We all know that around 500 BC, Sakyamuni achieved enlightenment in ancient India, which is now Nepal, and founded Buddhism, and was later called Buddha. Over the past two thousand years, countless people have followed Sakyamuni's thoughts and practiced, but why have we not seen

We all know that around 500 BC, Sakyamuni achieved enlightenment in ancient India, which is now Nepal , founded Buddhism, and was later called Buddha.

There is also a phenomenon, that is, almost 2,600 years have passed since Sakyamuni's Nirvana. Over the past two thousand years, countless people have followed Sakyamuni's thoughts and practiced, but why have we not seen any person become a Buddha?

According to Central Plains Buddhism, we often hear the saying that "everyone is a Buddha". This is a very good prospect, but even so, we still haven't seen any "Buddha" except Sakyamuni. What is the reason here?

In fact, there is a big problem here first, that is, 2,600 years have passed since Sakyamuni Nirvana, which is a very long time for ordinary people. But in Buddhist meaning, this is really not much different from "Shi Na".

According to the Buddhist meaning, every 16.8 million years is "one small catastrophe", and the next four small catastrophes are one middle catastrophe, and the four middle catastrophes are one big catastrophe. In this way, a big catastrophe will last for more than 300 million years. Even if the Buddha says " Kalpa of Virtue Thousand Buddhas", one thousand Buddhas in more than 300 million years will take at least several million years to appear. Therefore, it is normal for us to not see another Buddha in the 2,600 years since Sakyamuni's Nirvana.

Secondly, although everyone can become a Buddha, if a person really wants to become a Buddha, in addition to hard and diligent practice, he also needs a lot of opportunities. Judging from the path of Sakyamuni becoming a Buddha, there are several aspects that are difficult for ordinary people to do.

First, Sakyamuni passed through physical and mental peace.

Sakyamuni also experienced many twists and turns when he became a monk. He practiced as a monk for five or six years at the beginning, but finally realized that this hard work can only make both human and spiritual exhausted, and it is difficult to achieve the true holy path.

Later, Sakyamuni decided to obtain balance between the holy path and asceticism, so he left the Ascetic Forest and "bathed in the flow of gold" in the Ganges. If you want to achieve Bodhi , you cannot do without a pure mind. If you want to obtain a pure mind, you must first obtain the tranquility of the physical body.

After bathing in the metal flow, Sakyamuni was too weak and almost walked onto the river bank. The last branch suddenly lowered automatically, allowing him to reach out and get ashore safely.

Afterwards, the extremely weak Sakyamuni was given a cheese offering from a shepherd, thus restoring his physical strength. He immediately meditated on the auspicious grass of the cattle herder under an Bodhi tree .

From walking out of the ascetic forest, walking down the Ganges to taking a bath, and then walking onto the river bank to getting the offerings of the shepherd's shepherd, this is actually the process of allowing Shakyamuni to gain physical and mental peace, and it is also the result.

Secondly, Sakyamuni surrendered to the devil's way before becoming a Buddha.

If you want to become a Buddha, you will become a demon first. Many great masters will "go astray" if they are not careful when they are not careful. Before Sakyamuni became a Buddha, he conquered his inner demons and finally realized i.

It is said that at the beginning, Sakyamuni saw a demon king coming to drive him away, and even scolded him loudly, and later shot demon arrows. All of this is actually the inner demons, and they are all the illusions before becoming a Buddha. But if you are not careful, you will fail.

In the end, Sakyamuni used the "Samadhi of Compassion" to subdue the demon king's demon arrow with his compassion. In fact, he overcame his own inner demons and can become a Buddha.

Finally, Sakyamuni sat quietly under the Bodhi tree, and finally realized , the right enlightenment , and then he was considered to be a true Buddha.

In this process, Sakyamuni defended emptiness and did not hinder all the laws of dependent origination. He pressed emptiness and had no attachment to the mind. Next, I can be free from all appearances, but I can also follow all dharmas. Later generations call it "the method of concluding the law of practice".

Comprehensive the above three points, Sakyamuni's way of becoming a Buddha is both difficult and dangerous, and without losing countless opportunities, and finally becomes a Buddha. And in the 2,600 years since he has passed, we have not seen anyone who has become a Buddha again. There is not enough time - compared with such a long period of time, these two or two thousand years have been too short.

Secondly, there are also practitioners outside him. Perhaps the opportunity is not enough, or the physical and mental peace is not able to settle down, or the devil is not able to subdue the devil, or the opportunity to cultivate the mind through appearance, so no other person can become a Buddha.