When the Void Master passed away, what did it mean to sit down in silence

One of the ways to sit. That is, a sitting position with two feet crossed and the right foot crossed on the left leg and the left foot crossed on the right leg. Among all the meditation methods, this sitting method is the most stable and not easy to get tired.

It is also known as handing over one foot as a half-kneeling sitting, half-kneeling sitting; The two legs are all sitting on the knee, the big sitting, the lotus sitting, this is the appearance of the perfect sitting, all the Buddhas are sitting according to this, so it is also called sitting and sitting in the Buddha.

That's how the Dharma teacher sits when he dies.

Venerable Xuxu (1875-1963) became a monk in middle age, studied with Venerable Di Xian, a senior monk of the Tiantai sect in modern times, and made outstanding contributions to the establishment of Buddhist education and the construction of Buddhist monasteries. In 1925, the old monk Dixian passed on the 44th generation of the Tiantai Sect to Xuxu, and Master Xuxu became the 44th generation of the Tiantai Sect.

Chinese name 倓見 mage.

Aliases. Wang Futing nationality.

People's Republic of China.

Date of birth. Year 1875.

Date of death. 1963 year.

Faith. Representative works of Buddhism.

Diamond Sutra Handouts", "Heart Sutra Yishu" and so on.

The original place of origin and birthplace of Master Xuxu is Ninghe, Hebei Province, which now belongs to the Tianjin area.

In Buddhism, "death" refers to a state of mind, which means nirvana, not death. Nirvana is Sanskrit, the pronunciation is Poly Nirvana, the old cloud Nirvana, and the present Shun ancient Yiyun Nirvana.

It is also known as mud, or Yun Nipana, the sound of the omitted, or Chu Xia is different. The old translation is extinction, or cloud silence, non-action, liberation, happiness, non-birth and non-destruction, etc., although the name is different, its meaning is the same. Today, the two meanings of extinction and extinction are explained:

Extinguishment, that is, the meaning of 'extinguishing' to get rid of troubles, and 'degree' to get rid of life and death. Silence, silence is rational 'silence', and extinguishment means 'extinguishment' of afflictions. It can also be said that when the body of 'silence' is attained, the natural afflictions are 'extinguished'When the afflictions are eliminated, the nature of silence is naturally attained.

Wisdom on "clouds: Nirvana is called out, and the plate is called fun, which means that all pleasures are born and die forever, and it can also be translated as fun. According to the new translation, Master Xuanzang translates it as 'round death', this meaning is more perfect, because the translation of silence, extinction, liberation, etc., is only about the aspect of morality, and the words are about extinguishing the troubles of life and death.

Death is the wisdom of the two virtues. Explained in this way: Having the wisdom of all merit is called 'circle';Eternal freedom from all afflictions, life and death are called 'silence'.

To put it simply: that is, virtue is all 'round', and suffering is 'lonely'. In detail:

That is to say, the two strictness of blessing and wisdom achieve perfection (circle), the three confusions and troubles are completely cleared, the two kinds of life and death are completely freed (silence), and they will never be troubled by the troubles of life and death, and return to the original mind and body of "circle" and "silence", and obtain a solemn liberation of pure goodness and pure beauty. This is the state of nirvana – the realm of death. Circle the covenant into the good side of the word (accomplish all merit); The word of silence to extinguish evil (to break confusion and eliminate suffering).

According to this, it seems that the circle of silence seems to be the nirvana of Mahayana non-action, and the silence and extinction are Hinayana nirvana. In other words, the circle of death also refers to the 'true heart of the clear and the lonely'. Because it is the true heart that has all the merits (circles) and is forever free from all troubles (silence).

Becoming a Buddha is the proof of this sincerity, so nirvana is not the exclusive product of the Buddhas, but ordinary people have always been blinded by their dreams, so they cannot attain it. The so-called confusion is to turn dreams upside down, and enlightenment is nirvana. If we can extinguish a dream, we will prove a point of true enlightenment (like a mirror that goes to a point of dust, that is, a point of light), and even completely extinguish all of it.

