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Posts tagged with "Triple Gem"
Dec. 19 |
依止佛陀,
依止正法,
依止圣僧,
乃真皈依。
Reliance upon the Buddhas,
reliance upon their true Dharma, and
reliance upon the Arya Sangha* [who teach it],
is thus true refuge [in the Triple Gem].
*Noble (Holy) Sangha: The fourfold...
Oct. 4 | Take refuge in the Buddhas
and eventually also
become one of the Buddhas.
Take refuge in the Dharma
and eventually also
become one with the Dharma.
Take refuge in the Sangha
and eventually also
become part of the Sangha.
Jul. 4 |
Question: As there are many long traditional chants for offering food, is there a simple version, that is easy to remember and recite, that can be used by children too?
Answer: Here is a common version –
代一切众生,
供养佛, 供养法,供养僧,
...
Jun. 27 |
Question: Is it alright to get pets to take the Threefold Refuge in the Triple Gem? Although all sentient beings have Buddha-nature, can animals understand refuge?
Answer: Getting animals to take refuge is done in the hope that there might be some...
Dec. 21 |
Question: How is Buddhism different from Taoism?
Answer: The differences are many. From the Buddhist perspective, let us see some in terms of refuge in the Triple Gem (of Buddhas, Dharma and Sangha).
[1] Buddhas: Taoism’s supreme ones gone to...
Oct. 31 |
Though the problems below are not all’s views,
they do reflect those faced by the idealistic,
who wish for nothing but the best.
Problem [1]: Perfect Teacher Sought
Being with idealistic hopes to find
a perfect(ionistic) monastic teacher,
who...
Mar. 1 |
Question: I saw an elderly woman scolding a younger woman in a Buddhist temple for not prostrating properly, insisting that she must follow the proper way or she might ‘go to hell’! She was taken aback, trying to explain that she believes...
Dec. 28 |
The not correctable
are not commendable.
The incorrect yet correctable
are still commendable.
– Stonepeace | Books
Though not totally right, ‘the Sangha’ is often defined as the fourfold community of Buddhist monks, nuns, laymen and...
Dec. 13 |
自皈依佛,当愿众生,体解大道,发无上心。
自皈依法,当愿众生,深入经藏,智慧如海。
自皈依僧,当愿众生,统理大众,一切无碍,和南圣众。
– 三依文(华严经)
Personally taking refuge...
Oct. 24 |
Question: Is there a right attitude we should have when relating to Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Arhats, the Dharma (the Buddhist teachings), the Sangha and Dharma teachers?
Answer: What mentioned above included the Triple Gem (Buddhas, Dharma and Sangha),...
Oct. 18 | Protect the great name
of the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha
by becoming a great disciple
of the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha
– Stonepeace | Get Books
How should we look at ‘Buddhist’ teachers who might confuse others with their warped brand...
Sep. 5 | With one’s self-limited merits,
mere mindfulness of oneself when dying
at best leads to a limitedly blessed rebirth.
– Stonepeace | Get Books
In the Dhajagga Sutta on ‘Banner Protection’, which is one of the discourses compiled...
Nov. 10 | According to online dictionary m-w.com, an “atheist” is “one who believes that there is no deity” and a “deity” is “the rank or essential nature of a god/ a god or goddess/ one exalted or revered as supremely good or powerful.” Many theists,...
Aug. 25 |
How could gods of this world possibly liberate us, being themselves tied to the prison of Samsara? Instead let us take refuge in that on which we can rely on. To take refuge in the Triple Gem is a practice of the Bodhisattva.
~ #7 of the 37 Bodhisattva...
Jul. 30 | Though ‘Aftershock’ retells the terrible tragedy of the 1976 Tangshan earthquake which killed 240,000, it is not a typical disaster movie. Its focus is on its tear-jerking aftermath – of the subtle yet sure spiritual aftershocks, of how it tore...