July 2023

84000新英譯佛典:《悲華經》(大正藏:《悲華經》)

21 Jul 2023

此經講述釋迦牟尼佛回憶起自己過去世的其中一世:當時身為國師的他發願要成佛,此舉令國王和王子、國師自己的兒子和弟子們以及其他人都深受啟發,眾人皆發願要成佛。此事即為阿彌陀佛、不動佛、觀世音菩薩、文殊師利菩薩以及賢劫千佛等諸佛菩薩之殊勝緣起,同時也成為釋迦牟尼佛殊勝佛行事業的緣由。
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New Publications: The White Lotus of Compassion

21 Jul 2023

The Buddha Śākyamuni recounts one of his most significant previous lives, when he was a court priest to a king and made a detailed prayer to become a buddha, also causing the king and his princes, his own sons and disciples, and others to make their own prayers to become buddhas too. This is revealed to be not only the major event that is the origin of buddhas and bodhisattvas such as Amitābha, Akṣobhya, Avalokiteśvara, Mañjuśrī, and the thousand buddhas of our eon, but also the source and reason for Śākyamuni’s unsurpassed activity as a buddha.
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84000新英譯佛典:《諸菩薩住處品》(大正藏:《大方廣佛華嚴經》 諸菩薩住處品第三十二)

7 Jul 2023

藏文《華嚴經》共四十五品,本經是其中第三十八品。如標題所示,這一品是關於菩薩的住處。經文列出二十三個住處,前九處提到了安住其中的菩薩名號,其餘的十四處則未詳說菩薩名號。

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