劝诵经人[23] Encouragement [For] People Reciting Sūtras 凡诵经人或持斋戒人固为善业，后世必受福报，无可疑者。然此报有尽，不能脱离轮回。 [Of] all people reciting sūtras, or people upholding [the] Purification Precepts...
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[34] Encouragement For Those With Evil Speech 劝恶口者
劝恶口者[34] Encouragement [For] Those [With] Evil Speech 身口意谓之三业。藏经所言，果报多因口业者，以口易发也。 [Of the] body, speech [and] mind, these [are] called [the] three karmas. That [the] Treasury [Of]...
[1] Transcending And Liberating From Rebirths’ Shortcut 超脱轮回捷径
超脱轮回捷径[1] Transcending [And] Liberating [From] Rebirths’ Shortcut 大藏十馀经言西方净土事，人皆莲华中生，衣食化成，长生不老。[The] Great Treasury [has] more than ten sūtras speaking [of the] Western Pure...
[3] Mindfulness Of Buddha’s Rewards’ Responses’ Causes And Conditions 念佛报应因缘
念佛报应因缘[3] Mindfulness [Of] Buddha’s Rewards’ Responses’ Causes [And] Conditions [i] 梁氏女双瞽而眼明，[ii] 冯氏夫人久病而痊愈，[iii] 陈仲举怨鬼遂去，[iv] 刘慧仲夜卧不惊，此 [a] 生前念佛之效也； [i] Liáng...
[8] Repentance Master Cíyún’s Early Morning’s Ten Recitations’ Method 慈云忏主晨朝十念法
慈云忏主晨朝十念法[8] Repentance Master Cíyún’s Early Morning’s Ten Recitations’ Method 十念门者，每日清晨服饰已后，面西正立，合掌连声称阿弥陀佛，尽一气为一念，如是十气名为十念。 That Ten Recitations’ Door...
[2] Universal Encouragement For Practice 普劝修持
普劝修持[2] Universal Encouragement [For] Practice 藏经云：「念阿弥陀佛者，现世消灾保寿。 [The] Treasury [Of] Sūtras say, ‘Those [who] recite “Āmítuófó”, [in this] present life [will]...
Filial Piety As The Method Of The Ultimate Path 孝顺为至道之法
孝顺为至道之法Filial Piety As [The] Method Of [The] Ultimate Path 父母之恩，毕世莫酬。孝之为道，其大无外。如来大教，以孝为本。 [The] kindness of [our] fathers [and] mothers, [even if] completing [this] life, [can]not...
[114] [37] From Bābā’er’s Mouth Grew A Lotus Flower 八八儿口生莲华 May Amigo’s Best Friend Be Āmítuófó!
八八儿口生莲华[114] [37] [From] Bābā’er’s Mouth Grew [A] Lotus Flower 有人养一鸲鹆 (qú yù)，俗名八八儿，见僧念佛，亦学念佛，遂舍与僧。此僧常教念阿弥陀佛。 [There] was [a] person [who] raised a crested myna...
[6] Abstaining From Killing, Stealing And Sex’s Instructions 戒杀盗淫说
戒杀盗淫说[6] Abstaining [From] Killing, Stealing [And] Sex’s Instructions 《楞严经》：佛谓：「想爱女色，心结不离，故有淫欲，则诸世间父母子孙相生不绝，是等则以欲贪为本。 [In the] Śūraṅgama Sūtra, [the] Buddha said...
[5] Encouragement For Monastics 劝僧
劝僧[5] Encouragement [For] Monastics 僧家当自念云：「我为出家人，了达生死乃本分事。不能如此，遂汩没俗尘，一日大限到来，有何倚赖？」Monastics should personally think, saying, ‘[For] me, as [a] person [who has] departed...