Bodhisattva Prajna Christmas: February 21 of the lunar calendar

普贤菩萨圣诞：农历2月21日

1. Ten Wishes of Bodhisattva. Ten broad wishes should be practiced. What is ten?

One is to honor the Buddhas, and the other is to praise the Tathagata,

The third is to make extensive offerings, and the fourth is to repent of karma,

Five people rejoice in merit and virtue, and six people turn to the Falun,

Seven people ask Buddha to live in the world, and eight people often follow Buddhism,

The nine are always obedient to all sentient beings, and the ten are universal.

2. Ten Wishes of Bodhisattva

As the son of the Dharma king, Bodhisattva Prajna, in the "Prajna Vocation", made a great wish, established the cause with the result, so that all living beings can get the benefit of the law in the great wish, and gave the result with the cause, so that the public can learn the holy fruit from the practice of Bodhisattva.

1. Respecting the Buddhas: not only should we "pay homage to our master Sakyamuni Buddha and all the Buddhas of the three generations in the ten directions", but also to all living beings, because all living beings are the future Buddhas, and we should treat all people with courtesy and respect.

2. Praise the Tathagata: We should not only praise the ten sides of the Tathagata, but also praise and learn from those who have good intentions and morals. Praise the Tathagata with body karma, praise with mouth karma and respect with mind karma is to support the Tathagata for three industries.

Third, extensive cultivation and support: not only should we use money and Dharma to support the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in the ten directions, but also we should always support the people who are moral, poor and in need of help. All good things should be done.

4. Repentance of karma: repent of all kinds of sins committed in the past, and vow to change from heart to heart, stop evil and do good, and promote law and life.

5. Suixi Merit: When we see that Buddha and Bodhisattva promote the Dharma and benefit life, or when we see that good men and women have done things that are beneficial to the world, such as releasing life, giving food, and printing scriptures, we should rejoice, praise, and follow. Why rejoice in merit? Zhuge Changqing believes that there are three advantages of following the good deeds: first, let the good doers have firm confidence, generate joy, and persevere in doing good deeds; Second, let yourself have the motivation to do good. The third is to create a good atmosphere and make people more harmonious.

Sixth, please turn the Dharma wheel: not only invite Buddha, Bodhisattva and eminent monk to spread the Dharma, but also take the initiative to promote the Dharma, print more scriptures, create more Buddha statues, and spread the Dharma to ten methods, so that the Dharma wheel can turn frequently.

Seven requests for Buddha to live in the world: not only Buddha and Bodhisattva should be invited to live in the world, but also eminent monks and great virtues should be invited to live in the world to promote the Dharma and benefit life.

Eight Constant Follows Buddhism: We should always strictly demand ourselves according to the standards of Buddha and Bodhisattva, firm confidence and perseverance, and aspire to become Buddha.

Jiu Hengshun all living beings: We should pity all living beings, understand their worries and sorrows, and enlighten them with convenient methods. As long as you have a heart of compassion and compassion, and as long as you have the wisdom of Buddhism, you will have a way to educate all living beings. We should praise all living beings and moderate them in Hengshun. For the mistakes of all living beings, we should enlighten education, not just ridicule and attack. Amitabha, everyone has Buddha nature and is the future Buddha.

All the ten universes return: We do not take pride in our merits and virtues. In addition to returning to our creditors, we should also return to the people of the ten dharma realms to listen to the Dharma, realize wisdom, get happiness from suffering, and prove the Buddha's results.

3. What is the specific meaning of the ten wishes of Bodhisattva?

(1) Respecting the Buddhas: Respecting means to have a respectful heart, spread all over the body and mouth, and worship. That is, to meditate with one heart, to worship with one body, and to say orally: "to salute our master Sakyamuni Buddha and all the Buddhas of the three worlds of the ten directions", "to salute the great mercy Amitabha Buddha and the permanent Buddhas of the ten ways of life in the western land of peace with one heart." When salute, to achieve the goal of keeping one mind in order, to throw one body into the ground, to go deep into the Dharma nature, and to depart from what one can think. As the saying goes, "The nature of the gift is empty, and the feeling of the Tao is difficult to ponder. My field is like the emperor's bead, and the Buddha Amitabha's shadow is in the middle. My figure is in front of the Buddha, and my head is full of the gift of conversion." It is the inner Buddha and the outer Buddha, the same reality, followed by one gift, if the Buddha is like a gift, there are endless layers. Consciously, there are Buddhas in front of me, and there are Buddhas in front of me. That is to say, there are Buddha in every dust temple, and there are universal sages in front of every Buddha. 11. All the people of the world know how to worship together. Then the body of a universal virtuous person will permeate all universal virtuous people; All universal sages are captured in one universal sages. As the "Great Buddha Sutra" says, "All laws have no life, and all laws have no death. If we can solve this problem, the Buddhas will always appear before us."

(2) Praise the Tathagata: praise is praise, praise is praise. Tathagata is one of the ten numbers of Buddha. Such as, if not moving, refers to the immortal heart and body, which is Zhan Ran, still and unchanged from ancient times to modern times. Come and go, that is to say, like a motionless mind, it can generate all virtues. That is to say, there is no way to go and there is no way to come. The Buddha has three bodies, praising the Dharma, the retribution and the response: "There is nothing like the Buddha in the heaven and the world in the ten directions is incomparable. I can see everything in the world, and nothing is like the Buddha.". Praise the Dharma Bodhisattva's chant: "Pure and wonderful Dharma Bodhisattva, and the perfection of all things." Praise the Dharma Bodhisattva's chant: "Amitabha's body is golden, beautiful and bright, and the pekoe is like five samurai, and the eyes clear the four seas, and the light turns the Buddha into hundreds of millions, and the Bodhisattvas are boundless. Forty-eighth wish to save all living beings. The ninth grade of salt is the order to reach the other shore Praise the Tathagata with body karma, praise with mouth karma and respect with mind karma is to support the Tathagata for three industries.

