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內容簡介

內容簡介 In everyone’s life, there are the most difficult times. Have you encountered yours? The Buddha was a human being, not a god. He knew the path to true wealth, spoke of love and affection, and was caring and righteous. Encountering him will help you navigate with fewer road blocks. In this book, may you find solace and overcome tough obstacles through vivid comics that weave stories relevant to today’s living.

作者介紹

作者介紹 About Venerable Master Hsing Yun Venerable Master Hsing Yun (1927–2023) was born in Jiangsu Province, China. He studied at various renowned Buddhist institutions such as Qixia Vinaya College and Jiaoshan Buddhist College. Soon after his arrival in Taiwan in 1949, he became the chief editor of Human Life, a Buddhist magazine. In 1952, his efforts in establishing Buddhist Chanting Association strengthened the foundation for his subsequent endeavors in the promotion of the Dharma. Venerable Master founded Fo Guang Shan Monastery in 1967, with the primary goal of promoting Humanistic Buddhism through Buddhist education, culture, charity, and propagation of the Dharma. Since then, over two hundred branch temples have been established in major cities around the world. He has also set up art galleries, libraries, publishing houses, bookstores, mobile clinics, Buddhist colleges, and universities including: University of the West, Fo Guang University, Nanhua University, Nan Tien Institute, and Guang Ming College. In 1977, the Fo Guang Tripitaka Editorial Board was formed to compile the Fo Guang Buddhist Canon and the Fo Guang Dictionary of Buddhism. Many other works on Buddhism have also been published. Venerable Master Hsing Yun has dedicated his life to propagating Humanistic Buddhism. As a global citizen, he fostered “joy and harmony,” “oneness and coexistence,” “respect and tolerance,” and “equality and peace” throughout the world. When he founded the Buddha’s Light International Association in 1991 and was elected president of its world headquarters, he was closer to realizing the ideal of having “the Buddha’s light shining throughout the three thousand realms, and the Dharma water flowing across the five continents.”About the Fo Guang Shan Institute of Humanistic Buddhism Founded in 2013 by Venerable Master Hsing Yun, the Fo Guang Shan Institute of Humanistic Buddhism pursues the objectives of propagating the Buddha’s teachings and the Venerable Master’s thoughts on Humanistic Buddhism. The Institute endeavors to recruit experts and nurture scholars of Buddhism, gather ancient and contemporary editions of the Buddhist Canons, as well as compile the complete works of Venerable Master Hsing Yun. Through the Center of International Affairs, the Institute translates the works of the Venerable Master and holds the annual Symposium on Humanistic Buddhism, in addition to other international academic forums, welcoming outstanding scholars and youths from around the world to study Buddhism.

