Fasting from its ten bright days to the eighth day, that is, the first, eighth, fourteenth, fifteenth, eighteenth, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth and thirtieth day of the first lunar month. According to the Tibetan scriptures, the above-mentioned 10 day is the day when all kinds of crimes are concentrated and their severity is determined. If people can read Tibetan scriptures to the icons of Buddha and Bodhisattva during the ten-day fast, there will be no disaster in the east, west, north and south.
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Teaching languages. It means fasting vegetarian food for ten days every month, and slaughtering is forbidden. "Tathagata Praise": "If it is popularized again and again, all beings in the future will be able to recite Buddha, Bodhisattva, sage and icon on the first, eighth, fourteenth, fifteenth, eighteenth, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth and even thirtieth day of each month, and there is nothing else. Tang Gaozu's No Execution and Massacre: "From now on, no execution is allowed in the first month, May, September and October of each month, and it is advisable to stop public or private slaughter. "It was also saved as' Ten lent'. One of Tang Bai Juyi's poems "Qingquan Idle Residence": "Today is not the tenth lent, and children feed fish." "The negative textbook Du Shiniang's angry chest": "You are fifty-one years old and have served for ten days. How dare you lie?" Jia's Preface to the Ancestors and Grandsons of Sannong: "Recently, various schools of thought have made Daiye a celebrity. "
3 Overview of Lent
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【 Out of Fayuan Zhu Lin 】 On the first day of the first month, the four princes and princes descended. Follow the lines. Compare good with evil. If you pronounce the name of the Buddha of Light. Put an end to all evil. Increase all the blessings. (The Four Heavenly Kings. King of the East. The king of growth in the south. The king of the west. There are many heavenly kings in the north. ) On the eighth day of the eighth lunar month, Mohan kept Luo Wang's surrender. According to the human world. Observe good and evil. If you study pharmacist glass Buddha media. Put an end to all evil. Increase all the blessings. (Sanskrit Mohamad Shiro. Hua Yan is comfortable. ) 14, this day, Mohan defended the fall of King Luo. According to the human world. Observe good and evil. If you pronounce the name of a thousand buddhas. And then destroy all evil. Everything is fine after giving birth. (robbery. Sanskrit has a cloud to rob the waves. Hua Yan leaves the four seasons. Sage. Robbery of fame. It is said that there are many sages in this robbery. ) On the 15th, the four princes and princes descended. According to the human world. Observe good and evil. If you recite the name of amitabha. Crime of killing and dying. Silent and happy. (Sanskrit Amitabha. There is no limit to elegance. ) 18, the angel of the four princes descended. Observe the world. Compare good with evil. If you read the name of the bodhisattva ksitigarbha. And then eliminate the evil industry. Increase life span. On the 23rd, Mohan kept King Luo's surrender. Look at the world. Compare good with evil. If you read the name of the bodhisattva. Then increase benefits. Eliminate crime. On the 24th, the king of the four kings surrendered. Eight rooms in a row. Observe good and evil. If you read the name of Lushenave. Then put an end to the crime of worry. Gain wisdom and joy. (Sanskrit Lushena. Sweet words. ) 29, Mohan Shouluo Wang surrendered. Go in person Compare good with evil. If you read the name of the medicine king bodhisattva. And then destroy all evil. Everything is fine after giving birth. On the 30th, the envoys of the four heavenly kings arrived. Follow the lines. Observe good and evil. If you read the name of Sakyamuni Buddha. Then increase benefits. Achieve bodhi. (Sanskrit Bodhisattva. Hua Yan said. )
Buddhists' attitude towards the October Ramadan has gone through a process from rejection to absorption. Under the pressure of the rulers' practice of Lent and people's practice, Lent entered the Buddhist classics in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, at least in the middle Tang Dynasty, and was attributed to Buddhism by believers at least in the middle Tang Dynasty. Buddhists' transformation of the Ten-Day Lent replaced the Taoist Ten-Day Lent, which occupied a dominant position in people's belief life. At present, it is inappropriate to call the ten days of fasting in the Dunhuang suicide note as the ten days of fasting by the Tibetan Bodhisattva, which is the result of absorbing the ten days of fasting by the Tibetan Bodhisattva, and its title seems to be based on the ten days of fasting by the Tibetan Bodhisattva widely used in the book.
