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The sudden sneak attack of the causal rat was squeezed out of this hole by that barrier, and he couldn't help but exclaim: "Who is it?"

The causal mouse turned his head and saw the man, standing under the moonlight, looking like a fairy wind and bones, in the original words of Journey to the West, that is:

"The Great Jue Jin Immortal has no dirty posture, and the Western Wonderful Ancestor Bodhi;

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Emptiness naturally changes, as nature does it,

With the solemn body of the same life as the sky, the great mage of the bright heart has been tribulated. ”

This person has a calm and relaxed expression, as if he has known about this cause and effect rat for a long time and will come back tonight. The causal rat, seeing this scene, knew that it had alarmed the owner of the mountain, and this master, as if he had a lot to do with the "six-eared macaque", wanted to protect the "six-eared macaque". It seems that today is not good, but the mana of this person is far above that of the causal rat, because this person hides in the dark and follows the causal rat, but this causal rat knows nothing.

It seems that this causal rat is inevitably doomed. And this causal rat did not give up resistance, arched his waist, and looked ready to fight for his life.

"Wait. The Taoist spoke.

As the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person when you reach out your hand, what's more, you can't beat it, so the causal mouse temporarily put down the heart of fighting and said, "You, what advice do you have?"

The Taoist, seeing this little mouse, said: "This Taoist friend is here for me, a bad man, these days, he has been in my dojo, stepping on a point, just for today?"

When the causal rat heard this, his heart was shocked, it turned out that these days, those things that he thought he was doing unconsciously were all taken into the eyes of this old way, and the cultivation of this old way was unfathomable!

Lao Dao thought to himself: "It turned out to be a causal mouse!", and then said: "What is the entanglement between this scoundrel and Your Excellency, and this Your Excellency is going to do this thing of stealing chickens and touching dogs?"

The causal rat said, "There is no entanglement. ”

Lao Dao asked, "There is a grudge?"

The causal rat said, "No." ”

Lao Dao asked, "Resentful?"

The causal rat said, "No. ”

The old man was puzzled and said: "This is unexpectedly, Your Excellency, and my inferior disciple, has nothing to do with it, and has no grudges or grudges, today, why does Your Excellency still come here to trouble my apprentice?" (These two people confronted each other outside this cave, and the "six-eared macaque" still looked heartless, sleeping soundly in this cave. I guess the barrier is too thick!)

The causal rat said, "Because, a task." ”

This Daoist said with a smile: "This Daoist friend is joking, I'm a bad disciple, I have just cultivated for a short time, I haven't entered the WTO yet, and I can't meet the standard for issuing tasks at all, this Daoist friend, it's a mistake!"

This time, it was the turn of the causal rat to wonder and said, "Your apprentice, isn't it a six-eared macaque?"

This person laughed and said, "Hahahaha, hahahaha,...... You little mouse is also ridiculous, I, this scoundrel, I named Sun Wukong, I am really a Lingming stone monkey......"

The causal rat wondered, "Lingming stone monkey, what Lingming stone monkey!"

This old way said: "Since you sincerely ask a question, then I will tell you with great mercy! There are five immortals in Zhou Tian: heaven, earth, gods, people, and ghosts. There are five insects: nai, scales, hair, feathers, and kun. This is not heaven, not earth, not god, not human, not ghost; Nor is it a beetle, a scale, a hair, a feather, or a kun. There are also four monkeys in the mixed world, and they are not included in the ten categories. ”

The causal rat immediately asked, "Dare to ask if it's the four monkeys?"

This old Taoist said: "The first is the Lingming stone monkey, through change, knowing the sky, knowing the place, moving the stars and changing the fight; The second is the Akajiri horse monkey, Xiao Yin and Yang, knows personnel, is good at entering and exiting, and avoids death and prolongs life; the third is the gibbon monkey, taking the sun and the moon, shrinking a thousand mountains, distinguishing the blame, and making a fortune; The fourth is a six-eared macaque, good at listening to sounds, able to perceive, know before and after, and everything is clear. These four monkeys do not belong to the ten categories, and they do not reach the name of two. I think the 'false Wukong' is a six-eared macaque. If this monkey stands in one place, he can know things thousands of miles away; Anyone who speaks, he knows; Therefore, he is good at listening to sounds, can perceive reason, knows before and after, and everything is clear. The one with the same image and the same sound as the real Wukong, the six-eared macaque also. (Here, I am an excerpt of the dialogue between Guanyin Bodhisattva and the Buddha in Journey to the West when the real Wukong and the fake Wukong go to the Buddha to distinguish the authenticity.) It doesn't mean anything else, it's not to make up the word count. Anyone with a discerning eye can see who the old Tao I wrote above is!

That's right, it's Bodhi Ancestor. And I once said that this Bodhi ancestor is the Buddha. I now, putting the same words so many years in advance, came out of the mouths of two people. This also confirms my point of view, that Bodhi ancestor is this Buddha.

These four monkeys in the mixed world, but even the Guanyin Bodhisattva does not know the existence! But only Rulai knows, and now, the same words, from the mouth of the Bodhi Ancestor, this does not confirm my point of view! Forgive me for being careful!

