前文讲述了墨西哥(Mexico)的词根墨西(Mexi)是由20个法案构成的这次天道轮回的主题线索。那么墨西哥是什么意思?编者我认为墨西哥一词相当于佛教词语大千世界,妙智世界,或大圆镜智,也就是现代人所说的唯心世界。
The previous article explained that the root of the word "Mexico", "Mexi", is a thread of 20 law cases, representing the godly cycle’s theme line. So, what does "Mexico" mean? Editor I believe the word "Mexico" is equivalent to the Buddhist terms "great grand worlds", "wonderful intelligence world", or "great round mirror intelligence", which modern people refer to as theist world.
世间人修习墨西哥沙门教,多数人的仰慕虽在上帝,特拉洛克,和翠玉女,但实质的目的却是为了获得禁果(如图15.4.4.4-8)。图8B显示了四沙门果中的前三果(参见15.2.6)。此沙门果与 “取,集,得” 的性质相违,你若取它会损失功德(如图8A)而且得到的果实也会有毒(如图8C)。
While most mundane people who practice Mexican Shamanism worship God, Tlaloc, and Chalchiuhtlicue, their true purpose is to obtain the forbidden fruits (see Figure 15.4.4.4-8). Figure 8B shows the first three of four shamanic fruits (see 15.2.6). These fruitions contradict the nature of "fetch, aggregate, and gain”. Acquiring them results in loss of fortune and virtue (see Figure 8A), and the fruits obtained is also poisonous (see Figure 8C).
从记忆和习气都是有重量的角度来说,感知就是身土。所以古人就说这三个沙门果是中土(如图7至13,纳瓦特尔语:特诺奇蒂特兰,Tenochtitlan)。图39是正在设计大千世界的特拉洛克。为了方便人们找到觉悟和解脱的方法,他就设计了中土之门(如图17至15)。
From the perspective that memory and habits carry weight, perception is the bodily soil. Therefore, the ancients said that the three shamanic fruits are the middle earth (as shown in Figures 7 to 13, in Nahuatl: Tenochtitlan). Figure 39 shows Tlaloc designing Great Grand World. To help people find a way to enlightenment and liberation, he designed Door to Middle Earth (as shown in Figures 17 to 15).
2 山根 Mountain Root
图17表示山根或祖窍。山根是人脸上人中(如图42)的位置,意思是图16的两座天门山由于人中的运动而得以生长,为什么?
Figure 17 shows the mountain root or ancestral cave. The mountain root is the position of Human-Middle (as shown in Figure 42) on human face, which means that the two Sky-Door Mountains in Figure 16 were able to grow due to the movement of Human-Middle. Why?
先说图16的两座火山表示什么?故事说,生命之树本来只有三节:色蕴,行蕴,和识蕴。后来人们发现受和想这两个自然法对人的影响很大,就把受和想从行蕴中抽了出来,另立了受蕴和想蕴。所以传说说,生命之树生长得很慢,几千年才长多两个节(如图35下)。受是所取,想是能取。这两个取习气驱赶众生日夜操劳,不得休息,所以人们说受蕴和想蕴是阻挡世间人升天的两座大山,即天门山。
First, what do the two volcanoes in Figure 16 represent? The story goes that the Tree of Life originally had only three nodes: Color Node, Migration Node, and Sense Node. Later, people discovered that Acceptance and Think have great influence on humans, so they separated Acceptance and Think from Migration Node and established the Acceptance Node and Think Node. Therefore, legend says it that the Tree of Life grew very slowly, taking thousands of years to grow two more nodes (as shown in Figure 35 below). Acceptance is what is being fetched, and Think is what can fetch. These two Fetch Habits drive people to work day and night without rest, so people say that Acceptance Node and Think Node are the two great mountains that block mortals from ascending to sky, namely Two Sky Door Mountains.
