PS: One, epiphany

Epiphany, Sanskrit Udumbara, also known as Udumbara, Utambare, Utamba, Utamawa, etc., transliterated as Lingrui, Ruiying. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info flower name. It is produced in the foothills of the Himalayas and the Deccan Plateau, Ceylon and other places. The flowers are hidden in the pot-shaped recess, and are often mistaken for crypto-flowering plants. The world says that it takes three thousand years to bloom, and the king of the wheel and the Buddha are born, which is an extremely rare thing that is not born in the world. Buddhist scriptures are often used to metaphorize the Buddha and the rarity of Buddhism, such as the Lotus Sutra. Convenience products" cloud: "If it is a wonderful law, the Buddhas are like coming, and the time is to say it, such as the excellent bowl, and the time is in the ear." The idiom "short-lived" comes from this.

A few days before the opening of the Hong Kong exhibition, the four flowers of Buddhism, which were the exhibition, opened together against the time of day, causing a sensation in the world.

The four auspicious flowers of Buddhism

One, epiphany

Epiphany, Sanskrit Udumbara, also known as Udumbara, Utambare, Utamba, Utamawa, etc., transliterated as Lingrui, Ruiying. Flower name. It is produced in the foothills of the Himalayas and the Deccan Plateau, Ceylon and other places. The flowers are hidden in the pot-shaped recess, and are often mistaken for crypto-flowering plants. The world says that it takes three thousand years to bloom, and the king of the wheel and the Buddha are born, which is an extremely rare thing that is not born in the world. Buddhist scriptures are often used to metaphorize the Buddha and the rarity of Buddhism, such as the Lotus Sutra. Convenience products" cloud: "If it is a wonderful law, the Buddhas are like coming, and the time is to say it, such as the excellent bowl, and the time is in the ear." The idiom "short-lived" comes from this.

Epiphany Legend

Epiphany is a flower goddess who blooms every day and splendidly in all seasons. She also fell in love with the young man who watered her every day and weeded her. Later, the Jade Emperor learned about it. The Jade Emperor was furious and wanted to break up the mandarin ducks. The Jade Emperor arrested the god of flowers, demoted her to an epiphany that can only bloom for a moment every year, and did not let her see her lover again. He also sent the young man to Vulture Mountain to become a monk, and gave him the name Veda to make him forget his past and forget the god of flowers.

Many years have passed, and Wei Tuo really forgot about the god of flowers, devoted himself to studying Buddhism, and gradually achieved success. But the god of flowers can't forget the young man who once took care of her. She knows that every year in late spring. Veda always had to come down the mountain to collect morning dew sencha for the Buddha. So the epiphany chose to bloom at that time. She bloomed the essence that had been gathered for a whole year in that moment. She hoped that Vedor would look back at her and remember her. But thousands of years have passed, and Veda has come down the mountain year by year to collect morning dew. The epiphany blooms silently year after year. Vedor never remembered her. Until one day a wizened man walked past Epiphany. Seeing the melancholy and lonely feelings of the flower god. He stopped and asked the god of flowers, "Why are you sad?" ”。 The god of flowers was amazed, because mortals could not see the true body of the god of flowers. If it is Da Luo Jin Xian who has a golden light on his head, and the person who walks by is obviously a mortal, how can he see his true body. Kagami hesitated for a moment, only to reply, "You can't help me." He waited silently for Vedor to be no longer answering the man's words. Forty years later, the wizened man walked past Epiphany again. Repeating the phrase 40 years ago, "Why are you grieving?" The god hesitated again for a moment, only to reply, "You may not be able to help me." The emaciated man smiled and left. Forty years later, a wizened old man reappeared at the god of flowers. The old man, who was originally emaciated, looked even more dying. The man had become an old man, but he still asked the same words as 80 years ago, "Why are you sad?" ”。 Epiphany replied, "Thank you, a mortal, for asking me 3 times in your life, but you are a mortal after all and you are dying, how can you help me, I am the god of flowers who has been punished by heaven for love." The old man smiled and said, "I'm Yu Ming, and I just came to break the fate that didn't come to fruition 80 years ago." God of flowers, I am here to send you a sentence: the origin of the fate of the fate of the end, the flower blooms and falls to the dust. After saying that, the old man closed his eyes and sat down. Time passed. The last rays of the setting sun began to sweep from the old man's hair to his eyes, and the old man smiled and said, "A flash in the pan is Veto." Why is there anything wrong with such a relationship, heaven and earth punish me to suffer, and I will open the sky without eyes" said, the old man grabbed the god of flowers, and the sunset slid into the eyes of the old man at this time, and the old man then passed away, and grabbed the god of flowers and went to the Buddha country together. The god of flowers met Veda in the Buddha country. Veda also finally remembered the karma of his previous life, and the Buddha knew that the Buddha had gone down to earth to break the unresolved karma. Because the old man of the Yu Ming clan violated the rules of heaven, his soul wandered all his life. If you can't ride a crane to the west, you can't enter the Pure Land of the Eastern Buddha Kingdom, and you will be punished by heaven and there will be no reincarnation.

