1. Cognitive confusion: People who live in the world always live in a state of confusion: they neither know themselves nor really know the world. Do you know who I am? This question seems simple.

Single, some people may answer without thinking, "I" is me. In fact, this is a very profound problem. You think "I" is me. Do you take your body as "me" or your mind as "me"? If you use your body

For "I", the body is four false combinations. Where are the four dissolved "I"? If thinking is regarded as "I", thinking is based on experience and concepts and has no independence. It shows that this question is not easy to answer, so in the west.

The most famous sentence in Fang philosophy is: Know yourself.

"Where life comes from and where death goes" is also a big puzzle in life. I remember a western philosopher once made an image metaphor for life: he said that life is like crossing a bridge, with the bridge head, the bridge tail and the bridge bottom.

Clouds are everywhere and people move from one cloud to another. Yes! Looking at life with the wisdom of Buddhism, we were born from the womb, which is just the beginning of life. When a life ends, it doesn't mean life.

After the end of life, life will continue endlessly, and this life is only a fragment in the continuation of life. Therefore, a slightly thoughtful person should not only focus on the present survival, but also be close.

"Where does the heart come from and where does it die?" This ancient and realistic question.

In real life, everyone is very concerned about their own destiny. What is fate? Is there a destiny in life? If there is such a thing as fate, what power determines it? People's views on these issues

It is often different: some people don't believe that life is predestined and think that there is no established law for the development of life; Some people believe that life is predestined, thinking that there is a kind of power that dominates our life; Some people think that support

The power to match fate comes from life itself. Some people believe that fate cannot be changed; Some people believe that fate can be changed. However, what is fate?

Karma is also a controversial issue in the world. Don't you think so? It seems that everything in the world has its own cause and effect, such as "as you sow, you reap"; Do you think there is cause and effect? But there are many phenomena in real life.

French interpretation. For example, some people do evil, but life is very easy; Some people do good deeds and accumulate virtue, and live in poverty. Therefore, materialists advocate lifelong theory and don't believe in karma; All religions talk about karma. because

Is there a return?

Why do people live? What is the meaning of survival? This is also a question that people often ask in my lectures. Living in the world, many people don't know why they are alive. They only know to follow the established habits of their predecessors.

Live: go to school, find a job, get married, have children, get promoted and get rich, have fun, and even die. Humans repeat the same way of life from generation to generation. When it comes to why people live, in fact, most people are right

This is at a loss, let alone why. However, if we want to make life more valuable, of course, we should still care about why people are alive.

Second, the pain caused by persistent desire: Buddhist scriptures say that the world we live in is a world of desire, and the biggest feature of the world of desire lies in the word "desire". It can be said that people in our world live in a strong desire.

Look at it. What is desire? Desire is the inner desire of life. Some are physical and some are psychological. So desire has two aspects: physiological factors and psychological factors. Desire is very complicated, and its forms vary widely.

There are five differences in Buddhist scriptures, which are called five desires. That is, lust, eyes want to see beautiful colors. Sound desire, ears want to hear good sounds. The nose wants to smell the fragrance. Taste desire, tongue desire

I hope to taste delicious food. Touch desire, the body wants to contact the comfortable environment. Five desires sometimes have different views in Buddhist scriptures. (1) The desire for wealth is the desire for wealth. (2) lust is the desire for sexual intercourse between men and women. (3) Name

Desire is the desire for fame and status. (4) Appetite is a desire for food. (5) Sleepiness is a desire for sleep. Affectionate life is to continue in the realm of constant pursuit of five desires, usually called happiness in life,

To put it bluntly, it is the satisfaction of desire. When people's desires are satisfied, they feel happy and happy. Desire is nothing. Although people's desires are related to material conditions, what conditions can they meet?

Without standards, it often rises with the improvement of the material environment. The living conditions of the ancients were very simple, and they lived on food, clothing, housing and transportation. Now that material conditions are abundant, people's desires have also expanded. People today, not because

Satisfied with the rich material environment, they are always pursuing outward.

With the development of economy, society has created a wide range of consumption opportunities for people, thus constantly stimulating consumption awareness. More prominent is the emergence of entertainment places in recent years, such as dance halls, bars, karaoke bars, nightclubs,

What other ladies with one escort, two escorts, three escorts, four escorts and five escorts are specially for you? People are busy making money during the day, but they spend the night in wine and wine at night, so they lose themselves. Modern social economy is prosperous, but society

Morality is also lost.

Another result of desire is that it brings human suffering. Yi pin said: "people who want to be interested often start from hope. If they want to be frustrated, they will be annoyed like arrows." This song is about people who live in desire and always ask for something from the outside world. Once they can't get it, it will be as painful as being shot by an arrow. Among the eight pains mentioned in Buddhist scriptures, not wanting to suffer is the pain caused by the unsatisfied desire.

In daily life, people have to worry about eating: the poor don't know where the next meal is, and the rich are tired of eating everything, but they don't know what to eat for the next meal; Worried about wearing, clothing styles emerge one after another, wearing

What is fashion? Of course, some people are worried about the arrival of winter and the lack of warm clothes; Worried about living: land prices are rising, and it costs hundreds of thousands to buy a house. Renting a house is also very important for the working class. Housing is very expensive.

