Awakening

 

Awakening

 

Crow Betty said to Agudengba: People who believe in Buddhism know that Sakyamuni is the Buddha. Buddha was born in the border area of present-day Nepal and India. But did Buddhism originate in present-day Nepal or India? This makes Nepalese people very entangled, and behind it lies a very complex historical and geographical issue.

Betty the crow opened her big mouth and chattered to Agudumba about the origin of Buddhism.

Crow Betty said: The founder of Buddhism, Sakyamuni, was born in Lumbini in present-day Nepal. He was a prince of the Sakyamuni tribe. There are two key words here: Lumbini and Sakya tribe.

Lumbini is also translated as Lumbini, Lavani, Linweini, etc. It means "lovely" in Sanskrit.

There is no dispute that Lumbini is the "hometown of Lord Buddha". Lumbini is located at the junction of southwest Nepal and India, in Rupandhi County, 360 kilometers away from Kathmandu.

Agudengba said: The Sakya people should be a part of the Sai people mentioned in ancient Chinese historical records. They are called "Sai" or "Sai species" in China's "Historical Records" and "Han Shu·Biography of the Western Regions". In the ancient Chinese myth and legend of the Queen Mother of the West, they are the people of the tribe of the Queen Mother of the West.

Crow Betty said: I don't agree with this view, because the Scythians are divided into three parts, and have different cultural customs and characteristics. Combined with the conceptual analysis of geography, the "Sai" or "Sai" mentioned in Chinese historical records "Sai Zhong" and they are not the same person or the same thing at all.

Agudumba was not controversial, Crow Betty continued:

The Sakya tribe appeared in the Indian Peninsula around 1,000 BC. Since they entered later than the Aryans, they lived in remote areas at that time such as Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Nepal in present-day India. The Aryans entered the South Asian subcontinent around 2000 BC. The South Asian subcontinent was ancient India, which is a different concept from modern India. Because the Sakya tribe arrived later than the Aryans, the Sakya tribe is located outside the Brahmin cultural circle, and the place where they live is considered by the Aryans to be uncivilized areas.

Crow Betty said:

Remoteness is a fact, but "uncivilized" does not mean forever. In the experience of Sakyamuni, it is not difficult to see the exchange and integration of races and cultures in the so-called "remote areas" at the time of Sakyamuni. Sakyamuni's father is King Suddhodana. He is the king of Kapilavastu in ancient India. His surname is Gautama and his name is Southudana, which means pure rice, so he is called King Suddhodana. He belongs to the Sakyamuni clan. . His mother is Lady Maya, the daughter of the king of the neighboring Koli Tribe. The Koli tribe is a settlement in the eastern part of ancient India. It belongs to the Kingdom of Ramaka and is the main citizen of this small country. Together with the Sakyamuni tribe, the entire tribe believes in the Buddha Sakyamuni. Although Moro is the name of a country, it was originally a clan name. But the Buddha belonged to the Kshatriya caste, which was one of the four castes in ancient India. It was abbreviated as Kshatriya, which means land owner. That is, the race of kings and ministers who rule the people and engage in military service, so they are also called the "king race".

Just like the "Sai" or "Sai species" are regarded as Scythians, along with the "civilization" of the Aryans, the Kshatriya ancestors are also regarded as Aryans from Central Asia. In the fact that Sakyamuni was a Sakya and a Kshatriya caste, it is not difficult to see the integration of Aryan culture into remote areas of ancient India. The Kshatriyas were quite powerful, and their class was second only to the Brahmins. They were the class to which the royal family, nobles, and nobles belonged, and were engaged in military and political affairs. According to Brahmin scriptures, the main responsibility of Kshatriya is to protect Brahmins from generation to generation. In modern India, people also use "Kshatriya" to refer to the professional, ruling and military classes. After experiencing the civilized integration of the Aryans, although the Sakya tribe has the Kshatriya caste, this does not mean that the ancestors of the Sakya tribe are Aryans from Central Asia.

In order to prove that what he said was correct, Crow Betty said to Agudemba: Mr. Agudemba, not far away is the ruins of the Palace of King Kapilavastu of Nepal. Are you willing to go and see it?

Agudemba happily agreed. Guided by the crow Betty, he rode his donkey Mahu toward the royal palace ruins.

Along the way, Crow Betty talked about the Buddha’s experience:

The Buddha received traditional Brahmin education when he was a child. When he was 29 years old, he felt the various sufferings of life, old age, illness and death. In addition, the Sakya clan was facing the threat of genocide in war. He was dissatisfied with the Brahmanism at that time, so he gave up Live a royal life, become a monk and practice Taoism.

At the beginning, the Buddha learned meditation from the pioneers of Samkhya Alarakaramo and Udaka Ramazi near the city of Sahara, King of Magadha, and then went to practice asceticism alone in the trees near the Nairana River for 6 years. Later, the Buddha believed that asceticism was not the way to achieve liberation, so he went to Bodh Gaya to sit under the Bipala tree and meditate on the Four Noble Truths and the Twelve Causes and Conditions, and finally reached enlightenment.

Enlightenment established the basic teachings of primitive Buddhism, and Buddha then devoted great enthusiasm and energy to the creation of the "Sangha" system. "Sangha" is the sangha, the organizational form of Buddhist monks.

Crow Betty said: Afterwards, Buddhism spread in the Ganges River Basin in northern and central India, and Buddha formulated precepts, which formed the religious practice of believers and became a powerful guarantee for maintaining the organization and order of the sangha. After the death of Buddha, his disciples organized his teachings to prevent the loss of Buddhist teachings over time and to prevent other "heretic" doctrines from infiltrating Buddhism. This resulted in Buddhist classics, basic doctrines, and organizational forms. , and precepts have become necessary elements for the spread and development of religion, allowing Buddhism to flourish in the future and become one of the three major religions in the world along with Christianity and Islam.

In order to explain the teachings of Buddhism more simply, Crow Betty sang a Buddhist song "Awakening":

 

Buddha taught us

Do not think too much

waste time of life

pain does exist

You should learn to stay away

Buddhism in a nutshell

pain comes from desire

Peace without desire

 

Humans and sentient beings in the six realms

sinking into misery

Continuously reincarnating in life and death

Ignorance causes pain

Need to understand impermanence

Non-self can end suffering

Cut off all worries

You can escape from the three realms

 

strive to overcome ignorance

See the truth of life

Know the universe

Beyond birth, old age, illness and death

Practicing the Four Noble Truths Diligently

End the Six Paths of Reincarnation

Get ultimate liberation

Enter the realm of Nirvana

 

Purpose of practicing Buddhism

Not for self-achievement

Bring happiness to all living beings

is the truth of liberation

Buddha Sakyamuni

Lay the foundation of Buddhism

Zen practice and enlightenment

Everyone can become a Buddha