LEARN ABOUT THE ROSARY IN BUDDHISM.

Beads originated in India and has become an important figure in the religious life, cultural and religious believers in ancient Indian society. With Buddhist rosaries are personal items easily help practitioners focus on recitation object, the string is a string over the idea of ​​an order, from which one can go deeper into the state the state of wisdom to arise.

Like bells, gong, rosaries as a means in a myriad of media practice of Buddhism. In Buddhism, all forms of legal or physical gas are the means. However, not without cause that we laid out. Of course, each a form of an object has a special symbolic meaning of it.

The origin of the rosary

Not only Buddhism refers to beads and guide the beads used to achieve those values ​​on the path. One can see, the method was Buddhist rosary Buddhist concept very close approach during times of prayer beads of Brahmanism, a very popular prayer of the Brahmin. Besides, Hindus worship the Siva sect also uses a type of particle called rudraka to string beads. Legend has it that, once this god look at the world, that they live in extreme suffering okay say it has hurt all dripping tears, the tears and the tree grows out dark red seeds. It took him make the rosary beads to pray in memory of the compassionate heart of the god Siva. Particles is diamonds that today we still used to make beads. In the opinion of the Indians, very rudraka fires and death are the sacred seeds, except that obstacles likely. This is probably partly due to their medicinal properties, such as fires invisible element, also known as Bodhi death, is a heat treatment Drug owner, conversation, antiseptic ...

However, in the Buddhist texts, the origin of rosaries and rosary beads as Buddha, mostly based on the open market for the Buddha's Three Kings Vidudabha was recorded in the Business Carpentry Neuter Death. Business Carpentry commutator, written: One time the Buddha and his congregation traveled in Mountain States exhaust fan (Grdhrakuta), the La Due States (Rajagrha) monarch in the victim's name was Ba Vidudabha, wrong messenger the place to ask the Blessed Buddha invited special mercy, for weak to legal practice and in life are easy to come away from all suffering. The Buddha said to the messengers of the king that if the king wanted to kill the karma and afflictions, should report bad karma rosary beads with 108 seeds investigated (wood fires in total) and often took him and when to go, when sitting, lying often should even care, not scattered mind, claiming title: Buddha, Dharma and Sangha at a time, a seed was investigated. So on, turn over the particles to other particles, such as grain ten, twenty grains, seeds hundred, thousand grains, up to ten thousand hundred thousand seeds. If sufficient time is twenty thousand times, but not mind-wandering, no siem song, time to discharge this body was born in the Heavenly realms Diem Tuesday. Up here, y, real nature, usually peaceful behavior. If time enough to be a hundred thousand times, it would end the career of one hundred eight, new evidence is known as the Tu-Da-Complete results (against the current of life and death), navigate to the Nirvana, the end would disturb the root and the brain is unsurpassed results. rosary in Buddhism was born from there. The monks often take with beads as a security context, an important gas law to support them on the way into Buddhism.

Thus, we can see, even in the ancient traditions of India and in other civilizations of mankind, has come a long necklace and attached to each society it has a symbolic meaning or different aesthetic value. But the Buddhist rosary mentioned the role of legal means, gas law, is a tool to support practitioners attain enlightenment.

The number of beads

According to the above commutator Jupiter, including the Buddhist rosary has 108 beads, this figure is similar to other denominations in India. However, later, to convenient for the ritual, rosary beads are strung by with the smaller number, like 54, 27 or 36 seeds, 18 seeds. This figure represents 108 108 afflictions of 88 ants, 10 and 10 private or slopes. In addition, the number 108 also be interpreted in other ways. It was found that the number of particles is usually equal to the number of object concepts, in reciting the Buddha, has 108 titles, the Hindus, the mean of 108 letters of Austria. 108 = 6x3x2x3, which is 6 ceiling (color, sound, smell, taste, touch and Legal) x 3 times (past, present and future) state of mind x 2 (infection and purification) x 3 status life (preferred, not preferred and neutral). 108 was the number one ¹ x 2 ² x 3 ³ = 1 x 4 x 27. This is probably related to the concept of learning problems of ancient India. In the five-pointed star, offset angle formed by two intersecting edges is 108 ⁰ . It is said that in India has 108 dances. In body chakras we have 108. The astrologer said that the solar diameter as large as 108 times Earth's diameter. In figure 108, No. 1 represents the best, ie most, number 8 is infinite, ie allergic, number 0 is the middle, the middle way is not to mean, emptiness. Boiled down, the number 108 is explained in many different angles, and obviously it meant a very important symbol in the concept of Indians. In extent, it can be said that the number 108 is also wonderful as indicators PHI (φ) in 1618 the Greek tradition.

