Pure lotus
Occasionally walking on the sidewalk, I suddenly saw a sunset hanging at the end of the street far away. At this time, I will think that such a beautiful sunset really indicates that the day is coming to an end. Occasionally, on a certain road, I saw kapok litters, standing alone in dark brown, with a bleak posture. At this time, I will think, kapok has fallen again, how many times can I see the beautiful kapok open in my life? Occasionally, in the roadside cafe, I saw the green light, and an old woman in plain clothes, holding her little granddaughter, hurried across the road. At this moment, I will think that the old woman used to be a girl as beautiful as flowers and pure as jade, and that girl will one day become an old woman holding her granddaughter. Occasionally standing on the pedestrian bridge on the road, overlooking the endless flow of traffic under the continental bridge, I feel that Mercedes-Benz is like a still picture. At this moment, I will think, where is the starting point? Where will it end? Go home once in a while and wash your hands when you turn on the tap. I saw the clear water gushing out and flowing rapidly, and suddenly I stood there with a deep tremor. At this moment, I feel: it seems that the tap is not water, but time, mood, or an idea. Occasionally, I found a forgotten iris on a country road. It looks like a phoenix flower, but it is more elegant than the phoenix flower. When I leaned over to smell the flowers, an iris suddenly fell, which surprised me. At this time, I will think, is this flower the phantom of the butterfly, or is the butterfly the predecessor of the flower? In the silent night, it is creepy to occasionally hear the neighbor's cat chasing lust on the roof and barking painfully at each other. At this moment, I feel that the lust of animals is so rough, but if we look at human beings back and forth from a relatively delicate high point, isn't human beings such rough animals? Occasionally, in a small pond in the mountains, I saw a red water lily, which was pulled out of the shallow swamp and made beautiful notes, as if ignoring the pollution outside. At this time, I will think: ah! Ah! What kind of experience do we need to be like this pure lotus? Occasionally ... occasionally, we live like others, but if we calm our hearts like a lake without waves, we can see this endless complex world with a clear mind and find wisdom in all beautiful, corrupt, clear and dirty things. If we are wise people, all the troubles will bring us consciousness, and all the little things will make us feel its significance and value. It is not so difficult to seek wisdom in the world. The most important thing is to make our own soft hearts soft enough to see a petal falling in a flower, which makes us tremble because we know its meaning. Only soft can be sensitive; Only softness can be tolerant; Only soft can be exquisite; Only its softness can surpass itself, and even when we are injured, we can tolerate our wounds. Softness is the bud of great compassion and the seed of bodhicitta. A soft heart is the source of our life in the secular world, and we can always feel the clarity of ourselves. The most beautiful petals are soft, the greenest grassland is soft, the vastest sea is soft, the boundless sky is soft, and the clouds flying freely in the sky are the softest! Our inner softness can be more beautiful than petals, greener than grass, wider than the ocean, and more beautiful than Lin Qingxuan when the sky worships Buddha.
More boundless, more comfortable than clouds, softness is the most powerful and unchangeable. Let's open a soft and clean lotus of wisdom in a humble and muddy world!
