Buddha crossing a predestined person: Dharma and wisdom in life

Chapter 58 Cultivate self-discipline with Buddha-nature——Buddha’s Words Are True, Faithful to God (3)
②Humans do not have estrus.Whenever you want, you can be free and unrestrained, hearty and joyful, and it is not easy to be happy.

③Humans can lie to themselves, but animals can't.For example, no matter how hungry a dog is, it will not eat a dog bone.Humans are different. Humans eat human flesh as venison.

King Zhou killed Boyi Kao, the eldest son of King Wen of Zhou, chopped it into meat stuffing, made pancakes, and told King Wen of Zhou that it was venison.Although King Wen of Zhou knew about it, he ate it as venison in order to survive.

King Wen ate happily on the surface, but in his heart he was extremely miserable.Biting one bite at a time, I said in my heart, son, I'm sorry for you!

This is the low level of King Wen.

Before that, human beings were basically trying to deceive others, and King Wen of Zhou could already be regarded as a master.Evolved to the generation of Cao Cao, he has pushed himself to a peak, so that no one can surpass it thousands of years later.

If it can be confirmed, it should be said to be an important milestone in the history of human evolution.

When Cao Cao went to attack Zhang Xiu, the weather was so hot that several weak soldiers fainted from the heat.The marching speed also became slower and slower. Cao Cao asked the guide where the nearest water source was, and the guide said it was still far away.Cao Cao was worried about delaying the battle, so he said loudly to the soldiers of the army, soldiers!There is a plum grove ahead, let's go quickly.As he spoke, he even secreted a lot of saliva from his own mouth.

What kind of realm is this? I know it's a lie, but I can't help but deceive myself.

King Wen of Zhou cannot be compared with it at all.

In the Song Dynasty, there was a great poet Liu Yong, who was called bohemian by the world.When I was admitted to Jinshi for the first time, I didn't pass the exam.So I made a song called "The Crane Soaring to the Sky", in which there is a sentence "bear the false name, and replace it with light drinking and singing." It means, how can I have the heart to give up drinking flower wine for those false names?In fact, it is not to lie to yourself.I can't bear to take the test.And later, I changed my name and took the exam again, and I was still admitted to Jinshi, and I happily became a member of Tuntian Yuanwailang.

However, he is still no match for Cao Cao.

But nothing can stop human evolution.

In the last century, there was a great character in Chinese novels who deceived himself to the fullest, and he still surpassed Cao Cao.

——Ah Q, after this man was beaten up, he was so angry that he insisted that his son beat his father, which is unreasonable.It is estimated that if Ah Q did not know the word massage at that time, he might have said that when his son massaged Lao Tzu, he did it too hard in order to show his filial piety.

There is another one, who is very happy after giving birth to a son, and has a big banquet for guests.The guests naturally congratulated each other like clouds.Only one gentleman looked at it for a while and said, this son will definitely die in the future.

The king was furious, spoke angrily, and drove the guests out.

This gentleman is of a higher level than Cao Cao, not only has he deceived himself perfectly, but he can even fly into a rage when someone reminds him.

In fact, the two characters described by Mr. Lu Xun are universal among human beings. It can be said that human beings have evolved to this day, and everyone can reach this state.And now some people are advocating Ah Q's spiritual victory method, and some even say that Mr. Lu Xun's article is to teach us to tell some lies at the right time, to deceive others and ourselves, maybe tomorrow will be better.

If you can't afford a car, when you take the bus, you will say that you are saving energy for the country, keeping the traffic smooth, and sacrificing the small self for the sake of the big self.

If you can't afford a villa, you will say that a big house is not good. When your husband is away, you will be afraid to live alone, and you will waste the country's land resources.

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Some people say that Chinese people have been doing the same thing repeatedly throughout their lives - deceiving themselves and others, and being deceived by others.

In fact, the same is true for foreigners. Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, crosses, and churches are all similar. They are all made up to deceive themselves.

Those surnamed Kong basically think they are descendants of Confucius, and those surnamed Li almost think they are in the same family as Li Bai.White people think their blood is pure.

In fact, the ancestors were all monkeys.

Human beings look in the mirror basically to paint and make themselves look less like themselves.

A small number of seriously ill or disfigured people will scream when they see themselves in the mirror: "This is not me..." and so on.Then smash the mirror to pieces.