(3) Guangxiu offering: It refers to the state of offering, which stands at the end of three times, and extends across the ten directions. Bodhisattva Prajna offers all Buddhas in the ten directions and three times. There are two kinds of things to provide: financial and legal. Financial support: internal and external. Internal wealth, such as the "Fahua Sutra", says: use body, mouth, and mind to respectfully offer, that is, worship and praise the offering. External wealth refers to money, farmland, etc. Practitioners have great compassion. You can give as you wish, and you can provide wholeheartedly. That is, one fragrance and one flower, which is also called scientific achievement. The Buddhist sutra said, "May this fragrant cloud fill the ten realms and provide for all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas." Dharma offerings: use the Dharma of the Tathagata to enlighten all sentient beings and turn to enlightenment. For example, in the name of "Amitabha in the South", Wan Dehong, you can persuade everyone and offer support for the Dharma. We can make a wide range of offerings, from small to large, from near to far, just like the law. You can first persuade one family, from one family and other families, from one side and ten sides, the Bodhisattva Bodhisattva Prajna, to begin to practice, and to go through the Dharma world word by word.

(4) Repentance and insult of karma: We create ten evils from our body, mouth and mind, and suffer from the six paths of reincarnation caused by the ten evils. For example, the "Vocation" said: If this evil karma has a physical appearance, it is empty and cannot be tolerated. Since we have karma, we should repent early. He who repents repents his mistakes. He who repents regrets his past.

(5) Suixi Merit: Merit can be divided into two types: one is that there is merit in the world, such as charity, building bridges and roads, and building temples for monks. Both of them have no merit and virtue in the world, such as life and death, and extensive cultivation of six degrees and four shots. For the two merits of others, the powerful will help, the weak will praise, and practice as you please. Do not attack with sarcasm, envy and slander. Learn from the spirit of the Pure Land Dharma, and praise the merits of Amitabha.

(6) Please turn the Dharma Wheel: According to the Tathagata, every word flows from the heart of Bodhi. When the public hears the Dharma, every word goes into the ear and turns into a wonderful Dharma. We should ask the eminent monk Dade to speak for the Buddha, that is, please turn the Falun. The magician turns the wheel of Dharma, which can make people turn from evil to good, and turn everything into holy. Explain that please turn the Falun, when you have incredible merit. Zhuge Changqing believed that not only the Buddha, Bodhisattva and eminent monk should be invited to spread the Dharma, but also the initiative should be taken to promote the Dharma, print more scriptures, create more Buddha statues, and spread the Dharma to ten methods, so that the Dharma wheel can turn frequently

(7) Ask Buddha to live in the world: After Sakyamuni died, Maitreya was not born. How can you ask Buddha to live in the world? Zhuge Changqing believed that not only Buddha and Bodhisattva should be invited to stay on earth, but also eminent monks and great virtues should be invited to stay on earth to promote the Dharma and benefit life. Many good knowledge among sentient beings comes from Buddha and Bodhisattva.

(8) Always follow Buddhism: We always take the Buddha as an example and follow the teachings of the Buddha. In short, we should sincerely remember the Buddha, from the cause to the result, draw the mind, and then learn. It is always the same.

(9) Hengshun all sentient beings: with great compassion, we will benefit all sentient beings equally. For all sentient beings, we should be responsible for providing for them, such as respecting our parents and even the Tathagata. Zhuge Changqing believed that to be obedient to all sentient beings is to pity all sentient beings, understand their worries, and enlighten them in convenient ways. As long as you have a heart of compassion and compassion, and as long as you have the wisdom of Buddhism, you will have a way to educate all living beings. We should praise all living beings and moderate them in Hengshun. For the mistakes of all living beings, we should enlighten education, not just ridicule and attack. Amitabha, everyone has Buddha nature and is the future Buddha.

(10) The universal answer is that the Bodhisattva does all his merits and virtues for all living beings, and truly is dedicated to the benefit of others, without self-interest. How to go back? Zhuge Changqing suggested that one is to return to his own and his family's enemies, creditors, generations of relatives, ancestors, and so on; The second is to return to the Ten Dharma Realms and all sentient beings who are predestined to hear about the Buddha dharma as soon as possible and get happiness from suffering, and immediately transcend life.

7、 Universal Bodhisattva vows to protect the Fahua Sutra

Zhuge Changqing: Amitabha. In order to make the Fahua Sutra circulate in the world for a long time, the compassionate Bodhisattva of the Universal Sage vowed to protect the Fahua Sutra. As the inheritors of Buddhism culture, we should also make a vow to spread Buddhism and make it permanent in the world.

At the Lingshan meeting, the Bodhisattva Vulcan vowed to protect the Dharma Sutra

When Sakyamuni Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, said the "Dharma Sutra" at the Lingshan meeting, the universal sages came to listen to the Buddha Kingdom in Baowei and the boundless hundreds of billions of Bodhisattvas.

Puxian put forward at the meeting: After the Tathagata is destroyed, how can the cloud be good for men and women? The answer is: If you can do the following four things, you will get the right sutra. (1) Protect the Buddhas; (2) Planting the foundation of virtue; (3) Positive polymerization; (4) Save the hearts of all living beings.

