What are the 12 branches? What do the twelve refer to?

Foreword] Twelve karmas.

Also known as the twelve branches, there are three haves (three realms), branches are branches, and the cause and effect of the flow of life and death in the three haves in the world are not out of these twelve branches, so the name is twelve branches. The practitioner of the Dependent Enlightenment Vehicle (Note 1) is to observe these 12 causes and attain the Buddhahood of Enlightenment.

The Meaning of the Twelve Causes].

1. Ignorance: Ignorance. A dull mind, without the wisdom to observe all laws and affairs, and unable to know the cause and effect of good and evil, is a common term for greed, ignorance, and other afflictions.

2. Action: Righteousness. Because of ignorance and afflictions, and the body and mouth create all kinds of actions, good deeds are called good karma, and evil deeds are called bad karma, so actions are also called karma, and if you have karma, you will be rewarded.

3. Awareness: Cognition arises from the confusion and afflictions of past lives and the karma of good and evil, which leads to the separation of the mind, that is, cognition. For example, after death, the divine consciousness becomes the bardo body.

Note 2), when we see our parents intermingling, in an instant, we develop a heart of hatred and love for separation, that is, we are reincarnated, and this is the function of consciousness.

4. Name and color: name refers to the spirit and mind, and color refers to matter. In the womb of the fetus, the six roots have not yet grown, and only the mind and fetal shape are called the name color.

Five, six into: that is, the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind six roots, because of the color, sound, fragrance, taste, touch, law six dust from these six places. Therefore, the fetus is in the mother's body, and the stage when the six roots are gradually completed is called the six in.

6. Touch: that is, contact. After the fetus is born, the six roots come into contact with the external dust, which is called touch.

7. Receive: that is, receive. The feelings that arise from the contact between roots, dust, and consciousness can be divided into suffering, happiness, and giving.

For the state of disobedience, the physical and mental pain and troubles are called suffering; For the state of good fortune, feeling physically and mentally pleasant is called happiness; For the golden mean (Note 3), feeling neither bitter nor happy is called the mean acceptance, also known as giving up.

8. Love: Greedy for fame and love. In the realm of preference, there are all kinds of desires and greed.

9. Take: Grasp the realm, and say that the name is taking. After loving in the heart, you want to take it more and take it for yourself, that is, to take it.

10. Yes: Because they want to possess it, they use various means to create all kinds of good karma and bad karma, so there will be good and evil retribution in the future, which is called yes.

Ten. 1. Birth: that is, the birth of future lives. Creating karma because of greed and taking in this life is to feel the retribution of being born in the next life.

Ten. 2. Death of old age: decay becomes old age, and bad life ends in death. If there is life, there will be old age and death.

1. There are 10 heavenly stems: A, B, C, D, E, G, G, XIN, NON, and DE.

2. There are 12 earthly branches: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, and Hai.

Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai are what we call 12 and take effect on 10 days: A, B, C, D, E, G, XIN, NON, and QI. Paired with a 60-year cycle

Ignorance, action, knowledge, fame, six in, touch, receive, love, take, have, birth, old age and death, weigh"Twelve"。

Buddhist terminology, 12 causes.

The twelve branches are: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, and Hai.

Also known as "Twelve Branches".

The Book of Rites, the Month Order" "Its Day A and B" Han Cai Yong Chapter Sentence: "Da Scratch to explore the feelings of the five elements, occupied by the Dougang, so the beginning of A and B to name the day of the stem, as the name of the day of the branch, the branch of the ugly to the name of the day, the branch to match into sixty years. Later, he called Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, and Hai as the "Twelve Branches".

Historical Records and Legal Books" "Yan Feng Setig Taichu First Year" Tang Sima Zhen Suo Yin: ""Erya Shitian" Yun Sui Yang, A, B, C, D, E, Ji, G, Xin, Ren, and Gui Shigan are also. Those who are in the shade of the year, the twelve branches of Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, and Hai are also.

Song Zhang Shinan "Records of the Wandering Eunuchs" volume 5: "From Jia to Gui is ten branches, and from Zi to Hai is twelve branches." Qing Liu Si Group "Introduction to the Book of the Emperor's Classics", Volume 4:

Yin number two, two derivation twelve, count up twelve. See " Trunk branch ".

