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佛典訪談錄 | 《五護陀羅尼》: 佛典中的醫療防護

5 Sep 2023

被稱為《五護陀羅尼》Pañcarakṣā的五部經典主要闡述有關佛典中的醫療保健和護衛的方法。本次訪談將著重於討論其歷史與在整個佛教界的應用,特別關注其在藏地的翻譯和傳播。

您也可以從鏈接前往雲端藏經閣閱讀已發布的五部《五護陀羅尼》經典, 以更好的了解內容和為參與活動作準備!

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眾籌計畫|點亮心燈 傳譯般若

1 Jan 2023

《般若波羅蜜多十萬頌》這部經承載著大乘佛教的核心教義,是佛陀言教中極為重要且篇幅最長的經典之一, 亦是般若波羅蜜多經典於人間所得中最長篇的,記載了佛陀於靈鷲山長達30年裡最詳盡的傳法開示。

2023年1月1日,我們將啟動「點亮心燈 傳譯般若」眾籌計畫,以期將這一萬頁經典完整地翻譯成英文並出版!這部經的篇幅佔《甘珠爾》經典的15%,預計翻譯出版週期將為5-8年。在一些護持者的發心贊助下,大部份經費已經籌獲,餘款將以眾籌方式廣邀十方大眾共植福田,共同成就將英文版經典首次呈現世間的功德!
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《心經》慶典

31 Aug 2022

為了慶祝84000所翻譯《甘珠爾》經典的數量於2022年6月達到了一個歷史性的里程碑,宗薩欽哲仁波切曾以當時發佈的經典「般若波羅蜜多——究竟圓滿之智慧」爲主題給予了導讀。接下來,仁波切將在新加坡與李連杰先生以《心經》爲主題進行一場對談,探討《心經》所留給我們的財富及其如何影響當今時代。

此次《心經》慶典結合了慶祝活動和角色扮演舞會,悉心裝扮而來的現場賓客將親身體驗以《心經》作為靈感啟發出的各種感官體驗。
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Celebrating The Heart Sūtra

31 Aug 2022

This year 84000 published an English translation of The Perfection of Wisdom, marking the availability of 25 percent of the Kangyur in English. In June, our Founding Chair Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche offered a beautiful introduction to the sūtra, and we …
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New Publications: The Shorter Devatā Sūtra

1 Mar 2024

While staying in Śrāvastī, the Buddha is approached by an unnamed “divine being,” who inquires as to what behavior merits rebirth in the higher realms. In response, the Buddha explains, in a series of concise and powerful verses, that abandoning each of the ten nonvirtues‍—killing, taking what is not given, sexual misconduct, telling lies, slander, harsh words, idle talk, covetousness, ill will, and wrong views‍—and embracing their opposites, the ten virtues, will lead to rebirth in the higher realms.
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New Publications: The Devatā Sūtra

1 Mar 2024

A radiant divine being appears before the Buddha shortly before dawn and asks a series of questions, in the form of riddles, about how best to live a good life. The Buddha’s responses constitute a concise and direct teaching on some of the core orientations and values of Buddhism, touching on the three poisons, the virtues of body, speech, and mind, and providing wisdom for daily life.
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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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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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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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New Publications: The Bali Ritual to Relieve the Female Preta Flaming Mouth

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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