24 Sep 2020
The Exposition on the Universal Gateway takes place at Vulture Peak Mountain where a celestial bodhisattva named Amalagarbha arrives with a large retinue to request teachings from the Buddha Śākyamuni.
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22 Sep 2020
For Tibetan Buddhists, the Praise to Tārā with Twenty-One Verses of Homage is undoubtedly the most popular prayer to the deity Tārā, and is recited on a daily basis by many monks, nuns, and lay practitioners alike.
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17 Sep 2020
For a period of about a thousand years after the beginning of the common era, The Teaching of Akṣayamati had a significant influence on Buddhist thought. The eighty so-called “imperishabilities” (akṣaya) described in the sūtra—qualities to be possessed by the bodhisatvas—were considered to contain the whole way of religious development of the Mahāyāna.
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10 Sep 2020
經中首先記敘文殊師利與舍利弗的一段對話,談到禪修中的「住」、法性與真如,由此引出文殊師利與眾比丘的對話,藉此糾正眾比丘的錯誤見解。
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10 Sep 2020
The Dwelling Place of Mañjuśrī follows a dialogue between Mañjuśrī and Śāriputra regarding the activity of “dwelling” during meditation, the nature of dharmas, and the “true nature.”
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3 Sep 2020
此經中, 在化現洪水的神變瑞相後,海意菩薩從另一剎土來到王舍城,與釋迦牟尼佛探討法義,包括「淨印三摩地」,以及發菩提心、行菩薩道等相關的許多話題。
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3 Sep 2020
The Questions of Sāgaramati begins in a courtyard in the city of Rājagṛha, where the Buddha Śākyamuni, a celestial bodhisattva named Sāgaramati, and many other gods and bodhisattvas converse on a wide variety of subjects relevant to the Great Vehicle.
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