Shurangama Mantra with Verses and Commentary
by Venerable Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua
11.
TAM-MIỆU TAM-BỒ-ĐÀ
Thập
phương tam thế nhất thiết Phật
Xả
thân vị pháp tích công đức
Lũy
kiếp cung hành Bồ Tát đạo
Tự
hổ cứu ưng cầu Đạt Ma.
十方三世一切佛
捨身為法積功德
累劫躬行菩薩道
飼虎救鷹求達摩
SAN MYAU SAN PU TWO
ALL BUDDHAS IN THE TEN DIRECTIONS
AND THE THREE
PERIODS OF TIME
RENOUNCE THEIR LIVES FOR THE DHARMA
AND AMASS MERIT
AND VIRTUE.
FOR MANY KALPAS THEY THEMSELVES
PRACTICED THE
BODHISATTVA WAY,
FEEDING THE TIGER, RESCUING THE
EAGLE, IN PURSUIT OF
DHARMA.
COMMENTARY:
SAN MYAU SAN PU TWO refers to the Buddhas of the ten directions and three periods of time. ALL BUDDHAS IN THE TEN DIRECTIONS AND THE THREE PERIODS OF TIME/ RENOUNCE THEIR LIVES FOR THE DHARMA AND AMASS MERIT AND VIRTUE. The Buddhas of the ten directions and the three periods of time, at the time when they cultivated, gave up their bodies for the sake of the Dharma and accumulated merit and virtue.
FOR MANY KALPAS THEY THEMSELVES PRACTICED THE BODHISATTVA WAY. How does a Buddha become a Buddha? He becomes a Buddha because life after life, at all times, he cultivated the Bodhisattva Path. He always benefitted other people, not himself. He always wanted to help out others. And so he went about FEEDING THE TIGER, RESCUING THE EAGLE, IN PURSUIT OF DHARMA. He gave up his whole life for the sake of seeking the Dharma. He renounced his whole life for half a verse. Because he sought the Dharma, he gave up his life to a tiger. And, because he sought the Dharma, he cut off his flesh and fed it to an eagle. This was all done in search of the Dharma.
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