There is an account in the Buddhist scriptures of a country of old men. There was a country that thought the old people were useless, so they threw the old people of the whole country into the wilderness and mountains. As soon as there were more old people, they set up a small independent country there as well.
One day, this country, which disliked the old people, received a foreign messenger bringing a letter from the king, which no one in the country could read. The king of this country gave an edict to all the people that if anyone could read this letter, there would be a great reward. One of the ministers asked the king to allow him to bring the letter to seek advice, and on the next day he was able to explain the content of the letter and answer all the questions asked in the letter, such as how to weigh an elephant, how to recognize a mare and a child horse, and how to distinguish a male and female snake from a female one. The king was very happy and asked him how he did it. The minister said: this is the wisdom of the old man. The king finally admitted that he had made a big mistake in not respecting the elderly. So, the old man is not only lovely, but also very available.
Nowadays, the elderly in our society are sometimes not liked by their families, not only because of the generation gap, but also because of their nagging, their stubbornness, and their illnesses. But we as old people, we should be able to know how to enjoy the blessings, when there is a need to teach the experience, but also in the case of the young generation under the circumstances of the joy of you, can not always stick to the past method, so that people feel that you are too stubborn, resulting in young people do not like you.
The old man should not rely on the old, not the old, not the old, not the old and stubborn. The old man should have a childlike heart, to have an open character, to be able to take, put down; the old man should be old and useful, old and interesting, old and talented.
The old man can always keep a heart of a child, can return to old age, such as enjoy the Taiwan Picasso called Liu Qiwei, known as the old boy. The old man must always have something that makes people feel he is lovely, like Zhang Dagan's beard, Yu Youren's walking stick, Lang Jingshan's camera, Li Tianlu's puppet theater, and Chen Dada's thoughts on the rise, all of which are the old man's loveliness.
The old man should have the intention to defy old age, exuberance, to be a retired old man, for example, some people at home with grandchildren, some people to the park sweeping, some people to the street scavenging. If you are able to organize your own life, you will not only be free and happy, but you will also not be a burden to your family and society.
The elderly also need to have wisdom, and be able to give people some revelation on the value. The elderly also need to pay attention to specialties, such as learning computer, learning English, learning opera, learning painting. Older people are able to read, study, write, and practice, and it's easier to get through the day.
The elderly is not the age, but the state of mind; the elderly is not in the body, but in the mind. If in their own character, ability, are able to have a stake in society, have a connection. In the family can be old to do small, can give people joy. Then not only will not be annoying, will be respected certainly can become a happy and lovely old man.
1 Exchange feelings for the faith of others, can not be long; with the moral establishment of the respect of others, long lasting.
2 The recipe for happiness is to say something joyful every day to motivate yourself not to be sad.
Every day, do something beneficial to motivate yourself to integrate into the masses.
Talk about something educational every day to motivate yourself to grow in wisdom.
Examine the compassionate image of the Holy One every day and motivate yourself to increase the goodness and beauty within.
3 Busyness is nourishment; Be contentious, not angry; Say OK more often, NO less often; Touched is the Buddha's heart;
Disease is medicine; Rejection is substitution; Positions are interchanged; Giving use to others is valuable;
One is one's own nobility; Having money is a blessing, and using it is wisdom;
It is better to lose everything than to be without compassion.
4 Self-observation, self-reflection; self-renewal, constant purification; self-practice, do not seek outside; self-separation, do not count inside and outside.
5 To do things, one must know oneself; if one takes one's own measure, it is not easy to achieve success;
Life lessons must know others; if one takes one's own shortcomings, it is easy to lead to failure.
6 You can't ask for perfection, but at least you should be able to accomplish it to fulfill your responsibility;
You can't ask for omnipotence, but at least you should be able to make it possible to fulfill your responsibility.
7 Do not worry that people do not value you, but worry that you do not value them.
8 I often think that a person does not have to be satisfied with a lot of material things.
Try to look at the sky, the sun, the moon and the stars, their number is infinite, can be free for us to appreciate;
The universe of nature, flowers and trees, research and fight, can be for us to watch;
East and west, north and south of the road, you can Mercedes Benz;
Scholarships, agriculture, industry and commerce of all kinds of class, with you to socialize.
