The Five Guidelines
The Five Guidelines
form the foundation and are the way we progress in our
practice.
They
are first, the
Three Conditions; second, the
Six Harmonies; third, the
Threefold Learning; fourth, the
Six Paramitas; and fifth, the
Ten Great Vows. We begin our practice with
the first guideline of the Three Conditions and
gradually progress from there.
The guidelines were extracted by Master Chin Kung
from the five Pure Land sutras, which consist of three sutras, two chapters from
sutras, and one treatise. The Pure Land sutras and
treatise are:
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The Infinite Life Sutra |
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The Amitabha Sutra |
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The Visualization Sutra |
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"Samantabhadra Bodhisattva's Conduct and
Vows" from the Avatamsaka Sutra
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"The
Perfect, Complete Realization of
Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva" from the
Shurangama Sutra |
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The Rebirth Treatise |
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