Many senior brothers will ask how to become enlightened, how to find pure nature, how can you ask such a controversial question to a white-clothed ordinary man like Senior Brother Dajue, how can I answer it?

However, Senior Brother Dajue has a suggestion, that is, to read more "The Six Patriarch Masters Dharma Treasure Altar Sutra", although the Six Patriarch Huineng is illiterate, but let the Zen lineage really carry forward.

"The Altar Sutra of the Six Ancestors Masters" can be said to dissect the quiet nature very thoroughly over and over again, and there are many real cases for reference.

If the "Six Patriarch Masters Dharma Treasure Altar Sutra" can not make you feel something, then you can honestly recite the Buddha and hope to be reborn in the Pure Land of Bliss.

When you have read the "Six Patriarch Masters Dharma Treasure Altar Sutra" more than N times, let's taste the sharing article of Senior Brother Dajue's altar scripture. will have a taste.

Today is just an appetizer, not a formal sharing.

Senior Brother Dajue is particularly fond of investigating the origin of the patriarch, and after the research of Senior Brother Dajue, he found that in fact, no patriarch is an ordinary blessing. Most of our senior brothers know that the Sixth Ancestor Huineng Patriarch made a living by chopping wood, and was illiterate, so he judged that the family background of the Sixth Ancestor must be very low, nonono! His affordable ancestor is an authentic second-generation official of a famous family.

Huineng patriarch is surnamed Lu, his father Lu Xingyan was originally from Fanyang, Hebei, from the fourth year of the Tang Dynasty (769), the so-called "Fanyang" is limited to Fanyang County, Zhuozhou, that is, today's Zhuozhou City.

According to the "New Tang Dynasty Book: Prime Minister's Lineage Table", it is recorded: "The Lu family comes from the surname Jiang, the son of Qi Wen is Gao, the high grandson is Qi, Qi Zhengqing, the name is Jingzhong, and the food is collected in Lu, and Lu County, Jibei (now southwest of Changqing County, Shandong) is also, and then because of the clan." Tian and usurped Qi, and the Lu family scattered between Yan and Qin. Qin has Dr. Ao, and his descendants are on Zhuoshui, so he is a native of Fan Yangzhuo. Therefore, since Lu Ao, the Lu family lived in Fanyang, which is now Zhuozhou, Hebei. After Lu Ao, there were Lu Sheng, Lu Xuan, etc., and after Lu Zhi at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Fanyang Lu clan gradually developed into a northern wang clan.

According to the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty", Lu Zhi, the character is dry, and the Zhuo people of Zhuojun are also from learning from Confucianism and Ma Rong, and can understand the ancient and modern, and learn to study well without abiding by the rules and sentences. Official to Shangshu.

It is precisely because Lu Zhicai is both civil and military, and his famous works in the sea, which laid the foundation for the Lu family to later become the "crown family of Beizhou" and "the king of Fanyang County". Since Lu Zhi, "Fanyang Lu" has gradually embarked on a "golden age" and has become one of the famous four surnames of "Cui, Lu, Wang, and Xie". From the Three Kingdoms to the Sui and Tang dynasties, in the past 700 years, there have been celebrities and high-ranking officials in the "Fanyang Lu family", such as "Lu Yu, Lu Qin, Lu Chen, Lu Sidao, Lu Zhaolin, Lu Yanqing, Lu Huaishen, Lu Cang, etc.; Later, in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and even in modern and modern times, the Lu family also had a lot of talents, including many celebrities, such as: Lu Duosun, Lu Zhi, Lu Qian, Lu Xiangsheng, Lu Kun, Lu Jiaxi, and former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo and so on. According to relevant statistics, there are as many as 840 people in the official history of the Lu family, including 460 people with official positions and 20 prime ministers (there are 8 people in the Tang Dynasty alone, known as "Eight Phases of Zuo Tang" in history). And all these members of the Lu clan always originated from Fan Yang Lu Zhi, so Lu Zhi is known as the ancestor of the Lu family, and Fan Yang is also known as the ancestral land of the Lu family.

In the Lu clan ancestral hall in the country and even around the world, its hall name is "Fanyang Hall". Most of its associations are also guided by Fan Yang, such as "Fan Yang Wang Clan, Zhuo County Family Voice", "Jiang Shui Yuan Liuyuan, Fan Yang Shi Ze Chang" and so on, all of which show the respect and nostalgia for Fan Yang, the ancestral land of the Lu family. At the inaugural meeting of the "World Lu Origin Research Association" held in June 2000, former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo and the Lu clan relatives of various countries unanimously recognized him as the descendant of the "Fan Yang Lu family".

