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In 1977, the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease devoted most of one issue to Dr. Stevenson's work. In a commentary for the issue, psychiatrist Harold Lief described Dr. Stevenson as "a methodical, careful, even cautious, investigator, whose personality is on the obsessive side." He also wrote: "Either he is making a colossal mistake, or he will be known . . . as 'the Galileo of the 20th century.' "
But with rare exception, mainstream scientists -- the only group Dr. Stevenson really cared to persuade -- tended to ignore or dismiss his decades in the field and his many publications. Of those who noticed him at all, some questioned Dr. Stevenson's objectivity; others claimed he was credulous. Still others suggested that he was insufficiently versed in the cultures and languages of his subjects to do credible investigations. Dr Stevenson responded that his critics should come investigate the cases for themselves. That did not happen.
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Dr. Stevenson's credentials are impeccable. He is a medical doctor and had many scholarly papers to his credit before he began paranormal research. He is the former head of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Virginia, and now is Director of the Division of Personality Studies at the University of Virginia.
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The Scientific Evidence for the Existence of Reincarnation<!--sizec--><!--/sizec-->
A list of academic literature by the late Professor Stevenson, a former Head of a major university's Department of Psychiatry.
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http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/inter...m#Reincarnation
REINCARNATION
1. Shroder, Tom. Old Souls: The Scientific Evidence for Past Lives. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1999. In 1997 Dr. Stevenson agreed to let Tom Shroder, an editor at the Washington Post, travel with him through India, Lebanon and the United States as he investigated cases of children who seemed to remember previous lives. This is Shroder's book about those experiences. Now out in paperback as Old Souls: Compelling Evidence from Children Who Remember Past Lives from Fireside Books.
2. Stevenson, Ian. Children Who Remember Previous Lives: A Question of Reincarnation, revised ed., 2001. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company (originally published by University Press of Virginia, 1987). Dr. Stevenson describes, for the general reader, research conducted over the past forty years. He also addresses some of the questions frequently asked about these cases.
3. Stevenson, Ian. Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation. Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 1974 (originally published as Vol. 26, Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research, 1966). Detailed reports of twenty cases of children (from five different countries) who claimed to remember previous lives.
4. Stevenson, Ian. Where Reincarnation and Biology Intersect. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1997. A 200 page synopsis of Dr. Stevenson's 2 volume, 2000+ page Reincarnation and Biology.
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Profile of Professor Stevenson:
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Probably the best known, if not most respected, collection of scientific data that appears to provide scientific proof that reincarnation is real, is the life's work of Dr. Ian Stevenson. Instead of relying on hypnosis to verify that an individual has had a previous life, he instead chose to collect thousands of cases of children who spontaneously (without hypnosis) remember a past life. Dr. Ian Stevenson uses this approach because spontaneous past life memories in a child can be investigated using strict scientific protocols. Hypnosis, while useful in researching into past lives, is less reliable from a purely scientific perspective. In order to collect his data, Dr. Stevenson methodically documents the child's statements of a previous life. Then he identifies the deceased person the child remembers being, and verifies the facts of the deceased person's life that match the child's memory. He even matches birthmarks and birth defects to wounds and scars on the deceased, verified by medical records. His strict methods systematically rule out all possible "normal" explanations for the child’s memories.
Dr. Stevenson has devoted the last forty years to the scientific documentation of past life memories of children from all over the world. He has over 3000 cases in his files. Many people, including skeptics and scholars, agree that these cases offer the best evidence yet for reincarnation.
Dr. Stevenson's credentials are impeccable. He is a medical doctor and had many scholarly papers to his credit before he began paranormal research. He is the former head of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Virginia, and now is Director of the Division of Personality Studies at the University of Virginia.
In order to help the reader become familiar with Dr. Stevenson's work, a 1988 Omni Magazine Interview is reprinted below. Following the interview is a summary of one of Dr. Stevenson's most famous cases.
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He was also a bright student who graduated at the top of his class:
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By Tom Shroder
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, February 11, 2007; C06
Dr. Ian Stevenson, 88, who spent nearly half a century traveling the world to meticulously investigate hundreds of cases of small children who appeared to recall previous lives, died of pneumonia Feb. 8 at the Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue Ridge retirement community in Charlottesville.
