Liberation in the Two Vehicles

Selected Lectures on Saṃyukta Āgama, Volume 1

The Saṃyukta Āgama in fifty fascicles is an important Buddhist scripture that encompasses cultivation methods from the first fruit of enlightenment to the fourth fruit. Whether practicing Mahayana or Hinayana Buddhism, this sutra constitutes the most fundamental and essential Dharma content that Buddhist practitioners should rely upon. Excerpts from the Saṃyukta Āgama focus on observational practice in daily life, being foundational yet comprehensive, detailed, straightforward, and clear, making it accessible for practitioners to begin cultivation. The Saṃyukta Āgama provides detailed explanations on the impermanence, emptiness, suffering, and non-self of the five aggregates; how to practice observation and introspection in daily life; how to subdue afflictions; how to cultivate meditative concentration; and how to attain liberation. Thus, it is essential for practical cultivation aimed at severing the view of self. Frequently studying the Saṃyukta Āgama, engaging in seated meditation to calm the mind and contemplate its teachings, benefits practitioners whether they are beginners or long-term cultivators. May all be freed from suffering and attain happiness, abiding in peace and joy through the long night.

A Concise Exposition of the Seven Factors of Enlightenment

Contemplating the Five Aggregates and Eliminating the View of Self (Part I) (Second Edition)

Based on the tenets of the Four Āgamas expounded by the Buddha, this book provides detailed and concrete guidance for practitioners to contemplate the five aggregates and sever the view of self. The steps for cultivation are clear, explicit, and easy to understand. With sufficient dhyāna (meditative concentration), it is highly accessible for practical application, making realization relatively straightforward when following the instructions in this book. The book introduces specific and detailed methods for contemplative practice, serving as a comprehensive guide for modern Buddhists. As long as practitioners diligently apply these methods, arouse renunciation, and strengthen their dhyāna, they will find the path to severing the view of self. Attaining the fruits of the path and experiencing the merits and benefits of liberation are not difficult. The book also emphasizes the distinction between intellectual understanding and genuine realization to prevent sentient beings from mistaking mere comprehension for actual attainment. The retribution in future lives is fearsome, and such confusion would only hinder one's own spiritual progress in vain.

An Explanation of the Twelve Nidānas in the Āgama Sutras

This book elucidates the Twelve Links of Dependent Origination from the Agama Sutras, the Buddha Speaks the Sutra of the Old Mother, along with modern interpretations of various Buddhist terminologies and concepts.

Observing the Five Aggregates to Cut Through the View of Self (Part 2)

Based on the tenets of the four Āgama Sutras expounded by the Buddha, this book provides a detailed and concrete guide for practitioners to contemplate the five aggregates and eradicate the view of self. The steps for cultivation are clear, explicit, and easy to understand. With sufficient meditative concentration, it is highly accessible for practical application, making realization relatively straightforward when following the instructions in this book. The text introduces specific and thorough methods for contemplative practice, serving as a comparatively comprehensive guide for modern Buddhist practitioners. As long as learners genuinely apply these methods through diligent practice, arouse the renunciation mind, and strengthen their meditative concentration, they will find the path to eradicating the view of self. Attaining the Fruits of the Path and realizing the merits and benefits of liberation is not difficult. This book also emphasizes the distinction between intellectual understanding and genuine realization, preventing sentient beings from mistaking mere comprehension for actual attainment. The karmic retribution in future lives is formidable, and such confusion would only hinder one's own spiritual progress in vain.

Four Mindfulness Foundations Observational Practice Experience

Commentary on the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta (Second Edition) (Newly Revised)

How to eradicate the view of self and the view of a permanent entity? How to subdue afflictions? How to attain liberation? The path to success lies within this sutra. The core content of this book is to attain the fruition from the first stage to the fourth stage, enter pure Nirvana, and achieve liberation through the cultivation of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness: contemplation of the body as impure, contemplation of feelings as suffering, contemplation of the mind as impermanent, and contemplation of dharmas as devoid of self. During the practice, as long as one maintains unwavering focus on contemplating the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, over time and with deepening effort, one will surely eradicate the view of self, realize the fruition of liberation, thereby severing the three fetters and all afflictions, untying the bonds of birth and death that have bound us throughout countless kalpas, never again falling into the three evil realms, nor suffering the pains of the six paths of rebirth. This book provides profound and precise explanations, sufficient to serve as a guide for the vast community of Buddhist practitioners in actual cultivation, contemplation, and eradication of the view of self. By practicing according to its teachings, not only will meditative concentration deepen progressively, the skill in contemplation will grow more profound, and wisdom will become increasingly subtle and refined, enabling the simultaneous cultivation of calm abiding and insight. Attaining the fruition will then no longer be a difficult matter.