February 2024

84000新英譯佛典 : 《菩薩教法集》(大正藏:大寶積經菩薩藏會第十二)

23 Feb 2024

本經中佛陀詳盡介紹菩薩——即理想的大乘行者——應遵循的見地與修道。通過佛陀與人及非人的對話,以及過去諸佛的故事,逐步讓我們了解到出離心、覺悟心、四無量心與六波羅蜜的教法。經中記敘諸多過去諸佛的事跡,其中一則提及燃燈佛為婆羅門善慧授記,預言其將在未來世以釋迦牟尼佛的身份獲得證悟。

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New Publications: The Collected Teachings on the Bodhisatva

23 Feb 2024

In The Collected Teachings on the Bodhisatva, the Buddha describes in detail the views and practices that are to be followed by the bodhisatva, the ideal Mahāyāna practitioner. Through his interactions with human and nonhuman interlocutors, and through stories of various past buddhas, we are led step by step through the topics of renunciation, the mind of awakening, the four immeasurables, and the six perfections.
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佛經導讀 | 第四十二任薩迦法王大寶金剛仁波切談「無量壽 無量智」

20 Feb 2024

2024年藏曆神變月,尊貴的第四十二任薩迦法王大寶金剛仁波切應84000之邀給予直播開示——講授《無量壽智經》。

《無量壽智經》(大正藏:《大乘無量壽經》)是《甘珠爾》中最廣泛流傳的經典之一,與延壽息息相關。無量壽佛是藏傳佛教中最常見且家喻戶曉的佛陀之一,代表壽命無量、光明無量。
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84000新英譯佛典 : 《如來之秘密》(大正藏:《大寶積經密跡金剛力士會第三》)

16 Feb 2024

本經主要講述金剛手與佛陀之間的一些教法與對話。金剛手是夜叉之王,常伴佛陀左右。在經文的前半部分,金剛手就菩薩與證悟者的身、語、意之秘密給予一系列教授。後半部分,金剛手講述了佛陀的生平事跡——行極苦行、前往覺悟之座、戰勝魔羅、獲得證悟、以及轉法輪。
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New Publications: The Secrets of the Realized Ones

16 Feb 2024

In this sūtra, the narrative largely revolves around the figures of Vajrapāṇi, the yakṣa lord and constant companion of the Buddha, and the Buddha himself. In the first half of the sūtra, Vajrapāṇi gives a series of teachings on the mysteries or secrets of the body, speech, and mind of bodhisattvas and the realized ones. In the second half of the sūtra, Vajrapāṇi describes several events in the Buddha’s life: his practice of severe asceticism, his approach to the seat of awakening, his defeat of Māra, his awakening, and his turning of the wheel of Dharma.
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New Publications: The Perfection of Wisdom in One Hundred Thousand Lines

8 Feb 2024

The Perfection of Wisdom in One Hundred Thousand Lines is the longest of all the Prajñāpāramitā sūtras and fills no fewer than twelve volumes of the Degé Kangyur. Like the other two long sūtras, it is a detailed record of the teaching on the perfection of wisdom that the Buddha Śākyamuni gave on Vulture Peak in Rājagṛha, setting out all aspects of the path to enlightenment that bodhisattvas must know and put into practice, yet without taking them as having even the slightest true existence.
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84000新英譯佛典 : 《般若波羅蜜多十萬頌》 (大正藏:《大般若波羅蜜多經初會》)

8 Feb 2024

本經是所有般若經典中篇幅最長的一部,於德格版《甘珠爾》大藏經中佔整整十二卷。與另兩部長篇般若經一樣,本經詳細記錄釋迦牟尼佛在王舍城靈鷲山所給予的般若智慧教法。經中開演證悟之道的各個面向,菩薩必須知曉並付諸實修,卻又絲毫不可執以為實。這部般若經以至為詳盡的方式演說每一要點,在包含關於迷惑的體驗、法道與證悟功德的系列教法中,世尊將許多深奧的教言在每一主題下反覆宣說重申其要義。
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New Publications: The Sūtra of the Sublime Golden Light

2 Feb 2024

The Sūtra of the Sublime Golden Lighthas held great importance in Buddhism for its instructions on the purification of karma. In particular, much of the sūtra is specifically addressed to monarchs and thus has been significant for rulers‍—not only in India but also in China, Japan, Mongolia, and elsewhere‍—who wished to ensure the well-being of their nations through such purification.

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84000新英譯佛典 : 《金光明經》 (大正藏:《金光明最勝王經》)

2 Feb 2024

《金光明經》是一部非常重要的佛典,因其經中教導滅除業障之法門「金鼓懺悔法」,並以顯著篇幅針對君主宣說此法護國之利益,因此對於治國者而言具有重要意義,其影響不僅遍及印度,也遠至中國、日本、蒙古等地。如經中所言,讀誦奉持本經不僅能滅除個人之業障,亦能使國土安穩、人民豐樂、無有災殃。

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