1. Contemplating the Sutra of Amitayus
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Bixi left me Wu Kanto,
Laughing at the king's traces and being poor.
Zheng sleeves are drunk and drunk,
Qu Yuan was haggard and furious.
The gabled trench is still there,
Weak spit and strong swallow are empty.
Today, the Holy Spirit is all over the world,
The flag rolls in the sunset.
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After crossing the Kuojian Ridge and Wuting River, it entered the boundary of Haoqi Land, which is mostly the Tuntian area of the Shence camp, and the Qianmo is vertical and horizontal. When Gao Yue stayed at the post station here for the night, he continued to ride his horse over the good field and headed northwest into the old county of Lingtai.
Ah, Lingtai until Baili City, along the Daxi River all the way to the west, the wheat fields, corn fields, and buckwheat fields in the military tun continue to look at the sky and extend, the whole scale is better than the military tun of the Shence army, among which the winter wheat has been basically harvested, and the wheat bundles that have not had time to enter the warehouse are shining with golden intoxicating brilliance in the sun, in the hot weather, the households and families of Tianshi in Jingzhou are busy sweating like rain, and some have begun to plant green manure crops in the harvested wheat fields, and the children have various jars on their heads, Food was being delivered to the fields, and the smoke from the fields was wafting around.
Gao Yue also wiped the sweat from his neck, squinted his eyes, and looked at the sun hanging above his head, brightly, transmitting the rolling white clouds around him even more thinly, and the grass and fields in the distance were all twisted and deformed in the steaming heat wave.
But his mood was pulled out of the original quagmire and became a little cheerful, after all, the tuntian here was organized by him.
The iconic large water of Alanda Temple appears in the field of view of Takatake at dusk.
In the rumbling voice, Gao Yue walked into the Ming Hall of the temple, and found that in the shade of the eaves and trees, there were dozens of good men and women, all of whom were from Jingzhou and Fengxiang, and this group of people were all pious and clasped their palms, while Master Mingxuan was wearing a tie robe, sitting on a futon in the hall, and was explaining the "Sutra of Amitayus".
When Gao Yue came, it seemed that a well-known believer was hesitating, asking Ming Xuan whether he should believe in Taoism or Buddhism.
It's a bit ridiculous, but it's something that everyone cares about.
So Ming Xuan told him the story of Tan Luan, the ancestor of the Pure Land Sect.
He said that Tan Luan visited Jurong Mountain in the south of the Yangtze River when he was young, saw Tao Hongjing's true face, and got ten volumes of the "Book of Immortals".
When Tan Luan returned to his hometown Wutai Mountain with the "Book of Immortals", he passed through Luoyang and met the monk Bodhi Liuzhi. The other party told Tan Luan that if you get the Immortal Sutra, you may prolong your life, you may rejuvenate yourself, and you will be able to live for a hundred more years, but even if you live for five hundred years, it will only be a matter of a flick of your fingers in these three thousand worlds, and you will not be able to escape the "three beings of reincarnation" after all, and in the end it will still be a vain. So Bodhi Liuzhi said to Tan Luan that the most important thing is not to face life and death, but how to liberate life and death, and then he gave Tan Luan this "Sutra of Viewing Amitayus", saying, "This great immortal prescription, according to its practice, can liberate life and death." β
"So Master Tan Luan burned the Immortal Sutra and concentrated on practicing the Western Pure Land." Ming Xuan then said to the believers, "Plume (Taoism) emphasizes personal cultivation, but in this world, the Tao is too late, and it is no longer possible to save hundreds of millions of believers by relying on one's own strength, and only after receiving the blessing of the Buddha's original wish power can one be reborn in the Pure Land." And where does the power of desire come from? As Patriarch Tan Luan said, but two forces and two ways, chanting the name of the Buddha, chanting the Buddha's goodness, chanting the Buddha's light, chanting the Buddha's divine power, chanting the Buddha's merits, chanting the Buddha's wisdom, chanting the Buddha's wishes, so holding the name and reciting the Buddha, that is, when life is happy. β
Gao Yue stood under the side porch, listening to Master Mingxuan's words, and roughly understood, before he only knew that Mingxuan was a monk, but he didn't know very well which sect he believed in, and now it can be determined - Mingxuan pursues the Pure Land Sect, but the Pure Land Sect is not a Buddhist sect with an independent organization, and monks of any sect can pursue the so-called Pure Land, so the Pure Land Sect can be said to be a "Yu Zong", that is, it is closer to a universal thought, rather than a sect.