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Fasting for ten days (that is, the first, eighth, fourteenth, fifteenth, eighteenth, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth and thirtieth days of each month). The Buddha's ode to the Buddha in the volume of Tibetan Bodhisattva says:' If all future sentient beings get together on the 1st, 8th, 14th, 15th, 18th, 23rd, 24th, 28th, 29th and even 30th of this month, their weight will be determined. There is nothing wrong with all living things in Jambu-Di^pa moving in a dynamic way. Moreover, there are hundreds of charges of killing, stealing, whoring and lying at will, so you can recite Buddha and Bodhisattva icons ten days ago, and there will be no disaster in the east, west, north and south within ten days. If this family is young, it will never leave a bad taste in the next 100 years. "
According to the Ten Kings Sutra of the Origin of the Tibetan Bodhisattva, in the tenth Ramadan, the Tathagata of Dingguang (one day), the Tathagata of Pharmacists (eight days), the Tathagata of Amitabha (fifteen days), the Tathagata of Tibet (eighteen days), the Bodhisattva of Great Trend (twenty-three days), the Bodhisattva of Guanyin (twenty-four days) and the Bodhisattva of Pi were provided in turn. China has been practicing this law since the end of the Tang Dynasty, for example, Volume 33 (Dazheng 49.320c) of the Chronicle of the Buddha says,' Hold the number of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas on the 10th of each month to beg for blessings to get rid of sins.' In addition, the recent ten-lent deity has been slightly changed, that is, it was changed to rob a thousand buddhas and bodhisattvas on the 14th, changed to avalokitesvara on the 18th and changed to avalokitesvara on the 24th. In addition, the hall where the Ten-Square Buddha is placed is called the Ten-Square Hall.
5 ten-day fasting exercise
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The ten-day fast in Buddhism comes from the Tibetan scriptures. The seventh death of the deceased is also from the Tibetan scriptures. It can be seen that what is said in the Tibetan scriptures is very important to our daily life. This is a concrete fact, this method and ksitigarbha bodhisattva benefit all beings.
What is Lent? Fasting means fasting the heart, which means cleaning the heart. Fasting has nothing to do with vegetarianism I don't eat after noon, because noon means eleven to one, and I can't eat after noon. At home, fellow initiates observe the precepts of the Eight Officials Pavilion, mainly fasting, in order to purify the soul. People should maintain their bodies, and when they are well, they can improve their practice. We know the truth. When the 10 Ramadan is fixed, the food demand will be reduced and the intake of nutrients will still be sufficient. If you think too much and study at lunch, you are asking for trouble, because if you eat too much every day and don't supplement enough nutrition, you will get sick and ruin your health. Some people hold their lunch, eat the weight of three meals in one meal, and get stomach trouble in a few days. This is the way to keep fit. The most important thing in Buddhism is health preservation. Its lifestyle, diet and daily life are the best ways to keep in good health, and it will really achieve longevity and immortality. It's a pity that we ignored it and didn't understand its spiritual intention. Vegetarianism has been medically proved today, and it does have benefits. Therefore, foreign vegetarian restaurants are getting more and more year by year, and foreigners are vegetarian for health. People who study Buddhism are vegetarian and must be in good health; If you are unhealthy, you think too much. The root of all diseases is delusion. If you have few delusions, it's easy to get better. The mind is the master, and mental health is easy to get physical health. In foreign countries, there is no lunar calendar, so it is not easy to observe the ten-day fast. I told fellow initiates abroad that it is not necessary to choose a fixed day to fast every Saturday and Sunday. As long as you practice cleansing for a few days a month, it will be of great help to your health and practice. This is the real intention of lent.
6 the benefits of fasting for ten days
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Note: The lunar calendar shall prevail.
A boy of good and evil went to the lower world to fetch Buddhist scriptures (1000 times) and fasted in hell without a sword, except for forty robberies.
Eight princes went to the lower bound to learn that there was no pharmacist in the south, and Liu Guangru came to Tathagata (1000 times), fasting in hell without dung, except for thirty robberies.
Fourteen times I was ordered to record the story of Nanwu Sage robbing a thousand buddhas (1000 times), except for the crime of robbing a thousand buddhas.
The 15th General recited Amitabha in Nanwu (1000 times) and fasted in the cold hell, except for the crime of 200 robberies.
18. Yan Luowang went to the lower bound to read Nanwu Guanyin Bodhisattva (1000 times) without falling off the sword tree or going to hell to fast, except for 90 robberies.
On the 23rd day, the general went to the lower bound to read the Buddha of Lushena in Nanwu (1000 times), so as not to fast in the hungry hell and get rid of the crime of robbery.
On the 24th, Fujun of Mount Tai went to the lower bound to read the Bodhisattva (1000 times) without falling into hell, fasting and escaping from sin.
On the 28th, the emperor released Amitabha (1000 times) from the lower bound to read Nanwu, and saw the hell fast without dropping iron to get rid of the crime of 90 robbery.
On the 29th, the four heavenly kings read "The Bodhisattva on Medicine in South Wang Yao" (1000 times), without falling into the cave and grinding the hell to fast, except for seven thousand robberies.
On 30th, Brahma went to Nanwujie to recite the Buddha Sakyamuni Buddha (1000 times), but he did not fall into Grey River hell to fast, except for the crime of 8,000 robberies.