Chan Patriarch Hsuan Hua
(1918-1995)

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The Life of the Venerable Master

• The Eighteen Great Vows of the Venerable Master Hsuan Hu
• A Brief Account of the Life of the Venerable Master Hsüan Hua
• The Venerable Master Hsuan Hua Brings the Dharma to the West
• The Venerable Master Hsuan Hua Dedicated His Life to Propagating the Buddhadharma
• Venerable Master Hsuan Hua, His Life, His Legacy (website)
• Re-Encountering the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua in China
• Wikipedia entry: Hsuan Hua
• A Biographical Sketch of The Venerable Master Hsuan Hua
• Miscellaneous Biographical Essays
• Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua

Online Writings by the Venerable Master

SUTRA COMMENTARIES

• The Buddha Speaks of Amitabha Sutra (.pdf files)
• The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra with the Commentary of Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua
• The Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra (.pdf files)
• "The Heart of Prajna Paramita Sutra with the Standless Verse Commentary" by Venerable Master Hsüan Hua
• "The Heart of Prajna Paramita Sutra with Verses Without a Stand and Prose Commentary" by Venerable Master Hsüan Hua (.pdf files)
• The Sixth Patriarch's Dharma Jewel Platform Sutra and Commentary by Chan Master Hsuan Hua (.pdf files)
• Sutra in Forty-Two Sections with the Commentary of Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua

OTHER COMMENTARIES

• Song of Enlightenment with the Commentary of Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua

LECTURES, INTERVIEWS, ESSAYS, AND RECORDED SAYINGS

• "Some Recorded Sayings of the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua"
• "The Dharma-Door of Mindfulness of the Buddha"
• "Chan: the Essence of All Buddhas"
• "Guanyin, Guanyin, Guanshiyin"
• "The Shurangama Mantra--the Efficacious Language of Heaven and Earth"
• "Is the Shurangama Sutra an Inauthentic Sutra?"
• "White Universe"
• "Electric Brains' and Other Menaces"
• "Back to the Source: an Interview with Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua"
• "The Professor Requests a Lecture From the Monk in the Grave"
• "Master Hsuan Hua on the Hells"
• "Master Hsuan Hua on Stupidity Versus Wisdom"
• "Doing It Just Right Is the Middle Way"
• "To Prevent A Nuclear Holocaust, People Must Change Their Minds"
• "The Future of Humankind"
• "Monsters Appearing in the World"
• "The Horror of Taking Lives and Eating Meat"
• "Eating Flesh: Pros and Cons"
• "For Hundreds of Thousands of Years, the Stew in the Pot Has Boiled Up--A Resentment Very Hard to Level"
• "Should One Practice Filiality?"
• "Smashing Empty Space to Reveal the Mind Ground"
• Short Quotes Of Wisdom From Venerable Master Hsuan Hua
• Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua

Photos of the Venerable Master

• The Venerable Master Hsuan Hu
• Writings about the Venerable Master
• Venerable Master
• Photographs of the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua
• Photos--Slideshow

Videos of the Venerable Master

• 上人事蹟 Life of the Venerable Master
• A Talk for the New Year (1989)
• 宣化上人开示 佛与神有何不同
• Ven. Master Hsuan Hua Discusses Vegetarianism
• Extraordinary Man Ordinary Dharmas
• The Venerable Master Hsuan Hua Brings the Dharma to the West
• The Master Hsuan Hua's Sharira
• Writing Chinese Calligraphy
• Dharma Talks by Ven. Master Hsuan Hua translated in English

Chinese Sites for the Life and Teachings of the Venerable Master

• 宣化上人網路專輯—珍貴照片
• 宣化上人 - 佛學多媒體資料庫
• 宣化上人网路专辑—文章会集
• 宣化上人法音出版

Other Language Sites

• BỒ TÁT HẠNH _ Venerable Master Hsuan Hua
• Tưởng Niệm Hòa Thượng Tuyên Hóa nhân dịp kỷ niệm 25 năm thành lập Vạn Phật Thánh Thành
• Mira el vídeo Master Hsuan Hua a Netlog.com

Revised April 2010.
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