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There are three ways to make people degenerated: taking worldly affairs as pleasure and attach in worldly affairs; taking conversation as pleasure and attach in conversation; taking sleeping as pleasure and attach in sleeping. Therefore, one should be less secular, stay away from more sleep, and be self-controlled. -" Degeneration Sutra"
Cui Mian from the Tang Dynasty was a filial person by nature. His mother was blind, so he served for thirty years without taking off his clothes. Whenever the weather is good or there is a good view to enjoy, he will help his mother come out, put some wine and dishes, invite relatives and friends, everyone will laugh and feast, share the beautiful scenery of the good day, and all this is to make the mother feel happy. Happy, so that she can forget her sorrows. After his mother died, Cui Mian treated his brothers and sisters almost like his mother, and treated his nephews and younger generations like his own children. Whenever he gets a salary, he will give all the money and goods to everyone, saying: "My parents have gone to immortals, and there is no place to do my filial piety. I want to come to the people my parents remember in the world, but these four or five people are in front of me. , How can I not treat them well? I treat them well, just to comfort the hearts of my parents under Jiuquan, that is, to treat my parents well."
Later, Cui Mian became prime minister and was very loyal to the country and the people. His achievement was outstanding!
When the celestial beings are about to leave the heavens and reincarnate, there are five signs: the flowers and vines on their heads are dry and withered, the heavenly clothes are polluted and dew, the armpits are sweating, their body and appearance become ugly, and they no longer like their seats. At this time, other celestial beings will bless this celestial being about to reincarnate into a better world. For celestial beings, the better world of reincarnation is the human world. Because only by being reborn in the human world can you believe in and receive the Buddhadharma and rituals of the Tathagata. Other celestial beings will bless this celestial being who is about to reincarnate, hoping that after he reincarnated as a human, he will give up viciousness, give up evil words and evil deeds, give up evil deeds, do good things, say good words, have boundless good intentions, practice in generosity, with broad blessings, make all sentient beings settle in Dharma. -"Heaven Sutra”
Because of the movement of the clouds, people feel that the moon is moving, and because the ship is moving, people feel that the shore is moving. Just because the thing in motion doesn't stop, the reference doesn't stop. Therefore, if the mind is not pure, it is difficult to realize perfect enlightenment.
In every world, beginning-end, birth-death, front-back, existence-non-existence, gathering-dispersion, starting-stopping, the continuation of thoughts and thoughts, iterative cycle, all kinds of choices, all are reincarnation. -"Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment"
If a person develops resentment because he is not respected by others, then the person is subdued by "disrespect", and often reincarnates to evil because of resentment. People who enter the state of right concentration will not be shaken in their hearts because others respect themselves or disrespect themselves. Therefore, people should always maintain correct concepts, focus exclusively and diligently to regulate and control their own hearts, and get rid of those requests that deliberately make themselves happy. -"Respect Sutra"
Give up all desires. Get rid of hatred and affection.
If one can stay away from greed, it's like water doesn't catch on the lotus leaf. If a person can be free from anger, it's like a duro fruit which will ripen and fall. If one can break the obsession, it's just like the sun can break the darkness. -"The Pollution Sutra"
There are three kinds of thinking that are wise thinking: one is to be free from desire, the other is not to be angry, and the third is not to harm other sentient beings. These three correct thoughts can wipe out all kinds of incorrect thoughts, just as rain extinguishes flying dust. -"The Darkness Sutra"
By faithfully observing the uncleanness of oneself and others, greed can be abandoned. No matter what the current state of mind is, as long as the thinking stays on the ins and outs of breathing, then all resentment and other distracting thoughts will no longer exist. If we can realize that all things in the world are impermanent and will always come and go, we can abandon ignorance and make wisdom grow. -"Impure Sutra"
Observe that oneself is impure: Observe the body's death, swelling, bruising, pus, decay, insects, bone locks, etc.;
Observe the impurity of others body: Observe that the seeds are impure (because of the past deceitful karma, and the parent's essence and blood as the seed), the residence is impure (the mother and the fetus), the self is impure (the body has nine holes, saliva, urination, etc.) ), the body is impure (the body is composed of thirty-two kinds of impurity), and the dead body is impure (after death or buried in the soil, or insects eaten into feces, or burned into ashes).
If we want to understand the content of a religion and whether a religion is needed in our lives, we must first understand the leader of a religion. Is his personality and intelligence worthy of our worship? And if we worship and believe in him, can he really instruct us to free us from the troubles and pains of life? I think: This is the first thing we need to know about religion.