This Monkey King, whether it is his apprentice or not, as long as it is a matter of learning scriptures, this Bodhi ancestor (such as the Buddha) will definitely jump out to protect this Monkey King. It seems that this Buddhist plan to learn scriptures from the west and eliminate demons has been implemented.

"I see! If it weren't for the Daoyou's action, I would have almost injured the Daoyou's noble disciple by mistake. Thank you, fellow Daoist, to solve my doubts, please accept a small bow. As he spoke, the causal rat knelt down, without a defensive posture, and then said, "What happened today, the little one, admit the punishment and ask the Venerable Master to punish ,......."

Bodhi Ancestor, but he didn't mean to do anything, and said: "You are a causal rat, a causal clan?"

"Small, don't dare to talk nonsense, I am indeed from the causal clan!" said the causal mouse.

"I didn't expect it, providence, providence! Back then, the destruction of the causal tree, I didn't expect that there would be survivors!" Bodhi Ancestor sighed.

"Venerable Master, is it old with the causal tree?" the causal rat asked tentatively.

"Yes, but don't ask. Bodhi Ancestor said.

"Yes. "The causal rat should accept the truth.

"By the way, what task are you going to accomplish this time?" said Bodhi Ancestor.

"It's the task of capturing these six-eared macaques issued by the ancestor of Na Hongjun,......" The causal rat didn't dare to hide it, and said.

"But these six-eared macaques, it's really hard to find!" said Bodhi Ancestor.

"Yes, the little ones have also suffered. The causal mouse said embarrassedly.

"Okay, listen to me, let's give up this task!" said the Bodhi Ancestor.

"Why?...... Okay!" The causal rat reluctantly agreed.

"By the way, if you want this Hongjun Ancestor to do something for you after completing the task!?"

"This resurrection causal tree, I'm afraid it's Hongjun Ancestor, and the chance of taking action in person is also slim, I don't dare to hope for it. I only hope that this Hongjun Ancestor can find the spiritual fragments of the Cause and Fruit Tree,......" The Cause and Fruit Tree said sadly.

When the Bodhi Ancestor heard this, he also had some feelings, and said to the cause and effect rat: "I think you are a painstaking heart, for the cause and effect tree. I think in terms of the past relationship with the cause and effect tree, today's matter, this is the end, I will not worry more about you, but in the future, you should do it yourself!"

The causal rat hurriedly kowtowed on the ground, kowtowing and saying, "Thank you, Master, for sparing your life, thank you, for your kindness,......"

Bodhi Ancestor didn't care either, and said, "You, go!"

When the causal rat heard this, he knew that this Bodhi Ancestor had given an order to expel the Venerable Master, and said, "I don't know the title of the Venerable Master, so I must set up an immortal tablet for the Venerable Master at home,......

Bodhi Ancestor smiled: "If you have this heart, it's good, I'm Bodhi Ancestor, step down!"

"Yes!" Knowing the title of Bodhi Ancestor, this causal rat also quickly turned into a bolt of lightning and left the cave.

This Bodhi ancestor, at the entrance of this cave, still can't let go of his heart, and has been standing. After a long time, he said: "The thousand-year-old plan to learn from the scriptures almost went wrong today! In the end, is it unintentional or intentional?...... Wait for me to cast a spell,......"

"Heaven and earth are endless, tracing the source of ,......"

And this causal mouse, after leaving the entrance of the cave, did not leave Fangcun Mountain immediately, he was still a little unwilling! So, the next day, he still returned to the three-star cave of the slanting moon, but this time, he was incarnated as an ordinary little mouse, and the Monkey King, back and forth, he was mixed together. (Bodhi Ancestor must have known about this causal mouse's trick, but he didn't break it, and he didn't want to cause more trouble.) After all, it is shallow on paper, and he never knows that he has to bow to it, if he wants this cause and effect mouse to give up, but no, a few simple words can dispel his thoughts, and only after he himself confirms it, can he die this heart. ）

However, after half a year of observation, this causal rat finally determined whether this Monkey King was a Lingming stone monkey I don't know, but it was definitely not the six-eared macaque mentioned in the mission of Na Hongjun Ancestor. So, he was also preparing to leave.

Until one day, this Monkey King, in the lecture of the Bodhi ancestor, suddenly, danced with his hands and couldn't help laughing, which was scolded by the master and slapped his head three times. This is not only their senior brothers, they are a little anxious. And this causal rat, looking at it from the outside, is also secretly, anxious for this Monkey King! Could it be that I haven't left yet, this Monkey King, is going to be driven out of the division one step ahead of me, and leave this three-star cave of the slanting moon in this square inch mountain!

But why, this Monkey King has no look of loss at all, but has some secretly happy taste.

Predicting what will happen next, it is the well-known Bodhi Ancestor, the plot of the third watch teaching the Monkey King, but in this, there are a lot of stories. Let's see the next time.

(Actually, the prototype of this Bodhi Patriarch should be the five ancestors Hongren Master Bodhi Patriarch.)

