In Buddhism, especially Tantric Buddhism, there are countless visual methods, such as observing the solemn appearance of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, the Pure Land of the Deity’s Mandala, and the Seed, as well as observing the bright dots and meridians in the body, or observing the Samamaya form of the Deity to perform specific careers.In ancient China, the study of immortals focused on health preservation, cultivation of immortality and immortality, and even ascended to heaven. There were also practices similar to Buddhist visualization, which were generally called contemplation or preservation of the spirit.
During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Shangqing School initiated by Mrs. Wei became very popular, and a wave of cultivating immortals emerged from the royal family to the literati.At first, the classics and practice system of this sect originated from divine teachings. The second-generation ancestor Yang Xitongling obtained the teachings of Gao Zhen, and then recorded the teachings and passed them down. Later, with the promotion of Mr. Tao Hongjing, the "Prime Minister in the Mountains", he shined.
The main classics of the Shangqing School are the "Shangqing Dadong True Sutra" and the "Huangting Sutra". In their practice, they transform the body and body by thinking about the main spirits of all the meridians and the key points to achieve the goal of becoming an immortal.
Coincidentally, Tibetan Buddhism practices the mandala of the body, under the support of bodhicitta and emptiness, practice the deity in the various chakras of the body, purify the turbid air of the body, and can cultivate into a rainbow body. As in recent history of the Gelug School, Mother Luda taught Master Pabongka's master Ruyizhu Tara's formula. This is the case. Both are meditations in various parts of the body. The purpose of the former is to become an immortal god, record the immortal book, ascend to the Heavenly Emperor in the sun, or go to Penglai, Kunlun, Xuanzhou and other immortal lands.
The latter is to realize the emptiness Dharma body while transforming the physical body, purify the qi and meridians, and achieve the supreme and perfect Buddhahood.
Although the deity of meditation and the aspiration of meditation are different, they all have one thing in common: they are meditation on the body, and they all have the function of purifying the qi and meridians. It is true that if you interpret it in depth, the differences are also huge, but the similarities can also be studied, and you can view them as the body and purify this body. The main purpose of the practice of Buddhism has always been to liberation of the mind and nature and to eliminate the cycle of life and death. Therefore, from the perspective of seeking Buddha's path, if you do not practice Prajna and other minds, and only work hard for the immortality of your body, it has always been regarded as the wrong path. From the perspective of transforming sentient beings, the long-term existence of the flesh is a major prerequisite and convenience for benefiting sentient beings. Think about it, if an accomplished person has a short lifespan, it will be difficult to uphold Buddhism and educate sentient beings. Therefore, Tibetan Buddhism, which specializes in the practice of bodhicitta, also attaches great importance to the method of longevity. Living Buddha received the initiation of longevity since childhood, and practiced the method of longevity for a long time and even for life.The first life of Jianggong Kangchu Rinpoche, who practiced the long-lived deity of White Tara throughout his life, was blessed by White Tara, and he lived in the world for 86 years. In the eyes of many people, this life expectancy does not seem to be very long, but for Tibet with harsh environment and lack of oxygen, 86 years old must be considered a long life.
After reading various biographies of Tibetan Buddhism, many living Buddhas and even accomplished people passed away at the age of fifty or sixty and continued to reincarnate.For us, it is necessary to have a healthy, disease-free and long-lived body, and it is also the basis of practice. Otherwise, if we are sick, how can we do the Tao with peace of mind?
The gods in ancient China can be regarded as top experts in health preservation and immortality. The body is composed of six elements, including earth, water, fire, wind, air, consciousness, etc. According to Taoism, there are the two meridians of Ren and Du, the size and the sky, etc., while the Tantric Buddhism includes the two meridians of left and right, central meridians and various bright spots. Since we must keep the five major matters of this physical body in balance and all functions function normally, we should pay attention to body maintenance, repair and conditioning.Some people are influenced by narrow concepts and believe that chanting Buddha's name and chanting scriptures when they are sick, and do not need to take medicine to see a doctor. Therefore, delaying the best time to treat the condition may not be worth the loss.Because all dharmas are born from causes and conditions, medicines can also balance the five elements and even affect non-human sentient beings. If you recite scriptures and mantras, you may not be able to change the five elements of matter immediately. At this time, medicines may be the most direct and effective.In ancient times, some gods also took herbs such as Poria cocos, quash, and Polygonatum during their cultivation.Some gods and immortals take medicine and live forever, ascend to become immortals, which corresponds to the Buddhist Tantric Buddhism taking medicine protected by the long-term medicine without dying, and achieving enlightenment, is the same principle.