產品目錄

產品目錄 ContentsThe Human Buddha Comic Series 1: Unspoken UnderstandingDear Buddha, Where Are You? By Venerable Master Hsing YunWhen Touched, One Can Touch Others Editor’s NotesThe Goddess and the MonkeyDirty BasinAngulimalaBreaking the HabitA Poor Lady Offering a LampHurtful SpeechLiberating HaritiBuddha Offers Half a SeatSweep AwayThe Four SonsAuspicious GrassThe Human Buddha Comic Series 2: Fortunate EncountersDear Buddha, Where Are You? By Venerable Master Hsing YunHidden within the Story Editor’s Notes84 Thousand StupasProper TuningFilthy Without, Purity WithinKing Isanavarman’s LiberationSonadanda’s TeachingThe Buddha Carried His Father's CoffinNothing Comes EasyTaming the Mad ElephantPaving Jetavana with GoldThe Human Buddha Comic Series 3: Less Is MoreDear Buddha, Where Are You? By Venerable Master Hsing YunUnderstand Tacitly Is Supernatural Powers Editor’s NotesOffering of the Four Heavenly KingsFirst Lay DisciplesFinding the HeartThe Kasyapa BrothersDeva’s LossMatanga’s EnlightenmentA Grain of Rice Equals Mount SumeruSafeguarding RahulaSelfless GivingTeaching the Old HousemaidAspiring CoupleUppalavanna’s RealizationThe Human Buddha Comic Series 4: Long-Awaited for YouDear Buddha, Where Are You? By Venerable Master Hsing YunBehind the Pursuit of Perfection Editor’s NotesFive CultivationsThe ReturnThe UglyThe Poor Man’s OfferingThe Buddha’s WisdomYou Reap What You SowGratitudeAjatasatruAnger’s AntidoteOld Age Is a GemNidhiPoisonous SnakesDevadatta’s BattleThe Human Buddha Comic Series 5: Missing the Buddha, Yearning to See HimThe Indian Prince in Chinese Garb Editor’s NotesI Birth in the Human World: Teaching, Instructing, Benefiting, and Bringing Joy to Society1. Riding an Elephant, Entering the Womb2. Born under a Tree3. Asita’s ProphecyII Growing up in a Royal Palace: Living in Abundance1.Siddhartha’s Outstanding Skills2.Young Siddhartha’s Bewilderment3. Four Trips Outside the PalaceIII Bidding Farewell to Loved Ones: Renouncing for Spiritual Cultivation1.The Prince’s Ambition to Renounce2. Transcending the City and Renouncing3. Determined, the Hair Is Cut Off4. Strict Austerities for Six YearsIV Forsaking Severe Austerities: Defeating Maras and Attaining Buddhahood1. Leaving and Accepting the Offering of a Shepherdess2. Defeating Maras and Attaining Buddhahood3. Everyone Can Be a Buddha4. Offering of the Four Heavenly KingsⅤ Initial Turning of the Dharma Wheel: The Initial Three Jewels1. Where Are the Audiences?2. First TeachingⅥ Immeasurable Compassion: Educating with Equality1. King Bimbisara’s Refuge Taking2. Anathapindika’s Vow to Build a Vihara3. Educating with EqualityⅦ Returning Home to Teach: Liberating Loved Ones1. Returning to Hometown to Teach2. Taming the Wild Elephant3. Carrying His Father’s Coffin4. Giving Teachings to His MotherⅧ Simple Living: Liberating All Beings1. Beg for Alms with a Mind of Equality2. Meeting in the TeachingsⅨ Perfecting Enlightenment With Skillfulness: Exhibiting Nirvana1. Last Journey2. Exhortation One More Time3. The Last Disciple4. Immeasurable Compassionate Heart5. Distribution of the Relics to Eight KingsMissing The Buddha, Yearing To See Him

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內文 : Translators’ Notes
The Human Buddha Comic Series hopes to take you on a captivating journey through the life and teachings of Sakyamuni Buddha. As the translators of this five-volume set from Chinese to English, we aimed to maintain a harmonious balance between preserving the essence of the original Chinese version and ensuring a seamless flow in the English narrative.
In adapting the content for the English audience, we strived to capture the spirit and nuances of Buddhist teachings, fostering a natural and engaging reading experience. This approach, rather than a strict word-for-word translation, allows readers to immerse themselves in the profound stories of the Buddha. Additionally, we translated the interjections from Chinese into English to ensure that readers experience the story as the authors intended.
Recognizing the unique nature of Buddhist terminology, we have included concise explanations to aid readers unfamiliar with these concepts. This ensures that the spiritual and philosophical aspects of the narrative are readily understandable to a diverse audience.
We express our heartfelt gratitude to our diligent editors—Arthur van Sevendonck, Andrew Nguy, and Tom Halbert—whose meticulous efforts have enhanced the clarity and accuracy of the English rendition. Their commitment to maintaining the integrity of the text has been invaluable.
May this English adaptation of The Human Buddha Comic Series be a source of inspiration, wisdom, and joy as you delve into the profound teachings of the Buddha.

