Buddha crossing a predestined person: Dharma and wisdom in life

Chapter 48 Cultivate Forbearance and Humiliation with the Buddha's Heart—Forbearance is the cave, and humiliation is the blessed place (2)
Liu Qiang worked very hard, getting up at 5:40 every morning and training until 8 pm.This training is more labor-intensive than the factory, which made many caddies want to quit, but Liu Qiang persisted.Compared with the hardship he endured in the countryside, this kind of suffering is like a child's disease. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

In addition to training, Liu Qiang frantically studies cultural knowledge.In his opinion, an outstanding golf player must be a gentleman with profound knowledge and elegant manners.Liu Qiang got to know Tiger Woods and the current development of golf, which is still only played by a small number of elites in China.

On March 1998, 3, Chang'an Golf Club posted a notice to establish a team, and players were to be selected from existing caddies.Liu Qiang signed up immediately.With his clever mind, agility and strong physique, he passed the exam again.Liu Qiang's life has undergone tremendous changes.

In 1999, Liu Qiang signed up for the Great White Shark China Golf Amateur Open and won the 15th place.Chang'an Golf Club praised him in writing, which greatly boosted his confidence.

Throughout 2000, Liu Qiang was training hard.He got acquainted with Mr. Liu Bingguang, chairman of the Hong Kong Golf Association.Initially, the two often met on the court and rarely spoke to each other.One day, Liu Qiang was practicing, and Liao Bingguang walked up to him and said, "I see you training here every time I come here. You are the hardest-working player I have ever seen, and you will succeed." During the conversation, Liu Qiang knew that Liao Bingguang was Hong Kong PGA coach.Under his sincere plea, Liao Bingguang agreed to guide him.In order to improve Liu Qiang's skills, Liao Bingguang even took time from Hong Kong to practice with him.

Once, Liao Bingguang and Liu Qiang made an appointment to practice short game together, and it happened to be a hot day.In less than half an hour, the two of them were drenched.Liu Qiang said: "Master, let's practice after a short rest." But Liao Bingguang said: "If we encounter such weather during the competition, can we rest? When will we practice if we don't practice now?" Hours.In order to let Liu Qiang train with peace of mind, Liao Bingguang gave him a sum of money and a pair of sunglasses.Under Liao Bingguang's guidance, Liu Qiang's ball became better and better.

In the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, China sent four golf players to participate.Liu Qiang is one of them.

Since 2001, Liu Qiang has participated in the national golf professional player examination for three consecutive years. In April 2003, he became a professional coach and participated in professional games throughout the year in this capacity.At the end of the year, his total points for the year ranked tenth in the country.According to the regulations at the time, the top 4 players in the year-end total points can automatically change their careers.He finally became one of the few professional players in China and realized the dream he had pursued for many years.

Now, Liu Qiang has become the chief examiner of the caddy exam and has his own golf school, which specializes in teaching people how to play golf.

Mr. Chen Xiangmei, a famous Chinese leader, pointed out: "No matter where the Chinese are, because they come from China, which has a vast land and abundant resources, has a culture and history of 5000 years, and has been influenced by Confucianism and Mencius. They all have a sense of mission, which can be said to transcend parties, regions, and even time and space. This sense of mission enables Chinese people to pursue China's strength and unity in today's ever-changing world situation."

The characterization and determination of the Chinese people "not to change with the situation" come from such a sense of sacred mission of living up to their ancestors, the world, and themselves.

Only unworthy children and grandchildren will live without self-confidence, self-esteem, self-improvement, and self-reliance, reverse the relationship of give and take, and deal with life and work carelessly. "When you are hungry, you will attach yourself, if you are full, you will grow, if you are hungry, you will grow, and if you are cold, you will abandon it." ("Cai Gen Tan") When you are hungry and cold, you will sell yourself for glory, and when you are full and warm, you will lose your composure. to trample.Only unworthy children and grandchildren can do this kind of demeaning behavior with no certainty and determination at all.

In today's world, the Yamato nation and the German nation that are as good as our Chinese nation, their descendants are doing better than us in inheriting the spiritual wealth of their ancestors.What they have done better is exactly what we should absorb, and integrate new nutrients and new resources into the Chinese spirit.

