Chapter 6 Chapter Four After Enlightenment

Jishou Tianzhongtian, compassion into thousands; There is no true and common truth, and randomness shows departure. - Nalanda This is a morning worth remembering forever. The Bodhisattva is about to awaken and is sitting under the Baya tree not far from the Bodhi tree (1). Delicious creamy rice.After eating this crucial meal, he fasted for seventy-seven forty-nine days, sat quietly under or near the bodhi tree, and meditated deeply. During the first seven days, the Buddha sat quietly under the Bodhi tree, enjoying the bliss of liberation (Vimuttisukha). (2) After the seven days passed, the Buddha started from meditation, and at the first hour of the first night, he contemplated deeply the law of dependent origination (paticcasamuppada): This is why that is, and this is why that is.

Deeds of good and evil (samkhara) arise from ignorance (avijja), consciousness (vinnana) arises from conduct, name and form (namarupa) arise from consciousness, six sense organs (salayatana) arise from name and matter, and six sense organs arise from the six sense organs. Contact (phassa), contact (vedana), feeling (tanha), love (upadana), attachment (bhava), existence (jati) Aging (jara), death (marana), sorrow (soka), sorrow (parideva), pain (dukkha), despair (domanassa) and other sufferings arise from birth. In this way, the World Honored One understood clearly, and recited it in gatha:

Diligent meditation practice Brahman (4), see the truth in front of you; remove all doubts and worries, and understand the truth of dependent origination. In the middle of the night, the World Honored One subtly recalled the Dharma Door of Adverse Dependent Origination: This does not exist because that does not exist; this ceases to cause that to cease. When ignorance ceases, formation ceases, formation ceases, consciousness ceases, consciousness ceases, name and form ceases, name and form ceases, the six senses cease, six senses cease, contact ceases, contact ceases, feeling ceases, feeling ceases, love ceases, love ceases, grasping Extinction, taking extinction leads to extinction, existence and cessation leads to birth and cessation, birth and cessation leads to old age and death, sorrow, sorrow, distress, and despair disappear.In this way, all suffering will be eliminated.

In this way, the World Honored One understood clearly, and recited it in gatha: Practicing Brahman meditation diligently, see the truth in front of you thoroughly; sweep away all doubts and worries, and understand the truth of predestination and extinction. At the end of the night, the World Honored One recalled the Dharma Door of Dependent Origination: This exists because that exists; this arises so that arises; this does not exist because that does not exist; this ceases because that ceases to exist.Living and acting according to ignorance, all sufferings will arise.When ignorance ceases, action ceases, so all suffering ceases.The World Honored One understood this clearly, and then recited it in gatha:

Those who practice Brahmana diligently in meditation can see the truth in front of them; defeating all demons on the flat ground is like the sun shining on the sky. The second week was uneventful.The Buddha silently taught the world the law of great goodness. He stood beside the Bodhi tree and stared at the Bodhi tree to express his deep gratitude to it.Because during his quest for enlightenment, the bodhi tree gave him shelter. (5) Taking his noble behavior as an example, in order to commemorate his enlightenment, Buddhist disciples not only respected the bodhi tree, but also worshiped the descendants of that bodhi tree. (6)

The Buddha never left the bodhi tree, and the gods doubted his attainment of Buddhahood.After the Buddha understood their thoughts, in order to dispel their doubts, he manifested his supernatural powers, paved a long corridor with jewels, and walked in it for seven days. In the fourth week, he entered meditation in Yushiliao, contemplating the profound method of Abhidhamma.According to classic records, when he meditated on the seventh chapter of "Abhidhamma", "Patthana", his body became so pure, and his whole body emitted six colors of light. In the fifth week, the Buddha sat under the famous banyan tree next to the Bodhi tree, enjoying the bliss of liberation (vinatisukha).When he came out of this samadhi, a Brahmin came before his eyes.After some courteous pleasantries, he asked, "Lord Gautama, how does one become a Brahmin? What are the conditions for becoming a Brahmin?"

