Poetry and Zen walked side by side in the Tang Dynasty. In the Song and Ming Dynasties, Zen and poetry were like salt in water, and their moods were interlinked. Learning Zen can't understand poetry, and wisdom is always incomplete; Learning poetry and knowing Zen is beneficial to the spiritual realm. Zen means meditation and wisdom. Reading Zen poems can enlighten life, purify the soul, let go of troubles and gain inner joy.
In the world of China's poetry, there is a kind of poem that is worth pondering. After reading it, there is a feeling of awakening, that is, Zen poetry, and understanding the meaning of life.
Buddha said: a flower and a world, a leaf and a bodhi. Wisdom is all around us and contained in life. Huang Tingjian was a great calligrapher and writer in the Northern Song Dynasty. Although he is a disciple of Mr. Dongpo, people have always called him "Su Huang", and it is said that the poetic achievements of Juegu in the Northern Song Dynasty are comparable to Dongpo's, and they share weal and woe. However, the styles of Huang Tingjian and Su Shi are still very different. Su Shi is more broad-minded and cheerful, while Huang Tingjian emphasizes imitating Du Fu, and his poetic style is more profound and vigorous. Huang Tingjian, a stone man, loves Buddhism and writes many Zen poems, which are very Zen.
Huang Tingjian has thousands of books to teach his children, and his legacy is full of gold, which often causes trouble. If you can spend time with the poor, there will be a bright moon giving birth to mussels. The mountains are painted with feasts, and the water is the window of the night. It is wonderful to see water and mountains. What will pollute the platform?
The Tail Couplet implicitly uses two famous Bodhisattva poems by Shen Xiu and Huineng. "Looking at the water and mountains, what will pollute the platform." Huang Tingjian, after some storms, had a quiet meditation in his later years. This time, he saw the quiet atmosphere of Xu Zhi Temple, and suddenly he thought of those two famous Zen poems, "Bodhi has no trees, and the mirror is not Taiwan." Nothing, where is the dust! " The poet is in a leisurely mood, and the landscape also presents a quiet fairyland. The inner clarification is nothing, if nothing.
Watching the Tide and Watching the Tide are poems written by Su Shi to his youngest son, Su Guo, when he heard that he was going to be a judge in Zhongshan House. Although this poem has only four short sentences, after reading it, it is specific to what Buddhists call enlightening artistic effects.
Lushan Mountain is misty, rainy and tidal, so don't hate it.
Don't be idle when you get there. Lushan mountain is misty and rainy, and Zhejiang tide.
Of course, for Su Shi, the reason why he can see mountains or mountains or water or water is mainly because he has experienced many ups and downs in life and has a clear understanding of the world. Know what you are pursuing and what you want to give up. When the mountain or water is seen in the eye, its connotation has already appeared. For us, it undoubtedly has the function of enlightening life. So Su Shi wrote a poem before he died, but just four sentences contained Zen meaning, which made people alert.
Huineng Bodhi, the six ancestors of spiced trees, has no trees, and the mirror is not Taiwan.
There is nothing, so there is no dust.
Huineng, the sixth ancestor, aims to show that everything is like a dream bubble, and to teach people not to be paranoid and persistent, so that they can prove themselves clearly. Among them, "Bodhi" is Sanskrit, which means "enlightenment". Huineng, the sixth ancestor, established himself as a master of his generation because of this poem, and Hongren, the fifth ancestor, decided to pass on the mantle to Huineng, the sixth ancestor, because of this poem.
The past of Wu Shishan Jushi Zen Master has passed, so there is no need to think about the future.
Just say a word today, plums are ripe and gardenias are fragrant.
This poem tells us not to think about the past, but to worry about the future. A wise man grasps the present. Plum and gardenia are seasonal, so we must grasp the seasonal karma and not leave it empty.