Induction

The term agnostic was fittingly coined by the 19th-century British scientist Thomas H. Huxley, who believed that only material phenomena were objects of exact knowledge. He made up the word from the prefix a-, meaning “without, not,” as in amoral, and the noun Gnostic. Gnostic is related to the Greek word gn?, “knowledge,” which was used by early Christian writers to mean “higher, esoteric knowledge of spiritual things”; hence, Gnostic referred to those with such knowledge. In coining the term agnostic, Huxley was considering as “Gnostics” a group of his fellow intellectuals—“ists,” as he called them— who had eagerly embraced various doctrines or theories that explained the world to their satisfaction. Because he was a “man without a rag of a label to cover himself with,” Huxley coined the term agnostic for himself, its first published use being in 1870.

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Spiritual Mantra for Rebirth in The Pure Land 往生咒 25/9/2010

This dharani is the dharani of the Buddha Amitabha. Thus, if one recites it, he or she can be reborn in the Western Paradise of Amitabha. 
往生咒，全稱拔一切業障根本得生淨土陀羅尼，又稱往生淨土神咒，是佛教淨土宗的重要咒語。淨土宗認為，誦持此咒能拔除一切業障。誦持此咒者，阿彌陀佛會在其頭上護持，使他離苦得樂，並在其命終之時，接引其入西方淨土。
南無阿彌多婆夜。哆他伽多夜。（歸命無量光佛如來）
哆地夜他。（即說咒曰）
阿彌利都婆毗。（甘露主）
阿彌利哆。悉耽婆毗。（甘露成就者）
阿彌唎哆。毗迦蘭帝。（甘露灑播者）
阿彌唎哆。毗迦蘭多。（甘露灑遍者）
伽彌膩。伽伽那。（遍虛空宣揚者）
枳多迦利。娑婆訶。（聲聞造作者成就圓滿）
namo amitabhaya
tathagataya 
tadyatha 
ami ri do po pi
ami ri do shi dan po pi
ami ri do pi ja lan di
ami ri do pi ja lando 
chie mi ni chie chie na
ji do ja li 
svaha
Give Praise to Amitabha Buddha! Tathagata! He Who Calls Out! Amitabha Who Benefits! All That Exists! Amitabha Benefits Everywhere! One Hundred Existences! Amitabha Benefits Everywhere! The Prophesied Sovereign! Amitabha Benefits Everywhere! The Prophesied Sovereign! One Who Benefits All! The Firmament and Sky Benefiting!
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