Lương-Võ-Đế
Lúc Tổ Bồ Đề Đạt Ma từ Ấn Độ sang Trung Hoa truyền Đạo, có vào yết kiến và đàm luận Phật pháp với Võ Đế. Bởi quá chú trọng hình thức, nên Vua không thấu triệt được nghĩa lý diệu mầu trong lời Pháp giáo của Tổ, sanh tâm nghi ngờ. Thấy vậy, Tổ...
Six Paths
A being beyond the mundane, possessing boundless wisdom, miraculous power, and unobstructed understanding. Such a being is often respected and revered by the common people. Therefore, people also refer to deities as: Brahma, Indra, and the Buddha. Thus, there are four levels of deities: Buddha-deities, Immortal-deities, Saint-deities, and Asura-deities (Demon-deities); but the word "deity" here...
Seabed prospecting
Therefore, whoever wishes to inherit such a state must diligently and persistently cultivate their mind and body to achieve perfect purity and enlightenment. Just as a gold prospector must dive into the deep sea, sift through every basketful of mud, gather every fragment, and then melt and refine it to create a solid block of...
Sa-Ba World’s Master
Writing this, the Master prayed to Shakyamuni Buddha, the founder of Buddhism in the Saha world, asking the Buddha to bear witness to his work of compiling the scriptures to enlighten the community. Therefore, any virtuous men and women who possess the seed of Buddhahood and have a karmic connection with the Dharma should read...
dirty minds
Dirty minds: "Condition" refers to the cause or connection, the link from the past that extends to the present between two or more people. "Defilement" refers to accumulated dust and dirt, figuratively representing afflictions. Severing the connection with defilements means severing all worldly attachments, eliminating all defilements: mistaken perceptions and mistaken thoughts (delusions of view...
honesty
Amitābha Buddha always eagerly looks forward to sentient beings who know how to turn their minds toward goodness and recite the Buddha's name to do good deeds. Although He sits in the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, He constantly uses the five-colored radiance to illuminate the entire Saha world. Whenever He finds a sentient...
dựa non Tần
Chỉ cho miền Bảy Núi, vùng nầy nằm giáp biên giới Miên-Việt, dân tộc Miên còn ở chung quanh đây khá đông, nên gọi là non Tần. Bởi theo giáo hệ Bửu Sơn Kỳ Hương thì danh từ nước Tần là ám chỉ cho nước Miên. Và trong Kệ Dân, Q.2 Đức Giáo Chủ bảo:...
