The nature of things in the world is impermanent, which means that the complicated and trivial matters in the world are always in the midst of the entanglements and disputes between people and things. Gains and losses, resentment, sorrow, joy, confusion and temptation. All these factors are accompanied by restrictions. Love is always binding our thoughts, and we are sometimes powerless. In such a prosperous and colorful world, being able to calmly look alone in a corner can maintain a very calm state of mind. There is no complaint, no sadness. After thinking through everything, I just return to the calm place where I started

The reason why everyone is attached to the Buddha nature is because they have not been able to get rid of the root dust such as the eyes. , color and other laws. Therefore, true enlightenment is to abandon the six objects and put aside all dharmas. When you open your eyes, everything you see is empty. Because there is nothing in the true dharma-nature, there is no dharma, which is called the Tathagata, that is, in a state where things are unobstructed, one can realize freedom

In fact, this sentence seems to be very simple and popular, Even though we have spent a lifetime of experience, we may not be able to truly understand its essence. Rationally, perhaps we can understand what this means. But it is not so easy to truly implement the concept of "ashes to ashes, soil to soil" in action.

There are two monks from Nepal and China. They travel around the world performing their unique sand painting skills in the way of ascetics. When the two monks were painting, they tied up their cloth robes and started painting with concentration and humility. You can't see from their faces the high spirits and flying expressions of those star bowls when they performed their talents. trace. No matter how many people were watching, they just stared at the hourglass in their hands, guarding the Buddha's world under their hands. The content of the sand paintings they drew is the legendary origin of the world. It is a Buddhist painting that is grand, severe, and so beautiful that it can make people dizzy. It took the two monks more than twenty days to use colorful quicksand to complete their work, which combines life and art. The perfect sand painting explains the solemnity of the Buddha's will and the spirit of all living beings. All the onlookers were shocked by them. They expressed their respect for twice as many monks with warm applause, and some even brought them flowers. The two monks did not smile or speak. He just took the flowers from people with lowered eyebrows and sat next to the sand paintings with an indifferent expression, drinking water and staring at their works. After they drank the water and stood up, something no one expected happened. The two monks picked up the small sand shovel and used the sand shovel calmly and mercilessly to attack the masterpiece that they had worked so hard for more than 20 days to complete. The dust was flying lightly, and the two monks effortlessly destroyed the exquisite sand painting. Their faces were still so calm and deep, as if nothing had happened, and the ruined sand was just a pile of dust that had nothing to do with them. Amid people's exclamations, they silently packed up their belongings, picked up their luggage, and walked to their next destination... These two monks are respectable, and they want to use this "dust to dust" method. The intuitive image of "earth returns to earth" explains to people in the secular world the most fundamental definition in Buddhism, that is: all prosperity will eventually pass away like running water. Looking at such stories and recalling the ups and downs of decades, I dare not say that I have gained a clear understanding, but the pain that has been entangled in my heart will surely slowly disappear. Born in the secular world, it is impossible for people to calmly embrace the wise sayings of Buddhism, look at the impermanence of life, and face the changes in world affairs. Because after all, we are here in this mountain, temptation, confusion, desire and other worldly things are always affecting our thoughts. There is no way for us to be alone in such a lively, prosperous and colorful world.

" ("Feelings of Sickness"). In his later lyrics, the pain of impermanence and the depth of emptiness are particularly prominent.

In 976, Li Yu was captured and brought to Bianliang. When he was imprisoned, this huge psychological gap gave him a painful experience of life and worldly affairs. He lived alone in a room, tortured his soul from time to time, and conducted a thorough exploration of life. For example, in "Happy Meeting": "The flowers in the forest faded away in spring, too hastily. Helplessly, the cold rain comes in the morning and the wind comes in the evening. Tears of rouge make people drunk, when will they come again? It is natural that life grows and hates water forever!" The impermanence of nature is used to contrast and symbolize the impermanence of life, and the mutual comparison intensifies the dual experience of impermanence. No wonder the latter is mainly written in In helplessness and despair, he wailed, "It is natural that life will grow and hate the water forever"! And "Poppy Beauty" "When did the spring flowers and autumn moon come, how much do we know about the past." There was an east wind in the small building last night, and the motherland could not bear to look back at the bright moon. The carved railings and jade masonry should still be there, but the beauty has changed. Asking you how much sorrow you can have is like a river of spring water flowing eastward. "It also reveals the transience and impermanence of life from the perspective of time and space. In the end, great sorrow and pain, and great enlightenment turn into a thorough understanding of life: "Just like a river of spring water flowing eastward."

