1, one

Bodhi trees have no trees, and the mirror platform is not a platform. ?

Buddha's nature is always pure, where can there be dust? ?

2. second.

I am a bodhi tree, and my heart is like a mirror platform.

The bright mirror is very clean, where will it get any dust? ?

3. third.

Bodhi has no (non-) trees, and the mirror is not a stage.

It is nothing, no matter what it is, where will there be any dust? ?

4. fourth.

Bodhi is just looking for the heart. Why should he go outside to look for profound Buddhist thoughts?

I heard that practicing according to this is only in the west at present.

Second, the interpretation of poetry:

1, one

There is no bodhi tree, nor is it a bright stage. As long as sex is empty, how can there be dust?

2. second.

The body of all beings is the tree of enlightenment and wisdom, and the heart of all beings is like a bright stage mirror. A clean mirror, where will be stained with dust?

3. third.

There is no bodhi tree, and it is not a bright stage. It's all empty. Where can I get dust?

4. fourth.

Bodhi only seeks the heart, why bother to seek mystery from the outside world? Practice yourself in this way, and heaven is just around the corner!

Extended data

Bodhisattva is a poem written by Huineng, the sixth ancestor, which is contained in the Tanjing. Because it is based on Bodhi, it is called Bodhisattva. There are four songs. Bodhisattva, written by Huineng, a monk in the Tang Dynasty, is a poem that interprets Buddhist teachings. Among them, the first two poems are directed at Shen Xiu's No Love, aiming at explaining the purity of the "mirror".

Creative background editing

As for the origin of this poem, there is a clear record in the fourth to eighth sections of the Tanjing: Hongren, the fifth ancestor, "called all his disciples one day" and asked everyone to "write a poem". He also said, "If you get the gist", that is, "Fu Yi is as good as the law, which is an important thing for six generations." Shen Xiu, the last disciple of Hong Ren, wrote a poem in front of the door: "I am a bodhi tree, and my heart is like a mirror platform. Wipe it frequently to prevent it from accumulating dust.

When Hong Ren learned about this, he asked the scholar to sit in the class and said, "If you do this, you will lose sight" and "If you find the supreme bodhi, you will not get it", so he asked him to "write another poem". And "it's impossible to show off for a few days." Huineng's poems are aimed at the beautiful "spiced tree". According to the altar sutra, Huineng couldn't read, so she first "asked someone to read" the beautiful melody, and then wrote this song "asked a scholar to write it at the Western Wall".

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