The spread of the Buddha s tooth, what does the Buddha s tooth mean? How do you explain that?

Explanation of the tooth relic of Buddha's tooth

Refers to the teeth left over from the cremation of Shakyamuni, which Buddhists regard as treasures Detailed explanation According to legend, after Shakyamuni passed away, the whole body became fine-grained relics, but the teeth were intact, and Buddhists regarded them as treasures and offered them, called Buddha's teeth. Legend has it that a Buddha tooth was introduced to China very early. In the seventh year of Xianyong (1071), Liao Daozong built a tower in Lingguang Temple in Xishan, Beijing.

In the twenty-sixth year of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1900), the original tower was destroyed by the Eight-Nation Alliance. Later, when the monks of Lingguang Temple were tidying up the base of the pagoda, they found the Buddha's tooth stored in a wooden box. In 1957, the Buddha Tooth Relic Stupa was rebuilt near the original site of Xishan, and it was completed in 1964, and the Buddha Tooth Relic was enshrined in the pagoda.

Also known as "Buddha tooth relic". After the Great Nirvana Sutra, the Holy Body Outline Moisturizing Product: The emperor-shaped rough interpretation is to open the treasure coffin, and I want to invite the Buddha's tooth.

Tang Xuanzang, "The Legend of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty: Binding the Drinking Country": There is also a Buddha's tooth, which is more than an inch long, wide * points, yellow and white, and glossy. Ma He, "Visiting the Kelunpo Monastery in the Thousand Nine Hundred and Seven Years of the Western Calendar" poem:

The bamboo hall is full of monks' words, and the golden cage stores the Buddha's tooth. ”

Word Breakdown Explanation of Buddha Buddha ó The Sanskrit word "Buddha" is the abbreviation of Shakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism, and is also the name of the Buddhist people who practice perfection: Buddha. Buddha.

Borrow flowers to offer Buddha. Refers to "Buddhism" (one of the world's major religions): Buddhism.

Buddhist temple. Buddha Lao. Sutra.

Shrines. Buddhist Rites (Buddhists chanting, praying, and offering Buddha's tooth to the Buddha's tooth (in ancient times, the big tooth was called "tooth", and now "tooth" is the general name for tooth, also known as "tooth"): tartar.

Gingiva. Dental scum. Tooth sacrifice.

Something like the shape of a tooth : a drawer tooth. Specifically refers to ivory:

Ivory carving. In the old days, it was introduced to buy and sell people who made a profit from it: tooth merchants.

Broker. Surname.

There are Buddha tooth relics in China, and the Buddhist circles at home and abroad have known about it for a long time. But the origin of this Buddha tooth relic, most people may not be very clear. Here's a brief introduction:

The Chinese Buddha tooth is in Wenshang, Shandong, and the one in the Eight Great Places in Beijing is fake; It's just that it's specially approved, so there's no way to make it public.

In Wenshang County, Shandong Province. This is something that is well known in your circle. It is bordered by the hometown of Confucius in the east, Shuibo Liangshan in the west, Mount Tai in the north, and Weishan Lake in the south. Feng Shui treasure land, indeed outstanding people.

The explanation of the tooth of the Buddha is the tooth of the Buddha. Jin Faxian "Buddha's Chronicles" volume: "There is a tooth of the Buddha, and the Chinese people build a tower for the tooth of the Buddha." Tang Zhisheng's "Kaiyuan Interpretation of Teachings" volume 3: "There are Buddha's teeth in his master's country. "Detailed" Buddha tooth ".

Word Breakdown Explanation of Buddha Buddha ó The Sanskrit word "Buddha" is the abbreviation of the founder of Buddhism, Shakyamuni, and is also the name of Buddhists for those who practice perfection: Buddha. Buddha.

Borrow flowers to offer Buddha. Refers to "Buddhism" (one of the world's major religions): Buddhism.

Buddhist temple. Buddha Lao. Sutra.

Shrines. Buddhist Ritual (Explanation of Buddhist Chanting, Prayer and Worship of Buddha Teeth tooth (tooth) ǐ and the organ that moves and takes the land in the mouth to chew food (commonly called "tooth"): tooth.

Tooth cavity. Pulp. Change the gums.

Cold teeth (If you smile, you will open your mouth, and if you laugh for a long time, your teeth will feel cold.) Because it is said to ridicule people, such as "toothy"). Arrange things like the shape of teeth :

Cogs. Serrated.

