Make a connection

It means that although the practice in this life cannot be liberation, it can also be used as an opportunity to achieve results in the future.Mahayana Volume 6 (Mahayana 46·8 ○1): The saying "harmony with light and dust is the beginning of bondage".In Tiantai Sect, the relationship is widely understood in the four teachings of treasury, zodiac, distinction and perfection.As stated in Volume 6 of the Lotus Sutra (MeiBen), if the connection between the Three Treasures is established, the method of birth and death is preached;If you make connections with common teachings, you will preach the law of non-birth;If you make connections with separate teachings, you will preach the Dharma that will not be born and will be born in a state of constant sand;If you make the connection with the perfect teaching, you will preach the Dharma of not giving birth to the real reality.

Tiantai Sect also divides relationships into two types: Panel relationships and the next type of relationships based on the sharpness and dullness of the roots of sentient beings or the severity of karma.There are four categories of sentient beings: (one )Those with dull roots and heavy obstacles are not allowed to understand even if they hear the teachings of the Perfect Vehicle, so they belong to the Pan-Er relationship. (two )If the roots are dull and the obstacles are light, such people first learn the teachings of Quancheng, understand the meaning and make connections. (three )Those with severe roots and difficulties (Four )If the roots are sharp and the barriers are light, these two types of people will learn from the teachings of the Perfect Vehicle and develop a perfect interpretation. The Buddha seed is soaked in the original consciousness.Among them, those who use the Buddha seed to indulge in the original consciousness are called the next kind of connection, and those who cannot understand the teachings are called Panerai relationship.

It is also generally the case of building temples and pagodas, engraving and printing scriptures, etc., and the situation of giving up money and property to make connections with Dharma is also called making connections.In addition, if the masses who listen to the Dharma together during a while seat will be called a group of people who are in harmony.This term was widely used in the later world, and its meaning was also broad. In this way, it means to make good relationships with each other.In addition, Japanese Buddhism has the so-called "five levels of connection", namely, five general terms: five Dharma Assembly, including the initiation of connection, the eight lectures of connection, the sutra of connection, the offering of connection, and the teaching of precepts. ［Volume 4 of the Great Sun Sutra, Volume 2 of the Lotus Chinese Sentences, Volume 6 of the Sixth and Three of the Profound Practice of the Sutra of the Contempt and Contemplation ］ p5190