The fifth ancestor of Zen Buddhism, Master Hongren, who was lecturing at the Huangmei Temple in Hubei at that time, had more than 500 disciples under his command (similar to the ancestor of Bodhi, "The disciples of the patriarch who went out are also countless, and there are still thirty or forty people practicing from him today. ", can be regarded as peach and plum all over the world), among which the leader is the eldest disciple Master Shenxiu. And Shenxiu is also recognized as the heir to the mantle of Zen Buddhism. Hongren gradually grew old, so he wanted to find an heir among his disciples, so he said to his disciples, everyone should make a poem (a poem with Zen meaning), and whoever did a good job would pass on the mantle to whomever he did.

At this time, Shenxiu really wanted to inherit the mantle of the master and learn the true skills of the master, but he was afraid that because he did this for the purpose of inheriting the mantle, he would violate the inaction of Buddhism and make artistic conception. So he got up in the middle of the night and wrote a poem on the courtyard wall: The body is a Bodhi tree, and the heart is a mirror platform. Always wipe diligently, don't make dust. The meaning of this poem is to take care of one's heart and state of mind at all times, and to resist external temptations and all kinds of evil spirits through continuous practice. It is a state of mind that emphasizes the role of spiritual practice, but this understanding is not quite consistent with the epiphany of the Mahayana sect of Zen Buddhism. (This is really lifting a stone and shooting himself in the foot, why there are no three hundred taels of silver here, this Shenxiu wants to inherit the mantle's utilitarian heart, really, it is too heavy, not like a monk who cultivates meditation at all.) ）

So the next morning, when I saw this guy, I said yes, and I guessed that it was made by Shenxiu and admired it very much, and Hongnin didn't make any comments after seeing it. Because he knew that Shenxiu had not yet had an epiphany.

At this time, when the monks in the temple were talking about this poem, they were heard by a fire-headed monk in the kitchen, Zen Master Huineng, who said that this person had not yet comprehended the true meaning. So he made another one himself, and wrote it next to Shenxiu's side, Bodhi has no tree, and the mirror is not a platform, there is nothing originally, where to stir up dust. He is very much in line with the concept of epiphany of Zen Buddhism, which is a very high realm of Zen Buddhism, and those who have experienced this realm are the so-called enlightenment. (High and low, from this poem, the judgment is made.) ）

After Hongren saw this line, he asked the people around him who wrote it, and the person next to him said that it was written by Huineng, so he called Huineng and said in front of him and other monks: The writing is messy and nonsense, and he personally erased this line. Then he hit Huineng three times on the head and left. At this time, only Huineng understood the meaning of the five ancestors, so he went to Hongren's meditation room during the third watch in the evening, where Hongren explained to him the Diamond Sutra, one of the most important scriptures of Buddhism, and passed the mantle to him. Then, in order to prevent Shenxiu's people from harming Huineng, let Huineng escape overnight.

This Hongren and this Bodhi Ancestor are both preaching three watches, both of them are smacking their heads three times and leaving, and they are all Taoist achievements that drove away their disciples. It's not obvious!)

Taishang Laojun

Daode Tianzun is recognized as the founder of Taoism, namely Taishang Laojun. It is also known as Taishang Dao Ancestor, Dao Ancestor, Taiqing Daode Tianzun, Mixed Yuan God, Birth Tianzun, and Kaihuang Late Tribulation Tianzun.

In the solemn Taoist Sanqing Hall, there are three dignified gods, which are the highest gods of Taoism "Sanqing Patriarch". The three Qings are Yuqing Yuan Shi Tianzun, Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun, and Taiqing Daode Tianzun (Taishang Laojun).

According to the Taoist scriptures, the Taoist ancestor Laojun is in Yujing and is the sect of the god king; Under Ziwei, he is the master of the flying immortals. It is one of the highest gods of Taoism, Sanqing Tianzun, and the Taoist ancestor often comes into the world to preach and promote Taoism.

He is the author of more than 5,000 words of the Taoist ancestral scripture - "Tao Te Ching".

Every year on the 15th day of February of the lunar calendar is the Christmas Day of the founder of Taoism, the Taoist ancestor Laojun, and is the International Taoist Festival.

Taoist palace view "Sanqing Palace", its statue is on the left, holding a fan. According to legend, Lao Jun lived in the Taiqing Holy Realm. In "Journey to the West", Lao Junju "Leaving the Hate Heaven and Doushi Palace", and in "Fengshen Bang", it is "Daluo Tianxuandu Cave Eight Scenery Palace".

Laojun is the god of the three Qingzun gods who receive the most incense worship, Taoism believes that the Taoist philosopher Lao Tzu is the incarnation of Laojun, and has countless people, because he passed down the Taoist classic "Tao Te Ching", so he called Laojun as the moral Tianzun, and was also worshiped by Taoism as the founder of the mountain.

Many Taoist patriarchs claimed to have received the revelations and teachings of Lao Jun's apparitions, such as Zhang Daoling of the Han Dynasty and Kou Qianzhi of the Northern and Southern Dynasties. The royal family of the Tang Dynasty respected Laojun as its ancestor.

The founder of Taoism, Lao Tzu, is the deification of the character, and Taoism is regarded as the ancestor.