A flash in the pan, just for Veto. Therefore, epiphany is also known as Vedeo. It is also because the epiphyllum is seen after sunset, so the epiphyllum blooms at night.

Second, the mandala flower

The mandala flower is the four Tianhua (Tianyu Mandala Flower, Moko Mandala Flower, Manzhu Sahua, Moko Manshu Flower), the flower color is nearly red, and this flower has always been regarded as the flower of the heavenly realm in India. Note: Moko is a special emphasis on the size and beauty of this flower.

Three, lotus

Buddhism regards the lotus flower as a holy flower, and the "Taishō Tibet" classic says that the lotus flower has four virtues, one fragrant, two pure, three soft, and four lovely. The lotus is a metaphor for the Buddha, symbolizing that the Bodhisattva is born in the troubles of life and death, and is not disturbed by the troubles of life and death. Buddhism has eight kinds of auspicious treasures, such as the treasure umbrella, the double fish, the treasure vase, the lotus, the white snail, the ruyi, the treasure building, and the golden wheel, and the Buddha put the lotus in the most exalted position. Due to the sacred significance of the lotus flower in Buddhism, the Buddhist scriptures refer to the Buddhist holy flower as the "lotus", the Buddha country as the "lotus world", the robe as the "lotus suit", the monk's mudra as the "lotus flower gassho", and even the Buddha Shakyamuni as the "Lotus Prince".

The Buddhist image of the lotus flower in

The earliest known artwork related to the lotus, which also combines the lotus with the gods, is a ** goddess statue with a lotus on her head, unearthed in the Ganges Valley of India, and is a relic of 3000 BC. The record of the goddess lotus in India in the literature was first seen in the Vedic literature of India, saying that the lotus god was born into a lotus flower, stood on a lotus, and wore a wreath of a lotus.

After the advent of Buddhism, Buddhists also adopted the lotus flower as the main symbol of Buddhism. It is said that after the birth of Prince Siddhartha, who later became a Buddha, he immediately walked seven steps down from the ground and gave birth to a lotus step by step. So the lotus became a symbol of his birth. Since around the first century AD, statues of the Buddha have often been seated on lotus platforms, and his sitting posture, either as lotus or auspicious, has become the typical sitting method for Buddhist monks when meditating. According to the explanation of the Great Nikkei, "the left foot is the first to the right, and the right foot is second to the left, which is called the lotus seat; One foot on the upper right, called auspicious sitting. "Buddhists believe that the lotus can reflect the degree of cultivation, and believe that if the monk sincerely recites the Buddha, then a lotus flower will be born in the Western Seven Treasure Pond, and if it can be refined, its flower will grow larger, and if it is lazy, its flower will wither. He also believed: "The people of the heavens, even those who fly and wriggle, and so on, who are reborn in the Amitabha Buddha Temple, are all reborn in the lotus flower of the Seven Treasure Pool." ”

Along with Buddhism, lotus spread to every corner of Asia. On the Borobudur altar in Java, in the ancient city of Puri in Myanmar, in the Sukhothai City in Thailand and Angkor Wat in the Khmer and other places, in the bell tower in Sri Lanka, on the burial blue in Bali and on the talisman of **, you can see the picture of lotus, ** of the famous six-character mantra of Lamaist Buddhism: "Om Mani Bang Mi", in which the meaning of "Bang Mi" is the lotus.

The lotus flower has deep cultural roots in China. After Buddhism was established as the state religion in the Tang Dynasty, the lotus flower was highly revered. The hometown of Buddha Shakyamuni is rich in lotus flowers, so Buddhism often uses lotus flowers as a metaphor. The "Compendium of Materia Medica" contains: "Shi Shi is used as an example, and the wonderful reason exists". The Buddha Kingdom also refers to the place where the lotus flower resides. Also known as the "Lotus Realm". The Buddhist scriptures are called "Lotus Sutra", the Buddha seat is called "Lotus" or "Lotus Platform", the Buddhist temple is called "Lotus Yu", the monk's house is called "Lotus House", and the shelf is called "Lotus Clothes" and so on. The lotus motif has also become a symbol of Buddhism. Buddhist architecture, decoration, and utensils also have lotus patterns.

Fourth, mountain magnolia

Mountain magnolia in that solemn and solemn, incense-filled ancient temple temple entrance or compound, people will often see the majestic and magnificent tree posture, lush branches, large leaves and thick shade, flowers as big as lotus, fragrant and fragrant mountain magnolia tree. It not only brings coolness and fragrance to visitors, but also adds a bit of mystery to the temple. The thick branches stretch out naturally in all directions, and the wide and thick green leaves are dotted with the branches, which are like a big umbrella, covering the temple tightly. In June ~ July, the milky white flowers with a large bowl mouth bloom in the green leaves, 9 tepals are flattened, and there is a cylindrical aggregate fruit standing upright in the middle, just like Shakyamuni Buddha sitting on the lotus seat, which is probably the origin of the mountain magnolia becoming the holy tree of Buddhism. (To be continued.) )