佛說不增不減經

• sinweiy

  30 Jan 12, 21:54

  http://www.sutrasmantras.info/sutra14.html佛說�增�減經 Buddha Pronounces the Sūtra of Neither Increase Nor Decrease Translated from Sanskrit into Chinese in the Northern Wei Dynasty by The Tripiṭaka Master Bodhiruci from India Thus I have heard: At one time the Buddha was staying on the Gṛdhrakūṭa Mountain, near the city of R�jagṛha, together with 1,250 great bhikṣus and an innumerable, countless multitude of Bodhisattva-Mah�sattvas, in numbers beyond reckoning. In the huge multitude, Ś�riputra the Wise rose from his seat, came to the Buddha, and bowed down at His feet. He then stepped back to sit on one side. Joining his palms, he said to the Buddha, “World-Honored One, since time without a beginning, sentient beings have been transmigrating, through the four modes of birth, to and fro along the six life-paths in the Three Realms of Existence, suffering endlessly in sa�s�ra. World-Honored One, is this mass of sentient beings, or ocean of sentient beings, increasing or decreasing? I am unable to understand this profound meaning. How should I answer if someone asks me about this?� The World-Honored One told Ś�riputra, “Very good! Very good! You are able to ask me about this profound meaning because you want to give peace to all sentient beings, to give happiness to all sentient beings, to sympathize with all sentient beings, to help all sentient beings, and to give comfort and benefits to all sentient beings, such as gods and humans. Ś�riputra, if you did not ask the Tath�gata, the Samyak-Sa�buddha, about this meaning, there would be many faults. Then, in present and future times, gods, humans, and all other sentient beings would long undergo distress and harm, and lose forever [the opportunity for] all benefits, peace, and joy. “Ś�riputra, the enormously wrong view refers to seeing increase or seeing decrease in the realm of sentient beings. Sentient beings that hold this enormously wrong view are born without eyes and walk the evil way in the long night. For this reason, they go down the evil life-paths in their current lives. Ś�riputra, the enormous perilous tribulation refers to one’s obstinate adherence to the wrong view of increase or decrease in the realm of sentient beings. Ś�riputra, those who are obstinate in their wrong adherence willfully walk the evil way in the long night. For this reason, they will go down the evil life-paths in their future lives.... /\
• sinweiy

  24 Feb 12, 08:58

  Commentary to the Samdhinirmocana sutra says:
  "Should you ask: 'If Tathagatas pass beyond sorrow in the element of nirvana without remainder of the aggregates, how then can they work to establish the wellfare of others until the end of cycylic existence?' Their ability to do this is due to the power of former aspirations: Tathagatas continually work for the benefit of sentient beings, although they display nirvana."
  
  (Wisdom of Buddha Samdhinirmocana sutra, transl John Powers)

• 2009novice

  25 Feb 12, 22:52

  thanks..!

  i initially thought it was another version of heart sutra haha...

• 2009novice

  29 Feb 12, 00:02

  i thought of something...

  aren't we all sentient beings "existed" due to dependent origination...?

  that's why there's no increase, no decrease.......

• sinweiy

  16 Mar 12, 08:43

  ? don't get

• Dawnfirstlight

  16 Mar 12, 08:50

  The decrease and increase referring to the numbers of sentiment beings in samsara? There was once a Christian friend asked me this question. After doing some research, I know the answer is no, there will not be any increase or decrease in numbers of sentiment beings in samsara.

• 2009novice

  17 Mar 12, 12:53

  Originally posted by sinweiy:

  ? don't get

  
  sorry didn't see your reply

  for instance, fire need heat, oxygen and combustible material to burn (fire) that's an example of dependent origination to me. Nothing increase, decrease... all due to favourable conditions taking place and a phenomenon happened.