Interpretation of Preface to Qian Qian's Flower Knot

The world is big, and Maitreya has a belly.

Who can't live by sitting on the bridge and watching the flowing water?

After all, there are no precepts and no wisdom, 80 thousand faces.

There are flowers in Xiancun every month, and the flowers are full of songs.

In the annual flower rotation in Montenegro, the flowers turn cool.

Explanation:

In the early years of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty, someone wrote a poem with pictures on the wall of an abandoned temple outside Nanjing, mocking Zhu Yuanzhang's tyranny and urging him to "govern by doing nothing". Zhu Yuanzhang was furious when he saw it and ordered people to burn the temple. This poem is: "The world is vast, everything will be packed in a bag." After all, there are gains and losses. What's wrong with relaxing? "During the reign of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty, Zhang Ying, a college student in Wenhua Pavilion, had a dispute with his neighbor over the homestead. His family wrote to Zhang Ying, an official in Beijing, asking him to intervene. After seeing the letter from home, Zhang Ying didn't lose her temper to "clean up" her neighbor. Instead, I wrote such an intriguing letter to my family from home: "A thousand miles of books are just a wall, why not let him be three feet?" "The Great Wall of Wan Li is still there today, and I don't see Qin Shihuang."

Maitreya Buddha was the first Buddha to enter the temple in Han Dynasty. Maitreya Buddha is the future Buddha in Buddhism, that is, the successor Buddha who will lead the three realms after the demise of Sakyamuni Buddha. Maitreya's smile and belly are typical images, which imply: always smile and laugh at the ridiculous things in the world; A big belly can accommodate people who are hard to accommodate in the world. Tolerance of others is the need of personal mental health, family happiness and social harmony in this era and even in the future. We should wake up, not that Maitreya is laughing, not that Maitreya is tolerant, but that each of us should learn to smile, learn to be kind and learn to be tolerant.

"The world is cold, and Maitreya has a belly." Three thousand lives are in the belly of Maitreya Bodhisattva, and all beings can become Buddhas. We feel the compassion and love of all buddhas and bodhisattvas. What we can let go is the liberation of personal gains and losses, and what we can't let go is the ups and downs of the suffering of all beings. This is the bodhicitta of all buddhas and bodhisattvas.

In the Southern Dynasties, Shi Wu wrote a poem, in which he wrote: "Hoe with bare hands, the ox rider on foot has crossed the bridge, but the bridge does not flow! "Zen explains millions, and everyone explains their own understanding and their own realm. Literally, if you already have something in your hand, you can't hold the hoe anymore; If you have been riding on a cow, it naturally doesn't exist, and you are still walking. Bridge flow or water flow, different reference objects, different conclusions. People watch the water flow on the bridge, and people watch the bridge flow on the boat; People flow on the planet, people flow on the planet. ...

Modern people like to participate in meditation, but the purpose of meditation is self-awareness. The fifth ancestor said to the sixth ancestor, "If you don't know your heart, it's useless to learn the law!" Why? This is because, if people can't fully understand sex, they will have no place to live, and they will be displaced in the field of eight senses. Even if we learn Buddhism, it will only add to the shadow of Buddhism, which has nothing to do with our original nature! Therefore, when you meditate, you can always look back at your self everywhere. If you really see your true colors, then you can "enjoy the Shuiyue Dojo and practice empty meditation", which is the so-called "practice after enlightenment".

Most people always think that Zen can only be practiced in meditation, and some even think that meditation is a meditation with legs closed, eyes closed, eyes and nose closed and mind closed. Meditation is Zen, of course, but Zen is not limited to meditation, gestures, words and deeds, smiles are nothing more than Zen. Even gestures, walking, living, sitting, carrying water, eating and sleeping are full of Zen machines anytime and anywhere. Zen is everywhere, everywhere. Why is Zen everywhere, everywhere? One day, Master Weishan asked visiting disciple Yang Shan, "What did you do after you disappeared for a summer?" It means that I don't participate in meditation practice these days, wasting my time.

Yang Shan replied, "Master! I plowed a field and collected a basket of fruit. "

Master was very happy and said, "In that case, you won't be free this holiday."

Master Weishan said: from the perspective of real life, if you really plant a field, there will really be a bumper harvest; In the sense of Zen meditation, it is to plant the karma for ancestors to become Buddhas in the future.

