"Nothing", where four big empty?People who do not understand the dharma, will blurt out: "wine, color, money, gas, is nothing!"Actually, this with Buddhism said nothing, it is silly.

Buddhism of the big four "refers to" earth, water, fire and wind "of the four factors matter.Invented the idea of the big four, also not buddhist, this is for the early stages of the exploration universe ontology and human as a result, in the eastern and western philosophy history, almost have the same trend.Such as it is written in the book of history of China's "water, fire, metal, wood, earth," the five elements;India Veda said, the world is based on "earth, water, air, fire," the five kinds of natural factors;The ancient Greek philosopher, than Chris (Empedocles), was also put forward "gas, water, earth, fire" as the four elements of the universe is constant.

All in all, regardless of the five elements, five, four, is refers to the basic elements of physics, if only that the adhesive, so, the result of the development, is a materialist, so, these thoughts, also is the pioneer of materialism.

Speak nothing, Buddhism is in use of India's inherent thinking and more profound and Buddhism, because the land, water, fire, the four elements of the wind, is the physical universe, such as mountain land belongs to the earth, the sea river belongs to the water, hot sun belong to the big fire, space belongs to the winds.If put them into the human body physiology, hair of the same flesh and blood to belong to the earth, blood secretion of big water, temperature of big fire, breathing belongs to the wind;If say from the physical nature of the big four, is hard to belong to the earth, moistening of big water, warm of big fire, the flow of big wind.But, no matter how to analysis of the four, four end cannot be summarized JingShenJie belongs to the material world.

Buddhism of the big four, there is also a theravada and mahayana.From broadly, theravada Buddhism said four, refers to the basic conditions of physical phenomenon, known as the four big kinds, mean, land, water, fire, wind, is the seed of formation phenomenon of all substances, all of the object, is done because of the big four harmonic distribution;Four big harmony, will be thriving, four contradictions, will be destroyed, physical phenomena, physiological phenomena, so buddhists have a sick patient, referred to as the "four acosmia".Theravada Buddhism watch four kind of purpose, it is make people in short our by the big four false fits into a color, not in color as the real me, not because of the color as me and full of life and death karma, once I see empty, will enter nirvana of the lesser state, no longer cycle life and death.Mahayana Buddhism said four, not referring to the fundamental elements, but refers to the phenomenon of state, is false, is magic is not real, for the formation of the object, only is on the increase margin rather than a fundamental law, has admitted that the seeds of four great object, but I don't think four is the real appearance of object;Theravada Buddhism because I not empty, empty so bearish on the object, still think that the big four minimal quality - "law" is accurate.Theravada Buddhism, however, is not materialistic, but pluralism, because the empty empty not only of Buddhism to the big four, but is empty to five aggregates;Four, it's just a aggregates in the five aggregates.

What is called the five aggregates again?: color, line, want to,,, the former belongs to the material world, belong to JingShenJie after four, four, is the color of aggregates.

Method, life and death within the five aggregates is permeating the air to the five aggregates, to beyond life and death of three worlds.At the same time, we are due to the five aggregates proposed that Buddhism is not only speak nothing, but to further five aggregates are empty.Especially important, the focus of buddhist, does not give priority to with the big four, but to give priority to in order to accumulate knowledge, as for, want to and the aggregates, and accumulate the knowledge foil, is used to display the function of JingShenJie wide and big.