolding of the Four-stage Training (I)
From December 12 to 28, 2025, Ling Jiou Mountain held its annual Avatamsaka Dharma Assembly. It is a great delight that so many participants enthusiastically take part in this exceptionally auspicious and sacred gathering year after year.
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NEPL – Live with faith, aspiration, and abilities (II)
The senior students of the NEPL led and encouraged the new participants to embrace Dharma by starting with the six fundamental principles.
University for Life and Peace
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Loving Earth, Our Shared Mission
The University for Life and Peace and its Earth-centered educational paradigm are designed to advocate interdependent diversity and peaceful cohabitation. Our objective transcends mere institutional establishment as it constitutes a love-Earth movement.
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Awareness and Education for Peace in Life
Although we may not be able to achieve it right away, we must not give up. We must foster this collective understanding and commitment to learning—from infancy to old age—learning how life coexists and thrives through interdependence.
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The Beauty of Interdependent Diversity
The idea of the University for Life and Peace first came into my mind due to my hard life as a war orphan.
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2021 Online Winter School – “Immediate Decision”
On January 22, 2021, we held an opening ceremony for the 2021 Winter School of the University for Life and Peace.
International Events
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Systematic Buddhist Study and the Life Guidance of Dharma
On March 3, 2026, we visited the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture of Myanmar to pay a courtesy call on the Minister and to express our gratitude for the efforts undertaken in preparation for this grand award ceremony.
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The Grand Assembly of Aspiration Prayer: Benefiting Sentient Beings through the Three Jewels
On January 7, 2026, we traveled to the Kai Tak Arena in Hong Kong to attend the “World Peace and Prosperity: The Grand Assembly of Aspiration Prayer.
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Interfaith Dialogue at the Vatican: Fostering Religious Friendship through Love and Action
I believe that only through attentive listening, mutual understanding, and the cultivation of friendship among religions can conflict be transformed.
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2024 World Buddhist Forum—Returning to Spirituality for the Common Good and Safeguarding Shared Ecological Flourishing
The Ling Jiou Mountain Buddhist Society is preparing to establish the University for Life and Peace, grounded in the values of loving the Earth and promoting peace, with the aim of researching methods to heal the planet.
Events
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The Value of Life through Benefiting Beings with the Dharma
September 4, 2026, marked the Convocation of Ling Jiou Mountain Triyana Buddhist Academy, at which eight monastics successfully completed their studies.
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Praying for Nepal with Peaceful Compassion
On August 26, 2026, flash floods and landslides occurred along the border between Nepal and Tibet. Following the disaster, we have also been praying for the safety and well-being of everyone affected.
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Water, Land, and Air Dharma Assembly: Sending Off the Noble Beings—Universal Offering of Peace, Pure Dharmadhatu, Ecological Harmony, and Peace for Earth
July 29, 2026, marked the concluding ritual of the eight-day, seven-night Water, Land, and Air Dharma Assembly.
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The Precepts for the Deceased in the Water, Land, and Air Dharma Assembly: Unionizing Compassion and Wisdom, Together Attaining Enlightenment
July 27, 2026 marks the most pivotal ritual of the Water, Land, and Air Dharma Assembly: the transmission of the Precept for the Deceased.