The Buddha replied with an ode to joy: "Abandon all evil deeds, be non-crazy and have no troubles, be self-disciplined, be kind and well-informed, if you live by the Dharma, you will be a Brahman, and there will be no joy in the Saha world." (8) According to the commentaries of the Jatakas, during this week the three daughters of the demon king, tanha, arati and raga (9), tried in vain to seduce the Buddha with their beauty. The Buddha came to the Moche Lingtuo tree from the banyan tree, and spent the sixth week here, continuing to enjoy the samadhi of liberation.At this time, there was a sudden torrential rain, and for several days in a row, dark clouds covered the sky and the sky was dark.

The snake swam out from its abode in Moche Lingtuo (10), circled the Buddha seven times, and covered the Buddha with its huge head to protect it from outside invasion.After seven days like this, Moche Lingtuo saw that the sky was clear and cloudless, retracted the body coiled around the Buddha, concealed his original shape, and appeared as a young man, standing in front of the Buddha, with his hands clasped together. The Buddha said in praise of joy: "A person who is happy and peaceful, content with hearing and seeing the truth, mindful of the world, patient with all beings, free from worldly affairs, transcends greed and love, and one who is all utterly happy, without arrogance."(11)

On the seventh seven days, the Buddha lived peacefully under the banyan tree, enjoying the joy of liberation samadhi. In the countless lives and deaths of samsara, the builder of the house cannot be found in pursuit (12).Life and death are miserable, and finally see the original creator.You will never build this house again (13).Break the rafters (14) and break the spine (15), and the heart beam will do nothing to achieve the end of suffering. (16) At the dawn of enlightenment, the Buddha recited this happy verse (Udana) to vividly describe the brilliance of the transcendent virtues and the spiritual experience of the inner world.

The Buddha recognized that in this cycle of suffering, he was lost in birth and death.This incident strongly confirms the theory of reincarnation.He was forced to reincarnate and suffered because the person who built the house was not found.In this last life, after a arduous search, he practiced the deep and silent meditation accumulated in this samsara, and discovered through the truthful knowledge that the builder of this house lives inside the heart rather than outside it. In the heart of greed, attachment, self-impurity.But why and when this greed arises is unknown.You can destroy your own creations, and by obtaining Arhatship, you can find the architect of this house, thus cutting off your greed.This is the end of love in this verse.

The rafters of this self-made house are the afflictions, namely greed (loba), hatred (dosa), delusion (moha), arrogance (mana), wrong view (ditthi), doubt (vicikiccha), laziness (thina), restlessness (uddhacca) ), without shame (aririka), without shame (anottopa), etc.The backbone supporting the rafters is the root of all defilements, ignorance.Smash the backbone of ignorance with wisdom and bring the whole house down.The rafters and the spine are the materials from which the builder built this house of trouble.With their destruction, the builders are deprived of the raw materials for building this less-than-ideal house. By analogy, when the house is knocked down, the mind has no place to stand, and thus enters the state of inaction, which is Nirvana.Abandoning all active methods, only the holy land of Nirvana will last forever. [Note] (1) The famous Pippala tree in Bodh Gaya, southern India, gave him shade when he diligently sought the Buddhahood. (2) Arhat fruit. (3) See Chapter 25. (4) Brahman refers to a person who studies Veda, and it is commonly used in the Brahmin caste.The Buddha sometimes used this title to refer to a saint who casts away evil. (5) Ashoka built a pagoda where the Buddha stood.is still visible. (6) A branch on the right side of the Bodhi tree was brought to Sri Lanka by Sangha Mitraro, and King Devanapigongdisha planted this tree in the ancient capital of Anuradhabra.Although it has been more than 2,200 years, the tree is very lush. (7) That is: blue (nila), yellow (pita), red (lohita), white (odata), orange (manjettha) and the mixture of these five colors (pabhassara). (8) "Udana", p. 3. (9) Since this happens after enlightenment, these three cannot be considered as personified lust. (10) This snake king cannot be a human being. Vinaya also cites an interesting story about a snake king who took human form and lived a life as a monk. (11) "Udana", p. 10. (12) That is: greed. (13) Body. (14) Trouble (kilesa). (15) Ignorance (avijja). (16) Nirvana. (17) This well-known verse of joy only appears in Dhammapada, verses 153 and 154.