What do you mean by "jumping out of the three realms and not in the five elements"? I really don't know if I don't look

While watching the TV series The Journey to the West, we still remember a scene in which an emissary from the underworld was ordered to arrest the Monkey King. According to the records in the book of life and death, the Monkey King's 342nd birthday has passed. But the Monkey King said this sentence: "My old grandson has jumped out of the three realms, is not in the five elements, and is no longer under his jurisdiction. How could he be hazy and dare to hook me? " It turns out that Wukong has learned the way to live forever, and is no longer limited by life span, which can be described as immortality.

So, here's the problem. What do the three realms and five elements mean? For those who don't know this knowledge, let's study together today to see if we can jump out of the three realms instead of the five elements.

Different views on the first, third and fifth lines

1, Sanjie, originally a religious term. For example, the Taoist "three realms" refer to the three realms of heaven, earth and man, which are the scope of the whole universe.

Taoism divides the universe into 36 days, roughly divided into six-colored days, eighteen-colored days, four-colored days, four Brahma days, three-clear days and Luo Tian, among which 28 days belong to three realms.

The so-called "three realms" of Taoism are the first desire realm, the second color realm and the third achromatic realm, and it is pointed out that "above these three realms, in the air, the devil sings and the voice participates in the cave chapter".

Desire world refers to the place where all greedy and completely selfish beings live; The color world is higher than the desire world,

"Du Ji Zhu" said: "Six desires are always pure, beyond the realm of desire, and one day's progress is the realm of color"; Colorless world, from tangible quality to intangible quality.

However, in Buddhist terminology, "three realms" refers to the place where all beings live, including three ways to get rid of inaction: desire realm, color realm, achromatic realm or breaking realm, leaving realm and final realm.

2. Five elements

There are also many sayings of the five elements, and there are three main sayings:

1. Practice, observe precepts, endure humiliation, be careful, and stop observing.

2. Sacred, Sanskrit, Heaven, Baby, Sick.

There are also gold, wood, water, fire and earth. Jin Mu's fire, water and soil is a material view of ancient Taoism in China. Mainly used in philosophy, Chinese medicine and divination.

Gold, wood, water, fire and earth are considered by the ancients to be composed of these five elements, and natural changes rise and fall with the changes of these five elements. These five elements not only affect the changes in nature, but also affect people's destiny.

Among the five elements, water represents moistening, fire represents inflammation, gold represents convergence, wood represents delay, and earth represents neutralization.

Second, the specific content of the three realms and five elements

Let's focus on the "three realms" of Buddhism, namely, the realm of desire, the realm of color, the realm of achromatic color and the realm of five elements. Jin Mu is located in from the mire.

1, Third Sister

(1) expected bound

All sentient beings in the three realms of desire have various strong desires such as lust, lust, appetite and lust. Desire is the realm of all beings who have not got rid of secular desires, that is, the world.

What is desire? It refers to the five desires of wealth, color, fame, food and sleep. Of course, mainly refers to the lust of men and women.

Everyone has his own desires. People living in this world will inevitably have some desires, some are money, fame, and some are spirit and body. These are all manifestations of desire.

Should there be desire? Some people suggest to get rid of it, others disagree, and think that desire is human nature and cannot be changed. But with desire, people can struggle, progress and society can progress. Desire can be controlled, and people without desire do not exist.

(2) Color boundary

Buddhist language. One of the three realms. Above the world of desire, below the colorless world. There are exquisite materials, no greed between men and women.

The three realms of color are above the realm of desire, and all beings in this world are far from material desires. That is, those who have no obsession with material life, and those who have no obsession with many desires, are only flesh. Because all beings in the color world have no lust for food, there is no distinction between men and women here.

The so-called color world means that there are quality obstacles. Although there is no desire, there is still a world of forms and images, that is, the color world. The world of color is divided into 22 layers. For each higher level, one point will be deducted for works of color, one point will be lighter for works created by color, and one point will be awarded.

In fact, the color world is the desire to eat color. In this world, ordinary people will clearly distinguish yin and yang. The color world refers more to people's secular desires.

Seven emotions: people's joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, evil and desire. In Buddhism, they refer to joy, anger, worry, fear, love, hate and lust.

