The word "Bodhi" is a transliteration of Bodhi in ancient Indian (Sanskrit), which means consciousness and wisdom. Used to refer to people who suddenly wake up, suddenly realize, suddenly break into the road of enlightenment, suddenly realize the truth and reach the realm of transcendence. In English, the word "Bodhi Tree" is peepul, Bo-Tree or Large-Tree, all of which mean magnanimity, compassion, distinguishing good from evil and awakening truth. In plant taxonomy, the Latin name of Bodhi Tree is Ficus religosa, which means sacred religion.
Bodhi trees seem to be born with deep Buddhist roots. According to legend, more than 2,500 years ago, Sakyamuni was founded by Siddhartha Gautama, the prince of the Kapylovi Kingdom in northern ancient India (now Nepal). When he was young, he resolutely gave up the throne and comfortable royal life, became a monk, and sought the true meaning of life in order to get rid of the suffering of reincarnation and save the suffering beings. After years of practice, I finally sat quietly under the bodhi tree for 7 days and 7 nights, overcoming all kinds of evil temptations. When the dawn broke and the morning star rose, I was enlightened and finally became a Buddha. Therefore, Buddhism has always regarded the bodhi tree as a sacred tree, while India has designated it as a national tree.
Time is like water. More than two thousand years have passed. The bodhi tree of the Buddha's "becoming a monk is the Tao" has experienced numerous ups and downs and has a mythical experience. It is recognized as a symbol of "great enlightenment" in Buddhism. 1:: (a) Sanskrit bodhi, Pali with. Free translation of perception, wisdom, knowledge and Tao. Broadly speaking, it is to cut off the troubles in the world and achieve the wisdom of nirvana. That is, Buddhism, karma, sound and taste are all based on the wisdom gained from their fruits. Among the three bodhis, the Buddha's bodhi is the supreme truth, so the three virtues and three bodhis called Aunt Doro translate into supreme truth, supreme wisdom, supreme truth and supreme bodhi.
There are five kinds of bodhi of Buddha. According to the theory of great wisdom for fifty-three years: (1) Bodhi is free, which means that ten-faith bodhisattvas have the heart of bitter bodhi, and their hearts are the cause of bodhi fruit. (2) Bodhisattva is a bodhisattva who lives in ten places, walks in ten lines and returns to ten directions, so as to subdue her troubles and her own heart. (3) Enlightenment by Bodhisattva means that the Bodhisattva who has risen to the ground has realized that the reality of various laws is pure after all, that is, the so-called Prajna Paramita Multiphasia. (4) Bodhi, that is, bodhisattvas of the third grade, such as the eighth immobile place, the ninth virtuous place, the tenth fayun place, etc. They get convenience from Prajna paramita, but they don't cling to Prajna paramita, get rid of the troubles of bondage, leave the three realms and go to Saruo (one heart), so they are called Bodhi. (5) The supreme bodhi is the proof that Miao Jue Isosleep is the three bodhis of Aunt Doro, that is, the wisdom of Buddha fruit. The above are collectively referred to as the Five Bodhi. In addition, Dharma, newspaper and application of Buddha are recorded in Dharma-Chinese classics, and three bodhis have been legislated: Buddha Bodhi (Dharma Bodhi), Buddha Bodhi (Newspaper Bodhi) and Buddha Bodhi (Ying Bodhi). Chapter 18 of Mahayana righteousness divides supreme bodhi into convenient bodhi and pure bodhi. In addition, the three bodhis are also one of the thirteen laws of Tiantai Sect, that is, (1) reality bodhi, which is also the supreme bodhi. Realize the truth, Bodhi. (2) Wisdom Bodhi, pure Bodhi. Know reasonable wisdom. (3) Convenient Bodhi is also Bodhi. The role of enlightenment in educating all beings. The above three virtues are no different from dharma body, prajna and liberation.
According to the past pure land theory, stay away from the three laws that are contrary to Bodhi Gate: (1) cling to oneself, (2) don't want to make all beings stable, and (3) only seek their own interests. It is called "three centrifugal" or "three separation bodhi barrier". In the same book, the author also lists three kinds of purification: (1) not seeking happiness for oneself (pollution-free purification) (2) removing the suffering of all beings, making them happy (peaceful purification) (3) making all beings bodhi and giving them eternal happiness (Yueqing purification). It is to follow the three minds of bodhi gate method. All of the above depends on wisdom, compassion, convenience, etc., in order to be separated or born.
