January 2024

26 Jan 2024

This short text narrates Ānanda’s nocturnal encounter in the Banyan Grove in Kapilavastu with a gruesome female preta, or “hungry ghost,” with a burning mouth. The ghost tells Ānanda that he will die imminently and be reborn in the realm of the pretas unless he satisfies innumerable pretas with offerings of food the following morning. Terrified, Ānanda goes quickly to the Buddha and asks for advice.
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26 Jan 2024

這部簡短的經文記敘阿難在迦毗羅衛國尼拘律園時，夜間遇一面目可怖、口中燃火之鬼女。鬼女告阿難：若不能於次日清晨向無量餓鬼施食令其滿足，汝命將盡，其後生於餓鬼。阿難大為驚懼，速至問佛。

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26 Jan 2024

本經記敘比丘難陀深夜見一可怖餓鬼，預言難陀死期將至。難陀向佛講述其遭遇，佛陀遂授予一陀羅尼及施食法，能夠平息無量餓鬼之苦，並使難陀免於厄運。

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26 Jan 2024

The Dhāraṇī of Refuge for the Preta Flaming Mouth recounts the nocturnal encounter of the monk Nanda with a gruesome preta (“hungry ghost”) who predicts his imminent death. After recounting his experience to the Buddha, he is taught a dhāraṇī and an associated food offering ritual to allay the sufferings of pretas and avert his prophesied fate.
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19 Jan 2024

The Dhāraṇī of Āvaraṇaviṣkambhin presents two short dhāraṇīs that purify evil deeds, ease the dying process, and bring about birth in the heavenly realms.
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19 Jan 2024

本經宣說兩個短陀羅尼，誦之能凈除惡業、臨終安樂、來世轉生天道。

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12 Jan 2024

This short untitled text teaches a dhāraṇī and a rite for its practice.
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12 Jan 2024

這是一篇沒有標題的短文，經中含有與陀羅尼相關之開示及其修行方式。
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5 Jan 2024

As the Buddha approaches Kapilavastu, he is met by the Śākya youth Shining Countenance setting out from the city in his chariot. Shining Countenance requests the Buddha to teach him a rite of protection from harm, and the Buddha describes ten buddhas, each dwelling in a distant world system in one of the ten directions.
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5 Jan 2024

一時，佛遊於迦毗羅衛國，與乘坐馬車出城的釋迦童子「面善悅」相遇。童子請求佛陀教導防護危害之法。佛告童子：十方各有一佛住於遙遠世界中，每當出城前往某一方向時，心中憶念此方之佛，則旅途無有恐懼危難，有所興作悉當如願。
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