9 The writer plows on the paper, the farmer plows on the land, the teacher plows on the blackboard, and the Zen practitioner plows on the heart.
10 educator Mr. X丏尊先生见律宗大德弘一大师吃饭只有一道咸菜，
不忍心的说：难道你不嫌这咸菜太咸吗？
Master Hong Yi replied: salty has a salty flavor!
After a while, the master after eating, hand holding a cup of boiling water,
Mr. Xia frowned again: tea are not to eat? How to eat this kind of light water?
Master Hong Yi said with a smile: although the water is light, but light also has a light flavor.
11 The character of the individual, affecting their own life, the character of the masses, affecting all generations of relatives.
12 As the saying goes: "You can't plant a flower if you want to, but you can't plant a willow if you don't want to".
A person should not use their feelings on a few people, do not limit themselves to what they think of as karmic,
Should expand the mind, depending on all beings are our parents, brothers and sisters,
Learning Guanyin bodhisattva's thousands of prayers a thousand should be, the sea of bitterness is often as a ferryman boat,
What people are in difficulty, that is, to whom to give favors to the spirit of the bodhisattva.
13 Life is a cumulative process, to cherish it is to love oneself.
14 Time is given to you second by second, so use it second by second; books are written word by word, so read them word by word.
15 Make friends with no anger for freedom, do people with no stupidity for the cool, with the heart with no phase for the Pure Land, the practice of no gain for Nirvana.
16 Sacrifice your life for righteousness, although death, the spirit of eternal life; meticulous life, although life, the spirit has been lost.
17 Where does life come from and where does death go?
This is a question that the average person not only does not understand, but also does not value life, and only knows how to live.
Those who have a higher level of knowledge know that there is life apart from living,
but still do not value life,
because death is unknown to them.
It has been said that man accepts life without choice,
then spends it under hopeless conditions,
and finally surrenders it under irresistible struggle.
18 The fact of what kind of place a man should live in does not lie in the size of the place,
but mainly in the breadth of the individual's mind.
A broad-minded as when the shaman Zhu Yuanzhang, although lying on the ground,
but have the feeling of the Dharma world in my heart;
If a narrow-minded, dissatisfied with the reality of the people,
even if you live in the skyscraper, but also feel that everything can not be satisfied.
19 Study to read: read to be a person, read a little reason, read a little edge, read a heart.
20 From the first realization to the achievement of the Buddha's fruit, how many kalpas to go through, how much suffering to endure,
the so-called difficult to do can be done, difficult to endure can be endured, to be blessed with the wisdom of double cultivation to be done to solve the problem,
if fear of trouble, a lack of patience, like the seed although the seed,
but neglected to fertilize, water, and ultimately can not be germinated, let alone blossom, the results.
21 "Learning to suffer" is a way of cultivating virtues, and "mutual adjustment" is a way of being compassionate; "Of course" is a way of being at ease, and "enjoyment is good" is a way of being happy.
22 One's ability increases with effort, and one's learning advances with humility.
23 We should lift up when we lift up, and put down when we put down.
Just to lift, too much drag, very hard; just to put down, when you want to use it, it will be inconvenient.
For fame and fortune, life is consumed in fame and fortune;
For sorrow and happiness, life is struggling in sorrow and happiness;
For money, fame and favor,
life is rolling in money, fame and favor;
even for right and wrong, for gain and loss, for good and evil.
Life is in right and wrong, in good and evil, in gain and loss, and there is no peace.
24 All the laws of mutual origin, things do not have to force; as long as the cause is sufficient, since the water to the canal.
25 Conscience is a gifted moral concept, which can be categorized into three knowledges: shame, guilt, and gratitude.
26 The force is always doing good things, and the force is always apologizing for the good intentions.
27 In order to experience life, one should strictly discipline one's personality with morality; in order to pursue learning, one should expand one's mind with wisdom.
28 People should not be a walking corpse, to be inside and outside the same, people are not only one life, people die,
The heart is to move, so the heart should be well managed.
29 Spring, not the season, but the heart; life, not the body, but the nature of the heart;
The old man, not the age, but the state of mind; life, not the years, but eternity.
