Sangha
The Sanskrit term is Samgha. 'Sangha' is the abbreviated pronunciation, fully spoken as 'Sangha' (samgha). It refers to a group of monks (Bhikkhus) united together into a community, living with the spirit of the six harmonies. 'Chúng' is the Chinese character, meaning a large number of people (community of monks). Therefore, 'chúng tăng' consists of...
sarcastic
"Bao" means praise, "Biếm" means criticism. It refers to words of mockery, contempt, or disdain towards others.
Sáu Đường
Bậc khác hơn thế tục, lượng xét không cùng tột, linh diệu, oai mãnh, thông suốt, không bị chướng ngại. Là bực bá tánh thường tôn trọng kính nhờ. Cho nên người ta cũng chỉ Thần là : đấng Phạm Thiên, Đế Thích và Đức Phật. Vậy, Thần có bốn bực: Phật Thần, Tiên Thần,...
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).
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,...
self-interest
In English, “fame and fortune” or “reputation and wealth” is a Sino-Vietnamese phrase consisting of two components: “name” (名) means fame, reputation, popularity; and “loi” (利) means benefit, profit, material. Fame and fortune therefore refer to the material values that people pursue in society, including reputation and personal benefits. The phrase "fame and fortune" has many...
fame-profit
Interests in the proper sense means fame and profit. It is synonymous with 'fame and profit.' Because fame and fortune aim to satisfy people's vanity and desires rather than the community in general, as greed is part of one's desire to achieve their personal goal as social position, power and resultant material reward, or profit,...
selling San Dong drugs
Around the full moon day of the seventh month of the Year of the Cat (1939), three strangers stopped by his house, one came to pound rice, and two sold Shan Dong medicine. The medicine seller asked Ms. Tu Co to buy a tonic to treat leprosy and told her to mix it with hot...
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...
