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This is something very obvious.

It's just that everyone is used to it.

For example, when watching movies or reading novels.

Generally, Taoist priests need to recite a few spells when exorcising ghosts.

What is the nine-character mantra? When the soldiers are about to fight, all the soldiers will be in formation and go forward.

For example, the most common one.

Taishang Laojun obeys my orders.

Hurry up and obey the order.

Why do we have to read out loud things like this?
Can't I just recite it silently in my heart?
Another question is why do monks chant sutras?

In Buddhism and Taoism, there is the concept of doing homework.

I recite scriptures every morning when I wake up.

This is true for both Taoism and Buddhism.

If you are in such an environment, you will be affected by the environment.

Just like in the Western world, when they worship on Sunday.

There will also be singing of hymns.

If you are in it, you will be affected to some extent.

"Have you ever thought about why these special bytes are used?

Special pronunciation, has unique effect?
Why these few words?

Just like what Taoism and Buddhism say.

Whether it is the nine-character mantra or the six-character mantra.

They all have the effect of exorcising evil spirits and purifying the mind.

It can calm your mind.

But here’s what’s interesting.

There is a saying in Buddhism that if you recite the six-syllable mantra enough times.

You can transcend reincarnation and escape from the sea of ​​suffering.

If this were in a novel, this would be a shortcut to cultivation.

After all, you don’t have to do anything, just reciting a few words can help you transcend reincarnation.

This deal is too good to be true.

But even if you keep saying it all day long, for your whole life.

Maybe just a few times.

Someone thought, is there any other way?
Then the prayer wheel came along.”

An exquisitely decorated prayer wheel appeared behind Ye Zhen.

I think everyone has seen this kind of prayer wheel.

Some lamas often hold something similar to a "grenade" in their hands.

But this thing often has two ropes outside.

As your hands shake, the two ropes will fly in the air.

“What is the function of a prayer wheel?

The six-syllable mantra of Buddhism is written on the wheel of the prayer wheel.

Wrote dozens of lines.

They think that if they go around in a circle like this.

It is equivalent to reciting the six-syllable mantra dozens of times.

Turning the prayer wheel is equivalent to chanting scriptures.

It can help you repent for past events, avoid disasters and accumulate merits.

So you can see some lamas holding prayer wheels and spinning them all the time.

In fact, they are just like us using WeChat to count steps.

This is just a clever trick.

Later, they felt that this small prayer wheel was not powerful enough and not satisfying enough.

So later on, huge prayer wheels appeared in temples.

It’s as tall as several people.

It's just a huge pillar.

So we went to some temples.

You can see many people turning the huge prayer wheel with their hands.

It is equivalent to praying for blessings, avoiding disasters and accumulating merits.

The evolved prayer poles have achieved a qualitative leap in efficiency.

One turn is equivalent to chanting sutras for decades." Ye Zhen explained with a smile on his face.

Some viewers learned about these things for the first time.

But they also laughed.

"Hahaha, it turns out that everyone wants to take shortcuts."

"Isn't this just deceiving yourself? Just use "turn" instead of "read".

"This is so funny. Will the Buddha acknowledge your merits?"

"I think this is just a bug?" Obviously everyone thought that this is equivalent to cheating.

It has no effect at all.

But some people thought of some other points.

"This means that these people know that this six-word mantra really possesses some kind of mysterious power."

"If you can recite it hundreds of millions of times, you will be able to ascend to the Western Pure Land after death."

"Otherwise, they wouldn't be so opportunistic and try every possible way to increase the number of times they chant the sutra."

Another similar thing is releasing animals.

They believe that releasing animals is also a way to help themselves accumulate merit.

This method is more advanced than chanting scriptures and can accumulate more merits.

Why do they think so?
Because of a sentence that everyone is familiar with.

Saving one life is better than building a seven-level pagoda.

You don't need to save human lives all the time.

You're not a doctor.

So some people with smart little brains came up with it.

Saving people is saving, saving small animals is also saving.

We are all lives, and Buddhism advocates equality for all beings.

The Buddha cut off his flesh to feed the eagle and fed his body to the tiger.

So they think that releasing animals is also the same as saving lives, right?

One life is equivalent to a seven-level pagoda.

Those ten lives are equivalent to a seventy-level pagoda!
So now everyone has started releasing them.

At first it was just a simple release.

Release some fish, small turtles, snakes and the like.

I usually buy it in the vegetable market.

Originally, these fish were destined to enter humans' stomachs.

You bought it from the merchant and released it.

It's like saving a fish's life.

But later someone discovered that this was too expensive.

And the number is too small.

Someone came up with a solution.

Tie the fish to the propeller.

Putting the fish into the water is equivalent to releasing them.

To come out of the water is to be caught.

This way as long as the propeller keeps turning.

It is equivalent to you continuously releasing animals.

This is equivalent to accumulating merit infinitely.

In this way, we can make dozens of propellers with just dozens of fish.

Hundreds of millions of pagodas can be created in one day.

You will directly transcend the cycle of reincarnation and be able to sit in the position of Buddha.

So, humans have always been trying to take shortcuts and be clever.

But whether this actually works, no one knows.

But there are still limitations.

Modern technology has developed to a level that the ancients could never have imagined.

Your prayer wheel is, after all, powered by human power.

Try to imagine if it were a brushless motor.

One hundred thousand revolutions per second, this efficiency has increased by several orders of magnitude.

If this can really accumulate merit.

Wouldn’t it be possible to become a Buddha right away and ascend to heaven in broad daylight?

In fact, prayer wheels were first used to help illiterate religious believers.

Because on the Western Zang side, many herdsmen were illiterate at that time.

So they were unable to recite those scriptures.

But they also want to accumulate merits and escape from the sea of ​​suffering.

what should we do?

So prayer wheels came into being to make up for their inability to chant scriptures.

So if there was a divinely inspired singer at that time.

It will shock everyone and make them think that this must be the will of King Gesar.

At this point, the audience has some understanding of the Nine-Character Mantra.

But they still didn't understand what the connection was between this and what Ye Zhen had said about thunder and lightning not long ago.

These two are irrelevant things, and seem to have no connection at all. (End of this chapter)