The Dhāraṇī of Tārā
25 Feb 2021
The Dhāraṇī of Tārā is a very short recitation formula that invokes the deity Tārā for the purpose of dispelling obstacles and pacifying negative forces.
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25 Feb 2021
The Dhāraṇī of Tārā is a very short recitation formula that invokes the deity Tārā for the purpose of dispelling obstacles and pacifying negative forces.
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18 Feb 2021
The Chapter on Mañjuśrī’s Magical Display1 provides a teaching on the subject of the appropriate conduct for bodhisattvas. Set in the Jeta Grove, on the outskirts of Śrāvastī, the sūtra is framed primarily as a conversation between the bodhisattva Mañjuśrī and the god Great Light, while the Buddha listens to their dialog and occasionally comments.
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11 Feb 2021
The epic discourse of The Application of Mindfulness of the Sacred Dharma (AMSD) unfolds as a single, sustained reply to a short question that is put to the Buddha Śākyamuni as the sūtra opens.
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11 Feb 2021
此經中,一群剛受完戒的比丘在托缽乞食時遇異教徒的挑戰, 異教徒稱其教法與佛陀的教法絲毫無差。比丘們不知如何回應,在舍利弗的敦促下請示世尊。
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4 Feb 2021
This text revolves around a dialogue between the god Śrībhadra and the bodhisattva Mañjuśrī in which the latter recalls a teaching that he previously gave to Brahmā Śikhin on the practices of a bodhisattva.
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