Is there a difference between the Earth Burial Sutra and the Ksitigarbha Sutra?
I have never heard of any burial scriptures.
The Ksitigarbha Sutra has three names, "The Buddha told Universal: There are three names in this sutra: one is Ksitigarbha's Original Vow, also known as Ksitigarbha's original practice, and also known as Ksitigarbha's Original Vow Power Sutra. Because of this Bodhisattva, the long-lasting In the coming kalpa, you will make great vows to benefit all sentient beings, so you will spread them according to your vows."
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Notes on the Original Vow Sutra
(Volume 1)
Lecture by Master Jingkong
Video Room of Singapore Jingzong Society
(This lecture is from the special text lecture room of Master Jingkong)
Ksitigarbha is the place ', in fact, it is the earth. The earth is what all living things depend on for survival. Nothing can survive without the earth, so China attaches great importance to the sky and the earth. In the Bagua, its appearance is the Kun hexagram, and its virtue is the mother. The "Book of Changes" says: "Excellent Kun Yuan." ’ To the extreme. This describes all living things on the earth. All things are born from the earth, so the earth has the meaning of being able to sustain, nurture, carry, and give birth to. The Buddha used this metaphor to describe our mind, and our mind truly embodies this meaning. In Buddhist terms, it means abbot, growth, and burden. Live, all dharmas live according to their true nature, and all dharmas are born from their true nature. The "Huayan Sutra" says: 'What appears only by the mind, only changes by consciousness. ’ The one true Dharma Realm where all Buddhas and Tathagatas live, and the ten Dharma Realms where all sentient beings in the Nine Realms live, are all manifested from the nature ground. Nature can be changed, and all things can be changed. The self-nature is inherently endowed with immeasurable wisdom, immeasurable virtue, and all immeasurable qualities.
The purpose of Buddhist teaching is to teach us to understand our minds and see our nature. Why is this the purpose? Once you understand your true nature, all your problems will naturally be solved. Moreover, this matter is decidedly possible and decidedly achievable. Why so sure? Because everyone has true nature, which does not come from the outside. What comes from the outside may not be able to be achieved. Is there any reason why it cannot be achieved with the inherent nature? The problem is as long as we can recover our true nature. In fact, our self-nature needs to be restored. Today there are obstacles to our character and virtue. As long as this obstacle is removed, our character and virtue will naturally appear. It is said that the clouds and mist are cleared and the sun shines. Sunshine is a metaphor for our character and virtue, and clouds and mist are a metaphor for obstacles; obstacles are false, but sunshine is real. When you are free from falsehood, truth will appear, so there is no need to seek for the true nature. If you ask for it, it is false. There is no need to seek. When you are free from falsehood, you will be true.
In our true heart, Buddha tells us that we have three virtues. Dharmakaya, Dharmakaya is our true body, neither born nor destroyed, neither coming nor going, neither dirty nor pure. In Zen Buddhism, what is called "the original appearance of parents before they were born" is this thing. It’s a pity that our thoughts, delusions and attachments since time immemorial have blocked the brightness and virtue of our own nature, and now this function has suffered a great loss. We can feel less than 1% of the 100% effect now, and 99% of the virtue cannot be seen now. Isn’t it a pity? Why does this happen? Lost, not knowing that one has infinite wisdom and virtue; lost, lost for too long, too deep, and too wide. It was only when the Buddha saw us that he felt compassion, helped us awaken, and helped us recover.
This requires practice. Because if you practice ten thousand practices, you will achieve all kinds of virtues, and the methods of practice are also immeasurable and boundless. Among the countless and boundless methods, there are convenient methods and inconvenient methods. The Buddha has spoken about them all. Therefore, the Buddha preached immeasurable Dharma for all sentient beings, and the so-called immeasurable Dharma in the Four Great Vows is vowed to learn. Why did the Buddha teach countless teachings? The roots of all living beings are not the same, and the roots of all living beings are also infinite. If one teaches according to the innate nature of all living beings, learning will be easy to achieve; if one does not follow the innate nature of all living beings, his learning will be difficult. Among all the methods, the most convenient, the most stable, and the most easy is the method of chanting Buddha’s name. In this sutra, the Buddha taught us to recite the Buddha's name and recite his name sincerely. Just like in the Infinite Life Sutra, he taught us to "generate bodhicitta and always concentrate on one thing", one principle and one thing. If we cannot accept this method or have doubts about it, the Buddha will open other convenient methods for you. This is really the first method for Buddhists.
Why is this method said to be the first method? If we carefully observe the basic principles and principles that the Buddha taught us in the sutras, we can figure them out and understand them.
The Buddha said in all the Mahayana sutras that thousands of sutras are nothing more than this. When the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas understand it, they implement it, and they benefit from it. What they gain is great freedom and perfection. We sentient beings are confused and confused, have lost our nature, and act recklessly, so we engage in the six paths of reincarnation, the cycle of life and death, and there will never be an end.
