To know where to rebirth after death, one only needs to observe where the heat will finally disappear at the end of his life. If it is cold from the soles of the feet and the heat goes to the top of the head, the person will be born into no reincarnation. If the heat goes to the forehead between the eyebrows, he will be born to heaven. Those whose heat return to the heart and chest position will be born into human again. If it is cold from the top of the head, and the heat goes to the abdomen, ghosts will be born. Those whose heat fall on their knees will live as animals. Those whose heat fall into the soles of the feet will birth to hell. In the world of human, some come from heaven, some from human, some from animals, some from asuras, hungry ghosts, and hell. As long as you observe his appearance, body shape, language movement, you can know everything. There are many records in this area, so I won't go into more details here.
A tree in the forest was cut down, leaving only the stump. The surrounding trees transfer nutrients to the stump through mycelium on the ground. Sometimes, this nutritional support can keep the stump alive for years or even decades. Just as the surrounding trees have realized that the survival of their companions is related to the health of the entire forest, including itself.
The seeds of fir grow into small firs next to the fir tree. If firs are exposed to too much sunlight during growth, the fibers in the trunk will be too loose and porous, and eventually the trunk will be easily broken by hurricanes. The mother of the fir, the old fir next to her, will always cover her children with her branches and leaves, avoiding the little fir from getting too much sunlight and making its branches grow stronger. Just like a human mother protects a child.
A leaf of a tree is bitten by a caterpillar, and the electrochemical reaction is transmitted to the entire tree body at a rate of 2.45 cm every three minutes. After more than an hour, the sap inside the tree will change in composition, either by adding insect-resistant ingredients, or by adding ingredients that attract natural enemies of caterpillars. It's like a dull person who gathers platelets and clots.
The ancestors of bees were carnivorous insects hundreds of millions of years ago, feeding on other insects in the stamens. But in evolution, the ancestors of bees continued to eat pollen carried by captured insects while eating. After 50 million years of evolution, they finally gave up eating meat and became vegetarians. In order to reward bee as a vegetarian, nature has evolved more colorful plants and flowers. 🌹🌺
Dāna leads to one of the pāramitās or "perfections", the dānapāramitā. This can be characterized by unattached and unconditional generosity, giving and letting go.
There was a man named Sheng Ji in the Ming Dynasty who served as an official to judge prisoners. During his trial, he had never been stranded or unresolved. Every winter when a prisoner is judged, his wife is holding a candle and Sheng Ji is holding the prisoner's book, relatively weeping because for mercy of the prisoners. His wife always said to Sheng Ji: "You enforce the law for the world, and you must not arbitrarily convict people. Otherwise, we could not avoid disasters from happening to our children and grandchildren." Sheng Ji served as a judge for twelve years, and everyone praised his fair forgiveness. Soon, White magpies suddenly found nests on the courtyard trees and nursed their young birds. People thought it was an auspicious sign. Sheng Ji later gave birth to three sons, all of whom were noble.
Tang Taizong once said to his courtiers: "In ancient times, when prisoners were executed, the monarch stopped playing music and reduced meals. There is no permanent music in my palace originally, so I always stop drinking and eating meat." How can the officials know this? This kind of compassion? -"Three sons are noble " (from "Records of Dissuade of Punishment")
Shakyamuni's awakening:
Traditions vary on what happened.
Some say Siddhartha made a great vow to Nirvana and Earth to find the root of suffering, or die trying. In other traditions, while meditating he was harassed and tempted by the god Mara (literally, "Destroyer" in Sanskrit), demon of illusion.
Other traditions simply state that he entered deeper and deeper states of meditation, confronting the nature of the self.
In the Pali Canon, there are several discourses said to be by Buddha himself, related to the story. In The Longer Discourse to Saccaka (MN 36),the Buddha describes his Enlightenment in three stages:
During the first watch of the night, the Buddha discovered all of his past lives in the cycle of rebirth, realizing that he had been born and reborn countless times before.
During the second watch, the Buddha discovered the Law of Karma, and the importance of living by the Eightfold Path.
During the third watch, the Buddha discovered the Four Noble Truths, finally reaching Nirvana.
In his words:
My heart, thus knowing, thus seeing, was released from the fermentation of sensuality, released from the fermentation of becoming, released from the fermentation of ignorance. With release, there was the knowledge, 'Released.' I discerned that 'Birth is ended, the holy life fulfilled, the task done. There is nothing further for this world.'
All traditions agree that as the morning star rose in the sky in the early morning, the third watch of the night, Siddhartha finally found the answers he sought and became Enlightened, and experienced Nirvana. Having done so, Siddhartha now became a Buddha or "Awakened One".
If a person’s life has any meaning, it may be spreading wisdom to other people. The wisdom I mean refers to the true understanding of the world advocated by the Buddha, that is, the true understanding of life and the world. It is to realize that wealth, emotions and even body in life are just an experience. This experience helps individuals who have been in this experience understand that everything is meaningless. And by realizing this meaningless, he could sympathize with all the sentient beings lives who are in this meaningless and mistakenly regard it as reality, help these sentient beings to free them from attachment, that is, the only meaning of life, if there really is something can be called meaning.