Dear Buddha, Where are You? / By Venerable Master Hsing Yun
Buddha, where are You?
Are You in the Tushita Heaven now?
Have You not yet descended to this world?
Oh!
In Lumbini Garden, where the lotus
Flowers blossomed under Your seven steps,
Are You there?
No!
Practicing asceticism by the
Nairanjana River, gazing upon
The stars under the bodhi tree, have You
Not already attained enlightenment?
Buddha!
Astray while the Buddha was in the world,
Not born until He had entered nirvana,
I repent with this karma-bound body,
For missing Tathagata’s golden body.
Buddha!
You set the Dharma Wheel in motion at
Deer Park, You were joined by millions
Of humans and heavenly beings
On Vulture Peak.
You subdued the Three Kasyapa Brothers,
And converted Sariputra and Maudgalyayana.
You expounded the teachings of the
Four Noble Truths,
Three Dharma Seals, and
Twelve Links of Dependent Origination,
And established the community of
Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha.
Your teachings at Jetavana Grove,
Your stories in Kushinagar; these were
All events I could not attend.
Your eternal Dharma body is,
I firmly believe, Buddha, still there
In the vast emptiness.
I refuse to accept this!
Throughout seventy-five years of my life
As a Buddhist monk,
To the ends of the earth,
I had searched for You everywhere.
I went to India eight times,
Buddha, over in Your homeland,
I thought I might be able to meet You.
I prostrated myself
Beside the Vajra Throne at Bodhgaya,
Rising high and above, at the majestic Mahabodhi Temple;
I still could not see Your manifestation!
I lingered around Tapovana Forest
On the Snowy Mountain, wondering if
Spiritual cultivation was still
Necessary to You.
All that was left there were playful children,
Not even traces of the shepherdess.
I reached the place where You turned
The Dharma Wheel.
I could not even see the Five Bhiksus there.
At Rajagriha’s Kalandaka Venuvana,
Where You spoke to King Bimbisara
On several occasions,
Your Dharma sound lingered in the air,
Your Dharma teachings have been
Compiled into sutras and widely
Disseminated.
Yet in Rajagriha,
You are nowhere to be found!
I went northward to Sravasti in Kosala,
Knowing that, there,
You once taught King Prasenajit
Ways to govern his kingdom.
Yet the place where You spoke
The Truths on impermanence,
Suffering and emptiness,
That beautiful Jetavana Grove
Is now nothing but ruins.
Of course, Buddha,
You are not there anymore.
Buddha,
Have You left the country?
But if the Dharma body is omnipresent
Within the vast emptiness and immersed
In the Dharma realm, then of course
You are still here.
Oh!
Although You taught the Dharma in India,
Mainland China is where
Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha thrived.
In the Dunhuang Caves in Western China,
I could only see colorful paintings of You;
I went to the Longmen and Yungang Caves, And still saw only stone reliefs of You.
Inside the Baoding Grottoes in Dazhu,
There are also only noble statues of You,
So majestic, beautiful, and full of
Loving-kindness and compassion;
But what I yearn to see is Your true body!
Buddha,
Where exactly are You?
I have traveled to the Buddha shrines
Of Jinshan and Jiaoshan, to the
Meditation halls of Wenshu and Baoguang,
Tiantong, Yuwang, Tianning, and Gaomin,
Yet among the many ancient monasteries,
I have only heard Your stories,
But have no idea what You look like.
You and I have never interacted!
I have been to Nara, Kyoto, Mt. Hiei,
And Mt. Koya in Japan.
I have visited Korea’s Busan near Gyeongju,
And Tongdosa, Haeinsa, and Songwangsa
Temples, representing the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha Gems.
While they each shine in their own way,
Each also tells stories about You,
Yet You still have not appeared.
I went to Indochina; in Myanmar,
Among the pagodas of Pagan,
And on the Shwedagon Pagoda,
I could still only see the majestic pagodas.
In Thailand, the golden and jade Buddhas
Still are only noble statues;
They are not Your true body!
Buddha!
For someone who has relinquished life’s
Five Desires and Six Dusts,
bade his loved ones, friends goodbye,
And has taken refuge in You;
To not be able to see You is
Such a difficult thing to accept!
I have read the Lotus Sutra,
Hoping that You would
Manifest among the writings;
Yet in it, there is only Your Dharma body
In the form of texts.