《In "The Legend of the Gods and Immortals", Lu Gong went into the mountains to collect herbs, met three gods, and was given the method of refining immortal medicine. After returning, it has been two hundred years since the world came. He taught the immortal ground to his descendants. Within one family, the descendants will be reborn and will be reborn and will be immortal. Le Zichang met an immortal who taught the method of taking immortal medicine. The immortal told him that taking this medicine can make people rejuvenate, rise to the clouds and bring back the dead. If you take it for a long time, you will still look like a girl at the age of 180.Le Zichang gave the elixir to nine people including his wife and children to take it. The elderly returned to their youth, and the young remained old. Finally, the whole family entered the sea and became immortals. Ge Hong's "Baopuzi Nei Chapter" says: The Four Classics of Shennong say that the medicine makes the body safe and prolong the life, and becomes a god of heaven, traveling up and down, servicing all spirits, and the body grows feathers, and arrives immediately after the kitchen. It is also said that Chinese medicine nourishes nature and cures diseases. It can prevent poisonous insects from being added, fierce beasts will not attack, and evil spirits will not work, and all demons will be warded off. The top-grade medicine directly makes people become immortal, while the lower-grade medicine can only cure diseases and prolong life, which shows that the medicine contains the secret of transforming the body, and even causes the body to undergo a drastic change on the material level, and will never die.Therefore, if you think that if you don’t seek medical treatment and do not take medicine when you are sick, it will be biased. It is best to use medicine and blessings with the scriptures and mantras. Even if the power of the curse is powerful, few people who want to achieve the effect of the top-grade immortal medicine will make people ascend to heaven and travel to the fairyland without death. Tao Hongjing practiced immortality all his life and recited the Lotus Sutra. He dreamed that he was given a prophecy by the Buddha as a Victorious Bodhisattva. He also went to the Ashoka Tada in Ningbo to receive the Five Precepts.As for his destination, according to the Shangqing School, judging from the interactions between his disciple Zhou Ziliang and all the gods during his lifetime, he will serve as the Dushui Supervisor in Penglai Fairyland.But Zhou Ziliang died before him, and this information was discovered when Tao Hongjing sorted out the manuscripts of this disciple.No matter what, he is a legendary figure with the ability to practice and practice.
The immortal book says: "A person with eyes has a thousand years of life. ”Hongjing sometimes had a square eye in his later years.
At the age of 81, he predicted that the time had come and he died without success. Before he became eternal, he wrote the "Poem of Death". After death, my face remained unchanged, and the fragrance did not dissipate for several days, and it was filled with mountains.
Although he was a great talent in cultivating immortals, he asked his disciples to wear a talisman for himself in his will, but he still had to wear a cassock and invited monks and Taoists to be on the left and Taoists to be on the right.。Within a hundred days, the eternal lights will be lit at night, and the incense will continue to burn during the day.Today I will share the method included by Tao Hongjing in "Record of Promoting Nature and Prolonging Life", that is, to meditate on parts of the body.The secret of the Immortal Sutra:Always keep in mind that there is a strong energy in your heart as a chicken, red inside and yellow outside, which will prevent all evil and prolong life. If you want to stop all evil and ghosts, you will always keep your thoughts on the fire and the fire is like a fight, and the glorious light will not dare to kill others, and you will be able to enter the plague. When you sleep in the evening, you always have red air outside and white air inside to cover your body and eliminate all evil spirits. annotation:I often think about the fact that there is a ball of inner infrared yellow gas in my heart, like the size of an egg. Doing so can eliminate all evil and prolong life.
If you want to eliminate all kinds of evil spirits and ghosts, you often visualize that there is a fire in your heart, which is as big as a fight, with dazzling light. Then no ghost or evil fight dares to invade you, and you can also walk into a plague land without being infected.
When sleeping at night, often visualize a large mass of qi, with red qi outside and white qi inside, covering the body, which can eliminate all kinds of evil spirits and ghosts.
If you analyze this viewing method in depth, there are many secrets related to the Dharma Realm.For example, Tao Hongjing said that thinking about swallowing red air can make people rejuvenate and not grow old, which is the way to immortality.Observing the fire in the heart chakra, even burning the bones, blood and flesh of the whole body, burning all the foul air and black karma, and burning yourself. This is a secret to eliminating ghosts and gods, enhancing one's own yang energy, righteous energy and curing diseases.In the mantra taught by Venerable Longchenba, Manjushri, Imagine that there is a blue-black seed word in his secret place.The character "Hum" emits a raging fire, burning the bright spots of the qi, meridians and bright spots of your whole body, and burning out the entire body. This will provide great blessings and helps to cure various diseases of the body and to eliminate the invasion and possession of humans, ghosts and demons.People who go out to be contaminated with bad luck and are possessed by ghosts and gods, have heavy yin energy, have deep obstacles, have poor fortune, weak constitution or are sick, can visualize this way. Cooperate with reciting mantras or holy names, it will definitely have great blessings and effects.Both areHumJust choose one of the characters to meditate and practice, and I wish you good luck!
