Master Hsing Yun's Audiobooks vs 佛光大藏經雜阿含經

Born in 1927 in Jiangsu, China, Venerable Master Hsing Yun is the 48th generation of the Linji School. He came to Taiwan in 1949, founded the Ilan Buddhist Chanting Association in 1952, and established the foundation for Dharma propagation. In 1967, he founded Fo Guang Shan Monastery, promoting Humanistic Buddhism through Buddhist culture, education, and charity. Subsequently, he established more than 200 branch temples and 16 Buddhist Colleges in the world’s major cities; and also Pumen High School, Nanhua University, Fo Guang University, Unversity of the West in the United States, Nan Tian University in Australia, and Merit Times Daily News and Beautiful Life Television. In 1991, Venerable Master founded Buddha’s Light International Association (BLIA), and is now President of BLIA World Headquarters and Honorary President of World Fellowship of Buddhists. He is also author of the Bibiography of Sakyamuni Buddha, Hsing Yun’s Chan Talk, Hsing Yun’s Hundred Saying Series, The Rabbit's Horn: A Commentary on the Platform Sutra, Humble Table, Wise Fare, Fo Guang Textbooks, Between Ignorance and Enlightenment, Pearls of Wisdom: Prayers for Engaged Living, and so forth.

雜阿含經乃初期佛教的基本經典四阿含之一，彙集短而雜之經而成，故稱雜阿含。輯錄佛陀為比丘、比丘尼、優婆塞、優婆夷、天子、天女等講說四聖諦、八聖道、十二因緣之教說，全經共有五十卷，一三六二小經（大正藏編目），為漢譯四阿含中之最早及最大部者。本經之法句大多簡明，於實踐上之修行法門，列有念住、蘊、界等道品。相當於南傳五阿含之相應部。《佛光大藏經．雜阿含》採用新式標點，段落分明，著重巴利本、漢譯異譯本之對照，重新勘定卷數之次序，於每小經皆列有經意解說，經文難懂不明處亦列有巴利文或譯成中文，校勘嚴謹，更具有注解詳備、索引齊全之特色。乃佛子直探佛陀本懷之必讀經典。