What is Buddhism

 What is Buddhism, Venerable Master Wei of Taiwan to television viewers
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fellow practitioners today, I saw some further studies on the problem, we use this time to share with you a brief description.
S Most people have a problem is a common problem. He said we have many common image of the Buddha, enshrined in the temple or the family, we worship the supply. The problem is: the image of Buddha Bodhisattva, and Buddha Buddha meaning, in the end there? Buddha and Bodhisattva worship in what is the difference? We should use what kind of mentality, to worship Buddha and Bodhisattva worship tomorrow, is the right?
this question, I think is a very serious problem. Because superstition is a negative impact on society. Respect, worship in China for thousands of years of practice, have a positive effect for social education, decisions are not superstitious, it is clear that we need to identify. Buddhism is the teaching profession, it not Shinto, Buddhism, so is education, not religion. In Buddhism there can be said for thousands of years, teaching art to understand it. We in the monasteries, nunneries being, see the image of Buddha, there are statue, a painting, all kinds, many species. In the classic Buddha inside, the Buddha once said, a Buddha told us there are over one thousand two hundred and chanted name Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are not in it. Buddha told us that many of the chanting, is each of our beings from nature is a German can. We give a few an example to say, we do know.
example, the name of Sakyamuni, is the transliteration of the Sanskrit, the meaning of Buddha is merciful, Fanzuo may be able to; Muni Fanzuo quiescence, that is pure meaning. It can be seen with the pure mercy of our own nature is a German can. The German name can be sure to use it to show up, we heard the name, we must know that we should treat people kind of doing things on their own To clean, with a pure heart to treat yourself, treat others with compassion, and this is the meaning of the Buddha. So hear this name, or see the image of Sakyamuni Buddha, brought us a concept, which is teaching. This is the art of the table method in this way, always reminding us constantly out of Germany revealed. Buddha's name is a virtue, that is, a Buddha is the German energy; this with the German can, and now we lost, not really lost, is lost; lost, the self-sexual before Germany can not now.
example, we have been merciful, is merciful, and now we are people, compassion for things that are not. We could have been pure self-nature, and now fly all day long is delusional, irrational thoughts constantly, bringing the endless troubles, that is our of Germany lost, lost. How can I restore it? must depend on cultivation. Bodhisattvas representatives virtue, of the repair Fuji. virtue is limitless, because we lost too broad, too deep fans, so the virtue of the methods, theories will not have come to an end. on behalf of virtue to use the Buddha, represented Germany on the use of the Buddha, the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas name, image, are inspired by our role of repair, we are dedicated to the purpose of the Buddha image here.
Buddhists, Buddhist disciples of the Buddha dependent Buddha image, no more than two meanings, the first meaning is the meaning of Memorial, the Buddha is our teacher did, and we accept his education, by the virtue of the Most Excellent teaching, for the founding of the teacher, we always is Thanksgiving, and never forget, this is the meaning of belonging to commemorate the so-called return to the beginning of this newspaper. The second meaning is learn from him, is to emulate the so-called, we see the image, we have to learn from him; heard the name , we have to learn from him. This is what we worship the Buddha image, should have state of mind. We know that he truly is here, so this decision is not superstitious worship. Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are many, for example, we support Jizo, Jizo represents honor, filial respect for teachers. see to be carefully, possession is a treasure. We carefully beings are endowed every infinite wisdom, infinite Germany can, which is in possession of the means. so dedicated to the Buddha-shaped as, to develop our own treasures of the heart.
the method used to develop? with education, with teaching, and teaching the fundamental, that is, filial respect for teachers. Buddhism by learning from there? from the superstition, your sexual Germany never before now. that what kind of attitude? to learn Jizo, This is a real blessing Jizo we truly bless us. see too, if we are uncertain of their science, not in accordance with methods to pursue, it is superstition, it is not the slightest interest of all. instead of getting the contrary, at fault This fault come from? fault is to look at the Buddha as a god to bribe bribe him, and curry favor curry favor with him, thought to be able to protect themselves. It is about conditions of the Buddha as the corrupt officials to look at, you want to Your mentality is evil. It is clear that we can not but decided not to have an error, the error is the least bit of difference really, as a mile.