To Dr. Stevenson and his many admirers, his detailed case studies provided more than ample room for, as he liked to put it, "a rational person, if he wants, to believe in reincarnation on the basis of evidence."
In 1977, the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease devoted most of one issue to Dr. Stevenson's work. In a commentary for the issue, psychiatrist Harold Lief described Dr. Stevenson as "a methodical, careful, even cautious, investigator, whose personality is on the obsessive side." He also wrote: "Either he is making a colossal mistake, or he will be known . . . as 'the Galileo of the 20th century.' "
But with rare exception, mainstream scientists -- the only group Dr. Stevenson really cared to persuade -- tended to ignore or dismiss his decades in the field and his many publications. Of those who noticed him at all, some questioned Dr. Stevenson's objectivity; others claimed he was credulous. Still others suggested that he was insufficiently versed in the cultures and languages of his subjects to do credible investigations. Dr Stevenson responded that his critics should come investigate the cases for themselves. That did not happen.
But Dr. Stevenson himself recognized one glaring flaw in his case for reincarnation: the absence of any evidence of a physical process by which a personality could survive death and transfer to another body.
The evidence he did provide in abundance came not from past-life readings or hypnotic regressions but from using the techniques of a detective or investigative reporter to evaluate claims that a young child, often just beginning to talk, had spontaneously started to speak of the details of another life. In a fairly typical case, a boy in Beirut spoke of being a 25-year-old mechanic, thrown to his death from a speeding car on a beach road. According to multiple witnesses, the boy provided the name of the driver, the exact location of the crash, the names of the mechanic's sisters and parents and cousins, and the people he hunted with -- all of which turned out to match the life of a man who had died several years before the boy was born, and who had no apparent connection to the boy's family.
In interviewing witnesses and reviewing documents, Dr. Stevenson searched for alternate ways to account for the testimony: that the child came upon the information in some normal way, that the witnesses were engaged in fraud or self-delusion, that the correlations were the result of coincidence or misunderstanding. But in scores of cases, Dr. Stevenson concluded that no normal explanation sufficed.
Tall and lanky, patrician in appearance and diction, Dr. Stevenson was a tireless researcher who often would forget to stop for food during all-day treks on dusty third-world trails, running younger colleagues into the ground by nightfall. He catalogued more than 2,500 remarkably similar cases, mostly in Asia and the Middle East but also in Europe, Africa and North and South America. His first book on the topic, "Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation," was published in 1966; his last, "European Cases of the Reincarnation Type," in 2003.
Dr. Stevenson, a native of Montreal, earned his medical degree from McGill University in Montreal in 1943, graduating at the top of his class. In 1957, at 39, he became head of the department of psychiatry at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. But from his mother, a devotee of theosophy, which Dr. Stevenson described as a "kind of potted Buddhism for Westerners," he had inherited a keen interest in the paranormal, which became a calling after a trip to India in 1961 convinced him that the child cases were both ubiquitous and impressive.
As his research earned the scorn of some colleagues and caused unease in the university administration, Dr. Stevenson gave up his administrative duties to head what he cagily named the Division of Personality Studies, now the Division of Perceptual Studies, funded by a grant from Chester Carlson, the man who invented the Xerox process.
Dr. Stevenson retired from active research in 2002, leaving his work to successors led by Dr. Bruce Greyson. Dr. Jim Tucker, a child psychiatrist, has carried on Dr. Stevenson's work with children, focusing on North American cases.
Tucker said that toward the end of his life, Dr. Stevenson had accepted that his long-stated goal of getting science "to seriously consider reincarnation as a possibility" was not going to be realized in this lifetime.
But in 1996, no less a luminary than astronomer Carl Sagan, a founding member of a group that set out to debunk unscientific claims, wrote in his book, "The Demon-Haunted World": "There are three claims in the [parapsychology] field which, in my opinion, deserve serious study," the third of which was "that young children sometimes report details of a previous life, which upon checking turn out to be accurate and which they could not have known about in any other way than reincarnation."
His first wife, Octavia Stevenson, died in 1984.
Survivors include his wife of 21 years, Margaret Pertzoff of Charlottesville; a brother; and a sister.
Shroder, editor of the Post's Sunday magazine, wrote a book about Dr. Stevenson, "Old Souls: The Scientific Evidence for Past Lives" (1999).
