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Monk Bao [Tang Dynasty]
Reach into the field with green seedlings and lower your head to see the water in the sky.
A pure heart is the way, and retrogression is the progress.
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When farmers transplant rice seedlings, one tree at a time occupies the whole field, and when they bow their heads, they can see the sky reflected in the rice fields.
When our body and mind are no longer influenced by the outside world, we can realize the Tao. It is precisely because farmers shrink back when transplanting rice that the transplanting work will make progress.
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Luo: Buddhist term, transliterated in Sanskrit (Gāthā), translated as ode, abbreviated as "Luo" and pronounced as auspicious. Fu, a rhyming language slightly similar to poetry, usually consists of four sentences.
(Note: The above is taken from the ancient poetry network)
I learned a very good saying, "A pure heart is the way, and retrogression is the way forward", which really tells the simplest truth that many people don't understand. It is a great enlightenment to cultivate one's mind and cultivate one's nature and take retreat as progress! )
There is also a version of this poem, which is also said to be written by a cloth bag monk.
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Monk Bao [Tang Dynasty]
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Hold the young crop Futian (1) in your hand and look down at the water.
Six clean roots are used as rice (2), and backward is forward (3).
Note (1) Young crops: refers to rice seedlings. Fukuda: It is said that good is rewarded with good. If you sow fields, you can reap.
⑵ Six: refers to eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and heart. Only by cleaning six roots can we learn to practice Buddhism, that is to say, cleaning the roots of seedlings is conducive to the growth of seedlings.
(3) Backward is forward: this sentence is true and full of philosophy, which is a metaphor for convenient practice.
(Note: The above is taken from 360 Encyclopedia)