Master of good guidance: a eminent monk of the Tang Dynasty who studied Buddhism, chanted Buddhism, and promoted the Dharma for the benefit of life

善导大师：学佛念佛弘法利生的唐代高僧

amitabha. Learn Buddhism, spread it, and cultivate all sentient beings.

----Zhuge Changqing

Nanwu Master Sakyamuni Buddha.

Namo Amitabha.

Nanwudi Tibetan King Bodhisattva.

Nanwukong hides Bodhisattva.

Blessed life is limitless.

Confucius, the most holy of all.

Throughout the ages, there have been many eminent monks and great virtues who have dedicated themselves to promoting the Dharma, benefiting life and improving the quality of life.

The prosperity of Buddhism cannot be separated from the spread of boundless good knowledge.

The eminent monk of the Tang Dynasty, Master Shandao of the Tang Dynasty (613-681 AD), is the epitome of the Pure Land Sect. The second generation founder of the Buddhism sect (Pure Land Sect).

Master Shandao, whose common name is Zhu, was born in Linzi County, Shandong Province (first, Sixian County, Anhui Province). He became a monk at a young age and studied the Mahayana classics such as the Dharma Hua Sutra and the Vimalakiri Sutra in his early years. Later, he saw the "Western Metamorphosis Map" and the "View of the Infinite Life Buddha Sutra". He was delighted and admired the Western Paradise.

In the fifteenth year of Zhenguan, Master Shandao was twenty-nine years old. He went to Xuanzhong Temple in Shibi Valley of the West River and met Zen Master Daocho and was awarded the Infinite Life Sutra. When he saw the Pure Land Jiupin Taoism Center, the Master of Good Guide said with great joy, "This is really the key to Buddhism. It is difficult to cultivate other trades. Only this method can speed up life and death. Master Shandao knelt down and sang the Buddha every time he entered the room. When you chant Buddha in cold weather, you should not stop until your clothes are wet with sweat. He delivered a speech on the Pure Land Method for more than 30 years, without sleep. Protect the ring and keep it fine. Never mind fame and fortune, never look up to see women. Be strict with yourself and be kind and forgiving to others. All delicious food is for the public, while rough food is for yourself. The Buddha's headlights remain on all the year round. Three clothes, bottles and bowls, bow and wash themselves. Never talk about worldly matters with others, I'm afraid it will delay Jingye.

Tang Zhenguan went to Bingzhou to pay homage to Master Daocho and accept the method of chanting Buddha. After entering Chang'an, he wrote more than 100000 volumes of Amitabha Sutra and painted three hundred walls of Pure Land. I used to come to Guangming Temple to talk when I first lived in Zhongnan Mountain. In his later years, he lived in Chang'an Actual Temple and managed the construction of Longmen Fengxian Temple Cave. The master protects the precepts for others. He never looks up at women and does not care about fame and wealth. In his life, he made a living by begging. He lived in simple clothes and kept strict discipline, and his faith in mercy and forgiveness was strong.

The Master believes that Pure Land Sect is a Dharma, and his life depends on the power of Amitabha Buddha. Faith is the right cause, and holding the name is the right action. But while the Master praises the power of the Eighteen Wishes, he does not exclude other practices of Pure Land Sect and other sects. At the same time, he also emphasizes the importance of the cultivation of internal causes as self-reliance and external causes. It can be said that the idea of the master is to lay particular stress on others rather than on self-reliance. The master proposed that the nine grades of living in the past are all mortals, and mortals can enter the earth, and determine the high or low grade of living in the past according to the good and evil and practice of all living beings.

The good guide master recited Buddhism deeply and achieved great success. If you recite the Buddha, a light will come out of your mouth; Read a hundred thousand words, and there will be a hundred thousand words of light coming out of its mouth. It proves that the realm is incredible. Zhuge Changqing: Amitabha. The master of good guidance continued to make progress, which can be regarded as an example of learning Buddhism.

