Homage to Guan Yin
Posted in Buddhism by amituofo on March 26, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Since today is the birthday of Guan Yin Pusa which is celebrated thrice annually on the 19th day of the second, six and nine lunar month, I think it is appropriate that I write a thing or two about this Bodhisattva who is the most popular goddess in both Buddhism & Taoism.
There is a saying […]
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The Story of Amitabha Buddha
Posted in Buddhism by admin on March 19, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Once there was a king who was so deeply moved by the suffering of beings in the world that he gave up his throne and became a monk named Dharmakara which means ‘Treasury of Dharma’.
Dharmakara was heavily influenced by the then Buddha Lokesvaraja and vowed to become a Buddha himself. He studied & observed at […]
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amituofo.com where are you?
Posted in Buddhism by admin on February 29, 2008 # No Comment Yet
When I started my first buddhism website - www.ammituofo.com, the very first domain name that crossed my mind was amituofo.com. Being a pureland practioner, it was not difficult to understand why. But unfortunately the domain has already been taken. Someone must had been early in the queue.
What I found out later was that the site […]
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