For impermanence, later The Lord is helpless. In his helplessness, he savors loneliness, thinks about the past, and remembers the past. In his eyes, the past is like smoke and life is like a dream. Therefore, " The word "dream". For example: "Everything in the world flows with the flowing water, and a dream comes to life" ("The Cry of the Black Night"), "The past has become empty, but it is still like a dream" ("Midnight Song"), "How many ten gens, last night "In the dream soul" ("Wang Jiangnan"), "In the dream I didn't know I was a guest, and I was greedy for pleasure for a while" ("Langtaosha").

In the dream, I have met the beautiful woman many times, and I have visited the Phoenix Pavilion and the Dragon Tower many times; when I wake up from the dream, it is still "the gurgling rain outside the curtain" and "the rain is dripping at dawn". Life is inherently impermanent, and big dreams are illusory. The more brilliant you are in your dream, the more miserable you will be when you wake up. The better the dream, the colder the reality. The huge contrast between the dream and the dream deepened his pessimism. Using dreams to experience impermanence intensifies his lament about the illusion of life.

His lyrics also involve emptiness, such as "The past has become empty, but it is still like a dream" ("Midnight Song"), "I think of the moon in the Jade Tower and Yao Palace, and the sky shines on Qinhuai" ("Lang Tao") Sand》) etc. Dream is emptiness, emptiness is dream. Form is emptiness, emptiness is form. In the empty recollection of the past, a series of colors are transformed: the concubine surrounded by pearls and green, the lingering love of lovesickness,... The author creates color due to the void, and realizes the sky due to the color, conveying the color of the lover, seeing the color, causing emotion, the cycle is endless, Falling into an abyss that is difficult to extricate oneself from. He chanted about the impermanence of life more than once. Not only did he realize the impermanence with the poet's intuition, but he also experienced the great sorrow and pain of life as a subjugated king, and tasted the bitter wine that impermanence brought to him. Impermanence is emptiness. The love sworn by each other and the earth-shattering imperial achievements are indeed like flowers in the sky! History has ruthlessly revealed the answer: emperors in the past dynasties, whether they were bright kings or dim kings, were just a mouthful of loess covering their affairs; all dynasties could not help but rise and fall. The abyss of destruction. He always chants about impermanence and never forgets emptiness. At best, he has reached the "first gate of emptiness", but is still far from the "ultimate emptiness". Because as a poet, he cannot spare the infusion of flesh and blood and soul into his words. "Whenever we talk about emptiness, we first talk about impermanence. Impermanence is called the first door. The first door is called impermanence, and after all, it is called emptiness." (Volume 3 of Kumarajiva's "Commentary on the Vimalakia Sutra"), this is what we call it. After the main late word, indeed. Therefore, after all, Li Houzhu could not reach the state of ruthless abandonment of love required by Buddhism to "diligently cut off all views of love and then return to the Great Perfect Enlightenment" ("The Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment").

The poems written by the Empress of the Song Dynasty are not only about the loss of a person, but also about the great sadness of the scattered country and the impermanence of life. They look directly at the blood and tears, sorrow and despair of the world, and convey a profound feeling. The feeling of compassion and compassion. Therefore, the post-subject word "sentiments are deep" ("Ren Jian Ci Hua").

Li Yu put his unique emotional experience, profound understanding of life and Buddhist understanding into his lyrics. His works have a unique Zen flavor and unparalleled beauty of pathos, which have been deeply rooted in people's hearts for thousands of years. , spread everlastingly.