Also, the Mahayana practitioner who seeks supreme bodhi is called Bodhisattva, or Bodhisattva for short. Seeking supreme bodhicitta is called supreme bodhicitta, supreme Tao or bodhicitta. There are thirty-seven kinds of bodhi along the canal, which are called bodhi division. The place where the Buddha became a Taoist is called Bodhi Dojo and Bodhi Dojo, and its Dojo tree is called Bodhi Tree. Pray for ancestors to become Buddhas and cultivate spiritual blessings, which is called Jia Bodhi. It is said that chanting Buddha and praying for blessings to promote Buddhism and Taoism is called Bodhi. Tanner's temple is called Bordet Jibodhi Hospital. 【 Bodhisattva holds the Three Supreme Bodhisattva Sutra, Mahayana Sutra, Volume 22, Bodhisattva Heart Sutra, Volume 38, Volume 52, Volume 70, Vimalakīrti Sutra, Volume 1, Volume 27, Great Wisdom Theory, Volume 1 】
(2) Bodhi Senna who came to China in the Tang Dynasty.
2. Bodhi's word "Bodhi" is Sanskrit in ancient India. When translated into Chinese, it means "feeling" and it means becoming a Buddha. Bodhi is the heart of becoming a Buddha. You are bodhicitta, and you are bodhicitta, bodhisattva, Mahayana, bodhisattva, bodhisattva. In other words, there must be a supreme sense of justice. In a simple sentence, it is necessary to send the heart of "seeking Buddha and Tao, and descending all beings".
Hua Yan Jing said: "Bodhicitta is the seed of all Buddhas, and it can give birth to the Buddhism of all Buddhas. Bodhisattva is Woye, keeping all beings white and clean. Bodhisattva is the earth, which can accommodate everything in the world. Bodhisattva is to purify water and wash away all troubles and dirt. Bodhisattva is a strong wind, and everything in the world is accessible. Bodhisattva, for fire, can burn all Jaken's love. Bodhisattva is a clean day, which shines on all beings. Bodhisattva is the bright moon, and everything is white and pure. "Therefore, we know that bodhicitta is the beginning of all positive wishes, the foundation of bodhi, great compassion and the foundation of bodhisattva learning.
In the study of Buddhism, Mahayana Bodhisattva must first initiate great bodhicitta, and all buddhas and bodhisattvas' compassion and wisdom are also achieved by bodhicitta. All the practice of Buddhism is based on bodhicitta, and no Buddhism can be separated from bodhicitta. All Buddhist teachings are to serve bodhicitta. Only by initiating great bodhicitta can the orthodox meeting of Buddhism have a place to land. Without bodhicitta, the study of Buddhism will become empty and abstract. No matter which classic is based on bodhicitta, every bodhisattva's practice begins with bodhicitta, and the only difference is the embodiment of will. Such as Amitabha's 48 wishes, pharmacist Liu Rulai's 12 wishes, avalokitesvara bodhisattva's wishes and so on. All the wishes of buddhas and bodhisattvas are the embodiment of bodhicitta.
Develop bodhicitta, follow the path of Bodhisattva, learn from Buddhism and be a man, and benefit all beings. This is the path taken by Buddhists.
3. Bodhi (Fan Bodhi, Ba Bodhi, Tibetan byan%-chub)
Refers to enlightened wisdom. Sanskrit bodhi is a noun transformed from the verb budh, which means "knowledge" or "emotion" and translates wisdom, knowledge and feeling freely. The old translation turned into Tao again. On great wisdom (Dazheng 25.380b):' Tianzhu grammar, multi-word compound words, multi-word compound sentences, such as general words, for words, disagree, speechless.' Together, it is named Bodhi, and Qin Yan is extremely wise. The Infinite Life Sutra is the first volume, calling the supreme bodhi the supreme way; Chapter 18 of Mahayana Righteousness turns Bodhi into Tao according to Guo De Tong Yuan's meaning. However, the first volume (Ben) of the postscript of On Cheng Weizhi says (Dazheng 43.235c): "People who speak correctly are aware of different signs. Brahma bodhi, this translation is awareness, awareness of the law. At the end of the speech, you were just. As the old saying goes: Bodhi is not Tao. "
Bodhi is the fundamental concept of Buddhism. Buddhism mainly explains the content of Bodhi and the practical practice method of obtaining Bodhi. The object of Buddhist worship is the Buddha who achieves Bodhi consciousness. The bodhi awakened by the Buddha is all dharma emptiness, that is, the so-called truth that everything has no body. However, for those who realize that all laws are empty, everything transcends the reality of existence and emptiness, so it is the reality of all laws. According to the development stage of Buddhism, it is from negative perception to positive perception; Generally speaking, negative perception is Mahayana Buddhism, and positive perception is Mahayana Buddhism. In this regard, books such as Great Wisdom have revealed three kinds of bodhi and five kinds of bodhi.
