Clouds and water, these two objects are invisible and formless, always flowing and soft, the world's free things. Therefore, the temple jungle to "clouds and water monks" to get the elegant name of clouds traveling around the residence of the Taoist.
Zen mind, which is the state of mind that is quiet and tranquil, refers to the state of mind that is empty and peaceful.
The Zen mind of clouds and water refers to placing one's Zen distant mind between the drifting clouds and water. In his poem "Exploring Plums in Xixi River", Yangmei declared this state of mind explicitly.
The ancient swings are quiet and secluded, the bamboo forests are high, the water network is dense with waves and light;
I ask the fisherman about the plum in Xixi, the sparse forests are lightly smeared and the wine flag beckons;
The white egrets fly in the foothills of the reed swamps, and the people of the Cao Tang house cross the small bridge;
The crow's head leans on the willow bank, and the cloud-water Zen mind is far away from the earth and the sky.
Chinese name ? Cloud Water Zen Mind Foreign Name Mind between the clouds and water
Terminology Buddhist Lyrics ? Ancient Song/Young Eyebrows
Provenance
The Record of Pointing to the Moon is also known as the Record of Pointing to the Moon of the Water and Moon Lodge. The book was collected by Qu Ruji of the Ming Dynasty. Wanli twenty-third year (1595) completed, thirty years of serial publication. Collected in the Wanxuan Tibetan book 143.
The so-called "pointing to the moon" originated from an allusion to a conversation between the Sixth Patriarch Hui Neng and Wu Zhi Zang Ni:
Wu Zhi Zang Ni said to Hui Neng: "How can you talk about explaining the classics when you can't even read the characters? "Hui Neng replied, "Truth has nothing to do with words. Truth is like the bright moon in the sky, and words are only fingers pointing to the moon; the fingers can point out where the moon is, but the fingers are not the moon. But the finger is not the moon." The Buddhist scriptures contained in words are only fingers pointing to the moon, and only the Buddha-nature is the location of the moon.
Zen Buddhism takes the realm of "there is nothing in the first place" as the highest level, and "all thoughts are empty" as the highest virtue. It advocates that no text should be written, no footnotes should be placed, and the only way to achieve this is to confirm the reality in person. It is believed that all words and teachings are only for the convenience of showing the opportunity, and are the path and method of becoming a Buddha, such as pointing to the moon with a finger, so that people can see the moon because of the finger. This is the main purpose of the title of the book. This book is a collection of the words and deeds of 650 members of the Zen lineage from the Seven Buddhas of the past to the Sung Dynasty of Dahui Zonggao. Volumes 1 to 3 contain the past seven Buddhas, the sages who have been transformed, and the Western ancestors (the twenty-eight ancestors of the Western Heaven); Volume 4 contains the Eastern ancestors, from Bodhidharma to the Sixth Patriarch Huineng; Volume 5 to Volume 30 contain the first to the sixteenth generations of Huineng; and Volume 31 and Volume 32 contain the discourses of Zen Master Dahui Zonggao of the Path Mountain.
In addition, the Qing dynasty Nie Xian (Leyun Jushi) wrote a book, the whole book 20 volumes. Kangxi nineteen years (1680) published. It was published in 1680. It is a biography of Zen monks compiled after the "Finger and Moon Record". It is also included in the 143rd volume of the Wanshou Zang. This book is a follow-up to the "Record of the Month of Guidance," which only covers the next sixteen generations of the Sixth Patriarch, and covers the next seventeen generations of the Sixth Patriarch from the second year of the Southern Song Dynasty (1164) until the thirty-eighth generation of the Eighteenth Year of the reign of the Kangxi Emperor in the Qing Dynasty (1679). In addition, before the twenty volumes, there is an article titled "Preface to the Volumes", which contains the biographies of the sixteenth masters that were omitted from the "Record of the Months of Guidance", as well as the preface of Jiang Xiang and Yu Huai, the preface of Lingyan Scholar and Ruyi Jushi, the origin of Haiyin Scholar, and the question of Sun Xiaozhe's book, the general regulations, and the Lunshu Kao, and other articles. After the twenty volumes, there is a collection of sixty-one Zen masters whose succession is not known.
In the book, there is an account of a man who asked a Zen master about Buddhism. The Zen master did not speak, but pointed upwards and then downwards. The man did not understand and asked the Zen master to clarify. The Zen master said, "The clouds are in the blue sky and the water is in the bottle."
Meaning
Clouds and Water
Clouds and water are both flowing and soft. Monasteries and jungles use the term "Yunshui Monk" to refer to a Taoist monk who travels around the world without a fixed place of residence.
The Chinese literati favored it to the point of oblivion. Chinese painting can not be separated from the landscape, clouds and water is the soul of the creation of the mood. Poetry is inseparable from the clouds and water, with the clouds and water, adding a few points of interest. Favoring clouds and water reflects people's desire for freedom. So, between the clouds and water, it becomes a peach blossom garden where the pressure is released, the life is unlocked, and the free air is breathed between the clouds and water, stretching out the open space, and rediscovering the energy and light of life.
Cloud and water. Tang Du Fu's poem titled "The Former Residence of Zheng XVIII's Writings": "The land of Taizhou is vast and the sea is meditative, and the clouds and water are long and the islands are green." Song Lu You 《Chang Xiang Si》Words："Clouds and water are a thousand times heavier, and the body is in a thousand times heavier clouds and water." Ming Jia Zhongming 《Jin An Shou》: "What is the place to go in this crucible of clouds and water and forests."
