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Donglin Monastery at Mt. Lushan · 2026 Annual Dharma Service Calendar in Four Languages

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Many kalpas ago, there was a king who, hearing the Buddha Dharma, gave rise to the bodhi-mind. Renouncing his throne, wealth, and all worldly life he became a sramana (recluse) and took the name Bhiksu Dharmakara. To secure the liberation of all sentient beings, He tirelessly investigated two hundred ten kotis of Buddha-lands for five great kalpas before making forty eight great vows. He then perfectly accomplished the six perfections and all practices for trillions of kalpas, finally accomplishing buddhahood as Amitabha and establishing His Land of Ultimate Bliss.
久遠���前，有一位國王，聽聞佛法發菩提心，舍王位與富貴，出家爲沙門，號法藏。法藏比丘爲了度脫衆生，不眠不休考察了二百一十億的剎土，思維五大劫而發四十八大願，隨後以兆載永劫的時間來修行六度萬行，終於成爲了阿彌陀佛，建立了極樂世界。

Our compassionate father Amitabha's vows, cultivation, and accomplishment of buddhahood are all to welcome and guide sentient beings like us, who have deep karmic obstacles and shallow wisdom, with the simplest and easiest method, so that we may swiftly transcend samsara and return to our pure Self-nature. We must no longer remain lost and unenlightened, failing to live up to Amitabha's great compassion and love. The His heart is as inconceivable as the great ocean, and the virtuous roots of sentient beings are also as inconceivable as the great ocean. Let us go to the Land of Ultimate Bliss to accomplish buddhahood together!
彌陀慈父的發願、修行、成佛，都是爲了以最簡單易行的方法，接引障深慧淺的衆生如我等，早日出離輪迴，迴歸清淨的自性。我等不能再執迷不悟，辜負彌陀慈悲大愛了。佛心如大海不可思議，衆生善根亦如大海不可思議。讓我們到極樂世界成佛去！
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The Connection Between Worldly Achievement and Buddhism
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💯The 59th session of Journey to the Other Shore: Experience Tours at Donglin Monastery, Mt. Lushan, was held on June 5 - 7, 2026.
Participants from all over the country gathered here at the monastery. They listened attentively to Dharma talks, practised Amitabha recitation, paid homage to the Donglin Grand Amitabha, offered light for blessings, and received the precepts. Having cultivated merit and wisdom together, all devotees finished this three-day retreat with their hearts filled with joy.

Our temple will host a one-week Journey to the Other Shore: Summer Camp from July 29 to August 4 this year. The longer time will permit even richer and more varied activities, all for free! We would be delighted to see you here.

For inquiries:
📞 Tel: [phone] (Reception)
📧 Email: [email protected]
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The Wisdom of Emptiness — Dharma Talk by Master Da An

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🪷The bodhisattva precepts are the source of all buddhas, the foundation of all bodhisattvas, and the root of all Buddha's disciples.
Five benefits of accepting and upholding the bodhisattva precepts:
① Protected by the Buddhas of the ten directions, one will experience peace and smoothness.
② Grave offenses will gradually be eliminated, purifying the body and mind. At the end of life, one will possess the right view and a joyful heart.    
③ Wherever one is born, one will befriend bodhisattvas, and auspicious connections will gather.  
④ Vast virtue will be accumulated, leading to the perfection of precepts by nature, merit, and wisdom in this life and future lives.
⑤ One will benefit both oneself and others, steadily advancing on the path to accomplish buddhahood.
Upholding the five precepts enables one to be reborn as a human or in the heavenly realms; the eight precepts are the precepts of renunciation of worldly life for laypeople, and their virtue surpasses that of the five precepts; accepting the bodhisattva precepts allows one to practice for the benefit of others widely and ultimately accomplish buddhahood.

For inquiries:
📞 Tel: [phone] (Reception)
📧 Email: [email protected]
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💫The summer retreat is a traditional Buddhist regulation for spiritual practice that lasts for three months. During this period, the sangha remains in the monastery to focus on their cultivation, not leaving the premises and diligently engaging in their spiritual work. The retreat begins on the sixteenth day of the fourth lunar month and concludes on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month. The final day is Buddha's Joyful Day, on which the Ullambana Offering and the Great Mengshan Offerings Dharma Assemblies will be held to express filial piety, repay gratitude, and universally liberate all sentient beings. Donglin Monastery will hold the Ullambana Dharma Assembly on August 27, 2026, and sincerely invites the public to participate as conditions allow.