According to the "Historical Records", Lao Tzu once guarded the history of Tibet for the Zhou Dynasty in China, and because he saw the decline of Zhou virtue, he retired to the west and traveled to the west, and he did not know what to do. During the Qin and Han dynasties, the Huang Lao moralist admired the Yellow Emperor Laozi as the first king and sage, similar to the Confucian Yao Shun Zhou Kong. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the rumors about Lao Tzu were mixed, and Sima Qian's "Historical Records" could no longer be confirmed. Since then, due to the rendering of Huang Laodao, Lao Tzu has become increasingly deified, and Emperor Ying and Emperor Huan of Chu in the Eastern Han Dynasty have worshiped Lao Tzu as if teaching the French style.

In the eighth year of Yanxi (165), Bian Shao's "Lao Tzu Ming" said: "The good Taoists of the world touch the like and grow, starting with Lao Tzu's separation from the chaotic qi and the three lights." Because of this kind of social rumor as the background, the Wudou Mi Taoist scripture "Lao Tzu Xianger Note" is called "a scattered form is qi, and a concentrated form is Taishang Laojun".

During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Southern Taoism worships the three caves of the head of the Sanqing Tianzun, and the Northern Taoism worships the Taishang Laojun of Lao Tzu's deification, in the seven scriptures and teaching system of the Taoism of the Southern Dynasties, the Daode Tianzun said that the cave god is the "Three Emperors Sutra", and the "Tao Te Ching" said by Lao Jun is the Taixuan radical Sutra. When Taizong of the Tang Dynasty burned and banned the "Three Emperors Sutra", he replaced it with the "Tao Te Ching". Gaozong, Xuanzong and successively for Lao Tzu to add the title of honor, push as the ancestor of the clan, and build the Taiqing Palace dedicated to Lao Tzu, the rules and regulations are the same as the imperial court, and it is actually the ancestral temple of the clan, Taishang Laojun was finally determined to be the head of the Taiqing Realm Cave God, that is, the moral Tianzun. After the Eastern Han Dynasty, there are many stories of Lao Tzu's incarnation, and the Taoist priest of the Song and Yuan dynasties compiled the "Eighty-one Transformation Map of Taishang Laojun" to integrate his theory.

"Seven Signatures of the Cloud" cloud, "Lao Tzu, Lao Jun, this is the body of the Tao." The ancestor of vitality, the root of heaven and earth. Fu Dao Yuan Miao is born out of nature, born in nothing, before nothing, standing in the hollow, and cultivating the world. It is said that the supreme way of righteousness and truth, and the magic is far away from being named. Therefore, it is said: I was born before the formless, before the beginning, long at the beginning of the beginning, and from the origin of the primary. Floating out of the void, in and out of the underworld. Look at the unjudged chaos, see the turbidity undivided, step into the wilderness of the universe, and the race of historical things. The husband and the old monarch are the true vitality of the Tao, and the one who creates nature is also."

Among the vast books of Chinese civilization, the most widely translated and read book abroad is the Tao Te Ching. The central idea of the Tao Te Ching is: "Dao", and "Dao" is "Dao Ke Dao, very Dao." The name is famous, and the name is not very famous". Although the meaning of "Dao" is difficult to understand, we can say that "Dao" means "nature".

Taoists believe that individuals should not oppose the Tao, but should obey the Tao and act according to it. The struggle for power is absurd and very immoral. The Tao is invincible, and people should follow its path. Taoists believe that water is very weak, and willingly flows to the lower places, even if it encounters the weakest force, it does not show resistance, but water is indestructible. Conversely, the hardest stone will be broken by water. For the individual, simplicity and naturalness are commendable. Violence should be avoided and people should be pure-hearted. Man should not change the world, but respect the world. For the government, the policy of doing nothing is the smartest approach. Adopting a more elaborate legal system or imposing a legal system usually makes things worse. High taxes and wars are contrary to the spirit of Taoist philosophy. The influence of the Tao Te Ching is enormous. The book is very short, less than 6,000 words in Chinese, but its ideas are extremely rich. In China, although Confucianism is the mainstream of Chinese philosophy in the past dynasties, Confucian philosophy has absorbed many ideas from Taoism, and Confucianism still respects Taoism very much.

Taishang Laojun is one of the supreme gods of Taoism and one of the three super gods. Laojun's belief began in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Zhang Ling of the Eastern Han Dynasty (later Zhang Tianshi) set up the Tao of Heavenly Masters, respected Lao Tzu as Taishang Laojun, and later called "Taishang Moral Tianzun". It is said that it is born at the time of no beginning, without a cause, and is the first of all things and the first of vitality.

Folded west out of the letter Guguan

At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, Lao Tzu drove a green ox and dragged a wooden cart to Hangu Pass. Yin Xi, the guard of Hangu Pass, likes Taoism on weekdays, and he has some Taoist roots. Before Lao Tzu came, Yin Xi looked at the stars and looked at the qi, and saw a purple gas coming from the east, so he deduced that there must be a real person coming. When Lao Tzu drove the ox cart through the customs, Yin Xi decided that Lao Tzu was a true immortal, so he forced Lao Tzu to stay for a few days, and summoned some colleagues to listen to Lao Tzu give them a lecture. Lao Tzu was gracious, and left Yin Xi with more than 5,000 words of "Book of Heaven", which was later known as the "Tao Te Ching". When Lao Tzu was leaving, he told Yin Xi: After a thousand days, he will go to CD Qingyang Store to find him. At that time, Yin Xi was waiting for Lao Tzu in the Qingyang Shop on time, only to see Lao Tzu riding a green ox and descending from the sky. Later, legend has it that Lao Tzu was there to transform Yin Xi into an immortal, and took him to the Western Regions to preach to the disciples of Buddhism. And in the place where Lao Tzu turned Yin Xi, there is still a poem: the west sends a letter to worship the Buddha, and the east comes to the Lu country sage ginseng.

