Research On The Three-Time Recitation Ceremon

The Ritual of SanshiXinian is an important ritual of the Pure Land Sect of Buddhism advocated by the famous Zen master Zhongfeng MingBen of the Yuan Dynasty,and the main purpose of the ceremony is to exhort the undead and the living to sincerely repent and make a wish,in order to restore the pure self-nature that exists in the heart,and then get rid of birth and death,and finally get rid of the shackles of reincarnation and embark on the right path to the Western Pure Land.As one of the important activities in Buddhist rituals,the Three-Time Meditation is not only one of the only methods for monks to practice the Dharma and practice themselves,but also contains a wealth of Buddhist philosophy.The Ritual of SanshiXinian is abundant in Content and Profound Meaning,and is a full embodiment of the Zen Pure Thought of Zhongfeng MingBen.This article will discuss the characteristics of the three-time ritual and its hidden Buddhist spirit from the background of the establishment of The Ritual of SanshiXinian,the practice process,the interpretation of the ritual text,and the spirit of the ritual text.The first chapter focuses on the origin of The Ritual of SanshiXinian.The author of The Ritual of SanshiXinian was Zhongfeng Mingben,a well-known Zen master in the Jiangnan area during the Yuan Dynasty,who was respected by a generation of people with his noble wind and bones and exquisite knowledge,and his ideas had a far-reaching influence on the development of Zen Buddhism,and his Zen style,thoughts and writings also traveled across the ocean to Japan,becoming an indispensable nourishment of Japanese Buddhism.Influenced by the unequal ethnic and religious policies of the Mongol ruling class over the entire territory during the Yuan Dynasty,Jiangnan Zen Buddhism showed a certain degree of decline,and under the influence of the Great Prosperity of the Yuan Dynasty,Buddhism also lost the connotation of promoting buddhism and encouraging monks to take vows and practice,and The Ritual of SanshiXinian was proposed in this context.This chapter analyzes the background of The Ritual of SanshiXinian in the context of the life of Zhongfeng Ming Ben and the development of Zen Buddhism under the religious policies of the Yuan Dynasty.The second chapter mainly introduces the basic process of The Ritual of SanshiXinian and interprets the connotation of The Ritual of SanshiXinian.The Ritual of SanshiXinian is divided into three major steps:incense,this law and return,and the part of this law is divided into three parts according to the different times of holding the first time,the second time,and the third time.Each ritual has the same structure but different content,with clear levels and progressive layers in order to enlighten practitioners on different levels of the Dharma spirit.This chapter interprets the three-time recitation of the Dharma ritual text,which basically follows the three-layered vein of revealing to the people and the undead that the Pure Land exists in the pure mind of man-that there is no difference between the mind,the Buddha,and all beings,but only because of the confusion—and exhorting the undead and the multitude to immediately repent and make a wish in order to survive in the Pure Land of Bliss.The third chapter mainly analyzes the Buddhist ideas contained in the content of The Ritual of SanshiXinian.The content of The Ritual of SanshiXinian enlightened people on the Buddhist concept of life and death that let go of self-grasping and transcend life and death,the concept of becoming a Buddha by seeing nature,the concept of practicing buddhahood with one heart,and the buddhist development trend of harmony and purity.The Ritual of SanshiXinian is easy to implement in the folk with its simple way of practicing,and it has important value for promoting the Dharma.At the same time,The Ritual of SanshiXinian is an important embodiment of the fusion of Zen Buddhism into the Pure Land Sect of the Yuan Dynasty and the confluence of Zen Purity,which is of great significance for us to understand the development of Zen Buddhism in the Yuan Dynasty.The Ritual of SanshiXinian is not only a ceremony of transcendence,but also a Buddhist work that integrates rich Buddhist thoughts and a convenient and effective path of practice.It provides people with an explanation of the nature of life and death,and plays a pivotal role in stabilizing society,soothing people’s hearts,and providing people with spiritual comfort.The Ritual of SanshiXinian is of great significance for us to understand the development of Zen Buddhism in the Yuan Dynasty and to explore its religious and social values.