Chapter 585 The Difference Between Taoism and Buddhism

After watching the excitement for a while, Ye Xiang continued to set foot on the way back. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

I want to go shopping, there is time tomorrow, today is not early, he wants to go back to meditate and rest, the more critical it is, the more he can't give up, take the initiative to practice, if he can make more progress, he will make some progress, maybe the environment and topography and other reasons, as a rare pure land for human beings, stepping into the land of Tibet, Ye Xiang obviously felt that the air here is better than in the city.

Early the next morning, on the phone with his parents, Ye Xiang turned off his mobile phone and focused on starting his tour.

After a simple breakfast, Ye Xiang took a small backpack and went out of the hotel, leisurely thinking about the Potala Palace, the morning air was fresh, the sun just showed a blushing face to dye the eastern sky red, walking on the side of the Potala Palace on the corridor full of prayer wheels, Ye Xiang saw those pious believers passing by here will hold the prayer cylinder and turn, the prayer cylinder is written on the six-character mantra, it is said that the Tubo people believe that the more the six-character mantra is held, the more they can express the devotion of the Buddha in their hearts, each rotation is equivalent to chanting the scriptures once, and the believers with immeasurable merits must turn once they pass through。

It is said that some people in Tibet walked thousands of miles to Riguang City to worship the Buddha, and on the Barkhor Street, which is known as the Bible Road, one prostrated three times, and worshiped them with a mantra step by step, and Ye Xiang could not understand the piety of that kind of faith.

This is also the difference between Taoism and Buddhism.

The main difference between Buddhism and Taoism is the attitude towards life and death. It can be said that the two are very different.

The goal pursued by Buddhism is "nirvana", liberation from the cycle of birth and death.

According to Buddhism, life is suffering. Life is suffering, death is suffering. And this kind of suffering has no end, it is in a cycle of life and death that goes on and on, and there is no end. Only by attaining nirvana can we get out of the cycle of birth and death.

So how do we achieve nirvana? Buddha, enlightenment. In the final analysis, it is the realization that life is suffering. Buddhism says that when you truly realize that life is suffering, you become "enlightened." This is the core idea of Buddhism.

Taoism has a positive, positive attitude towards life in general. This is the biggest difference between Taoism and Buddhism and even other religions. For example, Christianity holds that people are born with original sin and are born to atone for their sins, while Buddhism believes that life is suffering.

So, how does Taoism solve the problem of death? The answer is very simple, that is, to achieve immortality and immortality through cultivation, which is exactly what Ye Xiang is pursuing.

There is a saying in the secret of Taoist practice, "Obey the adult, reverse the immortal, all in the yin and yang upside down", which is the Taoist method of how to achieve immortality.

Therefore, Taoism never cares whether the believers are pious or not, Taoism itself pays attention to going against the sky, so Ye Xiang didn't understand the piety of those believers, and smiled so brightly and brightly.

Of course, this does not affect his kind admiration for their pure piety, those pious people, that kind of pious faith, for them is not just a kind of spiritual pursuit, isn't it? Just like him, he also has his own pursuit, stepping into the immortal path as soon as possible.

Bypassing the prayer wheel, Ye Xiang was in the Jokhang Temple at one time, and then the Potala Palace, in less than a minute, Ye Xiang walked around this magnificent architectural palace and temple complex, where he was interested, Ye Xiang would stop and stay, there was not much interest, Ye Xiang left after feeling the ancient atmosphere.

For those lamas and monks living Buddhas, Ye Xiang is not too curious, perhaps, they really have some skills, or ancient incomplete inheritance, but Ye Xiang doesn't care about them, in this era of the end of the law, refining and refining qi are rare, refining qi and transforming gods are all masters among masters, Ye Xiang also does not believe that these monks and living Buddhas will have grandmaster-level masters.

Compared to the Potala Palace that Ye wants to visit purely sexually, the Jokhang Temple. Ye Xiang is obviously more interested in Barkhor Street, which is also a tourist attraction, with daily people coming and going and the extraordinary flow of visitors.

Barkhor Street, also known as Octagon Street, is located in the old town of Nikko City, which is a famous transit road and commercial center of Nikko City, which preserves the traditional appearance and living mode of the ancient city relatively completely.

Barkhor Street, which was originally a single passage around the Jokhang Temple, is called the "Holy Road" by the Tibetans, and has gradually expanded into a large area of old-fashioned old neighborhoods around the Jokhang Temple.

It is said that because of the large proportion of Sichuan Shu people in Nikko City, in the Sichuan Shu dialect, the pronunciation of "kuo" and "jiao" is similar, so it is misinterpreted as "octagonal street". Later, he looked at the text and spread the truth, and even thought that the octagonal street was because the circular street had eight corners.

In fact, Barkhor Street is a polygonal street ring composed of Barkhor East Street, Barkhor West Street, Barkhor South Street and Barkhor North Street, with a circumference of about 1,000 meters, and there are many forks in the street, with 35 streets and alleys.

After the 15th century, the Jokhang Temple became the center of Buddhism, and monks' dormitories, religious schools, and small temple buildings appeared around it, and many Buddhist believers moved to live around the Jokhang Temple, and a large number of houses, shops, hotels, handicraft workshops and other facilities gradually appeared on the street.

Now, with the changes of the times, Barkhor Street has developed into a religious street, a sightseeing street, a folk street, a cultural street, a commercial street and a shopping street.

Watching a little yesterday, and getting in close contact today, Ye Xiang found that, as said on the Internet, Barkhor Street retains the original style of the ancient city of Sunshine City, the street is paved with hand-polished stones, and there are old-fashioned Tibetan buildings next to it.

In the center of Barkhor Street, Ye Xiang saw a giant incense burner, the incense burner was filled with fireworks, and many tourists or Tibetan people threw incense into it and worshipped sincerely.

Barkhor Street is lined with shops, handicraft shops and vending stalls along the streets, and the business people are rhythmic, enthusiastic, or hysterical shouting to solicit business.

There are a lot of products sold here, and they are very local. For example, bronze Buddhas, prayer wheels, butter lamps, prayer flags, scriptures, prayer beads, tribute incense, pine and cypress branches and other religious supplies, such as card mats, prayer beads, aprons, leather bags, horse harnesses, snuff bottles, fire sickles, Tibetan quilts, Tibetan shoes, Tibetan knives, Tibetan hats, ghee, ghee barrels, wooden bowls, barley wine, sweet tea, milk residue, air-dried meat and other daily necessities, and then such as thangka paintings, handkerchiefs and Tibetan carpets and other handicrafts, as well as antiques, local specialties from various parts of Tibet and other commodities containing national characteristics.