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Introduction

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Shi JiaMou ni fo

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T B, p, .

F p p. F p ,

p p. I , p

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p (C:yin). T B p , q . P p

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p, p - . E, , p

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aMituo fo

A B

Te Buddha o Infnite Light

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xp (S: karana mudra),

p . R

x p .P L B -p M . I

p V, C Jp. I P L B, A

p. A P L

p , p

p P L p .

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WenShu PuSa

M

Bodhisattva o Wisdom

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. T

, . H x,

x p p.

T 1.5 . I

A F .

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YaoShi fo

B B

Medicine Buddha

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Bodhisattva o Compassion

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Namo Pisafo Fo

Namo Suchi Fo

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offering taBle: I p . T

p. I p. T B .

Wei tuo PuSa

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Pu Xian PuSa

S

B

aMituo fo

A B

YaoShi fo

B

B

WenShu PuSa

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B

guan Yu PuSa

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Shi JiaMou ni fo

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Above: Meditation / Below: Parinirvana

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guan Yu PuSa

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Pu Xian PuSa

S

Universally Worthy Bodhisattva

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p B , p.

H, p p, -

, . H p, pp

, pp p.

I F G (C: Hua Yan Jing; S:Avatamsaka) S,

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To pay homage and respect to all Buddhas

To praise all the Buddhas

To make abundant oerings

To repent misdeeds and evil karmas

To rejoice in others merits and virtues

To request the Buddhas to continue teaching To request the Buddhas to remain in the world

To follow the teachings of the Buddhas at all times

To accommodate and benet all living beings

To transfer all merits and virtues to benet all beings.

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p p , pp W P

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Pu Xian PuSa

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Universally Worthy Bodhisattva

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Namo Amituo Fo

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aMituo fo

A B

Namo Amituo Fo. Namo Amituo Fo. Namo Amituo Fo.



Namo Amituo Fo.

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YaoShi fo

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B ( S)

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To illuminate countless realms

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To awaken the minds of sentient

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To provide the sentient beings

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To correct heretical views and

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To help beings follow the Moral

Pp, . To heal beings born with defor-

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To help relieve the destitute and

To help women who wish to

To help heal mental aictions

To help the oppressed be free

To relieve those who suer from

To help clothe those who are

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Om Bhaisajye Bhaisajye

Mahabhaisajya

Bhaisajye RazaSamudgate Svaha

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YaoShi fo

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WenShu PuSa

M

Gentle Glory Bodhisattva

M, B W, p B

, . H, p p,

p. H p, pp

, pp p. H :

om ah ra a cha na dhih

M L S (C: Fa Hua Jing; S:

Saddharma Pundarika) N () K -

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Paramita).

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WenShu PuSa

M

Gentle Glory Bodhisattva

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Wei tuo PuSa

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guan Yu PuSa

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Wei tuo PuSa

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inCenSe offering iMPleMentS

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dragon druM

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guanYin

A

Bodhisattva o Compassion

T .

T G, p

. I G xp

p , p

. E p p

p p .

G p . T p

p , :

he Comassionate One

Who Crosses All Beings

Over the Ocean of Suffering

O p p :

Sublime, magnificent, meritorious and wise,

the Bodhisattvas innumerable wondrous acts

lead sentient beings from sufferings

to erfection in wisdom

O p p :

he image of goodness, kindness and comassion

that is the Bodhisattva Guanyincame about after eons of ractices;

as the resulting merits and virtues

ervade countless worlds,

sentient beings asire for her blessings

and rotection to escae calamity and disaster

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guanYin Shrine CaSe

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the three veneraBle oneS

T G q

. T C B p.

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q p P L (p

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p C N Ex.

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H p p p A S. H

pp G S q

B B. H G L N

p M x: Te Complete ale o Guanyin and the Southern Seas.

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right MeMorialPillar

T :

I pp

p

q

pp B R

T B

left MeMorialPillar

T :

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q

p p

p

MeMorialWall

A p p p . E S J

M N F, ' , p. T p p , p

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the thouSand BuddhareMeMBranCe Wall

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MeMorial Wall, rearChaPel

S pq .

T D D P, K B, E S

B. H q p

p S M, B, . H

H. H

30 .T x :

Offering Bo for

Sowing Seeds

Broadly Cultivating

the Field of Merits

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daYuan dizang PuSa

K B

Earth Store Bodhisattva

A

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daYuan dizang PuSa

K B

Earth Store Bodhisattva

T ,

. T 25

. T p :

Namo Dayuan Dizang Pusa

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C 25 .

T ,

p D D, . H p ,

p H,

p . T

Jp, p p

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YaoShi

fo

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p -

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Shi JiaMou ni fo

Shakyamuni Buddha

T

S

C E W

p ,

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C

p

.

N '

. T'

p.

guan Yu PuSa

D P

T

p. I

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offering taBle: T G, p K G. I

p, . T p G C M A R C. T

p p V. W D. T p p p C K p E.

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offeringSforthe deCeaSed

I p pp

p

p,

p A F.

T p

C M .

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p . T

:

Donation Bo for

Incense and Lam Oil

guanYinandSeveral

dharMaSaYingS

O

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G

p .

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he virtue of Enlightenment

(Kwok) and the Vinaya code

of behaviour illustrate the

character of the school

Comlete (Ching)

Realizations come from the

teachings of sureme teachers

guanYin

B Cp

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here is nothing good or ugly about objects;

All goodness and ugliness arise from the mind.

If the mind does not discriminate,

Where can deceitful motivations come from

With a thousand lakes,

there will be a thousand reflections of the moon;

With ten thousand miles of cloudlessness,

there is the ten thousand miles of the sky.

he rayers from a thousand laces

are each answered in those thousand laces;

One always be the raft for others

in the sea of suffering.

rue ractitioners

Always see their own faults.

Not to seak ill of others

that is in unison with the ath.

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Even through tens of thousands of eons,

he karma one has committed remains undiminished.When the cause meets with the conditions,

One still has to eerience the karmic fruits.

he realm of Buddhahood is magnificent;

he sun of the Buddhas increases its slendor.

hallof virtue

T

, p.

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the WeStern Pure landof aMituo fo:A F p p, B G D S Z (S:Mahasthamaprapta,A

G S) . T p p p. A F p. T p

ppx --- . I .

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Shi JiaMouni BuddhaPreaChingthe dharMa: T B p, A, B , F K S. T p

ppx --- . I , P L p.

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Main Shrine rooM: T p . W . O . I , G

. I , . T . I

.

T T B B (S. ripitaka S, A V). T p

p, B, p, p . O

. I p C, . I . H,

p .

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Main offering taBle: T p , B S, p. T ---

. I p , ; eng shui . I pp,

p C M ( p) p .

T , p , , B pp . T pp p p

p , bas reliep p.

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