Chinese text 拈花一笑 Chinese pinyin niān huā yī xiào 另外写法拈花微笑
编辑本段成语出处
宋-释普济《五灯会元-七佛-释迦牟尼佛》："World Honored One was at the Lingshan meeting, and he showed the audience the flowers, and they were all in silence, but only Zunzi Jiayi broke into smiles. "
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Yi is the newest to me, I am the oldest to me, ~ ~, the heart is the mouth. At that time, the World Honored One took the golden Brahmaputra, raised his eyebrows, and showed all the people that they were silent and did not know what to do. One of them, Ka-yip,5 broke into a smile. His Holiness said, "I have the Eye of the Dharma6 and the wonderful mind of Nirvana7, and I am entrusting it to you. You can protect it, and it will continue." At that time, Ka-yip bowed to the Buddha's feet and retired. 2、Song-Shi Puji, "The Five Lamps - Seven Buddhas - Shakyamuni Buddha", Volume 1: The World Honored One showed the audience the flower at the Ling Shan meeting. At that time, all the people were silent, but only the Buddha Ka Ye broke his face and smiled. The World Honored One said, "I have the Eye of the Dharma, the wonderful mind of Nirvana, the reality of the non-phase, the subtle Dharma, without writing, the teachings of a different transmission, entrusted to the Mahakayas." ① King Brahma: Buddhist language, the creator of all things in the world in Indian mythology, the status of China's Pangu. Because he does not distinguish between good and evil, he is not only the creator of all things in the world, but also the creator of devils and disasters. When he is happy, the world is stable, everything flourishes; when he is angry, the world is unstable, disasters arise, all beings suffer, even grass and trees can not be spared. ② World Honored One: the Buddha's honorific, referring to the Buddha Sakyamuni, referred to as Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, commonly known as Qiaodama, Siddhartha, because he was born in the Sakya clan of a saint, it is honored as Sakyamuni (that is, "Sakya's saints"). ③ Golden Brahmaputra: Golden Brahmaputra flower, (a purple golden lotus), "Hua" for the "flower" of the generic character. (4) Greeting the Buddha's feet: Worshiping the feet of the Buddha, which is the grandest form of salutation in Buddhism. ⑤ Gautama: Mahakala, a great disciple of the Buddha, became the first ancestor of Zen in India, and was introduced to China in the twenty-eighth generation of Dharma, who is regarded as the founder of Zen in China. (6) Dharma Eyeshadow: Buddhist term. Dharma refers to the entire Dharma, the eye refers to the universal illumination of the universe, and the hide refers to the inclusion of all things. (7) Nirvana: the transliteration of Sanskrit, the old translation of "Nirvana", "Nirvana". Meaning "extinction", "extinction", "silence", "silence" and so on. Is the highest ideal to be achieved by all Buddhist practice, generally refers to the extinction of the cycle of life and death after the realm. ⑧ wonderful heart: the subtle heart. Mind: Buddhist language, refers to the Buddhist teachings taught outside the scriptures and books. ⑨ real no-phase: phase: the appearance and state of things. Buddhism believes that: all things are formed under certain karmic conditions, are empty and unreal; empty is the essence of all things, although embodied in the concrete things, but it is no image, no gathering and dispersal of birth and death, beyond all things above, difficult to express in words. Reality: Buddhist term, refers to the original appearance or state of things in the world. According to Buddhism, reality is also the absence of appearance and emptiness. No-phase: A Buddhist term, as opposed to "phase", refers to the highest state of realizing true knowledge after getting rid of the phase understanding of all things, i.e., "in all phases, away from all phases, that is, no phase". Sangha: a Buddhist term that refers to things that have an appearance, that can be distinguished from other things, and that are subject to change. Because Buddhism believes that all things are empty and the mind is silent, so the "phases" are "created phases" or "false phases", the essence is actually "no phase". The essence is still "no-phase". Note: This paragraph is quoted from the blog of "拈花一笑", the original text is written by "拈花一笑".