Folding Lao Tzu Evolution Theory

Taishang Laojun

In the Chinese faith, Taishang Laojun is a god transformed from a historical celebrity, and the most prestigious is this Taishang Laojun. The magnitude of his name and status alone can prove that Taishang Laojun is one of the highest gods of Chinese Taoism, one of the three super gods, and its human form Laozi is one of the most famous thinkers of the pre-Qin period, the founder of the Lao Zhuang school, and is regarded as the originator of Taoism. Naturally, Lao Tzu, a historical figure, should be "ordinary", and Taishang Laojun is a god after attaining enlightenment. Lao Tzu lived in the late Spring and Autumn period of the pre-Qin period, and according to legend, Confucius consulted him with questions, and he wrote the 5,000-word Lao Tzu, which is regarded as the pioneering work of Taoism and a classic of Taoism. At the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, the Taoist school of Huang Lao flourished, Lao Tzu and the Yellow Emperor received unprecedented sacrifices, and the Han people's personality cult of Lao Tzu and the Yellow Emperor gradually reached its peak, and the Han Dynasty court began to worship Huang Lao. After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty "deposed the hundred schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone", the Huang Lao School began to enter the people and formed the Huang Lao Dao. Lao Tzu's own philosophical theories and the admiration of the people of the Han Dynasty made Lao Tzu a consensus of the gods at this time, and the Eastern Han Emperor went to the Lao Tzu Temple with great fanfare, and the epitaph of Lao Tzu's mother also said that Lao Tzu was the embodiment of the Tao.

Zhang Ling of the Eastern Han Dynasty inherited the Huang Lao Taoism of the old Western Han Dynasty, founded the Order of Wudou Rice Dao, and used the art of Huang Lao to educate the religion believed in by the ethnic minorities in Western Shu, so Lao Tzu naturally became the leader of the new religion. Since Buddhism entered the Central Plains, this religion of déjà vu with China led the scholars of the Han Dynasty to generally believe that Lao Tzu went west to India to become a Buddha. Buddhism, which had just been introduced to China, was insignificant at this time, and it was even more urgent to rely on Taoism to develop, and the Buddhists who came to the West also claimed that Lao Tzu was the teacher of the Buddha. As a result, Lao Tzu's statement of turning Hu into Hu became the consensus at that time. During the Han and Wei dynasties, Lao Tzu was the highest god of the early Taoist order, and then he was reduced to the third place in the mature order due to the gasification of the three Qings.

Although the status of Taishang Laojun, who evolved from Lao Tzu, is not as good as that of Yuan Shi Tianzun and Lingbao Tianzun, it is still highly respected, and there are palaces and temples in various places. Because of the name "Taiqing Taishang Laojun", the main temple of his palace is called Taiqing Palace, Taiqing Palace, Laojun Palace or Laojun Temple.

Taishang Laojun, Taoist god and leader. It is the third place of the three clears. Before the Northern Wei Dynasty, it was called Daode Tianzun, and it was the highest god of Taoism "Three Qings". At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Liu family was docile and providential to help determine the Zhu family. At the beginning of the Republic of China, with Jiangxi Wugong Mountain, Mao's Zedong was established in accordance with the people's will. drop 8341 to respond to the number of days.

Taishang Laojun has been the teacher of kings for many generations. Before the Shang Dynasty, Lao Jun descended as a doppelganger, and established a religion with the world, but the matter was hidden, so there was no trace of birth in the world. In the seventeenth year of the eighteenth king of Shang Wang Yangjia Jianzuo, Lao Jun was deified from the Taiqing realm, conceived in the Xuanmiao Jade Girl, and was born on February 15 of the ninth year of Wuding after eighty-one years. This is the earliest biography of the birth of Lao Jun. Legend of Ji: When King Wu of Zhou, Laojun was still the history of the pillar. The number is Chengzi, the Tao of Zhou Gong, the tour of the West Pole Taiqin, Zhu Qian and other countries, Mr. Gu. In the twenty-third year of King Zhao of Zhou, the old monarch passed through the Hangu Pass in the west, and ordered Yin Xi to pass the pass, and awarded 5,000 words of morality. During the time of Emperor Wen of the former Han Dynasty, Lao Jun descended on the shore of the Shaanxi River, called the Duke of the River, and was also called the Zhangren of the River. In the second year of Emperor Heping of the Han Dynasty, Laojun descended in Quyang, Langya, and was awarded the "Taiping Sutra" to Ji.