Since saints can be divided into three categories, there are three kinds of bodhi. (1) The Arhat Bodhi is obtained from the Arhat Bodhi; (2) Lonely Bodhi; (3) Buddha's Bodhi. Among them, the first two bodhis are bodhis that can only be obtained by getting rid of troubles; Buddha and bodhi, on the other hand, are people who have got rid of their troubles and two obstacles they know, but they have never won. They are also known as the three bodhis, the three bodhis, the supreme bodhi, the supreme truth, the just enlightenment, the equal enlightenment, the supreme bodhi and the supreme Tao. In addition, it is said that Bodhi was acquired through three practices under the guidance of teachers. Self-awareness of bodhi is a kind of self-seeking, self-guidance and self-study; Buddha bodhi is willing to be selfish and altruistic, not to follow the teacher. It was obtained through the practice of the three great monks.
For these three bodhis, there have been various explanations in later generations. For example, Volume 55 of On the Great Bodhisattva says that observing wisdom is called Buddha Bodhi, observing wisdom is called solitary Bodhi, and observing wisdom is called listening to Bodhi. The seven principles in "On Manifesting the Holy Religion" are divided into five categories, such as species, and its Wen Yun (Dazheng 3 1.5 16b):
Bodhi is divided into five categories: (1) sex, (2) convenience, (3) time, (4) awareness and (5) liberation. People of the same nature have heard that bodhi depends on blunt roots, but only think that bodhi depends on middle roots, and there is no equal bodhi depending on roots. Convenient, it is said that Bodhi is clever and convenient in six places, single Bodhi is clever and convenient in many branches, and five bright places are clever and convenient. At that time, I heard that Bodhi was rarely cultivated by three students, but I felt that Bodhi was cultivated by a hundred thieves, and the supreme Bodhi was cultivated by three thieves, one monk and one enterprise. The witness heard that Bodhi was taught by the teacher, and felt that Bodhi only swore to be self-interested without the teacher's witness. Without the teacher's witness, he was supreme and equal to Bodhi's self-interest and altruism. The liberated people, who have heard of Bodhi, feel that the Bodhi syndrome turns to rely on it to relieve their troubles and their bodies. Supreme to bodhi syndrome change, in addition to all troubles and obstacles to knowledge, in addition to the body photography. "
In addition, Volume 53 of Great Wisdom says that there are five kinds of Buddha bodhi, namely:
(1) Originated from Bodhi: Originated from infinite life and death, named Bodhi because of Ayundara's three advantages and three disadvantages. This is the result of cause.
(2) Fu Xin Bodhi: Fold all troubles, subdue his heart, and do everything paramita.
(3) Mindfulness of Bodhi: Look at the laws of the three realms, raise the amount respectively, and the reality of the dharma realm will be pure after all. This is the so-called Prajna paramita polyphase.
(4) Go to Bodhi: It is more convenient to get Prajna paramita, but not Prajna paramita, and you can get rid of all troubles. When you see all the Ten Buddhas, you can't bear to live, so you can go out of the third world and go to Saruo.
(5) Supreme Bodhi: Sitting in the Dojo, breaking the habits of troubles and getting three Bodhi.
According to "The Theory of Fahua Jing", there are three kinds of Buddha bodhi: responding to Buddha, reporting Buddha and dharma Buddha. Gaya's enlightenment is called responding to Buddha's Bodhi, ten places of complete nirvana are called reporting Buddha's Bodhi, and Tathagata's pure nirvana is called Dharma Bodhi. Volume 18 of the Mahayana Righteousness Chapter holds that there are two kinds of supreme bodhi: convenient bodhi and pure bodhi. In addition, regarding the nature of the supreme bodhi, Volume III of the Bodhisattva Sutra of Tibetan Bodhisattva refers to two kinds of wisdom, namely, pure wisdom, one-stop wisdom, unhindered wisdom, 140 non-* * Buddha as the body, with seven supreme, which is the highest among all bodhis, hence the name of the supreme bodhi.
In addition, Mahayana practitioners who seek supreme bodhi are called bodhisattvas, or bodhisattvas for short. Seeking supreme bodhicitta is called supreme bodhicitta, supreme Tao, or bodhicitta for short. Thirty-seven kinds of products suitable for bodhi are called bodhi points. The place where Buddha becomes a Taoist is called Bodhi Dojo or Bodhi Dojo. Its Dojo tree is called Bodhi Tree. In addition, there are so-called bodhi and bodhi in Japan. The former refers to praying for ancestors to become Buddhas and practicing spiritual blessings, while the latter refers to praying for all beings to improve Buddhism and Taoism.
