What are the definitions of Buddha, Tao and Zen? What is the difference between the three?

Definition of the three:

1. Buddha: The Sanskrit word "Buddha" is the abbreviation of Shakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism, and it is also the name of Buddhists for people who have completed their practice. Sanskrit buddha transliterates the abbreviation of "Buddha", which translates as "enlightened", "knowing", "enlightened".

Enlightenment has three meanings: self-realization, enlightenment (enlightenment of sentient beings), and enlightenment and perfection, which are the highest fruits of Buddhist practice.

The Hinayana word of "Buddha" is generally used as an honorific title for Shakyamuni. In addition to Shakyamuni, Mahayana also refers to all those who have attained enlightenment. It is claimed that there are three worlds and ten directions, and there are Buddhas everywhere.

2. Dao: As a philosophical concept, it first appeared in the Yellow Emperor's period "Guangchengzi. The Book of Nature" is with Chinese characters and Chinese civilization.

It is a term used by the Chinese nation to understand nature as its own, which means the orbit or trajectory of all things, and it can also be said to be the place where things change and move.

3. Zen is a behavior based on "stillness", which originates from human instinct and has been developed by ancient ancestors to form various systematic practice methods and exist in various sects. In the pre-Qin period, there were records of such acts, but there was no fixed name. It was not until the introduction of the Indian word jana that the Chinese transliteration was "Channa", and later generations used the word "Zen" to refer to such acts.

There are two differences between the three:

1. The denominations of the three are different

1) Buddha exists in Buddhism.

2) Tao exists in Taoism.

3) Zen was developed by the ancient ancestors to form various systematic practice methods, and existed in various sects.

2. The meanings of the three represent are different:

1) The meaning of the Buddha's representation: such as: Buddha Tian (Buddha; West; Wonderful place); Buddhaization (Buddha's teachings); Buddha light (the light that the Buddha brings); Buddha meeting (the place where the saints of Buddha and Bodhisattva gather); Buddha figure (stupa); Buddha position (the position of attaining the Buddha's positive fruition).

2) The meaning of the Tao representative: "Dao" is the most fundamental law that promotes the operation of the universe, and it is the consciousness of "heaven", which is not limited by time and space. Consciousness is divided into consciousness and cognition, meaning is thinking, which is the process of achieving a goal based on concepts, and consciousness is feeling, which is the process of interpreting concepts.

When we think about the "Tao", it grows endlessly from a giant nest, so that all things are born, and when we feel it, heaven and man are united, so all things are quiet. Tao is the most fundamental force of the universe, it is everywhere at all times, it transcends time and space, that is, it is changing and unchanging, if there must be a law, then "the road is simple".

3) The meaning of Zen representative: the troubles in life are found by themselves, when the mind becomes broad, ethereal, like emptying the cup of troubles, it can be quiet and quiet. If the human soul can be like the lotus flower and the sun and the moon, transcendent and plain, without discrimination, give-and-take, love and hatred, gain and loss, then you can achieve happiness and peace.

The water flows downward, the clouds float in the sky, and everything happens naturally and harmoniously. With a normal heart, life is like flowing water, returning to the truth, this is to understand life, is Zen.

1. The purpose is different.

The purpose of Taoism is to reunite the essence and spirit into the innate true oneness of the qi through the cultivation of the golden pill, that is, the inner pill of the human body, and then become an immortal, immortal and immortal; The purpose of Buddhism is to attain the state of enlightenment or the intention to become bodhichitta, to transcend all suffering, to transcend the cycle of birth and death, to reach the other side of the world of bliss, away from the dust of the world.

2. The cosmology is different.

Buddhists believe that God is a thing, a thing is the mind, and the heart is also a god; However, God can also be said to be not God, things are not things, and hearts are not minds. Buddhism explains that "there is no one way to establish the Three Realms, all of them are delusions caused by sincerity, and ten thousand kinds of dharmas are born", and everything in the universe does not matter in the first place, but all of them are caused by delusions caused by sincerity, giving birth to thousands of things.

Taoists believe that the creation of all things is destruction. The reason why all things are destroyed is that when they are distinguished, they have violated the principle of absolute unity of the Tao itself, and each has its own form. The reason why people are born is because of the accumulation of "qi", the accumulation of qi is birth, the dispersion of qi is death, and life and death are cyclical.

3. Different outlooks on life.

Taoist thinking is mainly based on conforming to the law, highlighting the harmonious relationship between man and nature in the universe, which is characterized by quietness, and its work is channeling, which is a very objective reflection on the insignificance of human beings and the vastness of the way of the universe.