There is nothing wrong with mirrors, what is wrong is that human beings want to use mirrors to deceive themselves.But mirrors don't lie.

There is a saying that the emperor and the common people are the same in the bath.

That's right, there are two eyes, two arms, and two legs.

However, it is someone else who sees this.

When can you take off your clothes and look at yourself in the mirror.

Buddha speaks Buddhist scriptures, Taoism speaks Dharma

People should keep their duty, do things and take whatever attitude they stand on. When everyone enters the karaoke hall to sing, you should sing; Waking up, you have to wake up too.If everyone is awake and working there, and you are still lying there sleeping, what is the point?That's not crazy, that's stupid enough.

"Do whatever you stand for", the profound connotation is to tell people to follow the trend and adapt to the situation.But there are people like this in life. When others do this, he does that. When others do this, he does that.The euphemistic name is "personality", but in fact it is nothing more than publicizing oneself.But too much publicity becomes insolence.Arrogance is childish performance, it may make you fall into the abyss.

In fact, personality is a kind of talent and temperament that is naturally revealed, not a fashion that is deliberately pursued. Personality is a kind of self-cultivation, not a living habit or way of life that can be easily imitated.Personality is beautiful, but it cannot tolerate publicity.

One of Li Bai's poems is "Send Wang Lun": "Li Bai was about to go on a boat, but suddenly he heard the sound of singing on the shore. The Peach Blossom Pond is a thousand feet deep, and it is not as good as Wang Lun sending me off." Who is Wang Lun?An ordinary common man, layman.Among Su Dongpo's friends, Chen Jichang is the one who remains the most in his written records.Who is Ji Chang?An ordinary common man, layman. "Hedong Lion's Roar" is a vocabulary created by Su Dongpo to ridicule Ji Chang, fearing the tall and strong wife who can do housework, and now it has entered the dictionary.

British writer Monet wrote a best-selling book "The Biography of Sam Jessen". A woman found a mistake in the book and asked him sharply: "How can you make such a common-sense mistake?" Monet Mr. Nei was not angry at all, and replied with a smile on his face: "I'm really sorry, I really feel very ashamed, I didn't notice the mistake you found at all!"

Since we live in the secular world, each of us is an ordinary person, not a god or a monster.Don't rely on being elegant, look down on ordinary people, close yourself up, and isolate yourself.The trivial things among ordinary people embody the true nature of human beings everywhere. They are our food and clothing parents and the source of our wisdom.A person with an equal heart, he will respect all the people in the world who get along with him, regard himself as an ordinary person, a mortal, and sincerely make way for others, paving the way for others, silently setting off the safflower like green leaves, making human nature The essence of kindness, integrity, and nobleness in the book is unfolded in this kind of conformity, and the joy of life is obtained from it.

Where does "elegance" come from?Set vulgarity into elegance.The kindness extracted from "vulgarity" is elegance.Compared with vulgarity, elegance is only able to express the essence of things more concentratedly and rationally, but its source and sublimation object are still vulgarity.

Don't be vulgar!Don't look down on your father, mother, brother, sister, friends, colleagues with your own intelligence or ability, and don't look down on those who are satisfied with immediate, small, near-term, and actual material interests because of survival needs.If you can enable them to obtain longer-term, broader, more sustained, and higher-level happiness, dedicate it.How can we show that people can make the best use of their talents?

"Looking at myself as a flower, looking at other people's old pumpkins", I always want others to turn into green leaves to set off myself. This kind of motivation is "abhorrent" as a matter of course, because it is an over-the-top performance.

"Han Xin ordered more soldiers, the more the better." Facing Liu Bang's question with ulterior motives, Han Xin looked down at the chess game and answered casually.At the critical moment, he didn't know how to restrain himself, and still uttered wild words.Little did he know that his words strengthened Liu Bang's determination to destroy him.Insolence made him push himself to death.We must know how to be introverted while making publicity.

"If you can be crazy about one thing, you will be a teenager."Juvenile's Edge is the most dazzling bright color in the palette.Facing the majestic mountains and rivers, the young Du Fu declared loudly: "I will be at the top of the mountain, and I will see all the small mountains." Chen Ziang's "I don't see the ancients in the past, and I don't see the coming ones in the future. I think about the seclusion of the world, and I feel sad and weep." There is Li Shangyin's "Tongfan Wanli Danshan Road, the young phoenix is ​​as clear as the old phoenix"...these young and talented The heart beats powerfully, thus revealing the myriad of scenes of the Tang Dynasty, making the Tang Dynasty bloom into a peony that stands out from all others, and makes future generations look up and remember it from afar.