But our character and virtue does not change whether we are awakened or deluded; it does not increase in enlightenment and loses nothing in delusion. Why does Buddha respect all living beings? Even mosquitoes and ants respect him. Why does he respect it? Mosquitoes and ants are also living beings, and their natures and virtues are also perfect, no different from those of Buddhas and Tathagatas. However, they are confused and become like this. They are ignorant and act recklessly, and they become like this. Although it is in this state, its character and virtue are still perfect, without any defects, so all Buddhas and Tathagatas respect it equally, pay equal respect to it, and make equal offerings to it. Among the Ten Great Vows, the Buddha does not praise them, but respecting them and making offerings to them determines equality and compassion for all.
We must understand the heart and affirm the treasure. Knowing our true heart, this heart is the Great Bodhi from the Prajna perspective, and the Great Nirvana from the Dharma body perspective. Great Nirvana is also often called the Great Nirvana; Nirvana is a Sanskrit word that translates into Chinese meaning Nirvana. If we talk about these three words: great, destruction, and salvation, these three words. "Great" means the Dharmakaya; "annihilation" means the elimination of troubles, and the elimination of delusions, discriminations, and attachments. Then one will gain great freedom, which is liberation; "du" means understanding, enlightenment, and Prajna wisdom. Bodhisattvas practice the six perfections, which are wisdom. They live a life of high wisdom, and they live a life of ultimate and perfect wisdom. We are living a troubled and miserable life today.
Dharmakaya, Prajna, and Liberation, these three virtues are the three inherent virtues of one's own nature, and each of them is sufficient to always be happy and pure. Therefore, I am always happy and pure, which we call the four pure virtues. ‘Eternal’ means eternal and unchangeable. "Happiness" means freedom from all suffering. People in our world talk about suffering and happiness. This suffering and happiness are relative. All relative suffering and happiness are gone. They are all gone and cut off. ‘I’ means master and freedom, to truly be the master and to be truly at ease. ‘Pure’ means pure, spotless, and empty-hearted. There can be no one thing in the true heart. Master Huineng said it very well, "There is no one thing originally." To know that there is no one thing in the first place, you have to add one thing to it, which is wrong. A thought is just one thing and cannot be added to. Therefore, those who practice Zen should rinse their mouths for three days if they become polluted by chanting the Buddha's name. There is nothing there, so how could a Buddha enter? Neither does Buddha. Since the Buddha is gone, should we recite the Buddha's name? Want to read. What kind of idea? If you think without thinking, if you think without thinking, it is right, it is correct. If you have thoughts, you have one thing, which is wrong. You have something without thoughts, what kind of thing do you have? There is Wu Nian, you are also wrong. In other words, if you read it wrongly, it is also wrong if you don’t read it.
What would be good? If you think without thinking, if you think without thinking, it will be good; if you don't dwell on both sides, there will be no middle way. Doing without doing, doing without doing, is just like the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas who should be transformed into the Nine Dharma Realms, manifesting various bodies and engaging in various undertakings. They have no thoughts and no births. Without thoughts, he has no thoughts of departure; without birth, he has no departure from birth. He sacrifices his body and accepts it in the six realms, which is the same as the appearance of all living beings. He is separated and at the same time, and the appearance he appears has no self. The appearance he appears is that of compassion and enlightenment to all living beings. Although all sentient beings are awakened, there is no thought of awakening all sentient beings. Just as the Diamond Sutra says, although all sentient beings are saved, but no sentient beings are actually saved, he has no thought of it. Clouds are often used as metaphors in the Bible. What are they metaphors for? No mind, no thoughts, no action, no action in Buddhism. Doing nothing but doing everything, doing nothing but doing everything, this corresponds to the self-nature, appearance, and function, the self-nature Dharmakaya, Prajna, and liberation, and the "great direction and breadth". This is the Bodhisattva's behavior, and this is the bodhicitta.
We are ordinary beings today. We have serious confusions, we have deep karma, and we also want to enter the realm of Bodhisattvas. Where to start? We must start by cutting off greed, anger, and ignorance, and we must not be greedy for Buddhism or worldly law. Don't be greedy in good times, don't be angry in bad times, start from here, start from here; be clear and clear about good times and bad times, don't be crazy. Non-greed, non-anger, and non-delusion are the three roots of goodness. Cutting off evil and cultivating good, what evil should we cut off? Cut off greed, anger, and ignorance; what kind of good can you practice? Practice without greed, anger, or delusion.
Start here to restore the treasure of our own nature, because greed, anger, and ignorance are the most serious obstacles among all obstacles. If we start with the most serious obstacles first, we will not be able to achieve success today because we cannot get rid of greed, anger, and ignorance. No matter how you cultivate, you will not be able to get in, and you will be blessed with mistakes throughout your life. If you don't practice filial piety, you will not be able to enjoy the blessings of your faults in the human world, but in the realm of hungry ghosts and animals. This is the truth, and we cannot be clear about it or understand it.