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Shifu – addressing Chinese Buddhist monks
I would like to share with you how to refer to and address Chinese monks. The characters 师父 (shifu ) are Chinese for the word loosely translated in English as (spiritual) Master but it is so much more meaningful in Chinese – the first character 师 shi comes from the word 老师 ( meaning teacher…
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How can we start practicing Buddhism in our daily life? Monastery life seems so far away.
First of all, we should understand that the Buddha Dharma, especially Mahayana Buddhism, is to be applied to any situation. Its profound wisdom can be very enlightening to people in any situation, helping them create a better life and then obtain ultimate liberation. However, monastery life is only suitable for monks and some lay people (non-ordained Buddhists) . In daily life, we must thoroughly…