Because we believe in religion, we not only seek temporary spiritual sustenance and spiritual comfort, but the highest goal is to live out of death and get away from suffering and happiness. Therefore, when we believe in religion, we must first know whether his leader has a historical record? Has the personality reached perfection? Is the self-nature clean? Has he been liberated himself? These issues are not allowed to be ignored.
Buddha Shakyamuni, the leader of Buddhism, was born on April 8th, 464 BC. The place of birth was India, which is known as one of the four ancient cultural countries in the world. This is recorded in Chinese and foreign history. . Therefore, we must not regard the Buddha as a god who has come and gone without a trace, nor can we regard him as a mysterious god. He has the time and place of birth, and the parents who raised him. After years of hard work and hard work, he has finally completed a wise and enlightened person! This is unanimously recognized by scholars and religious scholars at home and abroad.
Buddha Shakyamuni was born in this world, grew up in this world, and became a Buddha in this world. He is our wise lamp in the long night, and he is our boat on the boundless sea of suffering. His personality has reached the most perfect state, his self is pure and untainted, he is free from all the shackles and troubles in the world, and he has been far away from the pain of life and death. He has been preaching the Dharma in this world for more than 40 years, telling us how to find liberation, and instructing us the way to go. All of the Buddhadharma that he has left in this world is revealed from the sea of his great wisdom, and these are all methods for us to get away from suffering and enjoy happiness.
When we plunge into the embrace of Buddhism, we can either believe in Buddhism as a religion or study Buddhism as an academic. At the same time, Buddha Shakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism, can be the highest model for each of us.
Savior Shakyamuni Buddha is the most noble and great saint in the world, and Buddhism is the most extensive and profound religion in the world. Although Buddhism has spread all over the world today, it is a pity that the believers who preach the holy religion focus on metaphysical talk, and ignore the Buddha's spirit of adapting to the world. If the theory exceeds the reality, you cannot realize the Buddha's original wish to come into the world. Only by carrying forward the Buddha's spirit of saving the world can Buddhism be more admired and imitated.
Many people think that people who study Buddhism today are evading reality and being passive and anti-worldly. These insights really misunderstand the original meaning of Buddhism. The Buddha became a Buddhist monk, on the one hand to relieve his troubles about life and death, but on the other hand to relieve the oppressed people. If we know the experience of Buddha Shakyamuni in this world, we will understand that he is really a great and compassionate revolutionary.
The objects of his revolution: one is the hierarchical Indian society, the second is the theocracy without ultimate truth, and the third is the selfish ego who has an endless cycle of life and death.
When it comes to revolution, although there are many great revolutionaries in the world, there is a huge gap between those revolutions and the revolutionary spirit of the Buddha.
Although ordinary revolutionaries advertise the slogan of serving the people, the people do not get happiness because of this. Because their revolution originates from hating the enemy, the revolutionary methods they use are very cruel. Only the Buddha's revolution was entirely motivated by his compassion. His revolution was to cover everything and influence everything with compassion. He did not use violence and did a bloodless revolution. This is the real revolution.
Ordinary revolutionaries mostly move from the bottom of the society to the top of society. Those revolutionaries feel that they are not free and uneasy, and they associate themselves with the unfreeness and uneasiness of others, so they rise up to overthrow the unreasonable forces. Only our leader Buddha, his revolution is from top to bottom. He was a prince and lived a prosperous life. According to common sense, he did not need any revolution, but he saw a lot of oppression. For the sake of justice and justice, he has to get rid of the prince’s vanity and use the truth that all beings are equal to stand up for the oppressed and poor people.
The average revolutionaries are all revolutionizing outwards but not inwardly. To put it plainly, they are revolutionizing others but not themselves. Only our leader, the Buddha, knew that everyone has a selfish ego and the troubles and ignorance of the source of life and death. In order to find true free and free relief, he had to revolutionize the five desires, prosperity and honor, and give up all the craving and attachment, to live a plain life, this is the ultimate revolution.
-"The Biography of Shakyamuni" by Master Hsing Yun
The evil of others has not been done yet, and I strongly persuade to stop it, I will be blessed. If the evil of others is done, I feel sad for them, and I will also be blessed. I will be blessed if I try to conceal the evil before it spreads. Since the evil has spread, I use it as a warning, I will be blessed. If evil things happens to me, and I can bear it, I will be blessed. I am also blessed if evil things harm others and I persuaded them to endure them. -"An Shi Quan Shu"