Tour Guide Words of "Dazu Stone Carving" for Public Transport
Hello, ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests!
Thank you for coming! Here, on behalf of Chongqing Zhongguang International Travel Service, I would like to extend my warmest welcome to all of you! Welcome to our Dazu and visit the exquisite Dazu stone carvings.
My name is Lynn Yang. Please call me Xiao Yang. I will explain the service for you on this trip to Dazu. I hope and believe that my explanation service can make you gain something in your short trip to Dazu, which is fresh in your memory and unforgettable.
Now our bus is on the way to Dazu Stone Carving Scenic Area. I would like to take this opportunity to briefly introduce the "Dazu Stone Carving" that we are about to visit.
Everybody knows? Ancient Indian grotto art was introduced to China in the 3rd century, and two sculpture peaks were formed in northern China around the 5th and 7th centuries respectively, and it did not decline until the middle of the 8th century. However, at this time, in Dazu County, which is located in the Yangtze River valley, cliff statues sprang up everywhere. From the end of the 9th century to the middle of13rd century, Dazu stone carvings, represented by the "Wuyue" cliff statues, were built, forming the third carving peak in the art history of China Grottoes, thus extending the art history of China Grottoes for more than 400 years. At this point, there are no new large-scale grottoes dug in all parts of China, and Dazu stone carving is like a gorgeous afterglow, which is a peerless treasure of China's late grottoes art.
Dazu stone carving, which was founded in 650 AD (the first year of Tang Yonghui), flourished in the Song Dynasty after five generations, extended to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and lasted for 1200 years. Its statues are mainly composed of Baoding Mountain, Beishan Mountain, Nanshan Mountain, Shi Zhuan and Shimen Mountain. More than 50,000 statues are distributed in nearly 100 places in the county. It is famous for its large scale, exquisite carving, diverse themes, rich connotations and complete preservation; Set: The statues of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism are different from the previous grottoes; Uses: The distinctive features of nationalization and secularization are unique in China Grottoes. We can say for sure: "It's Nalanda in the East"!
1999 12 1 day, "Dazu Stone Carving" was listed in the World Heritage List by UNESCO, and its selection criteria are as follows: 1. Dazu Stone Carving is a masterpiece of genius and has extremely high artistic, historical and scientific value. Secondly, the statues of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism can truly reflect the philosophy and customs of China society at that time. Thirdly, the plastic arts and religious philosophy of Dazu stone carvings have a great influence on later generations.
Throughout the Dazu stone carvings, the most representative is the Mo Yan statue of the "Giant Buddha Bay" in Baoding Mountain. Its beautiful conception and composition, concise Buddhist evolution and exquisite layout carving are the essence of Dazu stone carving art. After years of research, it was founded in 1 174-1252 (from Xi Chun to Chun You in the Southern Song Dynasty). It was built by Zhao Zhifeng, a generation of eminent monks in the Southern Song Dynasty, who carried forward Buddhism and enlightened all living beings for more than 70 years. It is the only large tantric Dojo in China (Nalanda in the East).
This Dojo was carefully conceived and designed by Zhao Zhifeng and his team according to the mantra of "Five Curses of the Great Wheel", based on a small Buddha Bay, and then in the horseshoe-shaped Buddha Bay connected by three rocks, along the five connotations of "Dojo Buddhism, respecting dharma body, practicing three Tan, karma, and Jue Yuan without self"; Compliance: Chen did not apply for the position of 12 at noon; Then according to the six elements of "body, color, position, number, language and meaning"; 19 figure sculpture (Dun 1 figure) strictly follows the principle of Buddhist sculpture, and uses the mountain shape to connect giant niches, and the stone carving corridor is more than 500 meters; At that time, people's philosophy of "Confucianism is fur, Taoism is flesh and blood, and Buddha is bone marrow" was vividly displayed here, further highlighting the five spells of the secret department. The secret significance of becoming an altar with reading.
