Nine-character mantra of Buddhism
Finger secret name
There are many secret numbers of fingers in the scriptures. Today, it is used in travel notes.
It means two hands and two feathers, also called the full moon.
Two arms are also called wings.
Ten degrees, also known as ten circles and ten peaks.
The right hand name is prajna. Also known as outlook, wisdom and wisdom. The left hand is Samadhi. Also called looking up names, determination, happiness and so on.
The tenth. From the little finger of the left hand to the number of times, namely sandalwood, abstinence, forbearance, progress and Zen. From the little finger of the right hand to the number, that is, wisdom, square, care, strength and wisdom.
So is the five-round code. Small index from left to right, that is, earth, fire, water and wind are empty.
Pro: the index finger of both hands is erect, and the other fingers are bent.
Soldier: The second-hand index finger is upright, so that the middle finger overlaps it, and the little finger and the ring finger are bent and combined. Thumb upright.
Bucket: ring finger, middle finger and thumb stand upright, little finger and forefinger bend.
Interviewer: The forefinger and thumb stand upright, and the other fingers meet at the nail.
All: Fingers are bent outward. Array: All fingers are bent inward.
Column: Hold the index finger of your left hand up, hold it with your right hand and put your thumb in it.
Front: The second hand thumb and forefinger form a circle.
Ok: the thumb and forefinger of the left hand are circled, the other fingers of the left hand gently clench their fists, and the right hand wraps the left hand. Tomi is a Buddhist term, which refers to the Japanese tantric mantra spread in the air based on Dongsi Dojo, also known as Dongsi Liu. Compared with the "Taimi" of Tiantai Sect. After the empty sea, the fax is elegant, true and original; Ren Yuan once again passed on honesty and sacred wealth.
"Pro (,), Bing (,) and Zhe (,) believe that any friend who is interested in ninja will not be unfamiliar with these nine words. By the way, this is a nine-character mantra that has been circulated by ninjas for hundreds of years. For a ninja, the correct pronunciation of "near, soldier, fighter, all, array, column and front" is "りん, びょぅ, とぅ, しほ".
As a ninja, before a battle, it is an essential process to recite the nine-character mantra with both hands and put on various seals. What they recite by hand is what we often call nine-character mantra or nine-character Mudra (nine seals).
Since we talk about the nine-character mantra, we can't help but talk about tantra. As mentioned in the last article, in ancient times, most ninjas were fanatics of esoteric religion. Although many ninjas don't practice esoteric Buddhism deliberately, they are instilled with esoteric Buddhism from birth, and later they will unconsciously indulge in it and be influenced to some extent. The so-called tantra is relative to Buddhism, which is the characteristic of Buddhism in the late ancient India and the product of the combination of Buddhism and Hinduism. In terms of genre, it can be divided into three parts, namely, the esoteric school representing Indian and China esoteric schools, the esoteric school improved and evolved after China esoteric school spread to Japan, and the esoteric school of Tibet.
During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, three Indian tantric masters, Samamitabha, Vajrayana and Sanzang, came to China, and they passed on the tantric teachings. At the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, the tantric religion brought into Tibet by the Mongols merged with the local Lamaism to form tantric religion. During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, the court thought that the tantra was too weird, so it was abolished, so the tantra gradually declined in the Central Plains, but in the late Tang Dynasty, the tantra spread to Japan from the master of the air sea. Tantric Sect regards Piluchana (that is, the sun is coming, and the famous Kamakura Buddha is Piluchana) as the supreme commander and the founder of religion, and strongly advocates inheritance, mantras and secret spells. Another major feature of tantric Buddhism is that the human body has many mysteries and potentials. Only through the unremitting efforts of Tantric Buddhism can the yogi bring his full potential into play, let the body communicate with the universe, and reach the realm of harmony between man and nature, which coincides with the ultimate body technique pursued by ninja. "Three secret blessings" is an important part of tantric practice. Including body secret-handprint deed, language secret-mouth praise truth, meaning secret-heart view respect Buddha.
The main method of body secret is to "knot fingerprints". Simply put, it is the practice of crossing hands and fingers to form different shapes and cooperating with imagination. There are thousands of tantric handprints, each of which has a special meaning and function, such as: auspicious seal, King Kong Dahui seal, big wheel altar seal, magic seal, Bao Guan Bao Bao seal, light fireworks seal, bound thinking seal, quasi-nine-headed dragon seal and so on. Although some handprints have the same name, their shapes are quite different. For example, the seal of King Kong armor is a kind of demon-seeking protection (for example, if you imagine it as an armor with a clear seal, you will burn a flame on yourself and the disgusting demon will fly away). Ninja nine seals are: exclusive seal, Daikin steel wheel seal, external lion seal, internal lion seal, external binding seal, internal binding seal, knowledge seal, Japanese wheel seal and invisible seal. As far as Dongmi is concerned, it can produce the effect of blessing practitioners through the combination of ten fingers and the idea of psychological imagination, which conforms to certain practice and forms different "handprints" with each other. Tantric theory holds that hands and fingers are externally connected with the Buddha nature of Buddhism and internally connected with internal organs. Therefore, when practicing the secret dharma, the formation of "handprints" can inspire each other with the body secrets of buddhas and bodhisattvas that have been achieved in the dharma, and increase the quick effect, just like gaining the magical power of the Buddha itself. Besides handprints, there are all kinds of sitting postures, which are as diverse and meaningful as handprints. In full meditation, "auspicious sitting" and "magic sitting" are two kinds that ninjas often practice. Ninja usually needs to cooperate with the "incense" in the Five Classics of Ninja (detailed in later chapters) to practice the spirit of auspicious sitting and devil sitting.