30 The mountain springs wash the dust and dirt of the earth, making everyone's ancient mirrors clean and their spiritual platforms clear.
When you see through the warmth and coldness of the human world, you can be clear and unholy, Zen style, behavior in the world of red dust.
The idea of awakening to the reality of the illusion of sound and color, turning back to cultivate an acre of heartland,
and cultivating it day by day with equal joy, leading to the infusion of the sweet spring of intelligence,
so that the fragrance of the flowers of compassion, all over the place.
I realize that the fruit of perfect Bodhi is not the life of heavenly bliss,
but to walk hand in hand with all beings through the thorns and blood and tears.
The first thing you need to do is to dedicate your body and mind as a torch, and make a small offering of firelight, and then burn the ashes to ashes, willingly.
31 Not to seek is the life of contentment, not to speculate is the nature of the character, not to scheme is the honesty of doing, not to be selfish is the purification of the body and mind.
32 In the midst of poverty, be faithful and ambitious; in the midst of distress, be confident and courageous;
in the midst of wealth and prosperity, be kind and righteous; and in the midst of cultivation, be righteous and moral.
33 It is a wise man who does not tire of learning, a benevolent man who does not tire of education, a diligent man who does not suffer, and a capable man who suffers without complaint.
34 As the saying goes: life is not full of hundred, often worry about a thousand years. The first thing you need to do is to get a good deal of money from the government.
Therefore, if a person does not have a future, there is no point in living.
35 True affection should not be possession, but a kind of devotion.
However, it is not easy for people to do so, and they are always jealous of their feelings,
and even strive for them with an insatiable attitude.
This kind of feeling is not pure. The real feeling should be obtained from devotion,
because the feeling obtained with devotion is the most noble feeling.
36 Look to the good, think to the great, look to the small, and solve the deep.
37 How many people are scrimping on food and clothing, thrifty, and not willing to waste a single penny,
All their lives, a large amount of family property, or loan sharks, or private storage,
Once the end of his life, it is too late to deal with the property, or confiscated, or swallowed up,
Wasted their life's work, and ultimately did not gain.
Some people work hard to earn money and leave a huge inheritance to their children,
but when they die, their children will either fight to share the money or spend it all on gambling and gambling,
and they don't appreciate their parents' hard work in the past.
Therefore, it is said that the best property to leave to the children
is not the gold and silver treasures, nor is it a house or a car, but the moral learning and skill training.
38 The greatest sorrow in life is not the lack of money, no power,
nor is it the lack of status, no career and so on.
The greatest sorrow is ignorance, not understanding, can not recognize the truth of the world,
can not recognize the relationship between people and I,
can not know the world of all the karma, karma, this is the greatest sorrow of life.
39 A person's success, in addition to their own rich knowledge, ability, experience and conditions, to be in the right place at the right time, to do the right thing, is very important.
40 Living in the twentieth century civilization, people live in birdcage apartments,
not see the sky, not see the field,
more and more narrow-minded, more and more small vision,
personnel interactions become more and more frequent, the conflict between people,
is also more and more likely to occur,
the entire social atmosphere
The whole social atmosphere is characterized by tension, competition, rivalry, and secret rivalry,
so that the heart can not be quiet and harmonious happiness.
41 The extraordinary life comes from the deep realization and practice of the meaning of life in every minute.
42 Research depends on information, invention depends on talent, reading requires deep thinking, and work should be clear.
43 The dragon has to swim to the sea to cope with the fierce waves, in order to be able to move freely;
The lion has to run to the mountains to defeat the beasts, in order to show the heroic posture;
The bird has to fly to the sky to accept the challenge, in order to learn to fly;
The person has to go to the society to bear the test, in order to grow quickly.
44 Fools think that happiness is on the other side of the world, but the wise know how to cultivate the things around them into happiness.
45 Knowledge is learned, intelligence is realized.
46 Doing and rolling snowballs, the more rolling the more popular; do things like weaving embroidery, the more weaving the more achievements.
47 Giving can be planted one and harvested ten, keeping the precepts can be clean, forbearance can be self and other benefits,
Excitement can be nothing can not be done, meditation can be body and mind,
Wisdom can be insight into the autumn and the autumn.