The master of good guidance pays special attention to the cultivation of pure karma. He believes that whether he can achieve specialization is the key to decide whether he can survive. Master Shandao said: "Ten is ten lives, and one hundred is one hundred lives. What is the reason? There is no external reason to get mindfulness, which corresponds to the Buddha's desire, and there is no reason to disobey the Buddha's language. If you want to give up the practice of miscellaneous activities, you can expect one or two times a hundred, and three or five times a thousand. What is the reason? It is because of the disorderly movement of miscellaneous reasons, which does not correspond to the Buddha's desire, which is contrary to the Buddha's desire, which is not consistent with the Buddha's language, which is not consistent with the Buddha's language, which is the reason for the continuity of mindfulness, which is the reason for the intermittence of memory, which is the reason for not paying attention to the truth in return, which is the reason for greed, anger, and There is no reason to be ashamed and repent. " In the works of the master of good guidance, there are many well-advised instructions to the people of the time. According to the Four Notes of Sutras, "When you come back, you can't stop in the Devil Village. There are six ways of wandering through the desert. There is no music everywhere. Only when you hear the sad sigh, you can enter the Nirvana City after you have finished your life."

Due to the sincere belief in the Pure Land and the prosperous virtue of Master Shandao, the four disciples were influenced by it, and countless people returned to the Pure Land. Among the disciples of Master Shandao, there are those who recite the Amitabha Sutra from 100000 to 500000 times, and those who recite the name of Buddha from 10000 to 100000 times a day, and those who recite the Buddha Samadhi to achieve the Pure Land of rebirth during this period are not disciplinable.

Master Shandao has achieved self-interest and compassion for all living beings. For decades, he has been diligently promoting the Pure Land Dharma, and all the offerings have been used to write the Amitabha Sutra, which has reached more than 100000 volumes and painted more than 300 changes in the Western Pure Land. When Master Shandao was young, he occasionally saw that the West Pure Land changed its form and caused a desire to live. He pushed himself and others. He knew that art has great appeal and penetration, so he devoted himself to the promotion of the pure art. The establishment of the Mandala of "The Buddha Sutra of the Infinite Life" in the Dunhuang Thousand Buddhas Cave is the creation of the painting by the master Shandao himself and spread to the world. The giant Buddha Lushena in the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, which is widely admired by the whole world, was built under the supervision of Master Shandao. Zhuge Changqing: Amitabha. The master of good guidance carried forward Buddhism and spread Buddhist scriptures in different ways and means.

Master Shandao died on March 14, the third year of Yonglong reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty (681 AD), and lived for 69 years. The book of Master Shandao is known as "five parts and nine volumes" in the world: four volumes of "Four Notes to the Sutra", one volume of "Conceptual Dharma", two volumes of "Dharma Praise", one volume of "Praise to the Past", and one volume of "Praise to the Boat". Among them, the "Four Notes on the View of Scriptures", both ancient and modern great virtues, are respectfully called "regular rules and regulations" or "proof and regulations", which are regarded as golden rules and revered as scriptures; Master Yinguang praised: "The compass of the pure practitioner".

The summary of the Buddhist teachings of the first generation of Buddhism revealed in the works of Master Shandao is that "although the benefits of the two sects (the first generation of teachings) are fixed and scattered, the hope of the Buddha's original wish is intended for all living beings, and has always been specifically called the name of the Buddha." In a word, the purpose and thought of the Pure Buddhism is "the name of the original wish, and the name of the ordinary people in the newspaper"; That is to say, "Good and evil mortals, who get life and return to earth, can only be named Buddha according to their own wishes." It can be said that the ultimate purpose of the master's writings is to guide all living beings to believe in the salvation of the Buddha, specifically called the name of the Buddha, wishing to live in the Pure Land of the Buddha, and to spread all living beings in all directions. Zhuge Changqing: Continuously chanting the Buddha's name and continuously doing good deeds and accumulating virtue can accelerate the process of becoming a Buddha.