As for worship, worship the gods of heaven and earth spirits, which in ancient ceremony on both, this is the repair respect. We are gods, ghosts and spirits is also not what we seek; nothing sought, and why should worship Him? we have to respect him, we have to respect him. King of this word is German, how This culture of ethics, how to carry forward this personality Germany? our world of ghosts and spirits for a respectful, we should use this sense of respect for all people, of all things, all objects, that's it. This is an ancient ritual The real meaning of heaven and earth spirits, belong to the teaching, there is no demand in ghosts and spirits. are asking the spirits, this is a wrong concept, the first worship in ancient times, there is no meaning, we must understand clearly.
s two questions to ask is, common, many people buy flowers, fruits, offerings, or in the monastery, or which support the Buddha in the family, but also burn incense, and candles, plead for Buddha Buddha bless the peace, health, career and fortune. The real intention there? Buddha is not need these things?
initiates instructions to all of you, the Buddha decided to not need these things. these things real in there? or in teaching. to use the words of a modern, these support a variety of teaching tools that allow us access to these things, you can be touched. For example, in the statues in front of us, we all know the meaning of Buddha, the Buddha represents the self-sexual morality, the Buddha represents virtue. Usually we worship One of two Buddha Buddha, because of Germany is only one, not two. virtue is that many, many ways it summed up, no more than two categories, one is known, one line. In the Buddhist explanation, the line, is the solution of a door, one line of the door, so be represented by two Bodhisattvas. Mr. Wang Yangming talking about the unity of knowledge is all about the inside Inspiration from Buddhism, to get these ideas. knowing that the word is that the Buddhist the line speaking of the solution. For example, most people often dependent Sakyamuni Buddha, Manjushri, Samantabhadra, which is generally constant for the Buddha image. Buddha Table of Germany, Monju, Fugen Table virtue; Manjusri table Door Solutions He represents wisdom; Samantabhadra representatives from the door, the representative should be implemented to practice, so two of the Buddha to all representatives, broken down on a lot.
initiates most of the Pure Land, as revised Trinity Western support, the Buddha is for Amitabha, Amitabha means the name is infinite sleep; A is no meaning, Amitabha is the meaning of amount, together is immeasurable, the Buddha is the meaning of consciousness. of all people, of all things, all objects, to make void, over the realm, not the same without awareness, this is what a successful sexual morality. The Bodhisattva Guanyin Table virtue is, the potential to, on behalf of the implementation of the Goddess of Mercy, on behalf of the line; other Bodhisattvas representative of solution, of wisdom, it was a line, a solution . But the Pure Land Dharma is placed in front of the line, the solution placed in the back, this is not the same with the support of the local general statues, we focus on the implementation, the implementation in the first place. We know the meaning to would not be an error concept.
for flowers in front of Buddha statues, flowers represent the result, so cause and effect, the World, the world laws are inseparable from the cause and effect. Buddha in the Mahayana Scripture often says: Why defeat million law, causality is not empty? cause and effect is all this talk about change in the law million, due to become the results, the fruit will become the causes of changes in the cause and effect each other, with continued constantly. So causality is continued with constant mean stresses, is about limitless change the meaning, this is the truth, so that the cause is not empty. flowers first, then the result, flowers are a result of, the fruit behind. So for the flower is representative of repair due to spend a good we can envision the results will bear too good. to see flowers, you have to think we have to rehabilitated for the future good of retribution to be able to spend the table mean. for fruit, fruit that is representative of fruit, is what we wish of the; flowers are beautiful, we must repair . In Mahayana Buddhism there and spend on behalf of six times, giving, precepts, patience, diligence, meditation, wisdom, called the flower of six times before satisfactory results can be reported for the flower is what I mean. But of you want to know, flowers before the Buddha for the table mean, you know, like students in the classroom lessons, to understand the deeds on behalf of flowers. leave the temple, we saw flowers on the outside, there is no such mean? have this meaning. So to understand Buddhism, just see the flowers, must be rehabilitated to bring their own reasons, to fix the result. even wearing the clothes, when printed on these patterns, see the flowers to know what to practice, using this method constantly remind myself to fix it because, due to be rehabilitated before they can fruit well, have good results. This is the support of flowers, fruits significance. to support the food is really about nothing, not important. food is that their Dear little heart, we need a good diet, we also support a good diet Buddha, which is a remembrance of the meaning, the meaning is also a table method.