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Another one is the simple recitation of the
Treasure Accumulated Tathagatha ,who liberates wandering cats and dogs
'Homage to the Tathagatha of Treasures Accumulated
May You Guide my cat to the Western Paradise
Up there , xxxx[cat name] practise Buddhism and
Do not forget to come back to liberate us from this heart wrenching ,troubled , wartorn saha world '
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Originally posted by Forrest_Gump:
Hi guys,
My friend's friend have a cat. He has an illness and will be dying soon. He is concerned about his cat. I gave some thought to taking care of the cat myself but I decided not to.
Is there anything I can do for the cat while its still alive so that the cat can have a favourable rebirth. I think it will be put to death by spca.
Ask your friend to recite this"Dear xxx[name of cat] , illness is part of our existence in this world
As trees shed old leaves and new leaves grow,
As Winter gone and Spring Comes
All are but part of cycle
Pain is temporary ,viewing such pain as temporary and will not last
Up there in the 10 Billion Buddhalands
Amitabha is now teaching in the Western Paradise
Seek rebirth in that land
Once Realised , do not forgot those who you have gratititude in this world
Our bodies are just an filthy shell, subject to decay and destruction
Look above you , a ray of soft radiant Light .
Recite in your mind ,Namo Amitabha
Reach out for the soft radiant light of Yellow , auspicious and calm
You will be born in Western Paradise in one thought
You have not come to this world in vain ,and you will come back to save all you can
Namo Amitabha "
recite this verse many times in a day ,preferably 100 times to the cat
upon the death of the cat ,the cat will be reborn in Western Paradise
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There will be a Pristine Nature Dharma gathering on 17 January Evening at Esplanade plus dinner session
All are welcome
Topics Covered :The Purpose of Bodhiruci nick in sgforums
Why am I a Buddhist ?
Transcending myth towards Essence of Practice
Buddhist Teaching applied to tough economic times
Yogacara aspect of Buddhism
Free Question and Answers session
Please indicate if you are coming
Pm me your contact and i will reply you my contacts
regards
Bohiruci
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Soka stands for "creating value " it started as an offshoot of Nichiren Shoshu which rejects the teaching of the Sensei of the Stone temple..It does not recognise Buddha Sakyamuni and it incorporates alot of new age ideas which is totally different from Buddhism
Practise :emphasis on the reciting Sutra title and the judging of inferior and superior chapters of the Lotus Sutra
Refuses alignment with the sangha ,and no monastic order
Take refuge in a western coat layman called Daiseki Ikeda and His descendant
Actively involved in National Day Parade in Singapore to spread their ideas
Teachings based on Japanese Social Order and fundings to Japanese only religious party ,Kaimingto
Sources based from Ven Tsang Hui on "the Truth of Nichiren Buddhism and Soka "
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Something you would want to read
Interview - His Holiness the 101th Sanden Tripa
Supreme Head of the Gelugpa Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.The following is an interview with His Holiness the 101th Ganden Tripa, the Supreme Head of the Gelug Tradition.
The interview is conducted on the occasion of His Holiness the 101th Ganden Tripa's first official visit to Singapore.
The interview is conducted by Kunga Nyima and is translated by
Associate Professor Huang Yi Yan of Taiwan.
It is conducted on 18 June 2003 at His Holiness's residence in
Singapore.
His Holiness the 101th Ganden Tripa is hosted on His first
Official Visit to Singapore from 25 May 2003 to 23 June 2003 by the Charitable Assistance Society.Buddhism
Q: What is the most essentially fundamental thing for a Buddhist?
A: Buddhists should know that samsara is suffering. We need to realize that samsara is
suffering first before we will try to obtain liberation from it. The only way to liberation from
samsara is through following the Teachings of the Buddha. According to the Texts, only by
following the Buddhist Teachings can there be ultimate liberation from samsara.
Q: What is the most important thing a Buddhist should remember?
A: A Buddhist should always remember the 3 Jewels: the Buddha, His Teachings [The Dharma ]
and His Assembly of Noble Disciples [ The Sangha ].
A Buddhist should clear internalize the supreme qualities of the 3 Jewels.
