Translated from a lecture by Dharma Master Heng Chang in Vietnamese. The lecture is in a series regarding the Dharma of The 42 Hands and Eyes. Why does Kwan Yin Bodhisattva have so many hands and eyes? The thousand hands are called "skillful means" (upāya). These skillful means arise because of great compassion. It is only through compassion (mahākaruṇā) that one can develop such skillful means. Why do we want to help others? Because we care. Without compassion, we wouldn’t w

Translated from a Dharma Espresso Talk given in Vietnamese Good morning dear elders, sisters and brothers. This is today's Dharma Espresso. May the morning light welcome you to a peaceful new day. Dear friends, in the previous talks, we discussed whether Buddhism is a belief system or a religion. Today, I would like to speak about the true nature of Buddhism. During the Sui Dynasty in China, there was a venerable master named Zhiyi or Zhizhe (Trí Giả Đại Sư). He studied the t

Tribalistic Perspective (continued) Translated from a dharma talk given in Vietnamese by Dharma Master Hằng Trường. Good morning This is today’s dharma espresso and I will continue on the subject of changing our view, changing the way we speak. Dear friends, if we want to change our lives, it's clear that we must change our habits. But in order to change our habits, we need to have a new way of seeing things. Only then, can new habits be formed. But how do we know if we have