农历八月初六，是净土宗初祖慧远大师的往生净土日。
The 6th day of the 8th lunar month is the Pure Land Tradition’s 1st Patriarch Great Master Huìyuǎn’s day of rebirth in Pure Land.
远公赞
慧远悲远，
设白莲社。
启发深远，
导千万社。
Praise Of Honourable Master Huìyuǎn
The Pure Land Tradition’s First Patriarch Great Master Huìyuǎn (净土宗初祖慧远大师), with wisdom and compassion far-reaching, established the White Lotus Society (for learning and group cultivation of mindfulness of Buddha [念佛共修] to reach Pure Land). With its inspiration far-reaching, guiding ten million (i.e. countless) more societies (like the Pureland Practice Fellowship: 净行会).
顶礼初祖庐山东林远公大师
Prostration To The First Patriarch, Lúshān’s Dōnglín Monastery’s Honourable Great Master Huìyuǎn (334-416)
相关传记
Related Biography:
净土宗初祖慧远大师传
Biography Of The Pure Land Tradition’s First Patriarch Great Master Huìyuǎn
https://purelanders.com/2017/03/17/biography-of-the-first-patriarch-of-chinese-pure-land-tradition-great-master-huiyuan
