Chapter 24 The fifth section of the bottle - military holding

The bottle is a free translation of the Sanskrit word Kundika.It is a container for holding water, commonly known as "water bottle".In the ancient South Asian subcontinent, according to different uses, it was divided into two categories: clean bottles and touch bottles. "Touch" means "impure".The touch bottle is a bottle specially designed for this purpose, such as flushing the toilet.Yijing’s "Nanhai Jigui Neifa Zhuan" Volume 1, Article 6 "There are two bottles of water", there is a vivid description of their shape and usage: Where the water is clean and touched, there are two bottles.Those who are clean use tiles and porcelain, and those who touch are also copper and iron.The net is intended to be drunk at irregular times, and touching is necessary for convenience.If it is clean, it must be held in clean hands, and it must be placed in a clean place.Touch is grasped by the tentacle, and can be disposed of by touch.The water contained in the Weisi clean bottle and the new clean vessel is suitable for drinking at different times.The remaining container is called Shishui, and if you drink it in front of you, you will be innocent.If it is in the afternoon, you will have had a drink.The method of making a bottle: the lid must be connected to the mouth, protruding from the pointed platform, which can be two fingers high, and the top leads to a small hole, as thick as a copper chopstick, where drinking water can be drunk.There is a round hole next to it, with the password on it, two fingers high, the hole is like a coin - it is suitable to add water here, it can take two or three liters, and it is useless for small success.The second hole in this hole is afraid of insects and dust entering, or it can be covered - or it can be covered with bamboo, wood, or cloth leaves.

Next, explain how to make the bottle bag: The standard of the bottle bag: the cloth is two feet long and one foot wide, with the corners covering both ends and stitched at the opposite places.Put a loop on the two corners of the head to grow a loop.With the inner bottle in it, hang up and leave. Add a few words: "Time" refers to the time when Buddhism does not eat after noon.Eating food after noon is the wrong time to eat.However, drinking water - modern times are so loose that you can drink some beverages such as fruit juice - there is no restriction (including drinking tea).According to Yijing's experience in the ancient South Asian subcontinent, drinking water inappropriately must be stored in a clean bottle.The style of the net bottle is like a Chinese jug with a big belly, thin neck and thin spout.Guanyin originally mastered this vessel. In order to insert willows on the banks of the Qingqing River, it was transformed into a Chinese long-necked vase without a spout and became a magic weapon.In fact, in the ancient South Asian subcontinent, it was just a daily utensil, used by both monks and laymen.Mainly in the Sinicized Guanyin, its status has been improved, and it has been mystified and sacred.

It must be noted that there is another kind of bottle in the ancient South Asian subcontinent, which is called Kalasa in Sanskrit.The free translation is bottle, virtuous bottle, good bottle, virtuous bottle, merit bottle, wishful bottle, auspicious bottle, full bottle, virtuous bottle, etc.; the transliteration is "jialuoshe".This bottle is often used in mandalas (mandalas) in Tantric Buddhism, and it is also used for empowerment.There is another kind of Sanskrit called Purna-ghata, which is also a kind of bottle.In Chinese Buddhist paintings, it is difficult to see the obvious difference between these two kinds of vases and military weapons.Especially in modern Chinese objects, such as the bottles containing spices and medicines in the Tantric altar, most of them are Chinese.The picture is like the "Picture of King Bishamon and His Family Traveling" in the silk painting of Dunhuang in Tang Dynasty. Above the king is a white elephant with six tusks. A bottle is twisted on the trunk of the elephant. Gold and silver treasures are pouring out of the bottle. It is wishful bottle.The latter two types of vases must be distinguished from the military holdings in the Eighteen Objects of the Bhikkhu mentioned above.