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Classic Buddhist stories and sutras (English-Vietnamese)

Medicine Master Buddha Sutra (Kinh Dược Sư)

Posted on January 30, 2009 by

Full name: Sutra of the Merit and Virtue of the Past Vows of Medicine Master Vaidurya Light Tathagata Thus I have heard. At one time the Bhagavan was travelling through various lands to teach living beings. He arrived at Vaisali … Continue reading →

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89 Buddhas Repentance (Sám Hối)

Posted on January 25, 2009 by

Incense Praise (Hương Tán) Incense in the censer is now burning. All the Dharma realm receives the flagrance. From afar the sea vast host of Buddhas, all inhale its sweetness In every place auspicious clouds appearing Our sincere intention thus … Continue reading →

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Pictorial: Phật Thuyết A Di Ðà Kinh (The Buddha Speaks of Amitabha Sutra) 1

Posted on December 22, 2008 by

Phật Thuyết A Di Ðà Kinh The Buddha Speaks of the Amitabha Sutra 2 Như thị ngã văn, nhất thời Phật tại Xá vệ quốc, Kỳ thọ Cấp cô độc viên, dữ đại Tỳ kheo tăng, Thus I have heard, … Continue reading →

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Pictorial: Phật Thuyết A Di Ðà Kinh (The Buddha Speaks of Amitabha Sutra) 2

Posted on December 22, 2008 by

7 Hựu Xá Lợi Phất, bỉ Phật quốc độ, thường tác thiên nhạc, hoàng kim vi địa, Moreover, Shariputra, in this Buddhaland heavenly music always plays, and the ground is made of gold. Trú dạ lục thời, vũ thiên mạn … Continue reading →

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Pictorial: Phật Thuyết A Di Ðà Kinh (The Buddha Speaks of Amitabha Sutra) 3

Posted on December 22, 2008 by

13 Xá lợi phất. Ư nhữ ý vân hà? Bỉ Phật hà cố hiệu A Di Ðà. Shariputra, what do you think? Why is this Buddha called Amitabha? Xá Lợi Phất, bỉ Phật quang minh vô lượng. Shariputra, the brilliance … Continue reading →

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Pictorial: Phật Thuyết A Di Ðà Kinh (The Buddha Speaks of Amitabha Sutra) 4

Posted on December 22, 2008 by

19 Xá Lợi Phất, Thượng Phương thế giới hữu Phạm Âm Phật, Tú Vương Phật, Hương Thượng Phật, Hương Quang Phật, Ðại Diệm Kiên Phật, Tạp Sắc Bảo Hoa Nghiêm Thân Phật, Ta La Thọ Vương Phật, Bảo Hoa Ðức … Continue reading →

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The Story of Chaddanta Elephant

Posted on November 13, 2008 by

Once the Bodhisatta was born as the king of Chaddanta elephants. [Chaddanta (literally “having six tusks”) and Uposatha were the two highest classes of elephants often referred to in the Pali sources]. The body of the elephant king was pure … Continue reading →

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The Hare on the Moon

Posted on November 13, 2008 by

Once dwelling in Savatthi, the Buddha extolled the virtue of charity by way of the popular tale, which narrates the traditional account of the mark of the hare on the moon. In one of his pervious births the Bodhisatta was … Continue reading →

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