Question one:
Dear Teachers quarterly,
I know the teachings of Buddhism is little fledgling age. I'd love to know about the history of the Bell and Mo teacher in the Temple that you used to chant. Are unaware of this support comes from the coast in what, where, by whom the invention and how the mind? Teachers respectfully ask you please show me the wall.
Quang Anh.
Question two:
1) Origin of Bat-elegant ring boxes?
2) Please tell me the meaning of the Eight-elegant bell?
Hope reply soon. Sincerely thank the editorial board.
As Italy.
Welcome layman,
Ringing in the air one of the Buddhist law. The reason is called Bat-smart (a transliteration of the word "prajn ~ aa '(S) which means" wisdom ") because their performance is to awaken people's hearts, able to touch the listener's spirit . Ringing in the Bat-elegant as common nouns to spend great bell (huge bell) and a large drum, usually placed left and right sides of the hall. Many temple bell tower and an empty position, should where the ring is empty "empty bell".
I. The origin and meaning of the bell
Many different sources have said that the process of putting bells in temples and are widely used in Chinese temples in any period is determined. However, as historical documents record the tones used in the Zhou Dynasty (557 before the TL-89 TL). Chinese Buddhism has taken on the Bell and Drum monasteries in which and by whom initiated, now we do not find the documents. Documents on the history of bells and drums Bat-elegant indeed rare. However, we rely on a number of documents after provisional traced to their origin.
It Quang Hoang Minh Volume (No. 2103) in Tan Chanh Tu Dai Dai Suttas Clerk stated that in the North (420-479) had many bell tower. In the first five Thien Hoa (566) North European life, all Catholic Chung Minh Nhi carved bell three largest university at that time. Two in three were cast in the 570 and 665 TL.
Stories To continue Cao has recorded five year life Depending General Business (609), Tri Hoang said he worried the bell at the Meditation Temple in the capital Chang'an. During this period onward, the North European non-stop for an intellectual cast bell in monasteries.
Again, the legend that is the bell Chi Cong Hoa Thuong Luong Vo initiated and King Emperor (sixth century) made to pray to the gods of hell is rotten in the place called the place where the United U Minh.
There are two types of tones are often used in temples, monasteries as follows:
1. Chung Sanskrit (Sanskrit bell): Also known as "mass", "bell", "general flowering" or "general range". This bell was cast in iron at the green phase. Usually about 1.5 m high bell, about 6 inches in diameter. Hung in the bell tower of this kind, the purpose from time to ring the mass moves files or at press time soon. Vietnamese people often use their "great bell" ring of truth to show, there is almost no specific provisions are much more narrow width. This bell ringing called U Minh.
2. Selling General (bell part): For large dimension with only 1 / 2 bell part, the so-called general sale, also known as "general transformation" or "common state." bell is usually cast bronze, about 6 to 8 inches, usually at an angle to the main hall and is used in the conference sessions, it also known as "joint ceremony." The Vietnam and other countries today make more flexible kind of tone as "general sale", but there is no fixed size.
On appeal bells, ancient Chinese custom of each sect, each locality that has different regulations, but the start-ups are sometimes three hours and beat fast at the end of two hours or three hours for the last nine kinds of bells small when chanting. The number of hours usually 18, sometimes 36 hours from time, 108 hours. Every 108 hours represents the practitioner attempts to run away with 108 of inner negativity where. Eighteen hours is indicated for the purification units 6, 6 and 6 of the ceiling.
Also, in the heyday of Zen, an intellectual bell in the hall, hall called "ringing up the road", "bell boy"; bell to in the main hall is called "electric bell" ... Those who take care of the bell This is called "the first joint."
According to the belief that echo of the bell can comprehend the gloomy hell, that was vicious beings of hell by this ringing immediately freed. Again, the temple bell elegant species may help to ease hungry ghosts are greed, hatred that lives free from hungry ghosts. In the temple Vietnam today as well as the ancient Chinese pagoda or temple of the Mahayana Buddhist countries such as Japan and Korea. ... Often have a large bell to appeal on two mornings at the day in prayer. Visiting hours in the morning bell at 4 hours or before the meeting to elaborate, according to the provisions of each temple. Claimant has rated ring tones just read the verse:
May's general testing method hearing deficit,
Setting any period of gloomy text.
