China's ancient Daigo means: the oil condensed on the cheese, used in Buddhism to mean the instillation of wisdom, so that people are completely enlightened. The metaphor is that listening to the wise advice makes one greatly inspired, and it also describes coolness and comfort.

"Daigo" is originally from the cow's milk repeatedly refined and obtained from the sweet food, the Indian people not only as "the world's first on the flavor", and that it has a high medicinal value. In Buddhism, "Daigo" is often used as a metaphor for the "supreme flavor of the law" (the highest doctrine), "Nirvana", "Buddha nature" and so on. The As for the "dunking", it was originally an ancient Indian ceremony when a new king ascended to the throne: water from the four seas was put in a vase and poured into the top of the new king, symbolizing that the new king had enjoyed the power to rule over the "four seas".

The Tantric sect follows this practice, and when a monk is promoted to the rank of Ajahn Chah (normative teacher), he "pours nectar into the top of the Buddha's son, so that the Buddha's seed will never cease to exist." (see Dainichi Sutra). (See Dainichi Sutra, Volume 15.) Later, in poetry and literature, the term "nectar of the Buddha" was used as a metaphor for instilling wisdom and Buddha-nature, removing doubts, and cooling the mind, and was also interpreted by some dictionaries as pure ghee.

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Other Meanings of Daigo

1, a metaphor for refined wine

Because of the refined nature of Daigo, the ancients also called the refined wine "Daigo", which is mostly found in poems. Bai Juyi once wrote a poem titled "Returning", which reads: "I feel sorry for my family's brewing in the spring, and I have a jar of Daigo to wait for my return". There is also "Drinking Huzhou Wine in the Morning - Sending to Envoy Cui", "Amber is scarce in my hands, but cold Daigo is on my tongue".

2, a metaphor for the high and pure character

The same is borrowed from the rare, refined characteristics of Daigo, the ancients used Daigo to refer to the high and pure people. The New Book of Tang has praised Mu Ning's four sons, Mu Zan, Mu quality, Mu member, Mu reward, said: "Brothers are and pure, the world to the eye of the precious flavor, Zan less vulgar, but there is a pattern, for the cheese; quality for the pasty; member of the Buddha's purest; reward for the emulsions."