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Faith, Aspiration, and Practice: Provisions for Rebirth in the Pure Land (Episode 2)

Namo Amitabha Buddha! Greetings to all!

The second episode of our video series with Master Da An on Pure Land Buddhism —"Faith, Aspiration, and Practice: Provisions for Rebirth in the Pure Land (Episode 2)"— is now online.

We welcome your comments and suggestions, and encourage you to like and share, so that more beings may also rejoice in the Dharma.

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How to Face Sickness and Suffering — Dharma Talk by Master Da An

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🌸🌹🌺The Buddha Bathing Festival is a traditional Chinese Buddhist festival, different from Vesak Day in Theravada Buddhism.

It falls on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, marking the birth of Sakyamuni Buddha. The core rite is bathing the infant Buddha statue with pure water. It stands for purifying body, speech, and will, dispelling afflictions, and awakening the innate Buddha nature. People pray for inner purity and worldly peace.

Vesak Day is celebrated on the first full moon day of May. It commemorates the Buddha's birth, supreme enlightenment, and nirvana. The two festivals vary in date and theme.

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🪷2026 Spring Bodhisattva-precepts-conferring Ceremony
Date: May 27–30, 2026
Venue: Donglin Monastery (Lushan), Jiangxi, China

Receiving precepts plants the precious seed of Buddhahood, guiding us toward ultimate enlightenment in this life and future lifetimes.

Ancient masters taught:
“Better to receive precepts even if breaking them later, than never to take them at all.”

Ordinary beings are like earthen bowls; receiving Bodhisattva precepts transforms us into golden vessels. Even broken golden fragments are far more precious than intact clay bowls.

Bodhisattva-precepts-conferring ceremonies are held yearly in the spring & autumn.
✅ On-site registration is welcome
✅ No complicated procedures
✅ Real-time translation support for all English-speaking visitors

For inquiries:
📞Tel: [phone] (Reception)
📧Email: [email protected]
🪩Official: https://t.co/9zfamKXKlf

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At Donglin Monastery, all practitioners cultivate diligently with single-minded devotion.

All spiritual practices in May, including the 7-Day Intensive Recitation Sessions and the 24-Hour Non-Stop Walking Recitation, have been fully completed.

The Bodhisattva-precepts-conferring Ceremony will be held at the end of May.

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Full of Dharma Joy | The Joyful Smiles of Practitioners at Donglin Monastery

In Chinese Buddhism, Dharma masters and lay practitioners are collectively known as the "twofold assembly of the black-robed (monastics) and the white-robed (laity)." "Black" represents the monastics; “white,” the laypeople. Although there are clear distinctions between them in many respects, on the path of cultivation, they strive side by side with one heart. They all recite Amitabha's name and aspire to the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.

Following "Images of the Way at Donglin Monastery" and "Monastic Traces at the Grand Amitabha Statue," this third issue captures a shared state of the two assemblies within the monastery—Dharma Joy.

What kind of joy is this? It is different from worldly revelry or superficial pleasure. When the words Namo Amituofo rise in the heart, utter from the lips, and enter through the ears—when afflictions give way to Amitabha's name—the pure and serene joy that naturally springs from the depths of the heart is Dharma Joy.

May these smiling faces touch the purity and aspiration deep within your heart. May all who see and hear them generate Dharma joy: may they recite Amitabha's name with joyful hearts, and walk the Way with minds serene. May their recitation of Amitabha's name flow like an unbroken stream, and may they smile without any worldly attachment.

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Namo Amitabha Buddha!

Greetings to all!

The first episode of our video series with Master Da An on Pure Land Buddhism—"Faith, Aspiration, and Practice: Provisions for Rebirth in the Pure Land (Episode 1)"— is now online.

We welcome your comments and suggestions, and encourage you to like and share, so that more beings may also rejoice in the Dharma.
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#MasterDaAn #DonglinMonastery

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A Secret Prayer

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Magnolias in Bloom at Donglin Monastery

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Follow our camera to experience the morning practice of the venerable masters

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The Colors of Early Spring at Donglin Monastery

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Namo Amitabha Buddha!! May His boundless light dispel darkness, His compassionate hope guide you home—the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.

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Celebrate the Year of the Horse! Download our exclusive wallpapers with noble horse art & Donglin Monastery's Abbot's Master Da An's blessing: '捷登樂邦 (Aspiration to the Pure Land)'. DM us or comment 'PM' to get them!
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