众生无边誓愿度 (眾生無邊誓願度) zhòng shēng wú biān shì yuàn dù
zhòng shēng wú biān shì yuàn dù
set phrase
Sentient beings are limitless; Beings are numberless, I vow to save them all.
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Notes: Also in 天台四教儀 “A Guide to the Tiantai Fourfold Teachings,” by 諦觀 Chegwan in the Tang (Tzu Chuang 2012; Ichishima and Chappell 2013, p. 183; T 1931)
Contained in
- 四弘誓愿; 1. 众生无边誓愿度 2. 烦恼无尽誓愿断 3. 法门无量誓愿学 4. 佛道无上誓愿成(四弘誓願; 1. 眾生無邊誓願度 2. 煩惱無盡誓願斷 3. 法門無量誓願學 4. 佛道無上誓願成) Four Universal Vows: 1. Sentient beings are limitless, I vow to liberate them; 2. Afflictions are endless, I vow to eradicate them; 3. Teachings are infinite, I vow to learn them; 4. Buddhahood is supreme, I vow to attain it
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- From the Four Noble Truths to the Four Universal Vows - Development of Harmony Between Mahāyāna and Theravāda Buddhism 從四聖諦到四弘誓願-----論大小乘佛教融和的開展 Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》 — count: 12
- Questions and Discussion 問題討論 Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》 — count: 4
- The Universal Gate Gāthā: 1. Compassionate practice of vows 普門品偈頌 一．大悲行願 The Universal Gate : a Commentary on Avalokitesvara's Universal Gate Sutra 《觀世音菩薩普門品講話》 — count: 3
- How to Practice the Dharma - Part 2: To Make a Vow to Acheive Supreme Enlightenment 如何實踐佛法 第二篇 發心立願 Buddhism Series 1 - Doctrine 《佛教叢書1－教理》 — count: 2
- Questions and Discussion 問題討論 Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》 — count: 2
- Ten Non-Thoughts of the Young Buddhist Monastic Community (2) 青年僧伽的十有思想 Humanistic Buddhism Series 4 - Buddhism and Youth 《人間佛教系列4－佛教與青年》 — count: 2
- 6 Repentance and Reformation 第六品 懺悔品 經文．註釋 Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》 — count: 2
- Writings on Chan School Thought - Systems of Thought 宗門思想篇 思想體系 Humanistic Buddhism Quotations 《人間佛教語錄》 — count: 1
- The Cloud is Light and Wind is Soft Incident - Development from a Setback 雲淡風輕的事件--從挫折中發展 Buddhist Affinities over a Century 12 - Practicing the Buddha’s Way 2 《百年佛緣12－行佛篇2》 — count: 1
- Humanistic Buddhism and Training in Wisdom 人間佛教的慧學 Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》 — count: 1