What does "Nine Nines Return to One" in the Buddha's verse mean? Can anyone tell me?

1. It comes from Laozi's "Tao Te Ching". It is said that two are born, two beget three, three beget all things, all things change, and after ninety-nine and eighty-one, they will cycle again and return to one.

2. Ninety-Nine Returns to One: One explanation is "in the final analysis", and another explanation is "after going around in many circles, it finally returned to its original state." But these explanations are only a narrow and simple understanding of the meaning of the idiom itself. Although "Nine-Nine Returns to One" refers to "going round and round" or "returning to the end", it is not reincarnation in the same place, but from the starting point to the end point, from the end point to a new starting point. This cycle goes back and forth, even to infinity, in a spiral. The movement process of progress and development.

3. It embodies the philosophical thought of dialectical materialism in human development of understanding of all things. There is a saying in Buddhism that "all ninety-nine will return to one, and finally achieve the right fruition." Here, "nine" is the largest and ultimate, and is regarded as the "most" in ancient and modern humanities architecture. If you want to "return all ninety-nine to one and finally achieve the right result", you still need to "one, four, seven, three, six, nine" and move forward step by step. ?

Four. Nine-Nine Returning to One means coming from where you came from, going out, and returning to the original state. In fact, this kind of recovery is not a simple return, but a kind of sublimation, a kind of reinvention, a kind of nirvana, and a new starting point. Because nine is the largest yang number and twelve is the largest yin number

So ninety-nine is the largest number and returns to one.

Extended information

1. The text of the "Tao Te Ching" takes "morality" in the philosophical sense as its outline, discusses self-cultivation, country governance, military use, and health preservation, and mostly focuses on politics. Zhigui is the so-called "inner sage and outer king" study. It is profound in meaning and comprehensive in meaning, and is known as the king of all scriptures. "Tao Te Ching" is one of the greatest masterpieces in Chinese history and has had a profound impact on traditional philosophy, science, politics, religion, etc.

2. Documentary records: "Laozi entered the Zhou Dynasty, met with doctors, and entered Taixue. He learned everything from astronomy, geography, and human relations, including "Poetry", "Books", "Yi", "Calendar" and "Li" He read everything in "Yue", learned all the cultural relics, canons, and historical books, and made great progress in his studies. The doctor also recommended him to be an official in the Shou Tibetan Room, which was the place where the classics of the Zhou Dynasty were collected. Collect all the books in the world, and you will find them all."

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Tao Te Ching