1·There is no doubt that the demise of the Buddha is the main theme of the sutra, but it provides us with very many details that could be classified under different heads into a number of sutras.
毫无疑问，佛陀的逝世是这部经的主题，但它提供给我们了非常多的细节可以据此分为不同题目的经典。
2·Although of cause in sutras, in many sutras like Amitabha sutra these descriptions of Amitabha land.
虽然在很多经典里，例如《阿弥陀经》里对阿弥陀佛的净土会有这样的描述。
3·In the days to come, the paths of the sutras will come to extinction.
在今后的日子里，路径的经典将灭绝。
4·For instance, it is believed that Suddhodana or Shakyamuni Buddha's father, the physical father Suddhodana, is considered, in the mahayana sutras, as a Manjushri in person.
例如，在大乘经典里，释迦牟尼佛的父亲净饭王，就被视为是文殊菩萨以肉身示现。
5·It's because we didn't cultivate in the past; we only wanted to watch movies, watch TV, hold parties, and eat, drink, and be merry, and we never studied any sutras.
这皆因往昔没有修行，只顾去看电影、看电视、开舞会、吃喝玩乐，不曾研究过经典。
1·Embroidery was much more applied in Buddha statues, sutras and prayer flags.
刺绣是更适用于佛像，佛经和经幡。
2·Buddhist sutras translated into Chinese prior the Tang dynasty were difficult to comprehend because the first translators were Buddhist monks of non-Han Chinese origin.
唐朝以前，汉译佛经颇令人费解，因为最初的译者是非汉族血统的和尚。
3·Xuan Zang did a great job in the translation of the Buddhist sutras.
玄奘为佛经的翻译做出了巨大的贡献。
4·Xuan Zang went to India and brought back the sutras, so he built the pagoda to house them.
玄奘去印度带回佛经，他建此塔是为了存放佛经。
5·Ever since, monks have prepared rice porridge on the eve and held a ceremony the following day, during which they chant sutras and offer porridge to Buddha.
从那时到现在，僧侣们在前日准备米粥，在第二天举行仪式，在此期间，他们吟诵佛经，并为佛祖供奉米粥。