Q U E S T I O N S   &   A N S W E R S

by Karl Ray
An Interview with the Venerable Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua

All of you senior monks from all of the monasteries and mountains,...

All of you Bodhisattvas who have returned on the force of your past vows, you are now doctors and nurses,

Can we become enlightened though we eat meat?

How should we cultivate? We must first let go of our desires and put and end to love.

What instructions does the Venerable Master have for Taiwan's current situation?

People were most scared when the great flood washed over the world.

As the saying goes: "Virtue means true riches; the absence of morals is plain poverty."

According to doctrines of Theravada Buddhism, the "body between sets of skandhas" (the "soul" or consciousness after it leaves the corpse) is immediately reborn. But Mahayana Sutras say that it may take from seven to forty- nine days before rebirth occurs.

If we recite mantras on a daily basis, should we recite just one mantra or many different mantras? Which is more beneficial?

How can we use skillful means to overcome lust, fear, and doubt?

If you can remain unperturbed by external states, then you are cultivating.

How can we use skillful means to overcome lust, fear, and doubt?

If you can't find a good Way-place, then even if you want to cultivate, you won't be able to.

Basically, science doesn't exist. It's just called science because that's what we call it.

A Collection of Q & A's with the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua.

A Collection of Q & A's with the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua.

A Collection of Q & A's with the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua.

A Collection of Q & A's with the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua.

A Collection of Q & A's with the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua.

Only when your own nature is at peace will you know real happiness.
A talk by Venerable Master Hua in the evening of January 9, 1993, at the Taipei Institute of Industrial Technology



Precepts, concentration, and wisdom are the fundamentals of science and philosophy.
A talk by Venerable Master Hua in the evening of January 10, 1993, at the Taipei Institute of Industrial Technology