"It turns out that if you hold the name and recite the Buddha, you will be able to be reborn in the Amitabha Pure Land!" At this time, several female believers sighed and said.
Master Mingxuan smiled and bowed his head, and said: "Maitreya built the Pure Land, beyond the Three Realms, as long as you chant the Buddha, keep the vows, and break the desire, you can get the Buddha's original wish power, and enter the forty-nine treasure palace after the end of your life. β
"Really?" At this moment, many people who came to listen to the lecture asked excitedly and eagerly.
Gao Yue sighed and shook his head, why did people convert to religion in ancient times, it is because they are too bitter in this world, the war is chaotic, birth, old age, sickness and death, youth and life are fleeting, but they often have suffering and resentment, not compared to now, people at least have the dignity of being a human being, although "** music" is cheap, but at least it is also a kind of entertainment that can effectively anesthetize themselves.
And the group of people in front of him can only care about whether they can be reborn in the so-called Pure Land without suffering after death.
At this time, Master Mingxuan answered, "You only need to recite the Maitreya Buddha number, and if you recite it once, you will gather a grain of rice, and the rice can become a bucket, and the wish can also become a helping karma." Remember, reciting Maitreya's name in a single thought can remove the sin of 1,200 eons of life and death; Hearing the Maitreya trumpet, those who fold their palms and respect can remove the sin of fifty eons of life and death; If there is one who respects Maitreya, then the sin of tens of billions of eons of life and death can be removed. β
"My Buddha is compassionate!" At this point, all the believers understood what to do, clasped their hands together, and began to recite the scriptures.
After hearing this, Gao Yue couldn't help but nod secretly - originally, although Master Mingxuan had been successful in cultivating in the temple, he was repeatedly excluded and failed to show his strengths. But once he can really take charge, he will soon reach the point of reaching the peak. Because this Pure Land sect is different from other Buddhist sects, its influence among the people should not be underestimatedβwhy? Because the Pure Land sect has always preached the concept, "I am here to be compassionate and purify all sentient beings", and the Buddha's original aspiration is not achieved by the individual monks and monks, but by the participation of the vast number of believers, how to free themselves from the calamities of life and death? It's very simple, even if you don't know a single big character, as long as you can "hold the name of the Buddha" and recite the name of Maitreya repeatedly, you can get a "shortcut" to the Pure Land of rebirth.
Its classic "Sutra of Amitayus", the whole text is only 2,000 words, which is easy to understand.
The low threshold, high returns, and strong universality make the Pure Land sect the most down-to-earth Buddhist sect in this era. It is no wonder that since Alanta Temple came to Baili City, there are believers in Fengxiang, Gyeongju, Pizhou, and Ningzhou who have followed Master Mingxuan.
"Master, dare to ask about the relationship between Maitreya and the Pure Land?" When Master Ming Xuan finished the pulpit and tasted tea with Gao Yue in the forest garden in the backyard, Gao Yue asked curiously.
Ming Xuan smiled very plainly and said, "Actually, don't hide it from Tan Yue, Mahayana Maitreya and Hinayana Maitreya, Mahayana Pure Land and Hinayana Pure Land, in fact, they are different. β
"Oh, I want to hear about it."
"Tan Yue, the Pure Land of Mahayana Maitreya is beyond the Three Realms, while the Pure Land of Hinayana Maitreya is still within the Three Realms." After speaking, Ming Xuan paused for a moment, and then said a meaningful word, "To put it simply, one is Maitreya's birth, and the other is Maitreya's next birth." β
"Up, down?"
Ming Xuan pointed to the sky with his finger, "Maitreya was born, even if it is said that Maitreya Bodhisattva has built a Pure Land in Tushitian, all beings can vow to be reborn in the Pure Land there; Maitreya will be born under the Longhua tree in the world to save all sentient beings. β
As soon as Gao Yue heard it, he understood the subtlety.