Puxian also said at the meeting, "Five hundred years after the death of the Buddha, someone who has been held by the scriptures should be guarded by me to eliminate its decline and make it safe.". It is a person who reads and recites this sutra if he does it. I should ride the Six-Toothed White Elephant King, and reach out with the Great Bodhisattva to provide for, protect and comfort his heart. If someone is sitting and thinking about this sutra, I will ride the elephant king again to his person. It is someone who forgets or loses a sentence or verse of the Fahua Sutra. I should teach it and recite it with you, so that you can see me and feel very happy. If there is a monk, a nun, a Yobodhisattva, or a Yobodhisattva, who is instructed to read and write this sutra, and concentrate on it, after three or seven days, I should take a white elephant and surround myself with the Infinite Bodhisattva. It is said that all sentient beings like to see themselves before their people. If a person is held, read and recite the memory, and understand its meaning and interest. For example, practice is to practice universal virtue, and teach memory for such as coming to the top. If writing is the end of one's life, it will lead to disaster. If people are held to read and recite, and understand their righteousness and interest, it is the end of their lives, and they will rise to the head of Maitreya Bodhisattva.

Shi Zun praised the spirit of the universal dharma protector, saying, "You have achieved incredible merit and great compassion. From a long time ago, you have developed the mind of Anuttarasambhuti, while being able to do is a divine wish, and guarding is the sutra.".

8、 Samantabhadra was reincarnated to China and was a "pick up" monk in the Tang Dynasty

Zhuge Changqing: Amitabha. Everyone knows that there are two famous monks named "Hanshan" and "Shide". Hanshan and Shide are two famous monks in the history of Buddhism. Han Shan and Shi De, the hermit monk of the Guoqing Temple in Tiantai Mountain in the Tang Dynasty, acted strangely and spoke very well. It is said that they are the incarnation of Manjusri and Samantabhadra.

Bodhisattva Samantabhadra, who has unlimited wishes, divides himself into the dust brake and educates all sentient beings according to the fate.

According to historical records, the Chinese Buddhist Gude "picked up" is the embodiment of the Bodhisattva.

1. Miraculously appear.

The Fenggan Buddhist monk of Guoqing Temple in Tiantai Mountain, who was walking by Chicheng Road one day, heard a child crying in the grass. He went to inspect and saw a child about ten years old. He asked his name and said, 'I have no family, surname or name.' Master Feng Gan, who had no dependence, took it back to the Guoqing Temple and handed it to the storeroom as a tea boy. Because it was picked up, the name was picked up.

Because of his cleverness, he was promoted to the incense lamp in the dining hall three years later, and took charge of food and other miscellaneous matters.

One day, looking around at no one, he sat down and ate with the holy image he was offering, and shouted at the small fruit of the holy image, which caused the scorched bud to wither. The matter was seen by Zen Master Kulingyi, who blamed him for being disrespectful to the holy image. He may be mentally ill. He dismissed his incense lamp post and sent him to the kitchen to wash dishes. He often filled the surplus food in bamboo tubes and gave it to his best friend Hanshanzi.

2. Protect the temple.

Once, the birds pecked the flowers and fruits in the temple, and picked them up and beat the mountain gods provided in the temple with a stick, blaming them for their poor protection of Galan and their dereliction of duty.

That night, all the monks in the temple dreamed that the mountain god said, 'Pick up and hit me and scold me.' Zen Master Lingyi visited the mountain god and found that the mountain god had traces of stick, and then he knew that he had picked it up.

Shide and Hanshanzi often talked about Buddhism. But people don't believe it, but they scoff and scold, even beat it.

3. Enlighten all living beings.

Zhuge Changqing: Amitabha. After the incarnation of Bodhisattva Pu Xian as the "picked up" monk, he saw that the world was very worried about greed, anger, ignorance and doubt, so he deliberately made up a dialogue with Hanshan to spread the time and enlighten all living beings.

Hanshan said to Shide:

'People in the world defile me, bully me, humiliate me, laugh at me, despise me, despise me, hate me, cheat me, how should I treat him?'

Shi De replied:

'Only tolerate him, let him alone, avoid him, tolerate him, respect him, and ignore him. In a few years, you will see him.'

4. Borrow cattle to say.

Later, he "picked up" and held the post of cattle herding. One day, it was the middle of the temple, when a lawyer was preaching precepts for the monks in the hall. Picking up and driving the cattle to the front of the Dharma Hall, leaning against the door, touching his hands and laughing, he said, 'How about this The monk who said precepts blamed him for his disrespect and angrily said, 'Servants are crazy, break me and say precepts.' When I found his anger in his heart, I said, 'No anger is a precept, and a pure heart is a monk; My nature is in harmony with you, and all laws are the same. ' The monk Jie was so angry that he came down to fight Shide and asked him to drive the cattle out.

Shide said: 'I will not drive the cattle. These cattle are all the magistrates of the former generation of Dade. They all have the name of Dharma. Don't believe it. Let me call them out.' Then he said to the cattle, 'Hong Jing, a former lawyer, stood up.' That is, a white ox passed by and said, 'The light of the previous life's classic seat is beyond,' and a black ox answered. Shide also said, 'Zhisui Jingben comes out,' and another bull answered. Finally, Shide led an ox and said, 'In the previous life, you didn't keep the precepts, and people's face is not animal's heart. You should take the blame together, and hate who. Although the Buddha's power is vast, you have failed the Buddha's grace.'

From then on, the monks began to know that they were not ordinary people and were no longer regarded as crazy people.

5. Magic leave.

One day, because of the incarnation of Amitabha, the "Fenggan Zen Master" said to Qiu Taishou, "Hanshan picked up is the incarnation of Manjusri.

The guard sent someone to look for it, and "picked it up" saw the holy mark revealed, and left the Guoqing Temple with "Hanshanzi", and then disappeared.

Manjusri and Samantabhadra, two great men, one is the mother of the Buddhas, the other is the eldest son of the Buddhas, and the other two are grandsons. They often work together in front of the Buddhas in ten directions, play with the world, and often stay together.