Entering the Baoding Stone Carving: The first statue of "Introduction to the Yin Tiger" in the Giant Buddha Bay (sitting southeast facing northwest) shows that the Dojo is open: watching the tiger open its mouth and roaring like thunder (according to the secret meaning of the five secret spells, the mouth is a curse: its shape here represents the secret spell, and the word "combination" is called "tiger", and some people say it is that. The shape of "Fu" is like "A Fu", and the heart is the Buddhist altar and the Ministry of King Kong. Its mantra is "Life", from which everything is born. "Maintain justice, read Buddhism and good God will come to maintain you; "Eliminating disasters" means that if you have any disasters, you can eliminate them by reading this word. " "Achievement" means that no matter what you ask for, you can achieve the reason why there is a cloud: "When Yin was in the East, the sky was high and the clouds were light, and Yin and Yang met in the front line. Ghosts were born thinking, and the Yin and the Tiger protected the curse, and Lei Tianming; The layout of the frisbee is nine dharmas, the white tiger eliminates disasters and avoids disasters, and there are many fans outside the Buddha, and five myths in the altar. "
From the position, orientation and implication of this statue, it is not difficult to see the influence of the five spells of the Great Wheel and the lunar calendar of the Song Dynasty on Zhao Zhifeng's altar building, so that when he laid out the first shrine, he naturally took the yin as the premise of Buddhism, the boundary between man and ghost (black and white), the animal nature not being removed and the evil roots seeking to quit, and highlighted the nine functions of protecting the world to show the public: "Although it is the legal world, at the same time, the silver fox is close to the public." Very cleverly achieved the effect of avoiding armor (yin) and "no combination, no internal and external, strong name, for Buddhism". "
Following Zhao Zhifeng's train of thought, let's look at the "Nine Protectors" (sitting east facing west). The doctrine of this little student should be: "All beings should protect the law, keep Kyushu, step on the seven emotions, make the six associations around, seek protection, understand the situation clearly, understand it rationally, and return to the Sect according to law." In other words, although people belong to different genera, they all have their own Buddhism. When they pray, they should clearly understand their own Dharma (King Kong), get a clear understanding from body, language and mind, and follow the Heaven stubbornly.
Next, we went to the second niche "Six Divisions in the Wheel of Karma" (sitting southeast facing northwest). It is a brief introduction to the Buddhist "dharma circle", which uses "image" and "reason" to express the tantric outlook on life and world; Use karma, samsara, 12 karma to explain: the sea of suffering is boundless, life is impermanent, the fascinated Buddha is all beings, and the enlightened Buddha can be a Buddha. Then let me focus on it.
The above statues, such as "Introduction to the Yin Tiger", "Nine Fathers" and "Six Divisions in the Karma Wheel", constitute the first article "The Truth of the Pure Dojo" in Baoding Tantric Dojo, which shows all beings that the strict Dojo occupies the position of Yin, Mao and Chen.
Then watch the second part, and show the dharma body at the beginning. "The Truth of Baluchistan Buddha's King Kong World" section. They are: the main manifestations of Tommy's three Dalagni shrines (the vast Baoting Pagoda)-the Dalagni curse (occupying "one's own position") that preaches the achievements of spiritual practice and points out the way out; 2. Guanyin Bodhisattva, Nirvana (Prince Bathing in Kowloon), Peacock Wang Ming; The main performance-Guanyin's wisdom and magic are boundless, Sakyamuni comes and goes to the highest realm, and the Ming king's poison does not soak the disaster (accounting for "noon"); 3, Pilu Dojo, the main show-the big day is like "Hua Yan Wan Xing De" (accounting for "not in place"). These statues show all sentient beings that "Dharma realm, that is, Dharma body" is an important classroom and center of "Nalanda" in esoteric Buddhism, and belongs to the Dharma body and wisdom part of the deity. At the same time, in the underground branch of the Dojo, the Pilushena Buddha Cave lives alone in the "Wei" position of the Dojo, which coincides with the way of showing the wisdom center of the Buddha in the Tantric Dharma altar, reaching the Pilushe in the Five Secrets.
Look at the third part of "Three Tanzhenyan", "Empty color is present, mutual affection, and the three realms are born from this", and the second part is interpreted as:
1, the pharmacist Buddha-the image of parents' heavy code, with seven buddha's 10 Birth Map, tells the story of parents' heavy code parenting, repaying their kindness to life, witnessing seven buddha's 44 wishes with seven buddha, and then uniting with seven buddha to show their "heart altar".
2. Tathagata-the image of convenient Buddhist practice shows the reincarnation of Buddha, which proves that "all virtues and filial piety come first" and the Buddha's body is good, thus showing the "altar".
3. Amitabha-The Endless Life Sutra in Disguised Avalokitesvara is transformed into a pure land in the West, which embodies the ownership of spiritual practice, the life of lotus and the joy of inviting heaven. Then highlight the "altar of language".
Next, the fourth book, The Earth God Holds Two Curses, is partially exhibited in "Disguised Hell", which is terrifying to hell; At the same time, insert a "six-consumption map" between heaven and hell to show that heaven and hell are only separated by one thought.
Then, "mystery is universal, enlightenment is sacred, and truth, like body, needs to be witnessed personally." Liu Benzun's 10 Refined Map highlights the process of practice, enlightenment and establishing Buddha.
The above groups of statues are the standardized education of Buddhism to all sentient beings, namely Shen, You and Xu in the earthly branch. It belongs to the mantra of three Buddhist altars and the mantra of the land god (illustration).
