魔 DEMON
縦你入得不二门無菩提心墮魔
Even if you somehow manage to pass through the gate of nonduality, if you do not have bodhicitta you will still fall into the realm of demons
若人欲到法成就須鞭四弘誓願輪
If you wish to finally and truly attain the Dharma, you must ceaselessly turn the wheel of the Four Great Vows
Category: Four Great Vows
Sutra Copying: Some good (easy) starting places
♦♦ The Great Bright Six Syllable Queen of Mantras: 唵 嘛 呢 叭 咪 吽 ♦♦ Names of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas: 觀 世 音 菩 薩 (Kwanseum Bosal) 觀 自 在 菩 薩 (Kwanjajae Bosal) 地 蔵 菩 薩 (Jijang Bosal) 釋 迦 牟 尼 佛 (Sogamuni Bul) 彌 勒 尊 佛 (Mireuk Jonbul) 南 […]
The earliest known text with the Four Great Vows
“A Step-by-Step Teaching for Understanding Dhyāna-pāramitā” 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 (T 1916) by Zhiyi is the earliest known text to have the wording of the Four Great Vows as we know them. Unfortunately, this work has not been translated into English.
The Four Great Vows, Lesson Two
Lesson One:
四 弘 誓 願
眾 生 無 邊 誓 願 度
煩 惱 無 盡 誓 願 斷
法 門 無 量 誓 願 學
佛 道 無 上 誓 願 成
煩 惱 (Kleśas)
5-350 煩惱即菩提 (The kleśas are the same as Bodhi.)
7-424 不斷煩惱入涅槃 (Don’t eradicate the kleśas and enter nirvana.)
The Four Great Vows, Lesson Two
Lesson One:
四 弘 誓 願
眾 生 無 邊 誓 願 度
煩 惱 無 盡 誓 願 斷
法 門 無 量 誓 願 學
佛 道 無 上 誓 願 成
The slides for the class are here (in Word and PDF format):
• Word: L2-revised-2
• PDF: L2-revised-2-pdf
Four Great Vows in Hanja, Hangul, and romanized transliteration
衆 生 無 邊 誓 願 度
중 생 무 변 서 원 도
jung saeng mu byeon seo weon do
everything born without limit vow to liberate
More resources for studying The Four Great Vows
• Make your own practice sheets: Make your own character practice sheets at chineseconverter.com Make your own character practice sheets at purpleculture.net • You can also just buy books of ready made blank practice sheets. Personally I recommend “Mi-Zi-Ge” style with big squares, like this one available at Amazon: • Tuttle’s flashcards are really nice. […]
Four Great Vows: practice using Tuttle’s “First 100 Chinese Characters” and “Second 100 Chinese Characters”
• Lesson One: Most of the characters in Lesson One (derived from the title of the Four Great Vows) do not have their own entries in Tuttle’s “First 100 Chinese Characters” or “Second 100 Chinese Characters“. However, all but four have relevant entries that can be useful for practice. All page numbers below are in […]