6. Reincarnation in the Southern Song Dynasty. During the reign of Chunxi in the Southern Song Dynasty, he and Manjusri Bodhisattva were incarnated in the world, one man and one woman. When Manjusri Bodhisattva was supposed to be the Dudu Monastery's Jiejali, the Bodhisattva Puxian also incarnated as the woman of Zhou, ranking seventh, and everyone called her Zhou Qiniang. He was born with all kinds of miracles. When he grew up, he refused to marry. He begged in the city every day, stayed under the Puji Bridge in the evening, and often stayed with the Jiejali. It was amazing. When people don't understand, they laugh like crazy women. Later, a sage sang, "The preceptor of Manjusri, the woman of the Zhou Dynasty, and the sage of the Zhou Dynasty, carry their back with their shoulders, and spread throughout the world." Later generations only knew that Bodhisattva should be born. (Reference materials of this article: Buddhist Bodhisattva, Buddha Dharma)

阿弥陀佛。我们要学习普贤菩萨，走遍十方、弘扬佛法、造福世界。

---- 诸葛长青

    南无本师释迦牟尼佛。

     南无阿弥陀佛。

   福生无量天尊。

   大成至圣孔子。

   大家经常看到一幅图画，看到一位手拿如意骑着大象的菩萨。

     他是谁呢？他就是默默奉献、慈悲度众生的“普贤菩萨”。

    诸葛长青认为，普贤菩萨默默遍布十方法界，造福苍生。

   如意 + 大象 = 吉祥如意。

    释迦牟尼佛像，身边有两个菩萨，一个是文殊菩萨、另一个就是普贤菩萨。（诸葛长青：人们塑造释迦牟尼佛佛像，有时候身边出现一老一少和尚像，这是迦叶尊者和阿难尊者。如果出现是菩萨像，那就是文殊菩萨和普贤菩萨）。

   每年的农历2月21日，是普贤菩萨圣诞纪念日。

     普贤菩萨是佛教中常见的一位菩萨，他和文殊菩萨一起，作为释迦牟尼佛的左右护法，协助释迦牟尼佛弘法。

   他们两位菩萨，各有代表含义：文殊象征智慧，普贤象征真理。  

    表示如来教法，是行解并进，定慧双修。

   诸葛长青认为，我们要学习普贤菩萨走遍十方、弘扬佛法、弘法度人，更要学习“普贤十大行愿”。

   普贤菩萨的十大愿，值得我们学习和实践。

   普贤菩萨有哪十大愿？

   礼敬诸佛，称赞如来。广修供养，忏悔业障。
   随喜功德，请转法轮。请佛住世，常随佛学。
   恒顺众生，普皆回向。

   普贤菩萨圣诞，在每年的农历2月21日。

   作为今年2015年来说，就是阳历4月9日（农历2月21）。

   诸葛长青把普贤菩萨有关资料分享有缘者：

   一、普贤菩萨是释迦牟尼佛的助手。

   释迦牟尼佛、文殊菩萨、普贤菩萨被尊称为“华严三圣”。

   普贤菩萨是佛教中常见的一位菩萨，他和文殊菩萨一起，作为释迦牟尼佛的胁侍，文殊象征智慧，普贤象征真理。普贤是梵文Samantabhadra(三曼多跋陀罗)的意译，又译作“遍吉”，即普遍贤善的意思.
    二、普贤菩萨的名号含义。

   诸葛长青。阿弥陀佛。普贤菩萨，梵音汉译为“三曼多跋陀罗”，意思是具足“无量大行深誓愿”，示现于一切诸佛刹土。尊上普贤菩萨摩诃萨的应化道场为四川峨眉山。而菩萨因何名为普贤？《悲华经》说：“我行应当胜诸菩萨。宝藏佛言，以是因缘，今改汝字，名曰普贤。”

   《大日经疏》卷一中记载：普贤菩萨，“普”是遍一切处义，“贤”是最妙善义。是说尊上普贤菩萨依深菩提心所起大愿行深誓愿，及“身、口、意”悉皆清净，遍尽一切处，纯一妙善，具备大德，所以尊名为“普贤”。

   诸葛长青认为，可以用简单的话概括普贤菩萨名号含义：

     普贤菩萨 = 弘法十方、普度众生、造福世界。

   普贤菩萨代表一切诸佛的理德与定德，与文殊菩萨摩诃萨的智德证德相对，两者并为无上释尊的两大胁侍。

   普贤菩萨摩诃萨是大乘菩萨行的大愿大行的代表，象征着中国大乘佛教的精神。在《华严经》中明示一切佛法归于毗卢遮那佛及文殊菩萨、普贤菩萨二大士，三者并称“华严三圣”，其中普贤菩萨代表一切菩萨行德本体。

   善财以十信后心，受文殊教，遍参知识，随闻随证。末后至普贤菩萨所，蒙其加被开示，所证与普贤等，与诸佛等。普贤为其称赞如来胜妙功德，令其发十大愿王，以此功德，回向往生西方极乐世界，以期圆满佛果。并劝尽华藏世界海诸菩萨，一致进行，求生西方。（印光大师《佛法修行止偏法要》    

   普贤菩萨摩诃萨在华严大法会之上，宣说十大行深誓愿：
   一者、礼敬诸佛，二者、称赞如来，三者、广修供养，四者、忏悔业障，五者、随喜功德，六者、请转法轮，七者、请佛住世，八者、常随佛学，九者、恒顺众生，十者、普皆回向。
   以此十大愿王，回向往生西方，普劝善财及华藏海众，一致进行，求生西方，以期圆满佛果。《大日经疏》卷一中提到：普贤菩萨，普是遍一切处义，贤是最妙善义。是说普贤菩萨依菩提心所起愿行，及身、口、意悉皆平等，遍一切处，纯一妙善，具备众德，所以名为普贤。普贤菩萨代表一切诸佛的理德与定德，与文殊菩萨的智德、证德相对，两者并为释迦牟尼佛的两大胁侍。文殊菩萨驾狮、普贤菩萨乘象，表示理智相即，行证相应。

