The traffic police asked Grandpa, "These things are painful for other people, but why are you so happy?" Grandpa said, "Look ahead! Don't think about those unhappy things. " This is the optimistic attitude of the uncle, and "looking forward" is the "secret" to persevere in difficulties.
Ten years later, my uncle appeared again, and my brother was still around, but things have reversed. He got married, had a five-year-old daughter and started a beautiful life. As uncle said, in the face of life, there are some things that you can't choose, so you can overcome them slowly.
Grandpa not only has light in his eyes, but also has positive, optimistic and self-reliant beliefs in his heart.
Faith is scarce in many people's life state, because there is no goal for life. People are used to living naturally, like comfort zones and hate stress zones. I am happy and happy when I meet things that I like, and I am angry and depressed when I meet things that I don't like. Day after day, year after year, I am spinning around in greed, ignorance, love, joys and sorrows, and I am confused and confused in the pros and cons.
why do people live? Just to eat and wear and enjoy life? Where does the meaning of living point? Faced with these problems, I'm afraid many people will be silent.
I remember that Chen Yinque, a master of Chinese studies, once said, "In this land of ours, these people, throughout their lives, have mostly done what they did, but they are just two words. The so-called scenery, but you have the skill; The road is bumpy, but there is no door, and that's basically it. " This summarizes the mediocre life of most people, including you, me and him.
I've been alive for a long time, and I've been busy and running from shop to home day after day for more than ten years. What's the point of living mechanically? That kind of confusion and confusion makes people panic. What is even more uncontrollable is that it is impossible to predict when this panic day will end.
Until I saw the Tibetan people's pilgrimage for nearly a thousand miles, their calm faces, firm eyes and powerful steps made me feel the outline of "faith".
Later, I also studied Buddhism. At first, I simply regarded Buddhism as a kind of belief, and my heart was like a light, so I was no longer scared and confused, and I was full of energy every day. However, with the deepening of legal meaning, I went from believing in Buddhism to learning Buddhism.
It's a pity that the good times didn't last long. I don't know when I became more and more lazy. Although I still believed in Buddhism and didn't regret it, I was already slack. I fished for three days in my homework and dried my net for two days, so I had no perseverance and little perseverance. I don't understand why I have become like this. Where has my diligence gone?
One day, I saw Biography of Su Wu, and I suddenly understood. Why did I become so lazy when I didn't lose my faith? In addition to karma, there is also a very important reason, that is, I didn't establish a "firm belief" like Su Wu in the process of my faith. What's more, there is no "impermanence" that the contemporary living Buddha said in "What is practice"!
The story of Su Wu's herding sheep must be familiar to everyone. Nineteen years in the Gobi desert, how many days and nights, facing the endless cold, hunger, loneliness and desolation. If there is no strong belief in loyalty to the nation and loyalty to the righteousness, it is only a matter of a moment to surrender to the Huns, not to mention the intimidation and inducement.
It can be seen that if you have a firm belief in life, you will have a living direction, and you will not be easily influenced by some external factors. At the same time, you can rise enough strength to resist the wind, frost, snow and rain in the world and overcome difficulties and obstacles. The so-called "power can't be bent, wealth can't be immoral".
Like countless revolutionary pioneers, they are fearless and even face all kinds of torture. They bite the bullet and would rather die than surrender, because their hearts are filled with national liberation, national security and people's happiness. The same is true of scientists who have made great contributions to the country. They have great beliefs in their hearts for the country and the nation. As ordinary people, these may be far away from us, but they do not prevent us from living with faith.
As a yogi, how do you face the topic of "being alive"? In fact, our body is a body of karma, enjoying all the good, suffering all the bad, or experiencing some bad things, all of which are inspired by our own cause and effect. In our limited life, we are determined to live, make use of this body, seize the time to practice well, break the chains of so-called fate and get rid of the shackles of The six great divisions in the wheel of karma, and rely on Buddhism to free life and death, so that all beings can be happy, achieve and free, and let all beings be as happy as we are. This is the fundamental meaning of our life.
When we face people and things in life with bodhicitta, the world will give us more light. Our life is divorced from the life that we live, from the life that we live because we are alive, from the life that goes with the flow, and we have a positive benchmark.
A firm belief in life is like a flower blooming on a dumb branch. In the world, it may be just a trivial ornament, but it can make the whole tree of life flourish from now on.
Written by: Hedgehog Half-open Editor: Yuese