As soon as he heard that there was a little story in it, Luo Tong's interest came. She held her chin and looked at Sheng Qiwu with blinking eyes: "Tell me quickly, what are the stories?"

Let's start with the reason why it is the most widely spread, the main point of this Buddhist reverence for the lotus flower is related to the characteristics of the lotus flower. ”

"Lotus is a perennial aquatic plant flower, although she is not as graceful and luxurious as a peony, nor is she as arrogant and lofty as a chrysanthemum, but her "out of the sludge without staining" and blooming in the hot summer sun has won the supreme worship of Buddhism. ”

Buddhism believes that "six dusts", because the world is full of "six dusts", so the world is called "six dusts". Due to the pollution and dryness of the "six dusts", the world is full of competition and competition, which makes it difficult for people to be calm and clean. ”

If you want to enter the Buddha country, you must stay away from the world, escape into the pure empty door, concentrate on cultivating the Buddha, and eliminate pollution and dryness.

"The special property of the lotus flower that it emerges from the mud and is not stained is consistent with the wish of the Buddhist followers in the world to be free from earthly pollution and to remain clean in order to enter the Pure Land Buddha Kingdom smoothly. ”

Luo Tong felt bored when he heard it, and he didn't know how Sheng Qiwu remembered it for such a long time.

"What are the six dusts? I've only heard of the six impurities, but I haven't heard of the six dusts. ”

Luo Tong yawned and said lazily.

"When it comes to the six dusts, we must first talk about the six roots. Sheng Qiwu is not surprised that Luo Tong is the current performance, in fact, he also thinks these are quite boring.

"Speaking of which, it is very simple, that is: the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind, in terms of psychological and physical mediator functions, are called the six roots, that is, the physiological neuroses. ”

"The eye has the optic nerve, the ear has the auditory nerve, the nose has the olfactory nerve, the tongue has the taste nerve, the body has the sensory nerve, and the mind has the cranial nerve, these are the roots of the medium of mind and matter, so they are called the six roots. ”

"In terms of the objects that the six roots touch, they are called the six dusts, that is, all kinds of substances in physics. The colors and shapes seen by the root of the eyes, the sounds heard by the root of the ears, the smell of the nose, the taste tasted by the root of the tongue, the thickness of the touch of the roots of the body, the hot, cold, and slippery, etc., and the extremely subtle and elusive things that the root of the mind refers to as the 'Fa', are called the six dusts.

"Then why do you ask everyone to be pure?"

It's no wonder that Luo Tong would ask this, I used to watch TV dramas and always hear lines saying that the six roots are clean and the six roots are not clean or something, so she is particularly interested in the six roots of purity.

But sometimes she is lazy and too lazy to check the information herself, and now that Sheng Qiwu knows, she naturally has to quickly raise this question.

Sure enough, Sheng Qiwu lived up to his expectations, and explained to her well, what is the six roots pure.

When we talk about the six roots, we must first talk about the six consciousnesses, because the six roots are the tools of the six consciousnesses, and doing good and evil is of course due to the proposition of the six consciousnesses, but the fact that good and evil actions are caused lies in the role of the six roots.

The flow of human beings in the sea of suffering in the cycle of birth and death is due to the fact that the six roots have never been pure, and all the sinful karma since the beginningless time has been created by the six roots.

For example, the root of the eyes is greedy for color, the root of the ear is greedy for sound, the root of the nose is greedy for fragrance, the root of the tongue is greedy for taste, the root of the body is greedy for smoothness, and the root of the mind is greedy for pleasure;

Greed and anger come from ignorance and afflictions, and together, they are the three poisons of greed, hatred, and ignorance.

However, the main root of wisdom is precept and concentration, so the introductory work of practice should start from two aspects: self-cultivation and self-cultivation.

Repairing bad thoughts is called mind cultivation, and the main work of mind cultivation is meditation, and repairing bad behaviors is called self-cultivation, so self-cultivation can also be called self-cultivation, and the main work of self-cultivation is to keep the precepts.

The purpose of taking the vows is to guard the gate of the six roots and prevent bad things from slipping into our hearts from the six root gates, so as to plant the seedlings of the flow of life and death.

Therefore, ordinary monks and nuns can only barely keep the six roots under the protection of the precepts, and as for the word pure, it is impossible to talk about it.

Ordinary people always think that as long as monks and nuns do not commit adultery, do not covet undivided wealth, and do not interfere in the right and wrong of others, then they can be regarded as pure in the six roots.

In fact, all those who are greedy for the use of objects are always impure, whether it is seeing, hearing, smelling, eating, wearing, playing, or using, as long as there is a situation of greed and reluctance, it is six impure.

Because apart from the problems of men and women, money, etc., it is not easy to perceive, and it is rare for people to pay close attention to whether it is pure or impure.

To put it more clearly, the so-called six roots are not the absence of the six roots, but our physiological faculties, which no longer follow the illusions of the external environment, which is called spotlessness, but this is by no means something that can be done by waiting for idle work.

The purpose of the six pure roots is to cut off and transcend this flow of life and death.

Sheng Qiwu talked about this large paragraph, and his mouth was a little dry.

Luo Tong was drowsy when he heard it, and he couldn't figure out how Sheng Qiwu could write it down. Finally, this paragraph was over, and she cheered up and asked, "What about the little stories you said?"

"Don't worry, you listen to me one by one. What I just said is more serious, let's talk about this more interesting now, which is equivalent to wild history. ”

Sheng Qiwu cleared his throat, obviously a little thirsty, he hadn't said such a long time since he had said such a long time.

Seeing that Sheng Qiwu was thirsty, Luo Tong hurriedly handed over the water cup next to him, Sheng Qiwu took a sip and continued to popularize this Buddhist knowledge.

"We all know that Buddhism was first born in ancient India, and it came from India, so it was deeply influenced by India. ”

"In ancient India, there was a custom of worshipping lotus flowers. Therefore, when Indian Buddhism was introduced to our country, people were inevitably affected by this custom. The first is to become a worshipper of lotus flowers. ”

"Worship lotus?"

Luo Tong didn't understand, this lotus is an ornamental plant, how did it become worship?

"Yes, as early as before the birth of Buddhism in India, every summer, the scorching sun is like a fire, it is the season when the lotus flowers are in full bloom, summer nights, or early mornings, in the pond and lake where the lotus flowers are in full bloom, take a walk to enjoy the lotus, the green water is beautiful, the pink and light purple are alternate, the fragrance is overflowing, so that people are pleasing to the eye, the breeze is coming, and the lotus fragrance is emanating from the green bushes with the wind, which makes people's hearts and lungs feel cool as if they have been washed. The lotus pond became a summer resort. ”

"I guess it's easier for people to take a walk by the lotus pond and think quietly. ”

Sheng Qiwu gave such a guess, in fact, this is not far from ten.