1. Original poem: included in "The Hidden Heron in the Bright Moon: An Analysis of Thousands of Zen Poems (1)"
Look at the flowers blooming in the morning and the red trees on the trees, and watch the flowers fall on the trees at dusk null.
If flowers are compared to human affairs, flowers and human affairs are the same.
From "Offering Flowers to Buddha" by Zen Master Longya of the Tang Dynasty.
2. Analysis
(1) General idea: In the morning, when you watch the flowers bloom, they are colorful for a while, and the trees are full of brilliant red flowers; in the evening, the red flowers fade, and the beautiful scenery is no longer there, and there is no space left. A dead branch of a tree. If we use flowers to compare life, the blooming and fading of flowers are impermanent, and the birth and death of human beings are also impermanent.
(2) Extended meaning: The same thing applies to people and flowers. There is nothing unchanging or unique in the world. Everything depends on causes and conditions to exist. Zen Master Laiguo said: "If you offer incense, your body and mouth will not smell bad; if you offer flowers, your appearance will be dignified; if you offer lamps, your mind will be clear; if you offer water, all bad diseases will disappear; if you offer fruits, you will be rich and honorable; if you offer beads, your body will be clean and noble." "Extended content:
1. Layman Feng Xuecheng's "Herons Hidden in the Moon: An Analysis of Thousand Zen Poems (1)" has valuable understanding and research on the typical Thousand Zen Poems of the past dynasties. Criticize and analyze the valuable Zen poems, explore and inherit Zen poems, a treasure of national cultural heritage.
2. Lay Buddhist Feng Xuecheng was born in Chengdu in 1949. In 1969, when he was an educated youth in Jiangyou, Sichuan, he met the famous Master Hai Deng. After his recommendation, I went to Master Benguang, and later I went to Master Jia Ti Tao, Master Li Yu, and Master Ben Neng. In 2001, I received the inheritance from Master Zunsu Foyuan of contemporary Zen Buddhism. In the past forty years, layman Feng Xuecheng has diligently studied among many masters, read the classics and history, and gone deep into Zen meditation. Since then, he has been full of energy and can freely move in and out of the uprightness of Confucianism, the subtleties of Buddhism, and the profound mysteries of Taoism. Since 1992, he has taught at Sichuan Buddhist College, Sichuan Nun Buddhist College, Yunmen Buddhist College, and Hebei Buddhist College, and has given lectures in Sichuan, Guangdong, Hebei, Hubei and other places.
3. There are many ways to classify Zen poetry.
(1) Divided by type, such as poems about seeing the Tao, poems about enlightenment, poems about leaving the world, poems about warning the world... to erotic poems with a Zen-like taste, etc.
(2) Divided from the artistic realm, such as epiphany poetry, leisure poetry, broad-minded poetry, melancholy poetry, Buddha-nature poetry, poetry in the realm of equality of all beings, poetry in the realm of freedom, etc.
(3) Taking "enlightenment" as the center, a style that can fully embody the meaning of Zen is arranged. The so-called "enlightenment" is called "enlightenment of the great road" for those who are born out of the world, and it is called "appreciating the spirit" for those who enter the world. It generally includes five aspects: Zen Tao, Zen Joy, Zen Method, Zen Warning and Zen Song.
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Reference materials:
Mingyue Tibetan Heron_Baidu Encyclopedia