Van ceiling of pure communication,
Nhut set of primary sensory beings.
That is:
May this ring around the legal world, the same set of hearing gloomy, close-up of pure communication, all the primary sensory beings. (The translation of the Venerable Tri Quang, ACT SA-DI,-DI-NI SA , International Buddhist Academy Publishing, 1989).
Translated poetry
| 1 May's bells reverberating legal Hell beings are seen listening Spanish clean life, of the telecommunications All creatures are enlightened. (Thich Nhat Tu translation) | 2 The majority of the chapel bell realm Mount Set For dark or hearing Sound life settling rather clean Enlightened beings, showing calm. (Thich Nhat Tu translation) |
II. The origin and meaning of the Drum
Who has put the boxes in monasteries? What year? We have not found the document to give a hypothetical possibility. However, based on a translation Korean Zen Master to the Grand Palace and Du Hien Tong Tang in 820, we see the bells and drums have been used extensively in Buddhist rituals . As a result, at least, we predict before the year is 820, the drum has been brought into the temple to make gas law.
Today, there are a few rituals celebrated in the central and southern small drum used to support him when you praise. The ritual of praise is perhaps unique in Vietnam because not find any documents related to the use of small space (in COM) in the literature or the praise of China.
III. Origin and meaning of the Mo
According to the book Tai Tam Do Association of Great Performance Minh is the life: "Mo is etched into the tree using fish-shaped, hollow inside, it gives a voice type, the Buddhists of the accolades are used to it. "
Mo has two types:
Type of fish hanging straight term in warehouses, ... when to eat soup supper time, then type it to signal. This type of fat used in ancient Chinese temples; the temples, monasteries in Vietnam is not used.
Type of fish scales rolled recite it when typing. This category all of China, Vietnam, Japan and Korea were used. This type of fat is said to appear under the Ming Dynasty, China.
According to the book Zen Wutai Mountain View Register (volume 3), Tong Tong, Hy Ninh fifth day of August 8 5 note: In Thanh Thai temples have a statue of his Deputy Chief of Si. Every time he wants to meet with the first practice where high-momentum paint, just type the open, after you came to hear him Mo. Then, the big and small temples were used at the foot of the mountain open to the public gathering. Have people believe that the tissue is subject by Sa-Chi Lin Tang creates, but it sure did not get anything done, because there is no clear historical documents. Books To Tu Uyen Thanh Quy Church (lower atmosphere, the gas law) have recorded the legend that a monk by splitting, which was threatening to cancel the legal personality itself, on the back of the fish that grows to a tree, each waves to the winds, causing blood relatives, it is suffering immensely. Once, the teacher Guru over the ocean, it's unreasonable to say that he did not teach it so it must be new threats to the body structure like this, so now he wants vengeance. Then, the teacher told him fish-exchange shop should repent, because He was also the fish that pray and pray day and night notes that it is of life. Bon Master Teacher immediately brought into the tree he carved fish and hook up to alert the public. Maybe for this reason as well tissues later round or engraved on the fish open to the public warning.
According to the book like it, briefly stated that bell, opened, the stone, the wood, open are likely to emit a sound when typing in and through the public hearing that a meeting of that kind should have called the package panicle .
Book Bach Sac Tu Truong Thanh Quy, Chapter Air France said after dinner or when visiting them up are universal type open. From this we can understand at first long beak (type 1) is used to gather them up.
But why the two types of tissue are carved fish? Book Bach Sac Tu Truong Thanh Quy said that because the fish around the clock all provinces should be carved fish for each type, we have to remind myself awake, do not have more bass, prize incentives.
English opening with the main purpose is to keep the mass cultivation for the classic rhythm action, also has some symbolic meaning opening is declared as follows:
- Added 2 hours initially rated: just to use information indicates (legal world and the world of text communication methods, do not hesitate).
