眾生無邊誓願度
煩惱無盡誓願斷
法門無量誓願學
佛道無上誓願成

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28 Jul 2019    Sunday     3rd Teach Total 1730

What Is the "Neither Increase Nor Decrease" in "Neither Increase Nor Decrease"?

Neither increasing nor decreasing has several layers of meaning: the total number of tathagatagarbha (Buddha-nature) in all sentient beings throughout the dharmadhatu neither increases nor decreases; the essential nature of tathagatagarbha neither increases in saints nor decreases in ordinary beings; the number of the seven fundamental elements within tathagatagarbha neither increases nor decreases.

——Master Sheng-Ru's Teachings
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