Secret language, also known as mantras, is to create something in the mind of the practitioner by reciting a string of mantras and urge it to change. This special note is used to vibrate the qi pulse in the body, and the idea is concentrated on one point, forming extraordinary potential and inspiring magical power and high wisdom. The number of mantras of tantric schools is as varied as handprints, such as: Fire Mantra, Curse, Four Heavenly Kings Mantra, Golden Winged Bird Mantra, Luo Cha Mantra, Luo Cha Mantra, Blessing Sentence Mantra, Samadha Mantra, Immortality Mantra, King Kong Armor Mantra, etc. , and there are five-character mantra and six-character mantra (very famous in China). ), manjusri mantra. Ninja's mantra of "facing, fighting, fighting, being, being, array, pillar, being and being ahead" is the mantra of Datura of the Ninth East Secret Society. Tomi incantations are mainly pronounced according to the combination of sounds and rhythms of ancient Indian Sanskrit letters. However, the incantations handed down from Tomi Avenue in Kameyama, Japan, have generally become Sanskrit with Japanese pronunciation.
It is a very complicated problem to study the phonology of tantric spells in detail. However, unlike the six-character mantra of Tibetan secrets, which originated from Sanskrit in ancient India, the nine characters of "pro, soldier, fighter, philosopher, classics, truth, fierceness, foresight and prosperity" originated from the Taoist classic "Bao Puzi" in the Eastern Jin Dynasty in China. Everyone knows that Bao Puzi is a Taoist classic, which is divided into two parts: inside and outside. The inner part mainly introduces Taoist alchemy, forbidden art and health preservation, while the outer part is related to military strategy and political theory. The nine-character mantra comes from "Bao Puzi, Inner Chapter, Deng She". There are many forbidden arts in Taoism in China, which are also called "forbidden laws". Taoism believes that ghosts and poisonous insects and beasts can be suppressed. The forbidden art cover originated from the early Qi Shu and Fu Shu, which only appeared at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It can be divided into two categories: Ban Qi and Curse Class. It involves a variety of contents, from traveling in the cloud for rain, expelling insects and avoiding disasters to inviting ghosts to send spirits. One of them is the "calling the wind and thunder to control ghosts and gods" that Tiangou has been pursuing.
This article about the nine-character mantra in Bao Puzi belongs to the curse. The original text is: "When you enter the mountain, you should know the secret wishes of six families. Wish:' All those who get cold feet are marching forward', and all nine words should be secretly wished all the time. When crossing the river, I wish: "The wind is rolling, Hebo leads the dragon, and it is difficult to wipe the sky. ".The Japanese changed it a little, and it became what we saw. From the practice method of Tantric chanting, it uses a special note to vibrate the qi pulse inside the body, so that it radiates the potential of life, becomes a role beyond ordinary phenomena, enters the mysterious field, and even inspires magical power and high wisdom. Therefore, there are different spells in the three secrets of the East Secret, such as King Kong, Fetal Tibetan and Lotus, which enable practitioners to achieve different effects for different purposes. From this point of view, the biggest focus of tantric mantra is the relationship between sound and human pulse, which is purely a mysterious function beyond physics.
The secret of meaning is the most important part of the "Three Secret Blessings". In the whole process of practicing the secret method, whether it is body secret or language secret, it depends on meaning secret to play its role. The secret of meaning leads to the potential of consciousness through "visualization" and reaches the realm of transcendence. As mentioned earlier, the nine-character mantra of Ninjutsu is a secret technique of self-hypnosis, just like a magician hypnotizes an assistant in a modern magic show and says, "You are holding a stick." At this time, even if someone stood on the assistant's suspended body, he didn't know. One meter uses the process of sticking fingerprints and praising the truth to concentrate and paralyze yourself. He made the ninja excited, made him forget the pain in the battle for a while, and completely turned into a killing machine running at full capacity.
The most basic classics of Dongmi are Sun Sutra and King Kong Ding Jing. Through the basic principles mentioned in these two classic works, we can know that human beings have self-instinct beyond the universe. As a warrior engaged in the special occupation of ninja, every battle is a life-and-death struggle. Since it is a life-and-death struggle, I certainly hope to exert my full potential to fight for survival. At this time, I need a catalyst that can stimulate my spiritual pillar and make my body fully function. Nine-character mantra just meets this demand, so it is highly respected by ninjas.
After learning about the "three secret blessings" of Tantric Buddhism, I think everyone should understand the reason why ninjas must print, recite scriptures and concentrate their thoughts before each battle.