However, flowers will always wither.Yuyang drums finally made the prosperous Tang Dynasty a history.Blooming sharply is often a kind of rapid dissipation of energy, and when the tide rises, the ebb and flow becomes inevitable.Yu Qiuyu said that only things that are not ostentatious and not violent can last long.I think this is the law of history.Bo Yang on the burning island was imprisoned for a long time and his wife abandoned him. He began to rethink himself, and eventually grew from an angry youth to a passionate but not extreme thinker.There is nothing wrong with showing your sharpness, but we have to find a more durable way.The journey is long. If we run all the way, we are likely to fall down after crossing the finish line like the heroes of the ancient Greek marathon. We have to go step by step. Although it is slow, we will eventually arrive.This is the thinking and growth after being young and frivolous.

Asimov is a world-renowned science popularizer who created 470 works in his lifetime. In 1958, he resolutely bid farewell to the podium and laboratory. "Do what I want to do, not necessarily the best thing." This is his reason for giving up his professorship.Some say Asimov was "inflated like the Empire State Building" and that he just did things his own way with "no modesty."In this regard, he said, "Unless someone can prove that what I said seems to be very conceited is not true, otherwise I refuse to accept the so-called conceited accusation." On the one hand, he is good at self-discipline.Both individuality and self-restraint are reflected in Asimov.

Indeed, everyone's personality is different, which is why everyone's destiny and life are different.Having a different life depends on people's attitude towards life.Maybe you don't know how to show off your personality, but you know how to restrain yourself. Over time, you will not find it difficult to find the boring side of life, but all this is actually given by yourself.Perhaps, you understand the relationship between the two, and you can perform well, but the outside world has more or less public opinion pressure on you, and there is always a lot of helplessness in life, just like Asimov, understanding How many people does he want to experience life in this way?

After experiencing the high-spiritedness and sharpness of youth and the thinking of youth, people are finally going to truly mature.He is no longer as glaring and unapproachable as he was when he was young; he began to radiate a round and soft radiance.He is becoming perfect.Su Dongpo of Huangzhou is no longer that arrogant talent or high-ranking official, he has returned to become "a sick man of lonely Dongpo", he is just a simple and sincere literati.He nostalgic for the past in Chibi, walking through the forest; he no longer cares about the gains and losses in his official career, his vision has expanded from the two-dimensional present to the three-dimensional ancient and modern.His inner core is full.He dared to chant "Bamboo sticks and straw shoes lightly beat horses, who is afraid? A cloud of smoke and rain Ren Pingsheng", he walked calmly on the mountain road.His "Red Cliff Fu" has become an immortal chapter in Chinese culture and has been recited from generation to generation.This is true maturity.Not resistance, not anger, not tit-for-tat, but like the bright moon in the mountains, complete and perfect, shedding clear light to the world, but self-sufficient, not driven by external things, this is the great state of life.

Restrain yourself.If personality is a glass, we play with it to the fullest, but don't let it break, in fact it doesn't matter if it breaks, the key is not to let it hurt your hands.Self-restraint can be said to be careful, and everything should be considered and done again and again, so as to avoid mistakes as much as possible.Since we are all afraid of failure and don't want to experience too much pain, we should restrain ourselves even more.Mr. Lu Xun said: "There is no road in this world, and the road will become a road if there are many people walking." I really admire the first person who dared to overcome obstacles and bravely open a road. Things that no one else has done, things that others dare not do.However, don't forget that life is as easy and simple as opening a road?Maybe it’s okay if we don’t succeed in the road, we won’t pay much price, but life is different, maybe a failure will cost you a very heavy price, and whether you can bear it, it won’t care, but don’t complain Life is cruel and unfair, because the source of the pain is your own carelessness.Yes, if you are not careful, you may be buried in the abyss, but how sure are you that you will not fail?Therefore, if we want to avoid failure as much as possible, we must learn to restrain ourselves and be cautious.

Wandering thoughts cannot reach the other shore where the dark fragrance of May floats.We must learn to restrain ourselves while publicizing our individuality, and we must never give up one or the other.Please don't "trample on yourself" to regard life as a waste of copper and iron. To be a smart person, you must learn to show your personality and restrain yourself.

(End of this chapter)