What are the subtle contents and hints of Journey to the West .

As a representative of the Buddhist scriptures, I think that the most significant narrative technique of "Journey to the West" is an allegorical metaphor and a reincarnation model constructed by words. To give you an example: when I read that Sun Wukong jumped out of the cracked Five Elements Mountain, I felt that the picture was familiar—isn't it the scene of the birth of the Monkey King?!

So, jumping out of the Five Elements Mountain symbolizes Goku's rebirth! And before "this life" was obtained, there was another highly symbolic event: the seal of the six-character mantra and the removal of that seal.

We know that the six-character mantra symbolizes the gift of extremely high wisdom, the cessation of afflictions, and the detachment from reincarnation - rather, these five hundred years are Wukong's meditation period, and the seal of the six-character mantra is to continuously give him great wisdom and high energy in meditation - this long gestation will inevitably give birth to a Buddha-nature life with great energy. Compared with the "first life" that absorbs the essence of heaven and earth and is naturally born in nature without good and evil, this is obviously a kind of progress and an upward reincarnation. In addition to this, there are many incredible reincarnations in the book:

Tang Seng's parents got married because of throwing hydrangeas, and Tang Seng was also hit by the princess's hydrangea in Tianzhu; The "Jiang Liu'er" who was thrown into the water as soon as he was born, and the last of the nine hundred and eighty-one difficulties was actually thrown into the Tongtian River by a giant turtle - all this is no coincidence.

I believe that there is not a single superfluous character in Journey to the West. For example, when Wukong visited the immortals at the beginning, he met a woodcutter halfway up the mountain. If you only look at the plot, this woodcutter can just leave one line and show the way; But in the book, this Da Chai Lang told his life experience.

Why? If you pay attention, you will find that the part of Wukong's visit to the immortals is completely a copy of the story of the six ancestors Huineng: the woodcutter's life experience is almost the experience of the six ancestors before learning Zen; And Wukong's experience of studying with the Bodhi Patriarch is a reproduction of the scene of the six ancestors studying under the door of the five ancestors - these two times can be described as the program of the whole book - except that the six ancestors returned to Caoxi incognito, and ten years later when the opportunity was ripe, they became famous in the Zen forest; However, Wukong, who is desperate to achieve himself, completely violates the mystery of meditation - being born from the collapse of the Five Elements Mountain is the second path of practical meditation.

I haven't finished reading the book yet, and I'm going to slowly look for the moment when Goku had an epiphany.

The wonderful meaning of "Journey to the West" is all in the two sentences of the outline. The outline is tight, but only one or two words. For example, the first time, "The spiritual root nurtures the source of pregnancy and flows out, and the spiritual cultivation is born."

"Linggen" is the word of the previous sentence, and "Xinzhi" is the word of the next sentence. It can be seen that the spiritual root is the spiritual root, and the heart is the heart nature, and the spiritual root is specially cultivated, and the non-spiritual cultivation is the spiritual root. How clear!

How distinct! As the next time, "Realize the true truth of Bodhi, break the demon and return to the original god." "Enlightenment" is the word of the previous sentence, and "Breaking the Demon" is the word of the next sentence.

Enlightenment first and then action, enlightenment to pass, practice to experience enlightenment, knowledge and action are needed, you can return to the original and the original spirit. There are thousands of words in the article, and the changes are clutched, which is nothing more than the meaning of this outline. In this way, we need to focus on it.

Those who know this can read "Journey to the West".

Tang Seng and his entourage arrived at Jinping Mansion in Tianzhu Foreign County, and a monk from Ciyun Temple learned that Tang Seng was from Dongtu, so he made a big salute and said: "I am a good person here, reading the scriptures and reciting the Buddha, and they all expect to cultivate to your Chinese land." I saw that the teacher was richly dressed, and it was really cultivated in the previous life, so he could be used for this, so he worshiped now.

"Liao Zhai Zhiyi Western Monk" said that two monks from the Western Regions came to the eastern land, and also turned over the Flaming Mountain and crossed the quicksand river, because they heard that the four famous mountains in China are all over the place, and they will become Buddhas.

Judging from the trend, in the second half of the journey, the closer to Lingshan, the closer Tang Seng got to Sun Wukong and alienated Zhu Bajie. Even when he arrived at Lingshan, he was treated unbelievably "unfairly", and Tang Seng's personality became a little stronger, and he seemed to be somewhat influenced by Sun Wukong. Sun Wukong is the "heart ape", he has finally found his "original intention".

"Journey to the West" is also the book of immortals, which is different from the book of talents. The book of geniuses talks about the way of the world, which seems to be true but true and false; The book of immortals talks about the way of heaven, which seems to be false but true. The book of talents is still its text, the words are gorgeous and the reason is shallow; The book of immortals is still meaningful, and the words are light and profound. Those who know this can read "Journey to the West".

What are the subtle contents and hints of "Journey to the West".I think the subtle content and hints of "Journey to the West" mainly focus on the character of Sha Seng, which can be analyzed from different angles. Here, I would like to share my simple opinion:

1. Most people believe that the character of the sand monk contains the characteristics of being honest and hardworking, valuing harmony, and being taciturn, but there are also some people who believe that the sand monk is very deep in the city, and on the surface it seems that he has "no character", but in fact he is good at hiding himself, and the real sand monk is an extremely shrewd person.

2. Why are there such polarized comments and analyses on the character of the sand monk? From the point of view of Buddhist consciousness, this is because the sand monk symbolizes the sixth consciousness (good at synthesis and separation) in each of our minds. This is different from the first five consciousnesses of "eyes, ears, nose, tongue and body" represented by Zhu Bajie (this is the perceptual cognition of the so-called "five doors of doing business" in the so-called "five doors" of consciousness), and the eighth alayya consciousness (king of the heart) represented by Sun Wukong.

3. I think that the interpretation of "Journey to the West" should not be regarded as someone else's story, but as an inspiration for the life wisdom of each of us, so it is natural and friendly to read. All the obscurity is not in the book, but in our own life. Whether it is honest or shrewd, it is actually the hidden potential and characteristics of our own lives.