But how many people know the layout of the temple? How many people know the moral behind it? Next, let's introduce the layout of traditional temples.
Daxiong Hall is the main building in the center of the temple. It is followed by the Mountain Gate, Tianwang Hall, Daxiong Hall, Fatang Hall, Pilu Hall or Tibetan Scripture Building, and Zhang Fang Room. There are seven temples in Galand of Zen Buddhism, which generally refer to stupa (where Buddhist relics are placed) and Jintang (also known as Buddhist temple) where Buddhas are placed. Pagoda * * is the central building of Galand), lecture hall (lecture hall), bell tower (commonly known as bell hall, where Hong Zhong hangs), Buddhist scripture building (a Buddhist scripture hall, a Buddhist scripture library), and monk's room (also known as monk's workshop, namely monk's dormitory). It is distributed in the east, west and north of the lecture hall, that is, the monk's room and canteen on three sides (also known as fasting hall).
First: the mountain gate
Usually temples are built in the mountains to avoid the dust and customs of the city, so they are called mountain names and set up mountain gates. Modern temples are built on flat ground, also called mountain gates. There are generally three doors, so it is also called "three doors". Symbol of "three solutions", namely "empty door", "no door" and "no door"
The three doors have rich connotations and profound annotations. Three doors are wisdom, compassion and convenience.
That is: (1) the door of wisdom, knowing to advance and keep retreating is wisdom, knowing whether I am or not is wisdom; Don't seek pleasure by wisdom, and stay away from greed by wisdom. (2) the door of compassion, pulling out suffering as sorrow and taking pleasure as goodness; Pull out the suffering of all beings according to sorrow, and stay away from the uneasy heart according to kindness. (3) Convenient door, upright and convenient for others; Be merciful to all sentient beings according to their conduct, and stay away from supporting and respecting their hearts according to their principles. Wisdom belongs to egoism, compassion belongs to altruism, and convenience belongs to egoism and altruism. However, although the three doors are divided, they actually have their own advantages. Wisdom is sorrow, and sorrow is wisdom. It is a convenient door to accept all sentient beings with wisdom and sorrow.
Second: Bell Tower and Drum Tower.
After entering the gate, there are bells and drums on the second floor. On the left (east) is the Bell Tower, and on the right (west) is the Drum Tower. Usually ring the bell first in the morning, corresponding to the drum; Drums are played first at night, and the bells correspond.
Third: Maitreya Bodhisattva
As soon as we entered the temple gate, we were greeted by a smiling Maitreya Bodhisattva, which is actually the future Buddha Maitreya. Now, his old man is still studying in the inner court, which is the fourth heaviest in the world. He will be born into this "concubine world" and become a leader in hundreds of millions of years.
The present image of Maitreya Bodhisattva, that is, "a potbellied man can tolerate the world and people often laugh at the world", actually comes from a cloth-bag monk in the Five Dynasties. He often teaches with a big cloth bag on his back and travels all over the world. He is called the incarnation of Maitreya Bodhisattva.
Why did you see Maitreya as soon as you entered the door? It is precisely because Buddhism wants us to learn to be tolerant, generous, joyful and indifferent to others, which is also the basis of learning Buddhism. If you can't learn it well, it's useless to practice more Buddhism.
Fourth: Wei Tuo Bodhisattva
Behind the gate where Maitreya is located is Bodhisattva Wei Tuo.
Bodhisattva Wei Tuo was originally the protector of the four heavenly kings, but he made a big wish to protect the buddhas, so he was awarded the last one of the thousands of buddhas who were "robbed by the holy spirit", also called Lou Zhi Buddha. He wanted to protect the first 999 buddhas before becoming a Buddha himself.
Bodhisattva Wei Tuo usually holds the image of a magic pestle. He represents precept and protection, which is equivalent to showing all of us that we must do these two things.
Fifth: The Four Heavenly Kings are evil works.
After entering the mountain gate, it is the first main hall of the temple, the Heavenly King Hall.
There are four heavenly kings here-the king of the East, the king of the South, the king of the West and the king of the North.
The Four Heavenly Kings originally lived on the mountainside of Xumi Mountain, and later they were arranged to live in the "Four Heavenly Kings", the most important day in the human world, so as to cruise and guard the Buddhism at any time. Many senior brothers know that Buddhism has the "Four Heavenly Kings Parade Day", which refers to this.
On the one hand, the four heavenly kings have the responsibility to uphold just laws, on the other hand, they also have the responsibility to punish the wicked. They told us to do all kinds of evil, otherwise not only will we get bad results in the future, but if they find out, we may be punished in advance.
Sixth: Four Bodhisattvas-great wisdom, great compassion and great wisdom.
Generally, the back of the king's temple will follow the bodhisattva's temple, but each temple is different. For example, Wutai Mountain is mainly dedicated to Manjusri Bodhisattva, Putuo Mountain is dedicated to Guanyin Bodhisattva, Jiuhua Mountain is dedicated to Bodhisattva, Emei Mountain is dedicated to Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, and some are dedicated to other Bodhisattvas, but it is rare in our Han area.
These four Bodhisattvas represent great wisdom, great merits, great compassion and great wishes, which are familiar to all senior brothers. These are the four most important spirits in Mahayana Buddhism.
No matter which bodhisattva is, it is actually the Mahayana Prajna Six Degrees-giving, enduring humiliation, observing precepts, striving, meditation and Prajna. At the same time, it holds four infinite compassion and joy hearts, which is equivalent to the example of each of us who study Buddhism and is the representative of the "monk treasure", one of the three treasures.
Seventh: Mahayana Mahayana-a complete Buddha.
The last and most magnificent hall in the temple is the Hall of the Great Hero. Our teacher Sakyamuni's Buddha statue is enshrined in the Hall of the Great Hero. "Daxiong" is the name of Buddha. "Big" means everything; "Xiong" means to catch the devil. Because Sakyamuni Buddha is full of wisdom and can make the world a big town, his disciples respectfully call him "Daxiong". The "treasure" in the hall refers to the three treasures of Buddhism and Taoism.
The Hall of the Great Hero is mainly dedicated to Buddhas, usually Sakyamuni Buddha, and sometimes there are horizontal or vertical III Buddhas.
In Buddhism, Buddha stands for "Aunt Dorothy, Three Happiness and Three Bodhisattvas", that is, the ultimate goal of all Buddhists is to have supreme enlightenment, to measure themselves, to feel that their actions are perfect and that all virtues are omnipotent.