Buddhist scriptures, who will help me!! What do the four verses of the sutra mean

The body is like a Bodhi tree, the heart is like a mirror, always wipe diligently, so as not to cause dust.

Bodhi has no tree, the mirror is not a platform, there is nothing originally, where is the dust?

Many people know these two Buddhist verses, the former was written by Shenxiu, and the latter was written by the sixth ancestor Huineng, and these two poems are also the basis for the five ancestors to decide who will inherit the mantle. The former was written by Shenxiu first, and everyone praised it, and the five ancestors smiled after seeing it; The next day, Huineng wrote the latter, and everyone was very puzzled, and the five ancestors immediately wiped it off the wall after seeing it, for fear that someone would harm Huineng, which shows that the five ancestors have a mind, and finally Huineng inherits the mantle.

These two poems, simply put, depict two realms, the former is before enlightenment, that is, "gradual enlightenment", and the latter is after enlightenment, that is, the moment of "epiphany". So did the five ancestors think that Hui Neng wrote better than Shen Xiu, so they passed on the throne to Hui Neng? Many people think so, thinking that Huineng writes more profoundly than Shenxiu, and it is true, if you want to inherit the mantle, you must cultivate to a certain level, or even have enlightenment, and Huineng is such a candidate.

So can we use this to deny Master Shenxiu's son? A large number of people who study Zen or have a certain amount of thoughts about it subconsciously deny Shenxiu's words, believing that the latter is the highest state, and in practice, they pay more attention to the latter's enlightenment, which is indeed a very good method, but there are many people who are lazy in their practice and do a little bit of diligence and feel very tired, so they use the second poem to comfort themselves, which is a kind of self-deception.

In fact, Shenxiu and Huineng happened to teach us a lesson in enlightenment, first with Shenxiu's penance and diligent cultivation after a long period of accumulation, constantly eliminating karma, cutting off troubles, and increasing wisdom, and finally there was the realm of Huineng's second poem, and those who put the cart before the horse, obviously will not get results. Therefore, there is no need to separate "gradual enlightenment" from "epiphany", because they are originally unified and integrated, gradual enlightenment is the accumulation of quantity, and epiphany is a qualitative leap, both of which are indispensable. Buddhism talks about the six paramitas, and among them is the diligent paramita, and every enlightened practitioner has mostly achieved enlightenment through diligent tantra, and they never say to themselves, "I do these are 'bodhi without trees', there is no need to do this", because they don't have the capital to say this, and what they say is only superficial words, not real enlightenment.

If all the monks thought like this, what would they do in the morning and evening? What sutra to recite? What kind of meditation to sit on?

Isn't it all in vain? Obviously not right.

Master Danxia can burn the Buddha statue as firewood without any karma, but we can't, because he has already realized the Tao and will not have the heart to move, burning the Buddha statue is the same as burning wood, we burn it is "out of the Buddha's body and blood", and fall into hell, because we are ordinary wisdom. There are countless such examples, and one of the purposes of recording them is to warn future generations not to be opportunistic and self-deceiving, but to be down-to-earth and follow the path of the Buddha's practice, so that the asceticism of the body can be saved, and the experience and sweeping of one's own nature cannot be avoided.

Walking is also Zen, sitting is also Zen, silent movement and static body are peaceful, practicing in life, living in practice.

Bodhi has no tree, the mirror is not a platform, there is nothing originally, where is the dust?

This verse is from the Six Ancestors Altar Sutra, the first paragraph! Huineng went to see the Five Ancestors and Ren Master to seek the Dharma. The Five Patriarchs ordered their disciples to write a poem to see if they were enlightened.

If someone's son is well written, truly enlightened, and worthy of the Dharma instrument, then pass on the ancestral throne to him. Master Shenxiu was under the throne of the five ancestors at that time and was a professor. Write a note on the wall:

The body is a bodhisattva tree, the heart is like a mirror platform, always wipe diligently, don't make dust! After Hui Neng saw it, he also made people ** side: "Bodhi has no tree, the mirror is not a platform, there is nothing originally, where can it cause dirt?"

The five ancestors then secretly passed on the Fa, and Fu Mantle and Hui Neng were the sixth ancestors!

The meaning of this poem is: Bodhi is formless and formless, and if you still cling to a Bodhi tree, you still have no phase. Bodhi is the enlightenment of the mind, not the body.