48 People live in this world by karma, and the power of one person is weak.
We should make more and more good karma, and the more karma we have, the more we can achieve.
Sometimes a good word, a good deed, a smile,
can give us a wide range of good karma in our life, and achieve great merit.
Therefore, everyone should not easily give up any opportunity to make karmic connections.
Karma is the way to make our life wider and our future smoother.
A life of accumulating virtues and making karmic connections is the source of happiness.
49 The greatest sorrow in life is that one has no hope for the future; the worst habit in life is that one has no plan for the work.
50 Mountaineering people, a mountaineering, through thousands of mountains, come back to feel the peace and happiness of home;
Tourism people, a tour, to see thousands of mountains, come back home,
If you can recognize their own self-centered nature,
This is the significance and value of tourism.
51 The unwillingness to reason is stubborn, will not reason is a fool, do not dare to reason is a slave, refused to reason is ignorance.
52 The nature of the water, in the high and low, so it is appropriate to take advantage of the situation, as the rules of dredging;
The nature of the human being, in the acquisition of some, so it should be happy to pick up the charity, as the side of the relationship.
53 Someone said, "I have been praying for decades, but the more I pray, the poorer I get.
This kind of statement is not a correct view.
The Buddha is not our god of wealth, nor is he your manager or accountant, so how can he manage your money for you?
Besides, the purpose of chanting Buddha's name is to ask to be born in the Pure Land, so how can you calculate the money with Buddha?
Another person said, "I've been a vegetarian for decades, but my health is getting worse and worse, and my business is getting worse and worse.
This kind of thinking is also very strange, bad health should see a doctor,
usually do not pay attention to exercise, do not pay attention to nutrition,
do not pay attention to practice, how can the body good?
As for the business scribble, they are not good at management, not hardworking, not struggling, how can the business go well?
There are also some people who, after believing in Buddhism,
blame Buddhism for all the things that are not as good as they want to be, isn't that very foolish?
A Buddhist with righteousness, even if he sacrifices his life for the sake of his faith,
is not afraid to do so, and this is the fundamental righteousness.
54 Big things and difficult things to see the responsibility; adversity and good times to see the tolerance; in the face of joy and anger to see the connoisseurship; group behavior and group stop to see the knowledge.
55 If you don't learn, no one can help you; if you want to learn, no one can stop you.
56 broad-minded, all are big road; clean mind, everywhere is pure land.
57 A poor man went to a store with his only coin to buy food,
but when the shopkeeper took the coin and realized that it was a fake,
he returned the money and refused to give him the food.
When the poor man heard that the money was fake, he was so anxious that tears fell from his eyes,
and he thought, "What should we do if our old mother at home is going to starve again?
Just as he was grieving, a soldier passed by the door, asked for clarification,
and then took out a piece of money and gave it to him,
and the fake coin went into his jacket pocket.
The poor man bought food and went home, and the soldier went to fight with the army.
One day, a bullet came from the enemy, and the soldier could not lie down in time,
he only felt that his chest was shaken, but he was not hurt,
he felt all over his body, and took out a piece of coin from his jacket pocket,
and found that the center of the coin was dented, and then he realized,
it was this piece of coin that saved his life.
He realized that it was the coin that saved his life.
From this story, we can know that this is a good thing for others as well as for oneself,
saving someone's emergency is the same as saving oneself.
58 Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding monarch of the Ming Dynasty, when he was a child, used to work as a monk at Huangjue Temple.
According to legend, once Zhu Yuanzhang went out and returned to the temple when the night was late,
the temple door was closed, and had to sleep on the ground outside the temple.
When he was lying on the ground, looking at the night sky full of stars, the rise, recited a poem, said:
The sky as a tent for the ground as a felt, the sun, moon and stars sleep with me;
night do not dare to stretch feet, afraid of stepping through the bottom of the sky. The present, take care of the present; overdo it, lose the future.
2. If you don't quit the small water, you can realize the ocean; if you don't accumulate small goodness, you can't complete the highest virtue.
