1 - Life is like a ball
What can life be compared to?
Some say: "Life is like a dream"; some say "Life is like a game", some say "Life is like a dew"; There are also people who say: "Life is a broken pool", life is like a "passerby", life is like "clouds drift"! If these similes were true, how sad life would be.
In fact, human life is "impermanent", "non-self"; life is how much rain, sunshine, birth does not bring, death does not bring. End of a human life, if not leaving little merit, virtue, speech; To leave behind any meaning, it is true that "empty-handed and empty-handed"!
What can Life be compared to?
Should life look so pessimistic?
Please provide a relative comparison: "Human life is like a ball"!
When they were young, they studied and strived to make a career, until they became a family, became a parent, then, in the eyes of their children, their parents were like a "basketball". Because, you see, when playing basketball, did the players scramble for the ball, everyone said it was "my ball" - my ball?
But as parents age more and more, children begin to push the responsibility to nurture their parents, the older brother said that this is his eldest responsibility, the eldest said that the youngest brother has to take care, the youngest son thinks that should division of responsibilities, so under the arrangement of the children, the parents had to stay with this child for 1 month, stay with the other child for 2 months, at this time poor parents like a volleyball, being passed back by the children . Even when their parents are old and weak, they are considered as a "soccer" ball, their children are busy with work, earning money, seeing their elderly and frail parents, just afraid that they cannot be kicked.
In fact, parents may not be "volleyball", "football", just they themselves have morality, education, savings, then parents are like "dumbbells" , even if you want to throw it, you can't throw it far, even your children see your parents as a "rugby ball", hugging tightly, definitely don't let go!
Life "like what"? If your mind is like a Bodhisattva, people will naturally worship you; If you turn yourself into a devil, of course people will alienate you.
Therefore, we can plan our lives as "the ground" - supporting everything, or like "the sky" - protecting all living things, like "the land" - for human cultivation, or "knowledge pool" - so that all users do not finish it.
Is life as sad as they say?
What can Life be compared to?
Isn't life like the spring breeze, the winter sunshine?
2 - Learn to admit mistakes
Officials in the political world often suffer from the same mistake, that is, they also do not accept mistakes.
"Death also does not accept errors" is also a very common disease of the Chinese people, no matter how big a mistake is made, he will use this excuse and all the excuses, find every reason to cover up the mistakes. mine. For example, having set an appointment for 10 hours at the start of the meeting, he was late 30O; half an hour late to acknowledge the error, but he not only did not bother to accept the error but also described countless reasons, which are: today traffic; I was about to get out the door when I got a phone; I was about to leave when there were guests; When it was raining, it rained, I searched forever without seeing an umbrella and so on. In short, he pulled out a lot of reasons, just to say that being late was forced to do so, he was not at fault.
Receiving error is a virtue! Buddhism has a wonderful teaching, that is, "Learn to admit errors"; Confucius has the so-called "Everyday, three or three people awakened themselves" (Every day they have to consider themselves three times), but the Buddha door, so to speak, must always reflect the error.
Failing to implement the parents' teaching, must admit to the error; help unfriendly friends, have to admit errors; teach children not to arrive, to admit mistakes; dedication to the country, to society is not enough, must accept the error. Even in one day, getting up late in the morning, having to admit errors; to work late, have to admit mistakes; Every day does not do the best of its work, need to admit errors; do not take care of the family well, need to admit mistakes; Grateful to others without repayment, need to acknowledge the error; There are things that are not in the relationship, need to admit errors, so that others are not satisfied with you, you need to accept the errors; abuse of natural resources, need to admit fault.
Receive errors, may improve; accept the error, can virtue. Receive errors need to understand reflection; understand the feedback to acknowledge the mistake, can have more strength.
Confucianist taught that: "too much material bullets" (make mistakes do not be afraid to repent), so there are errors, do not be afraid to correct mistakes, only brave to admit errors, brave to correct mistakes, can do it yourself new yourself, frankly accepting mistakes, there's not much need for a reason; Understanding that one should accept the error, there is no need to find a way to cover it up, so the door of Buddha taught "reveal", can reveal more penance, called virtue.
In a person's life, there are many things to learn, such as learning knowledge, learning skills, learning how to deal with people, especially learning to admit mistakes, this is an important subject of human life, worth our use. mind learning.
3 - Healthy and longevity
Everyone wants to be "healthy" and "longevity".
What is "healthy"?
Everything that is complete, righteous, pure and harmonious is healthy. For example, physically healthy, this is understandable to anyone. There is also psychological health, that is, reflection, attention and self-knowing.
In addition to physical and psychological health, there is emotional health, career health, wealth of wealth, healthy relationships between people, healthy beliefs and religion. Ordinary people, despite having psychological health, but without one of the many of the aforementioned healthy things to nourish their survival, then, life is still flawed. , also considered not healthy.
