Some people may not understand that the origin of this idiom is Buddhist language, and its origin is today's saying, "Ten parties and the world are integrated as one." (Interpretation: On the way to practice in Upper Kuboth, even if you make great achievements, you must keep moving forward; Only by studying everything in the universe can we reach a high level. )
Daoyuan, a Taoist priest in the Northern Song Dynasty, The Story of Deng Chuan in Jingdezhen, Volume 10:
The teacher sent a monk to ask the monk who was in a meeting, "What happened to the monk after seeing Cheng Quan?" Will be silent. The monk said, "Why didn't the monk see the works before Nanquan?" Hui Yun: "Nothing else." The monk raised his hand like a teacher, and the teacher sighed, "It's not true that the head of the pole is still. A hundred feet must enter, and the world of ten parties is the whole body. " . The monk asked, "How can you go further like a hundred feet?" Shi Yun: "Langzhou Mountain, Lizhou Water." The monk said, "Please teach me." Shi Yun: "All the seas and lakes are emperors."
(According to the sentence: "A hundred feet must advance", and the word "Zhang" in "Five Lights Meeting Yuan" is "foot". Because of Buddhist works, I dare not judge what a positive solution is, but since my personal understanding has reached "hundred feet", how can I go back to "hundred feet" and go further? Do I have to go to Baizu again? )
Translated, it is:
Zen master Jing Cen sent a monk to ask the monks who had participated in meditation together, "What happened after the monk saw Zen master Nanquan?" The monk was silent. The monk asked again, "Didn't the monk see what Nanquan master used to do?" The monk replied, "There can be nothing else." When the monk came back, he told Zen master Jing Cen these words. Zen master Jing Cen instructed an ode, saying, "A hundred feet stand still, although it is not true. A hundred feet must enter, and the world of ten parties is the whole body. " The monk asked, "How can you make progress like a hundred feet?" Zen master Jing Cen replied: "The mountain of Langzhou (now Changde, Hunan) and the water of Lizhou (now Lixian, Hunan)." The monk said, "Please say it directly." Zen master Jing Cen said: "All the seas and lakes are in the process of imperial transformation."
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Luotuo: the abbreviation of "Luotuo" in Sanskrit, the lyrics in Buddhist scriptures.
A hundred feet pole head: a metaphor for a very high place.
Shifang: Buddhist terms refer to east, west, south, north, southeast, southwest, northeast, northwest and up and down.
Access: refers to understanding Buddhism.
Experience: the emperor means king, and once said, it means greatness. Culture, enlightenment.
Hundred-foot pole head: "Hundred-foot pole head" is earlier than "Hundred-foot pole head", and the poem "Merchant" in Tang Dynasty says: "Hundred-foot pole head is tilted by five liang, where is home in this life?" Refers to the top of the acrobatic pole. The latter refers to high official position and fame, or high achievements in study and career. Therefore, it is suspected that this idiom evolved from the collection of words in the Tang and Song Dynasties.
Buddhism calls the doctrine of Tongdajing "sense of fame", just like "carrying a pole with a hundred feet on its head", which is not high. However, clinging to the stage of "a hundred feet" and standing still is not real "visibility". When you reach the end of a hundred feet, you can't miss the scenery, but you still have to practice, and then you will be integrated with the ten worlds and reach the realm of "all laws are the same".