Some feelings I didn't understand until I reached a certain age, such as the understanding of time and ordinary life.
I saw an interview with Xu Yuanchong in Weibo. 100 years old, he lives alone and his passion for translation is still there. Sometimes he still stays up late. Someone commented in the comments: It turns out that staying up late can make people live longer! Perhaps this love for his career made him forget his age!
He said, what does a 100-year-old man need money for? His eyes only have what he wants to do, and it feels good.
Zen always says that people should live in the present, but in fact they should be self-centered.
Because it is bitter to put it on others. Whether blaming responsibility or placing expectations, it is easy to make the heart fall into disappointment and resentment, restless, restless, unable to calm down and unable to gain wisdom.
Based on morality, compassion and profound thoughts, Sakyamuni taught human beings to let go of speculation, complexity and pain in order to gain inner freedom.
However, after Sakyamuni entered the WTO, various disciplines were established one after another, and everyone had different views on the disciplines, which led to the division of Buddhism.
Later, the interpretation of Buddhist classics gradually relied on words. Before Dharma came ashore from the South China Sea in 520 AD, he was the first Zen master to appear in China.
He abandoned the teachings and precepts in the obscure Buddhist scriptures. Regarding theory, philosophy and wisdom, he said: What's good about teaching? Ultimate wisdom does not need a few words. Teaching is a word, but Tao is not Tao after all.
He said that classic teachings, books and temples are all "images", and clinging to images becomes a demon.
Be prepared for danger in times of peace, not even moved by classics and teachings, and see your true colors clearly. This can only be done by yourself, that is, "drinking water is like fish, and you know yourself when you are warm and cold."
In China's native Taoist thought, a person's life is a "carefree trip", and every moment has its value and significance. Tao exists in all things and behaviors.
Dongguozi asked Zhuangzi: What is the evil in Tao?
It's everywhere.
After Zen moved to Japan, it was integrated into all aspects of their lives, such as tea ceremony, flower path, kendo, architecture, aesthetics and so on.
In the consciousness of Japanese monks in the empty sea, paintings, sculptures, poems, and even behaviors, as well as all instruments in culture and religion, are the carriers of appropriate ways of thinking and the embodiment of beautiful reality.
Later, Noami arranged hanging shafts, incense burners, flower arrangements and other forms in the tea room. Like the style of Zen Temple Academy, the space for tea was smaller and there were some simple and abstinence experiences.
Later, Zhuguang realized that "Zen tea is blind"
Mori Noriky, a master of tea, invited people to praise "the reward for the author", devote themselves to the present, concentrate on the present and drink tea.
Recently, I watched Huang Xiaodan talking about Wen Tianxiang from a seat, and I was moved by many things. Especially in the Battle of Cliff Mountain, after he went north, he wrote beautiful and calm poems in the prison of Yuan people, including the emperor lobbying to defect and the distant aides lobbying him to serve the country.
A teacher in Peking University said that this was because he realized that the value of life exceeded the value of social ethics.
This argument broke my understanding of Confucianism and seemed to understand the value of hermits in the mountains in previous dynasties. Because according to utilitarianism, those hermits have no intention of social development, and even now some science people ignore or despise the value and spiritual strength of liberal arts.
There is a famous haiku in Matsuo Bashō, "Dreams are in the octopus pot, but the moon is bright in the summer night" and "Fire is everywhere, and grass is flourishing today".
Things are like a dream, the spring scenery is not high, and the flowers bloom for a short time.
If there is no paranoia, happiness and sadness are complete, but you are involved in the present life. Will there be other moments like this one?
Open your heart, without prejudice and judgment, without persistence.
"If it flows like water, if it is still like a mirror, if it should ring"
Tao is a normal mind, being prepared for danger in times of peace.