- Next 3 hours (1 hour each): represents the first stage refuge in the Three Jewels, may terminate cache poisoning: greed, hatred and delusion.
- 7 hours later (7 and 8 hours for urgent evaluation, included in an encyclopedia), representing the Bat Nha Thinh Phat THE SHANGHAI ROAD, visiting Buddhist News wins court legal work.
- If 7 to 8 hours, this calculation: represents the sentence "MA HA DA Prajna Paramita" or the Bat Nha Thinh Phat Assembly demonstrates, that a visiting Buddhist prove legal work.
- Finally beat off four hours: the entries represent the pedestal.
IV. Some other ideas
1) The use of drums and bells other gas law in India and other countries
According to the book A Dictionary of Symbols (London, 1962, p. 23) says that the sound of the bell is a symbol of creative capacity. Hanging bell symbolizes the mystery of heaven and earth. The shape of the bell came from the sky image.
India has been known to use bell on 2000 years ago, and perhaps the tone is widely used in court, especially in the temples. The art forms like sculpture ring beam appears at the beginning of Buddhism can be found on the bas-relief on the pillar of King Asoka (A-training) and the tower-profit enshrined relics of the Buddha. Not in India which even neighboring countries influenced the culture of India thought as Sri Lanka, Burma, also use bells, drums and later again, to express the faith of the person praying , and specifically the termination of a key ceremony.
In the occasion of commemoration of the Buddha, the bell is used in combination with some other instruments like drums, flutes to express reverence for the Buddha. Work Saddharmalankara , a literary medieval religion of Sri Lanka stated that bells were first used in Sri Lanka on special occasions as they summon up. Later it gradually became part of the ritual offering of music ('sabda-Puja) to the Buddha.
Tibetan Buddhists believe that when their mantras, ringing through their power back, but the mantra goes like tens of thousands of directions, to alleviate the suffering of life. So Tibetan hand bells manufactured in various sizes for both believers and maintenance concepts for the bell big rolled back believers.
Of course, all kinds of ringtones available in India beginning unlike the other drums bells today in China or Vietnam, Japan, Korea. In China the boxes are only used force to end the battle. Bell (a form of gong) is used as a sign of withdrawal. In the event of a natural fact of non-communication that refers to the use of this instrument. In the majority also to summon the three military generals who petition in the shop or office. This drum is widely used among the following officials to execute criminals in the legal way.
2) The mystery of language Khanh
As far as the angels record over the behavior of a Zen master, the English opened a huge effect on people who meditate. Once the mediator has on the floor meditating as "anti-life concept of" the sky despite long landslide body and mind of him real well. However, only a small opening hours is enough to wake him up. His story is a typical Van Damage, in an ecstasy meditation lasts a week, you've used other Master inaugurated the wake of his production.
3) Bell is likely to reduce the suffering of sentient beings are threatening us?
As we saw above, bells, drums, opened (or the law of other gases) is used as a sign of increased orders summoning them as the country of India, Ceylon, Burma and China. In Vietnam and China, drumming like bells, bells are particularly significant other, bring more depth spiritual, more mysterious.
Chinese Buddhism explains that when the bell has been visiting the hell up, multiplication is guilty of a fine suspension. This explanation brings more mystery and no large convincing. If so maybe the fact that the Buddha told the monks of the Buddhists and the Buddhist bell continuously to sometimes being no more suffering. I had thought that because of this bell that could wake the dead portion of dust, death banks, hard living king, need the support of the higher-growth coast. Like in the mundane, many hearts are heavy with hundreds of connections silk hearts, so that a temple bell at sunset they may awaken from anesthesia thousands of lives.
Therefore, every tone is not entirely meant to save those who have died, but only for those who can compel your affinity with the Dharma realizations show soon turned, as the verses are often read in the forest meditation:
"Wake-natural collection of dreams
Nembutsu plagiarism afterlife consumption ".
Last Word, pray lay your body and mind at peace often, every effort made to improve the mind and its cultivation.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY BACH LIEN HOA.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ). OM MANI PADME HUM.( 3 TIMES ).15/12/2011.
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