TAMING THE MONKEY MIND
江都 鄭韋庵 述
Translation with Commentary
by Dharma Master Suddhisukha
Taming The Monkey Mind
A Guide to Pure Land Practice
by the Buddhist scholar Cheng Wei-an Translation with Commentary by Dharma Master Suddhisukha
Sutra Translation Committee of the U. S. and Canada New York – San Francisco – Niagara Falls – Toronto May 2000
The Chinese original of this translation, Nien-fo ssu-shih-pa fa by the Buddhist scholar Cheng Wei-an, is reprinted (together with Elder Master Yin Kuang”s work Ching-yeh Chin-liang) in: Ch”en Hsi-yuan, ed., Ching-t”u Ch”ieh-yao [Essentials of Pure Land], Taiwan, 1968. Cheng Wei-an”s text has been translated into Vietnamese twice, under the title 48 Phap Niem Phat by Trinh Vi-Am. The better known version was published in 1963 with a commentary by Dharma Master Thich Tinh Lac (Skt: Suddhisukha)
此文中文版「念佛四十八法」乃佛教學者鄭韋庵所述，1968 年同印光法師的「淨業津梁」一起，由淨業行人真益願收入「淨土切要」在臺灣重印。此文兩度被譯爲越南語，較著名的版本爲 Thich Tinh Lac 法師所翻譯，並附有釋讀。
Note to the English Edition
The present treatise, a Pure Land classic, is part of a multilingual series on Pure Land Buddhism published by the Sutra Translation Committee of the United States and Canada. It deals specifically with the main practice of the Pure Land School – Buddha Recitation – and covers both the noumenal and phenomenal aspects of that practice. The treatise is accompanied by the detailed commentary of an Elder Master of the Zen and Pure Land lineages. Readers not familiar with Pure Land theory may wish to begin with Dr. J. C. Cleary”s introduction.
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Of all the forms of Buddhism practiced in East Asia, Pure Land has been the most widespread for over a millennium. It can be found throughout the Mahayana canon, with specific references in more than 200 texts (Encyclopedia of Buddhism). In one
such text, the Avatamsaka Sutra, the story is told of a wordless sutra. “equal in extent to the universe, existing in each and every atom.” What is this sutra
It is the Sutra of the Mind – the embodiment of the tenet that “everything is made from Mind alone.” And so we come to a key teaching which underlies the entire Buddhist canon, in which Pure Land figures so prominently: to attain the M ind of Enlightenment, to become a Buddha, the first step is development of the Bodhi M ind – the aspiration to achieve Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. It is with this parting thought that we leave the reader, as we wish him a pleasant excursion into Buddha Recitation, a profound yet democratic form of Buddhist practice.
Minh Thanh & P. D. Leigh, Editors (English edition) Rye Brook, New York: Festival of Amitabha, 12/99
Suddhisukha Temple of Zen Summer Retreat, 1963
Acknowledgements
We respectfully and gratefully acknowledge the support and counsel of Dharma Master Lok To, Master Thich Phuoc Bon and Rev. K. Watanabe, along with the helpful comments and suggestions of Upasaka Hien Mat (who gladly reviewed this entire book in less than a ksana!), Upasaka Minh Con and Upasaka Sean Everett. Special mention is due to Upasaka Thieu Chuu, who through his own vernacular translation of this commentary more than half a century ago, clarified many difficult passages and transcendental points of Dharma. Without their invaluable contributions, this book would not have been possible.
Pure Land in a Nutshell
Of the various forms of Buddhism that developed after the demise of the historical Buddha in 480 B. C., Mahayana (the “Great Vehicle”) became the dominant tradition in East and parts of Southeast Asia. This broad area encompasses China, Korea, Vietnam and Japan, among other countries.
In time, a number of schools arose within Mahayana Buddhism in accordance with the capacities and circumstances of the people, the main ones being the Zen, Pure Land a…
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