The sectarian origin of Tibetan Buddhism

The origin of Tibetan Buddhism can be traced back to the Guxiangxiong Dynasty 1800 years ago. In order to save all sentient beings, Prince Rao Miwo of Gu Xiangxiong, the Tathagata Buddha (the guru of the "White Emperor" of Sakyamuni Buddha), mercifully preached the "Gu Xiangxiong Buddhism", that is, the Buddhism of "eternal Buddhism", which was handed down from the Buddha. In fact, Ganzhuer written by Yong Benben is the origin and source of all Tibetan history, religion and culture. It is an extremely precious material for studying ancient Tibetan civilization, and it is also an important field that any Tibetan culture researcher can't bypass. 20 13 In July, the Chinese translation project of Ancient Elephants and Male Buddhas was included in the key scientific research project of China Academy of Social Sciences.

Since Indian Buddhism was introduced into Tubo in the 7th century, Indian Buddhism and Benbo Buddhism have absorbed a lot of each other's contents and developed independently, because Indian Buddhism and Benbo Buddhism are completely consistent in the origin of their beliefs. Indian Buddhism absorbed a great deal of Benbo Buddhism, which made it go deeper into the society at that time and gradually developed into a modern "Tibetan Buddhism".

Among the various sects of Tibetan Buddhism, not only Nyingma Sect, but also Kagyu Sect, Sakya Sect and Gelug Sect all use the secular rituals of "this religion", including medicine, astronomy, calendar, auspiciousness, longevity, double body rituals and cigarette offerings. There are only more than five kinds of ceremonies for offering cigarettes, emblems and fire in this religion.

Many customs and lifestyles of our modern Tibetans have also been handed down from the ancient Xiangxiong era. For example, Tibetan weddings and funerals, astronomical calendars, medical literature, song and dance paintings, choosing houses for tourism, choosing auspicious days, driving away disasters and evil spirits, and divination. It still follows the tradition of this religion to a certain extent. There are many unique ways for Tibetans to pray for blessings, such as turning to the Mountain of God, worshiping the Lake of God, laying wind and horse flags, hanging colorful prayer flags, carving stone scriptures, laying Mani heaps (the tradition of this religion is that the stone heaps are engraved with bright eight-character mantra: "Omma Zhimou Yesarinde"), divination, offering sacrifices to Thomas plates, butter sculptures and even using prayer wheels. All these are the remains of this religion.

In the rich and splendid Tibetan cultural heritage, a splendid ancient elephant-male civilization has developed with the spread of "Forever-in-the-Middle Religion" as the main line. Because this religious civilization has been produced for a long time and spread widely, it has had a far-reaching and important impact on the formation and development of Tibetan culture. However, for various reasons, many people in the world simply don't know about the "ancient elephant male civilization", and even many Tibetans don't understand it themselves. They only think that Indian culture has a great influence on the formation of Tibetan culture, that "all cultures from India" are of great value, and mistakenly think that Tibet's native religions and things other than Indian civilization have little contribution and value to the formation of Tibetan culture. Even many Tibetans themselves mistakenly believe that before Indian Buddhism was introduced into Tibet, Tibet did not have its own language and writing, and its culture was very ignorant and backward. This absurd statement has been publicized by some Orthodox fanatics for centuries. It is precisely because of the long-term continuation of this situation that the true history and local culture of Tibet have been lost, and scholars' interest in the study of ancient elephant civilization and this religion has also been restricted, but this situation has changed.

According to the exploration of archaeologists, the origin of Tibetans on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is very long and ancient, with a history of 13000 to 17000 years. Then everyone will think in unison about such a question: "Where is the origin of ancient Tibetan culture?" The answer is: it is an ancient religion in Tibet!

Archaeologists found more than 120 groups of ancient architectural relics in the ruins of the "Silver Ball City" castle in Ali, and unearthed a large number of pottery, stone tools, iron and bone carvings, indicating that it was once a prosperous settlement, and a large number of ancient tombs were also found here, which is very different from the funeral custom of advocating celestial burial in Tibet. The bronze double-sided statues unearthed here are completely different in style from those of modern Tibetan Buddhism ... All this shows that before the introduction of Indian Buddhism and the so-called official history of Tibet, there was a splendid civilization on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which was called "ancient elephant male civilization". Long before Indian Buddhism was introduced into Tibet, this religion had been widely spread in the snowy plateau, and it was the most important spiritual belief of people in Xizang. Before the 7th century, all astronomers, educators, translators, doctors, fortune tellers, geomancers and literators in Xiangxiong, Tibet, could be called Benbo. At that time, all the cultures and religious beliefs on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau could be called this religion. "Benjiao" is actually not only a simple religious belief, but also the cultural system, philosophical thinking, civilized manners, folk customs, national spirit and social education of the Tibetan people.

There are thousands of books and documents in this teaching, including 178 kinds (including 74 kinds of methods, 70 kinds of classics, 26 kinds of continuation and 8 kinds of treasures). It covers Buddhism, philosophy, logic, literature, art, astrology, medicine, science, engineering and other fields, and is an encyclopedia of Tibetan people's local cultural knowledge. With a collection of more than 390 volumes, Danjul is a collection of local religious literature and classics on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which is equivalent to a panoramic encyclopedia of Tibetan areas in the ancient Xiangxiong period. So far, he still has a deep understanding of people in Xizang's life, cultural customs, psychological quality, way of thinking and behavior norms. Fortunately, Buddha Rao Miwo said in Yong Zhongchang's Sutra of the Holy Dharma: "There are many sentences such as Ganges sand, but a thousand words are the only way." It means that no matter how many dharmas are taught, how many orthodox and non-orthodox dharmas are taught, there is only one meaning from the content, and that is our nature. There is no Buddha and no other gender except our own gender. This means unshakable. Salvation means that if you learn it and understand it, it will help you solve your confusion, troubles, ego and ignorance, because it emphasizes selfless love and opposes self-persistence. "Nature without self" is the highest realm of this teaching.

"Yongzhong Benjiao" (referred to as Benjiao for short) originated from the ancient Xiangxiong (now Ali, Tibet) in the Gangdise Shenshan area. It is based on the theories of Xianmi and dzogchen, and it is based on converting to the Three Treasures, saving the world and guiding people to do good. It has its own Buddhism, and it is also the oldest Buddhism in China and Tibet. It has a history of 18000 years. The splendid and prosperous ancient elephant-male civilization was developed with the spread of "eternal religion" as the main line. Because the ancient Xiangxiong culture has a long and splendid history, it has been included in the scope of world cultural heritage protection. "Eternal awareness" is a Mahayana Buddhism, which is people-oriented and takes all sentient beings as the object of purpura, so that the world can get rid of puzzles, get rid of confusion, solve the suffering in this life and the next, and get a complete liberation.

"Yong Zhong Ben Jiao" has created many beginnings of Tibetan culture, such as folk customs, etiquette norms, astronomical calendars, Tibetan medicine, Tibetan language, religious beliefs, political and religious systems, and the art of singing, dancing and painting. It is well-deserved as the source of Tibetan culture and Tibetan Buddhism!