   普贤菩萨是大乘菩萨的代表，象征着大乘佛教的精神。在《华严经》中明示一切佛法归于毗卢遮那如来及文殊菩萨、普贤菩萨二大士，三者并称“华严三圣”，其中普贤菩萨代表一切菩萨行德本体。

    普贤是菩萨行的表征，任何一个众生，实践菩萨行圆满之时，就是普贤菩萨，而圆满普贤的果位就是毗卢遮那如来，众生具足着普贤之因，也就是毗卢遮那佛性。

   然此二圣，各相融摄，依体起行，行能显理。普贤与文殊，象征学佛要有信有解。信而无解，信是无明；解而无信，解是邪见。因此，这二位大菩萨，在释尊的常随菩萨众中是不能分离的一对。

   《华严经》著名的善财童子五十三参的故事中，善财最后就是来到普贤菩萨处，普贤菩萨为他讲“礼敬诸佛”、“广修供养”、“忏悔业障”、“常随佛学”等十大行愿，因此普贤被称为“十大愿主”(或十大愿王)。

   三、普贤菩萨的成佛经历、身世。

   诸葛长青：阿弥陀佛。阿弥陀佛曾经做过转轮圣王，普贤菩萨是第八子。此外，普贤菩萨也曾投胎做过妙庄王的公主。

  《第二菩萨经》和《悲华经》记载：普贤菩萨曾经做过转轮圣王无诤念(即阿弥陀佛成佛前世的身份)的第八子。也曾经做过妙庄王次女（《小乘经》）。

   而《华严经》则笼统地称“一切如来有长子，彼名号曰普贤”。

   在《悲华经》的记载中，当阿弥陀佛为转轮王时，普贤菩萨当时为第八王子“泯图”，在宝藏佛前，发愿要在像娑婆世界一样不清净的国土中，修菩萨行救度众生。更应当修治庄严十千不净世界，使其庄严清净，就如同“青香光明无垢世界”。同时要教化无量的菩萨，令他们心地清净，都能趣向大乘佛法，使这种发大心的菩萨都充满他所化度的国土世界。

   宝藏佛即为他将“泯图”这名字，改号为“普贤”，并授记他未来在北方“知水善净功德世界”，圆满成就无上正等正觉，佛号为“智刚吼自在相王如来”。
    据《法华经·普贤菩萨劝发品》说，当佛入灭后，若有人信奉诵持《法华经》，普贤菩萨将与诸大菩萨一起出现在此人面前，守护其人，令其身心安稳，不受诸烦恼魔障之侵害。

    四、普贤菩萨坐骑是大象。

   诸葛长青：阿弥陀佛。大家经常看到普贤坐大象，含义也是送吉祥。

   普贤菩萨像在佛教寺院中单独供的不多，多为释迦佛的胁侍。

   普贤菩萨像大多头戴宝冠，身穿菩萨装，坐于一六牙白象上，并且骑象的普贤菩萨像大都为合掌或者手拿如意。

   六牙白象据说原为菩萨所化，表示威灵，《普曜经》云：“菩萨便从兜率天上垂降威灵，化作白象，口有六牙。”

   六牙也是佛法中的六度的象征。

  《普贤观经》曰：“六牙表六度，四足表四如意(四种禅定)。”六度即一布施，二持戒，三忍辱，四精进，五禅定，六智慧。
   《大方广如来不思议境界经》云：
  “ 时有十佛刹微尘等他方诸佛。为欲庄严毗卢遮那道场众故。示菩萨形来在会坐。其名曰观自在菩萨。文殊师利菩萨。地藏菩萨。虚空藏菩萨。金刚藏菩萨。维摩诘菩萨。善威光菩萨。灭诸盖菩萨。宝手菩萨。大慧菩萨。普贤菩萨。如是等菩萨摩诃萨。而为上首......。

    故普贤行愿品言：‘普贤行愿威神力，普现一切如来前。’又言：‘十方如来有长子，其名号曰普贤尊。’普贤菩萨，不但能广赞诸佛无尽功德，且能修无上供养，能作广大佛事，能度无边有情，其智慧之高，愿行之深，唯佛能知。”
  五、普贤菩萨道场：峨眉山
    诸葛长青：阿弥陀佛。我国有四大佛教名山。山西五台山（文殊菩萨道场）、浙江普陀山（观世音菩萨道场）、四川峨眉山（普贤菩萨道场）、安徽九华山（地藏王菩萨道场）。四大佛教名山，分别供奉文殊菩萨、观音菩萨、普贤菩萨、地藏菩萨。峨眉山，是普贤菩萨道场。