The same is true of the mind, which is formless and formless, but it can give birth to a universal magic method. The mind is manifested in all realms, all phases, and all laws, and it cannot be fixed with a certain image. The true Buddha-nature mind does not set up any thought to cling to, does not establish any purity and one stain, destroys one life, increases and decreases, and ...... one goes and one comes.

Therefore, not clinging to the mind is a mirror, which is the opposing mind, the discriminating mind, and the give-and-take mind. The heart is pure and empty, which means that it is not stained by a law, where does the dust come from? Why try?

The realm of this poem is the realm of an enlightened person, Bodhi is formless and formless, and the mind is also formless and formless, originally all the laws are illusory, there is nothing real, what to talk about not causing dust?

The body is a Bodhi tree, and the heart is a mirror platform.

Always wipe diligently, don't make dust.

— Monk Shenxiu.

Bodhi has no tree, the mirror is not a platform, there is nothing originally, where is the dust?

—Monk Huineng.

Under the Bodhi tree, the prince turned the Buddha into a Buddha, and said that there is no tree, and he sewed your dog's mouth.

—You, Lord Yama.

Monk Huineng is still respectable, damn it, the living ghost who wrote the altar scripture for him and cheated money].

From the point of view of Dunlun, we beginners should practice as Master Shenxiu said, and in the ultimate sense, we should understand (rationally) like the six ancestors

But they don't want to contradict each other, because these two verses are two sides of the same coin, one is reality and the other is emptiness, one is not two.

As practitioners, we should pay attention to our root nature and not practice the Dharma of the upper root nature, otherwise we will easily fall into the demonic path without knowing it.

Amitabha.

Thinking of emptiness is not empty, feeling emptiness and vacuum, speaking without consciousness, and the heart and action are empty! True emptiness is not imaginary, it is also beyond all physical and mental experiences and insights, of course you have not experienced it, and if you experience it, you will become a Buddha! Therefore, Shenxiu is the practice, and the six ancestors are the goal, so don't be deceived by emptiness, your emptiness is imagined by the sixth consciousness, there is birth and death, see the vacuum, you have to reach the four meditations, breathing, heartbeat has stopped!

Of course, you have to know a lot of Dharma first!

The preceding poem is a practical practice. The post-poem is the wisdom of emptiness.

We have to do the pre-poem. It is also necessary to do the post-poem. Indispensable.

If you only have the wisdom of emptiness and don't actually practice, you can't achieve anything.

So both of these poems are necessary paths to practice. Indispensable.

There is no Amitabha Buddha in the south. I wish you all good luck.

Great treasure vast pavilion good dharani dharani).

Personally, I simply understand that Master Shenxiu means cultivating the mind with things, and the mind is not attached to the realm, and the Six Ancestors are the verses of the source of the Fa, and everything is empty. Personal understanding is for informational purposes only, thank you.

The Great Dictionary of Buddhism: "Four Verses" refers to the verses composed of four sentences. The verses contained in the Buddhist book are composed of four sentences, and the number of words is not limited.

The four verses often cover the essence of the Sutra on the Dharma, so in the middle of the Sutra, teaching people with four verses or holding on to a certain four verses has great merit.

Four sentences] One says: emptiness, two says: hollowness, three says: emptiness, and four says: emptiness.

The General Treatise on Vajra Mind [Four Verses Fourth] Manjushri asked the Buddha. In the Diamond Sutra, the Buddha often praises and holds the four verses. Speaking to others, the good fortune obtained, the victory will be the blessing of the seven treasures piled up in the east, west, north and south, the four dimensions, the upper and lower voids; It is also better than the first day of the day, the middle of the day, the day after tomorrow, and even the blessing of the Ganges sand and other lives since millions of eons.

What is the untried cloud is four sentences. Buddha said: All living beings have Buddha nature.

It is not born and is not destroyed. It is only because of mistakes that it rises and sinks. Why.

All beings are confused. So eternal doom falls. The Buddhas are always unconscious.

Therefore, it will become a Buddha forever. If there are men and women who seek the Buddha's way, they will enter the Tao process, and the power is divided into four levels, with four sentences.

In Buddhist scriptures, bai is often mentioned

Four sentences", in simple terms, zhi

It refers to the four verses of the Buddhist scriptures that are similar to the Chinese poetry form dao.

In Buddhist scriptures, 偈 is a form of expression often used to express Buddhist teachings succinctly. And the four-sentence verse is the shortest verse in the Buddhist scriptures (there are many verses of more than a dozen sentences in the Buddhist scriptures). Therefore, the Buddha often said one or four verses, often referring to the content of a short Buddhist scripture.