burning incense, fragrant incense on behalf of the letter is a signal, in In ancient times, have very broad application. The most obvious of you to travel to mainland China if the total will inevitably have to visit the Great Wall, you see every section of the Great Wall there is a beacon, beacon messages are passed, it is about beacon the same as an incense burner. In ancient times, the information developed, the method used to pass messages? to use the flames, burning the smoke signals, smoke signals with the average density of the smoke not the same, the wind is not easy to disperse, so the smoke will last. In the distance to see the flames of this place, to know a situation is happening, use this method to deliver the message. we burned incense to the table method, we pass the message with the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, induction Road intersection, take the mean. but the real meaning of We often say ring true given incense, incense fifth body of law, the meaning of the deep. you know the meaning of the burning incense to remind you of things to learn more. we see smoke, smell the fragrance, they think they have to repair ring, to revisions, to Xiuhui, so it represents the true Hong ring set, representing a fifth body of law. fifth of the body of law that is in front of the three precepts, and wisdom, the latter two plus free, free to know, see, so use this method to remind us.
lamp is a symbol of the meaning of wisdom and light. In ancient times, with oil lamps, candles, the significance of deeper and more obvious. lamp is about, really burn yourself, others light, candles are particularly obvious. This is to teach us, we request the wisdom to be able to self-sacrifice, with their wisdom, their own physical strength, to their skills, social services, to help all sentient beings, without seeking reward, which is a Buddhist guide us. So burn incense burning candle in the table mean. really do naturally find peace, health and longevity. As for grabbing power and money, this is all inside your life, this hit all want to address the relationship between cause and effect. You do not have life inside , Buddha can not give you. if your life inside is not money, the Buddha can help you make a fortune, there is no official position inside your life, the Buddha can give you high-ranking officials, and that causal laws to be overturned, and that such a truth! Buddha Buddha wisdom is bigger, of ability, there is no way to change the slightest cause. worldly cause and effect is built on the basis of Buddhism is established on the basis of cause and effect, it is clear that we can not. One by cause and effect, energy. how can? He taught us to make a fortune theory, teach us rich for further studies of the way we understand the theory, according to this method to repair the school, naturally, be. not to say that he taught you, you will directly be sent to you to to do. For example, you want to Chigua, he tells you how to go to melons, how to select seeds, how to cultivate the soil, fertilizer to adjust to culture, to teach you these techniques, you can According to do that, you must have a good harvest in the future. not that you find melons, he took a melon for you, not the truth, it becomes superstition. It is clear that we must engage in to understand his real intentions here. As for seeking peace, seeking health, the Buddha also taught us how to really comfortable, happy, happy, and there to include peace, health and longevity. Buddha told us all to follow nature, So the Buddha told us comfortable, revel, and you can get.
Going words, meaning is very deep. For example, modern people are talking about the ecological environment, ecological environment is everyone know, on this planet on whether animal, plant, which are complementary to the existence of this fact. If one side is damaged, some impact on another level, the reason people know the facts now, because we live in the extent of destruction of the natural environment , has been very clear. So there are many animals, not only the animals, even plants do not survive the environment. There are some plants, animals, must disappear in the inside of an era, it all comes from the imbalance in the ecological environment . this part of our human body is physical, the spirit of this part there is also the same with nature, no different. If you can adapt to nature, then you must be a long and healthy life, you will live very happy; if contrary to nature, you destroy the natural ecology, you must have lots of disease, pain, and even in some disasters, the decision can not be avoided, the need to know.
Buddha told us that our hearts, of a pure heart is empty, it determines there is, but you can not find. dharma wheel to table method is often used, wheel is round. Now we all know, the circle is the center, center of the circle there? center decisions, But the center can not be obtained. you say it a point, the point has become an area, so the point is an abstract concept, the center is a point, the decision is, a not available. Buddha told us to be pure heart, the heart is the center of the circle, that is, center of the universe is the center of one of our lives. Since it is the decision of the heart, the unattainable, if the mouth, head and your heart a little something, your heart is broken. our hearts are delusional, there is a difference, there are persistent, are concerned, there are worries, your heart is broken, you have with the natural principles. If you can put all the delusion, respectively, attachment, anxiety, worries were all put down, your heart back to normal, this is called the natural Suishun of the law. so they should be clean, the decision can not have something.
body do? body to activity, the body is a circle, Zhou is moving; that either move to bad, you violate the natural principles. So the body to move heart to the net, which is self-cultivation of the Road, which is the essence of self-cultivation. but now, especially rich people, and completely contrary to the Road. You see, the heart should be pure, the heart to no one objects, the Sixth Patriarch of Zen said, we should move, not move you can not live. Yet still he did not want to move the body, the heart can not move, but why in the action; the body to move, he chose not to move, so how can he avoid the physical and mental diseases? disease from there come from? that come from this place.
