众生无边誓愿度 (眾生無邊誓願度) zhòng shēng wú biān shì yuàn dù
zhòng shēng wú biān shì yuàn dù
set phrase
Sentient beings are limitless; Beings are numberless, I vow to save them all.
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Also in 天台四教儀 “A Guide to the Tiantai Fourfold Teachings,” by 諦觀 Chegwan in the Tang (Tzu Chuang 2012; Ichishima and Chappell 2013, p. 183; T 1931)
Contained in
- 四弘誓愿; 1. 众生无边誓愿度 2. 烦恼无尽誓愿断 3. 法门无量誓愿学 4. 佛道无上誓愿成(四弘誓願; 1. 眾生無邊誓願度 2. 煩惱無盡誓願斷 3. 法門無量誓願學 4. 佛道無上誓願成) Four Universal Vows: 1. Sentient beings are limitless, I vow to liberate them; 2. Afflictions are endless, I vow to eradicate them; 3. Teachings are infinite, I vow to learn them; 4. Buddhahood is supreme, I vow to attain it
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 1 Record of the Teaching and Practices of Siming (Siming Zunzhe Jiao Xing Lu) 四明尊者教行錄 — count: 2
- Scroll 1 The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 六祖大師法寶壇經 — count: 2 , has English translation
- Scroll 1 Guanyin Xuan Yi 觀音玄義 — count: 2
- Scroll 1 Śubhakarasiṃha’s Essentials of Meditation (Wuwei San Zang Chan Yao) 無畏三藏禪要 — count: 1 , has English translation
- Scroll 52 Dafang Guang Fo Huayan Jing Shu 大方廣佛華嚴經疏 — count: 1
- Scroll 4 Collection of Meanings and Terms in Translation (Fanyi Mingyi Ji) 翻譯名義集 — count: 1
- Scroll 1 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 1
- Scroll 30 Dafang Guang Fo Huayan Jing Sui Shu Yan Yi Chao 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 — count: 1
- Scroll 1 Bodhicitta Precept Ceremony (Shou Putixin Jie Yi) 受菩提心戒儀 — count: 1
- Scroll 1 Sheng Acalanatha One Syllable Eight Great Ritual Chapter (Wu Dong Zun Yizi Chusheng Ba Da Tongzi Mi Yao Fa Pin) 聖無動尊一字出生八大童子祕要法品 — count: 1