◎ Attachment: Seal the Notes of King Kong Prajna Paramita Sutra (taken from the Notes of Prajna Sutra)
The second way, in the process of bodhisattva's initial initiation into Buddha, is divided into two stages. Starting from the heart, practicing without my wisdom and emptiness, and entering the Tao to prove the holy position, this stage focuses on reaching emptiness, so it is called Prajna Tao. After realizing that Buddhism has no phase, he entered the monastery until he reached the Buddha's fruit. This stage is mainly for the convenience of Bodhisattva, so it is named Convenient Road. According to On Wisdom, starting from seven places is a common way-Yu Zong works in eight places, and more than eight places is a convenient way. Prajna is the Tao, and it is convenient to use Prajna skillfully.
Prajna is Bodhi, and Jobodi said: These two paths are five Bodhi. (1) Enlighten Bodhi: In life and death, ordinary people first seek Buddhism and enlightenment, and they are called Avandoro's three virtues and three bodhicitta, hence the name Enlighten Bodhi. (2) Blessed Bodhi: After initiation, practice according to the original wish. From the implementation of six degrees, gradually surrender troubles, and gradually correspond to emptiness, so it was named Fuxin Bodhi. (3) Mindfulness of Bodhi: After overcoming the rough troubles, you can practice meditation, get rid of all troubles, and completely prove Bodhi-reality, hence the name Mindfulness of Bodhi. These three bodhis, that is, the third stage from interest to bodhi, are Prajna. At this time, although the holy fruit has been achieved, it is still not completed, and it is necessary to continue to practice. Mindful of Bodhi, looking forward to Prajna, is enlightenment; Looking at the sidewalk behind, it is a heart. Pre-enlightenment bodhi is a secular bodhi mind; Realizing bodhi is the bodhi mind that wins righteousness. I realized that all dharma books are pure, and I am originally nirvana, really bodhicitta. (4) Bodhi, Bodhi mind, impatience. In the future, you will cultivate convenient roads, solemnly become a Buddhist country, and mature all beings; Gradually out of the three realms, reaching Buddha fruit, so it is called becoming a bodhi. (5) What is Bodhi? What is the habit of breaking troubles and what is self-interest and altruism, that is, the supreme bodhi that has been successfully proved. Each of the two roads has three levels, which synthesizes all the five bodhis and summarizes the causal order of Bodhi Road.
[References] Explaining the Summer Classics; The Great Prajna Sutra, Volume 22, Volume 24 and Volume 26; On the Vimalakīrti Classic; "Great Wisdom" Volume 4; "All give up" volume 25; On Cheng Weizhi, Volume 1; "Maha Stop View" Volume 1 (1); Hal Dayal's Bodhi-Zategwa Theory in Buddhist Sanskrit Literature.
Oscar Wilde once said that "a flower is the world and a tree is bodhi", which is the western understanding of Zen.
As a pure entity, the flower itself is meaningless, which is its empty place, so it can be given a world meaning; Similarly, a tree sees Bodhi because it is empty. Empty to accommodate objects; I think the universe is all-encompassing because of its emptiness. Everything in the world is "big" because it is "empty". So, you should make yourself free to accommodate others.
"Empty" is not "empty", although people like to use "empty" together. "Empty" is real. Can you say that the universe is empty, all beings are empty, and people are empty? It is said that after death, people will go to a place called "River of Forgetting", where the soul will wash away all the memories before life and then enter a new body. But it is always unwilling to lose its memory, so when a new body is born, the first action is to cry for the loss of memory. The heart is empty. We fill it, then empty it, then fill it, then empty it. ...
If your mouth and nose are blocked, you will feel bored, but if your heart is blocked, it will be meaningless. People say "the human heart is infinite" because it is empty. If your heart is full of desires or repressed emotional darkness, what is "infinity"? The wind rises outside the window and the branches dance with the wind, which is where its bodhi lies.
My heart is rippling, but it is because there is still room. There is an "empty" in the heart, and there is an "empty" in the heart, so that there is infinite space for thoughts to gallop, for restless hearts to be stable, and for all hatred, jealousy, boredom and dissatisfaction to show their smallness in this endless "empty".
There is room in the flowers to accommodate the next world. There is space in the tree, which is the bodhi with infinite Zen meaning. People's hearts are also free, so they are ambitious, so they can be calm and calm in the face of stormy waves, and they can also face injuries and ridicule calmly.
People have different ideals and different outlook on life. We can't influence other people's ideas. What we can do is to live our own lives. As for how to live and what you want to bring to others, that's your own business. This is my understanding of this sentence. You got it?
May you be born with Bodhi, body like glass, and flawless Ming Che inside and outside.