In Chinese and especially Japanese Buddhism, the statement 天上天下唯我独尊 (Japanese tenjou tenge yui ga dokuson; not sure about the Chinese transliteration), which is typically translated as "On heaven and earth, I alone am honored", is considered to be a well-known statement of the Buddha, spoken when the Buddha first emerged from ...

2022年8月28日 · As the story goes, immediately after birth he took seven steps in each of the four directions and proclaimed, “In heaven above and on earth below, I am the most honored one. I shall dispel the suffering that fills the world.” He did say that .. because it is true.

There are no locks on the gates of hell. Hell is a temporary place and there is no reason for those beings to suffer there forever. The Buddha's Teaching shows us that there are heavens and hells not only beyond this world, but in this very world itself. Thus the Buddhist conception of heaven and hell is very reasonable.

The meaning of the phrase is "I am the highest in this world; I am foremost in this world; I am the best in this world; this is the last birth; there is no further becoming here." Nothing I've found …

It is the heaven where the Bodhisattva Śvetaketu (Pāli: Setaketu, "White Banner") resided before being reborn on Earth as Gautama, the historical Buddha; it is, likewise, the heaven where the Bodhisattva Nātha ("Protector") currently resides, who …

2018年11月11日 · After Buddhism was transmitted to China, this statement of Shakyamuni’s was expressed as the saying: In Heaven and on Earth, I alone am the honored one. This is a quote from a book titled Basic Buddhism: Exploring Buddhism and Zen by Master Nan Huai-Chin, a Chinese contemporary spiritual teacher, regarded by many as responsible for the ...

Heaven and Hell in Buddhism Buddhism does not recognise a creator God. How is the origin of the earth and the universe explained in Buddhism? This was one of the questions at which the Buddha remained silent. The Buddha realised that any …

Tibetan Buddhists believe that above Mt. Meru are 16 heavens. Members of one Buddhist sect believe in an underground paradise called Agharta that was reportedly founded by a holy man who escaped from a disaster by digging a hole in the earth and who now rules from the underground capital of Shamballah.

Buddhism declares that Heaven and Hell are not located in any one particular area, but in various "planes of existence ". Buddhism categorises all living beings existing in the world and beyond into 31 states , which are put together into several groups.

2023年7月31日 · Yunmen taught an assembly, "When the old foreigner [Buddha] was born, he pointed to the sky with one hand, pointed to the earth with one hand, looked in the four directions, and walked seven steps each way and said, 'In the heavens above and on earth below, only I alone am honored.'