In the second year of Emperor Ming of the Later Han Dynasty, Laojun descended and awarded Ji Zhenren one hundred and eighty precepts. In the first year of Emperor Han Shun of Han An, Laojun descended to Heming Mountain in Shushan Mountain, and awarded the Heavenly Master Zhang Daoling, the secret record of "Zhengyi Mengsheng", and then gave 930 volumes of "Taiqing Zhongjing" and 70 volumes of runes. In the first year of Jiankang, he also taught the Heavenly Master the Three Caves Sutra and the method of transcending the Nine Ancestors. In the second year of Emperor Shenrui of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Lao Jun descended to Songshan and gave the Taoist priest Kou Qianzhi the "Ring of Reciting New Science in the Clouds"; In the first year of Taiwu Emperor Taiping, Laojun descended in Songshan and ordered Kou Qianzhi to confer the title of Taiping Zhenjun. In the second year of Tang Gaozu Wude, Lao Jun descended on Sheephorn Mountain, saying auspicious and good deeds, and Ling Wenyun: "My emperor ancestor also". In the second year of Tang Gaozong's Longshuo, the emperor was the old monarch of the imperial temple. In the first year of Qianfeng, he was called Emperor Xuanyuan. Song Zhenzong Dazhong auspicious charm for seven years, so it ended in Song. Taoists believe that Taishang Laojun is the supreme god, often descending into the world, and there is no world, this is an unshakable faith, otherwise you are not a Taoist disciple, a disciple of Lao Tzu.

Taishang Heart Seal Sutra

Taishang wisdom light candle shines too void, this true yang eternal calamity lasts forever, hands do not move recklessly, feet do not act lightly, eyes do not look out, ears do not listen

The mouth is free from gossip, the heart is delusional, from the morning to the twilight, the heart is cleansed, there is no worry, there is no concern, and the burden is far away, and the system is outside the system, and the middle is hidden in the secret

However, it is cautious and solitary, always looking inward, reflecting back every moment, not leaving the square inch, always existing, undefeated and lonely, and taking care of it for a long time

Dense and dense, endless, untouched, untouched, often should always be quiet, no literature, no martial arts, free and rest, neutralization

The spirit is rich and healthy, and the god of cereals has accumulated for a long time, and the sincerity has been bright, and Chang Ming is as comfortable as ever, and he is pure and silently in the sky

Taoism believes that when the heart is restless, hold the chant 108 times to fix the mind. It can also be divided into two recitations, the first 72 times and the second time 36 times.

Fold the Old Monarch's Spell

Taishang Lao Junpu is in Wanfang Dao, there should be no one in the Three Realms, and among the six combinations, those who are obedient are vicious

As soon as the edict arrives, the disciples accompanying the thunder will be fortunate and may you meet the evil and turn the good into the auspicious, and the urgency is as urgent as the law

Fold the mantra of purifying the heart

Lao Jun said: The avenue is invisible, giving birth to the world, the avenue is ruthless, running the sun and the moon, the avenue is nameless, and all things are nourished for a long time.

The Husband: There is clarity and turbidity, movement and stillness, the sky is clear and turbid, and the sky is moving and quiet. Men are clear and women are turbid, men are moving and women are quiet. Reduce the cost to the end, and give birth to all things.

The source of turbidity is clear, and the foundation of stillness is moving. People can always be quiet, and heaven and earth will return. The lady's mind is so clear, but her heart is disturbed, and the heart is so quiet, and she wants to lead her.

It can often send its desires, and its heart is quiet, and its heart is clear and clear. Naturally, the six desires are not born, and the three poisons are eliminated. Therefore, those who can't do it are not clear in their hearts, and their desires are not sent.

Those who can send it look inside their hearts, but their hearts have no minds, their appearance is their shapes, their forms have no shapes, and they look at things from afar, but things have nothing.

Once the three are enlightened, they can only be seen in emptiness, and they can only be seen in emptiness, and they are empty, and they are always silent, and they are all silent, and they are all lonely, so how can they be born?

If you want to not be born, you are truly quiet. Truth should always be things, true always obtained, always should always be quiet, always quiet.

In such a quiet way, one gradually enters the true path, and once he has entered the true path, he is called the Tao, and although he is called the Tao, he has attained nothing, and in order to transform sentient beings, he is called the Tao, and those who can understand can preach the holy way.

Lao Jun said: The sergeant has no dispute, the corporal is quarrelsome; Those who are persistent are not moral. Sentient beings who do not know the truth are delusional. If you have a delusional mind, you will be shocked by your God, that is, you will be amazed by all things, and if you are delusional, you will be greedy, and if you are greedy, you will be troubled. Troubled and delusional, distressed body and mind. and he was insulted. Wandering life and death, often sinking into the sea of suffering, and never losing the truth. The true way of normality, the enlightened self-satisfied, the enlightened one, always quiet.

The immortal Ge Weng said: I have the true way, and I have recited this sutra ten thousand times. This scripture is practiced by celestial beings and is not passed on to the corporal. In the past, I received it from the Emperor of Donghua, the Emperor of Donghua received it from the Emperor of Jinque, and the Emperor of Jinque received his son from the Queen Mother of the West. The Queen Mother of the West is passed down by word of mouth and does not remember words. I am in the world, and I am recorded in books. The sergeant is enlightened and promoted to the rank of heavenly official, the sergeant is cultivated, the Nangong Liexian is immortal, and the corporal is awarded and has been alive for many years. Parade to the Three Realms and ascend to the Golden Gate.

