回头是岸 (回頭是岸) huí tóu shì àn
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huí tóu shì àn
set phrase
the shore is right before you; to repent and start afresh
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: (Guoyu '回頭是岸'; Mathews 1931 '回頭是岸', p. 7) -
huí tóu shì àn
set phrase
Turn Around to Salvation
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism)
Contained in
- 苦海无边，回头是岸(苦海無邊，回頭是岸) The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore . Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering. ; the ocean of suffering is boundless; only by turning back can one reach salvation
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Turning Ourselves Around 回頭轉身 Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 2 - Prescription for the Heart 《迷悟之間(二)度一切苦厄》 — count: 8
- The Causes and Conditions of My Building Fo Guang Shan 我建佛光山的因緣 Buddhist Affinities over a Century 9 - Places of Practice 1 《百年佛緣9－道場篇1》 — count: 2
- Scroll 1: Another Kind of Wealth - Looking Back 卷一 另類的財富 回頭 Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 2 - Intangible Value 《人間萬事2－無形的可貴》 — count: 2
- The Sickness of Youth 青年之病 Humanistic Buddhism Series 4 - Buddhism and Youth 《人間佛教系列4－佛教與青年》 — count: 2
- Standards for Language in Buddhist Monasteries 佛教叢林語言規範 Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》 — count: 1
- Volume 12: A Selection of Buddhist Works - Class 28: Buddhist Temple Couplets (excerpt) 第十二冊 佛教作品選錄 第二十八課 佛寺聯語(選錄) Fo Guang Buddhist Textbooks 《佛光教科書》 — count: 1
- Virtue and Merit in Life Scroll 3: The Sublte Wonders of Suffering 卷三 道德福命 苦的妙用 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 2 - The Buddha in Our Lives 《星雲法語2－生活的佛教》 — count: 1
- Hsing Yun Diary 36 - The Disposition of an Apprentice: Explain Clearly 星雲日記36～學徒性格 講清楚、說明白(1995/7/16～1995/7/31) Hsing Yun Diary (1994/9-1996/12) 《星雲日記(1994/9~1996/12)》 — count: 1
- Supplying an Answering Phrase 對對子 Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 10 - Management Trilogy 《迷悟之間(十)管理三部曲》 — count: 1
- Inside and Outside the Door 門裏門外 Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 7 - Having Meaningful Interests 《迷悟之間(七)生活的情趣》 — count: 1
Collocations
- 懂得回头是岸 (懂得回頭是岸) 如果懂得回頭是岸 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, Questions and Discussion 問題討論 — count: 5
- 不知回头是岸 (不知回頭是岸) 又不知回頭是岸 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 11 - The Philosophy of Success 《迷悟之間(十一)成功的理念》, A Single Spark 星火燎原 — count: 2
- 讲回头是岸 (講回頭是岸) 佛教講回頭是岸 — Humanistic Buddhism Quotations 《人間佛教語錄》, Writings on the Chan School and Pure Land - A Blueprint for a Humanistic Pure Land 禪門淨土篇 人間淨土的藍圖 — count: 2