Disciple Zen master Yangshan was asked by the master in this way, and in turn asked the master, "Master! What did you do this holiday? "

"I eat during the day and sleep at night."

Master Yangshan listened and exclaimed, "Alas! Master, you have no free time this summer. "

This kind of daily life, which is completely devoted to life, is Zen and a sublimated world. It is precisely because of the wonderful use of Zen by Zen master Weishan that he can be calm during the day and at night, eat, drink and sleep normally and naturally, so Zen is really everywhere.

In the Shurangama Sutra, the head of the giant Buddha, the Buddha said that seven places are for Ananda to accept the heart. Where should I put the heart? When the Sixth Ancestor heard people recite the Diamond Sutra, he said, "You should have nothing to live in except a heart", that is, enlightenment. Where should your heart be? Buddha said: you see me with color and beg me with sound, which is heresy and you can't see the Tathagata. Everything is illusory. If you meet each other in different ways, you will see the Tathagata.

Speaking of wild fox Zen, there is a classic case-solving. One of Huineng's disciples, Nanyang Zhonghui, was a Buddhist teacher at that time. Later, a magical "Big Ear Sanzang" came to Beijing and was spread very strangely. Zhong will be invited to test the authenticity of this big-eared monk. He asked Sanzang, "Where is my heart?" "You are a Buddhist," Sanzang said. Why do you watch Tianjin Bridge's monkey show? " Zhong will say, "Yes." Then I settled down and asked, "Where is my heart now?" "Now I'm watching the boat race by the river," Sanzang said. Zhong will say, "Yes." Then he was lost in thought and asked, "Where is my heart?" Sanzang couldn't answer. Zhong Hui said, "You wild fox!" He was expelled from Chang 'an. It is said that Zhong Hui's heart is in Samadhi at this time, that is, it will not be born or destroyed, nor will it increase or decrease, and the wild fox's way will not reach it.

Master Baizhang attends classes every day. There is often an old man who listens to the law and follows the crowd. One day, I stood still. Teacher Nai asked, "Who is the founder?" The old man said, "Five hundred years ago, I lived in this mountain. Some scholars ask: Is it causal to overhaul pedestrians? I said there was no cause and effect. I finally became a wild fox. Please ask the monk to give a message today. "

Shi Yun: "You Dan asked."

The old man asked, "Is it still causal to overhaul pedestrians?"

Shi Yun: "I don't know the cause and effect."

The old man realized it with words.

"Who can't live by sitting on the bridge and watching the flowing water?" People say put it down, put what down? Even put everything down. Life has gone through thousands of bridges and roads. The bridge is down, the road is down (the bridge is left), the water is down, and the boat is down (the water is not left), so I feel relaxed. Whether your heart is safe or not, you know it yourself and others know it. Where is it? "You should have no reason to live", "I don't know the cause and effect", don't be persistent, don't welcome, don't refuse, and realize that you are comfortable at ordinary times.

"After all, there are no precepts and no wisdom, and there are 80,000 faces." The precepts of wisdom are the three omissions of Buddhism. It is determined by words and deeds, and it is determined by wisdom. There are family rules and national laws, and the unit has a unit system. How can wisdom be determined without words and deeds?

It is often said that "wine and meat pass through the intestines, and the Buddha pays attention." This sentence has a history. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang rebelled, mountain thieves ran rampant, killing and plundering everywhere, and the people were displaced and fled everywhere. In Emei Mountain, Sichuan, bandits looted and a group of people fled into a temple in the mountains in panic. The abbot of the temple was very kind and took in refugees. Who knows that mountain thieves chased the temple, robbed the money and killed people. The abbot knows mountain thieves and asks not to hurt the people. No matter what the conditions are, the abbot is willing to endure as long as he can, but he begged these people to be spared.

The mountain thief has always owed the abbot, so he was embarrassed to refuse, so he came up with a ghost idea to let the abbot retreat. So the thief took out some wine and meat and said to the abbot, "Monk, my condition is very simple. As long as you eat the spilled meat, I will let these people go, and I will never say anything. " Everyone is in an uproar! This plan is absolutely unique! A man of practice, who drinks and eats meat and breaks fast, is bound to fall into three evil ways and suffer a lot. Seeing that the abbot picked up the wine and meat, he calmly said, "Wine and meat will clear the intestines and keep the Buddha's heart." Don't change color after eating noodles. The mountain thief was surprised by this, but he had to let everyone go.

