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Posts tagged with "skilful means"
Dec. 9 |
Tall, large, with red skin, a tail, hooves and horns, the half-demon Hellboy is a reminder not to judge by appearances – both in the fictitious and real world. Even those who seem ‘definitely’ evil might not be so, who might do...
Aug. 22 |
首楞严经,般舟三昧,先化灭去。十二部经寻后复灭,尽不复现,不见文字。– 释迦牟尼佛《佛说法灭尽经》
The Śūraṅgama Sūtra, and the Pratyutpanna Samādhi Sūtra,will be the first sūtras to transform...
Jul. 25 |
末世法灭之时,
特驻此经,百年在世,
接引众生,往生彼国。
– 释迦牟尼佛
《无量寿经》
When it is the last period of the Dharma-Ending Age [which is this era],
I will specially retain this sūtra, for one hundred [more]...
May. 3 |
诸佛念念念众生…
All Buddhas, from thought to thought,
[who are] are mindful of all beings…
– Shilashanti
According to the ‘Rajjumala-vimāna’, there was a servant’s daughter in Gayā, who was scolded and physically...
Apr. 10 |
泥菩萨过江,
自身难保。
Mud Bodhisattvas [who] cross [the] river,
[of] themselves, [they are] difficult [to] protect.
– Saying
Should one who aspires for Buddhahood strive to deliver others or oneself from the rounds of rebirth first? Well,...
Apr. 10 |
Some say ‘clothes maketh the man’. There is some truth in this, but only to some extent. The idea is that how well you dress can somehow lead to how well you succeed. It is a little like the concept of ‘fake it till you make it’...
Apr. 3 |
末世法灭之时,
特驻此经,
百年在世,
接引众生,
往生彼国。
– 释迦牟尼佛
《无量寿经》
When it is the last period of the Dharma-Ending Age [which is this era], I will specially retain this Sūtra, for one hundred...
Mar. 27 | [1] He sleeps in comfort.
[2] He awakes in comfort.
[3] He sees no evil dreams.
[4] He is dear to human beings.
[5] He is dear to non-human beings.
[6] Devas (gods) protect him.
[7] Fire, poison, and sword cannot touch him.
[8] His mind can concentrate...
Mar. 20 |
极圆极顿,
难议难思,
唯有大智,
方能谛信。
– 净土宗九祖澫益大师
《佛说阿弥陀经要解》
Extremely complete [and] extremely sudden [for enlightenment], difficult [to] discuss [and] difficult [to] conceive, only with...
Mar. 14 | In a scene where ‘The Punisher’ (Season 1) was spray-painting his signature white skull symbol on his black body armour meant to intimidate his enemies, Lieberman tells him… ‘That skull? That’s a “Memento Mori”....
Feb. 27 |
一切有情,与诸如来,
同俱一法,平等法身,
更无别体,亦无别心,
事理平等,犹如虚空,
常住一相,无有差别。
– 释迦牟尼佛
《宝悉地成佛陀罗尼经》
All sentient beings, and all Tathāgatas,...
Jan. 12 |
佛名大觉,具一切智,
若在世时,我母死后,
傥来问佛,必知处所。
– 婆罗门女
《地藏菩萨本愿经》
[The] Buddha [is] named [the] Great Awakened [One],
complete [with] all wisdom,
thus [on] when alive, [and]...
Dec. 11 |
破地狱偈 [3]
每自作是念:
‘以何令众生,
得入无上道,
速成就佛身?’
– 释迦牟尼佛
《法华经》如来寿量品第十六
Verse For Breaking Free From Hell [3]
[I] always personally have this thought,
‘With...
Nov. 27 |
The very shortsighted
must learn to see
much further.
– Shilashanti
The Kukkuravatika Sutta records how Puṇṇa (of the Koliyans), an ox-duty ascetic, and Seniya the naked dog-duty ascetic learnt the error of their ways through the Buddha. Prior...
Nov. 19 |
‘The Angel’ tells the supposedly true story, of how an alleged double-agent high in political office cried wolf, on oncoming war, to avert war itself. The stakes were not just a sheep or two, but many potential human casualties between countries....