A person with ambition makes a vow once and sticks to it for life; a person without ambition makes a vow every day, going from place to place.No matter what you learn or do, you must have a single-minded goal, and you should not be half-hearted. Only in this way can you make continuous progress.Otherwise, it is easy to give up halfway and achieve nothing.

There was a young man named Guangzang, who wanted to be a sculptor of Buddha statues before he studied Buddhism, so he specially visited Zen master Dongyun, hoping that Zen master could give him some common sense about Buddha statues so that he could achieve success in carving.

When Zen Master Dongyun saw him, he told him to fetch water from the well without saying a word.When Dongyun saw Guangzang's action of drawing water, he suddenly cursed and drove him away.Because it was almost dusk, the other disciples felt sympathetic when they saw this situation, so they asked the master to stay in the temple for a night and let him leave tomorrow.

In the middle of the night, he was woken up and went to see Zen master Dongyun. The Zen master said to him in a gentle tone: "Maybe you don't know why I scolded you last night, but I will tell you now that Buddha statues are worshiped by people." Therefore, the sculptor must have a pious heart for the Buddha statues to be worshiped in order to carve solemn Buddha statues. During the day I saw that when you drew water, the water overflowed the bucket. Although it was a small amount of water, it was all merit. You don't care about what is bestowed by fate. How can such a person who doesn't cherish blessings and wastes them easily carve Buddha statues?"

Guangzang was quite moved by this instruction and admired him endlessly. After introspection, he finally became a disciple. His carving skills for Buddha statues are also unique!
For the Buddha statues to be worshipped, the sculptors must have a pious heart in order to carve solemn Buddha statues.A pious heart is professionalism. Does it only mean carving Buddha statues?No matter what you do, you should have a pious heart and work hard.

The ancients said: "Nothing is difficult or easy, only perseverance can make it happen. The so-called diamond is not strong, but the strength of the wish is strong." When marching towards one's goal.Resist the temptation of all kinds of complicated world affairs, and abandon those factors that will hinder you.Be firm in your beliefs.At the same time, once you know that your actions are contrary to your goals, you must correct them immediately.Fascinated, so good that you are crazy, you will definitely succeed; because everything outside the world is out of the question and out of your mind, this is the way to success.This is the only way to maximize self-worth.This is the truth of being a human being and doing things that the master told us.

Faith is Buddha, strong and brave
The mind of a sage, for the society and the country, is "knowing that it can't be done", although he knows that it can't be saved, but he insists on saving it, and it counts as much as he does.The reason why Confucius is holy is here.Knowing that this person cannot be saved, I tried my best to save him, and counted as much as I could save. This is the sage of Confucius.

Wang Meng said: Among the ancient Chinese sayings, there is nothing more touching and tragic than "knowing what is impossible but doing it".From ancient times to the present, due to various reasons, under certain circumstances, the overall situation of injustice, insensitivity, and unhealthiness will appear.Another situation is that due to insufficient subjective strength, the success of one thing is too uncertain.How to do?Is it to retreat in spite of difficulties or to advance in spite of difficulties?

And some people with lofty ideals, patriots, pioneers, revolutionaries, and masters, knowing that correct ideas are at a disadvantage, that a just cause is at a disadvantage, that a clear mind is at a disadvantage, and that their own strength is far from enough, they still have the determination to die. The estimation of defeat, to step forward and make an effort that has no hope of success is called knowing that it is impossible, knowing that it will definitely not succeed, knowing that it will bring danger to itself, knowing that it cannot be understood by many people, and its situation is really bad. Don't give up, but do it, and still do it.How many national heroes did this: Yue Fei, Wen Tianxiang, Shi Kefa... They made efforts to turn the tide when the dynasty was hopeless, but they could only die in the line of duty.Here is what Kant called a categorical imperative, unconditional, unreserved, and non-negotiable, and we cannot imagine that they could have had any other choice.Many revolutionaries did the same, such as Qiu Jin and Li Dazhao. They were not afraid to pay the price in the most difficult situation.Also, Han Yu's admonition to welcome the Buddha's bone, and Hai Rui's dismissal also left a deep impression on people.In scientific experiments, scientific research, artistic creation, academic exploration, and the formation of new theoretical systems, there are countless examples of making myself a stepping stone, a stone for paving the way, and a prelude to an epoch-making breakthrough. Without their If we know what is impossible and do it, there will be no future generations to make it possible, there will be no historical progress and scientific progress, there will be no accumulation and glory of human civilization, and there will be no epic history, present and future.

