Sense of ghosts and gods, clean body and mind,
Can remove dirt, sleep,
Make friends in silence, steal time in the dust,
Never tired of more, but little is enough,
Immortal for a long time, often used without hindrance.
Huang Tingjian (1045.8.9-1105.5.24), whose real name is Lu Zhi, a Taoist in the valley, was named Fuweng at night. He was born in Fenning, Hongzhou (now xiushui county, Jiangxi). He was a famous writer and calligrapher in the Northern Song Dynasty. He was the founder of Jiangxi Poetry School and has been very popular for a long time. Huang Tingjian, the master of Xiang Xuehai, is as famous as Su Shi, and is known as "Su Huang". He is the author of Valley Ci, whose calligraphy is unique, and he is one of the "Song Sijia". Not only that, Huang Tingjian is also a master of incense, and his Ten Virtues of Incense has a far-reaching influence on the study of incense culture in later generations. To understand the ten virtues of incense, we must stand on the cultural standpoint and cultivation realm of Huang Tingjian/Yixiangyuan agarwood, so as not to understand its meaning simply and popularly. For example, although the words "obstacle" and "obstruction" have the same meaning, they also have different meanings.
Feel ghosts and gods
Incense is "born of pure yang gathered in heaven and earth". With the nature of pure yang, it feels heaven above and earth below, so it has the function of "feeling ghosts and gods" Incense permeates the three realms and can sense the essence from heaven and earth.
Feeling: induction. G: Go, go, feel. Ghosts and gods: God and essence. In ancient times, it refers to a kind of convergence and divergence change of essence between heaven and earth.
"God calls God, and people call ghosts and gods. It is also said that the essence of a saint is called a god, and the essence of a saint is called a ghost. " In short, it refers to the essence of gathering and dispersing between heaven and earth. Because incense is a substance that gathers the pure yang of heaven and earth, it is pure and beautiful, and nature is connected with the pure goodness and pure beauty (energy) gathered between heaven and earth. Therefore, people should understand that when people have the attributes of pure goodness and beauty in their hearts, they will naturally communicate with the pure goodness and beauty between heaven and earth, which is called inspiration. Just like Lin Zexu's "bad intentions, feng shui is useless" and "bad intentions, fragrant and dead".
Clean body and mind
Incense is born to gather the pure yang of heaven and earth, and naturally has the effect of purifying the body and mind. Pure means clean and pure. It can also guide people to keep clean and free from external interference.
Buddhism gives purity a deeper meaning, that is, to stay away from evil deeds and troubles. Leaving the fault of evil deeds and breaking the stain of troubles is called cleanliness, which is the cleanliness of removing obstacles. The phase is born from the heart, and the environment turns with the heart. The environment here refers to the physical environment outside the heart, including your own body. Therefore, a pure and kind heart is everything.
Can eliminate pollution
Get rid of the dirty things, get rid of the filth, open the channels and collaterals and enlighten them, so that evil spirits will not invade and achieve the effect of health care. However, if you have bad intentions and your body and mind are covered with dirt, I am afraid that the role of incense in removing filth is minimal.
Be able to sleep
Sleeping, waking up, can wake up. There are many reasons for poor sleep, but fundamentally speaking, most of them are due to the exhaustion of Zhengyang's vitality and the imbalance of Yin and Yang. At night, the yin in nature is strong, and it is felt by the yin in the human body, which leads to the agarwood/insecurity and poor sleep quality in Shenyi Xiangyuan.
If a furnace smells good and the yang is sufficient, it can not only strengthen the body and eliminate evil spirits, but also nourish the qi of Yuanyang, so why do you sleep uneasily?
Make friends silently
Incense is also a pleasant and peaceful thing. The aroma overflows the furnace, and the colored smoke curls up, which can not only make people feel happy, but also have good friends. And a person with a bad heart and heavy troubles can't be clean, and it's hard to realize the realm of being friends with Xiang.
Steal time in the dust
Take time out in the busy secular world, so that the body and mind can get a kind of peace.
Never tired.
Having a lot is not boring, but also very satisfying. But you should do what you can and be content. But don't be insatiable, and you can't just ask for more and not be satisfied.
A small number is enough.
A small number is enough.
It is enough to have very little, and the contented are always happy. Greed, the first of the five poisons, is a barrier to worry, so you don't have to worry. "Greed, anger, stupidity, slowness and doubt" are called "five poisonous hearts" and are also the five roots of hell.
Long-term concealment and immortality
It won't rot if it is left for a long time.
General accessibility
Because trouble can hinder the holy way, it is an obstacle (obstacle, that is, trouble). Therefore, for thousands of years, good incense has been regarded as a wonderful work in life, used all the time and kept at home. In the Ming Dynasty, Zhou Zeng said: Those who get a reward in the frost don't want black incense on their pillows; He who leads the world of mortals does not like to seal the furnace. This is an evaluation of incense from another angle.