594. Introductory learning method

"Wonderful! Wonderful! The old abbot said in the past, and Wu Jing was convinced. However, the disciples still do not understand that Buddhism often says that 'the six roots are pure, and the four are empty', which means that everything inside and outside the human body is empty. If so, why is that man still alive? ”

"Amitabha! Wu Jing! If you have this thought, it means that you have not yet entered the door of my Buddha. It seems that the old man needs to teach you more introductory teachings. Wu Jing! Will you hear it? ”

"Wu Jing is willing to listen!"

"Would you like to learn?"

"Willing to learn!"

"Would you like to enter?"

"Willing to enter!"

"There is no Amitabha Buddha in the south! Wu Jing! Six, which six? ”

"The Forty-two Chapters Sutra says: eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind."

"Six realms, which six realms?"

"Color, sound, fragrance, taste, touch, law."

"Six, which six?"

"Earth, water, fire, wind, air, and consciousness are also known as the Six Realms."

"Six, which six?"

"Heaven, man, asura, beast, ghost, hell, also called six pleasures, six mortals."

"Six sexes, which six sexes?"

"Firm, warm, warm, moving, unhindered and parting."

"Six uses, which six uses?"

"Not bad, possessive, discrete, long-nourished, at ease, and recognized."

"Six shapes, which six shapes?"

"Square, circle, triangle, half moon, treasure shape, miscellaneous shape."

"Six, which six?"

"Yellow, white, red, black, green, miscellaneous."

"Four emptiness, which four emptiness?"

"Earth, water, fire, and wind."

"The Forty-two Chapters Sutra" says: The Buddha's words should be read in the four major parts of the body, each of which has a name, and there is no self. The Big Four, Which Big Four? ”

"Earth, water, fire, wind."

"How great are the earth, the water, the fire, and the wind? Why is it empty? ”

"Earth, water, fire, and wind are the primordial essence on which all things in the world are formed, hence the name 'Four Greats'. All things in the world are united and separated by the combination of the 'Four Greats', and there is no real ontology, so it is said that the 'Four Great Ones are empty'. ”

"Wonderful! Wonderful! The old abbot showed a smile and said, "Wu Jingyan can come to this point, and he is finally expected to enter my Buddhism." Hopefully enter my Buddhism, and then hope to be my heir, can you hold it? ”

"Yes!"

"Even so, the old man will test you!"

"Thanks to the old abbot."

"Do you know the theory of five eyes and six links?"

"The five eyes are the naked eye, the heavenly eye, the wisdom eye, the law eye, and the Buddha's eye. The six passes are the eye of the sky, the ear of the sky, the fate of the pass, the foot of the gods, and the leakage. ”

"Hmmm! How to get five eyes and six links? ”

"It takes four meditations and eight determinations to be refined."

"How do you understand the Four Meditations and Eight Determinations?"

"Buddhism believes that the universe is made up of an infinite number of infinite spaces of three thousand worlds. It also divides the universe into three levels: the realm of desire, the realm of color, and the realm of colorlessness. There are six kinds of Brahma in the realm of desire, seventeen Brahmanas in the realm of color, and four kinds of Brahma in the realm of colorlessness. Not only that, but Buddhism divides space into ten directions, east, south, west, north, northeast, northwest, southwest, southeast, heaven (upper), and earth (lower). Buddhist Qigong is to use the method of progressive Brahma to increase the ability to open up wisdom and prove that 'the heaven outside the sky, step by step meditation' has cultivation and certification. The highest state of practice is the Ten Perfections, that is, the harmony between the small universe of the human body and mind and the infinite universe, so it is also called the Great Perfection. There are many exercises for cultivating Dzogchen, and Tantra Dzogchen is one of them. The cultivation of the five eyes and six paths must be based on meditation. The first step of the Four Zens is the realm of desire centered on the elimination of appetite and lust. The Four Meditations and Eight Determinations are the basic skills of the Great Perfection of Tantra.

