文殊師利菩薩故事 | Story of Manjushri Bodhisattva | Great Wisdom | 七佛之師諸佛之母 | 佛教智慧第一大菩薩 | 妙吉祥菩薩前世發願 | 妙音法師

Hello everyone, In today's video I want to share with you the story of Mañjuśrī's past lives. In Mahāyāna Buddhism Mañjuśrī is the crown prince of the Buddha's teaching and he is also the instructor of innumerable buddhas in the past he is the one who leads them to enlightenment. As we know, he is the master of the Seven Buddhas. Who are these seven buddhas? The first three ancient Buddhas are Vipas, Sikhi and Viśvabhu Then the next four are Krakucchandha, Kanakamuni Kasyapa and Sakyamuni Buddhas. He also used to be the instructor of Dīpaṃkara Buddha in the past More than 2,500 years ago Dīpaṃkara is the one who leads Sakyamuni to enlightenment So you can also say that Mañjuśrī is the master of Sakyamuni. With the accumulation of causations and conditions The buddhism literature has many records of Mañjuśrī Although he is called a bodhisattva In fact Mañjuśrī has already became a buddha many eons ago In that preface of the Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra (the Lotus sutra), The Buddha mentions that a buddha named Candrasūryapradīpa is born in the past, from incalculable kalpas ago This Buddha fathers eight princes before he renounces household life Before entering the samādhi Candrasūryapradīpa instructs one of bodhisattvas to continue preaching the Dharma sutra to the princes. Then the eight princes all become buddhas The other bodhisattva named MiaoGuang is the predecessor of Mañjuśrī as described in the Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra Apart from this, why does the Buddha mentions the presence of the Dharma Prince is so many sutras? The Dharma Prince Mañjuśrī being the Bodhisattva Mañjuśrī The word Mañju means "charming, beautiful and pleasing" śrī means "glory and brilliance" So this is why some people also calls Mañjuśrī as the Bodhisattva Miaojixiang (of "Gentle Glory") He is considered the master of the seven Buddhas in the Three Times From many kaplas ago In a world of emptiness He has already attained enlightenment and become a buddha his holy name is the "Great Body Buddha" In the world of "Equality" his holy name is the "Dragon Seed King Buddha" In the present time, he is "the treasure of Mani in the joy collection" When Dīpaṃkara is obtaining buddhahood as I mentioned before In the preface of the Lotus Sutra the Bodhisattva Miaoguang is teaching Dīpaṃkara the great Dharma He is also the predecessor of Mañjuśrī In the end, when Sakyamuni Buddha is born in the human realm and attain enlightenment, Mañjuśrī still manifests as a bodhisattva to help Sakyamuni obtain enlightenment and save all sentient beings. Why is Mañjuśrī the great bodhisattva of supreme wisdom? Because there is a reference in the Buddha's Shurangama Sutra As you may know Once Ven. Ananda is wondering alone and begging he passes by a cathouse there is a prostitute at that time who is similar to a geisha in ancient times. The prostitute is attracted by Ven. Ananda's good appearance and fall in great love for him So when Ven. Ananda is about to break his precepts, the Buddha knows about this and immediately asks Bodhisattva Mañjuśrī to go to the cathouse, the place where the prostitute lives, and use the power of the mantra to help Ven. Ananda relieving himself from the crisis. To summarize Bodhisattva Mañjuśrī is highly respected by all the Buddhist disciples He is that mother of all Buddhas from the three generations and the master of the Seven Buddhas He is the bodhisattva of great compassion and wisdom Mañjuśrī 's mount is a lion the lion is an illustration of great courage and strong strength A lion in the forest is the king of animals, All the small animals are afraid of the lion's roar And the Buddhist Dharma pillar, is similar to the roar of the lion all the evilness will be shocked by it So Bodhisattva Mañjuśrī holds a double edge flaming sword on his right hand which represents the sharpness of wisdom that can cut the root of ignorance On his left hand he holds a lotus flower on which there is a scripture of sutra The sutra symbolizes endless wisdom as pure as a lotus Mañjuśrī has achieved the Buddha's fruition in his past life. Mañjuśrī also makes a great vow in his past life There is a passage in the Mahāvaipulya Buddhāvataṃsaka Sūtra which says that the great vows of Mañjuśrī are beyond the power of a bodhisattva His practice is extensive and his vows are boundless his merits and virtues are endless Mañjuśrī is the Mother of innumerable buddhas and bodhisattvas with his supreme teaching, all sentient beings could obtain enlightenment So as being an ancient Buddha in the past life Mañjuśrī also makes many great vows (there is) a total of 18 great vows the ancient Buddha recognizes that he will become a buddha in the future life with the name of "Universal Sight" according to Mahā ratnakūṭa sūtra his pure land will be located in the southern direction it's a world called "LiChen WuGou" this is what's written in the Mahā ratnakūṭa sūtra We also learn from the sutra that Mañjuśrī is born out of the merits and benefits of all the bodhisattvas As a bodhisattva he has always been a master or instructor of many buddhas in the past and the future In Buddhism he is a bodhisattva with enormous tolerance immeasurable equality and boundless wisdom. He makes no distinction on the different hierarchies Only the achievement of altruism as the great buddhist will is the most imperative goal. So this is why I'm sharing with you some of Bodhisattva Mañjuśrī 's past life stories, causes and conditions. I think it will bring you a very auspicious origin I also hope that all of us can learn the mind of Bodhisattva Mañjuśrī The mind is based on the premise of benefitting all sentient beings Once that's achieved we are then willing to achieve the Buddha's fruition Such a selfless heart and great mind is something that all buddhists should learn from Bodhisattva Mañjuśrī Today I am very happy to share with you virtually the story of Bodhisattva Mañjuśrī and I hope to give you some inspiration and benefit. All the best Amitabha!

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Length: 11min 43sec (703 seconds)

Published: Fri Jul 23 2021