Six desires: six physiological needs or desires of human eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind.

In fact, people are inseparable from the color world. If they leave the color world, there will be no distinction between men and women in this world, and people will not be troubled by secular desires, but this is impossible.

(3) Achromatic boundary

Colorless world is the highest realm among the three realms. Of course, the so-called achromatic world should mainly refer to a state of mind, which breaks through the world of mortals and makes the mind suddenly enlightened. People who can reach the colorless world should not be mortal, but should be saints or immortals.

2. Five elements

Although there are different opinions about the five elements, the following focuses on the five elements of Taoism in China: "gold, water, wood, fire and earth".

According to historical records, "water, fire, wood, gold, earth, water, fire, inflammation, wood, straight, gold, skin and earth".

The theory of five elements is a philosophical thought of ancient Taoism in China. It takes gold, wood, water, fire, earth and other common elements in life as the basis of all natural things and natural phenomena.

The Five Elements Theory was very popular in the Warring States Period, which promoted the development of the Five Elements Theory, and the Five Elements Theory appeared.

Symbiosis refers to the mutual growth or promotion of substances, such as wood fire, fire-born soil, native gold, gold-born water and aquatic wood; Respecting each other means that substances will repel and inhibit each other, such as Mutuke, Tukeshui, Shuihoke, Huojinke and Jin Kemu.

The appearance of the theory of mutual generation and mutual resistance enriches the study of the theory of five elements and has rich philosophical connotation. The whole world is running endlessly, and the life and death of all things are included. It can be said that you have me, I have you, there is grams in life, and there is life in grams. That's how the universe works day and night.

These five-element theories developed into simple materialist dialectics, which promoted China's ancient philosophy, astronomy and medicine.

The correspondence between five elements and eight diagrams in Zhouyi;

Gold is dry, change: dry for the sky, change the jersey;

Fire leaves one by one: leaving is fire;

The wood was shocked and lost: the earthquake was thunder and lost to the wind;

Water is a ridge: a ridge is water;

The land is one by one, Kun: the root is the mountain, and Kun is the land.

3. What do you mean by "jumping out of the three realms, not in the five elements"?

"Jumping out of the three realms and not in the five elements" means that in the circle of the three realms and the five elements, although it can transcend life and death, it still has certain constraints and is not satisfactory. The purpose of jumping out of the three realms and five elements is to get rid of this circle, get rid of any bondage and achieve a satisfactory state. Only in this way can we transcend the three realms, gain freedom and clarity, achieve real freedom and achieve immortality.

The Three Realms is the place where all sentient beings live in the cycle of life and death, so the Three Realms is also called the sea of suffering.

"Freeing from misery" is actually freeing from the three realms. The purpose of human practice is to transcend the three realms, get rid of the suffering and reach the immortal realm of the western paradise.

Therefore, it is said that "jumping out of the three realms and not being in the five elements" is regarded as the golden rule by Buddhists and Taoists, and practitioners also regard this sentence as the ultimate goal of life.

Taoism advocates the unity of heaven and man, self-cultivation and self-cultivation, so as to achieve quietism's goal, understand the avenue of heaven and earth, and finally return to nature and see through the essence of things. "Beyond the three realms, not in the five elements" is the beautiful wish of the ancients to pursue freedom, not be bound by the secular, and achieve positive results.

It is not easy to reach such a state. Because the five elements are interrelated, it is easy to understand as "not in the five elements", that is to say, I want to do anything without the influence of these substances and want to go beyond the five elements.

But the reality is cruel. A person living in the world will inevitably have all kinds of worries and fetters, and will also bring more and more worldly desires. Therefore, it is very difficult to jump out of the three realms instead of the five elements, which can only be regarded as an ideal and desire of human beings.

But with this secular desire, what should we do? We are all mortal, and it is impossible to avoid it. "jumping out of the three realms, not in the five elements" can only be done by immortals and saints. This road is too far for us.

I think, as long as you obey the laws of nature, seriously cultivate your mind, constantly improve yourself, and strive to be an honest and kind person, you will also have a wonderful and different life, which is considered as "jumping out of the three realms and not in the five elements" for yourself.