恒沙 (恆沙) héng shā
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héng shā
set phrase
the sand of the River Ganges; as numerous as grains of sand in the River Ganges
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: See 恆河沙 -
héng shā
phrase
sands of the River Ganges
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Quote: from 起信論 “Awakening of Faith” attributed to Aśvaghoṣha (T 1666; Amies 2021 tr.; see also Aśvaghoṣa and Hakeda 2006, p. 62)
Contained in
- 其数如恒沙(其數如恒沙) as incalculable as the sand of the Ganges
- 于恒沙劫(於恒沙劫) as many complete Æons as there are grains of sand in the Ganges
- 恒沙菩萨(恒沙菩薩) as many bodhisattvas as grains of sand in the River Ganges
- 过恒沙等上烦恼(過恒沙等上煩惱) afflictions more numerous than the sands in the Ganges
- 恒沙物族 relations are as many as the sands of the Ganges
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Beyond form and laksana - Part 20 [Lecture] 見身無住離相見性分第二十 【講話】 Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》 — count: 6
- Songs 2 歌 ■之二 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 3
- Speaking the unspeakable - Part 21 [Lecture] 解脫真性無法可說分第二十一 【講話】 Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》 — count: 2
- Volume 3: Bodhisattva Cultivation and Experiential Understanding - Class 19: Sutras and Treatises Introducing the Bodhisattva Path 第三冊 菩薩行證 第十九課 菩薩道的經論介紹 Fo Guang Buddhist Textbooks 《佛光教科書》 — count: 2
- Universal transformation within the dharma realm - Part 19 [Lecture] 不住三心實相布施分第十九 【講話】 Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》 — count: 2
- Undertaking responsibility for family and work - Part 15 [Lecture] 信受奉行荷擔家業分第十五 【講話】 Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》 — count: 2
- Inscriptions 碑銘 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 1
- Care for Living and Dying Investigation (Volume 3) - A Buddhist View of 'Life in the Universe' 生死關懷探討（下冊） 佛教對「宇宙人生」的看法 Humanistic Buddhism Series Contemporary Questions Symposium 《人間佛教當代問題座談會》 — count: 1
- Friendship for the Path, Love for the Truth 道情法愛 A Life With Palms Joined 1 - In Nanjing, I was my Mother's Audience 《合掌人生1－在南京,我是母親的聽眾》 — count: 1
- Hsing Yun Diary 43 - Admiring Achievements and Virtue: Courageously Taking Responsibility 星雲日記43～隨喜功德 勇於承擔(1996/9/16~1996/9/30) Hsing Yun Diary (1994/9-1996/12) 《星雲日記(1994/9~1996/12)》 — count: 1
Collocations
- 恒沙界 (恆沙界) 遍知恆沙界眾生心行 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, Beyond form and laksana - Part 20 [Lecture] 見身無住離相見性分第二十 【講話】 — count: 13
- 富有恒沙 (富有恆沙) 富有恆沙界 — Hsing Yun Dharma Words 10 - The Human World is Filled with Joy 《星雲法語10－歡喜滿人間》, Scroll 1: A Happy Life - Safety, Peace, Riches, and Honor 卷一 快樂的生活 平安富貴 — count: 8
- 恒沙世界 (恆沙世界) 十方恒沙世界 — Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》, Embracing Nature: Ecology from a Buddhist Perspective (2) 佛教與自然生態（下） — count: 6
- 十方恒沙 (十方恆沙) 十方恒沙世界 — Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》, Embracing Nature: Ecology from a Buddhist Perspective (2) 佛教與自然生態（下） — count: 5
- 恒沙数 (恆沙數) 金佛恆沙數 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, Universal transformation within the dharma realm - Part 19 [Lecture] 不住三心實相布施分第十九 【講話】 — count: 5
- 妙用恒沙 (妙用恆沙) 妙用恒沙 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, 9 Enlightenment 第九 宣詔品 經文．註釋 — count: 4
- 恒沙恶 (恆沙惡) 得恆沙惡盡 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, Introduction 前言 — count: 4
- 恒沙功德 (恆沙功德) 恆沙功德 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, Beyond form and laksana - Part 20 [Lecture] 見身無住離相見性分第二十 【講話】 — count: 3
- 亿恒沙 (億恆沙) 度眾億恆沙 — Fo Guang Buddhist Textbooks 《佛光教科書》, 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) — count: 3
- 尽恒沙 (儘恆沙) 度盡恆沙界妄想的自性眾生 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, Speaking the unspeakable - Part 21 [Lecture] 解脫真性無法可說分第二十一 【講話】 — count: 3