In general, the Buddha is like a doctor, the Dharma is like medicine and the Sangha is like
nurses and assistants to the doctor. We, sentient beings, in samsara, are like the patients. We
need to take the doctor's prescription to get well. Moreover, we also need to rely on the
doctor and his assistants too.
A Buddhist needs to always take refuge in the 3 Jewels as well as to remember the qualities
of the 3 Jewels.
Q: How do we sustain "Bodhicitta": the attitude of completely dedicating ourselves for the
welfare of others; of wanting to attain the state of Complete Enlightenment or Buddhahood
solely for the good of others?
A: To put the Teachings into practice is difficult. If we can put the Teachings into practice, this is
real Bodhicitta. If we cannot, this cannot be Bodhicitta.
To give rise to Bodhicitta, we must first cultivate Loving-kindness [ Wishing all beings to
have happiness and the causes of happiness ] and Compassion [ Wishing all beings to be free
from suffering and the causes of suffering ]. Next, we must think of the kindness of our
mother. Then, we need to remember the kindness of all beings as they have acted as our
mothers in countless past lives. Following, we need to cultivate the wish to repay the
kindnesses of all these uncountable mother sentient beings.
To put Bodhicitta into practice is difficult. If we can put Bodhicitta into practice, this is real
Bodhicitta. If we cannot put Bodhicitta into practice, this cannot be genuine Bodhicitta.
Always try to sustain a good-heart. Do not be bothered about what others do. Just try to
sustain a good-heart. This is the way of the true Buddhists.
Q: Is vegetarianism compulsory? It has been suggested that cultivating crops kill untold
numbers of insects whilst the slaughtering of only one yak in old Tibet can feed the whole
family for a week. Therefore, from the numerical point of view, this group of people suggests
that we should consume meat of big-size animals rather than eating vegetables which
inevitably entail the death of countless creatures. Moreover, some masters have insisted on
vegetarianism as compulsory for a Buddhist whilst others quoted Buddhist texts to the
contrary. What is Your Holiness point of view?
A: In general, Lord Buddha has taught 3 differing points with regard to vegetarianism.
In the first one, in the Theravada tradition, it is taught that we cannot take the so-called three
categories of "Impure Meat": a) we perceive through our eyes or ears the killing of the meat;
b) we suspect that the meat is killed for ourselves; c) we know that the meat has been killed
for us. Besides these 3 categories of meat, we are permitted to partake of the rest.
In the second one, in the Mahayana tradition, it is taught explicitly that the taking meat is
necessarily unskillful and wrong. So vegetarianism is compulsory here.
In the third, in the Vajrayana tradition, it is taught that practitioners of this path should take
meat. The reason for this is given in the texts and requires extensive explanations. It is not
appropriate for me to elaborate here.
Students of Buddhism can choose to follow any of these 3 points. It is not possible for me to
dictate which points students should follow.
Q: There have been some Buddhist centres concentrating mainly on doing social work whilst
some concentrating mainly on spiritual practices. What is Your Holiness's opinion on what
a Buddhist centre should concentrate on?http://www.purifymind.com/IV10.htm
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十六特胜 is from the Tientai Chih-zhe Venerable on
Mahayana Contemplation and Seeking Meditation
AEN , It is seriously encouraged you to read some chinese buddhist text..
Your Wisdom in English is Wonderful but restrained as English World still unable to explain alot of meditation terms
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Homage to the Green Tara ...Tara of Compassion .
