Why did the ancients say that people struggle for breath and buddhas struggle for a column of incense?
"Buddha depends on a pillar of incense, and man depends on one breath". One breath is very important for man's actions. People often say, "As long as I have breath, I am not afraid of nothing." All kinds of industries in the world need to rely on "spirit" to have strength and "spirit" to develop: First, there must be morale in the war. There are constant wars in the world, and there are local wars in different places and national wars in different countries. Whoever wins or loses depends on his strong morale. Some troops are well-equipped and well-fed, but unfortunately their morale is low; Some armies are at the end of the road, and their combat effectiveness is minimal, but relying on the morale of the whole army can turn weakness into strength and defeat into victory. Therefore, with morale, we can unite as one, complete the task and achieve hope. Second, you should be ambitious in reading. The ancients studied, in order to learn from Yao Shunyu Tang, Confucius, Mencius, Laozi and Zhuangzi, and to be above others and achieve great things. "A man has his own ambition, and he doesn't do what the Tathagata does." He is commending his independent ambition. As the saying goes, "whoever Yao is, whoever Shun is, and whoever does something is", there is no natural virtue in the world, and it is all learned hard. I am determined to learn, where there is a will, there is a way; Determined to be an official, determined to do business, determined to be an artist, as long as you are ambitious, why can't you achieve it? Third, do things with luck. Some people think that everything in the world is arranged by fate, so you should have luck in doing things. In fact, luck is not controlled by others, but by yourself. "those who help themselves will always help them", you can be diligent, and diligence is your luck; You can help others, and helping others is your luck. Everyone's luck depends on their own creation. State-owned national luck, that is the karma of the group; A family has its own way, which is the karma of the whole family. People have luck, which is personal heart, perseverance, mind and wisdom. If you want to ask where and how luck is, the answer is: luck is at your side, and luck is in your own hands. Fourth, be a man with backbone. A person's figure is soft, but his spine is hard. To be a person, not only should his shoulders be able to take responsibility, but also his back should stand upright. In ancient times, how many people were "poor in ambition", how many people "smashed their teeth and swallowed blood" and how many people "worked hard" just to establish their own backbone. Tao Yuanming's backbone is that he doesn't bend over for five buckets of rice; Liang Qichao's failure to sell his patriotic sentiments for a hundred thousand silver dollars is his backbone; Zhang Zizhong's martyrdom for his country not only shows the soldiers' integrity, but also shows his personal character. "The horse power is known from a distance, and people will see it for a long time." Whenever the country and society are in a precarious situation, whether it can survive safely depends on how the whole people show their backbone. Five, treat people with loyalty. Qi and strength are your own, but sometimes you have to give them to others and have them with others. Just as we make friends, between fellow villagers and colleagues, we should be loyal. Seeing profit and forgetting righteousness is a villain, and being a man must be loyal, so that he can hold his head high between heaven and earth and be with the lofty spirit of heaven and earth. Sixth, you must have courage to live. The world belongs to brave people, because we have to struggle with the harsh environment since birth, no matter whether the weather is cold or hot, we can't escape. It is hard to study since childhood, and we must struggle with hard work; Employment is difficult, and we must struggle with it; Human feelings are watered down, and we must struggle with watering down; The world is snobbish, so we should fight against it. In a word, the world is like chess, and we have to struggle bravely to stick to it and win the final victory. It is difficult for a coward to stand in the world.