Zuo Xuanzhen said: Those who learn the Tao and recite this sutra will get the ten heavenly good gods and support their gods. Then the jade talisman protects the gods, and the gold liquid refines the form. The form and spirit are wonderful, and the Tao is true.

Zhengyi Zhenren said: People have this scripture, and those who understand it will not do anything about disasters, and all saints will protect the door. The gods ascended to the upper realm and worshiped the exalted. The merit is full of virtue, and the emperor is felt. The chanting does not retreat, and the body soars into purple clouds.

Longevity auspicious wish-wishing mantra

Taishang Laojun is kind and blessed, and he went to Longhua together

Haste as a law

Fold the Tao Te Ching

The Tao is very good, and it is very good. The name is famous, and the name is not very famous. The beginning of the nameless heaven and earth, the mother of all things. Therefore, there is always none, and I want to see its wonder, and I always have, I want to see it. These two have the same name and the same name, and they are the same mysteries. Mysterious and mysterious, the door of all wonders.

Lao Tzu, Chapter 2

The world knows that beauty is beauty, and evil is evil. We all know that what is good is good, and what is not good is good. There is no symbiosis, difficulty and ease are mutually compatible, long and short are dwarfed, high and low are mutually beneficial, sound and sound are harmonious, and they follow each other. Heng also. It is to do what the saint does not do, and to teach without words; all things are made and begin, born and been, and are born for the sake of the Buddha, and accomplished but not lived. Fu Wei Fuju is not going to go.

Lao Tzu, Chapter 3

If you are not virtuous, you will not fight for the people, if you are not expensive and rare, you will not be stolen, and if you don't see what you want, you will not be confused. It is the rule of a saint, who is humble in his heart, solid in his belly, weak in his will, and strong in his bones. He often makes the people ignorant and desireless. The wise man does not dare to do it. If you do nothing, you will not be cured.

Chapter 4 of Lao Tzu

Dao Chong, and use it or not profit. Yuanxi, like the sect of all things; I don't know whose son is the first of the emperors.

Lao Tzu, Chapter 5

Heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are used as dogs, and saints are unkind, and people are dogs. Between heaven and earth, it is still empty and unyielding, moving and coming out. It is better to keep the middle than to talk too much.

Lao Tzu, Chapter 6

The god of grains is immortal, it is called Xuanqi. The gate of Xuanqi is the root of heaven and earth. If it exists, it is not used diligently.

Lao Tzu, Chapter 7

Everlasting. Therefore, those who can live long and long in heaven and earth can live forever because they do not generate by themselves. It is the body that comes after the saint and the body that precedes it, and the body that exists outside the body. It is not because of its selflessness and evil, so it can become its selfishness.

Lao Tzu, Chapter 8

Good is like water. Water is good for all things without fighting, and it is evil for everyone, so it is more than the Tao. Dwelling in a good place, a good heart, a good heart, a good word, a good word, a good governance, a good work, and a good time. The husband is indisputable, so there is no especially.

Lao Tzu, Chapter 9

Holding on to the profit is not as good as it is; The hall is full of gold and jade, and Mo can keep it, and he is rich and arrogant, and he is to blame. After retiring, the way of heaven is also.

Lao Tzu, Chapter 10

Carrying the camp and embracing one, can it be detached and soft, can it be like a baby, can it be like a baby, can it be like a flaw, can it be patriotic and govern the people, can it do nothing, can it be a female? understand Sida, can it be ignorant?

Chapter 11~Chapter 81 of Lao Tzu, please continue to refer to specific classics.

Lao Tzu wrote the book "Lao Tzu" with 5,000 words in front of Hangu Pass, also known as "Tao Te Ching". The Tao Te Ching, the I Ching, and the Analects are considered to be the three most influential works of thought on the Chinese. The Tao Te Ching is divided into two volumes, with a total of 5,000 characters.

"Tao Te Ching" is a later title, originally Lao Tzu Shu called "Lao Tzu" without the name of "Tao Te Ching". The date of its writing has been debated in the past and is still uncertain, but according to the age of Guodian Chujian's "Laozi" unearthed in 1993, the age of the book was at least in the middle and early Warring States period.

Lao Tzu uses "Tao" to explain the evolution of all things in the universe, thinking that "Tao gives birth to one, life to two, two to three, and three to all things", and "Tao" is "the life (order) of Fu Mo and is always natural", so "man is the law of the earth, the earth is the law of the sky, the heaven is the law of the Tao, and the Tao is the law of nature". "Dao" is an objective natural law, and at the same time, it has the eternal significance of "independence and unchangeable, circumference and immortality". The book "Lao Tzu" contains a large number of naïve dialectical views, such as the belief that everything has both positive and negative sides, "the movement of the opposite", and can be transformed by opposites, "the positive and the complex are strange, the good is the demon", "the misfortune and the blessing are relied on, and the blessing and misfortune are lurking". He also thinks that everything in the world is the unity of "being" and "nothing", "existence and non-existence are born together", and "nothing" is the basis, "everything in the world is born from being, and some are born from nothing". In addition, there are also a large number of people-oriented ideas in the book: "The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency by losing more than is lost, while the way of man is not, and the loss is not enough to give more than enough"; The hunger of the people is as much as the food tax";" The light death of the people is the thickness of survival on it"; The people are not afraid of death, so why should they be afraid of death?". His doctrine has had a profound impact on the development of Chinese philosophy.

