The difference between the I Ching and the Buddhist Scriptures:
1. The recorded content is different
The "I Ching" is an ancient classic that explains the changes in all phenomena in the world. It is a profound and profound book on dialectics philosophy.
"Buddhist Sutras" The Buddhist Sutras are a compilation of what the Buddha said, and are the basic basis for Buddhist teachings.
2. Different formation methods
The "Book of Changes" originated from the ancient practice of oracle bone divination. At the end of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, Xibo Hou Jichang (King Wen of Zhou) was trapped in prison and performed the Eight Diagrams. The hexagrams of the sixty-four hexagram series were compiled into the "Book of Changes".
Later in the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius and his disciples who inherited his development of the Zhouyi wrote the "Book of Changes", which was divided into "Gui Zang", "Lianshan" and "Zhouyi".
The formation process of the "Buddhist Sutra" is consistent with the development of Buddhism. According to the chronological order of the development of Buddhism, the earliest Theravada Buddhist Tripitaka was formed, followed by the Mahayana Buddhist Tripitaka, and the last one was Tantric Buddhism. Tripitaka.
3. Different basic structures
Basic structure of the "Book of Changes"
1. Structural relationship of the body diagram: 1. The Eight Diagrams of the Sutra, also called the Zheng Spin Bagua chart. 2. The lower meridian Bagua chart is also called the anti-rotation Bagua chart. 3. The Sixty-Four Hexagram Square Formation is also called the Black Turtle Diagram.
4. Xiantian Gua, also called Fuxi Bagua Diagram. 5. Houtian Gua, also called King Wen Bagua Diagram. 6. Misplaced twenty-four hexagrams. 7. The Yin Yang Forty Bagua Diagram is also called the Sixteen Points.
2. Structural relationship of mathematical diagrams: 1. River diagram, also called vertical and horizontal coordinate system, also called seventy-two Hou decomposition. 2. Luo Shu, also called diagonal oblique relationship, also called action dot product number.
3. Basic program structure: The physical diagram and the mathematical diagram interact and form a chain reaction to form an integrated logical relationship, establishing the most basic and essential program of the universe. This program is named "Cosmic Program", and the theory formed on this basis is called "Cosmic Programming".
The basic structure of "Buddhist Sutra" is divided into several parts such as title, translator, text, and style. Among them, the title, translator, and text are the components of the Buddhist scriptures, and the style is the style of the Buddhist scriptures.
Buddhist classics are divided into sutras, laws, and treatises according to their content, and Mahayana, Hinayana, and Tantra according to their schools. However, the basic structure of these classics is the same, and they are divided into sutra titles, translators , text, style and other parts.
Among them, the title, translator, and text are the components of the Buddhist scriptures, and the style is the genre of the Buddhist scriptures. They are the basic elements that make up the Buddhist scriptures.
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