March 10, 2007 by Stephen.

This Blog has moved. Please our new site at www.sinoclip.com/blog (www.sharemsg.com and www.sharemsg.net are also ok. They will forward the traffic) . Thanks for 1and1’s technical support to export the WordPress Database for me.

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March 3, 2007 by Stephen.

People who practice Buddhism have to be vegetarian at least every “初一” and “十五” (1st and 15th of the Chinese month) in the Chinese Calendar.

The coming vegetarian day is:

• 3/4/2007 (十五 of Jan) - Lantern festival day
• 3/19/2007 (初一 of Feb)
• 4/2/2007 (十五 of Feb)
• 4/17/2007 (初一 of March)

The vegetarian days passed are:

• 1/19/2007 (初一)
• 2/2/2007 (十五 of Dec)
• 2/18/2007 (初一 of Jan - Chinese New Year)

Printable monthly calendar:

• 2007 Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
• 2006 Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

2007 January Calendar

Reference:

• http://www.chinapage.com/newyear.html
• http://udn.com/LUNAR/index.htm (In Chinese)

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February 4, 2007 by Stephen.

This is Dabei Zhou in Chinese.

The Nilakantha Dharani also known as Mahā Karuna Dhāranī, popularly known as the Great Compassion Mantra in English, and known as the Dabei Zhou (大悲咒)

(More information from wikipedia.org - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C4%ABlakantha_dh%C4%81ran%C4%AB )

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February 4, 2007 by Stephen.

Heart of Perfect Wisdom Sutra or Heart Sutra or Essence of Wisdom Sutra (Sanskrit: प्रज्ञापारमिताहृदयसूत्र Prajñāpāramitā Hridaya Sūtra; Chinese: 般若波羅蜜多心經, Bōrěbōluómìduō Xīnjīng; Japanese: 般若心経, Hannya Shingyō; Korean: Pannya Shimgyŏng) is a well-known Mahāyāna Buddhist sutra that is very popular among Mahayana Buddhists both for its brevity and depth of meaning.

This is the Heart Sutra in Chinese.

More information from wikipedia.org about Heart Sutra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_Sutra) and about Mahayana_sutras (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahayana_sutras)

*voice recording

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February 4, 2007 by Stephen.

Mantras - Om mani padme hum

Om mani padme hum^[1] (Devanagari ॐ मणि पद्मे हूँ, IAST oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ) is probably the most famous mantra in Buddhism, the six syllabled mantra of the bodhisattva of compassion, Avalokiteshvara (Tibetan Chenrezig). The mantra is particularly associated with the four-armed Shadakshari form of Avalokiteshvara. The Dalai Lama is said to be an incarnation of Avalokiteshvara, so the mantra is especially revered by his devotees.

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January 18, 2007 by Stephen.

BAUS - Buddhist Temple in Carmel, NY”

My friend said it is very nice place and very big. The following are the name of the halls. We were planning to go, but they close it this year due to the snow.

“Chuang Yen Monastery is located in a rural area of Putnam County, New York off Route 301, between Carmel and Cold Spring. The winter weather is always cold and often icy, so the roads become too treacherous to drive on. Visitors have often had accidents, although fortunately, no one has been seriously hurt. ” (http://www.baus.org/baus/bulletin.html)

• Chuang Yen Monastery Map
• Great Buddha Hall: The Hall of Ten Thousand Buddhas Encircling Buddha Vairocana
• Kuan-Yin Hall
• Dining Hall
• Yin-Kuang Hall
• Thousand Lotus Memorial Terrace
• Tai-Hsu Hall
• Woo-Ju Memorial Library
• Directions to Chuang Yen Monastery

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