At this point, all merits will return to the 'circle' and be full, and all troubles, life and death will be empty and 'silent' after all, which is the state of attaining the ultimate Mahayana nirvana.

What is Death?

"Circle" is the consummation of merit, and "silence" is pure and extinguished. As long as the three kinds of afflictions, the afflictions of contemplation, the afflictions of the Dharma, and the afflictions of ignorance, are completely extinguished, and the three virtues of the self-nature are secretly hidden in the Dharmakaya, Prajna, and liberation before they naturally appear, this is virtue; Extinguishing delusions and clinging to the three kinds of afflictions separately is called "gong", which is kung fu. When these three afflictions are gone, what you get is Dharmakaya, Prajna, and liberation, which is the merit of perfection, and this is called death.

Nowadays, many people misuse the term "death", and when a monk dies, he calls it "death". If we think that if we die and die, we will pass away and enter the great nirvana, then we don't need to practice, and we will enter the great nirvana, but this meaning is wrong. Those who enter the Great Nirvana are not necessarily dead, but when they are alive.

Master Huineng of the Tang Dynasty, if he didn't enter the Great Nirvana, the Five Ancestors would not pass on the Dharma to him. Great Nirvana is commonly known as "attaining the Dao" in China, which means practicing the right fruit and attaining the Dao.

Therefore, when the monks die, they don't say they are dead, they all say that they are dead, which means that they are praised for their nirvana like Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. Nirvana, is Sanskrit. Completely speaking, it is Mahaprajna Nirvana.

Translated into Chinese, it is the Great Extinction. To extinguish is to extinguish life and death. degree, is the degree of sentient beings.

Buddhas and Bodhisattvas spend sentient beings in all walks of life, and when there is a fate to the end of the Buddha and Bodhisattva's appearance, it will naturally not appear, and at this time, everyone says that the Buddha and Bodhisattva have nirvana, which is what it means. The word nirvana can also be used as an explanation of immortality, so the word nirvana is immortality and immortality, that is, liberation from birth and death. There is also an explanation that Nirvana translated into Chinese is Death.

Buddhist terms. Sanskrit paraphrases; It is transliterated as "nirvana" or "nirvana". It is said that all virtues are perfected and all evils are extinguished, and this is the ultimate goal of Buddhist practice.

Therefore, the death of monks and nuns was called death.

Having all the merits is round, and being away from all troubles is silence. Virtue is round, and suffering is lonely.

Yuan Ji is a member of Buddhism who died. It's called death.

Death is the Sanskrit paraphrase of parinirvna, transliterated as nirvana, the old meaning is extinction, into extinction, the perfection of all virtues, and the extinction of all evils; That is, to give up the realm of leakage and impurity, and to enter the realm of nirvana without leakage; It also refers to the suffering of life and death, and it is all quiet and wonderful. To put it bluntly, it is a monk who has attained the Tao to drive a crane to the west and pass away from the world. However, because of their immeasurable merits, these monks often pass away in a very complete and peaceful manner.

Just explaining what it means from the word list cannot fully explain the death. In-depth research will show that Buddhism has a soft spot for "circles", which is one of the disguised affirmations of the beauty of reality. Buddhism believes that the circle is perfect and perfect, and it is the most beautiful figure in reality; Nirvana is perfect, so it is called "round death"; If there is no obstacle to the roundness, it is called "Yuanzhi"; The Dharma circle is alive and vivid, so it is called the "Dharma Circle".

If "pure" is a moral term that frequently appears in the Buddha, then "circle" is an aesthetic term that frequently appears in Buddhist texts. What is the specific consciousness of death in Buddhism? We all know that the greatest characteristic of this form of circle is that it is complete, pervasive, and flawless.

In the eyes of Buddhism, the truth of Buddhism is also complete, pervasive, and flawless, so "circle" has become the best symbol and adjective of Buddhist truth. In this sense, "circle" means "perfect". Buddhism requires "rational circles".