May ones have smoother career in turbulent times
May one be at ease in current Financial Turmoil
May one help another to alleviate on Credit Crunch
May all woeful spirits accomplished their liberations and help sentient beings towards Salvation
May the chanting of Green Tara name extinguished 84 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 aeons of Karmic Afflictions
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Homage to Lord of Potalaka :Avalokiteshvara .For His
Boundless Compassion and Wisdom of PrajnaResolves the 84 000 000 000 000 000 000 aeons of Karmic Obstacles
May all woeful spirit seeing this liberates and born to saha world to learn and practise the Buddha Dharma attain Buddhahood for all sentient beings
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Homage to the Light of Medicine Buddha ,May One sight of Medicine Buddha reduces the heatiness and coldness from insufficient food from technical restructuring of Companies
May One be filled with Dharma Blessings and Continue on the Path of Bodhi
May the Sight extinguishes 84 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 aeons of Karmic Offenses
Namo Bhaisayjaguru Vairdurya
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Homage to the Light of Medicine Buddha ,May One sight of Medicine Buddha reduces the heatiness and coldness from insufficient food from technical restructuring of Companies
May One be filled with Dharma Blessings and Continue on the Path of Bodhi
May the Sight extinguishes 84 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 aeons of Karmic Offenses
Namo Bhaisayjaguru Vairdurya
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我于一切世间。最为尊贵。释梵诸天咸来亲奉。又见习学书计历数声明伎巧医方养生符印。及余博戏擅美过人。身处王宫厌诸欲境。见老病死悟世非常。捐舍国位。逾城学道。解诸缨络及迦尸迦。被服袈裟六年苦行。能于五浊刹中作斯示见。顺世间故浴尼连河行趣道场。龙王迎赞。诸菩萨众右绕称扬。
This parts summarise Sakyamuni from childhood ,after learning all the skills of the Worldly knowledge feel weary and seeing the sights of old age,sickness and impermance, forsaking the Royal Life ,and go into practice..after 6 years of hardship practices ,awaken to the Truth of Universe in the River Nerajana ...
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若我证得无上菩提。国中有地狱饿鬼畜生趣者。我终不取无上正觉
若我成佛。国中众生有堕三恶趣者。我终不取正觉
若我成佛。国中有情若不皆同真金色者。不取正觉
若我成佛。国中有情形貌差别有好丑者。不取正觉
若我成佛。国中有情不得宿念。下至不知亿那由他百千劫事者。不取正觉
若我成佛。国中有情若无天眼。乃至不见亿那由他百千佛国土者。不取正觉
若我成佛。国中有情不获天耳。乃至不闻亿那由他百千逾缮那外佛说法者。不取正觉
若我成佛。国中有情无他心智。乃至不知亿那由他百千佛国土中有情心行者。不取正觉
若我成佛。国中有情不获神通自在波罗蜜多。于一念顷不能超过亿那由他百千佛刹者。不取正觉
若我成佛。国中有情起于少分我我所想者。不取菩提
若我成佛。国中有情若不决定成等正觉证大涅槃者。不取菩提
若我成佛。光明有限。下至不照亿那由他百千及算数佛刹者。不取菩提
若我成佛。寿量有限乃至俱胝那由他百千及算数劫者。不取菩提
若我成佛。国中声闻无有知其数者。假使三千大千世界满中有情及诸缘觉。于百千岁尽其智算亦不能知。若有知者不取正觉
若我成佛。国中有情寿量有限齐者。不取菩提。唯除愿力而受生者
若我成佛。国中众生若有不善名者。不取正觉
若我成佛。彼无量刹中无数诸佛。不共咨嗟称叹我国者。不取正觉
若我证得无上觉时。余佛刹中诸有情类。闻我名已所有善根心心回向愿生我国。乃至十念若不生者。不取菩提。唯除造无间恶业诽谤正法及诸圣人