Worrying. With a house, it is too narrow, or the surrounding environment is not ideal and it is uncomfortable to live in. Some people want to live in spacious buildings or villas and have no money. For the happiness of "me", eating, wearing and living are enough troubles for a lifetime.

Corresponding to basic survival is wealth. In order to maintain "me" to survive better, we have to work hard and start a business. If there is no specialty, you need to sell coolies; Some people have their own careers, but this career

It's like a heavy burden, and you have to do your best for it all day. Work is for enjoyment, but enjoyment must be given up for work. It is difficult to start a business, and it is also difficult to stay in business. When people have no wealth, they will keep pursuing wealth for my survival.

Struggling. Once you have money, there is nothing to pursue in life, and life will be boring, which is even more terrible.

In order to make "I" more beautiful, this brings the problem of reputation. Among the five desires, reputation is also listed as one of the important desires of human beings. A person's survival in society needs not only food and clothing, but also social status and status.

It also comes from word of mouth. If I have a bad reputation and no position in society, I will feel very timid. Good reputation, high social status, respected everywhere, "I" feel the scenery. Therefore, people want "I" to be better.

Survival, pay special attention to reputation. Among the people, there is competition and humiliation; In the celebrity class, people sue for reputation damage.

As a "I", I have thoughts and opinions. Because of my relationship, I pay special attention to my thoughts and opinions. Most people have the habit of expressing their thoughts and opinions. I hope others will understand me and agree with me.

If you don't understand me, you will feel sad. In a government, different parties appear among colleagues because of different views; Philosophers argue because of different views, while western religions fight because of different views.

Controversy, I see that there is a dispute between right and wrong in the world, I see that people can't make progress because of their original understanding, I see that harmony between people is hindered, I see that people's understanding of truth is affected, and I see that all troubles still arise.

The root of.

No ego can make us surpass ourselves. There are many people in the world who try to surpass themselves because they are not satisfied with themselves, but they can't surpass themselves anyway, so they are very painful and annoyed. What is the reason? be

Because of me. Our existing personality is self-centered. I think it's hard to change our character if we don't waver. Therefore, if you want to surpass yourself, you must first give up your self-attachment and move from understanding to no self.

Only in this way can we surpass ourselves.

Corresponding to the sentient world is the sentient world, which depends on the sentient cognitive ability, that is, the color world seen by eyes, the sound world heard by ears, the fragrance world smelled by nose and the taste tasted by tongue.

The world, the tactile world felt by the body, and the legal world bound by consciousness. If a person has six senses, then he will have six worlds from the beginning. If he has no eyes, he will lose color like this world. Without ears, he will lose his voice in the world.

The content of the world is mainly six places, also called six dusts. Dust is dust, and dust is polluted, which means six polluted functions and six senses. For example, when our six senses are not in contact with six fields, our heart

It is quiet and calm, in other words, out of sight, out of mind. But once you touch the realm, that is, when your eyes see your enemy or lover, there will inevitably be strong fluctuations in your heart, and your enemy will be angry.

Burning, if you are a lover, you are attached. Is your heart still calm at this time? Still quiet?

From the perspective of happiness, mental health should be the first, physical health the second and wealth the third. However, modern people give up everything and fail to see the importance of mental health to life happiness.

Righteousness, in pursuit of wealth, exhausted his mind and indulged himself with wealth, leaving the whole mind in a highly broken state. There are many rich people in this society, but few rich people feel happy.

Because they lack a sound mentality, they are not in the mood to enjoy happiness.

Love is a kind of possession. We love one thing or one person. When we become attached to it, we hope to get it, just like when we see a dress in the street, we will try our best to buy it.

Why did Yue develop from love to marriage? I once asked a lady this question. She said that two people love each other to a certain extent, and their attachment is getting deeper and deeper, but everyone has their own family and cannot do without it.

From then on, in order for two people to be together for a long time, they got married, and marriage is the property of both parties. Among the twelve causes, "love comes from love" reflects the process of human emotion from love to possession.

Love is a kind of bondage. Love is like glue, which can stick two different things together and cannot be separated; Love is like two magnets, attracting each other; Love is like a rope, once tied, no one can escape. We are interested in material rings.

Love for the environment, we want to possess it, because we like to be with it, feel comfortable with it in life, feel sad without it, then your heart will not be bound by foreign things. Another example is the love between men and women.

Love is called falling in love because no one wants to leave anyone in love. This is bound by feelings.

Love is a kind of care. If you love your hometown, wherever you go, you will always care about the changes in your hometown; You love your career and always worry about it; If you love your son, you will always be worried.

Children's safety, employment and his future; You love your lover, you will often miss her, care about her health, her mood, her interpersonal relationship, her work, her safety, and even everything about her, and let you go.

Miss.

Although Lu Xun's story is about a family, it reflects the situation of the whole society. You see, at ordinary times, there are always people posting things like making a fortune and living a long life. People say congratulations on making a fortune and good health.

Health and longevity. No one will be at your door? The word "death" is taboo in Guangdong, because "four" is the homonym of "death". People try to avoid the word "four" during the Spring Festival, which shows that people are realistic about death.

