According to "Yuewei Thatched Cottage Notes", Yu Nanming said in the Ming Jing article: The joys and sorrows of life have no end; the joys and sorrows of the human heart are not inevitable. Because ordinary people have had this experience: in a very happy environment, if you feel a little uncomfortable, you will feel painful; in a very painful environment, if you feel a little relaxed, you will feel very happy.
An incident that he personally experienced can clearly illustrate this truth. He once taught in a tent in Kangning Village. The environment there was very difficult. The accommodation was so narrow that you could touch your head if you straightened your back. There was no curtain on the door, no curtain on the bed, and there were no trees in the yard. When the weather is hot, it's like being in a steamer. Mosquitoes and flies are flying around, and you can't get rid of them. You can't even fall asleep during your lunch break. As a result, I was extremely agitated and thought I was in the fiery hell.
?I was tired and sleepy for a long time, and then I fell asleep. I dreamed that I was sailing on a boat in the sea and encountered a hurricane. The sky was dark for a while, and I was frightened and extremely frightened. The boat was overturned by big waves and I fell into the sea and was about to drown. At this moment, he was suddenly carried by a man and thrown to the shore, tied up with a rope, and thrown into a cellar. He couldn't see his fingers, and the air was thin, and he couldn't breathe. He felt like he was about to be suffocated to death. He felt uncomfortable and frightened all over. To the extreme.
?Just when he was in excruciating pain, he suddenly heard someone calling him. When he opened his eyes, he found that he was still lying on the original three-legged wooden bed. But unlike the irritability before falling asleep, he felt My limbs feel comfortable and my mind is relaxed and happy, as if I am in a fairyland in heaven. That night, he and his disciples were walking by the river. He told his disciples about this experience and the principles behind it. He only heard a voice in the grass by the river sighing: This principle is so right. We will not be reincarnated if we sink by the water. , but compared with those suffering ghosts in hell, they are still happy.
It can be seen that there is no such thing as pain and joy in life. Happiness and pain are contrasted and "transferred" from one's own heart, rather than given by the environment and fate. What determines a person's mood is not the environment, but the mood. It’s not that the more you have, the more happiness you have; the better the environment is, the more happiness you have. In the same situation, some people find it painful and others find it happy. This is the reason. From this point of view, Buddhism advocates that "the environment changes with the mind", and not letting the mind be changed by the state will cause endless troubles, which will help achieve peace and joy in life. "Moon Lantern Sutra" says: "If you encounter a state of peace and happiness, you should not be greedy. If you encounter a state of pain, you should not be bored." If we can maintain an equal mentality, our lives will be more peaceful and complete, and less Worry and greed.
So Mr. Yang Jiang said: The world belongs to you and has nothing to do with others.