Text: NJ Ruochen
I am a reed for you to cross the river, but you are a pool of dust for me?
There should be a lake in the misty mountain, which can wash away the dust and let go of disappointment. And Mingjing Lake is adapting to the situation and staying here quietly, as if it were just for you, sealing up your sadness and washing your soul.
At night, standing by the lake, the drizzle is like silk, like fog and like dust. The breeze blows, and the wind chimes in the tower horn echo, as long and elegant as the sky. The lake reflects pavilions and chrysanthemum trees, gently hugs the people who love it, and becomes a wall. In this case, if your heart is still, you forget the indifference of human feelings and the indifference of the world. Hold the mirror to stop the turbidity of the world of mortals; A bright moon rises, indifferent to Zen. All the worldly troubles no longer exist, but some are becoming clearer and clearer.
When I saw Mingjing Lake, I remembered the Zen saying of Huineng, the sixth ancestor: Bodhi has no trees, and the mirror is not a stage. Nothing, so where did it cause the dust? A person's body is like a tree and his heart is like a mirror. You need to brush and wipe from time to time so as not to be blinded by dust and dirt.
Mingjing Lake was built during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. There is a hexagonal pavilion in the center of the lake, which is connected with the shore by a zigzag bridge. The "rainbow mirror" by the lake was inscribed by calligrapher Wei Tianchi. On the back, there is an inscription by Fu Jianming on Jinghu Lake, describing the dryness, broken bridge and reconstruction of Jinghu Lake. Shi Guanyin, a few meters high in the lake, looks down on all beings with low eyebrows.
In the early 1980s, due to over-exploitation, the bridge pavilion of Mingjing Lake was buried, and the clear water leaked out and disappeared completely overnight. People who don't know the truth say that they disturbed the Bodhisattva and were punished.
I think the Buddha is merciful. He sat quietly on the lotus platform, watching the clouds and standing quietly. He also knows that everything is spiritual, and a flower, a grass, a tree and a stone complement each other according to their own trajectory. Yunshan is foggy, Chunhua Qiushi; Everything in the world, life in the universe; Karma leads to endless cycles.
Some things are lost and never come back, such as broken mirrors, torn hearts, and even if they are made up in previous lives, there are still regrets and imperfections.
Although the lake was rebuilt by 1992, it can be exposed from the pavilion. Today, still water and pedestrians remain the same, but at the bottom of this quiet lake, there is a pain that can never be erased.
When I saw the word "mirror", I thought of a vague word "mirror flowers and water moon", and I conjured up a beautiful woman in my heart, glued to the mirror, waiting for her return, but I didn't know that we were leaving each other as soon as we met, and the fate was over. Like a dream. In the final analysis, it's all delusion and vanity.
Jing Hua Yuan is often annoying, and Shui Yue often hurts his hometown. This night, I am not returning home, I am just a passer-by. I don't wait for anyone, and I don't love anyone. I only plant a lotus in your heart, and feel my lotus-like feelings when you are depressed.
There is no sadness in such a quiet temple night. I only know that Buddha is not heartless, but great love. Therefore, in the interpretation of Buddhism, "mirror flowers are like water" means quiet as water and bright as Zen. All dharmas are illusory, like dreams, like flames, like the moon in the water, like images in the mirror, living in delusion.
Mirror: that is, "empty", prajnaparamita empty, empty heart.
Flower: refers to the purity of Buddha nature.
Water: the metaphor of life and death.
Month: the image is complacent.
In the forty-two chapters of the first volume, I said, "If a shaman asks the Buddha, how can he get the Tao and know his destiny? Buddha's words: Tao is invisible, and it is useless to know it. You should keep your will. For example, if you grind a mirror, the dirt will disappear, which is the shape you see yourself. If you want to keep the sky, you will see the truth and know the destiny. " Just sharpen the mirror to show your mind.
"Entering the country first, Tianshui is currently clean." I know that everything is influenced by delusion, which is illusory. Because the dust and delusion in my heart need to be washed away. Self-perfection and purity, and emptiness. Everything in the mirror is dust-free, so talk about being infected!
However, in this world, how many heavy things we still can't put down and still bear in our hearts?
Only at this time, I sat by the lake and felt peaceful and quiet.
No wind, no noise, no thoughts, no worries, only silence.
In this life, you are like a Buddha, sitting on a lotus platform.
In the afterlife, I would like to be the lotus flower of reincarnation III, blooming in your heart.