如何转变愚傲者How [To] Transform Those Foolish [And] Arrogant 同室之人,固宜于闲暇无事时,委曲宛转,开陈至理,令其心知有是非可否。 Of people living together [i.e. family and friends], [there] certain should [be], when in...
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(Great Master Yìnguāng’s) Answers To Learner Huànxiū’s Questions (On Mindfulness Of Buddha)《答幻修学人问》
印光大师对六个念佛问题的解答Great Master Yìnguāng’s Answers [For] Six Questions [On] Mindfulness [Of] Buddha 【一】如何得念佛三昧?[1] How [To] Attain Samādhi [From] Mindfulness [Of] Buddha...
A Great Master’s Great Aspiration 大师之大愿
大师之大愿[A] Great Master’s Great Aspiration 问:老法师念佛,是发何大志愿? Question: [The] Old Dharma Master, [with] mindfulness [of] Buddha, is [with] giving rise [of] what great Aspiration...
Encouragement To Be Born In The Western Pure Land Creates The Greatest Meritorious Virtues 劝生西方功德最大
劝生西方功德最大 劝人念佛求生西方,即是成就凡夫作佛,功德最大。以此功德回向往生,必满所愿。 净土宗十三祖印光大师《一函遍复》 Encouragement [To Be] Born [In The] Western [Pure Land Creates The] Greatest Meritorious Virtues [As] encouraging...
Teach The Pure Land Dharma To Truly Repay The Buddhas’ Kindness 教净土法,真报佛恩
教净土法,真报佛恩Teach [The] Pure Land Dharma [To] Truly Repay [The] Buddhas’ Kindness 佛世甚难值,人有信慧难。遇闻希有法,此复最为难。愿共诸众生,往生安乐国。南无至心归命礼西方阿弥陀佛。 [A] Buddha [in the] world [is] extremely...
Discussion On Mindfulness Of Buddha And Encounters Of Demons《念佛着魔辩》
《念佛着魔辩》Discussion [On] Mindfulness [Of] Buddha [And] Encounters [Of] Demons 或问省庵曰:「参禅一门,全仗己力,故每多魔事。念佛则仗他力,故承佛护念,魔事不生,有诸,否乎?」 [A] questioner [to] Xǐng’ān said...
With This Rare Human Body Deliver This Body 以稀有人身度今身
以稀有人身度今身With [This] Rare Human Body Deliver This Body 得人身者,如爪上土。失人身者,如大地土。 Those [who] attain [the] human body, [are few], like [the little] dirt on [the] fingernails. Those [who]...
Verses On The Buddha’s Order 佛敕偈
佛敕偈Verses [On The] Buddha’s Order 佛楞严敕,菩萨罗汉,末法应身,度诸轮转。[The] Buddha, [in the] Śūraṅgama [Sūtra] ordered, Bodhisattvas [and] Arhats [to, in this] Dharma-Ending [Age] manifest...
How Buddhas And Bodhisattvas Use Innumerable Manifestation Bodies To Deliver Sentient Beings At The Same Time 佛菩萨如何以千百亿化身同时度众生
观世音菩萨于无量劫前,久成佛道,号正法明。但以度生念切,救苦心殷,不离寂光,垂形六道。 Guānshìyīn [i.e. Contemplator (Of The) World’s Sounds] Bodhisattva in immeasurable kalpas [i.e. world cycles] before, [had] long...
[79] How Āmítuófó Assured Me By Assuring My Father
I would like to share an encouraging experience that my Father just shared with me early this morning. My Father, who is a no-nonsense, practical, logic and evidence-based kind of...