Shurangama Dhamma Association 楞严五方佛教会

05/10/2025

☸️Monkey Buddha Day 大圣佛祖圣诞☸️
7/10/2025 (7th Oct 2025) 8am-11am
温馨提醒，有来自得佛祖庇佑(开放给会员)
Kind reminder: With your presence comes the Buddha’s blessing. Open to members only.

28/09/2025

‼️为何优美的悉昙文字会被时代淘汰？如今成为了神圣的语言？Why Did the Beautiful Siddham Script Fade with Time, Yet Become a Sacred Language Today?‼️

1. 悉昙文本身是为古典梵文设计的
悉昙文（Siddham）大约在公元6～9世纪间发展成熟，起源于更早的婆罗米文。它的设计目标是用来书写古典梵文（Classical Sanskrit），而不是现代印度语言。它的字母系统能很好地表达当时的梵文音系，但结构比较固定，没有预留空间给后来的语言变化或外来音节。

2. 面对现代语言，悉昙字母不够用
随着时间发展，印度本地语言不断演化，如印地语、孟加拉语、马拉地语等出现了新的发音系统，包括：
▫️地区性的发音变化（如更多送气音、鼻音等）
▫️外来语音节的引入（如波斯语、阿拉伯语、英语中的 fa, za, cha, tha 等）

这些音节在悉昙文里完全找不到对应的符号，也就无法准确表达。例如，“fa”这个音在悉昙字母表中是不存在的，因为古梵文里也没有这个发音。

3. 天城文的灵活性取代了悉昙文
随着语言的多样化和交流增加，印度需要一种更灵活、表达能力更强的书写系统。这时候，天城文（Devanagari）逐渐发展起来，并吸收了更多音节和合字规则，满足了不同语言的表达需求。天城文也能更好地支持现代印刷、排版和教育体系，因此自然取代了悉昙文，成为今日梵文和现代印度语言的标准书写系统。

4. 佛教式微，使用场景减少
悉昙文主要用于佛教经典的书写，尤其在密教传承中使用频繁。但从公元8世纪开始，佛教在印度逐渐衰落，印度教重新成为主流信仰。随着佛教寺院、僧团的减少，使用悉昙文的文化环境也慢慢消失。

悉昙文适合表达古典梵文的音系，但随着语言发展、外来语融入以及宗教变化，它逐渐被功能更强的天城文取代。 不过，悉昙文并没有完全消失——它至今仍保存在东亚佛教传统中，特别是在日本的真言宗和中国的密宗文化中，作为一种宗教“圣字”继续使用。

1. Siddham Was Designed for Classical Sanskrit
The Siddham script, which evolved around the 6th to 9th centuries CE, originated from the earlier Brahmi script. It was specifically created to write Classical Sanskrit, not the modern languages of India. Its letter system perfectly represents the phonology of ancient Sanskrit, but its structure is relatively rigid. It wasn't designed to accommodate future language changes or new, foreign phonemes.

2. Siddham Lacked the Flexibility for Evolving Languages
Over time, as regional languages in India developed—like Hindi, Bengali, and Marathi—new sounds and phonetic patterns emerged, such as:
▫️Regional pronunciation shifts (e.g., more aspirated or nasalized sounds)
▫️Borrowed phonemes from Persian, Arabic, and later English (e.g., fa, za, cha, tha, etc.)

These sounds had no equivalent letters in Siddham, making it impossible to accurately write many newer words. For example, the sound "fa" does not exist in Siddham, simply because it wasn’t present in Classical Sanskrit.

3. Devanagari Replaced Siddham with Greater Flexibility
As India’s linguistic landscape became more diverse, a more adaptable writing system was needed. Devanagari rose to prominence, offering a more flexible structure with extended consonant clusters and vowel markings. It could better accommodate both Sanskrit and modern Indian languages. Additionally, Devanagari proved more practical for printing, typesetting, and education, which made it the natural successor to Siddham.

