《The Sutra of 42 Chapters 四十二章經 （英漢對照）》是一本2005年2月出版的圖書。
基本介紹
- 中文名：The Sutra of 42 Chapters 四十二章經 （英漢對照）
- 出版時間：2005年2月
- 頁數：140 頁
- ISBN：9789579373197
- 裝幀：平裝
- 譯者：Venerable Cheng Kuan
內容簡介
Foreword for The Initial Three Sutras’ Publication of The Major Buddhist Canon It has always been my greatest wish to translate the Right Buddha Dharma and make it available for all people in the world, so as to benefit infinite Multibeings globally; and now I have finished translating several Sutras into English, which I entitle as The Major Buddhist Canon. Among these, thr...(展開全部) Foreword for The Initial Three Sutras’ Publication of The Major Buddhist Canon It has always been my greatest wish to translate the Right Buddha Dharma and make it available for all people in the world, so as to benefit infinite Multibeings globally; and now I have finished translating several Sutras into English, which I entitle as The Major Buddhist Canon. Among these, three of them--The Sutra of Forty-two Chapters, The Diamond Sutra, and The Altar-Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch--are done with page layout using PageMaker, and so are ready for publishing. And I plan to have several thousand copies of each of them printed this time, so that we may send them as free gifts to the libraries of the capital cities of all the countries, of all the major cities, and major universities around the world. Therefore, I wish that all good believers of the Dharma could be aspired to get involved in this supreme enterprise of the Thus-Adventist’s Dharmic Corpus by making a donation towards the publication, so as to help infinite Sentient-kinds plant the Virtuous Roots for the Supreme Enlightenment. Moreover, the three Sutras that are being published are each of them in their own way, the“First Sutra.” Here are the reasons: (1) The Sutra of Forty-two Chapters-- This Sutra was brought to Chinain the Eastern Han Dynasty (1st Century A.D.) on the back of a white horse, and was the first Sutra ever translated into Chinese. Hence this Sutra is deemed as “The First Sutra” in this way, and has become a very significant Sutra for this reason. An