Zen Buddhism says: 'There is no limit to life and death, only meditation is to think in meditation'. The deeper you are in Zen facing the wall, the more you will be able to see your mind. The rule is that the body and mind are pure, and all desires have been abstained. The rules are clear and clear, and the five eyes and six views are harmonious. The Great Perfection of Tantra believes that it will be possible to develop the wisdom without leakage, and it will be able to see the immeasurable Buddha temple from afar; You will be able to observe all living beings in the ten directions; It will surely manifest wonders, and it will be able to merge people's hearts with all things. ”

"Wonderful! Wonderful! The old abbot couldn't help but nod and praised: "It seems that Wu Jing must have cultivated this method to perfection!" I wonder how you feel when you enter the first meditation? ”

"When you enter the first meditation, you have a feeling of movement, itching, lightness, weight, coldness, warmth, astringency, and slippery on your body, which is called the eight powers."

"Is that all? What is your spiritual state? ”

"Feelings of emptiness, clarity, concentration, wisdom, kindness, joy, happiness, liberation, liberation, and spiritual enlightenment are called the ten merits."

"Hmmm! Now that you have practiced the Dzogchen of Tantra, do you know how many sects of Buddhism there are? ”

"The disciple can't be clear yet. Please ask the old abbot to give advice. ”

"Amitabha! In fact, there are many sects of Buddhism, and the old man cannot make them all clear. However, Buddhism is usually divided into five sects: Zen, Buddhism, Vinaya, Esoteric Buddhism, and Pure Buddhism. Of course, there are also Tiantai Sect, Huayan Sect, Faxiang Sect, Three Treatise Sect, Benevolence Sect, Xianshou Sect, and Shingon Sect; Cloud Gate Sect, Dharma Eye Sect, Rinzai Sect, Caodong Sect and so on. ”

Hearing the old abbot's words, Wu Jing couldn't bear to ask: "There are so many Buddhist sects, Wu Jing dares to ask the old abbot, which sect should the disciple belong to?" ”

"Hahaha! Wu Jing! You must not forget your name of enlightenment. When the old man finishes speaking, you will understand the true meaning. All schools of Buddhism are the same, but they are just a little similar. ”

"Old abbot! There are so many Buddhist sects, there is always a difference between them, right? ”

"Seonzae! Listen to me tell you slowly. Shaolin Bodhidharma Patriarch practiced on this wall and founded Zen Buddhism. Since then, the second ancestor Hui can speak in the Kuangfu Temple in Cheng'an County, Hebei; The three ancestors of the monk Can, that is, the later Tang Xuanzong posthumously awarded the 'Jianzhi Zen Master', its tower stands in the Qianshan Valley Temple; the four ancestors Daoxin, the five ancestors Hongren live in the Fengmaoshan Zhenjue Temple in the northeast two miles of Huangmei County, Hubei; The six ancestors Hui Neng opened the Dharma in the Baolin Temple in the south of Shaoguan in the east of Hudong, representing Southern Zen Buddhism, and the Shenxiu here represents Northern Zen Buddhism. In the end, it was the authentic status of the Southern Sect that was recognized. The northern sect has been extinct, while the southern sect has a wide range of missions, and one teacher has passed on a few disciples, and the practice of single transmission has been changed. So the Zen style spread all over the Central Plains of China, each doing its own thing, and actually making it his own home. Then it is Weiyang, Linji, Caodong, Yunmen, and the five families of the Eye. These are the five families of the Southern Sect. ”

"Is there a difference in the purpose and doctrine of the two sects of the North and the South?"

"Nope! The various sects and schools of Buddhism differ only because of their family styles, not because of their aims or doctrines. ”

"What's the difference in their family style?"

"When you talk about his family style, he must talk about where his ancestral court is. Nanjiang Shaoxing Jiaxiang Temple, Jinling Qixia Jingshe and the mountain cliff Amitayus Buddha and two Bodhisattvas, and for the three ancestral courts; The first ancestor of Tiantai Sect Huiwen was in Hebei, the second ancestor Huisi was in Nanyue, and the third ancestor Zhikai lived in Tiantai Mountain in the seventh year of Chen Taijian (575 years), and the ancestral industry was greatly promoted. Yamashita Kokuseongji Temple is the fundamental dojo of the Tendai sect.