4. Decline of Buddhism Reduced Siddham’s Usage
Siddham was predominantly used to transcribe Buddhist scriptures, especially in Esoteric Buddhism (Vajrayana)traditions. However, starting from the 8th century, Buddhism began to decline in India, while Hinduism regained its dominance. As monasteries and Buddhist institutions diminished, the cultural environment supporting Siddham also faded, reducing its usage significantly.

From Obsolescence to Sacredness
While Siddham lost its mainstream utility, it never completely vanished.

Today, it survives in East Asian Buddhist traditions, especially within:
▫️Shingon Buddhism in Japan
▫️Chinese Esoteric Buddhism and Mantra practices

In these traditions, Siddham is regarded not just as a script, but as a sacred language—used in rituals, mantra chanting, and calligraphy, symbolizing spiritual purity and mystical power.

Though once replaced by more functional scripts like Devanagari, Siddham has found a second life—not as a utilitarian writing system, but as a holy script imbued with religious significance. Its elegant forms continue to inspire awe and reverence, preserving its legacy across centuries and cultures.

21/09/2025

🔸佛教关于食物与因果的教导 The Buddhist Teachings on Food and Karma🔸

轮回不息，生死流转。富贵者再生为贫贱，贫贱者再生为富贵。一旦生于富贵之家，常常便遗忘佛法与正道，沉迷享乐，造作诸业，食物浪费无度。

六道之中，轮回反复，如此不断。唯有真正体悟“空”的智慧，方能超越轮回之苦，解脱生死之网。

南无阿弥陀佛。食物是因缘和合而来，非轻易得之。

🤔 1. 《佛说布施经》有言：
「一粒米，大如须弥山。恒河杀人命，还报还自受。」
意思是，一粒米的因果，重大如须弥山。若轻视或浪费食物，其果报可能极重，甚至可能招致生生世世的轮回苦报。

佛教认为，食物来源于众生，蕴含无数因缘，包括农夫的辛劳、土地的滋养、天地之和、众生命命（如肉类食物）等等。若轻率对待，即是对因缘的不敬。

🤔2. 佛教戒律与节制饮食：
在《僧伽律》中，佛陀对僧团的饮食有许多明确规定：
不得挑食、不得浪费。所托得的食物应当随缘接受，恭敬受用。吃剩的食物不得随意丢弃，应当结缘或妥善处理，例如布施给众生、动物等。

🤔 3. 《杂阿含经》中云：
「不应弃食，不应轻食，若轻弃者，于食不得其福。」
意思是：不可丢弃食物，不可轻慢食物。若浪费、轻视，则失去食物所带来的福德果报。

🤔 4. 《四分律》则规定：僧众吃不完的饭菜应布施给鸟兽、虫蚁，不可随意抛弃，以慈悲心普施一切众生。

Endless is the cycle of rebirth; life and death flow ceaselessly. The wealthy are reborn into poverty, while the poor may be reborn into wealth. Yet, when one is born into a life of abundance, one often forgets the Dharma and the righteous path — indulging in pleasures, creating karma, and wasting food without restraint.

Within the six realms of existence, this cycle of rebirth repeats endlessly.

Only by truly realizing the wisdom of emptiness (sunyata) can one transcend the suffering of samsara and escape the net of birth and death.

Namo Amitabha Buddha.Food is the result of countless interdependent conditions; it does not come easily.

🤔1. In the Sutra on Giving (Buddha Speaks of Almsgiving), the Buddha said: “A single grain of rice is as heavy as Mount Sumeru. If one wastes it, the karmic consequences may be as severe as having taken lives along the Ganges River — The retribution will be borne and repaid by oneself.”

This means that even a single grain of rice carries immense karmic weight. To waste or treat food carelessly can lead to serious consequences — possibly inviting countless lifetimes of suffering within samsara.

Buddhism teaches that food comes from all beings and arises through many causes and conditions:the hard work of farmers, the nourishment of the land, the harmony of nature, and the lives of countless sentient beings (especially in the case of meat).
To treat food lightly is to disrespect these interwoven conditions.

