Zhang Cambodia's meaning is still unfinished: "You may ask, why does the Sixth Ancestor Huineng deny it since he is literate?" The old decay believes that the first is the human heart effect. The nun, who mentioned earlier, was amazed when she heard that the six ancestors were illiterate. Then he ran around, saying that Huineng was a person who had attained the Tao, and immediately attracted a large number of rich people, including Cao Cao's descendants, who enthusiastically donated to rebuild Baoling Temple, and asked the sixth ancestor Huineng to preside. In the process of long-term life activities and social activities, its ideological system has been formed, and a unique and excellent culture of the six ancestors has been formed, so that Buddhism, which originated in India, has really begun to embark on the road of centralization, which is a milestone in the centralization of Buddhism. "I must not help but express my own views and discussions: the six ancestors were young and the endless Tibetan theory of the Nirvana Sutra, and then went to Lingnan to learn the Toutuo Sutra with Hui Ji, and after enlightenment, he listened to Yinzong speak of the Nirvana Sutra in Guangzhou, and listened to the Dharma recite the Lotus Sutra.

However, both the altar scripture and the other biography say that the six ancestors Huineng are illiterate, and Lao Na believes that there are two reasons: 1. The six ancestors are the roots, and 2. The detachment from the characters of Zen Buddhism is in line.

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"The sixth ancestor Huineng is illiterate", Lao Na thinks, related

The textual record of "Huineng is illiterate" comes from the "Six Patriarchs Altar Sutra: Xing Youpin No. 1": "Huineng said: 'Huineng is illiterate, please read it by others'." "The words were spoken by the sixth ancestor Huineng himself, and the words were recorded by his disciple Fahai.

The statement that "Huineng is illiterate" has become a conclusive theory. In this regard, Lao Na thinks that it can be understood from six levels.

Comprehension 1: What the Sixth Patriarch Huineng said is true, and the written record is also true, that is, Huineng is really illiterate.

Because many of the little monks are illiterate, which is a fact in the real life of temples from ancient times to the present, the vast majority of people generally believe that Huineng is illiterate.

In fact, there is a logical error in this interpretation, because Huineng's illiteracy is only his illiteracy in Huangmei, not his illiteracy at that time and place.

Even if he did not have the opportunity to read and write when he visited the Five Ancestors in Huangmei and accompanied the hunters in the Four Meetings, he should have the time and energy to read and write after the shaving of Guangxiao Temple.

He was ordained in 676 A.D., went to Nanhua Temple in 677, and opened the altar in Dafan Temple in 697, during which he had nearly 20 years, and he had already known a lot of words.

The Sixth Patriarch Huineng is quite clear about the Diamond Sutra, the Vima Sutra, the Ranga Sutra, the Sutra of Amitayus, the Lotus Sutra, the Nirvana Sutra, and the Brahmana Sutra.

Therefore, it is said that the sixth ancestor Huineng was illiterate, or found it difficult to believe. Comprehension 2: What the Sixth Patriarch Huineng said is false, and the written record is true.

That is, the sixth ancestor Huineng was originally literate, and he said that he was illiterate for the sake of self-humility. Understanding 3: What the Sixth Patriarch Huineng said is false, and the written record is also false.

That is, the Sixth Ancestor Huineng did not say this sentence at all, and the words were added by the organizer in order to elevate the Sixth Ancestor Huineng.

The six ancestors Huineng opened the altar in the Dafan Temple, not more than once, but lasted many times, so it took many years from the record to the collation, at that time, the six ancestors Huineng has a lofty status, in order to highlight its magical greatness, the organizer may deliberately add this sentence, and it is beneficial to the master, the master also acquiesced, and the second ancestor, the fifth ancestor has a legend of strange birth.

For example, when the second ancestor was born, the whole room was bright; The fifth ancestor was conceived by his mother who ate peaches. There are indications that it is a case for the collator to add relevant discourse to the collated text in order to achieve a certain goal.