Lotus likes lotus because of its innate nature.
When I was a child, I lived in the country with my parents. I remember that the pond behind my house was always full of lotus flowers in summer. When it is foggy in the morning, I often sneak out to see the lotus flowers. Every time I stand barefoot on the cool grass and look at the lotus flowers blooming in the mist from a distance, my heart will be filled with a little happiness.
At that time, I was a clever boy and never dared to go near the lotus pond. Lotus has an unattainable holiness and beauty for me. Many years have passed, and "Midsummer, cicada singing, clear fog, lotus shadow ……" is still an indelible childhood scene in my memory.
After school, I learned Ailian, and I have a special liking for lotus flowers. I remember when I was a girl, I was crazy about painting. During the summer vacation, I often sit by the pool with an easel, and the graceful lotus flowers in the pool have become the eternal scenery in my drawing board.
Later, when I read about Xi Murong, I realized that there was another woman who loved painting lotus flowers as much as I did. Every time I look through her poetry collection and see those poems and illustrations about lotus flowers, I will be moved by her gentle and delicate beauty. That kind of truth and purity with lotus fragrance always makes my mind ripple and I can't help it. I think she and I must be in the same spirit, because we love not only the beauty of the lotus, but also the integrity of the lotus.
After work, I lived in the city, and Lotus slowly left me. Occasionally, even in parks or flower shops, I always feel that the lotus there lacks a kind of spirituality and is not as elegant as the lotus in memory. Slowly, the lotus has withdrawn from my life as a physical object, but the lotus in my heart is flourishing day by day because of the infiltration and polishing of the world.
Over the years, because of the lotus in my heart, I have been unwilling to commit myself to vulgarity and have been hailed as an untimely person. Although I have suffered a lot and shed a lot of tears, I have always been persistent and unrepentant. I have always thought that compared with worldly fame and fortune, inner cleanliness and clarity are what I really want.
Recently, I began to learn Zen, only to know that lotus is also a very holy treasure in Buddhism. The six-character Daming mantra of Guanyin Bodhisattva, "Om, Bamimi", if translated into vernacular, means "pray for the lotus in my heart to bloom". According to Buddhist scriptures, lotus is regarded as a symbol of Buddhism because it has five characteristics: pure, delicate, soft, tough and fragrant. According to the Buddhist scriptures, if a person can get through these five characteristics internally, he is a person with a Buddha in his heart. So, am I also a wise man?
The doctrine is so deep that I don't think I can understand it in my life, but I will never regret planting a lotus in my heart. I believe the world is clean, only because we are polluted, we are in a polluted world.
lotus
I like lotus flowers because of my innate nature.
When I was a child, I lived in the country with my parents. I remember that the pond behind my house was always full of lotus flowers in summer. When it is foggy in the morning, I often sneak out to see the lotus flowers. Every time I stand barefoot on the cool grass and look at the lotus flowers blooming in the mist from a distance, my heart will be filled with a little happiness.
At that time, I was a clever boy and never dared to go near the lotus pond. Lotus has an unattainable holiness and beauty for me. Many years have passed, and "Midsummer, cicada singing, clear fog, lotus shadow ……" is still an indelible childhood scene in my memory.
After school, I learned Ailian, and I have a special liking for lotus flowers. I remember when I was a girl, I was crazy about painting. During the summer vacation, I often sit by the pool with an easel, and the graceful lotus flowers in the pool have become the eternal scenery in my drawing board.
Later, when I read about Xi Murong, I realized that there was another woman who loved painting lotus flowers as much as I did. Every time I look through her poetry collection and see those poems and illustrations about lotus flowers, I will be moved by her gentle and delicate beauty. That kind of truth and purity with lotus fragrance always makes my mind ripple and I can't help it. I think she and I must be in the same spirit, because we love not only the beauty of the lotus, but also the integrity of the lotus.
After work, I lived in the city, and Lotus slowly left me. Occasionally, even in parks or flower shops, I always feel that the lotus there lacks a kind of spirituality and is not as elegant as the lotus in memory. Slowly, the lotus has withdrawn from my life as a physical object, but the lotus in my heart is flourishing day by day because of the infiltration and polishing of the world.
Over the years, because of the lotus in my heart, I have been unwilling to commit myself to vulgarity and have been hailed as an untimely person. Although I have suffered a lot and shed a lot of tears, I have always been persistent and unrepentant. I have always thought that compared with worldly fame and fortune, inner cleanliness and clarity are what I really want.