What do you mean people are not under the stupa?

"People are not under the Buddha, people are not under the tower" means that the real Buddha is not in Lingshan, but in his own heart. Everyone has his own "Ling Mountain Tower", that is, the inner Buddha nature. As long as you keep your inner consciousness and practice yourself, you can reach this state.

This is related to a poem in The Journey to the West-"The Buddha is far away from Lingshan, and Lingshan is in your heart. Everyone has a Ling Mountain Tower so that he can learn from Ling Mountain Tower. ". This poem tells us that the real Buddha is not in the distant Lingshan, but in our own hearts. There is a "Ling Mountain Tower" in everyone's heart. Only by cultivating one's self-cultivation under one's inner consciousness can one achieve this state.

Another sentence, "My Confucianism nurtures the heart, never leaves things, let nature take its course, that is, Kung Fu", expresses the Confucian concept of nourishing the heart. This means that Confucian self-cultivation does not need to leave everyday things, but only needs to conform to the laws of nature and maintain a natural mentality, which is Kung Fu.

Therefore, the meaning of "people are not under the Buddha, people are not under the tower" is to emphasize internal practice and self-improvement, rather than looking for Buddha or pursuing a specific realm in the external environment.