Teacup is Not a Teacup

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Teacup is not a Teacup brings together a collection of
publications, discussions and public talks by Venerable Master Shen-Kai, the teacher of Buddhahood Lineage World Jen Chen
Buddhism (Humanity Vehicle). In his many years of teaching throughout the world, the Venerable Master became known for his distinctive ability to explain the profound Buddhadharma with such startling clarity and simplicity that audiences would immediately comprehend the Buddha’s subtle truths, be able to relate them directly to their own lives and thus benefit themselves and those around them.

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Karma and Life after Death Ep.3 - What are the differences between human beings and ghosts? Plus... After a person dies, is there nothing left of him?

Part Two - Karma and Life after Death (Cont'd II) What are the differences between human beings and ghosts? If people descend to hell or become ghosts due to their past evil deeds, are they doomed forever? How does Humanity Vehicle Buddhism (Jen Chen Buddhism) relate to the vows of Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha (地藏Dì Zàng)? Does Buddhism guide the living or the dead to salvation? When a person dies, why do we chant “Amitabha Buddha”? Is it true that a Buddhist cannot be reborn in the Buddha Pure Land ...

Mar 19, 2024•23 min•Season 2Ep. 6

Karma and Life after Death Ep.2 - How should people practise so that they will have a good ending in life and face no obstructions in rebirth? Plus many more...

Part Two - Karma and Life after Death (Cont'd I) How should people practise so that they will have a good ending in life and face no obstructions in rebirth? After a person dies, approximately how many days does it take for him to be reborn? During this 49-day period, how can we help the deceased to be reborn in a virtuous realm? Why does the soul of the deceased still cause disturbances? Which realm is that from? After my father died, he did not bless me with peace. What can I do about it? What...

Mar 17, 2024•11 min•Season 2Ep. 5

Karma and Life after Death Ep.1 - What is Karma? Will we become ghosts when we die? Plus... How can we eliminate our negative karma?

Part Two - Karma and Life after Death What is karma? Will we become ghosts when we die? How does karma affect our rebirth? How do karmic hindrances come about? How does our negative karma arise? How do we cleanse ourselves of negative karma? What is ‘Mara’ ? How does it cause hindrances? What is the difference between karmic hindrances and Mara-hindrances? How can we eliminate our negative karma? Can rebirth take place regardless of the type of karma we have? This book, Awakening the Sleeping Mi...

Mar 14, 2024•15 min•Season 2Ep. 2

Cultivating Your Wisdom and Happiness Ep.3 - What is the method of ultimate cultivation? Plus...How do we apply Law of Causality?

Part One - Cultivating Your Wisdom and Happiness (Cont'd II) What is the method of ultimate cultivation? How can a Buddhist practise such that he fulfils supporting and protecting the Dharma as well as cultivating himself? We often hear people say, “If we do not commit bad deeds but instead often help others, then what need is there to learn Buddhism?” How should we elucidate such a perception? What are merits and blessings? Is being a vegetarian considered meritorious? How does one practise in ...

Jan 07, 2024•16 min•Season 2Ep. 3

Cultivating Your Wisdom and Happiness Ep.2 - How do we make our mind pure? Plus... How do we practise?

Part One - Cultivating Your Wisdom and Happiness (cont'd) A pure mind, hence a Buddha Pure Land. How do we make our mind pure? What are the teachings of Humanity Vehicle Buddhism (Jen Chen Buddhism)? What are the differences between the Buddhadharma and the ways of the world? What is the ultimate Buddhadharma? What is the difference between society educated by Buddhism, and Buddhism secularised by society? How should a Buddhist apply supramundane spirit whilst performing his work in the world? H...

Jan 06, 2024•20 min•Season 2Ep. 2

Cultivating Your Wisdom and Happiness Ep.1 - Why is there no happiness in life? Plus.. How to unfold our wisdom?

Part One - Cultivating Your Wisdom and Happiness Why is there no happiness in life? Why learn from Buddha? What are the benefits of learning and practising Buddhism? What is the wisdom of Buddha? How can we unfold our Buddha-wisdom? How should a lay Buddhist cultivate? This book (Awakening the Sleeping Mind) contains extracts of Venerable Master Shen-Kai’s answers to questions that people raised during his talks in various countries around the world. Venerable Master Shen-Kai is the teacher of t...

Jan 05, 2024•11 min•Season 2Ep. 1

Impermanence

Chapter 4: Impermanence TEACUP IS NOT A TEACUP book Some excerpts of the podcast: "In our world, how could things be forever unchanging? Moment to moment, time passes by; everything changes continuously and ceaselessly. All things and events arise by aggregations of causes and conditions, and cease again by dispersals of causes and conditions. All living beings go through ‘birth, aging, sickness and death’. Every event and thing in our world goes through ‘arising, abiding, changing and extinctio...

Dec 29, 2023•9 min•Season 1Ep. 4

There is no fixed law in causes and conditions

CHAPTER 3: There is no fixed law in causes and conditions Q: Is the Law of Cause and Condition fixed? Will it change? A: The Law of Cause and Condition is neither fixed nor not fixed. It is the term ‘Cause and Condition’ that is fixed, but their events and circumstances are not. Because the Law of Cause and Condition involves three periods (past, present and future), it is thus also known as the Law of Cause and Effect.... Powered by Firstory Hosting...

Dec 27, 2023•4 min•Season 1Ep. 3

There are form and emptiness in the arising and ceasing of causes and conditions

What is the Law of Cause and Condition? The sutra states that, “Form does not differ from emptiness, emptiness does not differ from form, form is emptiness, emptiness is form”. What does this mean? Are there any contradictions? Hear the answers to these questions by Venerable Master Shen-Kai. The founder of World Humanity Vehicle Buddhism (World Jen Chen Buddhism). Powered by Firstory Hosting

Dec 23, 2023•12 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Why Teacup is Not a Teacup

Illusion of name and form This is a Dharma talk given by Venerable Master Shen-Kai in West Covina, California, USA Some excerpts from the podcast: "Buddhadharma is actually very simple. It is the simplest thing to learn, unlike things in this secular world that can be quite troublesome to learn. I mentioned just now that we could expound the Buddhadharma based on a teacup. But how? Well, we could say, “This teacup is not a teacup. It is called a teacup”. To explain the teacup, we say that it isn...

Dec 20, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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