   中国四大名山之一的峨眉山，是普贤菩萨示现教化众生的道场。

   峨眉山在中国四川省，峨眉县之西南，与嶍山相对，宛如两眉，因名峨眉山。其山脉自岷山分出，蜿蜒南来，至县境突起三峰，故有大峨、中峨、小峨之称。

   据《华严经·菩萨住处品》说，西南方有名叫光明山处，一直就住着许多菩萨，现有菩萨名叫贤胜(普贤)，与其眷属等三人在其中演说法。

   因此中国佛教相传，位于汉地西南部的四川峨眉山是普贤的道场。晋代有慧持和尚从庐山入蜀，在此修建普贤寺，这是峨眉山供奉普贤菩萨之始。

   北宋年间，峨眉山又铸建了一尊头戴五佛金冠、手持如意、结跏趺（jiā fū）坐于象背的莲台上的“普贤菩萨”铜像一尊，此像重达630吨，是佛教艺术珍品。

   诸葛长青：什么是结跏趺坐？“结跏趺坐”是佛教中修禅者的坐法。两足交叉置于左右股上，称“全跏坐”。或单以左足押在右股上，或单以右足押在左股上，叫“半跏坐”。据佛经说，跏趺可以减少妄念，集中思想。
  《华严经》：有善财童子伫立妙高峰上，观此山如满月，大放光明，因此峨嵋山又称大光明山。峨嵋山在晋代创有六大佛寺。晋隆安三年（西元399年）慧持和尚从庐山入蜀，在此修建普贤寺，供奉普贤菩萨。传峨嵋山成为普贤菩萨道场，即由此而来。宋太宗派大夫张仁赞，以黄金三千两，购买赤铜铸造普贤骑象铜像一尊，高7.4米，长4.7米，净重62吨。普贤像头戴五佛金冠，身披袈裟，手执如意，神态庄重，趺坐象背上。大象造形逼真，四肢健壮，粗鼻下垂，目视前方，似欲启步远行。整个铜像，铸造精良，实属罕见。伏虎寺是峨嵋山最大的佛寺，建筑面积一万平方米，寺内‘华严铜塔’铸佛像四千七百余尊及《华严经》全文。
   峨嵋山的最高处是金顶，上建金顶寺，威镇全山。金顶寺又称光明寺，因山顶常有光明而得名。每当午夜，在金顶上看群峰中，有千百万点晶莹闪耀的光亮，从山沟里慢慢地升起来，像一盏盏明灯，忽上忽下，灿若明星，人称此奇景为‘万盏明灯朝普贤。’

   六、普贤菩萨十大愿。

 　 诸葛长青：阿弥陀佛。我们修行中，经常说“礼敬诸佛、称赞如来、请佛住世”等，这些词语哪里来的呢？来自于普贤菩萨十大愿。

   在《华严经·入法界品》中，普贤菩萨自说过去的行愿：
   善男子！我于过去不可说不可说佛刹微尘数劫，行菩萨行，求一切智。　四十卷本华严，第四十卷，一般称为《普贤行愿品》。经文是普贤菩萨为菩萨众说的，先长行，次偈颂。 

   长行中揭示了普贤菩萨十大行愿：若欲成就此功德门，应修十种广大行愿。何等为十？一者礼敬诸佛，二者称赞如来，三者广修供养，四者忏悔业障，五者随喜功德，六者请转法轮，七者请佛住世，八者常随佛学，九者恒顺众生，十者普皆回向。

　1、普贤菩萨十大愿。应修十种广大行愿。何等为十？

　　一者礼敬诸佛，二者称赞如来，
　　三者广修供养，四者忏悔业障，
　　五者随喜功德，六者请转法轮，
　　七者请佛住世，八者常随佛学，
　　九者恒顺众生，十者普皆回向。

    2、普贤菩萨十大愿精神
   普贤菩萨作为法王之子，在《普贤行愿品》中，发大弘愿，以果立因，使众生在大愿中得到法益，又以因中施果，令大众从行菩萨道中证入圣果。
   一礼敬诸佛：不仅要“一心顶礼本师释迦牟尼世尊及十方三世一切佛”，更要礼敬众生，因为众生是未来诸佛，我们对待一切人要有礼貌和恭敬。
   二称赞如来：不仅要称赞十方如来，对于有善心善念、道德的人我们也要称扬赞叹和学习。称赞如来相，以身业礼，以口业赞，以意业敬，是为三业供养如来。   

   三广修供养：不仅要用财、法等供养十方诸佛菩萨，也要常常供养有道德、贫苦、需要帮助的人，所有一切善事都要去做。　

   四忏悔业障：要忏悔过去所犯的各类罪业，并发愿从心地改过，止恶行善、弘法利生。
   五随喜功德：看到佛菩萨弘法利生、或者看到善男子、善女人做了放生、施食、印经书等对世间有益有贡献的事，我们要欢喜赞叹、跟随学习。为何随喜功德？诸葛长青认为，随喜功德有三个好处：一是让行善者信心坚定，生出欢喜心，持之以恒继续行善积德；二是让自己产生向善行善的动力。三是创造好的气场，让人家多一些和谐。
   六请转法轮：不仅请佛菩萨、高僧大德传播佛法，也要主动行动，弘扬佛法，多印经书，多造佛像，把佛法传播十方法界，如此法轮才会常转。
   七请佛住世：不仅要请佛菩萨常驻人间，也要请高僧大德常驻人间，弘法利生。
   八常随佛学：要时时刻刻以佛菩萨标准严格要求自己，坚定信心持之以恒，立志成佛。
   九恒顺众生：要悲悯众生，理解众生的烦恼忧愁，用方便方法去开导他们。只要有一颗慈善悲悯的心，只要有佛法智慧，就有度化众生的方法。要赞美众生，在恒顺众生中度化他们。对于众生的过错，要开导教育，不是一味的讥讽、打击。阿弥陀佛，人人都有佛性，都是未来佛啊。
   十普皆回向：我们所做一切功德、福善，都不居功自傲，除了回向自己超度债主之外，还要回向给十法界众生听闻佛法，开悟智慧、离苦得乐，得证佛果。
    3、普贤菩萨十大愿具体内容含义是什么？

