Why do Buddhist members abstain from sex in Journey to the West? Tang Monk Wukong Bajie has wonderful answers!
As we all know, Buddhism abstains from sex, just as Tang Monk said in Journey to the West Say, 'We are monks, how can we be tempted by wealth and pay attention to beauty? What's the point?
Why should Buddhist members abstain from sex? Because sex is desire, and when there is desire, there is greed. Buddhism To transform sentient beings into eradicating the three poisons of greed, anger, and ignorance, is it necessary to abstain from sex?
About Buddhist members, that is, monks and nuns, in the episode "The Four Sages Test the Zen Mind," Tang Sanzang has a classic Buddhist saying In response, Sanzang said: "Female Bodhisattva, it is indeed good for you as a layperson to enjoy the glory and wealth of your family, to wear clothes and to eat, and to have your children reunited. But I don't know that being a monk also has some benefits. How do you know? There is a poem. To prove it, the poem says: The determination to become a monk is very important, and it is better to overthrow the old love hall. There will be no idle words in the body, and there will be good yin and yang in the body. When the merits are completed, it will be better to return to the hometown with a clear mind. , fall into the trap of old age."
Tang Monk said that the purpose of becoming a monk and rebooting is for spiritual practice and immortality. If you don’t become a monk and reboot, the result will be that you will be greedy for blood and food at home, and you will fall into a stinky skin when you grow old.
However, Tang Monk’s statement is untenable, because Taoist ‘Dongzimenzhongshu’ achieves immortality by cultivating yin and replenishing yang. Immortality does not require abstinence, and “Journey to the West” "", the debate between Tang Monk and Bai Lu was ridiculed by Bai Lu, who said, "Meditate on Buddhism, annihilate the underworld, leave the stinking shell of Nirvana, but never escape the mortal world."
Not to mention others, even his disciples didn’t believe Tang Seng’s theory of ‘monastics abstain from sex’. In the original work of "Journey to the West", the idiot said: "Nonsense! Nonsense! Everyone has this intention, and they only make a fool of the old pig. As the saying goes: The monk is a hungry ghost in lust. Who shouldn't be like this? They all coyly make a fool of themselves. "Ban'er, you ruined all the good things."
Wukong once said a theory about becoming a monk. Sun Wukong once said to the monk Che Chiguo, "Your parents gave birth to you because they were destined to violate the Huagai, hinder your father and conquer your mother, or not." Recruiting sisters, I gave up on you and became a monk.' Sun Wukong also once said to Tang Monk: "Monks should not say what lay people say. For lay people, at this time, the hot bed is warm and the quilt is warm, with the child in the arms, the wife kicking behind the feet, and sleeping freely; we are waiting for the monks, where can we do it! That is to say, Carrying the moon and covering the stars, eating in the wind and staying in the water, walking if there is a road, and living if there is no way."
In other words, being a monk is a last resort, eating in the wind and staying in the water is the duty of a monk, and it is a life-threatening crime. The canopy is over, you have no food and clothing, and you still want to marry a wife and have children?