3. Don't worry about people who don't value themselves, but worry about people who don't value themselves.
4. Not to seek is the life of contentment, not to speculate is the character of the original, not to scheme is the honesty, not to be selfish is the purification of the body and mind.
5. Those who do not want to change their ways cannot be taught; those who do not want to be good cannot be taught.
6. Those who do not want to reason are stubborn, those who will not reason are fools, those who dare not reason are slaves, and those who refuse to reason are ignorant.
7. Giving can be planted one and harvested ten, keeping the precepts can be clean, forbearance can be self and other benefits, refinement can be nothing, meditation can be physically and mentally settled, wisdom can be insightful.
8. Successful inside, contains a lot of pain; celebrity shoulders, how much pressure; behind the glory, how much it costs; great achievements, dedication, how many sacrifices.
9. Spring, not the season, but the heart; life, not the body, but the nature of the heart; the old man, not the age, but the state of mind; life, not the years, but eternity.
10. The rough fight with others, the fool fights with others, the wise fights with others, the wise fights with others, and the wise fights with others.
11. Pigeons fly thousands of miles to send a book, before someone bred; horse miles Benz, before someone loved; dolphins try to perform, before someone applauded; to do people strive for excellence, before someone appreciate.
12. There is no difference between noble and low when working, no difference between high and low when serving, no difference between old and young when reading, and no difference between holy and mortal when practicing.
13. Money can buy slaves, but can not buy people; money can buy the masses, but can not buy the hearts of people; money can buy fish and meat, but can not buy appetite; money can buy high-rise buildings, but can not buy the self; money can buy the beauty of the dress, but can not buy the temperament; money can buy stocks, but can not buy satisfaction; money can buy books, but can not buy wisdom; Money can buy a bed, but can not buy sleep.
14. The dragon must swim to the sea to cope with the fierce waves, in order to move freely; the lion must run to the mountains and forests to defeat the beasts, in order to show the heroic posture; the bird must fly to the void to accept the challenge, in order to learn to fly; the man must go to the society to bear the test, in order to grow up quickly.
15. Busy, like a sharp sword, can break the delusion of the kudzu; busy, is the finger of gold, can turn decay into magic; busy, is a nutritional tonic, so that life is full of vitality.
16. Without new ideas, there will be no progress; without a big pattern, there will be no vision.
17. There are many helpers in the eyes, many virtuous blessings in the mouth, many clean harmonies in the ears, and many happy Buddhas in the heart.
18. Seek innovation can not be too fast, hate people can not be too fierce, want him to be good can not be too much, with talent can not be too anxious, listening to the speech can not be too rate, can not be too lenient on themselves.
19. To study and read: read to be a person, read a little reason, read a little edge, read a heart.
20. The way to get along with people and me, rely on life education to train; the way to self-improvement, rely on ideological education to inspire.
21. The spirit is alive and well even if you die; the spirit is lost even if you live.
22. Production is like a money tree, thrift is like a treasure bowl, diligence can be replaced by ten thousand quintals of grain, and the heart has the whole universe.
23. The education of life is more important than the education of knowledge, the education of morality is more important than the education of utilitarianism, the education of popularization is more important than the education of privilege, and the education of consciousness is more important than the education of acceptance.
24. Failure, often only five minutes of heat; success, often adhere to the last five minutes of people.
25. Failure of the people, not only bent on, headstrong; success of the people, most of the people can be good with people, from the good.
26. The best thing in the world is to rejoice; the most expensive good deed in the world is to make a connection; the greatest strength in the world is patience; the strongest wish in the world is to be willing.
27. The world of learning is leaky, the Buddha's teachings are boundless; knowledge is easy to change, the truth is always new.
28. We can't ask for perfection, but at least we should be able to fulfill our responsibility; we can't ask for omnipotence, but at least we should be able to fulfill our responsibility.
29. If you are willing to let others off the hook for everything, then you will be able to rise in virtue, and if you don't let yourself off the hook for everything, then you will be able to learn more.
30. Social education is for the livelihood of the family; spiritual education is for the guidance of all.
31. Sudden karma, a little grasp, then follow a moment, across a thousand years; a moment is not different from a thousand years. The first time I saw this, it was a very good thing that I was able to see it, but it was a very good thing that I was able to see it, and it was a very good thing that I was able to see it.