Let's talk about the Yuquan Temple at the eastern foot of Yuquan Mountain in Dangyang County, where the wise master once gave lectures, as well as the Yanqing Temple in Ningbo. These three monasteries are all Tiantai ancestral courts; In the twenty-second year of Tang Zhenguan (648), when Gaozong was the crown prince, he built the name Ci'en Temple for his mother Empress Wende. Xuanzang was invited to sit on the throne, and the temple set up a scripture translation institute in the northwest, and Xuanzang translated the scriptures here. Ci'en Temple and Chang'an County Xingjiao Temple are the ancestral court of Ci'en Sect; Chang'an Fashun Monk Tower, Wutai Mountain Qingliang Temple and Shaanxi Huxian Caotang Temple are the ancestral court of the first virtuous ancestors; The ancestral court of the law has the Zhongnan Mountain Daoxuan Lawyer Tower, Yangzhou Daming Temple, Jurong Baohua Mountain Longchang Temple; The ancestral court of Shingon Sect has Chang'an Daxingshan Temple and Qinglong Temple; The ancestral court of the Pure Land Sect has the Donglin Temple at the northwest foot of Lushan Mountain, the Xuanzhong Temple in the Shibi Mountain in the northwest twenty miles of Jiaocheng County, Shanxi, and the Fusang Pure Land Sect has changed this temple to the ancestral garden; Zen ancestral garden, there is no need to elaborate.

But the old man also wants to tell you that the six ancestors Huineng body tower, the real body still exists, and it is offered in the six ancestors hall of Baolin Temple; Zhenjiang Jinshan Temple is the dojo of Yunmen Sect; Cao Mountain and Dong Mountain are the ancestral courts of Cao Dong Sect; Hebei Zhengding Linji Zen Master Pagoda, Jiangxi Ningzhou Huanglongshan Yong'an Temple, Jiangxi Pingxiang Yangqi Mountain Ordinary Zen Temple, Suzhou Huqiu Rock Temple, Zhejiang Hangxian Jingshan Temple, Fujian Fuqing County Huangshan Wanfu Temple, for the Linji ancestral court; The Qingliang Temple in Jinling City is the ancestral garden of the Dharma Eye; In addition, Xuanzang also founded the Faxiangzong, also known as the Wisdom Sect. It divides all phenomena into two categories, the mental method is spiritual, and the color method is the natural phenomenon. Tantra venerates the supreme deity, the Great Day Nyorai, the Buddha Mahavirujana. It is said that the Great Day Nyorai and the Buddha are the same Buddha, the Great Day is the Dharma Body, and the Buddha is the Corresponding Body. Tantra believes that the sutra is the Dharma that Shakya said to ordinary people, and that Esoteric Buddhism is the secret and esoteric Dafa that the Dharmakaya Buddha said to his dependents, both of which are secret mantras. That's why tantra is also called Shingon Buddhism. It was officially introduced to the Central Plains during the reign of Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. The Tianzhu monk was fearless and carried the Sanskrit Sutra to Turpan to Chang'an. When he died, he claimed to be ninety-nine years old, saying that his master Bodhidharma had been eight hundred years old for many years. Huayan is named after the exposition of the Huayan Sutra. Du Shun, a monk of Zhongnan Mountain at the same time as Zhikai, founded the Huayan Sect and wrote "The View of the Law of the Huayan Sect", which is the view of the Huayan Sect. It establishes sects and portals, but it should start with the Dharma. Wu Zetian's mandate to teach the "Huayan Sutra" was even favored by the Empress Wu. As a result, Fazang participated in political activities, was rewarded by the Sanpin Official, and was given Hongluqing after his death. He also conferred the Bodhisattva vows for Li Xian of Tang Zhongzong and Li Dan of Tang Ruizong, and obtained the status of the emperor's disciple and was extremely famous. ”

"There are so many ancestral courts of various sects, which is the great prosperity of my Buddha. What are their views and doctrines? ”

"Zen Buddhism advocates sitting meditation and meditation; Tantra advocates the practice of the three tantric phases of body, speech, and mind. Body Secret is the seal of the hand, Speech Secret is the oral recitation of mantra mantras, and Mind Secret is the visualization of the mind. The Pure Land sect proposes to quickly become a Buddha, saying that by reciting Amitabha Buddha, eight billion eons of life and death sins will be extinguished, and eight billion subtle merits will be obtained. The Pure Land sect says that once you recite Amitabha, it will be seven days late, and one day will be soon, and the Pure Land will be born quickly. It calls the world of the world of the world filthy earth, and says that the world of Amitabha Buddha is called the West of Bliss.