Moral of Bodhi Tree: In India and the West, the moral of Bodhi Tree is wisdom and knowledge. It is said that Buddha Sakyamuni preached to everyone under the bodhi tree. Bodhi is a transliteration of Sanskrit Bodh, which means that people are suddenly enlightened, wake up from their dreams and suddenly realize. Therefore, the bodhi tree is also called the "missionary tree". In China, the flower language of Bodhi Tree means love between husband and wife, and it is a marriage tree.

Bodhi tree is a very sacred tree in the East. Every Buddhist temple requires at least one bodhi tree to be planted. With the introduction of Buddhism into China, Bodhi trees are widely distributed and propagated in China. I still remember Huineng's poem to Shen Xiu, "Bodhi has no trees, and a mirror is not a stage. There is nothing, where will it cause dust? " It was so widely circulated that many idiots in ancient and modern times suddenly realized it.

Compared with the bodhi trees in Buddhist temples in China, Indian bodhi trees pay more attention to blood relationship. It is said that the bodhi tree that Buddha became a monk is the most enlightening. For the sake of the direct descendants of this bodhi tree, Ashoka once cut down this holy bodhi tree and asked his sister to take it to Sri Lanka for planting. Later, this holy bodhi tree in Bodhgaya, India was destroyed because of the war, so only the bodhi tree in Sri Lanka was the "direct blood" to maintain the origin of the Buddha. Now the bodhi tree of the famous Buddhist temple in India is also transplanted from Sri Lanka.

1954, former Indian Prime Minister Nehru presented a sapling cultivated by a sacred bodhi tree to President Mao Zedong and Premier Zhou Enlai to show the friendship between the two countries. Subsequently, Premier Zhou Enlai handed over the sapling to Beijing Botanical Garden of China Academy of Sciences for protection. Now whenever a monk comes, he will go to the botanical garden to worship this bodhi tree. This is a sacred tree and a tree of friendship.

In China, the bodhi tree also has the function of aging the moon. Compared with the meaning of Buddhism, China people are obviously more inclined to regard the bodhi tree as a kind of marriage tree. Its flower language is the love of husband and wife, lasting forever. Therefore, in many parts of our country, red ropes and concentric cards are hung on bodhi trees for couples who want to marry or come to fulfill their vows.

So the meaning of Bodhi Tree is not only one aspect, but also about faith and human love. What is the meaning of bodhi tree in everyone's mind? For more information about the functions and characteristics of Bodhi Tree, you can also leave a message below to share with dear flower friends!