What exactly is knowledge? The central idea of "knowing only" is to transform the mind. "Hua Yan Jing" says: "If you are like a painter, you can paint the world. The five aggregates are derived from life and cannot be made. " "Heart Sutra" said: "Heart-born method, mind-destroyed method. Heart dyeing, national dyeing, heart net. " Our greed and ignorance will lead to pollution. We have a clean heart, a clean heart. Only with a clean heart and a kind heart can a harmonious and clean world be formed in reality, and everything comes from the heart.
Knowledge-only learning is to clarify the truth that "three realms are idealistic and all laws are knowledge-only". "Hua Yan Jing" says: "The three realms are all illusory, only knowing the truth." If the mind can create an industry, there is no industry. The mind can change jobs, and only by purifying the mind can a clean and harmonious world be formed. Therefore, Amitabha has a pure heart and a willing heart, which forms the western paradise. Maitreya Bodhisattva, with a pure heart, formed an inner court in the realm of desire. When Maitreya is born in the future, Longhua Sanhui will be a clean world with five precepts and ten good deeds. The Theory of Yoga Teacher's Land is said by Maitreya, which is the fundamental theory of only knowing Sect. This paper expounds in detail how this world (sentient world, tool world and sage world) is established by the heart.
Second, chanting Buddha's name is the embodiment of all idealism.
Bodhisattva in Qin Dynasty was the founder of only knowing Sect and pure land Sect. He wrote a book "On Past Lives" to explain the teachings of this pure land. "On Past Lives" said: "This 30% is solemn, but it is only a few words; French sentences are clean sentences; Those who are clean in every sentence are called true wisdom and inaction. " What is a clean sentence? It's the name of Buddha. We will recite the Buddha's name, and there will be three kinds of solemnities in Elysium: there are eight kinds of merits in the solemnity of Buddha; Bodhisattva has four virtues; There are seventeen kinds of merits in solemnity. This function is so great. The heart is stronger than everything, which is the truth of all idealism.
Our ancestor said: If people recite Amitabha, it is a profound and wonderful Zen. To recite Buddha is to meditate. Why do you say that? Meditation is to restore your pure heart and Buddha's heart. Buddha's heart is pure, broad-minded, upright, equal and compassionate. Reading a Buddhist name to eliminate greed and ignorance and cultivate the concept of compassion will restore the Buddha's heart.
Therefore, people who read Buddhism must understand the truth of knowledge-only, which is the fundamental idea of Buddhism, and learning knowledge-only has the most realistic guiding significance for reading Buddhism. In this way, chanting Buddha is not blind chanting Buddha, nor is it mindless chanting Buddha. Read a sentence, there is a merit. Otherwise, if you don't know, even if you study more all day, your lips will be exhausted and your tongue will be burnt, which won't help much. Because Buddhism is to transform the mind, the three realms are idealistic, and all dharma is only knowledge. The heart can create everything, and the heart can know everything. Just like an engineer, he drew a blueprint and built a house according to the blueprint. After it is built, he still has to rely on his heart to know whether it meets the standard. This is the truth that the three realms are idealistic and omniscient. That is, "Hua Yan Jing" said that "the heart is like a painter and can paint the world. The five aggregates are derived from life and cannot be made.
Third, the Buddhist thought of chanting Buddha is consistent with the Buddhist thought of living.
Life Buddhism was put forward by Master Taixu. Master Taixu only advocates knowledge. I was studying in Jinyun Mountain. He told us about epistemology and life Buddhism. To transform the mind and embark on the road of Buddhism, we must be good people. He has two poems, one of which is: "Buddha is the only one, and perfection lies in personality." It is a real reality that people become Buddhas. " If you want to become a Buddha, you must do a good job before you can become a Buddha. This is the foundation. Another poem said, "If you want to learn Buddhism, you must first make up your mind to be a man. Three-dimensional and four-dimensional Shu family, eight virtues and ten good and strict bodies. " This is more specific, how to learn Buddhism? How to be a man? The standard of life, three conversions, is to convert to the three treasures; Four dimensions, we must know the courtesy, justice and shame; Eight virtues are filial piety, filial piety, loyalty, faith, courtesy, righteousness, honesty and shame; Ten virtues are "don't kill, steal or commit lewdness" in body three, "don't talk nonsense, don't swear, don't leave people and don't talk nonsense" in mouth four, and "don't be greedy, angry or stupid" in meaning three.
In this poem, Master Taixu put forward the concrete standards of being a good person: three conversions and four dimensions, eight virtues and ten virtues and strictness. This is consistent with the three blessings of Pure Land Sect. The classic "Five-Day Shoujing" of the Pure Land Sect specifically pointed out: "Buddhists should cultivate three kinds of blessings." Which three blessings? "A filial piety to adoptive parents, serve teachers, kindness not to kill, ten good karma. Both of them have three conversions, abstain from foot and do not commit dignity. The three are bodhicitta, convinced of cause and effect, reading Mahayana, and persuading the predecessors. " These three blessings, first, represent the goodness of human nature, second, the goodness of hearing and feeling, and third, the goodness of Mahayana Bodhisattva. Therefore, learning Buddhism should start from being a human being, which is the minimum.
During the Anti-Japanese War, a reporter asked Master Taixu: What is the most important method of Buddhism? What is the most urgent thing in China? Master Taixu replied that the most important method of Buddhism is to talk about cause and effect. If you don't know cause and effect and don't believe in cause and effect, it's not Buddhism. Learn Buddhism by understanding cause and effect. The second question: What is the most urgent thing for China? Master Taixu said, "Morality." Only by governing the country with morality can the country be peaceful, the society be stable and the mankind be harmonious. Master Taixu is well versed in epistemology and talks about reforming the mind everywhere. If we don't change our thinking, morality and cause and effect, this society will be in chaos.
Therefore, everyone should understand this truth. Learning only knowledge is of great significance to the Buddhist's practical guidance, and his inner strength is great. When you recite the Buddha, if you can recite the five hearts of the Buddha, "pure heart, broad heart, upright heart, equal heart and compassion", the present is pure land and the present is bliss! You must have this heart. With this heart, you can create a harmonious world, a harmonious group and a harmonious family, and you can increase your unity, upward strength and innovation, which will play a great role.
-Elder Wei Xian