The master of good guidance has high moral integrity and is unpredictable. According to "A Brief Biography of Tianzhu's Past Life", the master of good guidance is the embodiment of Amitabha. Master Lianchi said, "A good monk is the embodiment of the legendary Amitabha. Seeing that he is strict in his own right and broad in his life, he can still feel the confidence of people from generation to generation. If it were not for Amitabha, it would also be a couple of Avalokitesvara and Saga. Alas!" Zhuge Changqing: Amitabha. The Master of Good Guidance is a Buddha and Bodhisattva who promotes Dharma and benefits life.

amitabha. Zhuge Changqing believes that those who have a compassionate heart should do as much good as possible and promote the Dharma for the benefit of life. As Sakyamuni Buddha said in the Vajra Sutra, the merit of promoting Dharma is boundless.

(Reference materials of this article: Buddhist network materials)

阿弥陀佛。学习佛法、传播佛法，度化众生、功德无量。

---- 诸葛长青

   南无本师释迦牟尼佛。

  南无阿弥陀佛。

  南无地藏王菩萨。

  南无虚空藏菩萨。

    福生无量天尊。

  大成至圣孔子。

  古往今来，有很多高僧大德，奉献自己，弘法利生、度化无量。

  佛法的兴盛，离不开无量无边的善知识弘法。

  唐代高僧唐朝高僧善导大师（公元613～681年），为净土宗之集大成者。佛教宗派(净土宗)的第二代祖师。

  善导大师俗姓朱，山东省临淄县人（一说安徽省泗县），年少出家，师事密州之明胜法师，早年修习《法华经》、《维摩诘经》等大乘经典，后见「西方变相图」与《观无量寿佛经》，心生欢喜，欣慕西方极乐世界。

     贞观十五年，善导大师二十九岁，至西河石壁谷玄中寺，见道绰禅师，蒙授《无量寿经》。见净土九品道场，善导大师大喜曰：「此真入佛之津要，修余行业，迂僻难成，唯此法门，速超生死。」于是勤笃精苦，昼夜礼诵，如救头燃。善导大师每入室长跪唱佛，不到力尽，终不休歇。寒冰天气念佛，亦要念到汗湿衣襟才止息。出则演说净土法门，三十余年，未尝睡眠。护持戒品，纤毫不犯。心绝念于名闻利禄，从不举目而见女人。律己峻严，待人慈爱宽恕。凡美味佳肴都供养大众，粗粝饭食则留给自己。佛前灯常年不熄，三衣瓶钵，躬自持洗。从不与人聚谈世俗之事，恐怕耽误净业。

   唐贞观中到并州去拜谒道绰大师，接受念佛往生的法门。进入长安广度民众，写了十万余卷《阿弥陀经》，画净土变相三百壁。最初住过终南山常常来光明寺说法。晚年住过长安实际寺，又管理着龙门奉先寺洞的营造。大师为人护持戒法，未曾举目而视女人，心不念名利。平生以乞食为生，粗衣淡饭持戒精严，而对人慈爱宽恕信念强坚。

   大师认为净土宗是顿教，往生凭藉的是阿弥陀佛的愿力，信心是正因，持名是正行，但大师推崇十八愿他力的同时，并没有排斥净土宗的其他修法和其他宗派的修法，同时也强调了内因的修炼是自力和内因外缘具足的重要性。可以说，大师的思想是偏重他力，不废自力。大师提出九品往生皆是凡夫，凡夫可入报土，并依据众生生前的善恶和修行而决定其往生品位的高下。

   善导大师念佛功深，成就殊胜。念一声佛，则有一道光明从其口出；念十百千声，便有十百千道光明从其口出，自证境界不可思议。诸葛长青：阿弥陀佛。善导大师持续精进，堪称学佛榜样。

