Sayings of Buddha - Dharma Sutra [bilingual Chinese, English]. ISBN: 9787514318722

English Title: Sayings of Buddha - Dharma Sutra - Chinese Traditional Culture Comic [Chinese-English Bilingual Edition]
Chinese Title: 蔡志忠漫画中国传统文化经典:佛陀说·法句经(中英文对照)
ISBN-10: 7-51-431872-0, 7514318720
ISBN-13: 978-7-51-431872-2, 9787514318722
Illustrator/Author: Tsai Chih Chung (蔡志忠) 
Translation: EE Ho, W.L. Rathe
Series: Traditional Chinese Culture Series (中国传统文化系列)
Pages: 286
Binding: softcover
Shipping Weight: 580g
Size: 168mm x 234mm
Language: modern and classical Chinese (simplified), English
Publisher: Modern Publishing House (现代出版社)

This volume of the traditional Chinese culture series - the wisdom of the classics in comics includes the two parts Sayings of Buddha and Dharma Sutra.

Sayings of Buddha
Part of the Traditional Chinese Culture Series, this book is an illustrated adaptation of the life and teachings of Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama). Collected and popularized by the immensely popular Chinese illustrator Tsai Chih Chung, the book includes historical stories of Buddha and his teachings, bringing to life the historical events through cartoon panels with a text that is irreverently humorous yet replete with wisdom. It is a great and easy tool to learn Chinese classics. Sayings of Buddha is illustrated in comic style, includes the original (classical) Chinese text in simplified characters given in the annotations with English and modern Chinese translations.

Traditional Chinese Culture Series
中国传统文化系列

The wisdom of the classsics in comics.
Tsai Chih Chung`s books have sold over 40 million copies in 44 countries around the world.

看景点漫画学英文。
蔡志忠漫画图书已经在44个国家出版，销售达到4000万册。

The writings of Chinese early thinkers have influenced all facets of Chinese culture and society, from education to art, from politics and warfare to common etiquette. The popular comic book artist TSAI CHIH CHUNG has faithfully brought the wisdom of these classics to life with his uniquely charming illustrations.

中国早期思想家的著作影响了中国文化和社会的方方面面，从教育到艺术，从政治和战争到日常礼节。广受欢迎的漫画家蔡志忠先生一直致力于用他独特而富有吸引力的画风将这些古代经典著作的智慧带入生活。

This series on Traditional Chinese Thought features the great thinkers of Chinese history, including:
- Confucius, the sage of harmonious living.
- Laozi, the Daoist sage of natural living.
- Zhuangzi, the Daoist sage of freedom and spontaneity.
- Sunzi, the sage of winning without warring.
- Zen masters, the sages of living in the moment.

这一中国传统思想系列漫画映射出历史上伟大思想家们的光辉；包括：
　　孔子，和谐生活的智慧。
　　老子，道家自然生活的智慧。
　　庄子，道家自由与自然的智慧。
　　孙子，不战而胜的智慧。
　　禅师，生活在瞬间的智慧。

Contents
SAYINGS OF BUDDHA
BUDDHA
SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA
BUDDHISM
BUDDHAS TEACHING OF SPIRITUAL CULTIVATION
THE THREE IMPRINTS OF TRUTH
ALL ACTS ARE TRANSIENT
ESSENTIAL UNIVERSAL TRUTHS CONTAIN NO EGO-SELF
NIRVANA IS PERFECT TRANQUILITY
ALL IS BORN OUT OF CAUSAL PRECONDITIONING
ALL IS SUFFERING
ATTACHMENT TO THE EGO-SELF OF "I"
KONG
PURIFYING ONES ONE WILL
DO NOT BE DRIVEN BY MATERIAL DESIRES
BE THE REAL MASTER OF ONES OWN BODY AND MIND
Appendix: further reading
THE DHARMA SUTRA
DHARMA SAYINGS
THE DHARMA SUTRA
DELUSIONS
Suffering follows your polluted
mind
Joy follows your pure mind
Resentment stays alive in relived
memories
Resentment dissolves when we
let go
Patience stops resentment
Even I do not own myself
Ignorant people with self
awareness
Eleven kinds of fire
No attachment is worse than
resentment
Like a torrent submerging a
sleeping village
Hold the mind as a mirror,
without bending forward or back
The wise ones do not worry about the future
Less than one-sixteenth of Dharma joy
Delusion over astrology
Peolple need to save themselves
Practice is the only way
What is all
All acts are transient
SUFFERING
Looking for the house builder
If the heart is unsettled
An enemy mentality is the worst
enemy
No escape
The heart does not judge
Nirvana is the utmost joy
Desires bring few joys and much
pain
Self-discipllne in every area is a virtue
Nothing belongs to me
Separation from loved ones causes
suffering
Treating ourselves as the enemy
Face the consequences of one's
actious
Proper Dhaarma keeps us from
spinning our wheels
Distancing ourselves from all eviles
Diligently helping ourselves
Treating ourselves well
Seek~ red.go in ourselves
Reading one thousand verses
Practise what is preached
Living one hundred years is not
as good as being vigilant for
one day
Like the tongue tasting soup
A herder counting others'
cattle
Pretty in appearance, but witho
fragrance
Not by walking around naked JOY
We really live joyfully
If we keep proper mindfulness
I am so serene
Overcoming difficult challenges evil
It is rare to find such unique
opportunities
Quiescence is the utmost joy
Patience in adversity is most
difficult to achieve
Good practitioners cultivate sel
discipline
Wise ones discipline the mind
like bow makers straightening arrows
Like fish hying without water
Let go of both victory and defeat
People share the same manta-lity
Avoid attachment
CULTIVATING SPIRITUALITY
Refrain from any evll deeds
A house built sloppily will
definitely leak
Buddha is the only lecturer
Purify the mind and suffering ends
Like a fierce fire that burns up
all Confining ropes
Like bees collecting nectar
Quietly accept slander from others
Master of the consciousness
Like an elephant on a hattie field
Return hatred with love
This is real
Evll friends are more frightening
than fierce beasts
Do not keep company with
fools
Do not befriend fools
Like an elephant marching in a
forest
Like the elephant trainer discipiing an elephant
WISE ONES
The way to realization.
Wise ones are islands above the flood waters
Like sturdy rocks
Virtuous ones leave all desires
Wise ones abandon small
pleasures
Wise ones guard their mind
Not watching others' faults
Seeting faults in others is easy
Do not luxuriate in hedonistic pleasure
Giving up evil and taking up
goodness to become a tranquil Buddha
THE OTHER SHORE
Do not be greedy for earthly profit
Few can reach"the Other Shore"
Self as self's refuge
Being awake within a sleeping crowd
Avoiding indulgence is the way to stay alive
Beheving in truths and abiding by precepts
Nirvana is the utmost goal
Quietness is the sweetest joy
CONCLUDING NOTES
Appendix: further reading