若我成佛。于他刹土。有诸众生发菩提心。及于我所起清净念。复以善根回向愿生极乐。彼人临命终时。我与诸比丘众。现其人前。若不尔者。不取正觉
若我成佛。无量国中所有众生。闻说我名以己善根回向极乐。若不生者。不取菩提
若我成佛。国中菩萨皆不成就三十二相者。不取菩提
若我成佛。于彼国中。所有菩萨于大菩提。咸悉位阶一生补处。唯除大愿诸菩萨等。为诸众生被精进甲。勤行利益修大涅槃。遍诸佛国行菩萨行。供养一切诸佛如来。安立洹沙众生住无上觉。所修诸行复胜于前。行普贤道而得出离。若不尔者不取菩提
若我成佛。国中菩萨每于晨朝。供养他方乃至无量亿那由他百千诸佛。以佛威力即以食前还到本国。若不尔者不取菩提
若我成佛。于彼刹中诸菩萨众。所须种种供具。于诸佛所殖诸善根。如是色类不圆满者不取菩提
若我当成佛时。国中菩萨说诸法要。不善顺入一切智者。不取菩提
若我成佛。彼国所生诸菩萨等。若无那罗延坚固力者。不取正觉
若我成佛。周遍国中诸庄严具。无有众生能总演说。乃至有天眼者。不能了知所有杂类形色光相。若有能知及总宣说者。不取菩提
若我成佛。国中具有无量色树高百千由旬。诸菩萨中有善根劣者若不能了知不取正觉
若我成佛。国中众生读诵经典教授敷演。若不获得胜辩才者。不取菩提
若我成佛。国中菩萨有不成就无边辩才者。不取菩提
若我成佛。国土光净遍无与等。彻照无量无数不可思议诸佛世界。如明镜中现其面像。若不尔者。不取菩提
若我成佛。国界之内地及虚空有无量种香。复有百千亿那由他数众宝香炉。香气普熏遍虚空界。其香殊胜超过人天珍。奉如来及菩萨众。若不尔者。不取菩提
若我成佛。周遍十方。无量无数不可思议无等界众生之辈。蒙佛威光所照触者。身心安乐超过人天。若不尔者不取正觉
若我成佛。无量不可思议无等界诸佛刹中菩萨之辈闻我名已。若不证得离生获陀罗尼者。不取正觉
若我成佛。周遍无数不可思议无有等量。诸佛国中所有女人。闻我名已得清净信。发菩提心厌患女身。若于来世不舍女人身者。不取菩提
若我成佛。无量无数不可思议无等佛刹菩萨之众。闻我名已得离生法。若不修行殊胜梵行。乃至到于大菩提者。不取正觉
若我成佛。周遍十方无有等量诸佛刹中所有菩萨。闻我名已五体投地。以清净心修菩萨行。若诸天人不礼敬者。不取正觉
若我成佛。国中众生所须衣服随念即至。如佛命善来比丘法服自然在体。若不尔者。不取菩提
若我成佛。诸众生类才生我国中。若不皆获资具心净安乐。如得漏尽诸比丘者。不取菩提
若我成佛。国中群生。随心欲见诸佛净国殊胜庄严。于宝树间悉皆出现。犹如明镜见其面像若不尔者。不取菩提
若我成佛。余佛刹中所有众生闻我名已。乃至菩提诸根有阙德用非广者。不取菩提
若我成佛。余佛刹中所有菩萨。闻我名已若不皆善分别胜三摩地名字语言。菩萨住彼三摩地中。于一刹那言说之顷。不能供养无量无数不可思议无等诸佛。又不现证六三摩地者。不取正觉
若我成佛。余佛土中有诸菩萨。闻我名已。寿终之后。若不得生豪贵家者。不取正觉
若我成佛。余佛刹中所有菩萨闻我名已。若不应时修菩萨行。清净欢喜得平等住具诸善根。不取正觉
若我成佛。他方菩萨闻我名已。皆得平等三摩地门。住是定中常供无量无等诸佛。乃至菩提终不退转。若不尔者。不取正觉
若我成佛。国中菩萨随其志愿。所欲闻法自然得闻。若不尔者。不取正觉
若我证得无上菩提。余佛刹中所有菩萨闻我名已。于阿耨多罗三藐三菩提有退转者。不取正觉
若我成佛。余佛国中所有菩萨。若闻我名应时不获一二三忍。于诸佛法不能现证不退转者。不取菩提
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如来无量无边光 举世无光可能喻
一切日月摩尼宝 佛之光威皆映蔽
世尊能演一音声 有情各各随类解
又能现一妙色身 普使众生随类见
戒定慧进及多闻 一切有情无与等
心流觉慧如大海 善能了知甚深法
惑尽过亡应受供 如是圣德惟世尊
佛有殊胜大威光 普照十方无量刹
我今称赞诸功德 冀希福慧等如来
能救一切诸世间 生老病死众苦恼
愿当安住三摩地 演说施戒诸法门
忍辱精勤及定慧 庶当成佛济群生
为求无上大菩提 供养十方诸妙觉
百千俱胝那由他 极彼恒沙之数量
又愿当获大神光 倍照恒沙亿佛刹
及以无边胜进力 感得殊胜广净居
如是无等佛刹中 安处群生当利益
十方最胜之大士 彼皆当往生喜心
唯佛圣智能证知 我今希求坚固力
纵沈无间诸地狱 如是愿心终不退
一切世间无碍智 应当了知如是心This is the Gatha when Dharmakara bhikkhu Met the King of the -World-at-Ease-Tathagatha
Try to recite it for 20 times a day for 2months. you will see good luck coming your way
Dharmakara is later Buddha Amitabha of Western Paradise
Edited by bohiruci 14 Dec `08, 8:22AM
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皆是诸大声闻众所知 Thus quite are renowned..why is the arhat mentioned in the sutra first... becos standing on the human realm .Arahat are humans attained the fruits of enlighternment
In all sutra , the Sangha is place in importance,wherever there is sangha , Buddhism prosper,wherever no Sangha , Buddhism did not flourish or never existed in that place
Some like to use academic circle to study sutra ,the authenticity of Sutra have been explored in all possible ways ..but in Academic circle ,the issue remains ,not many Mahayana sutra have been found ,does this mean Mahayana teaching is not true ?