West out of the letter customs

Taishang Laojun

At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period of Taishang Laojun, Lao Tzu rode a green ox and came from Luoyang to Hangu Pass. Yin Xi, the guard of Hangu Pass, likes Taoism on weekdays, and he has some Taoist roots. Before Lao Tzu came, Yin Xi looked at the stars and looked at the qi, and saw a purple gas coming from the east, so he deduced that there must be a real person coming. When Lao Tzu drove the ox cart through the customs, Yin Xi decided that Lao Tzu was the real person, so he kept Lao Tzu to stay, hoping that Lao Tzu could give them a lecture before he went into hiding, and leave a book for future generations. Lao Tzu's enthusiasm was difficult to resist, so he left Yin Xi the famous Lao Tzu 5,000 Wen in history, which was later the famous "Tao Te Ching".

When Lao Tzu was leaving, he told Yin Xi: After a thousand days, he will go to CD Qingyang Store to find him. At that time, Yin Xi was waiting for Lao Tzu in the Qingyang Shop on time, only to see Lao Tzu riding a green ox and descending from the sky. Later, legend has it that Lao Tzu was there to transform Yin Xi into an immortal, and took him to the Western Regions to preach to the disciples of Buddhism. And in the place where Lao Tzu turned Yin Xi, there is still a poem:

The letter from the west is about the Buddha to worship, and the east is the holy ginseng of the Lu country.

Turning Hu into a Buddha

Lao Tzu is a very honorable god in Taoism, known as "Taishang Laojun" or "Daode Tianzun", who is considered to be the one who founded Taoist thought and philosophy. In fact, from a historical point of view, this is just that Buddhism came from India to the west, but few people believe that the Chinese who are extremely confident in culture believe that in order to better let the Chinese accept Buddhism, the Buddhists from India to the west made up the story of "Lao Tzu Hua Hu" when they preached in China, and the Taoists also gladly accepted it, and later the Taoists wrote the "Lao Tzu Hua Hu Sutra".

Laojun Palace

Since Taishang Laojun is a Taoist god, he must be worshiped by Taoists, and at the same time, he is also Han Chinese

Folk worship, legend has it that the 15th day of the second lunar month is the birthday of Taishang Laojun, and many Taoist scholars have come to worship Taishang Laojun Tai in Dongguan, Luyi County, Henan Province.

Lishan Laojun Palace

Taoist temple view. On the third peak of Xixiuling in Lishan Mountain, south of Lintong County, Shaanxi Province. It was originally the location of the Hall of Eternal Life of Hua in the Tang Dynasty, and it is said that Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty had twice met the arrival of the Taishang Laojun here, so it was called "the Descending Holy Pavilion" and "Chaoyuan Pavilion". The apse is dedicated to Taishang Laojun, so the name Laojun Palace, the white jade statue of Taishang Laojun in the palace in the past, the shape is delicate, the knife technique is concise, the demeanor is realistic, lifelike, it is the work of the famous sculptor Yuan Brother Jia in the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty, it is now treasured in the Shaanxi Provincial Museum, the palace is now for the statue of Taishang Laojun, which is molded and erected in modern times. The windows in the hall are bright and clean, the environment is quiet, the scenery outside the hall is beautiful, the scenery is charming. It is an open temple for key Taoism in Shaanxi Province.

Weibao Mountain Laojun Palace

Taoist temples. In front of Weibao Mountain in Weishan Yi Hui Autonomous County, Yunnan Province. It is also known as Qing microscopic and Qingxia view. According to legend, its site is the place where Taishang Laojun points the Nanzhao King Xinuluo, the founding age is unknown, at the beginning of the Nanzhao sacrifice Taishang Laojun's place, the Qing Dynasty Kangxi 22 years (1683), Hubei Wudang Mountain Quanzhen Taoist Shen Miaozhang built this hall, the palace was originally for the bronze statue of Taishang Laojun, now changed to a clay statue, white sideburns and beard, the demeanor is calm, the right hand holds a feather fan, the left accompanies Guo Tianshi, the right accompanies Zhang Tianshi, hangs on the "big Chitian Palace", "Qingxia reappears" two plaques; the left and right houses of the hall are the places where the Taoist priests eat and stay, and the left side of the house hangs "the stone contains blue" Plaque, inside the "Qingxia View Mountain Boundary Tablet" stele a pass, behind the hall there are "Laojun meditating stone" and other famous places.

Enshrinement activities

The Sanqing Hall in the Taoist palace has the statue or god seat of Taishang Laojun. Its idol is often a white-bearded white-haired old man, holding a feather fan, and occupies the right side of the Yuan Shi Tianzun. In the Taoist large-scale Jiao ceremony, there is also a god seat of Taishang Laojun, and it also occupies the right position of the Yuan Shi Tianzun. Taishang Laojun, that is, the god of morality, is born on the 15th day of the second lunar month. Taoism takes Taishang Laojun as the ancestor, and most of the days are held to celebrate birthdays or pray for blessings and longevity.