(Translated from the original Dharma Espresso Talk given by Venerable Heng Chang in Vietnamese) Good morning, everyone. This is today’s Dharma Espresso, and may the warm sunrise welcome you to a peaceful day. Dear friends, we are talking about the third obstacle that prevents us from returning to the Buddha’s home. First of all, I’d like to talk about the methodology of contemplation that enables us to understand these obstacles. So, what is this methodology? A habitual patt

Translated from a lecture given in Vietnamese by Dharma Master Heng Chang on The Path to the Buddha's Home, a series. Good morning, everyone, This is today’s Dharma Espresso. May the warm morning sunlight welcome you to a peaceful new day. The First Obstacle: Deception and Dualistic Mind We were speaking of the path home, to the Buddha. And we have talked about overcoming the first obstacle—being dishonest with ourselves and turning away from our True Mind. This is perhaps on

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