Next, let's look at the fifth part-the mantra part of the altar instrument:
On the "sea level" on the rocks in the southwest, there is an "image of enlightenment", which means that Liu Benzun practices Buddhism and realizes Taoism; Jue Yuan Dojo will be opened in the nearby "sub-venue" to show the true Buddha who achieved the results of Bodhisattva-returning to Buddhism with ten thousand methods (Xiao Yang will concentrate on explaining the details of the twelve Jue Yuan Bodhisattvas in Jue Yuan Dojo).
When it comes to Jue Yuan Dojo, we should especially mention the lion king, a god beast outside the mouth of the cave in Jue Yuan. This lion king is the mount of the Buddha and one of the nine Buddha soldiers who protect the Buddha. Legend has it that the Buddha popularized Buddhism in a broad sense and became more and more kind to many people, which led to the dissatisfaction of ancient Indian Brahmins at that time. He gathered millions of believers and invited the Buddha to talk about Buddhism at Yejiacheng, the altar of Polo. However, Buddhism is profound and profound. The Pope and the Buddha fought bravely for three days and nights, and millions of believers were deeply influenced and sincerely converted to Buddhism. The White Lion King, a thousand-year-old guardian of Boromen, is full of spirituality, deeply influenced by Buddhism and tamed by tears. However, the Pope became angry from embarrassment and used the enchantment ruler to cast spells to confuse people, so that believers were lost in the three realms and six roads and became ghosts, trying to turn the tide. Seeing that the Pope was stubborn, the Buddha sighed helplessly, and Fo Yin sang the vast Sanskrit. Sanskrit is pure in heart and lacking in desire, turning rage into peace and getting rid of the confusion of magic sound. There was nothing the Pope could do, so he hacked the Buddha to death. The White Lion King clearly distinguishes between good and evil. In order to save the Buddha, he did not hesitate to kill and devour his master and ecstatic ruler together. Afterwards, the hundred-year kindness of Wang Nian, the white lion, and his master spread far and wide, and contained Sanskrit artistic conception. Under the guidance of Buddha, the White Lion King realized that Tao had ascended to heaven. The lion's remains combined with the enchanted ruler to form the ruler of Lei Yin and the protector of the Buddha. This Buddhist soldier witnessed the truth of "being good at Dharma but not good at Dharma, and changing Dharma from the heart", representing the "first awareness" of the heart, the brave interpretation of the teacher (lion) and the ten good Dharmas of the Bodhisattva.
Now it is guarding the entrance of Jue Yuan Cave, and I don't know how many people, from the first awakened person to Jue Yuan and the reincarnated Bodhisattva, came to Jue Yuan Cave to seek "supreme equal consciousness" ... I am thinking that its summary of Jue Yuan should be: "Unite all virtues and prepare for it, and it is called Jue Yuan. Those who sleep round all day and those who never sleep round are ordinary people; It is the bodhisattva who wants to prove the sense of roundness but not extreme roundness; The sense of roundness is full, and the abbot is round, so come also! "
Finally, what we see is the "ugly position" of Zhao Zhifeng's team in the Dojo, and the mystery of "nine scales" has been carefully carved. This picture is divided into 12 parts, so that people can understand that practice is: adjusting the mind, abstaining from wisdom, conforming to nature, and integrating man with nature. As the triple practice said: "Seeing mountains is mountains, and seeing water is water; Seeing mountains is not mountains, and seeing water is not water; Look at the mountains or the mountains, the water or the water. " In the final analysis, "nature is good" means "purity" and "return" means heaven.
The above three groups of statues are arranged in the position of "Hai", "Zi" and "Ugliness" respectively, telling all beings that the cultivation of Tao is to realize self-awareness-awareness of others-self-absence, do everything possible to return to the Sect, and harmony between man and nature. It belongs to the highest consciousness of Buddhism-the sense of roundness without self.
In this way, with the evolution of the five themes, the six-element statue of 12 earth branch layout and grounding gas reached the highest artistic conception of Buddhism and Taoism with the picture of herding cattle. Indeed, as people say, the Giant Buddha Bay is like a coherent and illustrated textbook of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. It naturally blends Confucianism, Taoism and foreign Buddhist culture in China, develops harmoniously, and almost embraces a generation of great religions.
Moreover, the theme of the statue of the Giant Buddha Bay is not repeated, and the expression technique is simple and natural, which embodies the profound Buddhist principles through vivid artistic images and customs. Let viewers not only read Buddhist teachings, but also appreciate the various secular features of the Song Dynasty.
