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Compared with Chinese Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism has many more female figures. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

There are not only various Tara, but also Buddha Mother, Ming Concubine and Double Cultivation.

There are many people who look down on Tibetan Buddhism because of this. But this is also a shallow view that is not clear.

When Buddhism spread in India, there were no female role models among the ranks of enlightened beings (arhats). Everyone went to the temple today to see the 500 Arhats Hall, and the 500 Arhats in it were all men and husbands, and there were no women mixed in.

This was dictated by the environment in India at the time.

In India 2,500 years ago, women were seen as property, not as informal human beings.

At the persuasion of Ananda, the Buddha accepted the ordination of his adoptive mother (aunt) and ex-wife as a female disciple, and he was already under great social pressure.

Even with strict control over women's participation, the Buddha and the Sangha have not been able to avoid the suspicion of the public about the relationship between men and women.

Judging from the records of the Ahama Sutra, the Buddha was slandered by opponents for having an improper relationship with a woman, and a woman was bribed to stand up and say that the Buddha had an affair with her, which made her pregnant; Some women falsely claimed that the Buddha was the father of her children, and even filed rape accusations against the Buddha; There are also many female fans who are fanatically in love with him on the street, chasing and intercepting him, and there are many hardcore fans who hate him because of love, and hire the underworld to throw banana peels at him on the street, provoking and threatening.

Not only did the well-liked and bright Buddha encounter these troubles, but his handsome disciples often fell into such difficulties.

In the "Lengyan Sutra", it is recorded that the Buddha's cousin Ananda was madly in love with a beautiful girl, and the sister did not hesitate to put psychedelic drugs in the food of Ananda, and prepared to imprison and rape Ananda.

In India at that time, under the influence of traditional religions such as Brahmin, the image of the saint was generally conventional: the image of a monk who lived a simple and poor life, was clean and self-conscious, and was not close to women.

Under this general concept, if the Buddha was full of jewels, and the honor guards of the brigade were hugging each other, carrying a large group of Buddha mothers, hugging and hugging, and driving all the way into a village, it would probably be difficult for people to believe that this was the "Fa-rectification" and for the people to have a heart of respectful faith.

Therefore, in order to avoid affecting the public image of Buddhism and affecting the attractiveness and popularity of Buddhism, Shakyamuni was very cautious in dealing with women's issues.

That's why Indian Buddhism doesn't mention women much.

However, when Buddhism spread to Tibet, the situation was different.

Since ancient times, Tibet has been vast and sparsely populated, and in many places, there are only a few human beings within a radius of hundreds of kilometers. In this case, as a nation, as a species, in order to survive and reproduce, there must be extraordinary means, such as the development of mate marriage, consanguineous marriage, and so on.

Women's resources are quite precious.

And the maintenance of the population and the efforts to grow it are also the top priority of the nation.

In the face of this situation, it is inevitable that the propaganda of abstinence and celibacy will be in conflict with the national policy of survival of this nation, as it is in the overcrowded India and Han land.

Therefore, the image of women, the cultivation of double luck, also came into being.

In fact, the appearance of women in the ranks of the enlightened, single cultivation or double luck does not necessarily hinder the realization of the truth.

Abstinence is very useful for maintaining longevity and clearing your mind, but abstinence from lust does not necessarily prevent you from knowing the truth. Because you are very sober in the first place, if you don't make a fuss and confuse yourself, you will be sober enough.

The situation in Han is similar to that in India.

In the minds of the Han intellectuals, the sage must not be a lustful and greedy image, so after Buddhism spread to the Han land, it also maintained the characteristics of male superiority and female inferiority, and the characteristics of poor saints.

However, in the Han region, the neglect of women is a little less than in India, and the Han people are probably the most mother-loving people in the world, so the male Guanyin Bodhisattva became a kind maternal image when he arrived in the Han land, and gained an astonishingly wide support.

(b)

Just as it is not possible to teach without praise without punishment, it is not possible to spread the Dharma without roaring.

But because of the different demographics, the way of roaring is also different.

In the southern Buddhist areas where the national character is mild and supple, the combat effectiveness is not strong, and the folk customs are not very fierce, the roar is also relatively mild, and the most severe, that is, "silently abandoned" all kinds of untaught rotten people.

After Buddhism spread to the north, and after entering the northern Himalayas, the climate gradually became colder, and the national character gradually became stronger under the tempering of the harsh living environment.

The beautiful and quiet Buddha statues are the mainstream statues of the Southern Buddhist region, and the statues of hell are more frequent and frequent the further north you go, which is determined by national characteristics.

And the vigorous practice of "stick drinking" has also begun to derive.

When I arrived in Tibet, where the folk customs were more fierce, the "stick drink" was still too gentle, and it could not be suppressed, so all kinds of angry deities appeared, holding hundreds of weapons, with several blue-faced fanged faces and countless hands and feet, as soon as they appeared, they were earth-shattering, and anger was all over the void.

It's not that you don't love peace and forget gentleness, but you really can't help it, it's not so fierce, you can't make everyone afraid. If you are not afraid, you will not surrender, and if you don't surrender, you will not sit down and listen to you. You have to make him scared before he can sit down and learn from you.

What's more, the hells or those angry deities are also inherently there, and they are not apocryphal and deceitful.

(c)

This is like a good actor, such as Chow Yun-fat, put on a windbreaker, sunglasses, and a cigarette, and become a little brother, wrap a headscarf, tie a belt, and wear a skirt to become a Thai monarch, put on a suit, put on a top hat, and put a rose in your pocket to become an affectionate Xu Wenqiang, put on a golden armor, hold a sword, and become a scheming and ruthless king, all because of the needs of the plot. If you can't see the change in appearance, you forget that the costume and the character are all Chow Yun-fat.

In the past 2,500 years, Buddhism has been performed all over the world. What kind of image do people like to see, what kind of image can make them more willing to learn and easier to educate, and what kind of image will appear to the Buddha and Bodhisattva. As stated in the "Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva Pumen Pin", what should be achieved is what is the present body. It should be said that the one who has attained the status of a brahman, that is, the present brahman; Those who should be qualified as laymen are said to be present as laymen; Those who should be treated as women are said to be women; It should be said that the person who has attained the status of a boy or a girl is a boy or a girl.

And this is the most awe-inspiring thing about Shakyamuni and his enlightened followers.

(iv)

"Although I am not a scientist, I know that the most difficult thing in this world is not for the smartest people in the world to discover the principles of science in the laboratory," Fondafeng said in an email. ”

"The most difficult thing is to make the most ignorant of the jungle, the most stubborn and stupid," he said, "understand this principle and accept it with sincerity." ”

He said: "The former, many scientists can do it, but the latter, they may not be able to do it." ”

"The latter, sometimes, depends on people like me," he said. However, more often than not, it depends on those teachers who can lead by example, sacrifice themselves, move others, dedicate selflessly, ask for nothing in return, and can bear all the grievances and suffering. ”

I think he's right.