  善导大师对净业修持，特重专精，认为能否做到专精，是决定能否往生的关键。善导大师说：「十即十生，百即百生，何以故？无外杂缘得正念故，与佛本愿得相应故，不违教故，随顺佛语故。若欲舍专修杂业者，百时希得一二，千时希得三五。何以故？乃由杂缘乱动失正念故，与佛本愿不相应故，与教相违故，不顺佛语故，系念不相续故，忆想间断故，回愿不殷重真实故，贪瞋诸见烦恼来间断故，无有惭愧忏悔心故。」善导大师的著作中，对时人多有苦口婆心的劝示。《观经四帖疏》云：「归去来，魔乡不可停，旷劫来流转六道尽皆经，到处无余乐，唯闻愁叹声，毕此生平后，入彼涅槃城。」

  由于善导大师净土信念诚挚，德业隆盛，故四众弟子受其感化，而归心净土者不胜计数。善导大师的弟子中，有诵《阿弥陀经》十万至五十万遍者，有日课佛名自一万至十万者，其间得念佛三昧成就往生净土者，不可纪述。

  善导大师自利成就，悲心不舍众生，几十年来，孜孜弘扬净土法门，所有的供奉都用来写《阿弥陀经》，达十万余卷，画西方净土变相三百余处。善导大师少时，偶见西方净土变相而引起愿生之心，推己及人，了知艺术的感染力与渗透力甚大，故致力于净宗艺术性的弘扬。敦煌千佛洞中《观无量寿佛经》曼荼罗的成立，即是善导大师亲自作画，流传于世。举世共仰的洛阳龙门石窟卢舍那大佛，据考即为善导大师之所监造。诸葛长青：阿弥陀佛。善导大师借助不同方式方法弘扬佛法、传播佛经，功德无量。

  善导大师于唐高宗永隆三年（公元681年）三月十四日示寂，享寿六十九岁。善导大师之著作，现存的世称「五部九卷」：《观经四帖疏》四卷、《观念法门》一卷、《法事赞》二卷、《往生礼赞》一卷、《般舟赞》一卷。其中的《观经四帖疏》古今大德皆尊称为「楷定疏」或「证定疏」，奉为金科玉律，崇敬如经；印光大师赞言：「净业行人之指南针」。

  善导大师著作所透露对释尊一代教法的总结论是「虽说定散两门之益(一代教法);望佛本愿，意在众生，一向专称，弥陀佛名。」而其净宗宗旨及思想，一言蔽之，即是「本愿称名，凡夫入报」八字；亦即：「善恶凡夫，得生报土，唯依本愿，称名念佛。」可说大师著述之最终目的在于引导一切众生，信受弥陀救度，专称弥陀佛名，愿生弥陀净土，广度十方众生。诸葛长青：持续念诵佛号，持续行善积德，可以加速成佛。

  善导大师圣德高风，本迹不可测度。据《天竺往生略传》云，善导大师是阿弥陀佛化身。莲池大师曰：「善导和尚，世传弥陀化身。见其自行精严，利生广博，万代之下，犹能感发人之信心，若非弥陀，亦必观音、普贤之俦。呜呼大哉！」诸葛长青：阿弥陀佛。善导大师是弘法利生的佛菩萨。

  阿弥陀佛。诸葛长青认为，凡是有慈悲心的有缘者，都应当尽可能多做善事、多弘法利生。正如释迦牟尼佛在《金刚经》中所说，弘法功德无量无边。

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Introduction to Zhuge Changqing: Zhuge Changqing, the inheritor and promoter of traditional Chinese culture, is willing to "learn from sages, promote virtue, revitalize China and benefit the world" together with people with the same ideals in the world.

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Zhuge Changqing's Chinese Dream

Learn from sages and carry forward virtue

Revitalizing China for the benefit of the world

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诸葛长青简介：诸葛长青，中国国学传统文化传承弘扬者，愿与天下志同道合者一起“学习圣贤、弘扬善德、振兴中华、造福世界”。

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