Author: Nguyên Ngôn Đoàn Thoại

Sanskrit Canon: 法華部 | Saddharma Puṇḍarīka | Bộ Pháp Hoa | T.0262 – T.0277

The earliest known Sanskrit title for the sutra is the Saddharma Pundarika Sutra, which translates to “the Lotus Flower Formula (or Rule) of Good Dharma.” The Lotus Sutra is one of the most popular and influential Mahayana sutras, and the basis on which several schools of Buddhism were established.

Sanskrit Canon: 華嚴部 | Avataṃsaka | Bộ Hoa Nghiêm | T.0278 – T.0309

by Nguyên Ngôn Đoàn Thoại

The Avataṃsaka Sūtra (IAST, Sanskrit: आवतंसक सूत्र); or the Mahāvaipulya Buddhāvataṃsaka Sūtra (Sanskrit: महावैपुल्य बुद्धावतंसक सूत्र), is one of the most influential Mahāyāna sutras of East Asian Buddhism. The title is rendered in English as Flower Garland Sutra, Flower Adornment Sutra, or Flower Ornament Scripture.

PHÁP BẢO, Phật Pháp Bắc truyền February 21, 2021

Sanskrit Canon: 寶積部 | Ratnakūṭa | Bộ Bảo Tích | T.0310 – T.0373

by Nguyên Ngôn Đoàn Thoại

Ratnakūṭa (रत्नकूट) is the name of an island to which Śaktideva and Satyavrata traveled to according to the “story of the golden city”, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 26. Accordingly, Satyavrata said: “… there is a fair isle in the middle of the sea named Ratnakūṭa, and in it there is a temple of the adorable Viṣṇu founded by the Ocean, and on the twelfth day of the white fortnight of Āṣāḍha there is a festival there, with a procession, and people come there diligently from all the islands to offer worship. It is possible that someone there might know about the Golden City”.

PHÁP BẢO, Phật Pháp Bắc truyền February 20, 2021

Sanskrit Canon: 單譯經 | Parinirvāṇa | Bộ Niết Bàn | T.0374 – T.0396

by Nguyên Ngôn Đoàn Thoại

In Buddhism, parinirvana is commonly used to refer to nirvana-after-death, which occurs upon the death of someone who has attained nirvana during his or her lifetime. It implies a release from the Saṃsāra, karma and rebirth as well as the dissolution of the skandhas