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, there was the thirteenth generation of Lu Zhi's grandson named Lu Xingjia, who was the secretary of King Yong when he was the ancestor of Gaozu. The sixth ancestor Yan father Lu Xingyu and Lu Xingjia are both from the early Tang Dynasty, the same as the Gaozu Dynasty, the same as the Fanyang Lu family, and occupy the word "line", so it is very likely that the two are brothers of the same generation, if it is inferred from this, then the sixth ancestor Huineng should be the fourteenth grandson of Lu Zhi. Namely:

Lu Zhi - Lu Yu - Lu Ting - Lu Zhi - Lu Chen - Lu Yan - Lu Miao - Lu Xuan - Lu Dushi - Lu Yuan - Lu Daojiang - Lu Huairen - Lu Yanqing - Lu Xingyao, Lu Xingjia - Huineng

The sixth ancestor Huineng is a descendant of "Fan Yang Lu", Fan Yang is now Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province, so the ancestral home of the six ancestors is Zhuozhou, Hebei. So if your hometown is Baoding, especially Zhuozhou, and your surname is Lu, then you are likely to be related to the sixth ancestor Master Huineng, and your common ancestor is the great Confucian prime minister Lu Zhi, and your family has 20 prime ministers, so the surname Lu in Baoding is very good!

Although in history, the six ancestors never returned to their ancestors in their lives, but their Zen methods were widely spread in Hebei (among the disciples of the six ancestors, Hebei Zhihuang), and later formed the mainstream of Zen Buddhism in Hebei - Linji Zen and Zhaozhou Zen.

And the father of the sixth ancestor, Lu Xingyao, is to supervise the imperial history. The Tang Dynasty supervised the imperial history was responsible for supervising hundreds of officials, inspecting counties, correcting prisons, purging the court and other affairs. In fact, this is also a mission that specializes in offending people, and if you don't do it well, you will be retaliated against. It is equivalent to the current prosecutor of the Supreme Procuratorate. The procuratorate has only 15 people to supervise the imperial history, and the position is to inspect hundreds of officials and patrol prefectures and counties.

However, in the third year of Tang Wude (620 AD), Lu Xingyao may have been retaliated against by the powerful, demoted to an official, and sent to Xinzhou (now Xinxing County, Guangdong Province) in Lingnan, becoming an ordinary person, and the people surnamed Xia in Xinxing County opened a village to farm for a living, so this village is called Xialu Village with the second surname "Xia Lu". Lu Xingyao married Li Meiying of Shulang Village near Xialu Village in Xinzhou.

Li Meiying met Lu Xinglu at the age of 22, married Lu Xingju at the age of 34, and was born Huineng at the age of 40 in Xialu Village, Liuzu Town, Xinxing County.

On the eighth day of the second lunar month in the twelfth year of Tang Zhenguan (638 AD), a baby fell to the ground in a hut in Xialu Village, Xinzhou. Legend has it that when the baby is born, the auspicious light is offered, and the fragrant atmosphere is fragrant.

Early in the morning of the second day after Huineng's birth, two old monks came to visit. At that time, the baby was crying non-stop, and Lu Xingyu and his wife thought that the baby was uncomfortable. When the second monk came to the door, the baby immediately stopped crying and smiled at the second monk. Both husband and wife were amazed. The second monk said straight to the point: "We have come to name your child, let's call it 'Huineng'!" The old monk then said, "Benefit, use the law to benefit all sentient beings; Those who are capable can do Buddhist things. After saying that, he left the Lu family. The plot of the monk naming Huineng is clearly recorded in the "Altar Sutra". Lu Xingyi readily agreed. This Huineng is the sixth ancestor who later became a generation of Zen Buddhism.

"Huineng" is the only name that is unprecedented in the history of Buddhism at home and abroad, and the name of the milk name, the common name, and the name of the monk after the ordination are the same for life.

After Huineng was born, the family of three could have lived a good life. But when Huineng was three years old, his father Lu Xinggong died, leaving orphans and widows to live a miserable life.

At a time when Huineng lived, Buddhism flourished, and there were many monasteries and believers in Xinzhou. As a devout Buddhist, Li Meiying often took her young Huineng to the temple to worship the Buddha. Educate Huineng to be sincere to the Buddha, to be benevolent, and to be patient and persevering.

As a "single mother", Li Meiying gets up early every day and works hard, working hard, and raising Huineng with hard work. When Huineng was a little older, she built a simple thatched house in Longshan, not far from her home, and settled in Longshan from then on. When Huineng was more than ten years old, he went up to the mountains with his mother to collect firewood and sell it in the county seat more than ten kilometers away to earn a meager salary. Later, he made a living by collecting firewood and supporting his mother. Therefore, Huineng has developed a hard-working character since childhood.

During the reign of Tang Wude, a feng shui master traveled to famous mountains and came to Xinzhou. One day, the master searched for the dragon point according to the mountain situation and came to Longshan. Discover that this is truly the land of the Hidden Dragon and the Crouching Tiger. In particular, there is a feng shui treasure cave in the mountain, so it is named "Ten Thousand Buddhas Dynasty". If anyone buries his ancestors here, his descendants will either produce nine generations of champions, or get ten thousand generations of incense. I just don't know who has this opportunity.