Afraid of running away.

"Trouble" is an important part of life, so human beings must have trouble. How to face it? Most people always take an evasive attitude, such as traveling, relaxing, watching TV, dancing and singing karaoke.

Playing mahjong, drinking, taking drugs and other activities to escape from themselves, the ancient poem said: "Let me be drunk forever and never wake up!" "This is to drown my sorrows by drinking. Few people can face themselves frankly and examine themselves without seeking external things when troubles appear.

According to the birth and death of troubles.

Because of the lack of understanding of what it means, sentient life always lives in a state of acquisition, and everything in life seems to make us persistent. For example, in our daily life, we are obsessed with wealth, status,

Perseverance in emotion, belief, living environment, family, interpersonal relationship, knowledge, viewpoint, career and skills. Because of persistence, I am interested in life.

Everything has produced a strong possessive and reluctant mentality, and persistence has brought all kinds of troubles to our lives.

In the real society, everyone has persistence, because persistence is different, so everyone's paranoia tendency is different. For example, girls are obsessed with clothing: she will care about all kinds of clothing styles popular in society; She'll always think about herself.

What kind of clothes to wear is beautiful; She will pay attention to whether everyone's clothes fit; She will try to make money to get the clothes she likes; When she puts on her clothes, she will sway in front of the mirror for a long time; When she didn't.

When I put on my clothes, I face the dazzling array of fashions in the wardrobe; Will temporarily avoid the election. Because of her obsession with clothes, clothes occupy most of her thinking space. People who are too obsessed with clothes sometimes suddenly

Ignoring the inner beauty of life.

Homesick people: They worry about their families all day. Especially as the head of the family, she has to solve the family's economic source; Prepare daily necessities; We should care about every child's growth process: reading, employment,

Get married and have children; Handle the interpersonal relationship around you; Reconcile differences of opinion among family members; Try to find ways to improve the material conditions of life. No wonder many believers came to me and said that they could not concentrate on meditation and chanting Buddha. Imagine that.

She has to work hard for many things, but she is persistent and has endless reverie. How can she calm down?

People who are so obsessed with art will have artistic delusions; People who cling to power will have delusions of power; People who are persistent in love will have delusions about love; People who are obsessed with literature will have literary delusions; Stubborn in science

People will have scientific illusions; People who cling to religious beliefs will have delusions of religious beliefs. So farmers have farmers' delusions; Workers have the delusion of workers; Philosophers have the delusion of philosophers; Writers have the delusion of writers;

Politicians have politicians' delusions; Businessmen have businessmen's delusions; Students have students' delusions. In this world, everyone has his own persistence, everyone has his own delusion, and everyone lives in his own delusion.

Delusion makes us live in a world constructed by our own consciousness, and we can't correctly understand the reality of cosmic life. The only knowing Sect in Buddhism divides the world into three different levels: one realization is the structure of our consciousness.

Subjective illusion world; Secondly, dependence on others is an objective phenomenon world; Third, the round reality is the objective essential world. Usually, because we live in a comprehensive way, we can't realize dependence and satisfaction. because

Therefore, human beings cannot correctly understand the world because they know themselves. It is reasonable for western philosophy in the eighteenth century to attach importance to epistemology. Humans know the world with delusions, and the nature they know is also an illusion, just like us.

Seeing the world with color-changing glasses will naturally not be the truth of the world.

Delusion makes us exhausted on the journey of life: chickens compete for a handful of rice; Rats try to store overnight food; Birds fight for winter; Students strive for further study; Intellectuals compete for professional titles; Workers are

Strive for a monthly salary; Businessmen compete for management; Politicians strive for the highest power. In this world, everyone is trying to realize his delusion. Delusion is great, and struggle is great; Small delusions, small struggles; cheat

Desperate, it is really "endless days, endless reverie."

Delusion also brings all kinds of troubles to life: an old man recalls a beautiful past, which makes her unable to face reality; Because a scholar thinks too highly of himself, he always feels that others don't respect him enough, so he is distressed;

An entrepreneur thinks about how to do business well all day, and can't eat well or sleep well; A young man took a fancy to a beautiful girl, but the other party didn't pay attention to it or appreciate it, and he was lovesick; A little girl is jealous of others.

Luxurious life, I hope to live this life one day, but the economic conditions do not allow it, which is very painful ... delusions make people feel refreshed, restless, idle, distracted, inefficient and quiet.

Not coming.

Here, I am reminded of a Zen poem by the Zen master: "Sit quietly in Nantai, a furnace of incense, I am so anxious to forget." Not to get rid of delusions, but there is nothing to discuss. "Most people have many delusions when they meditate, and they always practice meditation, chanting Buddha or chanting incantations.

Come to the right place, the meditator should not get rid of delusion at all. They saw through the world and their troubles subsided. Nothing in the world can make them particularly interested, and naturally they will have illusions.

Then the comprehensive meaning of the mantra of the Heart Sutra is: Go! Let's go Go to the other shore Everybody go! May mindfulness succeed quickly.

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In Aranjo, Nanputuo Temple.