Four sentences on the highest state of self-cultivation

1. Monks should stand the test of time and be patient in everything, which is the first lesson for scholars. Meditation is to cultivate the mind. Zen is not static, but static, static, static, static. Quiet people are flat, quiet people are self-clear, quiet people are enlightened, quiet places will be enlightened, and enlightenment will be achieved.

2, a gentleman is honest, not in his glory; Treat the inside, not the outside. Zhang Ming Juzheng's "Studying in the Imperial Academy" said that a man with cultivation and fame should be practical, not good-looking; Serve your self-cultivation and exercise, regardless of your own affairs.

3. "Be quiet to cultivate one's morality, be frugal to cultivate one's morality, be indifferent to ambition, and be quiet and far away." This old adage is regarded as the foundation of self-cultivation by people with lofty ideals throughout the ages, emphasizing maintaining inner peace.

4. Reading, being a man, doing things and practicing are the four paths of life. No matter which road is inseparable from moral education, scholars should be clear, be upright, doers should be harmonious, and practitioners should be cultivated.