The principle of Buddhism, in terms of objects, is "nirvana" and "silence". The Buddhist scriptures call "silence" "round death". Returning to aesthetics to explain what it means to be departed, in fact, Buddhism believes that true beauty is beauty that cannot be felt, and the object of this true beauty is nirvana.

Nirvana is both empty and "non-existent" and exists in real things, "non-existent", but "non-existent and non-existent", and "non-existence and non-existence". Death is nirvana, nirvana has the meaning of rebirth, so this process is from nothing to something, from existence to nothing, to complete a cycle, isn't this a circle?

When you live, you have no wisdom and no good fortune, but when you die, do you have good fortune with wisdom? This is a misunderstanding, a big, big misunderstanding. Therefore, "death" is attained when you are alive, not when you die.

It's over as soon as it's dead, why? Wisdom is gone, and good fortune is gone. You must live to attain it, and when you die, you can call it "death" and "enter nirvana."

This is a special term in Buddhism, and it should be explained clearly and there should be no misunderstanding.

The honorific title for the death of the great monk is an affirmation of his practice during his lifetime, specifically referring to the end of life, unnatural death is generally not called death, and there are special reasons, although Master Sheng Yan of Taiwan died of illness, but he has a great influence in the Buddhist world, and has made contributions to the world, and has practiced, also known as death.

This is generally referred to as knotted sitting. But it doesn't have to be like this when you pass away, and when you reach the level of freedom in life and death, you can die in any way and give up your physical body.

Because there is an unwritten rule for monks, another saying is that the monk is sitting, and the so-called sitting is that Buddhists sit upright and die peacefully.

It doesn't have to be cross-sitting, this kind of cross-sitting is called kneeling sitting.

When the monk passed away, there were also auspicious lying down. Therefore, sitting on the knees is not a method for a monk to pass away.

Many monks practice diligently and practice wisdom so that they can be at ease when they die.

A well-trained monk dies peacefully while sitting upright in a meditative position. It usually refers to a high-ranking monk who practices in a monastery.

Death originally meant to complete all merits and extinguish all afflictions, but now it is generally used for the death of a great monk. Sitting is a person who is a well-cultivated person who sits upright in a meditative posture and dies peacefully. It usually refers to a high-ranking monk who practices in a monastery.

Death and sitting are both Buddhist terms, both of which are different in terms and have the same meaning, both refer to death. The difference between the two usages is that the sitting position focuses on the dying posture of sitting upright and dying, while the posture of the round death is indefinite, either sitting, lying or standing.

This we often fold away, the lotus is the Bodhisattva Buddha's sitting plate, the lotus in Buddhism to express the meaning of purity, generally there is a response, the wish comes true.

The lotus flower (scientific name nelumbonucifera) means pure and unstained, bright and free, because the lotus flower is not stained by the mud, and this virtue and characteristic, the Buddha liked to use the lotus flower as a metaphor.

Sentient beings reincarnate in the six realms, indulging in the five desires (Sanskrit panca kamah) and the six dusts (Sanskrit sad visayah), not knowing the decision to become enlightened, and falling deeper and deeper. The compassionate Buddha told us that the five desires and six dusts of the desire for pleasure cannot be touched or stained, and that we should realize that the five desires and six dusts are empty and unreal, such as illusions, and that we must be free from the five desires and six dusts in order to be liberated, and those who study the Dharma should imitate the spirit of the lotus flower that is not stained by the mud.

The lotus flower is often used as a metaphor by the Buddha and Bodhisattva in Buddhism, representing the meaning of tranquility, unstainedness, light, freedom and liberation. For other flowers, the Buddha is less likely, the Buddha sitting on the lotus flower is very solemn, pure and comfortable, and extremely serene; Wouldn't it be strange if the Buddha sat on a jasmine flower? Not only is it not solemn, but the Buddha seems to have no temperament at the moment, much inferior, isn't it?

For example, Venerable Ben's book "Questions and Answers on Buddhism").