Here's how the dictionary explains:

"The Great Dictionary of Buddhism": "Four verses] refers to the verses composed of four verses. The verses contained in the Buddhist book are composed of four sentences, and the number of words is not limited. The four verses often cover the essence of the sutras and the Dharma.

Which four sentences? Please be detailed.

All in all, blank! Invisible and suspicious: vanishing like a cloud: good deeds enter the clouds and reach the heavens.

The first Vibha's corpse Buddha clouds:

The body is born from nothingness, as if it were an illusion of images;

The illusory mind has no original consciousness, and the sins and blessings are all empty and have no place to live.

The second corpse of the Buddha is abandoned:

The good dharma is illusory, and the creation of all bad karma is also illusory;

The body is like a gathering foam, the heart is like the wind, and there is no root and no substance.

The third Vaisha Buddha clouds:

Under the pretense of the four major bodies, the mind has no cause and circumstance;

If there is no intention in the future, there will be no sin and blessing will be extinguished if there is no illusion.

Fourth detention Sun Buddha Yun:

Seeing that the body is not real is the Buddha's body, and the mind is like an illusion is a Buddha's illusion;

The body is empty, what is the difference between the Buddha and the Buddha?

Fifth, the Buddha of the

A Buddha does not see the body and knows that it is a Buddha, and if there is a real knowledge, there is no Buddha;

A wise man can know the emptiness of sin, and he is not afraid of life and death.

Sixth Buddha Buddha Clouds:

All sentient beings are pure in nature, and they are indestructible from nothing;

That is to say, the body and mind are illusory, and there is no sin in the illusion.

Seventh Shakyamuni Buddha clouds:

The law cannot be lawed, and the law cannot be lawed;

When it is impossible to pay today, how can the law be lawed?

There are many ways to achieve enlightenment, and all beings have different roots, and each method is different. Here is the introduction of "Reciting the Seven Buddhas and Spreading the Dharma and Enlightenment". In the past, the seven Buddhas all condensed the best Dharma that they had preached throughout their lives into one and passed it on to future generations.

If you recite it every day, you should open up the Buddha's knowledge, destroy immeasurable sins, generate immeasurable merits, and directly prove the supreme Bodhi.

The seven Buddhas preached the Dharma, all of which broke the delusions of the body and mind. Liang takes sentient beings, comes from the beginningless, loses his distortion, and vainly believes that the four major beings are the body, and the six dusts are the heart. It has been lost, it has become a thing, and it has been recognized.

From fascinated to fascinated, there is no end to the exhibition, so the Buddha and the Buddha are broken, so that in the body and mind, the body and mind are enlightened, and the pure guess is unobtainable. The body of the law is really wise, and the body is round and bright. The so-called emptiness of the body and mind is inherently empty.

What is the difference between Si people and Buddhas? When the Buddha is believed, fortunately there will be no mistakes.

Buddha verse (eulogy in Buddhist scriptures), Buddhist language, similar to the famous aphorisms in the world. Buddhist teachings For example, Bodhi is not a tree, a mirror is not a platform, there is nothing in the original, where is the dust. There is nothing to do, nothing to think about. The physique is immeasurable, and those who see it are amazed.

The Seven Buddhas said:

The body is born from nothingness, as if it were an illusion of images; The illusory mind has no original consciousness, and the sins and blessings are all empty and have no place to live.

The corpse of the Buddha said:

The good dharma is illusory, and the creation of all bad karma is also illusory; The body is like a gathering foam, the heart is like the wind, and there is no root and no substance.

The Buddha said:

Under the pretense of the four major bodies, the mind has no cause and circumstance; If there is no intention in the future, there will be no sin and blessing will be extinguished if there is no illusion.

Detention Sun Buddha said:

Seeing that the body is not real is the Buddha's view, and the mind is like an illusion is the Buddha. The body and mind are naturally empty, and there is no difference between Si people and Buddhas.

The Buddha said:

A Buddha does not see the body and knows that it is a Buddha, and if there is a real knowledge, there is no Buddha; A wise man can know the emptiness of sin, and he is not afraid of life and death.

The Buddha said:

All sentient beings are pure in nature, and they are indestructible from nothing; That is to say, the body and mind are illusory, and there is no sin in the illusion.

Shakyamuni Buddha said:

The law cannot be lawed, and the law cannot be lawed; When it is impossible to pay today, how can the law be lawed?

It is to implicitly convey the Dharma and some of the teachings contained in the Dharma in the form of borrowing or metaphors.

