从“断恶行善”到“般若”
佛教哲学de现代意义
The Significance of Buddhist Philosophy Today
In the following, I shall try to give a simple introduction to the basic Buddhist doctrines and to several meditative practices for eliminating stress.
下面，我将用最简短的文字，对佛教做一个大致的介绍，同时为大家介绍一些消除压力的禅修方法。
Overview of buddhism
一、佛教简述
Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma
（一）三转法轮
Buddha Sakyamuni turned the wheel of Dharma three times.
释迦牟尼佛在一生当中，转过三次法轮。
The first turning of the wheel of Dharma came shortly after the Buddha attained Buddhahood. The teachings are basic in nature, easy to understand, and deal mainly with cultivating proper conduct in life, eradicating evil deeds, taking up virtuous deeds, and other such actions linked to Theravada Buddhism. The teachings of the first turning are likened to courses given in primary school.
第一次转法轮，开始于释迦牟尼佛成佛后不久，所传内容比较基础，通俗易懂，大部分是讲怎么样做人，劝人断恶行善等小乘佛法，相当于我们的小学课程。
The Buddha then turned the wheel of Dharma a second time at Vultures’ Peak in India, with the emphasis this time on prajna. “Prajna” is a Sanskrit word, also called prajnaparamita, which in Chinese is translated as zhi hui du. “Zhi hui” means (transcendent) wisdom; “du” means crossing over to the other shore.
之后，释迦牟尼佛又在印度的灵鹫山上转了第二次法轮。其重点，就是般若。“般若”是印度梵文音译，也叫般若波罗蜜多，翻译为中文，叫做智慧度。“度”也即从此岸到达彼岸。
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