In everyone’s life,
there are the most difficult times.
Have you encountered yours?
The Buddha was a human being, not a god.
He knew the path to true wealth,
spoke of love and affection,
and was caring and righteous.
Encountering him will help you navigate with fewer road blocks.
In this book, may you find solace
and overcome tough obstacles through vivid comics
that weave stories relevant to today’s living.
目錄
The Human Buddha Comic Series 1: Unspoken Understanding
Dear Buddha, Where Are You? / By Venerable Master Hsing Yun
When Touched, One Can Touch Others / Editor’s Notes
The Goddess and the Monkey
Dirty Basin
Angulimala
Breaking the Habit
A Poor Lady Offering a Lamp
Hurtful Speech
Liberating Hariti
Buddha Offers Half a Seat
Sweep Away
The Four Sons
Auspicious Grass
The Human Buddha Comic Series 2: Fortunate Encounters
Dear Buddha, Where Are You? / By Venerable Master Hsing Yun
Hidden within the Story / Editor’s Notes
84 Thousand Stupas
Proper Tuning
Filthy Without, Purity Within
King Isanavarman’s Liberation
Sonadanda’s Teaching
The Buddha Carried His Father's Coffin
Nothing Comes Easy
Taming the Mad Elephant
Paving Jetavana with Gold
The Human Buddha Comic Series 3: Less Is More
Dear Buddha, Where Are You? / By Venerable Master Hsing Yun
Understand Tacitly Is Supernatural Powers / Editor’s Notes
Offering of the Four Heavenly Kings
First Lay Disciples
Finding the Heart
The Kasyapa Brothers
Deva’s Loss
Matanga’s Enlightenment
A Grain of Rice Equals Mount Sumeru
Safeguarding Rahula
Selfless Giving
Teaching the Old Housemaid
Aspiring Couple
Uppalavanna’s Realization
The Human Buddha Comic Series 4: Long-Awaited for You
Dear Buddha, Where Are You? / By Venerable Master Hsing Yun
Behind the Pursuit of Perfection / Editor’s Notes
Five Cultivations
The Return
The Ugly
The Poor Man’s Offering
The Buddha’s Wisdom
You Reap What You Sow
Gratitude
Ajatasatru
Anger’s Antidote
Old Age Is a Gem
Nidhi
Poisonous Snakes
Devadatta’s Battle
The Human Buddha Comic Series 5: Missing the Buddha, Yearning to See Him
The Indian Prince in Chinese Garb / Editor’s Notes
I Birth in the Human World: Teaching, Instructing, Benefiting, and Bringing Joy to Society
1. Riding an Elephant, Entering the Womb
2. Born under a Tree
3. Asita’s Prophecy
II Growing up in a Royal Palace: Living in Abundance
1.Siddhartha’s Outstanding Skills
2.Young Siddhartha’s Bewilderment
3. Four Trips Outside the Palace
III Bidding Farewell to Loved Ones: Renouncing for Spiritual Cultivation
1.The Prince’s Ambition to Renounce
2. Transcending the City and Renouncing
3. Determined, the Hair Is Cut Off
4. Strict Austerities for Six Years
IV Forsaking Severe Austerities: Defeating Maras and Attaining Buddhahood
1. Leaving and Accepting the Offering of a Shepherdess
2. Defeating Maras and Attaining Buddhahood
3. Everyone Can Be a Buddha
4. Offering of the Four Heavenly Kings
Ⅴ Initial Turning of the Dharma Wheel: The Initial Three Jewels
1. Where Are the Audiences?
2. First Teaching
Ⅵ Immeasurable Compassion: Educating with Equality
1. King Bimbisara’s Refuge Taking
2. Anathapindika’s Vow to Build a Vihara
3. Educating with Equality
Ⅶ Returning Home to Teach: Liberating Loved Ones
1. Returning to Hometown to Teach
2. Taming the Wild Elephant
3. Carrying His Father’s Coffin
4. Giving Teachings to His Mother
Ⅷ Simple Living: Liberating All Beings
1. Beg for Alms with a Mind of Equality
2. Meeting in the Teachings
Ⅸ Perfecting Enlightenment With Skillfulness: Exhibiting Nirvana
1. Last Journey
2. Exhortation One More Time
3. The Last Disciple
4. Immeasurable Compassionate Heart
5. Distribution of the Relics to Eight Kings
Missing The Buddha, Yearing To See Him
作者介紹
作者簡介
Venerable Master Hsing Yun
Venerable Master Hsing Yun (1927–2023) was born in Jiangsu Province, China. He studied at various renowned Buddhist institutions such as Qixia Vinaya College and Jiaoshan Buddhist College.
Soon after his arrival in Taiwan in 1949, he became the chief editor of Human Life, a Buddhist magazine. In 1952, his efforts in establishing Buddhist Chanting Association strengthened the foundation for his subsequent endeavors in the promotion of the Dharma. Venerable Master founded Fo Guang Shan Monastery in 1967, with the primary goal of promoting Humanistic Buddhism through Buddhist education, culture, charity, and propagation of the Dharma. Since then, over two hundred branch temples have been established in major cities around the world. He has also set up art galleries, libraries, publishing houses, bookstores, mobile clinics, Buddhist colleges, and universities including: University of the West, Fo Guang University, Nanhua University, Nan Tien Institute, and Guang Ming College. In 1977, the Fo Guang Tripitaka Editorial Board was formed to compile the Fo Guang Buddhist Canon and the Fo Guang Dictionary of Buddhism. Many other works on Buddhism have also been published.
Venerable Master Hsing Yun has dedicated his life to propagating Humanistic Buddhism. As a global citizen, he fostered “joy and harmony,” “oneness and coexistence,” “respect and tolerance,” and “equality and peace” throughout the world. When he founded the Buddha’s Light International Association in 1991 and was elected president of its world headquarters, he was closer to realizing the ideal of having “the Buddha’s light shining throughout the three thousand realms, and the Dharma water flowing across the five continents.”
編者簡介
Fo Guang Shan Institute of Humanistic Buddhism
Founded in 2013 by Venerable Master Hsing Yun, the Fo Guang Shan Institute of Humanistic Buddhism pursues the objectives of propagating the Buddha’s teachings and the Venerable Master’s thoughts on Humanistic Buddhism. The Institute endeavors to recruit experts and nurture scholars of Buddhism, gather ancient and contemporary editions of the Buddhist Canons, as well as compile the complete works of Venerable Master Hsing Yun. Through the Center of International Affairs, the Institute translates the works of the Venerable Master and holds the annual Symposium on Humanistic Buddhism, in addition to other international academic forums, welcoming outstanding scholars and youths from around the world to study Buddhism.