A poem that embodies the heart of the Buddha. It's a Buddhist poem.

1. Do not do all evil, practice all good, and purify oneself is Buddhism.

2. If you see me with color and ask me with your voice, you are walking in evil ways, and you cannot see me as you are.

3. Everything has a promising way, such as a dream bubble. If dew is like electricity, it should be viewed as such.

The Seven Buddhas and the Corpse Buddha: The body is born from nothingness, as if it is a fantasy of images. The illusory mind has no original consciousness, and the sins and blessings are all empty and have no place to live.

Corpse Abandonment of the Buddha: Raising all good dharma is illusory, and creating all kinds of bad karma is also illusory. The body is like a gathering foam, the heart is like the wind, and there is no root and no substance.

Vaisha Buddha: Under the pretense of the four major bodies, the mind has no cause for life. If there is no intention in the future, there will be no sin and blessing will be extinguished if there is no illusion.

Detention of Sun Buddha: Seeing that the body is not real is the body of the Buddha, and the mind is like an illusion is a Buddha's illusion. The body and mind are empty, and people are like Buddhas.

Holding Nahan Buddha: A Buddha does not see the body and knows that he is a Buddha, and if he has knowledge, there is no Buddha. A wise man can know the emptiness of sin, and he is not afraid of life and death.

Kasaba Buddha: All sentient beings have pure hearts, and they are indestructible from their own existence. That is to say, the body and mind are illusory, and there is no sin in the illusion.

Shakyamuni: The Dharma is impossible. There is no law and no law. When it is impossible to pay today, how can the law be lawed?

And the Buddha: Nothing is the Dharma body, and nothing is the Buddha's mind. The body and mind are empty, and the husband is not afraid of death and life.

Zen Buddhism [First Ancestor] Mahakasya.

The law is the original law, and there can be no illegality, so why is there a law and a non-(non-)law in a law?

Zen Buddhism [Second Ancestor] Ananda.

Originally, there was a law, but there was no way to pay, and each had to realize itself, and there was no way to realize it.

Zen Buddhism [Third Ancestor] Shang Na and Xiu.

Illegality is not the mind, no mind is also impossible, when it is said to be the law of the heart, it is the law and not the law.

Zen Buddhism [Fourth Ancestor] Upado.

The heart is from the original heart, the original heart is not the law, the law has the heart, and the heart is not the law.

Zen Buddhism [Fifth Ancestor] Titoga.

To reach the mind of this Dharma, there is no way to be without illegality, and if you are enlightened, you are not enlightened, and you cannot be without a heart.

Zen Buddhism [Sixth Ancestor] Mijaga.

If the heart is not the heart, the heart is not the heart, and the heart is not the heart.

Zen Buddhism [Seventh Ancestor] Posu Honey.

The mind is the same as the void realm, showing the void law, and when the void is proven, there is nothing wrong and no illegality.

Zen Buddhism [Eighth Ancestor] Buddha is difficult to mention.

There is no inside and outside the void, and the same is true of the mind, if there is emptiness, it is true and reasonable.

Zen Buddhism [Ninth Ancestor] Fu Dai Mi Duo.

The truth is nameless, but because the name reveals the truth, one receives the true law, which is neither true nor false.

Zen Buddhism [Tenth Ancestor] Waki Venerable.

The true body is naturally true, because the truth is reasonable, and the true Dharma is obtained, and there is no end to action.

Zen Buddhism [Eleven Ancestors] rich that night luxury.

Confusion is like hidden manifestation, light and darkness are not separated, and now pay the hidden and explicit law, neither one nor two.

Zen Buddhism [Twelve Ancestors] Ma Ming Master.

Hidden manifestation is the law, the light and dark elements are not two, and now the law is enlightened, neither taking nor leaving.

Zen Buddhism [Thirteen Ancestors] Kabi Mara.

It is neither hidden nor explicit, it is said to be true and realistic, and it is neither foolish nor wise to understand this explicit and implicit law.

Zen Buddhism [Fourteen Ancestors] Nagarjuna.

In order to clearly and implicitly reveal the Dharma, Fang said that the reason for liberation is not proved in the heart of the Dharma, and there is no shame or joy.

Zen Buddhism [Fifteen Patriarchs] Ganadeva.

In order to explain the principle of liberation, there is no proof in the Dharma, and there is no end and no beginning.

Zen Buddhism [Sixteen Ancestors] Luo Yu Luoduo.

There is no evidence in the law, and if you don't take it and don't leave it, the law doesn't have any phase, where does the internal and external clouds come from?