The Buddha's amazing prediction of the origin and development of mankind
1。 origin of man
The final product of the Book of Apocalypse is the best product, also known as the finished product of heaven and earth, which describes the origin of human beings wonderfully.
Buddhism believes that human beings originally came from the sky of light and sound. Because of greed, they tasted the "ground fertilizer" on the earth.
In the Classic of the Century, the Buddha first explained the state of existence in the photoacoustic sky: "Monks, the world has changed, and if so, all beings were born in the photoacoustic sky. They are all sentient beings. When they were born on the same day, they are happy physically and mentally, happy for food, natural and bright, and have magical power. When they travel in the air, they will win the most and they will live a long and happy life. "
Then after the earth was formed, there was nothing, and the light of heaven and man began to descend to the earth: "Monks, when the world turned bad, there was nothing, and there was no sentient beings in the Brahma Palace. In the light and sound of heaven, those who have exhausted their blessings are reborn in the Brahma Palace, not out of the womb. Brahma was originally named Mahabodhi. "
Mahabodi is "the master of the world", which means the first person on earth. He was not born in his mother's womb, but because of karma and change. Since then, more people have come down to earth: "When I was a child, there were many beings. Those who live a long life, from the sound of light to the sky, sacrifice their lives for righteousness, settle down in this life, have a good figure and are happy with the abbot. They think that eating and drinking is naturally bright, that God and nature have a synergistic effect, and that the body color is the best. That is, during this period, they lived for a long time, and all beings lived there. There is no distinction between men and women. There is no distinction between good and bad. Only this name. Called sentient beings. "
These heavenly creatures born on the earth are tall and handsome, and their bodies radiate natural dazzling light, and they can maintain their lives without eating. The energy of their lives comes from the joy of their own life. Thanks to God's cooperation, they can fly freely without spacecraft and have a long life. These people who fall from the sky have no gender differences, no race, no dignity, no wealth, and everyone is equal, so they are called sentient beings. At that time, the society was like the socialist world pursued and expected by later generations.
However, the good times did not last long. Soon, the earth grew a "fertilizer", which changed everything of the early earth people: "This land is rich in the birthplace and surrounded by concrete. For example, if someone cooks milk, there will be a film on it, such as a water film, stopping on the water, and so on. When it came back, the fertility of this land stopped, and it gradually became like drilling cheese and became crisp. Like all kinds of things, it tasted sweet, like honey. " "At that time, there was a sexual gluttony among all beings, so I thought: I can refer to this now, try again and let me know what it is?"
"When all sentient beings are thinking about themselves, that is, when their fingers are deep, touch the taste of the land, suck it and taste it. Touching again and again, sucking again and again, will be insatiable, copying by hand, patting bit by bit, patting bit by bit, and eating at will. " "When all beings are copying, when they eat at will, there are countless other people. When they see that all living beings are eating, they learn from each other and compete for food. " "Monks, other sentient beings, take the taste of this place and have endless food. Their bodies naturally become astringent and evil, their skin becomes thicker, their colors become dark and turbid, and their appearance becomes different. Without light, they can't fly into the void, so the magical power is destroyed. "
The above quotation describes that at the beginning of the earth's formation, there were no living things. The earliest life on earth came from the world of light and sound. At that time, they had magical powers, but they completely changed after eating the material on the ground. The magical powers disappeared and became ugly primitive earthlings. The original ability to communicate with God gradually disappeared due to the consumption of soil and fertilizer, and became an ancient primitive earth person who could not soar in vain.
At the end of "The Finished Product of Heaven and Earth", that is, at the end of "The Book of the Beginning", the Buddha devoted a lot of space to expounding the evolution of people on earth: "When monks robbed early sentient beings and ate the taste of the earth, they benefited a lot and lived in the world for a long time. Others, if they eat too much, the color will be worse; Eat less and the light will win. ..... The smell of the land is gone, the land continues to grow, and the color and taste are full ... People gather on the land to eat, and they have to live in the world for a long time. Eating more coarse grains is better than eating less ... After the land is gone, Lin Teng is born and the fruit is full of fragrance ... The cut juice is like pure honey ... Lin Teng is gone, and there is japonica rice.
The above details the changes of the earth's surface and the evolution of people's diet. But after eating japonica rice, great changes have taken place, and people on earth know about "love desire"
This is the same as the description in the Western Bible that Adam and Eve didn't know the difference between men and women until they ate apples, which has the same effect: "At that time, all living beings were eating rice, and their identities were fat, pith, flesh, bones and muscles, thick blood, springs and veins, and the roots of men and women were obvious. Rooted, heart dyed, so I looked at it a few more times, and then I looked at it a few more times, so I had a desire for love.