It is said to roam. It is called "roaming" because it is like the drift of traveling clouds and flowing water, so it is called "roaming". Tang Huang Tao "send Xiangzhong Zheng Mingfu" poem: "Do not delay the clouds and water Xing, fatigue to be cured by the gentleman." Ming Gaoqi (明高启) "Lake Taihu": "I am a good traveler, and I have long been indebted to the clouds and water." Qing Shi Jun's poem "Seeing Geese in the Middle of the Journey" said, "Where is my home in the clouds and water, and I am already familiar with the flavor of the wind and dust."
The term refers to monks and nuns. The monks traveled all over the world, like traveling clouds and flowing water, so it is called. Tang Xiangshi's poem "The Sick Monk of Ridong" said, "The clouds and water are no longer the way back, and the wind sends the boat when it comes." Song Shi (History of the Song Dynasty): "The emperor ordered the chamberlain to set up a thousand-doctors' fast in his residence, and the monks who traveled in the clouds and waters were given excellent treatment." Ming Li Zhongfu 《原李耳载-寻亲诚感》：""原 邑 赵孝子 名 威晋，其父好黄冠术，遇全真云水，无不以礼下之。"
River name. In today's Guangdong Province, Lechang County, southern border. Northern Wei Li Daoyuan "water Jingzhu - Qinshui": "Linshui from the source of the west injection in the Taki water, and with the cloud water."
The list of gods. King Zhou said: "Where did the Taoist come from?" The Taoist replied, "The poor Taoist came from Yunshui." The king said, "What is clouds and water?" The Taoist said, "The heart is like white clouds, and the mind is like flowing water." King Zhou is a wise and intelligent son of heaven, then asked: "clouds and water scattered wither, where do you return?" The Taoist said: "The clouds scattered white moon in the sky, the water withered pearl appeared." King Zhou heard the words, turn anger into joy and said: "Fang Taoist see me bow and not worship, there is a big slow king of the heart. Today, the answer to the words, very reasonable, is to inform the wisdom of the great sage also." Ordered the left and right to give a seat. Yunzhongzi is not modest, sit down on the side. Yunzhongzi owed his body and said, "So it is, the son of heaven only knows the son of heaven is expensive, the three teachings Yuanlai moral honor."
Zen mind
Zen mind is the state of mind that is clear and quiet, and it refers to the mind that is empty and peaceful. The Zen saying is: "The clear pool and the white moon illuminate the Zen mind.
Liang Jiangyan (江淹), in the south of the country, wrote a poem entitled "Wuzhong Rites for the Stone Buddha", which reads: "The Zen mind is not mixed in the twilight, and the silent behavior is good and unselfish".
Song Huang Tingjian's poem "Listening to Zongdejun's Drums": "The Zen mind is silent and quiet, and the breeze in the valley is light and corresponding".
The Dream of the Red Chamber, the 91st time: "The Zen heart has been made of mud and flotsam, do not dance partridges to the spring breeze".
Yu Dafu, "Destruction of the family poetry," No. 15: "Zen heart has been like winter withered wood, bear really dragged mud with water line."? [1]
The ancient song of the same name
"Zen Mind in Cloudy Waters" belongs to Buddhist music, and this leisurely state of mind can transcend the floating dust,
and the cluttered and clueless complexes of the world. The changes and extensions of things in heaven and earth can be shown in this movement and stillness, sublimating and becoming peaceful. Listening to this ancient zheng music as clear spring ding dong ding dong pouring out, sounding like out of the mortal world. The heart is unconsciously intoxicated in the natural world of the world.
The guzheng music, ding dong dong ding ding dong, like running water gurgling. The bamboo forest is sparse, the spring and the stone are reflected, the heavenly music in general the wonderful sound of the diffuse scroll diffuse Shu, to create an ethereal and faraway mood, as if all things in the world are dissolved in the mood of this also real and unreal. Occasionally, a few sounds of the pipa, like flowers, float between the green branches. Soft and clear electronic music, such as a few white clouds in the vast sky, floating leisurely, making the tune more soft and ethereal. Uncovering the sacred veil of Zen music, the feeling is as tranquil as the silk bamboo of Jiangnan.
The Zen Heart of Cloudy Water
Raise your eyebrows
The laurel blossoms float down Ruoxi, the moon shadow of the Zen room inhabits,
The cloudy water is pale and far away from Qiantang, and the tide of the sea is attacked by a line;
The clear wind is accompanied by the moon, and the Zen tea floats in the air;
The sound of the six waves is moving the ground,
My heart seems to be like the Bodhi.
Stroke a high mountain Ruoxi, who can analyze;
Sigh a section of flowing water Ruoxi, who knows my intention.
Cinnamon floating down Ruoxi, Zen room clear frost perched,
clouds and water pale three Taiwan far, the scene line people shadow clear;
Past as a smoke dream, tenderness is like water according to the,
cut off the red dust, the sound of the wooden fish, the night is often empty silence.
The six dynasties of the rivers and mountains of the powder, gold, iron and steel,
How many heroes fist heart into blood,
only in the doorway inscription.
This is the first time I've seen this.