That is, the tooth of Shakyamuni Buddha. Legend has it that after the Buddha's death, the whole body was transformed into a relic of fine grains, but some of his teeth were not damaged, which was called the Buddha's tooth relic (Sanskrit dantadhātu, Batong). According to the later volumes of the Great Nirvana Sutra, at the time of the Buddha's death, because of the great compassion, the broken vajra body was a fine relic, leaving only the four teeth not to be depressed.

Emperor Shakti took the tooth relics on the mouth of the Buddha, that is, returned to the heavens, and raised the tower to make offerings. In addition, according to the Bodhisattva Sutra of the Void Collection, there is a Buddha tooth pagoda in the north of the Heavenly City. The high monk Fa Xian passed on the country of the master (Ceylon, now Sri Lanka) also contains, and there is a Buddha's tooth retreat in the royal city.

In addition, another Buddha's tooth was transmitted to the country of Wutang (i.e., the country of Wuchang, located in the north of Dadu). According to the biography of the monk Liang.

Ten. 3. The 12th volume of the Zhulin of the Fa Yuan, the monk of the Southern Dynasty dedicated the Dharma to the Western Regions in the third year of Liu Song and Yuanhui (475) to learn the scriptures, as for Khotan, a Buddha tooth and fifteen relics passed from the Wutang country. After returning to China, he lived in Jianye (Nanjing), the royal capital of the Southern Qi Dynasty, and kept the Buddha's tooth in secret and offered his own worship. In the seventh year of Yongming (489), King Wenxuan began to spread this matter to the Taoist customs because of his dream.

Later, the tooth of the Buddha was enshrined in the temple of Jojorin. In the third year of Emperor Wu of Liang (522), the Buddha's tooth was once stolen and his whereabouts are unknown.

The Buddha's tooth went to Bianjing in the third year of Tianfu in the Later Jin Dynasty (938), and after the Khitan invasion of Bianjing in the third year of Kaiyun (946), the Buddha's tooth went where it went, and there was no historical examination. But there is no doubt that the tooth of the Buddha was plundered and went north. In 1900, the Buddha tooth relic agarwood box unearthed from the remnants of Zhaoxian Pagoda in Xishan, Beijing, has an inscription written by Shanhui, a monk of the Northern Han Dynasty in the seventh year (963) of Tianhui (963), which can be evidenced.

Mr. Chen () believes that the Khitan people died with their relics. To the truth, the Khitan Lord is dead, and the Dharma is scattered. Liu Gao got up in Taiyuan, and Yadang entered the Han Dynasty at this time.

Guo Wei usurped the Han Dynasty, and the tooth was transferred to the Northern Han Dynasty, which was once hidden by the monk Shanhui. In the last years of the Tianhui, the Song Dynasty invaded the Northern Han Dynasty, and the Buddha's tooth avoided Yanjing. This is generally not bad, but it still needs to be proven by accurate historical sources.

Shanhui, a native of Laoyi, Shanxi, is commonly known as Huo Song Qiande, who was given the title of [Master Xuanmi]. Volume 23 of "Supplementing the Biography of High Monks" has "The Biography of Good Wisdom", which unfortunately has no Buddha's tooth. The wooden box of the Buddha's tooth that has been preserved to this day has an inscription written by Shanhui on almost every side.

The book on the top of the box has [Shakya Rulai Spiritual Tooth Relic Tianhui 7th Year April 23 Diary Good Wisdom Book]. The wooden box was crudely made, apparently done in a hurry during the rebellion. Since then, there is no record of where the Buddha's tooth was offered, but more than 100 years later, the Buddha's tooth returned.

It was originally named Longquan Temple, and later changed its name to Jueshan Temple. After Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming, Qing, repeatedly destroyed and built. In the fourteenth year of Ming Chenghua (1478), the name was changed.

In 1900, when the Zhaoxian Pagoda was destroyed, the monk of Haishan was the abbot. Haishan was old and knew that he was unable to shake up in the dojo, so he promoted the monk Sheng'an of Cheng'en Temple to take over. Clean up the ruins of the Zhaoxian Pagoda and discover the Buddha's tooth, Haishan and Sheng'an.