What is "longevity"?
Longevity, does not mean that the body works to 80 years old, 100 years old has been called "longevity". The "harp diên linh" (turtles and cranes) must be "long-life" animals. Spare parts of a millennial species do not die, they are also "longevity" plants. But, after the longevity of the harp, coniferous, their dedication to the world is ultimately how much? Therefore, in addition to the long life of the physical life, we also need the longevity of the language, the longevity of work, the longevity of fame, the longevity of morality, the longevity of wisdom, the longevity longevity of harmony.
Longevity, if it is only an extension of physical life, without the spiritual values considered as the inner meaning of life such as: language, work, reputation, morality, wisdom, harmony; In fact, longevity is also of no value.
A normal healthy person, being criticized by others as being "a foolish mind, or developing", in your opinion, what is the value of this healthy type? Can see, the so-called "healthy", must be healthy in all aspects: physical, psychological, mental, career. For example, unhealthy emotions, despite being physically strong, are not happy; unhealthy beliefs, illegal credit bureaus, are not as well.
When it comes to longevity, Peng Zu lived to be 800 years old, but in history, do we see any records of his social contributions? Can see, established, virtue, proverbs, is the true longevity; like there is a word, there is happiness, there is equanimity in Buddhism to be the true longevity.
We pray for health, spend with perfection; we pray for longevity, equal to the infinite amount of demand. Because, health (wellbeing) does not mean perfecting! Thugs thugs, specializing in bad work, according to you, he is not healthy? Elderly people, fortunate to live over a hundred years of age, eat and not sit down, aren't they very long-lived? But the problem is that they are useful for life, for society?
Therefore, anyone who wants to be healthy, long-lived, cannot help but be unaware of this morality!
4 - Adjust the concept
Conception is a way of looking, a person who just needs to think about its good side and look at its positive points, everything is good. Even if just that you like, you will find it good, so there is the so-called "in the eyes of lovers have Tay Thi"; on the contrary, if it is good, because he does not believe, even if the saint before him, he also makes himself a stubborn person. Therefore, the "subjective" of human conception really has a very important influence on themselves.
Someone asked: "Heaven, where is hell?" “Hell of heaven, of course, is in concept! If you know how to be satisfied, then at home that wall of a dirt house is like heaven; If you do not know if you agree, even though you are on the purple floor, you feel like hell. Therefore, the main conception is heaven and hell; heaven and hell are in our conception.
Some people go to Africa, seeing that Africans are mostly barefoot, he thought, if soon investing in a shoe factory, certain businesses prosper. After returning, looking for a general who was looking at the place, unexpectedly someone just saw said: “Africans are barefoot, they are not used to wearing shoes, come here to make shoes, how can there be buyers? ” So they had to rush back.
Therefore, a conception, can progress, can withdraw; can be, can be defeated!
Inside the perception of light, everything becomes clear; in the concept of believing in success, anything will be successful; in the concept of having [consciousness] built, he can cultivate without harming good people, good deeds; think of the good side of the concept, all is well. Therefore, the concept of human life is like a flower garden, it is possible to cultivate a fresh, fragrant flower; the concept of human life is like a factory, so it can produce many items that benefit the people; in the concept of hope, it is possible to build constructions full of hope in the future.
Conception, a tolerant world, can build a vast boundless world. But in the opinion of some people, those are pessimistic, negative views, hoping that they can not do and enjoy, even if they do not care about reality, to imagine the ascension to heaven, to do so. How to have a good life? Therefore, the one who cries and the one laughs, just on the spot of how we conceive. You want to become a crying man, because you have the concept of the crying person; If you want to be a laughing person, you also need to have the concept of the laughing person. You do not necessarily have to hope for prosperity and prosperity, you just need to build a good concept of truth, goodness, and beauty, called the cause of the concept. There is a good cause, what is the fear of not having a good result?
5 - Self-determination
The human being, with regard to his own joys, wraths, and piles, should "seek for himself"; for the loss, success or failure, should also "self-planning". Where his life goes, from where he comes, so "he himself"; become a king of an enemy, a holy city into a good city, and should "plan for themselves"! Man, should master himself.
As the proverb says, "there is no Shakyamuni, there is no natural Maitreya," all must rely on our own constant efforts; As long as you strive, progress, nature will return you a worthy possession.
In the world, there are people because of a vague statement of others, instant melancholy, remember, three meals of vegetables but could not swallow; someone for a trivial matter like that, had feelings of affliction, restless all night. Just like in this life, joy and sorrow are controlled by others; want you to like, compliment you on two good sentences, want you to be upset, criticize you for some bad sentences. A person's life always lives in the hold of others, it can't be sad!
