Westerly devotion
DEDICATION OF MERIT: 'Hồi' means to transfer or redirect, 'hướng' means to look towards, that is, the merits and good roots that one has cultivated, now one vows to dedicate towards one's intended purpose. Therefore, the term 'hồi hướng' for Buddhist practitioners means turning one's merits towards three places: 1- The place of realizing the...
Vô Vi
Vô Vi Vô vi là tư tưởng của triết gia Lão Tử trong Đạo giáo. Ông nói: "Vô vi nhi vô bất vi" (無為而無不為). Tạm dịch là: Không làm gì mà không gì là không làm. Hiểu một cách nôm na là, nếu bạn không làm gì mà thấy không việc gì thì không nên làm. Thiên nhiên trời...
Wu Wei 吴伟
无为（简体中文：无为;繁体中文：无为;拼音：wúwéi）翻译为“无为”或“毫不费力的行动”，是一个重要的古代中国概念。无为起源于春秋时期，最早出现在《诗经》中，成为儒家、中国治理和道教的中心思想。它通常指的是理想的政府国家，皇帝的行为，体现了个人和谐、自然自发性和自由放任的态度。无为表示一种特定的精神或精神状态，在儒家思想中，与既定的道德规范相一致。
xá-mã
Thường thấy nghi tiết trong cuộc làm chay ở các chùa, các ông thầy nhưn bông, bày ra sớ phướn lầu kho, xá hạt, xá ngựa.v.v…Tất cả đều đem đốt rồi nói rằng: số hạt ngựa bằng giấy đó sẽ mang số phướn về Tây Phương tâu với Phật, còn các vật kia thì để...
Xang canal
During the French colonial period, the canal was dredged from the Tien River branching into the Hau River, above Chau Doc Market, so it was named the New Canal, also called Tan Chau Canal. The folk saying 'Cai Rang, Ba Lang, Vam Xang, Phong Dien' easily makes those who are not from Can Tho think...
Xe-Loan
Do chữ Loan xa hay Loan giá. Có nghĩa: xe của Vua đi. Thời xưa xe của Vua đi thường có chạm hình chim Loan, do 4 con ngựa kéo (tứ mã), trên cổ ngựa có treo lục lạc (chuông); khi chạy đi tiếng chuông vang lên, tượng trưng cho chim Loan kêu. Vậy chữ...
Xiang Yu
XIANG YU: 項羽 A person from Xia Xiang, belonging to Qi Ji (China) named Xi, with the strength to lift a thousand-pound cauldron. During the Qin and Chu era, no one could defeat him. In the campaign to destroy the Qin dynasty, because of his bloodthirsty nature, he did not gain the support of the...
Yao-Shun
SHUN: is Emperor Shun (2256-2195 BC). His clan name was Yao, and his real name was Chong Hua. He was the eighth-generation grandson of Emperor Huang. He was a filial son, ranking first in the "Twenty-four Filial Exemplars" of China. His biological mother died early. His father, Gusou, married another woman, who gave birth to...
Zhou and Jie
Looking back at the sentient beings struggling in the sea of worldly suffering, from one disaster to another without end, it is no different from the time of Jie and Zhou, when the people had to lament and cry in sorrow, under the harsh rule of those two kings. Because Jie and Zhou were too...
Zhou Zhao Di
HOUSE OF KING ZHAO OF ZHOU: That is King Zhao, named Ha, son of King Kuang of the Zhou dynasty in China. According to the book “Chronicles of Zhou Poetry”, King Zhao reigned over the Zhou dynasty until the 24th year, which was the year of the birth of Siddhartha Gautama in India. At that...