The abbot is in danger, so he has no choice but to sacrifice himself, fast and save people, and he is not afraid of falling into evil ways and suffering. Buddha said, "If I don't go to hell, who will?" This is the bodhisattva spirit of Mahayana Buddhism, and this abbot can be said to be a real compassionate carnivore. "Wine and meat pass through the intestines, and the Buddha pays attention." Spread widely, it has almost become the basis for ordinary laymen and Buddhists who don't really understand Buddhism to eat meat and drink. If you see a Buddhist vegetarian, you should say why you are persistent. "Wine and meat pass through the intestines, and the Buddha pays attention." However, the world only knows the first two sentences, "the wine and meat are too much, and the Buddha pays attention", but it doesn't know the last two sentences, "If the world learns from me, it will be possessed by demons" or "Those who learn from me will go to hell and those who slander me will go to heaven", which leads to the proliferation of fallacies and heresies, which is harmful to people. This view confuses 30,000, sex virtue and Xiu De, and Jaken is in charge of the waste. All living beings have Buddha nature, and all things are undiminished and holy. But in the identity of ordinary people, troubles are covered and Buddha nature cannot be revealed. Killing animals and eating meat is short-lived, and you have to be an animal to pay your debts in the afterlife. Only great supernatural sages show that they eat meat for all sentient beings under certain circumstances to cover up the essence of sages. It is impossible for ordinary people to understand that Jigong can spit out two live pigeons after eating two dead pigeons. If you can do it, eat meat. If you can't, just keep the precepts! A lion can jump over a cliff, but a rabbit will only die if it jumps. Ordinary people are not qualified to imitate the behavior of successful people.

"There are flowers in Xiancun, and flowers are full of songs. In Montenegro, the flowers rotate every year, and the flowers turn cool. " "Fairy Village" and "Montenegro" are puns here, and the literal meaning is very simple. My hometown is called Xianren Cave, which is located at the foot of Lao Heishan, the highest mountain in Fiona Fang. The village in my hometown is named after this cave. There is a cave about one kilometer northwest of the village, called Xianren Cave. I used to go there when I was a child. In the past, on the first day of the Spring Festival, adults and children in surrounding villages would put on new clothes, set off firecrackers and play in caves. In the difficult period of life, this may be the happiest day of the year. The name of Xianren Cave is legendary. It is said that a long time ago, there lived a fairy in the cave. She was kind and kind and got along well with the local villagers. Villagers need bowls and chopsticks for weddings and funerals, and fairies will use magic to help them borrow what they want, free of charge. There is only one condition, so it is not difficult to borrow it again. Think about how happy people were at that time, where people were harmonious and intimate, and the social atmosphere was very good. However, I don't know which year, a guy broke his word, borrowed bowls and chopsticks to do things, and didn't return them on time. People nowadays are unlikely to get bad at once, or they will be embarrassed to face the passionate and selfless fairy if they are bad. I don't think greedy bad guys may suddenly appear. Folklore always likes absoluteness, and suddenly a bad guy appears. This is unlikely. But in any case, the immortal's heart is sincere and pure, and the immortal will not leave many bowls and chopsticks for others to borrow. Maybe the immortal is just a yogi with special functions, or even a fairy with magical power. Through some unknown means, he brought chopsticks from other places to save his life and failed to return them on time. Your dishonesty has brought trouble to the immortal and affected his cultivation. At the same time, the gods also promoted the righteousness of the world. When I was a child, I had to invite four or five people to dare to go and meet the immortals. Explain to him that at least I keep my word and don't shoot everyone! I am afraid of meeting a fairy, and the fairy will not forgive me if she becomes angry from embarrassment. What should I do if she takes me away? It's silly to think about it now. Wouldn't it be better to be taken away Follow the immortal's practice, maybe you have achieved the Tao, so why pursue it for so many years! Hehe, it seems that I am still not lucky enough to be immortal. I have to practice hard by myself, and maybe I will get help from the gods one day. Although it is a legend, it is an excellent material for elders in surrounding villages to educate their children and grandchildren about honesty. It's just that with the development of society today, I don't know if parents are willing to use this legend for family education!

I remember that villagers in my hometown used to like to sing folk songs, and many folk experts used flowers and things to make up songs, or to express their feelings, or to express their joys and sorrows, or to convey their thoughts about their loved ones, or to persuade the social atmosphere. All kinds of folk songs can be said to be an important part of folk culture, from which singers and listeners are obsessed and awakened, playing an invisible propaganda role.