This paragraph points out in detail the differences before and after eating japonica rice. Before eating japonica rice, even before eating the taste of the earth, life from the light and sound sky can fly over the earth. It was an era when ancient humans still had superpowers, and the energy field of life was still very high. After that, the people on earth deteriorated with age and diet. After eating japonica rice, they entered an era when men and women were different, and their bodies were more fleshy and degenerated into walking on the ground. What's more, just as Eve and Adam ate the "fruit" under the influence of snakes, after eating it, Guangyin not only has different bodies for men and women, but also has lust for men and women. After they looked at each other, some people had the desire to fall in love and went to a quiet place to have sex with men and women. This has produced the greatest depravity of mankind.
But at that time, only some people wanted men and women, and many people could not accept this depravity because of the noble habit of harmony between man and nature, and could not help but accuse these "pioneers" of stealing forbidden fruit. At this time, people (men) who want to do things are ashamed, so they got the name "Bo Di". "Bodie" means depravity. When you fall, you become a husband, a husband.
Later, a woman who was a fellow lecherous brought food to * * *, while Zhu (her husband) was ashamed and unhappy because he fell into all kinds of evil laws. When he saw the woman, he said, "You have fallen! You have fallen! " Therefore, it was named' glass leaf'. Boliye means "food", which means "woman". At this time, human beings first produced the title of "husband and wife".
For example, the tenth volume of Genesis says: "All living beings who have not done this have told you: Duh! What evil have you beings done? Why is this happening? All beings are born ashamed and fall into the bad law. It's Bertie's name. When there are sentient beings, corruption is so evil. Those who want to go with them (women who want to go) have food and wages. The woman said: You have fallen! You have fallen! Therefore, it is called Boliye (female). "
In order to prevent this kind of behavior from happening, outstanding human beings who have not yet achieved the wishes of men and women decided to drive out the fallen men and women. The evicted people began to try to return, but they were all rejected. Later, the deported people simply got married, and human marriage, family and private ownership came into being.
As the saying goes: "the old gentleman wins and so on." It can be seen that when couples in the world are in trouble, they are evil and mean in their hearts, grabbing with their left hands and pushing with their right hands to keep them away. When the couple, or after February, or after March, have come back. Just hit and throw with sticks, wood, clods and tiles and say, you are good at hiding! You are good at hiding! So nowadays, when women get married, they throw flowers or gold and silver clothes (Sanskrit, boiled rice for flowers). Make such an oath: May your bride be safe and happy. Monk: If this is the second time, people used to use it as evil, and now people do the same and use it as well. So, karma, all sentient beings, etc. , worldly law, evil. If it is the second time, it will even be a variety of homes, covering for bad businesses. " "All beings are born ashamed and fall into evil laws."
This degradation can be regarded as the degradation of ancient humans.
At this time, the heaven and man who heard the sound of heaven were born in the earth one after another because of their blessings and the enjoyment of their longevity. They all had super powers and were born without anything. And because of his birth, he was born with the habit of greed. In this way, the number of human beings has not only increased greatly, but also the lust for color has become a social atmosphere. As the saying goes: "There are more than enough beings, and the blessings are exhausted. From the light to the sky, I gave my life. I was born in my mother's womb. As a result, there are more and more people in the world and the illegality is getting bigger and bigger. "
At this time, there are more and more people on the earth. In the past, our ancestors didn't need to cultivate. The land was born with japonica rice, which can be eaten without cooking, and it was born with the harvest. However, due to the emergence of husband and wife families, people began to be greedy, and many people began to store food. Japonica rice no longer grows with harvest, but must be cultivated to grow up gradually, and it can be harvested and eaten when it is mature. Human beings must pay more labor to survive.
For example, Genesis Volume 10 says, "All old people are better than others. All living beings in the world are dyed with surplus wealth, and there is japonica rice without farming, which is born naturally. If necessary, take it at the beginning of the day and look for it later. In the future, it will be born at dawn, which is no different from maturity. If you don't accept it, you will still be there. After all beings were born, the blessings became thinner. ..... so the rice is segmented into strings. "
2. Marriage between men and women on four continents
As the saying goes, "People in Buzhou of Nanzhan, Huozhou of Xiniu and Shenzhou of Dongsheng all know that there are laws for men and women to get married. Luzhou people in the north can't tolerate me. If the tree withers, men and women will get married and there will be no remarriage. "
It is mentioned in the Buddhist scriptures that the life expectancy of people in these four continents is different: "People in South Station and Africa live to be 100 years old, and some people die. People on Xiniu Cargo Island have a life span of 200 years, and some of them will die. Dongsheng shenzhou people, with a life span of 300, died halfway. Luzhou people in the north have lived for thousands of years and have nothing to worry about. "
(1), Nanshan Buzhou: Our human life belongs to Nanshan Buzhou (the earth), also called Jambu-Di^pa.