🤔2. Discipline and Moderation in Buddhist Monastic Life

In the Vinaya of the Sangha (monastic code), the Buddha gave many clear instructions regarding food:
▫️One must not be picky or wasteful.
▫️Alms received should be accepted with equanimity and consumed with gratitude.
▫️Leftover food should not be discarded carelessly; it should be shared or properly repurposed — for example, given to animals or other beings in need.

🤔3. In the Samyukta Agama Sutra, the Buddha said:
“Food should not be discarded, nor should it be treated lightly.
One who treats food with disrespect will not receive the blessings that food can bring.”
This teaches that discarding or disrespecting food leads to a loss of its karmic merit and benefits.

🤔4. In the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya (Four-Part Vinaya), it is further prescribed that:
Leftover food from the sangha should be offered to birds, animals, or even insects — it must not be thrown away indiscriminately.
With a heart of compassion, food should be shared with all sentient beings.

By receiving and consuming food with mindfulness, and by always remembering the karmic causes behind it, one can avoid waste, cultivate merit, and nurture wisdom.

May all beings see impermanence through food, contemplate interdependence, and realize emptiness — thus gradually letting go of greed and moving toward liberation.

Namo Amitabha Buddha.

26/06/2025

🔆Skanda Bodhisattva’s Day 韦驮菩萨圣诞🔆

This world is only virtual, nothing real. Suffering is inevitable whether minor or major. Your lifespan is the timespan allowed for your practice to follow the path of the Tathagata.

Realising Emptiness and the practice of Compassion the ultimate Goal to enlightenment. Escaping from the cycle of birth and death in the six realms.

Death is only but a form of liberation from sufferings in this Saha World.Namo Amitabha.

— Master Yan Cheng

这个世界只是虚幻，并无真实。痛苦是不可避免的，无论轻微或严重。你的寿命是用来修行、走在如来道路上的时光。

证悟空性与修持慈悲，是通往觉悟的最终目标。脱离六道轮回的生死之苦，乃修行之所向。

死亡，不过是从娑婆世界苦难中解脱的一种形式。

南无阿弥陀佛。

—彦诚法师

27/04/2025

Vesak Day 2025 - 12/5/2025 (Monday)
卫塞节 2025年 - 5月12日（星期一）

Shurangama Dhamma Association 楞严五方佛教会

17/06/2024

✨Shakyamuni Buddha Heart Mantra 释加牟尼佛心咒✨

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21/05/2024

Tomorrow is Vesak Day! A kind reminder to all dharma friends to share the Buddhist mantra and inspire others to practice it. May all your merits be multiplied on this auspicious day.

明天就是卫塞节啦！善意提醒各位法友，分享佛教心咒，启发他人修持佛法。愿您在这吉祥的日子里功德倍增。

Mandarin Lyrics南无阿弥陀佛 光明横遍十方Ná mó ē mí tuó fó Guāng míng héng biàn shí fangNamo Amitabha! His light spreads in all directions.含摄福德庄严的一切自在安乐Hán shè fú dé zhuā...

28/04/2024

✨Medicine Buddha Mantra 药师如来灌顶真言✨

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12/03/2024

✨Amitabha Buddha Dharani 阿弥陀佛陀罗尼✨

Mandarin Lyrics南无阿弥陀佛 光明横遍十方Ná mó ē mí tuó fó Guāng míng héng biàn shí fangNamo Amitabha! His light spreads in all directions.含摄福德庄严的一切自在安乐Hán shè fú dé zhuā...

09/02/2024

💛Happy Chinese New Year🧡

恭祝各位生意兴隆、身体健康，龙年行大运！
Wishing everyone a prosperous business, good health, and GOOD LUCK in the Year of the Dragon!

28/12/2023

🪷阿弥陀佛圣诞 Amitabha’s Buddha Day🪷
今天是农历十月十七日，阿弥陀佛圣诞！今日佛子们应前来供佛礼佛，茹素念经。

17/12/2023

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