I was originated in India, monastics there wore me during alms offering and Dharma functions.
Chinese Buddhism came from India, in this connection, Chinese had to wear me if they would like to be a monastic.
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Humble Table, Wise Fare
INSPIRATION
Recorded by Leann Moore 0:23
Poverty is the jade
that refines determination.
Lowly lot is the winter snow
that matures body and mind.
Adverse circumstances are the exams
that test life.
Affliction is the resource
that cultivates the Way.
Dharma Instruments
Venerable Master Hsing Yun grants voices to the objects of daily monastic life to tell their stories in this collection of first-person narratives.
Sutras Chanting
The Medicine Buddha SutraMedicine Buddha, the Buddha of healing in Chinese Buddhism, is believed to cure all suffering (both physical and mental) of sentient beings. The Medicine Buddha Sutra is commonly chanted and recited in Buddhist monasteries, and the Medicine Buddha’s twelve great vows are widely praised.
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