那为什么说人中(如图42)是这两座天门山的根呢?受蕴和想蕴是通过人的身口意行为而生长的,而人中最能代表身口意的行为,所以古人说人中是受蕴和想蕴的根。
Why is the Human-Middle (see Figure 42) considered the root of these two Sky Door Mountains? Acceptance Node and Think Node grow through one's behaviors, both bodily, oral, and intentional. The Human-Middle best represents the behaviors of the body, mouth, and intent, so the ancients said Human-Middle (see Figure 42) is the root of these two nodes.
3 为什么山根又被称作祖窍?Why is the Mountain Root also called the Ancestral Cave?
祖宗们都住在庙里,这庙就是说英语的人称呼他们前额两边为庙的庙。祖宗们的进出祖庙是依靠人的身口意行为,也是如此而代代相传的,所以古人称人的身口意行为是祖宗们在呼吸(如图36,41,42)。
Ancestors all lived in temples, which is what English speakers refer to as the temples on either side of their foreheads. The ancestors' entry into and exit from the ancestral temple relied on human physical, verbal, and mental actions, and this is passed down from generation to generation. Therefore, the ancients referred to human physical, verbal, and intentional actions as the ancestors' breathing (as shown in Figures 36, 41, and 42).
4 如何移除天门山?How to remove Sky Door Mountains?
图36中,古人严守根门,不让地狱趣,畜生趣,和饿鬼趣进入祖庙。人感觉身心沉重主要是由这三种恶业引起的。业就是身口意习气的总称。人不沾染恶业,天门山中的恶业就不增长了。时间久了,恶业就萎缩没了,人就已经到达中土了。
In Figure 36, the ancients strictly guarded the root door, preventing the hell interests, the livestock interests, and the hungry ghost interests from entering the ancestral temple. The main cause of a person feeling physically and mentally heavy is these three types of evil karma. Karma refers to the totality of bodily, verbal, and mental habits. If a person does not engage in evil karma, the evil karma in Sky Door Mountains will not increase. Over time, the bad karma will shrink and disappear, and people will have been on Middle-Earth.
图40是寇特鹠鸺年青时的画像。她把祖窍锁起来了,表示她坚决遵守十戒。十戒的前三条是身戒:不杀生,不偷盗,不邪淫。第四至六条是口戒:不妄语,不绮语,不恶口,不两舌。第八至十条是意戒:不悭贪,不嗔恚;不邪见。这样,寇特鹠鸺斩断了天门山的恶根,使她自己保持在大神天的状态。
Figure 40 is a portrait of Coatlicue in her youth. She locked her ancestral cave, signifying her unwavering adherence to the Ten Precepts. The first three of these precepts are bodily precepts: not killing, not stealing, and not committing heretical sex. Precepts 4 through 6 are oral precepts: not to speak delusionally, not to use flowery speech, not to speak of coarse ferocious language, and not to two-tongue. Precepts 8 through 10 are intentional precepts: not being greedy, not being irritated, and correctly believing in four cruxes. In this way, Coatlicue severed the root of evil in Sky Door Mountains, maintaining her state in the Great God Sky.
5 升天必备的四件法宝 Four Necessary Treasures for Ascension
图15,四王天的牌坊上画着升天所需的四件法宝。从左向右,第一件法宝是个螺,代表翠玉女。第二件法宝是粒种子,是奥林心,相当于我们佛教中的菩提心,参见第16章的开篇部分。第三件法宝是个燧火石,代表青松石王(Xiuhtecuhtli)。第四件法宝是根线,代表墨西(Mexi),就是青松石王以翠玉女为饵来钓特拉洛克的鱼线。
Figure 15: The archway of Four Kings Sky depicts the four juristic treasures necessary for ascension. From left to right, the first treasure is a conch, representing Chalchiuhtlicue. The second is a seed, representing Ollin Heart, equivalent to the Bodhicitta in Buddhism (see the opening of Chapter 16). The third is a flint, representing Xiuhtecuhtli. The fourth is a thread, representing Mexi, the fishing line that Xiuhtecuhtli uses Chalchiuhtlicue as bait to catch Tlaloc.