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Chapter 425 What exactly is going to let go

The third type is a person who knows how to be grateful.Master Juekong explained that in today's society, the relationship between people is becoming more and more complicated. Many people say that people's hearts are cold and they have lost their gratitude.

All kindness to others seems to have become a kind of should and a kind of necessity.This is true among friends, among classmates, and even among relatives.Therefore, we should try our best to avoid resentment, and the best way to eliminate resentment is to look at people and things from the perspective of gratitude.

It is impossible for a person to live alone without all things. Living between heaven and earth, including eating a mouthful of food, drinking a mouthful of water, and even breathing a mouthful of air, one must be grateful.Doing so will reduce resentment.

Gratitude is a kind of good deed. We should be grateful to all those who treat us kindly, to all things in the world, and to repay each other with gratitude.Only when a person is grateful can he know how to cherish, respect, and give, and then he can feel the beauty of life.To be grateful to others is to treat yourself kindly, which is a blessing.

Master Juekong said that the fourth type is those who can afford and let go.He told us a story.

One day, the old monk and the young monk were traveling around and encountered a river on the way. They saw a woman who was about to cross the river, but dared not cross it.

The old monk took the initiative to carry the woman across the river, then put down the woman and continued on the road with the young monk.

The little monk couldn't help muttering all the way: What happened to Master?How dare you carry a woman across the river?

Walking all the way, thinking all the way, the little monk finally couldn't bear it and asked the master: "Master, you broke the precept, how can you carry a woman across the river?"

The old monk sighed: I have already let go, but you still can't let go!

A gentleman is magnanimous, and a villain is always sad.Only by being broad-minded, able to afford and let go of things, can we always maintain a healthy state of mind.But who in this world can really afford and let it go?
Master Juekong said that once a person has feelings, he will not let go of affection; if he has money, he will not let go of wealth; if he has a position, he will not let go of power. That's why there is so much reluctance, and that's why it's not so easy to pick up and let go.

Affordable is ability, let go is wisdom.To achieve "letting go", one must have an open-minded attitude towards life.Simple life is good, you can do everything with all your heart, and you don’t need to be overly persistent in pursuit; cherish what you get in time, and let go of what you can’t get; always show others with a smile, and don’t worry too much about gains and losses; Treat them all with a normal heart.

Xiao Xiaoxiao grabbed Wang Yiyuan's hand tightly, lowered her head and said in a low voice, this Master Juekong, I think there is still something wrong.What he said is quite right, life is only a few decades, so why bother to embarrass yourself and others?Really, there are a lot of things, I also think it's better to let go!

Wang Yiyuan looked at Xiao Xiaoxiao, smiled slightly, and said, "Xiaoxiao, you seem to have a fairy spirit in your speech today. Why do I feel that you and the mage on the stage are so compatible in words?
However, from my understanding, how can everything go well in life, how can everything go well in life?Wang Yiyuan thought for a while and said, therefore, don’t be serious with others, because it’s not worth it; don’t be serious with yourself, because you can’t afford to be hurt; don’t be serious with the past, because it’s worthless; don’t be serious with reality, because you have to continue.

Master Juekong put his palms together at last and said, Amitabha.Today's lecture, in fact, boils down to one sentence: because of kindness, so tolerance.Life is too short, there is no time to regret, don't leave a minute for those people or things that make you unhappy.Dare to admit mistakes, be able to endure, know how to be grateful, and be able to take things up and let them go, such people will have a good life!
After the lecture, Master Juekong did not leave immediately, but also interacted with the believers at the scene.

Someone asked, Master, you just said: "let go", what exactly do you mean to let go, can you explain it to us again?

Master Juekong thought for a while, then said with a smile, there is such a story in Buddhist scriptures.

Fanzhi took two flowers and offered them to the Buddha.

Buddha said: put it down.

Fan Zhi put down the flowers in his hands.

The Buddha said again: let go.

Fanzhi said: Both hands are empty, what more should I let go?
The Buddha said: You should let go of the six dusts outside, the six roots inside, and the six consciousnesses in the middle.When you reach the state where you have nothing to give up, that is, you are free from the other state of life and death.

He said that the synonym of letting go is "letting go". In fact, just looking at the literal meaning, you know that "letting go" is quite difficult.Giving up is indeed as difficult as cutting meat. How difficult it is to "give up" after "cutting"! But life is about giving up everywhere, never giving up everywhere, it's hard to give up, come and go.

Master Juekong told another little story.A rich man carried a lot of gold and silver treasures and went to a distant place to find happiness.But after walking through thousands of mountains and rivers, he couldn't find happiness, so he sat down by the mountain road in frustration.

A farmer came down from the mountain with a large bundle of firewood on his back. The rich man said: "I am an enviable rich man. Excuse me, why am I not happy?"

The farmer put down the heavy firewood and wiped his sweat comfortably: "Happiness is also very simple. Letting go is happiness!" Where does happiness come from?
Master Juekong said, it can be seen how difficult it is to achieve the tranquility of the heart and body, not to be moved by sorrow and joy, and not to be affected by the flow of words in the outside world.When we are moved by the external environment, it is like throwing the wind into the air. We must go out empty-handed and return empty-handed.

Many famous Zen masters in the past and the scriptures left by them all tell us that the original nature is like clear water, like a bright mirror, like the moon.When have we ever seen the sea retaliate when scolded, the bright mirror rejoice when praised, and the moon change when it is sung?
He said that if the sea could be moved by people, it would not be so vast; if the mirror could be defiled by people, it would not be so clean; if the moon could turn around with people, it would not be so gentle and universal.

Master Juekong said that in life, the heavy burdens on us are often imposed by ourselves. After all, it is difficult for people to let go of all attachments.To untie the bell, you need the person who tied it. As long as you have no worries and can understand the true meaning of "gaining" and "giving up" in life, the adversity will be reduced a lot, and the adversity will definitely increase a lot.

Hearing this, Wang Yiyuan said softly, there are many people who don't want to let go, but how many people are able to fully understand the situation?
Xiao Xiaoxiao said, in fact, it is not difficult to really let go.As long as we carefully calculate the account of years, feelings, money and fame, we will understand that money and fame are just passing clouds, while body, emotion and family affection are what we cherish the most.

(End of this chapter)