32. Water into the sludge, though clear, is also turbid; people into the evil, though positive, is also treacherous.
33. The nature of the water, in the high and low, so it is appropriate to take advantage of the situation, as the rules of dredging; the nature of the people, in the acquisition, so should be happy to pick up the charity, as the side of the relationship.
34. Ideas should be internationalized, life should be legalized, language should be classical, learning should be modernized.
35. To die, to die with value; to die as heavy as Mount Taishan, as light as a feather; to live, to live with dignity; to live with a hundred years of fame, a thousand years of infamy.
36. As the saying goes, "If you plant a flower, you can't plant it, and if you don't mean to plant a willow, it will become a shade." A person should not use the feelings of a few people, not limited to their own perceived "destiny", should expand the heart, depending on all sentient beings are our parents, brothers and sisters, learn the Guanyin Bodhisattva's "a thousand prayers a thousand should be, the sea of bitterness often as a ferry boat", what people have difficulties, that is, to help the people, and to help them. The first thing I want to do is to make sure that you have a good understanding of the situation and that you are able to make the best use of your time.
37. The idea is not to go with the flow, but to cherish the present moment; the present moment is not in the other purgatory, but in the heart of the mind.
38. Look to the good, think big, look into the details, and look into the depths.
39. As parents, we must be willing to raise children; as teachers, we must be willing to educate talent; as students, we must be willing to bear the teaching; as children, we must be willing to support their parents.
40. With a good heart, every day is a good day; neighborly harmony, everywhere is a pure land.
41. There should be a root in the heart in order to blossom and bear fruit; there should be a wish in the heart in order to achieve the cause; there should be a reason in the heart in order to travel all over the world; there should be a Lord in the heart in order to establish a true everywhere; there should be a virtue in the heart in order to contain all things; and there should be a way in the heart in order to have everything.
42. Teeth to hard and easy to destroy, so the sages noble soft; blade to sharp and fast destruction, so the sages noble muddy; dragon to difficult to see called Rui, so the sages noble submerged; the ocean to the ocean is difficult to measure, so the sages noble deep.
43. The way of health is to eat tantalizingly, to eat roughly, to eat less; the way of the world is to eat bitterly, to eat loss, to eat heavy.
44. A good general, the remnants of the soldiers can be trained into warriors; a doctor, dead wood and stone can be made into elixir; a master craftsman, broken iron can be tempered into steel; a skillful woman, the leftovers can be cooked into a delicacy.
45. A useful person, even if it is a small thing, can do a great deal; a useless person, the big things to him, and ultimately inevitably lay down.
46. Dependent on the people, can be happy for life; rely on non-class, will create a lifetime of disaster.
47. To force to convince people, time is short, the effect is shallow; to virtue, long time, the effect is deep. Instead of using force to serve people, it is better to use virtue to touch people; instead of using force to do things, it is better to use virtue to do things.
48. To pick up for have, then not greedy; to busy for fun, then not bitter; to diligent for rich, then not poor; to endure for strength, then not afraid.
49. To ridicule people with words, take the big end of the disaster; to tolerate people with the measure, set the blessing of the key techniques; to fold people with the power, the recruitment of the Yu of the far; to morality, get the reputation of the flow of the long.
50. Light up your heart with the lamp of wisdom, fulfill your heart with the Buddha of your own nature, cure your heart disease with the law of six degrees, and enrich your inner wealth with the seven sacred treasures.
51. Courage must be sought in a single thought, and kindness must be found in a single act.
52. Use soldiers to choose their courage, use people to choose their talent, use reason to choose their way, and use money to choose their virtue.
53. Using feelings to exchange for others' beliefs can not last long; using morality to build up others' respect will last long and deep.
54. Determine the direction with wisdom, the direction will be there; with the will to overcome the difficulties, the difficulties will be solved.
55. Excellent acting skills, from the actor seriously understand the role of the connotation; rich life, must be their own efforts to prove the meaning of life.
56. From the "impermanence", we can realize the cause and effect, and will be able to progress; from the "no self", we can know the nature of the true reality, and will be able to get free.
