◆ Tang Qiwei's "Dharma"
Dharma, full name Bodhidharma, is the ancestor of Zen Buddhism in China. The world's worship and admiration of Dharma has been widely circulated in countless poems and folk tales since ancient times.
In the sea of Yangyang poetry, Dharma's figure can be seen everywhere.
The Song dynasty Zhu Mingong had "heard that Dharmasic came to mind, and the five leaves were only a flower." Since then, the ancestral wind has not been lost, and there are Qihua sentences everywhere in Lingzhi"
Wang Zhe, a Yuanren, said, "When I realized compassion, I entered the Bodhi Path." Open the door every day, and the wisdom shines on the living beings. Sit on the snow Shakya, face the wall Dharma Enlightenment. Watch this cause and effect come to fruition, and live in heaven."
Dharma's thoughts had a great influence on Chinese culture. There are also many stories about Dharma handed down in history, such as crossing the river with a reed, facing the wall for nine years, breaking the arm and standing snow, and only walking to the west. Among them, the most touching is Dharma's "Wall-facing Enlightenment".
Zen, is the abbreviation of "Zen Na", translated into Chinese is meditation, is the meaning of meditation in meditation, generally called "meditation". This method is to focus the mind on the Dharma realm and devote one mind to the study in order to realize the original nature of the mind, which is called "Zen Meditation", which is called Zen Buddhism.
"Pointing directly to the human heart, seeing nature to become a Buddha, not establishing words, teaching others to spread." The Buddha smiled and the Gaya knew, which is considered to be the beginning of Zen Buddhism. Do not establish words, pass on the heart with the heart, and realize the nature of the mind. It is meant that as long as you return to your heart and understand your own mental nature, even those who are illiterate can understand life.
Jade carver Tang Qiwei's beautiful color and wisdom transform the skin color and white flesh of the jade into Dharma's face and various forms. The perfect fusion of natural beauty and artificial beauty, there is both natural fun and human interest, and the unity of nature and man. Dharma, who was sitting on a jade, was dressed in robes, holding a Buddha bead in his hand, and had a serious face. The whole is quite ingenious, and there is a realm of great enlightenment.
"Sex is the mind, the mind is the Buddha, the Buddha is the Tao, and the Tao is Zen." Dharma was associated with the Buddha throughout his life, with six pure roots, a clear mind like a mirror, and the beauty of great enlightenment, health and longevity, and exorcism and refuge.