[补财库道教]正月初五 迎财神,补财库
正月初五,大多数人知道迎财神,但对于道教补财库的科仪和作用都不十分了解。我在这里做一个普及的解说。这个解说是科幻版的:
平行世界的说法已经被很多人接受了,说是在另一个空间里,有一个与地球上的你一样的一个人,两人互为存在,相互影响。
不过道教认为平行世界只有一个,与你相关联的也只有一个“另一个你”。
道教认为地球上的你赚不到钱,或许不是因为你不努力,也不是因为没机会,而是因为那个平行世界里的你也是个穷人,所以影响到了你在地球上赚钱的活。
勤劳勇敢睿知的道教先知们,发明了连结平行世界的方法,也找到了解决个人财富增值的方法,就是往平行世界的那个你的库房里加满那个世界的财富,地球上的你赚钱就顺风顺水了。
有人会说,恩……能不能直接往我地球上的帐户里存钱,这样就方便了。这……完全是可以的,不过直接存钱的价格是1:1的,你拿出多少钱,我会帮你存到你的户头上去的,说不定还要收点小小的跑腿费。
而加满那个平行世界里的财富,是用纸元宝之类的神仙们认为的“钱”。用地球上的钱只会是按百来计算的,而今后你能赚到的钱根据你自己的气运,或是以万、十万、百万计,所以建议大家都请道长往另一个世界的自己库房里堆点钱好了,这个方法比较合算。
有很多人还不明白的话,我可以举个可能不是十分匹配,但却很现代的例子。
大家都用手机刷支付宝付钱,其实手机只是一个媒介,真正刷走的是你支付宝连结的银行卡里的钱。按照道教的说法,平行世界那个你就像是你的银行卡,地球上的你就像是个客户端,卡里有钱了,客户端怎么刷都会出钱的。也就是说平行世界的你富了,地球上的你就能发了。
科幻版的说完了,现在准备说传统道教版的了。有些道长要批评我了,说这都说的是什么,连我们也看不懂。我再说一下上面这个说法的传统道教版。上面说的其实是道教的“补财库”科仪。
道法中有许多的法事及方法,可以帮助人在追求事业及名利中,减少阻碍,补财库也是一种很有效的方法。
补财库也有很多说道。有寄天库,我们先将天库钱跟天钱寄在天库之中已备我们来生受用,所谓“天库寄补,则后事不愁也”。有还地库,我们前生所做之业或所欠之财必须还之,故还地库可保在生者事事顺利,小人远离。还有补水库,水府掌管现世人的财富,故需要补水库以让财富滚滚而来。
这据说是道教在招财法科中最为正统的做法。而且其法是当中最重要的部分是在奏疏跟封库押送,最后一一清点库钱。这样的法科需要正统且能传度奏职的法师才有能力行之。
当你三库都补完后,则可请法师为你做造库的法事。何为造库。许多人会赚钱,也有钱赚但奇怪那钱往往赚进来後没多久又流掉了,自己也不知道为什么好像钱都守不住。这就是所谓的有财无库。当你三库补完开始入了财,就要开始造库,经由法师做法造库摧动财库招财。使求法者财库饱满,且不会随意漏财。
关于将传统道教版的“补财库”科仪,诠释成以上“科幻版”,也不是随便说说的,里面关系到很多道教对于世界的认知。
第一,“平行世界只有一个”与“天地人三界”
有人会说,我们所在的是人界,道教认为有三界,那不是还有天地两界吗?是这样说的,在道教中,天地两界与人界是不同的,但天地两界应该是一个世界的不同地方。天地两界一起组成的世界,不是人界的三维空间。道教认为天地两界是与人类世界相重叠的另一个维度空间,并且与人界有相联系的“时空门”,这个时空门就是我们常说的“洞天福地”,通过“洞天福地”可以穿越到天地界中。
第二,平行世界的另一个你
这里用“庄周梦化蝶”的寓言来作解释。
《庄子·齐物论》曰:“昔者庄周梦为蝴蝶,栩栩然蝴蝶也。自喻适志与!不知周也。俄然觉,则蘧蘧然周也。不知周之梦为蝴蝶与?蝴蝶之梦为周与?周与蝴蝶则必有分矣。此之谓物化。”
故庄子所说梦幻与真,于修真者看来,则是另一重境界。有一个修真的故事是这么说的:
庄子当年修道,静坐时,常见到自己变成一个大蝴蝶,翅大如轮,不停的飞舞于天地之间,心中不解,问道于师尊老子,老子乃道家开山祖师,慧目一观,已知就理。告知庄生:“开天辟地之初,有一个大玉蝴蝶,采天地之灵气,吸日月之精华,凡此八千年而得道,后因偷采王母蟠桃园的花蕊,为守园的白鹤童子啄死,一点真灵不散,托生而变成今日之庄生。”此玉蝴蝶即是庄子的阳神。庄子问老子曰:“是庄生变成了蝴蝶,还是蝴蝶变成了庄生这个人?”老子答曰:“蝴蝶即是庄生,庄生就是蝴蝶。”庄子由此而悟道,著《齐物论》,了幻与真。
阳神本游于天外。化为一点灵光入于凡体之中,开始一段凡尘之旅。人醒时是阳神之梦,人梦时或可见阳神之轮回之过程。庄子曰:梦时亦梦,醒时是梦,醒与梦皆阳神之梦境也。唯有修真,便可回于天外,至此而梦醒。
道教认为玉蝴蝶是庄子之阳神,阳神之所在,即是那个平行世界,是阳神的家,而投胎其实是阳神出门旅行。所以阳神所在家里的财富充足,出来旅行的“旅途”,也会财富充足。如果阳神所在之平行世界里财富不足,请道长们帮忙好了。
中国的语言和语境,因为社会的发展,发生了很大的变化。道教对自己教法的诠释也要与时俱进,同一件事用不同的语言来说,感觉会大不相同。
比如对于未知的力量,如果归结为神明,有些年轻人就会觉得老套和迷信。于是很多人归结为外星人,一下子让人觉得很科技,很神秘。其实都是归结为未知,换汤不换药而已。
所以我就写了这一篇,是尝试用既“现代”又“年轻”的语言来解释道教科仪的一个试验。
又,这其实是一篇老文,借今天的日子,我修改了一下又发了,希望大家能喜欢。
英语翻译“
Today, on the fifth day of the first lunar month, most people know the God of Wealth, but they don’t know much about the rituals and functions of Taoist replenishment bank. I am here to make a popular commentary. This commentary is in the science fiction version:
The theory of parallel worlds has been accepted by many people, saying that in another dimension, there is a person like you on the earth, and the two exist and influence each other.
However, Taoism believes that there is only one parallel world, and there is only one “other you” associated with you.
Taoism believes that you can’t make money on earth, perhaps not because you don’t work hard or because you don’t have the opportunity, but because you are also a poor person in that parallel world, so it affects your earning life on earth.
The industrious, brave, and knowledgeable Taoist prophets invented a way to connect parallel worlds, and also found a way to solve the increase in personal wealth. That is to fill your treasury in the parallel world with the wealth of that world. On earth, you will make money. It’s smooth.
Some people will say, um…Can you deposit money directly into my account on the earth? That would be convenient. This… is totally okay, but the price of direct deposit is 1:1. How much money you put out, I will help you deposit it in your account, maybe a small fee for running errands.
And to fill up the wealth in that parallel world is the “money” that gods like paper ingots think. The money on the earth will only be calculated in hundred, and the money you can earn in the future may be in tens of thousands, 100,000, or millions based on your own luck, so I suggest that everyone ask for a long time. It’s better to pile up some money in one of the world’s own treasury, this method is more cost-effective.
If many people still don’t understand, I can give a very modern example that may not match very well.
Everyone uses their mobile phones to swipe Alipay to pay. In fact, mobile phones are just a medium. What you really swipe away is the money in your bank card linked to Alipay. According to Taoism, you in the parallel world are like your bank card, and you on the earth are like a client. If there is money in the card, the client will pay out no matter how you use it. In other words, if you in the parallel world become rich, you on the earth will be able to post.
The science fiction version is finished, now I am ready to talk about the traditional Taoist version. Some Taoists are going to criticize me, saying what this is all about, even we can’t understand it. Let me talk about the traditional Taoist version of the above statement. What I said above is actually the Taoist “b