Tuesday, 3 September 2013

無量壽經講記-四講之二

Posted by AUTUMN&WINTER on 02-05-2013, 8:51 AM :


Soulblade wrote:
Yeah, I know but in the "A Treasury of Mahayana Sutras" and other Buddhist texts, there are countless of stories written on other Buddhas living in other distinct world systems, some of which are still around like Amitabha, Vairocana, etc.
A Treasury of Mahayana Sutras: Selections from the Maharatnakuta Sutra: Garma C. C. Chang: 9780271003412: Amazon.com: Books

And some of the names, images and biographies of these Buddhas are integrated to the Dharma practices (Particularly the Pure Land tradition) rather than mere irrelevant mythologies.

Yeah, there are 三千大千世界。Our world is only one of them. How microscopic we are! There's a graphic explanation on what is 三千大千世界. Fast forward the following video clip to 51:27.


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