sấu nọ hóa long
Sấu trở thành rồng. Ý chỉ cho công việc đến lúc thành công (việc tu hành cũng thế). Đức Thầy có câu:“Thần Tiên hiệp mặt thì cù hóa long”(Xuân Hạ Tác Cuồng Thơ).T
Sáu-Tỉnh
Đức Thầy nhận thấy khắp sáu tỉnh miền Nam có lắm kẻ tu hành không đúng cách, lòng tham lam vịngã chưa diệt trừ, chỉ lo tạo những điều mị dối, để lợi dụng lòng tin tưởng của bá tánh. Nếu hànhđạo như thế thì càng tu càng chìm trong luân hồi lục đạo, mong...
Stanza
However, no matter how simple it is, a set of the Sấm Kinh only has about 500 pages yet summarizes the entire "forest of sutras" of all Buddhas and saints, so the content must inevitably be concise and condensed. Moreover, in terms of form, even simple words cannot avoid the need to use classical allusions,...
Seven Mounts
The meaning of the word Thất Sơn is the seven mountains in the Châu Đốc region, near the Khmer-Vietnamese border. These seven mountains are:1.- Anh Vũ Mountain (Két Mountain): Height 125m, located in Thới Sơn commune, Tịnh Biên district (Châu Đốc). The mountain is named Két Mountain because the tip of the rock resembles the...
Shang
The Shang dynasty (Chinese: 商朝; pinyin: Shāngcháo), also known as the Yin dynasty (殷代; Yīn dài), was a Chinese royal dynasty that ruled in the Yellow River valley during the 2nd millennium BC, traditionally succseeding the Xia dynasty and followed by the Western Zhou dynasty. The classic account of the Shang comes from texts such as the Book of Documents, Bamboo Annals and Shiji. Modern scholarship dates the dynasty between the 16th and 11th centuries BC, with...
Shen Xiu
Contrary to the method of cultivation that the Master advocated, namely following the non-action (wu wei) practice of the Buddha Shakyamuni in the past, which was later propagated by the Sixth Patriarch Huineng, there was a famous monk during the Tang dynasty, Shenxiu, who advocated using sounds and forms of bells and gongs to encourage...
Sir Phoi
He is Mr. Lê Văn Phối, living in Long Quới II hamlet, Long Điền commune, Chợ Mới district (An Giang), about 1 kilometer upstream of Xẻo Môn canal. He served as the Hương master in the village Hội Tề Board during the French colonial period, so he is commonly referred to as Chủ Phối (He...
Sir Quan
THE PERSON WHO CALLED HIMSELF QUAN VAN TRUONG: He is Mr. Nam Han, that is Le Van Han from Kien Phu Thuong Hamlet, Kien An Commune, Cho Moi District (An Giang). He often called himself Quan Van Truong when performing treatment for the people, and each time he did so, he would shout loudly.
Nam-Kỳ
Đất Nam Kỳ vào đầu thời nhà Nguyễn, cho đến trước năm 1841. Nam Kì Lục tỉnh (南圻六省) hay Lục tỉnh (六省), là tên gọi của vùng Nam Bộ vào đầu thời nhà Nguyễn, tức là khoảng thời gian từ 2 năm 1831 và 1832 (cải cách hành chính của Minh Mạng) tới năm 1862...
Six-Provinces
The Six Provinces of Southern Vietnam (Vietnamese: Nam Kỳ Lục tỉnh, 南圻六省 or just Lục tỉnh, 六省) is a historical name for the region of Southern Vietnam, which is referred to in French as Basse-Cochinchine (Lower Cochinchina, or Hạ Đàng Trong).[1] The region was politically defined and established after the inauguration of the Nguyễn dynasty...