Earlier we talked about some principles and principles of being a human being, but don’t mistakenly think that if you learn a little nobility and brilliance, you can be handy, invincible, and invincible in a hundred battles, just like entering the land of no one.No, it's impossible. Ideals are not achieved overnight, and benchmarks are not reached in one leap. You can't do things after you have learned everything, and you can only do things when you fail again and again. In the process of learning, learn from miscalculations and setbacks, gaffes and embarrassments.You have done ten things, and the last one is smooth and smooth, with ease, doing nothing but doing everything, every action must hit the mark, and every action must be effective. This is also worthy of praise and satisfaction.As for the first nine things, what you are after is to transform the environment, but what you achieve is still unfamiliar; The most important thing is to win without fighting, but it still takes a lot of effort.This is not only unsurprising, but almost inevitable and necessary.What is this indicating?In addition to transforming the environment, in addition to making the best use of the situation, in addition to a calm and rational smile, you must have the spirit of knowing what can't be done, and you must have the spirit of not being afraid of obstacles, failures, risks, and sacrifices while pursuing success, excellence, and high realms. , not to be afraid of the determination and courage to invest.

Here is one more point, a serious point, I must tell readers: Although I firmly believe that virtue is necessary, wisdom, light, heart and state are necessary and have wonderful effects, but these good things are not destined to appear As far as they are invincible, their recognition, their play, use and success still need a process.Before, during, and after the process began, there were still people who hated virtue, hated wisdom.The reason is simple, your kindness contrasts his or her viciousness, your wisdom highlights his or her stubbornness, your broadness reveals his or her narrowness, your light shines on his or her darkness, your Knowledge and eagerness to learn have more contrasted his or her confusion, headstrong, ignorance and incompetence.In this way, your existence becomes a challenge to the villain, a fool, and a fool, a shame to him or her, and a thorn in his side.How to do it?Can one become unkind, unlearned, unwisdom, unbright, unmagnanimous, or sublime?Is it possible to surrender to stupidity and malice?No, it's impossible, you can only do it if you know it's impossible.

Knowing that you can't do it, you must be a person with courage, ambition, ambition, and goals.

"Sun Tzu's Art of War" has a saying: "If you surrender, you will lose, if you fight, you will win, and if you go, you will be hard to win." , is not invincible.In the past, Xiang Yu's bravery of never dying and never returning, defeated the main force of Qin's army in one fell swoop. Xiang Yu faced the Qin army whose army was dozens of times larger than his own, and defeated it with the courage to go straight to the sky.In terms of courage, who dares to compete with him!

Pu Songling was in her 70s and wanted to take the exam in Beijing, but she still failed.He had the ambition to save all the people from suffering, but he was not used by the imperial court, so that he "retired to discuss book policies to relieve his anger".Pu Songling was faced with losing his name again and again, knowing that the court would not use him, but still wanted to take the exam.It can be said that he is really a person with lofty ideals!

"Look at the world full of wolf dogs, how many people can live together and get married."Lin Juemin embarked on the road of new-democratic revolution, with the emotion of saving the people wholeheartedly. Faced with the strong resistance of the Beiyang warlords, he resolutely contributed to the revolution. spread widely.It must be said that there are people with ambition!