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red sandalwood
Next to the house in my hometown in the country, there is a very large open space for others to plant mahogany seedlings. Mahogany is a special kind of tree. It is beautiful and straight. It was planted in the old forest farm and has grown into a forest several feet high. So when I saw that the saplings of mahogany only reached my knees, it was a little hard to believe my eyes. The man who grows mahogany seedlings is a very tall man. When he bent down to plant trees, he felt like transplanting rice seedlings. He often comes to water the saplings after they are planted. Strangely, he comes here irregularly, once every three days, once every five days, and sometimes once every ten days. The amount of water is not certain, sometimes more water, sometimes less water. When I lived in the country, I walked on the path next to mahogany saplings every day, and people who planted saplings occasionally went home for tea. Sometimes he comes in the morning, sometimes in the afternoon, and the time is not necessarily. I feel more and more strange. Stranger still, redwood seedlings sometimes wither inexplicably. So when he comes, he always brings a few seedlings to replant. At first, I thought he was too lazy to water the trees after such a long time. But how do lazy people know how many trees will wither? Later, I thought he was too busy and everything was irregular. However, how can busy people do things so leisurely? I can't help asking him when he should come. How often do you water it? Why does redwood wither for no reason? If you water it every day, the redwood seedlings will not wither, will they? The tree planter smiled. He said: "Planting trees is not planting vegetables or rice. Planting trees is a century-old foundation, unlike harvesting vegetables in a few weeks. Therefore, trees themselves should learn to find water in the soil. I watered it just to imitate the rain, which is not accurate. How many days does it rain? Morning or afternoon? How much is it once? If you can't grow up in this uncertainty, the seedlings will naturally wither. However, it is not a problem to find water sources in uncertainty, take root desperately, and grow into a century-old tree. " The tree planter said seriously, "If I come to water every day and water a certain amount of water regularly every day, the saplings will feel dependent and the roots will float on the surface and cannot go deep into the ground." Once I stop watering, the saplings will wither even more. Fortunately, the surviving saplings will fall down when they encounter a storm. " I was very moved by the words of the tree planter. Not only trees, but also people, living in uncertainty can stand the test of life and exercise an independent heart. In the uncertainty, if we deepen our feelings about the environment, we can learn to turn few nutrients into huge energy and strive to grow. Now, the mahogany saplings in front of the window have grown to the height of the roof, so elegant and comfortable, showing great vitality. The mahogany will not wither when the tree planters stop coming.
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Make up/make up/make up/make up/make up/configure/make up/make up (a bed)
I know a makeup artist. She is really good at makeup and is famous for it. I'm a little curious about this person who lives in a completely different field from me, because in my impression, no matter how learned makeup is, it's just superficial learning, and it's really not something that a wise person should pursue. So, I couldn't help asking her, "You have studied makeup for so many years. What kind of talents can make up? " What is the highest level of makeup? "For such a problem, the elderly makeup artist showed a deep smile. She said: "The highest level of makeup can be described in two words, that is' nature'. The most subtle makeup technique is to make people look as if they don't have makeup. The makeup matches the identity of the owner and can naturally show the personality and temperament of that person. The second makeup is to highlight people, make her conspicuous and attract people's attention. Bad makeup is when people come out and find that she wears a lot of makeup, and this makeup is to cover up her shortcomings or age. The worst kind of makeup is that it distorts one's personality and loses the coordination of five senses after makeup. For example, people with small eyes become thick eyebrows, people with big faces become white faces, and people with big mouths become red lips ... "I didn't expect that the highest state of makeup turned out to be no makeup, but it turned out to be natural, which made me sit up and take notice. The makeup artist saw that I was fascinated and continued: "Isn't this just like writing an article? Bad articles are often piled up with words, distorting the author's personality. A better article is radiant and attractive, but others know that you are writing an article. The best article is the natural expression of the author. He doesn't pile it up. When reading, he doesn't feel that he is reading an article, but a life. "What a clever man! However, "people who make up are just working hard on the epidermis!" "I sighed. "No," said the makeup artist, "makeup is only the last side, and few facts can be changed. The deeper makeup is to change a person's physique and make a person change his lifestyle. Adequate sleep, attention to exercise and nutrition will improve her skin and make her energetic, which is much more effective than makeup. The deeper makeup is to change temperament, read more books, appreciate art, think more, be optimistic about life, have confidence in life, be kind-hearted, care for others, love yourself and have dignity. Such a person can't go anywhere without makeup, and the makeup on his face is only the last little thing in makeup. I use three simple sentences to explain that third-rate makeup is face makeup, second-rate makeup is spiritual makeup, and first-class makeup is life makeup. " The makeup artist then came to the conclusion: "Isn't the person you wrote the article also a makeup artist? Third-rate articles are the makeup of words, second-rate articles are the makeup of spirit, and first-rate articles are the makeup of life. So, do you know how to make up? " I stood up to pay tribute to the wisdom of the female makeup artist, and I was deeply ashamed of my original view of makeup artists. Farewell to the makeup artist, I walked in the dark place on my way home, and had such a profound understanding: in this world, all appearances are not independent and self-existent, and they must have their profound internal significance. Then, the best way to change the appearance is not to work hard on the appearance, but to reform from the inside. Unfortunately, people who work hard on appearance often don't understand this truth. "