Legend has it, Zhao Phan Quan in hell, serving the Pluto, came to earth to say how much life was left for the rest of his life.
Zhao Guan Guan sat on the side of the road, hand-ringing a bell, telling Mr. A that he had finished returning to his home country: "Your life only lasts three months; after three months, I'll come into your house and ring the bell, as soon as the bell rings, you'll follow me to disappear. "
Zhao Guan Quan rang another bell, telling merchant B, who was crossing the road: "Your life is only three months, three more months, I will go to your palace to ring the bell, in the bell, you will follow me." and die ”.
Two men A and B hear that, in fear, restless restlessness. From that moment, A was sad and sad every day, thinking of his remaining three months, the meal did not flow, sleep was not peaceful. Everyday, I just look at the money I earned and suffer, my hands are constantly counting the wealth that my whole life has worked hard to accumulate, not knowing what to do!
On the other hand, Mr. B thinks of his life, which is only three months away, to see how short and bitter life is, how to make a fortune, how can we help him? So, he gave alms to people, built bridges and roads everywhere, depending on the coast to help the poor save suffering, keep busy like that, forget even yourself.
At the end of the three-month term, Zhao Yan Guan appointment to visit Mr. A, due to melancholy, mental anxiety, Mr. A became a physically debilitated Mr. A when he saw Zhao Phan. Although the bell didn't ring, he fell and died. But Mr. B, because of his good deeds of giving, blessed to his homeland, the people thanked him, to show their gratitude, they constantly brought greatness to give. Immediately the gongs echoed the sky, uninterruptedly bustling, so, despite the sound of Trieu Phan Quan's ringing, Mr. B still did not hear, he continued to live a life of freedom, taking good deeds as joy. .
Therefore, in the path of human life, joy and sorrow are lost, all is in us, not by others!
6- Human life is positive
Everyone has a different outlook on life, there is an optimist, a pessimist. Optimists always think about the good side of things and keep the optimistic view; pessimists always think about the bad side of things and keep a pessimistic view.
In fact, there is no absolute optimism in the world, nor absolute pessimism; "The mind of birth and death, the mind of the living being," the mind of birth, "and the mind of death." Optimism, pessimism, of course there are external conditions, but most of them are self-created.
There was a monarch who, when going out hunting unknowingly broke a finger, asked the nearby great god what to do? The Ambassador said with an optimistic, relieved voice: "This is a good thing!" The king heard that very angry, blaming him for seeing other people in distress, so ordered him to be locked into a great pit. A year later, the king went out to hunt again, was captured by the aboriginal people, tied to the altar, prepared to sacrifice. The sorcerer suddenly discovered that the emperor lost a finger, thinking that this was an incomplete Sacrifice, and he released the monarch, and instead replaced the ambassador as the sacrificial animal. In the joy of escaping, the king thought of the happy lord who said that it was a good thing to lose his fingers, ordered him to be released, and apologized for unjustly arresting him for a year in the dungeon. The high priest is still optimistic, saying: “The painting of 1 year in prison is also a good thing,
Therefore, a good thing is not necessarily totally good, a bad thing is not necessarily a bad thing; Buddhism teaches "impermanence", everything can be good, everything can be ugly. The pessimist always thinks of himself with only one million dong and he is sad and worried, the optimist is happy forever because he still has ten thousand dong.
When Tô Đông Pha was demoted to Hainan island, the solitude and desolation of the island, when he was first promoted, he was indeed two different worlds. But then, Tô Đông Pha thought, in this universe, living on this lonely island, in fact, not only him, the earth is also a lonely island in the middle of the sea, just like the middle ant. pots of water, when climbing a leaf blade, this is also an orphan island. Therefore, Tô Đông Pha felt that if he could be alone, he could be happy.
On the island, each time he ate a local seafood dish, Tô Đông Pha found himself fortunate to be able to come to Hainan island. Even, he thought, if there were any courtiers coming here earlier than him, how could he have personally tasted such delicious dishes? So, thinking about the good side of things, is that you will feel your life is incomparable.
Monks and nuns enter Buddhism, just a monk robes, a pair of grass shoes, and a vacuum wandering around the world. They can accompany the beggar, but they can also sit with the monarch, seem to be alone, but the monk has the dharma realm, the same body as sentient beings in the universe, so there is no place. for lonely here?
Therefore, there is no absolute joy and sadness in life, just a spirit of striving and positive, just always thinking of the good side of things, nature can turn misery into joy, turn hard into easy, turn dangerous into an. Hải Luân Khải Need said: "Towards the sun, you will not see the shade." Human life is positive, it's the sunshine in the heart, this word is truly valuable !.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.24/5/2020.
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