Buddhism, Zen and tantric seclusion conditions are different. The most important thing for Buddhism behind closed doors is to have "four thoughts" as its ideological basis. Thought is: unclean body, bitterness is bitterness, impermanence of mind, selflessness of dharma. Because the body view is not clean, it is impermanent, diligent repair and pollution reduction to prevent impermanence and sudden death; Seeing suffering is suffering, but knowing that all suffering is suffering, we must empty our feelings to avoid troubles and persevere; Mind-watching is impermanent, so don't wander around with it to reduce the scattered and groggy heart; Observing the law without me is empty evidence. With these conditions, the closed-door policy can only be justified and can only be adhered to. Zen is not allowed to close its doors until it is enlightened. After enlightenment, we should close our doors, which is called the first level; If you break the first level, you have to live in the mountains, but you can travel freely in the mountains. This is called heavy customs; If you break the heavy customs, you will live in downtown areas and practice in sensual places. This is called prison customs. If you don't break the prison customs, you won't become a Buddha. The important conditions for tantric seclusion are four fundamentals, namely, master, deity, dakini and dharma protector, which will be introduced in detail below. In a word, whether the door is closed or not depends mainly on whether the great bodhicitta of all beings is developed and whether they practice.
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Closed doors can be divided into regular closed doors and convenient closed doors. A formal retreat is a real retreat, or a generalized retreat; Convenient retreat is not a real retreat, but a narrow retreat.
Judging from the time of the retreat, the formal retreat was designed for real monks. It not only requires monks not to be polluted by all the drama of nirvana of life and death, but also to complete the certification system according to the practice of the times. In other words, the formal rejection of the door solves the problem of how the family can achieve the highest achievement, solve the life-and-death event and break through the life-and-death barrier. Therefore, its closed time must be long-term, from several years to decades or even a lifetime. However, convenient closing is different. It is designed for amateurs or beginners at home, or people who are busy with their work and daily work. The closing time can be as short as several months or days. For example, winter and summer vacations or other holidays can be used to close the door.
Judging from the location of the closure, the location specified in the formal closure is very strict. The founder of Millary Bar stipulated that only three places (morgue, cemetery, cave and mountain) could be closed. In the retreat of the corpse forest, you can practice posture and prove emptiness, and you can also practice the cooperation between terror and emptiness. If you want to close the cave, you should choose the one with the hole facing south. There is no way to close this cave. It should be in a remote place. Enclosed in the highest snow-capped mountains, there are no clouds in Wan Li and clear skies in Wan Li all year round. Because of the high mountains and dense clouds, there is strong wind or fine snow, which is convenient for repairing handprints and dzogchen. The convenience of closing the door is not so particular. You can set up a closed room at home, office, factory and other places to close the door. )
Judging from the goal of closing, the goal of formal closing is as mentioned above, that is, to solve the major problems of life and death, to achieve the goal, to be close to death or to achieve success, and not to go through the customs until the goal is achieved. Convenient retreat is only a short-term separation from pollution, and it is a separation exercise, which solves some problems in practice.
As for the life of closing the country, according to the traditional regulations, whether the food of formal closing the country is meat or vegetarian depends on the law; You can't read ordinary books, but only classics related to setting goals; Unable to communicate and talk with the outside world; And there is no waiter in Guanzhong. It is much more free to retire when it is convenient. With everyone's autonomy, you can also study, have waiters, and ask doctors to diagnose diseases. But at least you should be forbidden, forbidden and meritorious. For modern people who have not become monks, it is of course appropriate to practice convenient Zen. But when they start to retire, they should still examine whether their motives are aboveboard and pure, and aim at saving all sentient beings so as not to be influenced by evil.
Tantric retreat
First of all, Guan Bai: That is to say, when you close the house, you can open the doors and windows, and you can see the light during the day. Generally, tantra is closed to the outside world.
Second, Hongtong: that is, the room is closed and ventilated, but it is not dark, and there is only one light in the room. The monkey was enlightened by the Bodhisattva King. He could see the diamond chain in Baiguanzhong, so he could study this level to ensure that the diamond chain that can be seen in Baiguanzhong can also be seen in this red light.
Third, Heitong: that is, the room can be ventilated, but there is no light at all. The purpose is to let the walkers who can see the diamond chain in Hongtong also see the Buddha statue, altar city and so on. Travelers must be able to introduce blank colors for themselves in the black pass. If he can't introduce himself, he doesn't have to turn off the black door. You can refer to the seven-day enlightenment method in the two books, Selected Works of Tibetan Secret dzogchen and Exploration of Tibetan Secret Great Circle.