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The six senses of a person are comparable to the six spies inside a citadel which sneakily opens for six enemy armies to infiltrate. The six robbers or thieves, that is, the six senses: eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind. They are called Robbers because they often incite people to become engrossed in beauty,...

The six senses of a person are comparable to the six spies inside a citadel which sneakily opens for six enemy armies to infiltrate. The six robbers or thieves, that is, the six senses: eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind. They are called Robbers because they often incite people to become engrossed in beauty,...

The Six Words are written in Chinese or Vietnamese, in fact, equivalent to the six syllables in the Western words, as the Vietnamese and Chinese language have only a monosyllable word. In Vietnamese, the six words are Nam Mô A Di Đà Phật which corresponds to the Chinese phrase 南無啊彌陀佛。 In English, the syllables in...

The Six Words are written in Chinese or Vietnamese, in fact, equivalent to the six syllables in the Western words, as the Vietnamese and Chinese language have only a monosyllable word. In Vietnamese, the six words are Nam Mô A Di Đà Phật which corresponds to the Chinese phrase 南無啊彌陀佛。 In English, the syllables in...

The Four Feminine Virtues are:[6][7][8][9] Feminine Conduct (婦德; Fùdé) Feminine Speech (婦言; Fùyán) Feminine Comportment (婦容; Fùróng) Feminine Works (婦功; Fùgōng) Ban Zhao (49–120 CE), the first known female Chinese historian, elaborated on these in her treatise Lessons for Women (Chinese: 女誡; pinyin: Nǚjiè; Wade–Giles: Nuchieh):[10][11] Speaking about these four, woman's virtue requires neither unparalleled talents nor exceeding brilliance; woman's speech requires neither rhetorical eloquence nor sharp...

the drop is more elastic and hard to break when it can resist the extensive stretching. The Master refers to the flexibility of His teachings to the people who are not at the same level of knowledge and consciousness of goodness for understanding the Buddha Dharma. Some people are shrewd and the others daft, When...

SƠN LÃNH: Cũng viết là sơn lĩnh. Có nghĩa: chót núi hay đỉnh núi. Ý chỉ cảnh rừng núi miền Thất Sơn. Bởi nhìn lên các đỉnh núi miền Thất Sơn, vẫn còn mờ mịt những cây lẫn đá, chưa thấy gì gọi là quí báu, nên dân chúng chẳng chịu nghe lời giáo khuyên....

If the revival of Buddhism is to be successful, then monks, nuns, and Buddhist followers should now suppress the sounds, forms, and appearances, because these things are not the path to truth (attaining enlightenment). "The sounds, forms, and appearances of ritualistic religions would distort the true teachings of Buddhism, and enlightenment is difficult to achieve."...

NAM TRÀO: Also read as Nam triều, meaning the court of the Nam dynasty. “Gái Nam Trào” refers to a girl who currently maintains her chastity, which makes her worthy of being a subject of Vietnam in the future.TIẾT TRINH: Also read as trinh tiết, meaning the purity of women, who cannot love any man...