08/06/2026
Pure Land recitation in English online with Ven. Heng Sure, one of the most senior American Buddhist monks and teacher at our very first Georgia Buddhist Summer Camp. Weekly at 10:30pm Eastern!
【法宴】: 英語念佛暨線上淨土共修 Amitabha Recitation in English (雲端)
【講者】: 上恒下實法師 Rev. Heng Sure, PhD. (宣公上人資深弟子)
【時間】: 8 月 6 日起，每週四美西時間 7:30–7:45 PM｜亞洲時間 週五 10:30–10:45 AM
【緣起】: 為什麼開始這項共修？宣公上人不僅教導禪坐，也同樣重視念佛法門。淨土法門引導我們相信阿彌陀佛的本願，發願追隨佛陀往生淨土，並持念佛號，讓佛的願力在我們的生命中發揮作用。傳統的念佛修行承載於深厚而優美的中國文化形式之中，對於從小在其中成長的人而言，自然親切而深具意義；但對許多西方學習者，或沒有在這種文化背景中成長的現代亞洲修行人而言，卻不一定容易進入。這個共修團體，希望透過英文念佛與英文佛教讚歌，為大家開啟一扇親近淨土法門的門。
【線上報名】: https://amitabha.drba.org/
Starting this Thursday, August 6, Rev. Heng Sure is leading a weekly online Pure Land practice — fifteen minutes of reciting the name of Amitabha Buddha together, in English, with English devotional songs.
Background for starting this group practice: Master Hua taught recitation of the Buddha's name as much as he taught Chan meditation. The Pure Land method brings Amitabha's vows forward and asks three things of us: to believe them, to resolve to follow the Buddha to his Pure Land, and then to recite his name and let those vows work through us. The third step has traditionally been carried in a Chinese cultural form — beautiful and deeply meaningful for those raised in it, but not always easy to enter for Westerners or for modern-minded Asian practitioners who didn't grow up with it. This group is an attempt to open that door in English.
When: Thursdays, 7:30 pm Pacific — starting August 6
Registration and more information: https://amitabha.drba.org/