During the Civil War between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the strength of the Communist army under the leadership of Mao Zedong and the Kuomintang army led by Chiang Kai-shek were too different.But Mao Zedong still braved all kinds of hardships to fight against the powerful Kuomintang army.In the end, to win the struggle, if Mao Zedong gave up fighting because of the strength of the Kuomintang, the loss to the Chinese people would be immeasurable. However, Mao Zedong knew that he could not do it. After a long struggle, he finally won , It can be described as a person with a goal!
Knowing that you can't do it, do it, and move forward step by step in the face of difficulties. Although you fail, you still have no regrets, and you have no regrets until you die. The world is not full of heroes.Death is either heavier than Mount Tai, or lighter than a feather.Life is only a few decades, but without some courage, ambition, ambition, and goals, how can you do something great? Wouldn't it be a waste of time in the world?
Do it knowingly that you can't do it, and do it with all your life, don't wait for old age to lament in vain.I don't know that chic is also a real hero!Perseverance is the only way to go to the end on the road of life and fully demonstrate the value of life!
If you know you can't do it, you will be honored even if you lose!

It is difficult to obtain the Western Heavenly Scripture without going through 81 kalpas

A person must have a beginning and an end, as Confucius said, "For a long time, you must not forget your life's words."Sometimes we generously promise something, and it is easy to say a word. We cannot forget our original motivation for saying that sentence after a few days.That's why Confucius said, after a long period of time, a person does not forget what he said in his life, and he must do what he says, and if he can do it, he is a great person.

It's not easy for a person to forget about life and death on the battlefield of thousands of troops and go all out to win success and become famous.However, on the journey of life, walking slowly and piecemeal, sometimes it is really unbearable, and there will be a sense of fear.At this time, you can have no fear, no worries, no troubles, and have a beginning and an end, that is a remarkable person.

People do bad things not because your ability to do things is poor, but because you didn't take things seriously to the end. If you can do things wholeheartedly and persist until the end, you will definitely get things done.

Furukawa City Hei was born in an ordinary family in Japan. He lived a life of starvation since he was a child. He worked as a clerk in a tofu shop when he was very young.Later, he was employed by a usurer to collect debts for his master. One night, he went to a client's house to collect debts. He was ignored by the people and even turned off the lights to go to bed. He had to wait hungry until the next morning.The borrower was moved by his professionalism and his loyalty to the boss, so he repaid the loan he didn't want to repay in time.

Furukawa Bingwei's employer later learned from the borrower that he had waited all night to get back the loan. He admired his professionalism and recognized him as a person, so he introduced him to a sonless man. The rich man is the adopted son.Furukawa Bingwei was assigned to work in the wealthy Ono group.In the process of work, Furukawa City Heibei has outstanding achievements in hard work, and was promoted to general manager after a short working time in the wealthy Ono group.During his tenure as the general manager, he bought a scrap copper mine with the consent of his adoptive father and spent 1000 taels of gold. He led people to explore the mine. Three years passed and he invested a lot of money, but he did not dig a copper mine. stone.He ate and lived with the miners and conducted a miserable operation.In the fourth year, he finally dug out a very high-grade copper vein, and recovered all his investment after only one year of mining.After the second year after the mine is found, the profits are huge every year, and the profit rate increases year by year.At that time, Furukawa Bingwei became a famous big mining boss in Japan, and his copper mine became a famous big mine in Japan.Japan is a country poor in mineral resources, and the government also attaches great importance to it. It has given certain preferential policies to its mines, so that its mines continue to grow and develop.The copper mine he operated has become a pillar enterprise of the Japanese mining industry, and Furukawa Bingwei has also become a celebrity in the Japanese business circle.At that time, he became a well-known mining king in the country and was known as the vanguard of Japan's mining development.

The success of Furukawa Bingwei is mainly due to his perseverance in the face of failure.

Churchill was invited to attend a speech meeting. In order to make a speech successfully, he carefully prepared before the meeting, recited the speech script repeatedly, and practiced the speech by himself. He was afraid that he would make a fool of himself and be ridiculed by others.

After careful preparation, Churchill attended the lecture as scheduled. As soon as he entered the speech venue, he was very nervous, his heart beat faster, and beads of sweat appeared on his face.According to the arrangement of the meeting, it was time for him to give a speech on the stage. He walked onto the stage and bowed to the audience, and then began to speak, without saying a few words. Because he was too nervous, he forgot all the speech notes he had memorized. His mind went blank, and his face flushed with anxiety. He couldn't save this embarrassing situation, so he had to leave the podium and return to his original seat, giving up the opportunity to speak, and the speech would continue.

(End of this chapter)