Amituofo
9. The First and Most Important Good Deed is Filial Piety The most serious sin of all is to commit suicide. It is foolish and also agonizing for one to commit suicide. The suffering after suicide is more painful. One would suffer the pain of suicide repeatedly because one has yet to repay the Four Read More …
8. No One Can Hide in Front of the Karma Mirror “The cunning and deceitful people will be exposed. When one dies, nothing could be retained except one’s karma.” All of our bad deeds will be exposed in the Karma Mirror. No one can deny anything.
7. The First Hall in the Hells : The Hall of King Qinguang Here in the First Hall in the Hells – the length of life, the level of auspiciousness, and the punishment in the hells are decided. All sinful souls are brought to King Qinguang to be tried and sentenced accordingly. These souls will Read More …
6. The Kings and Soldiers in the Hells Manifest from Our Karma People who have no causes to go to these hells do not experience the horrors of hells. These horrors are not there because of the kings of hells are cruel or that they willingly inflict pain and suffering to the dead. The scenes Read More …
5. Too Late to Regret Now, the Judge is Here to Try Us It is like waking up from a dream. All actions done in one’s life will be judged after one’s death.
4. Practices of Ten Evil Deeds Leading to Suffering in Hells The Ten Evil Deeds are the opposite of the Ten Good Deeds. There are only a few decades in one’s life. If we do not realize the need to practice good deeds, or we choose to ignore the law of “cause and effect” or Read More …
3. To Gain a Human Form by Observing the Five Precepts Buddha said to be born into the human form is unbelievably rare and “the human form once lost is extremely hard to regain.” How can one attain the human form in the next life? The basic requirement is to observe the Five Precepts. What Read More …
2. Practices of Ten Good Deeds Lead to the Heavens If we are not able to go to the World of Ultimate Bliss, but we did accumulate good karma through good deeds within our lifetime, we can still go to the heavens to enjoy heavenly bliss. However, the Ten Good Deeds must be observed. What Read More …
1. Amitabha Buddha and Other Sages Welcome Sentient Beings to the World of Ultimate Bliss The greatest achievement in one’s lifetime is to be reborn in the “Pure land” within this life. This will allow us to break away from the perpetual cycle of rebirth and free us from the suffering of both life and Read More …
Prologue Life is short and impermanent. Our lives depend on the continuation of one single breath. Since there is life, it is inevitable that there will be death. There are lots of questions as to where we will go after we die. Are we going to the “World of Ultimate Bliss”? Or are we going Read More …