"There are hundreds of flowers in spring and looking at the moon in autumn, and there is a cool breeze in summer and listening to the snow in winter. If there are no worries in your heart, it is a goo

"There are hundreds of flowers in spring and looking at the moon in autumn, and there is a cool breeze in summer and listening to the snow in winter. If there are no worries in your heart, it is a good time in life."

Detailed explanation:

There are four seasons in the year, and each season has its own beauty. In spring, flowers bloom, in autumn you can see the moon, in summer, there is a refreshing cool breeze. Listen to the sound of falling snow in winter.

If there are no worries and worries in your heart, then every day, every season, every year will be the best time in the world.

It shows that if you can grasp the scenery that symbolizes an open-minded mood at different moments, you can get the freedom that your heart longs for, which is also a state of enlightenment.

Vernacular interpretation:

There are four seasons in the year, and each season has its own beauty. There are flowers in spring and moon in autumn, cool breeze in summer and snow in winter. If you can not worry about other things, , without worries, sorrows, and fears lingering in your heart, then every year, every season, and every day will be the best time in the world.

Source: Song Dynasty Monk Wumen's "Ode to a Normal Mind is the Way", collected in "Quotations of Zen Master Wumen Huikai".

Original text:

There are hundreds of flowers in spring, a moon in autumn, cool breeze in summer and snow in winter. If there is nothing to worry about, it is a good time in the world.

Good is like a green pine, evil is like a flower. Look at it in front of you and it is not as good as it. One day, you will be hit by frost and you will only see the green pine but no flowers.

Being free of anger on the face is an offering, being free of anger in the mouth is a wonderful fragrance, being free of anger in the heart is a priceless treasure, and being immortal is true and constant.

Don’t look far for Buddha in Lingshan Mountain. Lingshan Mountain is only in your heart. Everyone has a Lingshan Pagoda so that he can practice under the Lingshan Pagoda.

When the Buddha was alive, I fell into ruin. After the Buddha passed away, I was born. I regret that I have many karma and obstacles in this life, and I will not see the golden body of the Tathagata.

Planting green rice seedlings in the field with your hands, lowering your head and seeing the sky in the water. Only when you are pure in your heart can you follow the path. To retreat is to move forward.

Thousands of hammers have been hammered out of the deep mountains, and the blazing fire will not wait for it to burn. There will be no complaints even if the body is broken into pieces, and the green and white will remain in the world.

In the thirty-three days, there are gods beyond the sky, and there are gods beyond the sky. Gods are made by mortals, but they are afraid that the hearts of mortals are not strong.

Extended information:

Introduction to "Quotations of Zen Master Wumen Huikai":

Fan two volumes. It was written by Wumen Huikai (1183-1260), a monk from the Song Dynasty, edited by Pujing and Pongfang, etc., and published in the ninth year of Emperor Chunyou (1249). He also wrote the Sayings of Zen Master Foyan, the Sayings of Monk Wumenkai, and the Sayings of Monk Wumen. Collected in volume 120 of Wanxuzang.

The volume records that Huikai was born in the eleventh year of Jiading of Ningzong (1218). Since the founding of Baoyin Zen Temple in Huzhou, he has visited Tianning Temple, Huanglong Chongen Temple, Xianqin Chongbao Temple, Guangzhou The speeches in the halls of the Hua Temple and other ten meetings are collected; the second volume collects the exhortations to Xiangpu, Xiaoshen, praises to the Buddha, verses, true praises, etc.

The "Postscript" at the end of the volume may have been added when it was republished in the 16th year of the Yuan Dynasty (1279).

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