One tends to undermine the wisdom of Buddha to a mere self-salvation Enlightened beings
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Next Sutra is like a meeting and it spells out the assembly which are the Bodhisattva present and the Arhats presents and all the royal family, this is to increase the confidence that when Human read it ..they will be closer to their heart as the teaching is on a humanistic approach instead of something abstract like in the heavens or only one talker and one listener ..
Buddhist sutra first few verse established the time , the confidence and the people and Protectors present and their presence is of educational value.Some of them will spread the teachings to faraway in this period after the Buddha Parinirvana. some in the near future ,and some in the distant future ....
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The Pristine Sound of Pureland :Bodhiruci on Larger Amitabha
The Tang translation by Bodhiruci is one of the famous translation of the Larger Amitabha Sutra a classics of Pureland Buddhism
it is in <<大宝积经卷十七无量寿如来会第五>>
大宝积经卷第十七 无量寿如来会第五
大宝积经卷第十七
大唐三藏菩提流志奉 诏译
无量寿如来会第五之一如是我闻。一时佛住王舍城耆阇崛山中。与大比丘众万二千人俱。皆是诸大声闻众所知识。
Thus have I heard ..Why is that Thus have I heard ? Buddha Sakyamuni at his Parinirvana requested Ananda to put the opening phrase "thus have I heard"
It is because at that time after Ananda attained arahantship .When he expounded the teachings of Sakyamuni Buddha , many monks observed he suddenly have the 32 Marks of Buddha ,and was confused.Thus have I heard is to reduce the confusion of the masses of the 500 disciples .Ananda have not attained Buddhahood but does endowed with the Radiant look of Sakyamuni Buddha .So the need to use "thus have I heard"
All Worldly Religion text have the beginning title "invocation to God and so on...
Thus have I heard ,stands on a Humanistic point of View .
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i read the almanac that this few years i also sit tai sui and offending tai sui ..If i am like you start going to the gods, thats quite silly ..understanding our karmic cycle that we have good and bad times.bad times is to grow us and reshape our lifestyle so in the good times we will be more cautious .
Edited by bohiruci 11 Dec `08, 9:09AM
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Originally posted by lowkks:
I reaped what I sowed. I'm just a few marks behind my passing grade for GP or else I'll get promoted. Just that few marks. They didn't allow me to be promoted. If you were me, what will you do? But my current cultivation is really very bad. I ate a lot of meat, isn't that thrifty as compared. It's really bad. Real bad.
hi little brother lowkks ,think carefully, GP is a subject that requires a good insight on Current Affairs .If you have been study hard ,why do you feel frustrated ?Last time when I take General Paper ,I spent many hours in the Library just to understand the how to put facts into essays .and its more than 3 ,4 hours in the library.
Eating meat is okie wad.if you start eating live seafood then its really bad .
Try to cut down on spending.dun let your heart brings you to shop and start buying things you go home and find you have no need for that.
That boils down to yourself .
How do you regard Buddhism as ? a religion to save yourself or its just a religion as a spiritual backup and morale recharging ?
You must understand your action
As what Buddha said
Be mindful of our actions and our body ,speech and mind .
Lastly try not to be too superstitious ..You wont end up having answers but more doubts
We tends to blame on people on our unfortunate circumstances ,but have we seriously thought about what are the factors we never remind ourself to prevent things goes awry ?
Edited by bohiruci 11 Dec `08, 9:06AM
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bent over?
