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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84000 In Conversation | The Five Protections: A Buddhist Approach to Healthcare
5 Sep 2023
This conversation will center on the role of the scriptural collection of five texts known as the Pañcarakṣā in Buddhist approaches to healthcare and protection through discussion of its history and practice across the Buddhist world, with special focus on …
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Campaign | The Perfection of Wisdom for All
1 Jan 2023
On New Year’s Day, we are launching The Perfection of Wisdom for All—a crowdfunding campaign to bring 10,000 pages of the Buddha’s words to life for the first time in history!
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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 Questions of Śrīmatī the Brahmin Woman
19 Apr 2024
During an alms round in Vārāṇasī, the Buddha Śākyamuni encounters a brahmin woman by the name of Śrīmatī. Inspired by the Buddha’s majestic and graceful presence, Śrīmatī inquires about the teaching he gave at nearby Deer Park. In response, the Buddha reprises the teaching on how the twelve links of dependent origination lead to suffering and how their cessation leads to the end of suffering.
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New Publications: Like Gold Dust
12 Apr 2024
This sūtra presents a short dialogue between Ānanda and the Buddha on the theme of limitlessness. In response to Ānanda’s persistent inquiries, the Buddha uses analogies to illustrate both the limitlessness of the miraculous abilities acquired by realized beings, and the limitless multiplicity of the world systems in which bodhisattvas and buddhas are to be found.
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New Publications: The Mārīcī Dhāraṇī
5 Apr 2024
The Mārīcī Dhāraṇīopens at Prince Jeta’s Grove in Śrāvastī, where the Buddha Śākyamuni introduces a saṅgha of monks and bodhisattvas to the goddess Mārīcī by listing her unique qualities and powers.
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84000 In Conversation | The Bodhisatva as the Ideal Practitioner
2 Apr 2024
This conversation will center on the detailed exposition of the characteristics of the ideal Mahāyāna practitioner found in the recently released Toh 56 The Collected Teachings on the Bodhisatva.
Date: April 6, 2024
Time: 3 p.m. UTC | 8 a.m. Los Angeles | 5 p.m. Norway | 11 p.m. Singapore
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New Publications: The Third Well-Spoken Branch: An Exact Account of How All the Victorious One’s Teachings Extant Today in the Land of Snow Mountains Were Put into Print
29 Mar 2024
This is the third chapter of the Degé Kangyur Catalog, which describes the publication history of the Degé Kangyur. Authored by the Degé Kangyur’s main editor, Situ Paṇchen Chökyi Jungné, at the conclusion of the five-year project in 1733, it is a document rich in historical detail.
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New Publications: The Accomplishment of the Sets of Four Qualities: The Bodhisattvas’ Prātimokṣa
22 Mar 2024
In The Accomplishment of the Sets of Four Qualities: The Bodhisattvas’ Prātimokṣa, Venerable Śāriputra requests the Buddha Śākyamuni to explain the conduct of bodhisattvas. The Buddha responds by describing how bodhisattvas train in many practices and in the cultivation of many qualities, here presented in sets of four, related to generosity and diligence in particular, and more broadly to their attitude, conduct, learning, insight, and teaching. In this way bodhisattvas swiftly progress along the path to buddhahood.
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New Publications: In Praise of the Goddess Revatī
15 Mar 2024
In Praise of the Goddess Revatī includes a short praise to the goddess Revatī along with a dhāraṇī extracted from The Great Tantra of Supreme Knowledge (Toh 746). The praise itself is just a few lines long and addresses Revatī’s characteristics—her body is said to be made of gems and precious substances—and her familial lineage.
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New Publications: The Dhāraṇī of the Supreme Stem Ornament
8 Mar 2024
The Dhāraṇī of the Supreme Stem Ornamentis a short work that includes several prayers for protection, each of which is followed by an essence-mantra.
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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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