　　（1）礼敬诸佛：礼敬指生恭敬心，遍于身口，进行礼拜。即心观想，身礼拜，口称念：“一心顶礼本师释迦牟尼世尊及十方三世一切诸佛”，“一心顶礼西方安乐土大慈大悲阿弥陀佛及十方法界常住诸佛。”在顶礼时，达到一心不乱，五体投地，深入法性，离能所想。如偈说：“能礼所礼性空寂，感应道交难思议。我此道场如帝珠，阿弥陀佛影现中。我身影现弥陀前，头面接足皈命礼。”是则内佛外佛，同一实相，随一一礼，若佛若礼，重重无尽。自觉我身前有诸佛，诸佛前有我身。即是一一尘刹中皆有佛，一一佛前皆有普贤。一一普贤皆悉合掌礼拜。则一普贤之身，遍入一切普贤身内；一切普贤，皆摄归一普贤身内。正如《大般若经》说的：“一切法无生，一切法无灭，若能如是解，诸佛常现前。”

　　（2）称赞如来：称即称颂，赞即赞叹。如来，佛的十号之一。如者如如不动，指不生不灭的心体，湛然寂照，亘古今而不变。来即去来，谓如如不动的心体，能生起万德。即于无去无来中，能去能来。佛有三身，称赞法、报、应三身的偈颂：“天上天下无如佛，十方世界亦无比。世间所有我尽见，一切无有如佛者”。称赞法身佛的偈颂：“清净妙法身，湛然应一切。”称赞报身佛的偈颂：“阿弥陀佛身金色，相好光明无等伦，白毫宛转五须弥，绀目澄清四大海，光中化佛无数亿，化菩萨众亦无边。四十八愿度众生。九品咸令登彼岸。”称赞应身佛的偈颂：“堂堂黄金相，巍巍不动尊，天上与人间，无不咸恭敬。”称赞如来相，以身业礼，以口业赞，以意业敬，是为三业供养如来。

　　（3）广修供养：广指所供之境，竖穷三际，横遍十方，普贤菩萨对十方三世一切诸佛，悉皆供养。供养之物有财供养与法供养。财供养：有内财与外财。内财，如《法华经》说：用身、口、意三业恭敬供养，即礼拜赞叹供养。外财，指金钱田舍等。修行者、具大悲心。随缘能施，尽心供养。即一香一华，亦称理成就。如偈说：“愿此香华云，遍满十方界，供养一切佛，菩萨二乘僧。”法供养：以如来正法，开示众生，转迷启悟。如以“南无阿弥陀佛”万德洪名，逢人即劝，逢人即念是为法供养。吾人广修供养，可由小到大，由近及远，如法供养。可先劝一家，由一家及他家，从一方及十方，普贤菩萨称性起修，一字一句，周遍法界。

　　（4）忏侮业障：吾人由身、口、意而造十恶，由十恶而招致六道轮回之苦。如《行愿品》说：若此恶业有体相，尽虚空界，不能容受。吾人既有业障，必当早求忏悔。忏者忏其前愆。悔者悔其后过。

　　（5）随喜功德：功德分二种：一者世间有漏功德，如慈善业，造桥修路，斋僧建寺等。二者出世间无漏功德，如了生脱死，广修六度、四摄等。对别人的这两种功德，有力的则助力，无力的则赞叹，随喜而修，切不可讽刺打击，妒嫉诽谤。学习普贤菩萨随喜净土法门的精神，称赞阿弥陀佛的功德。

　　（6）请转法轮：如来说法，一句一字，皆从菩提心中流出，大众闻法，一句一字入耳，皆转入心中而成妙法。我们应请高僧大德代佛说法，即请转法轮。法师转大法轮，能使人去恶向善，转凡成圣。说明请转法轮，当有不可思议的功德。诸葛长青认为，不仅请佛菩萨、高僧大德传播佛法，也要主动行动，弘扬佛法，多印经书，多造佛像，把佛法传播十方法界，如此法轮才会常转

　　（7）请佛住世：释迦灭后，弥勒未生，如何能请佛住世？诸葛长青认为，不仅要请佛菩萨常驻人间，也要请高僧大德常驻人间，弘法利生。众生中很多善知识是佛菩萨再来。

     （8）常随佛学：我们时时以佛为学习的榜样，对佛的教法要依教奉行。总之，要诚心忆佛，从因至果，引得心智，随之而学。常常如此，始终不变。

　　（9）恒顺众生：以大悲心，平等饶益一切众生。对任何众生，都要承事供养，如敬父母乃至如来，等无有异。诸葛长青认为，恒顺众生，就是要悲悯众生，理解众生的烦恼忧愁，用方便方法去开导他们。只要有一颗慈善悲悯的心，只要有佛法智慧，就有度化众生的方法。要赞美众生，在恒顺众生中度化他们。对于众生的过错，要开导教育，不是一味的讥讽、打击。阿弥陀佛，人人都有佛性，都是未来佛啊。

    （10）普皆回向：菩萨作一切功德，都是为了一切众生，真正做到专门利人，毫不利己。怎样回向呢？诸葛长青建议一是回向自己和家人的冤亲债主、累世宗亲、历代祖先等离苦得乐立刻超生；二是回向十法界有缘众生早日听闻佛法离苦得乐、立刻超生。

   七、普贤菩萨誓愿守护《法华经》
    诸葛长青：阿弥陀佛。慈悲的普贤菩萨，为了让《法华经》长久在世界流传，发愿护持《法华经》。我们作为佛法文化的传承者，也要发愿传播佛法，让佛法常驻人间啊。

