World Daily | 2023-07-04
The Buddha's Birthday Commemoration and the Publication of the "Collection of the Third World Buddha's Scriptures" jointly organized by the World Buddhist Headquarters, Shengji Temple, Huazang Temple, Charity Temple, and Shengge Lecture Hall were held in the municipal auditorium of Grandale last week. Thousands of Buddhist believers from various states in the United States and countries and regions such as Canada, Peru, Germany, China, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong attended the event.
Thousands of Buddhist believers from various states in the United States and countries and regions such as Canada, Peru, Germany, China, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong participated in the Buddha's Birthday Commemoration and the Publication of the Collection of Scriptures event in Southern California on June 30. (Provided by the Buddhist Scriptures Compilation Committee)
The scripture ceremony on the morning of June 30th was grand. The first three scriptures published in the "Collection of the Third World Buddha's Scriptures," namely "Teachings on the Journey East," "Teachings on Meeting the Needs of Disciples on the Journey," and "Teachings on the True Meaning through the Mind," were presented on the Dharma table in the presence of everyone. The believers recited the "Great Offering Before the Buddha," praised, made offerings, and practiced the Dharma, expressing gratitude for the Buddha's teachings and enlightenment of all sentient beings.
According to the records of Buddhist scriptures, after the Buddha, Shakyamuni, attained enlightenment, he preached for 49 years. In the more than two thousand years since the Nirvana of Shakyamuni Buddha, Buddhist disciples have gathered multiple times to compile the scriptures spoken by the Buddha. Combined with the explanations and commentaries on the Buddhist scriptures by later generations of patriarchs, the Tripitaka gradually formed. In the history of Buddhism, the Tripitaka has been translated into many different languages. In the process of translation and printing, misunderstandings of the Dharma and errors in the translation of scriptures inevitably occurred.
Zhai Mang, the person in charge of the Compilation Committee of the Collection of Scriptures, stated at the new book ceremony that the "Collection of the Third World Buddha's Scriptures" contains the essence and essential teachings of the Tripitaka and Tantric scriptures, pointing out the most direct and fastest direction for practitioners, serving as a guide for Buddhist practitioners.
In his many years of propagating and benefiting sentient beings, the World Buddhist Pope, the Third World Buddha, has used vernacular language to preach and has published many Buddhist books, such as "Essence of Buddhism," "Teachings on the True Meaning through the Mind," "Debate between Monastics and Laypeople," "Lecture on the Heart Sutra," "Discussion on the Treatise of Bodhidharma," "What is Practice," "Explanation of the Sutra," "Great Handprint of Supreme Liberation," and "Learning Buddhism." These books clarify the correct principles of Buddhism at various stages from the basic to the profound, and also correct the misunderstandings of the Dharma made by past patriarchs and translators.
Thousands of Buddhist believers from various states in the United States and countries and regions such as Canada, Peru, Germany, China, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong participated in the Buddha's Birthday Commemoration and the Publication of the Collection of Scriptures event in Southern California on June 30. (Provided by the Buddhist Scriptures Compilation Committee)
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