Although human beings living on this continent are not as good as the other three continents in terms of ecological environment, good fortune and bad fortune, and life expectancy; And our unique characteristics such as "courage", "remembrance" and "Sanskrit" are superior to the other three continents and the heavens. This is why the Buddha was born in this world (Nanhan). For example, the Book of World Records says, "Jambu-Di^pa people won three times. How to do three things: one is brave and has a memory, and can start a career; They are brave and memorize, and practice Sanskrit diligently; The three are brave, and the Buddha is out of its soil. "
The love and marriage of Nanzhan Buzhou (earth human) is as mentioned above, so it is omitted.
(2) Beiju Luzhou (also known as Yue): Men and women are the most free and open in communication, and there is no concept of family and private ownership at all; So there is no need to get married, and men and women go their separate ways after communication. Even the children born are not raised by themselves, but are placed on the cross street and raised by passers-by. When I grow up, I also belong to the public, which is a veritable capitalism.
As the saying goes: "Yu Dan said that if a person is born with a woman, he will love her as he pleases. Looking back, she will know that when she comes, she will walk under the tree and give her. If this person's mother, aunt and sister are related by blood, the branches will not droop, the leaves will wither and fall, they will not overlap, they will not bear gorgeous fruits, and they will not be the bedding for getting up. If it weren't for my mother, aunt and sister, that branch would be low, shady, lush, fresh and dazzling. I also provided hundreds of beds for that person, so I will get into the tree and do whatever I want. "
This is a description of the relationship between men and women. At that time, you can love as much as you like, and the branches will tell you whether you are related or not. If there is no blood relationship, they will lower their branches to cover the outside world and make bedding. It also describes the state of communication between people at that time, the law of marriage, and the state of people's birth and rearing: "If you want sex, the two intersect (the male and female reproductive organs intersect) and the outflow is unclean." "Single-month people, born in the mother's womb, only after seven days, on the eighth day, even if the production. When a mother gives birth to a child, if it's a boy or a girl, she puts it on Route 4 and leaves. On the other side of the road, southeast and northwest, pedestrians come and go, and when they see this man and a woman, they all feel pity. In order to nurture them, they put their fingers in their mouths and fingertips, naturally flowing out sweet milk and drinking the man and woman, so that they all lived. If you drink milk, after seven days, men and women reach a body, just like old people. "
The children in Luzhou, Beiju, will grow up seven days after giving birth, but they don't go home. Men and women of the same kind live in the same place, with no family and no private property. For the same reason, everyone lives a long and healthy life without disease. Live for a thousand years and die without disease. There is no need for cremation and burial after death. There are naturally big birds in the sky to take the body away, so don't worry about environmental pollution. The person who can be reborn here must have done ten good deeds in his previous life.
As the saying goes, "sons should be like each other when they grow up, male to male and female to female." At the end of his life, he didn't cry, but he was a solemn dead body, leaving him behind. There is a bird name to comfort Zen Jia and then put the dead body somewhere else. And its natives, when urinating, the ground is open, which is convenient for autism. The local people have nothing lovely and no livestock. Life is endless, and death is endless. Why does that man live long? He did ten good things in his last life. If you are in poor health, you will be depressed and live for a thousand years, without increasing or decreasing. "
(3) People from Huozhou, Xiniu and Shenzhou, Dongsheng: Both men and women are married, which is roughly the same as the marriage and family in our world, but the living environment, good or bad luck and life expectancy are better than those of people on earth. But slightly behind Beiju Luzhou.
3. The ultimate demise of mankind.
"Everything is impermanent, perishable and unreliable." Where there is life, there is death, and nothing is eternal. When human beings develop to a certain period, they will fight or even fight because of their desires, and finally they will move from prosperity to decline.
At first, people in our world lived a long life (84,000 years old) and were tall (840 feet tall), with great blessings. There are seven treasures on the ground, and there is no injustice. Food, drink, clothes, sleep, etc. all come naturally without blowing off dust. Later, because people attached importance to "separation" and "grasping", it gradually changed from sweet to delicious; Into coarse grains.
