One day, Wuzu called all his disciples: "I tell you, life and death are important things in the world. You just want to be in the sky all day long, and you don't want to find out the pain of life and death. If you are fascinated by yourself, how can you save happiness? " Look at your own wisdom, take it from your nature and make a poem for me. If you get the general idea, you are the sixth generation ancestor. "
They waited for Meixiu, who secretly wrote a book on the wall:
"As a bodhi tree, my heart is like a mirror. Wipe it regularly and don't make dust. "
Five ancestors ordered his disciples to recite this poem with incense and respect. But he said to Shen Xiu himself, "You have never seen your true nature in this poem. You are only outside the door, but you didn't come in. If you think like this, you will find the supreme bodhi and you will never get it. "
Huineng can't read, but when he hears this poem, he knows that he has not seen its nature. The parties also wrote a poem saying:
"Bodhi has no trees, and the mirror is not Taiwan. There is nothing, so there is no dust. "
All the people were shocked. Five ancestors shine shoes: "I have never seen sex."
The next day, Joe sneaked into the next room and hit the next room three times with a stick. Huineng entered the room with three drums, and Zuwu covered the room with a robe, showing no emotion. In order to talk about the Diamond Sutra, Huineng said, "You should have nothing to live in, but you should have your heart", and realized that all dharma cannot be separated from self.
So the words of the ancestors: "When it is self-nature, this is self-purity; What self-nature period, this is not birth and death; When is self-nature, it is self-sufficiency; The self-nature of what period has never wavered; When you are self-sufficient, there are various methods. "
In the middle of the night, people don't know anything, so they teach.
This poem by Shen Xiu represents the artistic conception of Hinayana Buddhism.
To be a bodhi tree means that our bodies should be like bodhi trees, keep correct posture and constantly practice and improve.
The heart is like a mirror, comparing our heart to a mirror. If the dust sticks, it's not Ming Che.
Wipe frequently to avoid dust. Literally, the mirror table should be wiped constantly to avoid being contaminated with dust. It means to keep practicing hard and keep a calm mind, so as to restore true feelings.
The first two sentences of this poem are about the practice of body and mind, and the last two sentences are the result of practice, so you can see your own nature clearly. Hinayana Buddhism pays attention to its own asceticism and regards your nature as a Buddha. The idea of Hinayana is that your heart is Buddha. These are all reflected in beautiful poems.
And "Bodhi has no trees, and the mirror is not a stage. There was nothing, where did the dust come from? " It highlights the artistic conception of Mahayana Buddhism.
Bodhi originally refers to the bodhi tree. Bodhi has no tree, which means it denies the tangible essence of bodhi tree. The mirror is not a platform, which also denies the tangible essence of the mirror platform. These two sentences mean that Bodhi is in your heart, and the mirror is just your heart. Both the bodhi tree and the mirror platform are empty. There is nothing, so where is the dust? This means that since everything is empty, how can we start with dust? Dust is empty! The artistic conception of this poem is that everything is empty, even the original heart and nature of Hinayana are empty.
These two poems became a much-told story in the history of Buddhism. It is generally believed that Huineng's poetry has a higher understanding and a deeper realm. From the realm, it feels like this, but Huineng's poems give people a feeling of being out of touch with space. Beautiful poems reflect real practice and give people a more down-to-earth feeling. Maybe this is the difference between Hinayana and Mahayana.