St. Ann passed away, and the monk Merlin took over as abbot. After Merlin, the monk Tang took over. After Monk Tang took over the Buddha's tooth, he remade a more delicate rosewood box than the Shanhui Buddha's tooth box, invited the Buddha's tooth into it and copied the Shanhui inscription and the new wooden box.

At that time, there was no pagoda to hide, and the Buddha's tooth was enshrined on the altar table in the abbot's room. Therefore, there are two Buddha tooth wooden boxes that are circulated today, one of which is the agarwood box with the inscription of Shanhui, which is now offered in the living room of Lingguang Temple; Another () Tang made of rosewood box, now for the Beijing Guangji Temple Relic Pavilion. The successor of () Tang is the monk Jinglang.

After the clarity is the clarity of the heart. After the founding of New China, Jinglang and Xinming left the temple and went down the mountain one after another, and escaped into the red dust. There was no abbot for more than 30 years.

In the early eighties, the old monk Haiyuan of the Buddhist Association of China was the abbot of Lingguang Temple. The old monk passed away at the beginning of the 2000th year.

If you have the opportunity to see the Buddha's tooth enshrined in various monasteries in China, you will find that its size and shape are obviously different from the current human teeth, and people will inevitably be confused, isn't Shakyamuni Buddha also the crown prince of the ancient Indian Kabira Kingdom 2,500 years ago? How can the Buddha's teeth be so different from ours?

Question 1: Is this really the spiritual tooth of the Buddha? Why are the Buddha's spiritual teeth so large and so different in shape from human teeth?

Of course, all those who have doubts will naturally think that if the ancients used other animal teeth instead, then why not choose to replace them with human teeth that are readily available?

In fact, there is a clear record of this in the Buddhist scriptures: the scriptures say that the Buddha's treasure is solemn, and there are "thirty-two phases, eighty kinds of good". In the "Thirty-two Phases, Eighty Kinds of Good", there are the following "three phases" and "two good" aspects of the "Buddha's tooth".

Its "three phases" are:

1) Twenty-two phases: forty-tooth phases.

2) Twenty-three phases: all teeth are dense phase.

3) Twenty-four phases: the teeth are oil-soaked white and yellow.

"Two good" is: 1) Thirty-four good: the teeth are bright and bright.

2) Thirty-five good: the teeth are long and smooth.

Doubt 2: Can the Buddha's tooth be so long? The Buddhist scriptures also say that Shakyamuni Buddha is the body of Zhangliu, which means that the height of the Buddha is twice the height of a modern person.

Shakyamuni had eight more "teeth" than a normal person, and twenty in the upper and lower jaws. The odontographic phase should be characterized by a square columnar end face with a flat scale of 1. From this, we can calculate that the length of the tooth should be between 6 and 8 centimeters.

From the analysis of the record of "32 phases, 80 kinds of good", the "one phase" and "one good" about the Buddha's tooth mean that the Buddha's tooth is "yellow and white, square columnar, and shining".

And because the Buddha has forty teeth, twenty on the top and twenty on the bottom, the ends of the Buddha's mouth must be flat and smooth, otherwise the Buddha's mouth will not be disturbed and will appear strange.

According to the Buddhist scriptures, the spiritual teeth left by the Buddha will grow fine-grained relics at the root of the tooth socket and on the tooth body.

Tang Xuanzang's "Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty: The Kingdom of Kashmira" records that Master Xuanzang once worshipped the Buddha's tooth in Western India, and its Buddha's tooth was three inches long, soaked in oil, and shining.

According to the Buddhist scriptures and historical records, the two Buddha teeth treasured by the Buddha Palace Temple in Yingxian County are like the law, and their color, size and shape are completely consistent with the Buddhist classics. As Master Hui Li, a great monk in Taiwan and a Buddhist teacher in Africa, said: "Before building a tower, there must be a great bodhisattva who should appear in the world, and with all kinds of conveniences, call on sentient beings, before he can build a tower."

The Book of Songs" of "the mountains look up, the scenery stops". A pair of Buddha teeth of the Buddha Temple Shakya Pagoda in Yingxian County, for thousands of years, in people's minds such as high mountains, such as Jingxing (avenue), to admire, to practice. Kindness is born in response to the place, and kindness is born when looking at the Buddha's tooth.

Isn't that the meaning of life for every pilgrim?

That is, the teeth of the Buddha. Or rather, to get the teeth of a high monk.