According to various classics, life expectancy is based on 84,000 years at the beginning, and it is reduced by one year after one hundred years, by ten years after one thousand years, and by one hundred years after ten years. In this way, when I was reduced to 30 years old, my life was more than two feet taller. By that time, human morality, ethics, causal concepts have all been lost, all the blessings have been enjoyed, and even coarse grains have begun to gradually disappear. Common application materials, baby, good corridors, houses, etc. , are gradually destroyed. Only by eating to satisfy hunger is the first thing in food; Covering your body with brown hair is the first thing in your clothes; Regard iron as a treasure, and put solemnity first. Poor diet, a banquet will blow people's skin and bones. Occasionally, I get a wheat and so on. Like a mani pearl, I hid it in a box and guarded it closely for fear that someone would steal it. If there was no rain after the drought on July 7, 2007, all the wells and rivers would have dried up. Because of the famine, 99% people starved to death. At this time, everyone became disgusted with inferior products. A thousand years later, when they were reduced from thirty to twenty, and their figure was reduced from three feet to two feet, they lost their original dislike of inferior products. Then there is the plague, which is more serious than SARS and cholera 100 times. If you get sick, you will die, and there is no medical help.
In this case, seven months and seven days later, 99% of the people left over from the last famine robbery died in this plague robbery. At this time, there was no king, no culture and no military and political leaders. The land is barren, the towns are dilapidated, and only a few small villages are scattered in the distance.
After the disaster, people began to * * * again, and they were disgusted with the idea of China products. There are more thoughts about leaving the bitter heart than before. ) So after 1000 years, when life was shortened to ten years old, they were only one foot tall, and they got married five months after they were born. Ten-year-olds lived their lives. Ordinary people live seven or eight years old, five or six years old and three or four years old. At this time, the original eccentric idea is gone, and only those who practice the Ten Evil Laws are respected. At this time, the sword and robbery came, and the cruelty in my heart was extreme! No matter parents, wives, brothers and families, etc. They have a heart of killing each other. Because of the feeling of karma, picking up anything casually has become a murder weapon. The so-called grass and trees are all soldiers. In this way, both men and women, like being possessed by evil spirits, thought they didn't kill people, so they were killed. So everyone will be killed and everyone will be cut. If they kill each other and cut each other, it will take seven days and seven nights (that is, the sword will be grabbed to the end). At this time, some people were "ashamed" and didn't want to kill anyone, but they were afraid of being killed, so they hid in Shan Ye.
After the famine, plague, sword and robbery mentioned above, there are only more than 10 thousand people left in the world. I haven't met him since I started walking for 20 days in a month. Those who used to hide in Shan Ye, because he still had a sense of shame, used laws and gods to protect him. When they came out of Shan Ye, they hugged each other and wept bitterly, loving each other and treating people as relatives and friends. Everyone began to hate centrifugation and hoped to be happy forever.
At this time, everyone's mind is the same, and they all think that the past was because of unkindness and killing the heart, which led to the massacre of mankind; In the future, I would rather * * * do good deeds, first leave the killing industry, leave the killing industry, have children at the age of ten, and gradually grow to twenty years old, and my figure will grow from one foot to two feet. Knowing that doing good deeds and stopping killing can get good returns and prolong life, then we can leave the inseparable theft industry, the inseparable prostitution industry, bad tongue, lies, ambiguity, greed, anger, ignorance, three poisons, get rid of the ten evil laws and practice the ten good laws. At this time, people's awareness of morality, ethics and cause and effect gradually increased, and life expectancy increased from one hundred to one year, from one thousand to ten years, and so on. Starting from the age of ten, one year is added in a hundred years, and the stature is increased by one inch. After 8.4 million years, it grew to 84,000 years old and was 840 feet tall.
At this time, the ground is flat, food and clothing are abundant, and seven treasures and five flavors appear. People also know how to be filial to their parents and respect monks. From 84,000 years old, one year later, it was reduced to 80,000 years old, and Maitreya Bodhisattva was born. Longhua Sanhui said that Buddhism was destroyed and then the blessed people were planted, and then the same fate was changed.
Sakyamuni Buddha was born at the age of 100, and it has been 2533 years now. When Buddhism will die, the Buddha will mourn for all beings, and the infinite life will stay for more than a hundred years. All sentient beings who have heard this sutra and seen it can read the name "Amitabha" to their hearts. After a hundred years, Buddhism disappeared, and there were no more Buddhist scriptures.