Buddhism there a way to practice is called worship to practice using this method. Every day hundreds of prayer and worship, prayer and even thousands of worship, it was thanks to the most, thanks to three Thousands worship. Buddha, are in motion, every part of all sports to self-cultivation! addition to worship Buddha, the labor. labor is self-cultivation, pure heart, my heart is not delusional, respectively, attachment, no worries, concerns, this person nature is happiness, health and longevity. Buddhism tell you truth, it teach you methods that are related to the truth, that is, the corresponding natural environment. It tells you this, you can really get health and longevity.
As for the reward, that is another one thing. rich people can be happy, happy, poor and lowly people can be happy, happy, can be seen to be happy, happy, everyone can get in to, do not care about wealth, and rank, and wealth, and rank is irrelevant. rich, poor and lowly is the virtue, for instance, wealth, wealth come from? financial donation comes from. financial donation is the cause and retribution have wealth, you must be retribution for repair. If the past life, or There are no repair because you want to get rich, money come from? impossible. awful things, of you read Yes, lost all thrown away; life there are no, ask, ask not come, the Buddha, heaven and earth spirits are also helpless. you go to plead for Buddha Buddha, seek the spirits, seeking fortune, really rich, and tell the truth, it was you Some of life inside, just met at this time, chance encounter, not the spirit of the Buddha there. Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, spirits should really have spirit, a hundred people seeking fortune, a hundred people are rich, it can be called true spirit; a hundred people requirements, ninety-nine fortune, there is a people do not get rich, not brilliant. our minds to be calm, do not be deceived, but not be deceived spirits. be deceived also be forgiven, to be spirits fraud, it things can not be forgiven. So there must be rational, to have the wisdom to observe, we can get the real benefits. So for those who support the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are tables with the law, not his need is to use these things, with these props, always remind yourself to six contact with the outside realm Liu Chen, obsessed fans can meet and not feel, is not evil, the net without dye, to achieve this objective. It can be seen, these support It does have the necessary tools.
support the most simple tools, such as family is poor and unable to prepare the support tools that we have a statue in front of the support is the most simple glass of water, which is inside the most important tools to support . the water represent? water on behalf of the heart, the water should be clean, the table clean heart. water waves is flat can not afford, on behalf of equality. to support the glass of water, to see to think of clean water, equal, inside which is a very, very important to support . You do not even burn incense, no candles, no flowers, fruit offerings, but can not provide for a glass of water. This is the product inside to support the most important, it represents the pure heart, the heart of equality, see the water they think their environment in all personnel, material environment, to know repair clean and equality. pure, equal heart is the Buddha's heart is really.
third problem is a common phenomenon now. He said: Most people in the formal support Buddha image before, to be held in an opening of the ceremony, opening of what is the meaning? there is no need? the opening, and the Buddha on the soul; not open light, Buddha is not soul. in the end what kind of person is eligible to for the Buddha image of the opening?