It is also known as the eighteen Zen branches, the eighteen branches of forests, and the eighteen meditation branches. Refers to the eighteen merits of the four meditations. The second volume of the Dharma Realm uploads the Qing calendar, and the eighteen branches are:

1) The five branches of the first meditation Tianding: (1) Jue Zhi (seeking the branch), which means that the practitioner has not yet reached the ground in the realm of desire, and has developed the first Zen ** pure color method, touching the root of the body of the desire realm, and the heart is greatly enlightened, that is, the body is born and perceived, and this color is touched. (2) Contemplation of the branch (service branch), which means that the practitioner has proved the merits of the first meditation, and carefully distinguishes the color method of this meditation, all the wonderful merits, and the realm is clear, which is unprecedented in the realm of desire.

3) Joy branch, it is said that when the practitioner first starts Zen, he is happy, and there is very little joy in thinking about the world of desire, and now he has the first suspicion of Zen, and the benefits are very many, and the joy is immeasurable. (4) Happiness is said to be the first meditation of the practitioner, the joy of the heart is resting, then tranquil and happy. (5) One heart branch (fixed branch), which means that when the practitioner first realizes Zen, the heart is based on the method of searching for pleasure according to the perception of the joyful person, so there is a subtle dispersion, if the joy of the mind rests, the natural heart and the fixed one.

Indicates the order of year, month, and hour.

The twelve earthly branches are also known as the twelve branches. It is a general term for Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, and Hai. The composition of the sexagenary and earthly branches formed the traditional calendar of ancient China. In ancient China, it was used to match the heavenly stem and was used to indicate the order of years, months, and hours.

The time of the representative.

1. [Sub-hour] Midnight, also known as midnight, midnight: the first hour of the twelve-hour. (23:00 to 01:00 Beijing time).

2. [Ugly time] Rooster crow, also known as wild chicken: the second hour of the twelve. (01:00 a.m. to 03:00 a.m. Beijing time).

3. [Yinshi] Pingdan, also known as dawn, morning, day, etc.: Shi is the time when night and day alternate. (03:00 to 05:00 Beijing time).

4. [Mao Shi] Sunrise, also known as the beginning of the sun, dawn, rising sun, etc.: refers to the time when the sun has just appeared and is rising. (05:00 to 07:00 Beijing time).

5. [Chenshi] food time, also known as morning food, etc.: the time when the ancient Chinese people "went to eat" was the time to eat breakfast, (Beijing time 07 to 09 o'clock).

6. [巳时] Yuzhong, also known as Riyu, etc.: It is called Yuzhong when it is close to noon. (09 a.m. to 11 a.m. Beijing time).

7. [Noon] Midday, also known as Rizheng, noon, etc.: (11 a.m. to 13 p.m. Beijing time).

8. [Untimed] Sun Fall, also known as Sun Fall, Sun Central, etc.: The sun is west for the sun to fall. (1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Beijing time).

9. [Shen Shi] Feeding time, also known as day shop, evening food, etc.: (15 o'clock to 17 o'clock Beijing time).

10. [unitary time] sunset, also known as sunset, sunset, evening: it means when the sun sets. (5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Beijing time).

11. [戌時] Dusk, also known as sunset, sunset, evening and evening, etc.: At this time, the sun has set, and the sky will be dark before it is dark. The sky and the earth are dim, and everything is hazy, so it is called dusk. (7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Beijing time).

12. [Hai Shi] Ren Ding, also known as Ding Dusk, etc.: At this time, the night is dark, and people have stopped their activities and slept peacefully. People are quiet, that is, people are quiet. (9 p.m. to 11 p.m. Beijing time).

The "Twelve Branches" include "Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai", also known as "Earth Branch". The sexagenary branch was the method of keeping time in ancient times, and now most of them are only used to calculate the lunar year and zodiac. "Heavenly stems" refers to "A, B, C, D, E, G, G, XIN, NON, and DE", also known as "ten stems".