Chapter 772: Buddha said Vimalaya
Vimalaya was born in the world of sampa from the land of Miaoxi, showing the appearance of a monk, aiding the teachings of the Buddha, and becoming a Dharmakaya master.
He was a wealthy merchant elder in the city, who was not only eloquent, compassionate and convenient, but also loved by the city's residents. His wife was beautiful, her name was innocent, and she had a pair of children, the son was named Shansi Tongzi, and the female name was Moon Girl, all of whom had good roots in the world. A family of four, entertaining themselves with the law on weekdays. When the boy was still in his infancy, he was able to ask questions and answers with the Buddha and his great disciples.
The Buddha once went to Bisha to leave the city, and the good thinking boy offered flowers and the Buddha, and the Buddha said the Dharma for him, and he immediately proved that there was no way to endure life. When the moon girl was born, she did not cry, and she was able to speak about the cause of the world, and the light emanating from her body was better than the moon, like gold, shining in the home. At the age of eight, she has grown into a beautiful and colorful virgin, which arouses the love and pursuit of the ministers, laymen, elders, brahmins, and wealthy nobles in the city.
The Moon Lady once used her eloquence to discuss the wonderful meaning of Buddhism with the Shravaka and the Bodhisattva, and was awarded by the Buddha. Therefore, the sutra describes the Vimal monks as "living at home, not in the Three Realms; If you have a wife, you will always practice Brahmanism".
He pursued the bodhisattva path, in order to improve the sound and hearing of the two vehicles in cooperation with Manjushri and the master Shakyamuni Buddha, using the power and convenience, and even showing illness, and the process of visiting the illness by the Buddha's disciples, the Bodhisattva and Manjushri Bodhisattva highlighted the bodhisattva spirit of Vimala monks' compassion and wisdom.
He traveled to and from all walks of life, did business and talked about credit, and even went in and out of various places of sound and color, and lived with the people, all in order to promote the teachings of Mahayana Buddhism. He taught sentient beings to see the Pure Land of the Soul and create a better world at the moment. He expounds on the incredible method of liberation, emphasizing that "afflictions are bodhi, and there is no separation from birth and death, and nirvana" is the only way to provide practitioners with a good medicine for healing.
After Master Shiru respectfully gave a brief introduction to the Vimalaya, he cut to the chase and talked about the Vimala Sutra in a serious manner. Shi Ru said so, like a trickle of the stream next to Daishan Temple-
The Vimala Sutra that the poor monk preaches today is the sutra that has the greatest relationship with Buddhism and Buddhism in general, and especially the culture of China, with the deepest influence and the longest history.
When Zhang Cambodia heard him say this, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and he thought, just come and take the lead, old man, listen to how you blow first.
After Shi Ru made an opening remark, his eyes turned to Zhang Khan Zhi and a certain Zen tour, and then said that if this scripture is only regarded as a scripture spoken by a layman, this concept is not right!
The spirit represented by the Vimala Sutra is the method of liberation and Buddhahood of the Dharma in the world, without departing from the worldly position, and it also points out how the Buddhas of the Ten Directions and the Three Worlds attained the Tao, how to attain liberation, and how to attain the path of Bodhi.
Most people think that Zen Buddhism in China was spread after Patriarch Bodhidharma came, but they don't know that before Patriarch Bodhidharma, the "Vimala Sutra" and "Lotus Sutra" translated by Master Kumarosh had the greatest influence and became the fundamental classics of Zen Buddhism in Chinese culture.
The weight of this sutra is so heavy, but because the text is easy to understand and fluent and beautiful, people can easily read it and think that they have understood it, but in fact it is very difficult to understand.
The poor monks linked the Vimala Sutra and the Medicine Teacher Sutra because they were a system. It is generally known that the Buddha introduced Amitabha Buddha to us in the Western Elysium for the convenience of sentient beings who do not have enough wisdom and merit in the last days to cultivate the method of rebirth. However, the true immediate achievement of Buddhism, the great cause and path of Buddhahood, is represented in the two Buddha countries in the Eastern world represented by the Medicine Sutra and the Vimala Sutra. One is the kingdom of the Buddha, which is the incarnation of the Vimal monks into the Oriental Wonderful Joy Immovable World attached to the Buddha at home.