this problem, we have in preaching, speaking of which I have mentioned many times. Modern general opening, have tended to form, superstition, the significance of the opening completely lost out. In fact, the opening of this pile it is very important, its true significance, is that we support the image of the Buddha and Bodhisattva significance lies. This thing is like a great man among our secular image of the achievements of our building, held an opening ceremony. at the ceremony there must explain to the public that the person he was alive, feats, his contribution to the community, to contribute to the nation, accountable clearly, plainly, so that the image of the public to see him to students from such a mind to follow him, and this is the meaning of the opening of Buddhism. For example, we support Bodhisattva, Avalokiteshvara made this as good, we want to enable, support is enabled. In the opening, we would like to explain the public Why do we support Bodhisattva, dependent Bodhisattva meaning is there? take this Zunxiang, developing our own self-nature of light, so it is not one for the Buddha to open light, is the Buddha image for our opening, this means here. < br> If the image of the Buddha and Bodhisattva, asked a monk to give him the opening he soul, and spirit are not the opening he would not. because there are a lot of people have called me for the opening, the opening to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. I'll be honest to tell him, you do not support the Buddha, he asked why? soul to soul I tell him, tell him to not work is not spirit, I am better than he has spirit, like you support me, and you feed him for? you think about it right? called superstition. so I can go bumbling Bihuabihua, I helped him the gestures, he soul, and you think about it, I not more spiritual than he it? not understand even this point, you is ignorance confusing indeed. a cool-headed smart people to look to suddenly realize, to understand the truth. I said, for the Buddha to open light, he soul, this is deceiving sentient beings, you have a bit too stupid, too stupid, and that there The truth! it open just declared that the Buddha means. For example dependent Bodhisattva, Avalokiteshvara represents compassion, the Bodhisattva of this merciful saving all sentient beings would like to announce that out of this. We support the Buddha, Guanyin dependent Buddha, we should follow the example of merciful Buddha, peril of this kind of COMPASSION. So to see the image of Bodhisattva Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy name heard, put us out of great compassion triggered. We of all people, all things, all objects should mercy, to truly love, care and help, this is name of this statue, the image of the development of our self-respect of compassionate light, this is called the opening. So is Buddha by name, develop our own nature, light; by the image of the Buddha, the light inspired by our own nature, is what I mean. decision can not be wrong, wrong, you are superstitious. fans, decided not solve the problem, the only way to resolve intellectual problem. This is the Buddhist can not know.
as to what kind of person to be eligible to the opening to the Buddha, the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas by the theory, history, the significance of his expression, can accessible and clear, as explain the importance of clear explanations to understand, that's it. certainly not in that form. every form of education has deep meaning, it must explain clearly to explain to understand, and avoid tend to superstition, as the Buddha spirits to reverence, to worship, pray heaven and earth spirits, to bless the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, this is the wrong idea, this is not normal thinking.
there is a problem. He said: Modern Esoteric quite popular in the world However, there are several issues that we feel confused. The first problem is referred to empowerment, empowerment mean? received initiations can eliminate karma it? Tantric guru for you with the empowerment to be able to eliminate karma, how to be able to quickly elimination of karma?
Empowerment is a form, a very important significance in which we can not know. If on the formal initiations, sprinkle a few drops on your head, your karma is eliminated, can you believe it? First, I want to ask you, what is karma? you want it to find out. industry is what? industry is your pretentious. Simply put, you thought wrong for the universe and life, the wrong view, wrong argument, wrong practice, you are here pretentious called industry. The industry barriers of your pure heart and a barrier to your self-nature feel, this is called karma. the teacher to give you an empowerment, your karma is not to eliminate it? If karma really eliminated, you have pure heart, your delusion, respectively, all is not persistent. You for life and the universe in the past, present and future, omniscient, omnipotent, this is your karma truly eliminated, you get good results. empowerments you after themselves to think about, is not your delusion, respectively, attached to nothing; or delusion, respectively, attachment is reduced, reducing also good. If the initiations, the delusion, respectively, persistence does not decrease, and even kept on increasing, can be seen, it is simply ineffective. But the real meaning of empowerment, you do not know.
Huang Nianzu old lay in the very clear, very clear, because he himself is a tantric master, he told the truth, no lie. irrigation is the meaning of compassion blessing, that is a real concern for you, love you, help you, this is the meaning of irrigation. the top is the supreme Dharma. In other words, the supremacy of Dharma to teach you, this is called empowerment. not take a few drops sprinkled on your head, called the Empowerment; the initiations, you shower bath every night, that is a big Empowerment that irrigation is much more comfortable! not superstition. That is the meaning of the table method, water is the nectar of empowerment, on behalf of the supreme Dharma nectar.
we understand this truth, you only know Inside the supreme of all the classic Dafa. you, Classic at it again, that is, to give you ten empowerments of all the Buddhas once, you do not know! This is real empowerment, not deceive you. you do not understand this truth, try to find Tantric masters to sprinkle a few drops of your head, you think that is the elimination of trade barriers, it is about karma has not been eliminated, and constantly increasing. because you are the read heart is a confusing reversal of the heart, you this practice is a wrong approach, you totally do not know, you fall into the superstition way, the virtue of how you can get? how can you eliminate karma? This must be clear of you fellow practitioners.