Buddhism believes that there are higher beings in the universe who are better to enjoy, and they do not have the need to be free from suffering. Low-level beings, like cows, horses, and animals, have inferior intelligence, are enslaved by people, and have no possibility of pursuing the truth. In all kinds of distressed and compelled situations, people have a demand for liberation.

Buddha, the one who has attained the ultimate enlightenment. Tao, the principle of heaven and earth, the way of nature. Zen, the heart comprehends the mind, and the mind will reach the nature.

tractIn Buddhism, the word is called -Legality

Tao and Buddharelationship, equivalent toDharma Nature and Buddhahoodrelationship.

ZenThe words in Taoism are:Dan,It's a way of practice

A Buddha is an enlightened person, an enlightened person.

Zen is a method in Buddhism, and the Tao belongs to the Celestial and Human Sect, which talks about the unity of heaven and man.

Buddhism is the education of the Buddha, not a political, religious, superstitious. Taoism is a convenient theory of Buddhism's unrighteous worldly law. Zen is one of the 84,000 methods of Buddhism.

Let's take a look at the Zen of Buddhism, there are two kinds: the Zen of the four meditations and the eight determinations, and the Zen of Zen Buddhism;

The Zen of the Four Meditations and the Eight Meditations is the common dharma, that is, whether it is Buddhism or other religions (Taoism, Hinduism, etc.), it is possible to practice and attain it.

The Zen of Zen Buddhism is not a common law, and it goes straight to the fundamentals.

Looking at the Taoist Dao, if there are two kinds of Dao: the Dao of Heaven, or the Dao.

If it is the way of heaven, it may belong to the four heavens of the four meditations and eight determinations; It may also belong to the Heaven of Desire;

If it is the Tao, in the view of Buddhism, there is only one way, and you can call it the Tao, Zen, Truthfulness, Truthfulness, Truthfulness, Enlightenment, Wisdom, One True Dharma, Prajna, and so on.

However, there is still a difference, that is, whether it is perfect or not, and in Buddhism, wisdom and merit are both perfect, and only then can it be completed. Wisdom is self-evident, and merit comes from life.

If you don't live a life, you have wisdom and wisdom, but you don't have enough merit, you just count yourself as a Han.

Therefore, the relationship depends on how each defines the Tao.

The teacher showed the clouds:"In this meditation, the element is not focused on the mind, nor is it pure, nor is it immovable. If the word is in the heart, the heart is delusional.

Knowing the mind is like an illusion, so there is nothing to do. If words are pure, human nature is pure. Because of delusion, it covers the truth, but there is no delusion, and the sex is pure.

The heart is pure, but it is pure and delusional. There is no place for delusion, and the author is delusional. The net and incorporeal phase, but the pure phase, the words are the work.

Those who see this are hindered by their nature, but they are purified. If one does not practice good knowledge, but when he sees all people, he does not see the right and wrong of people, good and evil, that is, he is immobile in nature. Good knowledge, charming and immovable, open your mouth to say the rights and wrongs of others, likes and dislikes, contrary to the Tao.

If the mind is pure, it is also an obstacle. "

The teacher showed the clouds:"Good knowledge, what is zazen? In this method, there are no obstacles and no obstacles, outside all the realms of good and evil, and the mind cannot be remembered, which is called sitting.

Seeing oneself is not moving, and it is called Zen. Good knowledge, what is the name of meditation? The external separation is Zen, and the internal chaos is fixed.

If you look on the outside, you will be chaotic on the inside; If the outside is out of phase, the heart will not be chaotic. Nature is self-purifying and self-determined. Just to see the situation, the thinking is chaos.

If you see those who are not disturbed in the realm, they are truly determined. Good knowledge, the external separation is Zen, and the internal chaos is determined. Outer meditation and inner meditation are meditation.

Bodhisattva Precept Sutra Cloud: My nature is pure and pure. Good knowledge, in the mind, sees that the nature is pure.

Self-cultivation, self-cultivation, self-enlightenment. "

Zen] Buddhism"Zena"Abbreviation, transliteration of Sanskrit. There are also translations as"Forsaken evil"or"Jungle of Merit"He who. It translates to:"Thinking Practice"or"Meditation"。

It is a practice method of Buddhism, in which there is a difference between Patriarch Zen and Buddha Zen. Speech and thinking cultivation is based on the cause of the name, which means that the single-minded thinking and cultivation is the cause and can be fixed, so it is called thinking cultivation. Those who speak quietly are named according to their bodies.

Its Zen body, which is silent and has the purpose of deliberation, is called meditation. Stillness is certainty, consideration is wisdom, and the wisdom is equal"Zena"。That is, Buddhism generally talks about Zen meditation.

Ethereal tranquility, discarding the outer edges (external things) without being affected by them; It is to take God back and make the spirit look back at itself (not the physical body)."Zen";