In another sense, "fairy village" refers to an aura group that actively practices. It's you, me, him, her, too! Hey hey! I won't part, just practice hard! "Montenegro" corresponds to "light". It is said in the Six Ancestors Tanjing that there is a monk named Dafa. Because he has memorized more than 3,000 copies of Hokkekyo, he has a natural heart to respect me and slow me down. When he went to Nanhua Temple in Caoxi to attend the Dharma Meeting of Master Huineng, the sixth ancestor, all the monks had to wear clothes and bow respectfully when they met the abbot and abbot. However, because of the slowness in Fa Da's mind, he thought that he had memorized more than 3,000 Hokkekyo songs, and he must have a lot of merits. So when he met Hui Neng, the sixth ancestor, he just bent down and didn't even knock his head on the ground.

Master Huineng, the sixth ancestor, asked him, "What are you thinking now? What do you usually study? " Fa Da said frankly, "I have read more than 3,000 copies of Hokkekyo." Master Huineng said, "I don't care how many books you recite, but you must understand the meaning." So I went on to say a poem: "The gift book is slow to fold, and the head can't be ridiculed?" If you are guilty, you will live, but if you are guilty, you will forget. ""The heart turns to Fahua, and the heart turns to Fahua; Reciting has been unknown for a long time, and it is the enemy of righteousness; Just don't think about it. If you think about it, it will become evil. If not, it will always be used. " Fada said that he realized.

The so-called "sinfulness gives birth to me, and I am extremely blessed with merit and selflessness." The reason why I was born is because I don't understand the truth in the scriptures, so I can't get rid of it slowly. This is a mystery. So, when you were fascinated, you were transformed into Fahua, but when you realized it, you could transform into Fahua without me-transforming into Fahua is the real magic.

From the above story, we can get a profound enlightenment: to practice true merits, we must forget ourselves, that is, there is no self; Don't be complacent because of a little practice. For us who study Buddhism, it is very important to remember to be modest and kind, and not to be conceited in front of anyone. I'm so ashamed. I'm far from Master Fahua and I'm still bragging! However, I once made a vow to make a popular poem, to talk about human nature through flowers, and to promote people's inner self-regulation and enlightenment through flowers, so I had to bite the bullet and do it. So far, "Resolving Qian Qian's Heart Knot" has been completed, but only with quality but without quality. Whether it can play its due role does not depend on my will. I can only forget my wish, but I can only be turned around if I can't see myself. I hope not to mislead future generations!

Attachment: "Flowers Solve Qian Qian Knot"

The world is big, and Maitreya has a belly. Who can't live by sitting on the bridge and watching the flowing water? After all, there are no precepts and no wisdom, 80 thousand faces. There are flowers in Xiancun every month, and the flowers are full of songs. In the annual flower rotation in Montenegro, the flowers turn cool.

In January, daffodils are cultivated in clean water.

Narcissus boy, Jinghu obsessed with fishing for the moon. Read the world, no spring scenery, into a jade muscle Ling Boxian. Alas, daffodils are over 1000 years old, and so far they feel most sorry for themselves. Who was I before I was born? Who will be us after death? Eyes, nose, tongue, where are you? The mind is like a flower, like a bubble. It's really annoying to sit right. It's sunny to go out and laugh.

Apricot flowers stick out of the wall in February.

Firecrackers go in the old year, and apricot blossoms come back in the spring. Get rid of the thorns at the edge of the tree before it's too late, and teenagers will taste sour. The wine in Xinghua Village is fragrant, and the shepherd boy is drunk. There are flowers, wine, poems, joys, sorrows and tiredness. Xinglin Garden has many merits, and Huatuo Buddhism preaches compassion. Said that the holy water bodhisattva line, sprinkled on the earth apricot flowers fly.

Peach blossoms are red and bright in March.

Behind Taohua Village is Taohua Mountain, which is full of peach blossoms. Every peach blossom banquet in March, the peach blossom fairy in the sky is under the tree. Peach Blossom Lake loves thousands of feet, and peach blossoms bloom and sing for thousands of years. Where will the peach blossom go? Peaches will die. Flat peach was angry at the dinner, and the crime of peach blossom robbery turned over. Dynasty ups and downs, peach alarm bells ringing.

In April, azaleas are all over the mountain.

