What kind of Buddha are the six ancestors, and which Buddha is the six ancestors Huineng again

The six patriarchs do not refer to the Buddha, but to the patriarch of Zen Buddhism.

The origin of the six groups. 1. The collective name of the six generations of Zen patriarchs, namely the first ancestor Bodhidharma, the second ancestor Huike, the third ancestor Seng Can, the fourth ancestor Daoxin, the fifth ancestor Hongren, and the sixth ancestor Huineng (Volume 38 of the Great Tibetan Law).

2. Refers to the sixth generation patriarch of Zen Buddhism, that is, Huineng. His ancestral home is Yanshan, Hebei, and he is a native of Xinzhou, Lingnan (Xinxing, Guangdong), and his common surname is Lu. Lost his father at a young age, his family was poor, and he was a salaryman.

Occasionally, I heard the recitation of the Diamond Sutra, the ambition of the budding family, then cast the five ancestors under the Hongren seat, and heir its law, and then set up the Dharma building in Shaoyang Caoxi Baolin Temple, the purpose of the epiphany of Dahong Zen Buddhism, the sixth generation of patriarchs after the Bodhidharma patriarch entered the eastern soil, known as the six patriarchs. The sayings of the six ancestors are detailed in the "Altar Sutra".

Bodhi has no tree, and the mirror is not a platform.

There was nothing in the first place, where to stir up dust.

In the second year of Tang Xiantian, he settled in Caoxi for more than 20 days, said goodbye to the four people, and said that he would sit down. Leaving Vajra's incorruptible body, neither injected with preservatives; It is not vacuum-sealed; Guangdong's climate is hot and humid; So far, it has gone through more than 1,200 years, and it has not decayed or withered; Still serene and lifelike. The body is now enshrined in Nanhua Temple, Qujiang County, Guangdong Province.

Science can't explain it yet, and the Dharma is incredible.

The Buddhist scriptures say: Great enlightenment, Dharma body retribution, there is no two. It is that the body is not bad, the claws can grow, the majesty of the object, and the fragrance of the calamity. This is true of the view of the physical body, and the same is true of the concept of the physical body.

The Sixth Patriarch is the "Patriarch", the sixth generation of Zen Buddhism in Middle Earth.

The five Buddhas refer to: Medicine Buddha, Amitayus Buddha, Maitreya Buddha, Burning Lamp Buddha, and Shakyamini Buddha.

1. Medicine Buddha.

The full name of the Medicine Buddha is Medicine Buddha Liuli Guang Rulai, and it is also known as Medicine Buddha and Liuli Light Buddha. The glass in the name is a metaphor for the purity of the heart, as clear as the glass. And the reason why he is called a medicine man is because he can penetrate and reach all diseases in the world.

2. Amitabha.

Amitabha Buddha is also known as the Immeasurable Buddha. According to the Mahayana Sutra, Amitabha Buddha was determined to establish the Pure Land of Bliss, reach out to all sentient beings in a wide range, and achieve immeasurable and solemn merits, which was widely revered and promoted by Mahayana Buddhism. He often appears in the image of holding a lotus flower, also because people in the Pure Land of Bliss are not viviparous, but incarnate in the lotus flower.

3. Maitreya Buddha.

Maitreya Buddha is the successor of Shakyamuni Buddha, and his image is modeled after the Budai monk, and in some temples we can see him with his chest and belly open, with a bright smile on his face. It is said that he is "a great blessing", and reminds the world to learn and tolerate all the time.

4. Lamp burning Buddha.

The Buddha of the Burning Lamp is also called the fixed light and the universal light. The origin of the name Burning Lamp is recorded in the "Treatise on Great Wisdom": "When he was born, everything around him was like a lamp, so he was called the Prince of Burning Lamp."

Being a Buddha is also known as burning a lamp". The Buddha of the Burning Lamp has a great influence on Buddhism, and the meaning of "passing the lamp" is to pass on the Dharma.

5. Shakyamuni Buddha.

Shakyamuni Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, became a monk at the age of about 29 and studied meditation and asceticism. When he was about 5 years old, he received the Buddha's realization. Subsequently, he disseminated Buddhist culture to all classes.

It had a huge influence on ancient India, safeguarded the class interests of the Kshatriya in ancient India at that time, and the Buddhist culture was widely spread, and he was also revered as the saint of the Shakya tribe.

The five Buddhas of the Vajra realm

These five Buddhas dwell in the five liberation chakras of the vajra mandala**. Among them, the body of the Buddha is white, and the fist seal of wisdom is located in **. The body of the Buddha is full of Zen traces, the left hand is placed on the flank, and the right hand is hanging down and touching the ground, located in the east.

The Baosheng Buddha has a golden body, a fist in his left hand and a wish seal in his right hand, located in the south.

<> so far, there is no evidence to prove which Buddha and Bodhisattva the Six Patriarchs Huineng manifested to the masses. It can only be speculated that the Sixth Ancestor Huineng should be a Bodhisattva of more than eight places to come to this world.

Huineng, who is revered as the sixth patriarch of Zen Buddhism, has a profound and solid significance for the propagation of Chinese Buddhism and Zen Buddhism. Huineng received the mantle of the five ancestors Hongren, inherited the Dongshan lineage and established the Southern Sect, and carried forward the Dunjiao method of "pointing directly to the hearts of the people and seeing the nature to become a Buddha".

He was propagated in Lingnan, and also had a certain inspiration and influence on the border area and overseas culture. At the same time, it also aroused the respect and support of the royal family of the Central Plains, and the royal family repeatedly invited Huineng into the palace and built a temple and tower for it. After the uncovered meeting of the Dayun Temple in the slippery platform, through the debate between the north and the south, the status of Caoxi Zen in Zen Buddhism was established.

A hundred years after Huineng's demise, Zen scholars are no longer Cao Xi is not enough to talk about Zen. Liu Zongyuan wrote "The Tablet of the Great Jian Zen Master" and said: "All words of Zen are based on Cao Xi. "After the destruction of Wuzong, Cao Xichan became the mainstream of Chinese Buddhism.

The six ancestors refer to the collective name of the six generations of patriarchs of Zen Buddhism, namely the first ancestor Dharma, the second ancestor Huike, the third ancestor Seng Can, the fourth ancestor Daoxin, the fifth ancestor Hongren, and the sixth ancestor Huineng.

Among them, the six ancestors Hui Neng are revered as the six ancestors of Zen Buddhism.