Your parable and apparitional city,
Your analogy of the three carts;
Although these were all teachings
Personally spoken by You,
I am unable to visualize the
Thirty-Two Marks of Excellence or
Eighty Notable Characteristics
Of the Buddha.
In the Avatamsaka Sutra,
I read about the fifty-three bodhisattvas,
And also understood the
Truth of the non-obstruction of phenomenon against phenomenon.
But what exactly does
Vairocana Buddha look like?
The layman in Vimalakirti-nirdesha Sutra,
Was able to, inside a small room,
Conjure up thousands of jeweled thrones
To accommodate
Thousands of bodhisattvas.
Nonetheless,
Your immense supernatural power
Is something which Vimalakirti
Can never compare to.
I envy Ananda from Your time,
Also Upali, Purna, and others.
How blessed they were
To witness Your Dharma,
To have heard Your wonderful voice.
The eight-year old Nagakanya, seven-year
Old Sumati, Candrottara, men such as Yasa,
Singalaka, the Elders’ sons, they all received
Your prophecies for future Buddhas.
Why can’t I do the same?
I refuse to accept this!
Very often I would prostrate myself on the
Floor of the Main Shrine,
Very often I would read Your words of Dharma beneath a raised wick.
Buddha,
Could You appear so that I can see You?
Amidst the sounds of
The morning bell and evening drum,
I yearn to hear Your voice.
The sounds of the creeks are voices
Spoken by Your broad and long tongue,
The mountains are none but
Manifestations of Your pure body.
This is how I give myself a bit of solace.
The lush chrysanthemums are all Expressions of the wondrous Truth,
The crisp green bamboos are none but
Manifestations of Your Dharma body.
Yet as your disciple,
I am just an ordinary, devoted human being
Who yearns to hear You teach in person.
How hard is it for this wish to come true?
Buddha, where exactly are You?
Buddha,
I refuse to give up.
From childhood to youth,
Then to the prime of life,
I am now a decrepit old man.
Not being able to find You
Is something I will not accept!
Therefore, I traveled the world,
Hoping that somewhere in it,
I might cross paths with You by chance.
I took the trains, high-speed rails, and
Magnetic levitation vehicles.
As trees outside the window swayed,
And meadows flew past me,
I wondered if I could see You there, Buddha?
I flew on airplanes,
Amidst the floating clouds;
But did not see You.
Buddha, could You show Yourself?
I sailed across the Pacific Ocean,
The Atlantic Ocean, and the Indian Ocean.
Atop the ocean waves,
Everything seemed vast and boundless.
I looked left and right,
But Buddha, where were You?
My tonsure Master and
The eminent monks of my time
Are all manifestations of You to me.
I regard my parents, and all
Living beings in the world
As Your Manifestations.
Humans looking like Buddhas,
Buddhas looking like humans;
Even for me,
It is hard to distinguish the two.
You once said that
Every person has Buddha nature.
It seemed so,
Yet it does not seem so.
Still, I wish to see You, the Great Buddha,
In person!
Head over heels,
I have continued to think of You.
From Taiwan’s Changhua to
Kaohsiung in the South,
Many times I have held the
“Return to Buddha’s Time” event,
Hoping that inside forests,
Over hills, and across the wilderness,
I could see the great sravakas, arhats,
And the many heavenly guardians.
Separated by past and present,
Today’s space of time that we live in,
Will never be
The time that You had lived, Buddha!
Oh! Finally…
The Diamond Sutra offers me a clue:
If anyone should think that
I can be seen amongst forms,
Or that I can be sought amongst sounds,
Then that person is on the wrong path,
And he will not see the Tathagata.
So it turns out that we are
Not supposed to look for You in form,
Nor seek You among delusions.
You are shapeless and formless,
You are omnipresent in the Universe.
So it turns out that
You have already stepped into my heart.
When I eat, You are eating with me,
When I walk, You are walking alongside me;
You are there even when I sleep.
Every morning,
I wake up alongside the Buddha,
Every night,
I fall asleep with the Buddha in my embrace!
Upstream of the Yangtze River
In Sichuan,
The Leshan Giant Buddha smiles
At travelers

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最佳賣點 : In everyone’s life,
there are the most difficult times.
Have you encountered yours?

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