Just when the master was excited that he had found such a feng shui treasure point, he didn't realize that it was getting late. There is no village in front of here, and there is no store in the back. Just when he didn't know where to stay, he suddenly found a family in the middle of the mountain, so he wanted to spend the night here.

Li Meiying's mother and son saw that it was an old man who was looking at feng shui and asked for accommodation, so they warmly greeted the old man for dinner and arranged for him to stay. In the middle of the night, the simple wooden bed on which the old man slept "creaked", and it was difficult to fall asleep. After Xiao Huineng knew that the old man couldn't sleep, he climbed under the bed and reached out to flatten the bed board so that the bed board would not sound. Later, Huineng found two small wooden planks and flattened the bed. The old man pretended not to know, and then fell asleep peacefully.

The next day, the master thanked Li Meiying's mother and son for their warm hospitality. When parting, he said to Li Meiying: "There is a feng shui treasure cave in Longshan, what ancestors in your family have not been buried?" Li Meiying sighed and said, "Sir, after the death of the child's father, I hope he will have a place to sleep." The master asked, "Do you want the Nine Generations Champion or the Bandai Incense?" Li Meiying said: "The child's father was also an official, but he ended up like this. We don't want nine generations of champions, we just want to live a stable life, and it would be good to have Wandai incense. The master then guided Li Meiying's mother and son to the treasure cave of the "Ten Thousand Buddhas Dynasty", pointed out the specific location and the location of the tomb, and then left. Later, Huineng went to Huangmei Dongchan Temple in Hubei Province to learn the law, and got the mantle of the five ancestors Hongren Master, and became the six ancestors of Zen Buddhism, worshipping for all generations, and the incense was endless.

On the eighth day of the seventh month of July 713 A.D., the six ancestors Huineng returned to Longshan Guoen Temple from Baolin Temple, returned to the roots of the fallen leaves, buried their parents together at the head of Longshan, and built a pagoda to commemorate forever.

No matter how many sects of Buddhism there are in the world, I am afraid that only Zen Buddhism can have the mantle of Buddha inheritance. Why?

The golden wisp of the Sangha robe is the body of the Dharma heir, which was passed on by the Buddha himself to the Venerable Mahakalpa. "Jingde Chuan Lantern Record" Volume 1 Cloud: The Buddha (Shizun) replied to Ka Ye: "I will pass on the golden wisp of the Sangha pear clothes to you, and turn it to the mending place, and the Buddha of the Zhici family will be born, and do not let it perish." ”

This is amazing, that is, the mantle of Zen Buddhism will be passed on until Maitreya Bodhisattva is born to become Maitreya Buddha, that is to say, Maitreya Bodhisattva is also the heir of Zen Buddhism.

And there is only one copy of this golden-threaded sangha robe, which is exclusive to the world, and there is only one Maitreya Buddha, so from the teacher's inheritance, the six ancestors are still the ancestors of Maitreya Buddha.

It is precisely because of this unique robe that Patriarch Huineng has a unique status. The key is that when the robe arrives at Huineng Patriarch, it is no longer transmitted, why?

It was transmitted to Bodhidharma and brought to China. In order to compete for this heir robe, the struggle between Buddhists at that time was extremely fierce, therefore, the five ancestors Hongren Zheng told Hui Neng: "Now the faith is ripe, the clothes are disputes, stop you and do not pass on." If this dress is passed on, life is like a hanging thread. Thou shalt go quickly, lest others harm thee. ”

In other words, when the mantle arrives at the Huineng Patriarch, there are ancients before, and there is no one after. Out of print.

So the current Zen Dharma heirs all use the Dharma scroll to replace the mantle, which is a kind of adaptation. In the past, the mantle was a single transmission, but now it can be copied indefinitely. Of course, you can't make things more expensive.

So where is the out-of-print mantle now?

One theory is that it is still preserved in Nanhua Temple

Another way to put it is:

Wu Zetian ordered to welcome the invitation to the royal dojo to offer, at that time there was a five ancestors Hongren disciple Zhi Shu Zen Master was appreciated by Emperor Wu, and gave the robe to Zhi Shu Zen Master, Zhi Shu brought it to the Dechun Temple in Sichuan Zizhong, that is, now Zizhong Ningguo Temple, by Zhi Shu Zen Master and then passed on to the Silent Zen Master, three to the Wuxiang Zen Master, four to the Wuzhu Zen Master, and then did not appear in the literature, the Zhi Shu Zen Master this lineage is called Jingzhong, Bao Tang Zen School, and the robe inheritance is recorded in the "Magic Treasure of the Past Dynasties", this book has been preserved in Dunhuang and overseas, It is now included in the Taisho Collection.

On such a sensitive topic, Senior Brother Dajue will not make a conclusion. In short, if this mantle is to be passed on to Maitreya Buddha, then this is too precious, and it will definitely be born when necessary.