Editing the vernacular translation
On one occasion, King Brahma invited Buddha Shakyamuni to give a speech on Mount Lingwu. The King of Brahma and all the people presented a golden flower to the Buddha, and after a solemn salute, they all retired to their seats. The Buddha picked up the golden flower and said nothing. Everyone did not understand what he meant and looked at each other in disbelief, except Mahakala, who smiled gently. The Buddha immediately declared, "I have the profound Dharma that illuminates the universe and encompasses all things, the subtle Dharma of the mind that extinguishes birth and death and transcends the cycle of reincarnation, and the ability to escape from all false appearances to achieve the right result, the wonders of which are hard to describe. I don't write words, I pass on the teachings from heart to heart, and now I pass on the teachings to Mahakala." Then he gave Kasyapa the golden robe and mantle that he used in his daily life. This is an allusion to the Zen saying "smile" and "pass on the mantle". The Chinese Zen sect categorizes Mahakala as the 'First Patriarch of the Western Paradise'. Note: This paragraph is quoted from the blog of "拈花一笑", the original text is written by "拈花一笑".
Editing this paragraph allusion to the deep meaning
Buddha's transmission is in fact a very peaceful, quiet, leisurely, wonderful state of mind, this state of mind is pure and uncontaminated, light and open-minded, no desire, no greed, unrestrained, open and self-satisfied, without form and shape, transcendence, unshakeable, with the world to live forever, is a kind of "no-phase", "Nirvana" is the highest state, which can only be realized and understood, and cannot be expressed in words. The slight smile of Gautama was the reason why the Buddha passed on the mantle to him, because he had realized this realm. Note: This paragraph is quoted from the blog of "拈花一笑", and the original text is written by "拈花一笑".
Editing Zen Stories
The story of "Flickering Smile" is a Zen Buddhist story. It is said that one day, Siddhartha Gautama, the master of Zen, was giving a great lesson, and many disciples were looking at him with bated breath, but he didn't say a word. He reached out and picked up a flower from the flower pot on the podium and turned it around in his hand as if to suggest something. None of the disciples understood the meaning of the teacher's gesture. This is "Shakyamuni's Flower". Sakyamuni had a great disciple named Kaya. According to the scriptures, when he saw Shakyamuni's flower, Kaya smiled. Religious meetings are very strict. But in the midst of the silence, Gautama smiled, though not a hearty laugh, just a smile, which is out of the ordinary. This is the "Ka Ye smile". This master and disciple two strange behavior, together, it is called "smile". Immediately after, Shakyamuni spoke: "I have the right eye of the Dharma, nirvana wonderful heart, the real appearance of no appearance, the subtle method, do not set up the text, outside the teachings of a different transmission, entrusted to the Mahakala." It means, "Listen, my disciples, I have a wonderful technique to realize the Way directly, and I have just taught it to Mahakala. If you want to learn, ask him! It is said that this is the beginning of Zen. The specialty of Zen is that it's all about the heart, not the words. I don't know Zen, but I like the mood of Zen, the realization of the beauty of the world, the most beautiful thing in the world is the flower, I like to understand the language of the flower in silence! I like to understand the language of flowers! I like the fleeting splendor of the blossom. The essence of a whole year's accumulation is bursting out in this short period of time. All the dreams and passions, bravado and applause, all of them are spilled out in a moment, and it's a joyful experience. After looking at the brilliant moment, there is a colorful cherry blossom. The red is good at dancing. You were originally brilliant, so not afraid of being forgotten; you were originally warm, so willing to keep an ineffable silence. In this way, you put a lifetime of time condensed into the long river of time that a long-lasting heart fragrance. Smile like you, true love like you, hope like you, life like you. I like the tranquility of orchids. Just a few simple leaves, just one or a few small white flowers, but after a thousand years, still far away from the drift. Used to loneliness, not to no one and not fragrant. The light, one of the green condensation does not stain the dust. A relaxed state of life, not willing to be mediocre but delicate to feel the joy of life is not lacking. Away from the hustle and bustle, the morning bell in the empty valley, not from the ears, but from the depths of the heart of a forgotten corner. The green line, the dark fragrance floating. Everything is like a flower, and flowers are like everything. Therefore, the Buddha flicked the flower and Ka Yip smiled; this smile is the whole world. Life is also like this, or as gorgeous as summer flowers, or as autumn leaves floating, regardless of success or failure, face it with ease. Life is like the four seasons, the wind, dew and wither. Know the spring, recognize the autumn, flowers and snow, live a life of elegance.