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84000新英譯佛典：《戒正具經》

84000新英譯佛典：《戒正具經》

23 Dec 2021

佛在舍衛城祇樹給孤獨園為僧眾開示「戒」之利益和護戒的重要。佛陀教導言，獲得人身、值遇佛法已是難事，更遑論是又能出家受戒並持守淨戒。人生必有一死，相較於失去一次生命，破戒之果更為嚴重，將於億萬來世中受報。世尊繼而以偈頌讚揚戒律，稱其為修持佛法、達至涅槃之必要基礎。經文最後，世尊以講述追逐短暫世間享樂之愚癡為此經文之總結。
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The Sūtra on Transmigration Through Existences

New Publication: The Sūtra on Transmigration Through Existences

16 Dec 2021

King Śreṇya Bimbisāra of Magadha approaches the Buddha and asks him how a past action can appear before the mind at the moment of death. The Buddha presents the analogy of a sleeping person who dreams of a beautiful woman and on waking foolishly longs to find her. He cites this as an example of how an action of the distant past, which has arisen from perception and subsequent afflictive emotions and then ceased, appears to the mind on the brink of death.
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Mañjuśrī’s Teaching

New Publication: Mañjuśrī’s Teaching

9 Dec 2021

The bodhisattva Mañjuśrī approaches the Buddha, who is teaching the Dharma in Śrāvastī, and offers him the shade of a jeweled parasol. The god Susīma, who is in the audience, asks Mañjuśrī whether he is satisfied with his offering, to which Mañjuśrī replies that those who seek enlightenment should never be content with making offerings to the Buddha.
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The Question of Mañjuśrī

New Publication: The Question of Mañjuśrī

2 Dec 2021

In The Question of Mañjuśrī, the bodhisattva Mañjuśrī approaches the Buddha and asks about the extent of the merit represented by the Buddha’s “Dharma conch,” which here seems to mean the Buddha’s voice. The Buddha proceeds to illustrate the vastness of this merit by means of a cosmic multiplication‍—sequentially compounding the merit of all beings in a certain realm if they each possessed the merit of a cakravartin, a brahmā god, a bodhisattva, and so forth, each having more merit than the previous one.
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