What is the mantra of Taoist priests?

Category: Society and people's livelihood >> Religion

Problem description:

Just like the monk's Amitabha, what do Taoist priests usually say?

Analysis:

Haha, I reposted an article. Although I can’t answer your question, I hope you have some understanding of this:

My entry into Xuanmen II More than ten years. I remember that in the early years, people sometimes asked, "Buddhism has 'Amitabha' as a spoken word, what do you Taoists say?" The answer was: "Spoken words are not a unified model of religion, and it does not need to be adopted by each religion." I had never heard of it at that time. A Taoist term similar to "Infinite Heavenly Lord". However, when dealing with people, old practitioners often respond with "mercy" or "your compassion".

In the early 1990s, I traveled to the Northeast region, often traveling between temples in the Kanto region. At that time, occasionally naughty young Taoist friends would tease him with the name "Infinite Heavenly Lord", but if an old Taoist master heard it, he would always stop it with a sullen look or admonishment. Because I was curious, I once asked my Taoist friends what the "Infinite Heavenly Venerable" was all about. It turns out to be an interesting fact.

In the early 1980s, radio stations often broadcast traditional storytelling spoken by a famous storytelling artist. When Taoist characters appear in the book, they always use the verbal title "Infinite--Buddha". Later, at a political conference, the storytelling artist happened to be in the same group as Master Xu Xinyou of Qianshan Wuliangguan, so the master made a suggestion to the artist: Taoists do not call Buddha, so "wuliangfo" should not be used for Taoists. For the purpose of storytelling, the artist implored the master to solve a four-character term similar to "Infinite Heavenly Lord". The master had no choice but to think that his storytelling was a worldly art and had nothing to do with Taoism, so he told him that "Taoism respects gods and calls them gods." The commentators understood the story by analogy, and thus the "Infinite God" came into being.

After the mid-1990s, Master Xu and other prestigious old Taoist priests in the Northeast region came back one after another. At the same time, many concepts in society are also rapidly updating. Under the influence of this "macroclimate", the thoughts and ways of thinking of fellow Taoists in the sect have gradually shifted from sticking to old rules to pursuing external appearances, and they have accepted new things much faster. Therefore, "Infinite God", a humorous term used by artists, has gradually become "legitimized" from the initial "naughty words". I remember that at a large-scale religious event in a Taoist temple in Northeast China eight years ago, I heard for the first time that "Infinite Heavenly Lord" appeared in the speech of a Taoist Taoist priest. I was really stunned! Of course, the trend is difficult to reverse. Later, "Infinite Heavenly Lord" quickly appeared in the interactions between most Taoist friends in the Northeast, especially among Taoists and laypeople. It has become a rule that fellow Taoists in the hall, while assisting pilgrims with their chimes, say in a long tone "Infinite Heavenly Lord", just like the scenes in film and television novels written by the world. At the same time, Taoist friends from Guandong continued to enter Guan and go south, so they brought the "Infinite Heavenly Lord" to the north and south of the Yangtze River...

Last winter, two southern Taoist friends contacted me via mobile phone text messages. , always begins with "Immeasurable Heavenly Lord" to show respect and piety. I was filled with emotion and used a dedicated page to teach him. The general content is now restated as follows:

Buddhists have titles such as "Infinite Heavenly Lord" and "Immeasurable Life Buddha". "Amitabha" is the name of Buddha, and "Buddha" is the title. "Infinite Life" means infinite life. This is the name of the Buddha and is called "Infinite Life Buddha". It can be said that this Buddha is the incarnation of longevity. This all makes sense. But "Infinite Heavenly Lord" is not like that. In Taoism, there are "Tianzun of immeasurable salvation", "Tianzun of immeasurable blessings", "Tianzun of immeasurable merit", etc. These are all complete titles of Tianzun. But if the words "saving people", "blessings" and "merit" are omitted and only "infinite" is retained, that is to say, the original title is simplified to "infinite deity", then is it still the original meaning? Obviously, if we look for the meaning according to the text, "Infinite Heavenly Lords" should be interpreted as "infinite many Heavenly Lords" or "many Heavenly Lords". Is that true? Is there such an abbreviation? In fact, if the person who uses this term examines it a little, it is not difficult to understand: "Infinite" is the concept of quantity, how can it be called a deity?

Let’s get back to the topic now. The author is a man from the mountains and has little knowledge. I have not researched the scriptures and textual research, and I don’t know if I can find any place where the word “immeasurable” is used to refer to Tianzun in the entire "Tao Zang". But I have indeed personally experienced the entire process of "Infinite Heavenly Lord" coming from scratch in Xuanmen.

The ancients said: "When fallacies are common, they are adhered to principles; when fallacies are common, they are adhered to rules." History is developing, society is changing, and the outside world is wonderful.

Therefore, some people in the ancient wall are no longer willing to "strictly maintain their inner appearance and be indifferent to their outer appearance", which is actually quite normal. However, everything must be reasonable and external appearance must be moderate. Applying gold foil to potatoes is certainly considered absurd, but applying powder to jewelry is not reckless!