According to the European Comparative Public Number Germany, and the Diamond Sutra Pierre Du Chau Rating the dissent notes, rosaries have the following categories: - Wood Based Business commutator taught to string beads 108. - Business Da Tap the volume Ni 2 General informations and European French, yet they have 4 types of string: 108 seeds, 54 seeds, 42 seeds, 21 seeds. - The German European Business Book, also raised four types of chains, ie 108 seeds , 54 kinds of seeds, a 27 seed, and seeds of 14. - Diamond Sutra Pierre Du Chau Rating 1080 took the upper string beans, string beans to string up 108 wins, 54 strings of beads to string middle, string 27 lower level string beans. - European Food Book Room Code in Business Room Fund Manjusri that the upper chain of 108 beads, string of 54 secondary particles, string-commissioned is 27 grains, 1080 grain chain is paramount. In the beads with particle number as on the 108 mala beads are more popular before.

The rosary beads have a particle known as Sumeru or Meru, we often referred to as grain or grain Tu Di di momentum, which is 109 grains, is the seat of the connector adjacent to the circle. According to ritual, as colorectal times, do not pass this seed, this seed was to work backward, as in trading diamonds top European yogic concept which says: "County between typical of Amida, not to time through , Vietnamese criminal law. " However, in the string of beads, a string that can be customized with or without these 109 particles.

The meaning of the rosary

Based on the total number of measures that represent the concepts of Buddhism, the use of beads with different particle numbers, the symbolic meaning of it has its differences:

- The string that represents the 108 grain 108 for legal documents except the 108 that eighty sorrow.

- Chain 54 for 54 seeds is indicated for the practice of the Bodhisattva, ie Tin Cross, Cross tower Hanh. In Career Cross, Cross Land and charitable Based Nhan.

- The string that represents 42 to 42 seeds for the cultivation process of the Bodhisattva, ie Cross tower Hanh, Cross In Direction, Level Cross Land and conquerors, Dieu Giac.

- Chain 27 for 27 seeds is indicated for the practice of Hinayana Four User fruit, or 18 degree radial of the Four Friends School Fruit ago, with 9 North to the Quaternary Studies Arahatship.

- Chain is 21 particles represents 21 position, ie the Ten, Ten Paramita and results Buddha.

- Chain is 14 seeds for 14 French shows no fear of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara.

- Chain of 1080 particles is shown for 10 planes, each plane has 108, so that adds up to 1080.

The meaning of chains 36 and 18 seed beads for many people is not legal representations of any number in Buddhism, and that it is homologous to sequence 108 seeds. Accordingly, for ease of carrying strap, four 108 beads divided into 3 series strings, each string of 36 beads, or chain of 108 beads divided into six strings, each string of 18 beads, which do not have any deep meaning .

However, we need to know that the difference of the number of particles with different symbolic meanings above, is due to the Bodhisattva, saint rose, after Buddha's death, did custom grace entrusted to means of teaching, which is not derived from the text of the original sutras mentioned. Mean number of particles on the beads is not fixed and binding.

The use of beads

Rosary is a material commonly found in many cultures around the world. It is used as a jewelry or as an object method, depending on gas used. In religion, beads are used to link and set the order for the prayers, the prayers, the attacker, the title of the mantras or during practice.

With Buddhist rosary is a familiar gas law, the use of beads appear to have become a feature of the Pure Land. According to the history of the Pure Land tradition, who devised the rosary to recite the Buddha's name is Mr. Dao scratches (562-645), who is religious is the 2nd of Chinese Pure Land. But with Theravada Buddhism, has long beads gradually become a personal character than 8 (3 y, compass, bowls, belts, razor and water bag) were Buddhist convention.

Not everyone was also recite the Buddha beads. This, also depending on the identity and habits of each person. But for believers, Buddhists practice the Pure Land, the rosary to the surface facilities should count as his words made a vow. Because for the beginner, many karma, not pure heart, full of delusions are complex disorders, the use of beads as to ease the Buddhist concept of mind. Furthermore, the magnetic industry, the three enterprises (body, speech, mind) need to keep calm. Hand rosary belonging bodily mouth the Buddhist concept of verbal, attention devoted to the Buddha did not leave a question, about what the industry. Buddhist up "Tam constant purification industry, the current Western Buddhism," meaning three, the same industry are pure rebirth of the Western Buddhist bliss. Thus, the hand chain is also the purpose was to remember each concept a sentence beads as the Buddha, as well as a number in mind, not to confuse it.

The use of beads as a means only a thousand other means. People use it to recite the Buddha. With time series record number of sentences that little mind wandering over. However, the basis for the eradication of defilements, the mind is in place. The Buddhist concept, hands the mind whirring strings, wandering, evil always thought so, whetHer Buddhist concept mouth, hands rosaries, also could not have been the result of concentration.

Source: Government Committee for Religious Affairs.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY BACH LIEN HOA.( TAM THANH ).MHDT.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).27/4/2012.