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From : https://universalalphaomega.blogspot.com/2022/06/similarity-between-cantonese-and.html Cantonese and the Japanese Kanji system both preserve ancient Chinese pronunciation, as well as some important ancient Chinese features not inherited by the modern official Chinese, a.k.a. Mandarin...

From : https://universalalphaomega.blogspot.com/2022/06/cantonese-is-useful-tool-for-chinese.html Most Chinese Buddhist Sutras, especially the Mahayana and Vajrayana Sutras, were translated into Chinese during Tang (唐) and Song (宋) Dynasty. The Chinese pronunciation in these two dynasties are...

Hi, According to Pali-English dictionary, “āsava“ means “that which flows”, seems that an additional word is needed to mean “the three outflows” ?

Yes. This is a whole Sutra. The original Chinese Sutra can be found here ...

Hello Dharma friends, This is my previous Buddhist Sutra site, it was closed, but you can still access an archived version of it : http://ydsnrs.com/zjg/qita/world/tripitaka.htm

Krkala Sword : https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/倶利伽羅剣

Alternative Title : Buddha-Spoken Sutra on Great Dragon Krkala’s Dharani and His Victory over Exterior-Path Practitioners From : https://universalalphaomega.blogspot.com/2022/05/buddha-spoken-sutra-on-great-dragon.html An English Translation of 佛說俱利伽羅大龍勝外道伏陀羅尼經 (Taisho Tripitaka 1206) Thus...

https://zh.m.wikisource.org/zh/太上老君太素經 You are welcome. There are really too little English information about Taoist scriptures.

Well said. For example, both of us look at a same apple, we both say its color is red, but are you sure the ‘red’ you see is same as the ‘red’ I see ?

Is there a Buddhist term officially translated to ‘three outflows’ ? What is the corresponding Chinese ? Is it 三漏 or 三流 ?

From Orthodox Taoist Canon, No. 1444 : https://web.archive.org/web/20170517120411/http://www.taoistresource.net/doe_idx.htm https://zh.m.wikisource.org/zh/太上老君太素經

According to western alchemic scriptures, ‘Jesus’ can symbolize several things, such as the Essence, one of the Trinity, the Divinity produced from the Flower, etc. Additionally, according to Kabbalah, Israel symbolizes the ‘Central Nation’. An interesting thing is, China’s name in Chinese -...

There are a lot of things implied, but not explicitly stated in the translation. For example, when talking about things happened at the time of universe creation, why present tense is used ? Anyone knows the intention of this ? What does it imply ?

From : https://universalalphaomega.blogspot.com/2022/05/ultra-supreme-elder-lords-ultra_25.html An English translation of 太上老君太素經 The Ultra Plainness is immensely bright and white, with the Way inside. At the time of Ultra Plainness, the Divinity goes there to operate, and the Way is...

Well said. I guess you know something about Comparative religion & Religious Symbolism ?

I registered long ago in this forum, but made very few posts so far. Now just to say hi again …

1 . Supernatural experiences and dreams are not really reliable because they could be illusions. There are too many factors, both inside and outside our bodies, can create extraordinary experiences and dreams to mislead us. However, there could be some extraordinary experiences that you believe...

You think the mystics disagree on what they see when they look up to Heaven and behold ? Is it possible that they saw the same things, but told you in different languages ? For example, they saw an apple, one mystic told you “Lacus” in Latin, another mystic told you “obuolys” in Lithuanian...

And specifically for your question, you don’t need to be in heaven to find out the five thieves, you just need to look up and behold … Isn’t this explicit enough ?

Hello friend of Tao, I am not sure if you expect a mundane answer based on atheism and historical materialism, or a true answer based on religious faith. If you want the latter, here is it : Some holy knowledge can be taught openly in Heaven, but not in this mundane world. This is why...