Zigui is full of blood and clouds, especially in Anh Hong in April. I always like to take root in the deep stone bottom, and I tend to cut it skillfully. Cong Fei is full of butterflies in the mist, and a hummingbird likes honey pills. "I cherish azaleas the most, and the spring breeze blows different climbs." Playing ordinary and witty jokes, Wei Mofu holds a kind board. Listen to the voice: I have passed the Lord! Life is impermanent Don't be biased.

Peony smiles in May.

There is no fear of fighting snow with flowers, just for truth and frankness. The burnt bone reported to Luoyang, and the jade pot didn't like Bing Xin. Who burns incense and asks Buddha to see Buddha? Meditation for Tao is also a disease. In addition to unrealistic delusions, persistence broke the common pit. Compassion loves all sentient beings, do you know that you are noble and bitter? Lotus Miao said that it makes no difference, and legal rights are all taken skillfully.

Liu Hua is like a fire in June.

In June, pomegranate flowers are in full bloom and a red light race is held among the green trees. Dedicated to the blazing flame, you blow the horn, I ring the bell. Love the brightest day of your life. The stronger you are, the more colorful you will be. There are five or seven trees in front of and behind the house, which cover the sun, disinfect and quench thirst. One is greedy, the other is greedy, the third is greedy, having fun, and living in a drunken dream. If you don't get lost or climb, Yuguo will start to move forward.

The color of the lotus in July is different.

The next lotus leaf, Yang Wanli, and the son of lotus, Di Fang. Infinitely changing blowing in the wind, who is crazy and who is annoyed with Bodhi? What's the point of waking up from a drunken dream? It's a paradise in hell. The injured may not lack understanding, knowing that there is no way to move forward. Three-body people naturally give it, and Hunhonglian is different. The reality of all laws is not empty, and the environment can see my way without secrets.

Osmanthus fragrans in August is sweet and fragrant

Eight, the autumn is crisp, higher than the southern plate, and the sky is full of clouds. Just wait for the fifteen brothers to get together and wish Guanghan an an early escape. Last night, the west wind was raining, and osmanthus flowers fell all over the garden at dawn. Prosperity has not been preserved, only the wave of industry continues. In ancient times, there were great goodness and loneliness, and gold paved the way for Buddhism. Let go of merit, forget charity and settle down.

Autumn wind in September

When using paraquat, chrysanthemum yellow, Chongyang is the most proud, and first frost is the most strict. Light muscles and weak bones are close to the east fence, and the streets are fragrant. I still love the romance of this evening, and I would rather hold the old branches than chase the waves. Red dust and Wan Li fog, turning left and right are all mysteries. Thousands of robbers have cultivated this magical body, and their habits are comparable to stones. If you don't make a wish for King Kong, cause and effect will never come to light.

October furong cream

The natural beauty is clear water, and the powder is reflected in the morning. Why does hibiscus shine in the morning? Autumn wind, autumn rain and autumn frost get married. They say beautiful women are so unlucky. Who refused to be young in ancient times? I was once fascinated by Lang Yue, and my father called me a prisoner. Hungry and sweet, who is cold and warm? Happy dreams, who will accept them? From the outside into the non-Jia Zhen, nature is endless.

Camellia blooms in early November.

No matter the hills and plains, the scenery is a tea garden. Frost and snow adversity has not changed, the more double petals, the more fragrant and fresh. Red, purple, white and yellow are all over the sky. If I don't call it gorgeous, who will? When the water dries up, it becomes a waterfall, and people are forced to turn over when they are desperate. There is no passepartout on the road. I'll wait for you at the door. When the mountain collapses, Minghua is as big as three thousand.

Plum blossoms in December are hidden in the snow.

This body is now in the forest of ice and snow, and there is no dust more fragrant than peaches and plums. Suddenly like a Ye Xiang, scattered into the folk newspaper Spring Festival travel rush. Dont Ask For Help praised lewd, and only sought to change gas to fill withered Kun. It is easier to see the Tao than to prove it, and it is necessary to break through thousands of ways to get the Tao. Static movement means peace, while walking, living, sitting and lying down means meditation. Jiu Nan don't look back, tianshui connected to the top ten magic into pieces.

Flowers bloom in December every year, and flowers bloom and fall. A thousand words are uncomfortable, and a thousand words are false. Words can't be said, there is nothing in the world. A flower and a tree are true, but the demon king has not proved it. Song "flower" is the heart knot, while "peak cow" releases the sun.