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CẢNH THIÊN TRƯỚC: Cũng đọc là Thiên Trúc, tức là xứ Ấn Độ, văn học Tàu gọi Ấn Độ là Thiên Trước. Bởi Ấn Độ là nơi Đức Phật đản sanh và cũng là nơi phát xuất Đạo Phật, cho nên gọi Thiên Trước là xứ Phật (Tây Thiên). Vậy, cảnh Thiên Trước là chỉ...

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In the third volume of the Oracle, the Master taught methods for perfecting their humanism and fulfilling the Four Debts of Gratitudes to repay worldly debts. He advised his disciples in the Three Religions, Buddhism, Confucianism and Laoism, to abandon cumbersome and superstitious rituals; to awaken the priests, shamans, and sorcerers to return to the...

-Các đoạn trước giải về bốn điều ác của Khẩu nghiệp, tiếp đây đến phần ác Tà dâm. Đức Thầy liệt nó vào thứ năm của Thập ác, tức là tội thông dâm với vợ con hoặc chồng của người khác, chớ không phải vợ hay chồng chánh thức, do luật nước hay cha mẹ...

NEAR WATERS, ONE KNOWS FISH’S CHARACTER. NEAR MOUNTAINS, ONE KNOWS BIRDS’ SOUNDS Verse 44, AWAKENING Tang Quang Hien Van’s book has a sentence: “Near water, one knows fish’s character. Near the mountain, one recognizes the birds’ sound” That means which person knows which group’s experience. For example, in fishery, the fisherman knows the fish’s habits...

Having a part, having a part of luck. Having a predestined relationship (predestined relationship), as opposed to having no predestined relationship. Meet each other and agree with each other is predestined. The proverb often says: "If there is fate, there is a chance of meeting each other, but if there is no fate, there is...

Although the body is close to worldly people, the heart is not tainted by worldly defilements, nor is it burdened by any worldly object: "Although the body is still worldly, the mind is detached from the realm of delusion." (Exhortation to Goodness, Vol. 5). In the "Forty-Two Chapters" sutra, the Buddha taught: "Those who renounce...

Although the body is close to worldly people, the heart remains untainted by worldly defilements, and is no longer burdened by any worldly phenomena: "Although the body is still worldly, the mind is detached from the realm of delusion." (Exhortation to Goodness, Vol. 5). In the "Forty-Two Chapters" sutra, the Buddha taught: "Those who renounce...

Also known as the Three Cardinal Principles, these are the three important pillars of human conduct: 1. The principle of loyalty between ruler and subject; 2. The principle of filial piety between father and son; 3. The principle of loyalty between husband and wife. Every aspect of life and conduct must be proper, such as:...

The Three Obediences and Four Virtues (Chinese: 三從四德; pinyin: Sāncóng Sìdé) is a set of moral principles and social code of behavior for maiden and married women in East Asian Confucianism, especially in ancient and imperial China. Women were to obey their fathers, husbands, and sons, and to be modest and moral in their actions and speech. Terminology The two terms ("three obediences" and "four...