In addition, during the visit, we can also see that in the process of sculpture construction, ancient artists let nature take its course, made full use of conditions such as rocks and water sources, applied their skills according to their places and materials, and skillfully integrated into scientific principles such as mechanics, optics and perspective, which made these precious religious and cultural heritages still shine with the light of China's ancient spiritual wisdom and material civilization after more than 800 years.
Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, the magnificent gate of Baoding Stone Carving is in front of us. What Xiao Yang said above will be confirmed soon. At that time, please come with me and listen carefully to Xiao Yang's explanation of each student. At the same time, I also hope that you can feel something, improve and gain something during our trip to Dazu stone carving, make it with your heart, and seek your ideal protection Buddha.
Thank you!
Note: I would like to add a few points to the above guide words:
1, The Truth of King Kong Buddha:
Tommy Dalagni's Three Sacred Shrine in the tour guide's words is also the Three Sages of Hua Yan that everyone interprets at present. Take a closer look at Dalagni's mantra: watch handprints, argue instruments and observe manners. The three Buddhas should all be the noumenon of dharma mantra, language mantra and heart mantra-that is, the Medicine Master Buddha, the Great Sun Buddha and the Amitabha Buddha, that is, the manifestation of the unity of the three mantras of the III Buddha. No, the interpretation of Hua Yan Sansheng, which is still in use at present.
People's misunderstanding generally lies in 1. Do you think Amitabha should hold lotus vessels instead of stupas to attract the rebirth of western lotus? In fact, this cannot be achieved by decryption methods. In the Elysium, "Life comes in and out from the Lotus Pagoda, and life and death are a thought", so the Buddha Pagoda is held; In the world of coloured glaze, the owner here is not holding a medicine bowl, but holding seven pagodas. The "secrets" of the three realms are all in Dalagni, which needs to be integrated into fine products. 2. Should wearing a Buddha crown be a bodhisattva rather than a Buddha? In fact, all Buddhists and Tantric Buddhists wear crowns. I don't believe you went to visit the Tathagata in Jue Yuan Cave to see what he was wearing. The crown of the pharmacist Buddha is seven buddha, and the crown of Amitabha Buddha is five Buddhas. Don't you understand? If you still don't understand, you can read the Dalagni mantra carefully.
The transformation of seven buddha's parents should not be the interpretation of seven buddha in the past, but the integration of pharmacist seven buddha. Anyone who knows the truth about San Tan should know that it is a disguised expression of seven buddha's unity. The mistake in using appellation should be to regard the handprint of the last Buddha as Sakyamuni, instead of delving into tantra and misreading the handprint of pharmacists.
3. In the part of "Rites of Imprinting the Altar", the three buddhas in Jue Yuan Cave are three buddhas, not three-body buddhas, because the Buddha Bay preaches the Five-Secret Method. As can be seen from the handprints of Buddha statues and rituals, they represent three buddhas: An, Dumb and Yi (body and mind), namely Ashu, Pilushena and Amitabha.
In addition, the original interpretation of the third Buddha in the cave is also wrong. It should be like this: the left servant is the big one (see the handprint, representing the Buddha's inheritor), and the right servant is the merit official (some people say that Zhao Taishou or the historian), that is, the officials who believe in Buddhism and support statues and the dignitaries.
Note: I think the original interpreter of Jue Yuan Cave should have copied the following Zen Book "Da Fang Guang Jue Yuan Xiu Duo Yi Jing", and then interpreted the third Buddha identified by Tantric Jue Yuan as the three-body Buddha identified by Zen.
Attachment: Guangxiu Duoluo Yijing was translated by the shaman Buddha Duoluo in the Tang Dynasty in 693 (two years of longevity) at the Baima Temple in Luoyang. Jue Yuan Jing is a classic widely read by Tiantai Sect, Xianzong Sect and Zen Sect since the Tang and Song Dynasties. Guifeng Zongmi, the fifth ancestor of Hua Yanzong, initiated this sutra, and made seven notes on it, among which the famous ones are Notes on Jue Yuan's Classic, Notes on Jue Yuan's Classic and Notes on Jue Yuan's Classic.
3. Others who disagree with the existing interpretations are: Nine Dharma Altars, Sakyamuni's Nirvana Map, and Liu Benzun's Ten Commandments Map. I wrote a special explanation.
Nine shrines of the Protector (photo taken at 1935? )
Sakyamuni's Nirvana (shot at 1935)
Liu Ben Zun's Ten Essentials
Religion is culture, not truth, and everything is relatively eternal; Culture is pluralistic, and to transfer multi-dimensional cognition, civilization is unitary and must be followed in time and place. Science is a cognitive law, and the law must follow time and space. The right and wrong in the world are all in the dimension of time and space. Everyone should concentrate on enlightenment, and help enlightenment with body, language and meaning! ......
Ce Zhang
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