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Compassion
Buddhist
Association
Bi-Monthly Newsletter
Volume 1. January/ Feburary 2016
11029 Faber Way
Rancho Cordova CA 95670
www.compassionbuddhist.org
[email protected]
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 MISSION
▪ The mission of Compassion Buddhist
Association (CBA) is to propagate
Mahayana Buddhism, purify people's
hearts, study and practice compassion
and wisdom. Our primary vision is
focused on the “Protection of the
Spiritual Environment” based on the
Buddha dharma taught in the past
twenty five hundred years, in the hope
that we can implement the Buddha's
teachings in our daily life through the
actual practice of mind continuum with
an emphasis on compassion.
▪ Through continuous effort, CBA plans to
benefit more and more people by involving
them in the following activities:
Lectures on Buddha Dharma
Dharma Assembly and Group Practice
Breakfast distribution for homeless people
 Buddhism Teaching at Sac State
University
Teachings of Thangka Art
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Monthly Spotlight Topic
The extraordinary transference of
consciousness practice to the Pure Land :
Phowa
 Phowa” is a Tibetan word which means
“transferring the mind consciousness”, and
move one's own mind to the World of Buddha
Amitabha. It is the most extraordinary
practice to take the rebirth in the Pure Land.
There are primarily extraordinary benefits of
Phowa:
1. Phowa can be used to perform transference
of consciousness for the diseased. This
transference of midstream could be done no
matter where the spirit of the diseased falls
in the six realms.
2. Phowa can be used to perform transference
of consciousness for oneself. The path to
rebirth in the Western Pure Land of
Amitabha Buddha lies on the vertex.
Therefore, the vertex must be opened.
Monthly Classes Event
Every Saturday Morning
早餐分發為無家可歸者
7:30AM – 8:30AM
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Every Tuesday Morning
普賢上師言教共修
10:30AM-12PM
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3rd Sunday
頗瓦法共修
9AM-11AM
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3rd Saturday
綠度母共修
10AM – 12PM
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3.
A person who practices Phowa well
can leave the world whenever he
desires.
4. Opening the vertex is used to prepare
for rebirth at the time of dying. For
example, if you have not accomplished
in your practice, but impermanence
takes place this evening. This will be
the time to apply Phowa. There is not a
lot of time to recite rituals and meditate,
and it is not necessary either. At the
time of you passing, it is quite alright to
just envision tiklés and the character “
shi尸” on your vertex, and utter “ ho 嗬
”one to three time, then throw them into
the heart of Buddha Amitabha. No
matter how much negative karma you
have accumulated in your lifetime, you
will be able to take rebirth in the
Western Pure Land of Amitabha
Buddha even if you have done very bad
deeds such as killing a person everyday.
This is because of the immense power
of Buddha Amitabha's vows and great
compassion that even if one has
committed the gravest crime of killing,
he can still take rebirth in the Pure land
with Phowa
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