57. The book of the way to read, the book of the matter of reading, the book of the idle read less, the book of the evil and delusion do not read.
58. The life of suffering and joy is full, the life of success and failure is reasonable, the life of gain and loss is fair, and the life of life and death is natural.
59. People who have the ability to give people convenience everywhere; people who do not have the ability to give people difficulties everywhere.
60. In the volume of heart, one must be able to accommodate those who do not like; in being a human being, one must have a humble and humble heart; and in the cause, one must have the willingness to give up one's life.
61. In learning to strive for profundity, in cultivation to strive for patience and tolerance.
62. True feelings should not be possession, but a dedication. However, the average person is not easy to do, always with a kind of jealousy to have feelings, and even with a kind of never satisfied attitude to fight for feelings. This kind of affection is not pure. True affection should be gained from devotion, because affection gained with devotion is the noblest affection.
63. Only say good things do not do good things, good words equal to nonsense; only do good things do not say good things, good things equal to nothing.
64. As long as the patience is constant, the wave of time will push the small man to the front of the times; as long as the feet on the ground, the giant hand of history will be "small" karma into a great cause.
65. If you don't learn, no one can help you; if you want to learn, no one can stop you.
66. Self-examination, self-reflection; self-renewal, continuous purification; self-practice, not to seek outside; self-existence, not counting the internal and external.
67. The writer plows on the paper, the farmer plows on the land, the teacher plows on the blackboard, and the Zen practitioner plows on the heart.
68. Sitting like a bell, you must be steady; standing like a pine, you must be upright; looking like a mirror, you must be clear; acting like a law, you must be in tune; thinking like a stream, you must be clear.
69. To be like a mirror, always self-examination; to be like a suitcase, at any time to put freely; to be like a book, constantly record the merits and demerits; to be like a candle, always light up others; to be like a clock, minute by minute to cherish life.
Master Xing Yun Quotes [Discovery]
Master Xing Yun Quotes [Discovery]
It has been said that the world is not lacking in truth, goodness, and beauty, but in discovery.
What is the greatest discovery of mankind? Columbus discovered the New World, Newton discovered gravity, archaeologists found national treasures and cultural relics, such as Peking Man, dinosaurs, Mawangdui, the Terracotta Warriors, and so on.
The Zen master traveled over thousands of mountains and rivers, and when he returned, he occasionally sniffed the plum blossoms, and found that the original spring has been very much in the branches. After decades of practice, the Zen master became enlightened one day and exclaimed: I am enlightened, I am enlightened! Others asked him what he had realized. He replied: I realized that the master nun was originally made of a woman.
Physicists discover atoms, electrons, and molecules, and biologists discover variant genes in flowers and plants.
There is a joke where a teacher asks a student: what is the difference between a discovery and an invention? The student said: my dad discovered my mom, and my dad and mom invented me!
Discovery is a fact that already exists, invention needs to be processed and manufactured to benefit people. Watt from the water vapor and found the power, and then invented the steam engine, promoting the development of spit industry, opened the era of human automation; Franklin discovered electricity, Edison and then invented the electric light, not only to extend the day, but also to change the ancient human sunrise, sunset, and rest of the law of life.
Need for the mother of invention, because of the need for human beings according to the physical, biochemical and other science and technology, invented a variety of electrical appliances, medical and other products. But sometimes, the smallest gesture can inspire a creative idea, and it is said that the paper clip was invented in this way.
Regardless of intentional, unintentional inventions, the prerequisite is to be beneficial to people, but things often go against their wishes, Nobel invented glycerine explosives, intended to benefit mankind, but let the people who want to use to create destructive weapons, so he made the decision to make his will, the creation of the Nobel Prize to reward the cause of peace and progress in the world to make up for the contribution of the people.
The Buddha discovered the truth that all dharmas are born of karma, but beings refused to believe it; Galileo discovered that the Earth is moving and was sentenced to death by the Holy See. Although we do not have the wisdom to discover the truth, we do not have the ability to invent things, but for other people's discoveries, inventions, should be given to the affirmation of gratitude; always grateful people, you will find: life can be so joyful!