    灵山会上，普贤菩萨誓愿守护《法华经》
   佛教创始人释迦牟尼佛佛在灵山会上说《法华经》时，普贤于宝威上王佛国与无量无边百千万亿菩萨共来听受。

   普贤在会上提出：如来灭后，善男子、善女人，云何能得是《法华经》？答案曰：若人能做到下列四点，必能得到是经。（1）为诸佛护念；（2）植众德本；（3）入正定聚；（4）发救一切众生之心。
   普贤又在会上表示：世尊灭后五百年际，有人受持是经者，我当守护，除其衰患，令得安稳。是人若行若立读诵此经。我当乘六牙白象王，与大菩萨俱诣其所，供养守护、安慰其心。是人若坐思惟此经，我复乘象王至其人前。是人对《法华经》，有所忘失一句一偈，我当教之，与共读诵，令得见我身，甚大欢喜。若有比丘、比丘尼、优婆塞、优婆夷，受持读诵，书写此经，一心精进，满三七日，我当乘白象，与无量菩萨而自围绕。以一切众生所喜见身，现其人前，而为说法。若人受持，读诵忆念，解其义趣，如说修行，是行普贤行，为诸如来摩顶授记。若但书写，是人命终，生忉利天。若人受持读诵，解其义趣，是人命终，升兜率天弥勒菩萨所。
   释尊对普贤护法精神，大加赞叹：“汝已成就不可思议功德，深大慈悲。从久远来，发阿耨多罗三藐三菩提心，而能作是神通之愿，守护是经”。

     八、普贤菩萨转世中国，做过唐朝的“拾得”和尚  
    诸葛长青：阿弥陀佛。大家都知道有两个“寒山”、“拾得”的著名和尚。寒山与拾得两位大师是佛教史上著名的诗僧。唐代天台山国清寺隐僧寒山与拾得，行迹怪诞，言语非常，相传是文殊菩萨与普贤菩萨的化身。

   普贤菩萨，行愿无穷，分身尘刹，随缘教化众生。

   据史书记载：中国佛教古德“拾得”大士，是普贤菩萨的化身。

   1、神奇出现。

   天台山国清寺的丰干禅师，一日行经赤城道旁，闻草丛中有儿童啼哭，趋前视察，见一小孩约十来岁，询其姓名，答：‘我无家、无姓、亦无名。’丰干禅师愍其无依，带回国清寺，交库房当茶童。因是拾来，名之拾得。
   由于拾得聪明伶俐，三年后升任斋堂香灯，及执掌出食等杂事。

   一日，四顾无人，竟登座与所供奉的圣像对坐而食，还呵斥圣像小果，焦芽败种。事被知库灵熠禅师看见，责其对圣像不恭，可能头脑有毛病，罢其香灯职，派往厨房洗碗碟，常将多余饭菜，盛于竹筒，赠其挚友寒山子。
   2、护持寺庙。

   有一次，寺中饭食花果被鸟啄食，拾得竟执杖打寺中供养的山神像，责其守护伽蓝不力，有失职责，枉受沙门供养。

   当晚寺僧，皆梦见山神说：‘拾得打我，骂我。’灵熠禅师至山神像前视察，果见山神像有杖打痕迹，始知拾得来历不凡。
   拾得与寒山子时相往来，还常对人说佛法。但人不信，反而讥诮怒骂，甚至打之。

   3、启迪众生。

   诸葛长青：阿弥陀佛。普贤菩萨化身“拾得”和尚后，看到世人贪嗔痴慢疑，十分苦恼，就故意和寒山编了一个对话，流传时间，启迪众生。

   寒山对拾得曰：

  ‘世间人秽我、欺我、辱我、笑我、轻我、贱我、恶我、骗我、我该如何对他？’

   拾得答曰：

  ‘那只有忍他、由他、避他、耐他、敬他、不要理他，再过几年，你且看他。’
    4、借牛说法。

   后“拾得”掌牧牛之职，一日，正值寺中半月布萨，律师正为僧众在堂中说戒。拾得驱牛群到法堂前倚门而立，并抚掌笑曰：‘悠悠哉，聚得作相，这个如何？’说戒和尚怪其不敬，怒斥曰：‘下人疯狂，破我说戒。’拾得见其嗔心起，即说偈曰：‘无嗔即是戒，心净即出家；我性与汝合，一切法无差。’戒和尚见拾得嘻皮笑脸，气得下堂来打拾得，要他驱牛出去。
   拾得曰：‘我不赶牛了，这群牛，皆大德前生的知事僧，它们都有法号，不信，且看我叫它们出来。’随即对牛群说：‘前生律师弘靖站出来。’即有一白牛作声而过，又曰：‘前生典座光超出来，’又有一黑牛应声而出。拾得又叫：‘直岁靖本出来，’又有一牯牛应声出来，最后，拾得牵一牛说曰：‘前生不持戒，人面而畜心，汝合招此咎，怨恨于何人，佛力虽广大，汝却辜佛恩。’
   自此，僧众始知拾得，并非凡间俗子，不再以疯子看待。

   5、神奇离开。

   一天，因阿弥陀佛化身的“丰干禅师”，对丘太守说：寒山拾得，是文殊普贤的化身。

   太守就派人去找，“拾得”一看圣迹显露，与“寒山子”同离国清寺，后不知所终。
   文殊、普贤两位大士，一为诸佛母，一为诸佛长子，公孙二人，常在十方诸佛前，共作佛事，游戏人间，常在一起。

   6、南宋时期转世。南宋淳熙年间，和文殊菩萨化身人间，一男一女。文殊菩萨应身为兜率寺戒阇黎时，普贤菩萨亦同时化身为周氏女，排行第七，人皆称她周七娘。生时便有种种神异，长大后不肯嫁人，每天行乞于市，晚常宿于普济桥下，常与戒阇黎在一起，妙行莫测。时人不解，笑为疯婆。后有圣者歌曰：‘戒师文殊，周婆普贤，随肩搭背，万世流传。’后人始知是菩萨应世。（本文参考资料：佛教普贤菩萨资料、佛法资料）

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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.

(Zhuge Changqing: zhuge8031@163.com ）

Zhuge Changqing mailbox：

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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”。

（诸葛长青：zhuge8031@163.com）

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