菩萨作是念,行忍益众生。摧伏刚强心,疾得成佛道。 Bodhisattvas have this thought, of practising patience to benefit sentient beings. With subduing of their stubborn minds, to swiftly attain accomplishment of the Buddha path...
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Does Not Urging Precept-Violators To Repent Violate Any Precept? 不劝犯戒者忏悔是否犯戒?
Is it against any Precept (戒) to not teach those who break any Precept to repent? Yes, if one is a Bodhisattva Preceptee (菩萨戒子). According to the Fifth Light Precept Against Not Teaching To Repent...
[66] The Parable Of With The Mouth Reciting Ship-Sailing Methods Yet Not Understanding Their Applications From The Sūtra Of A Hundred Parables《百喻经》之口诵乘船法而不解用喻
昔有大长者子,共诸商人入海采宝。In the past, there was a great elder’s son, together with many merchants entering the ocean to gather treasures.此长者子善诵入海捉船方法,若入海水漩澓洄流矶激之处,当如是捉、如是正、如是住,语众人言:「入海方法我悉知之。」This elder’s son...