Small wisdom has no concentration, because a person who can maintain concentration will give birth to great wisdom. People who use their little brains have little wisdom, and without determination they will go astray. How can a person not take the wrong path in marriage, emotion, and body throughout his life? Because he can settle down.
Today I will tell you how to regain our true nature, that is, how to keep our essence, energy, and spirit from leaking. This is actually the prerequisite for liberation. What is liberation? Liberation means that a person can not worry about anything. To be free, you must first understand concentration. Concentration means that no matter what happens in the world, a person must be calm. Even if something big happens, he must be calm. Strength, first stabilize yourself, then you will develop wisdom. Traditional Buddhism talks about meditation, which means that you should always be quiet at home. Practicing silence is meditation. Practice silence when you encounter anything. By the end of the practice, you will be able to calm down. This is a process. Wisdom is wisdom. Wisdom and Zen are indispensable and depend on each other for survival. Because a person can be calm, it does not mean that he has wisdom, and a person with a little wisdom does not mean that he has concentration. Therefore, concentration and wisdom are closely related. Only when our body and mind can truly be calm can we produce wisdom.
How a person behaves and what he does is actually a determination. Some people live a life that makes others look up to them and make them respect you very much. In fact, they have determination. When he saw money, he had no reaction; when he saw delicious food, he had no reaction at all; when he saw anything happening in the world, he had no reaction. In fact, this is what concentration does. Many women see a handsome boy coming and immediately start dancing and making coquettish gestures. This is because they have no concentration. Many men can't stand up when they see a good-looking girl. Such men are immediately looked down upon by others. Therefore, it must be very important and represents a position in your heart. Many people ask, what is your inner position? That is the sense of stability in your heart. If you are looked down upon by others, it means you have a positioning problem in your mind.
Master wants you to learn to truly settle down. Only when a person is completely settled can you develop wisdom. So liberation is not too easy, but liberation must be achieved in six words: concentration of body and mind, birth of wisdom. Well, it talks about the body and mind needing to be calm. Many people’s minds are calm, but their bodies are not. There are still many people who are calming their bodies, but their minds are not. As you sit here, if you are still thinking about other messy things in your mind, your body seems to have settled down as you sit here, but your heart doesn't know where it has gone. Master has very strict requirements for you, otherwise many people will be eliminated after cultivation. Master tells everyone that even if a person has concentration, he must also have wisdom, just like a bird has two wings, one wing is concentration and the other wing is wisdom. If a person only has concentration but no wisdom, it is like a bird with only one wing. Just like the wings, they will fall off soon; if there is only wisdom but no concentration, the bird will lose its balance and fall. Therefore, a person must have these two things of concentration and wisdom to be liberated.
Master will tell you more about "concentration" in detail. What is "fixed"? For a person who can be calm, nothing in the world can move his heart. He is not afraid of anything. This person can be calm. What do you think is scary about this world? Marriage fails, relationships break up, property is lost, children leave, everything, because your mind is set, you know that it is all empty, everyone has to bear it, but the final outcome is different, just like Everyone will die, but the final way of death is different. For example, other people's children stay with their parents for a longer time, but your child leaves before it's too late. There is nothing that should shock you. This is fate. When you understand this, your heart will be settled. . When you know that you are sick and have to leave, you can make up your mind because you know that everyone has to leave. But your time has come, so you can make up your mind and see how to deal with the aftermath. Many people's fears, sorrows and worries are due to lack of mental preparation. They always think that they will get better and better, and always think that they will have more, so they lose more. When something happens, they are not mentally prepared. , he will collapse.
Master tells everyone, don’t be afraid of anything, because your mind is settled. Your heart should remain unmoved, nothing can attract you, because your coming to this world is just a process. Now think about it, you must have something that can move your heart. Some people want it for fame, some people want it for profit, some people want it for children, and some people want it for a house. If you think about it, there is nothing that can move your heart. You will succeed. Everyone is like this now. There is always something that makes your heart beat. Therefore, Master said that only if you are not greedy for anything can your mind be settled. If your mind cannot be settled, you will not be able to distinguish right from wrong in the things around you. For example, if someone gives you this benefit, your mind will As soon as you move, you will immediately lose your sense of right and wrong. If someone gives you a little money and asks you to say good things about them, you will say good things about them.
Like in many elections in Taiwan, some people give voters a little benefit and ask them to elect them. People originally have a bad impression of him, but because they take a little benefit from him, they say he is good. Obviously a very upright person can say bad things about others. This means that your heart is tainted by interests. Because you have a purpose, you will do wrong things and you will not be able to distinguish right from wrong. Therefore, a person cannot be tainted by interests. Trapped.
When a person's mind is unstable, you don't know what you should do and what you shouldn't do. For your own benefit, you can hurt others. You do things you obviously shouldn't do. You don't do things you obviously should do. Therefore, people who can't settle down often make mistakes that they will regret for the rest of their lives. matter. No matter what happens, first calm down and think about it, is this okay for me? Will I do any harm to others by doing this? Am I worthy of myself, my parents, and everyone around me by doing this? When you choose something, you have to think about, what if something changes, what if something happens, will I have a good mentality to solve these problems? Master wants you to become a Bodhisattva, not just to Ask Bodhisattva to bless you. Master wants you to protect yourselves. Everyone gets into trouble because they cannot protect themselves. So if you want to live your life without regrets, don’t do wrong things. If you don’t want to do wrong things, you have to know what to do and what not to do. You have to distinguish right from wrong. How can you do it? What about distinguishing right from wrong? The mind must be calm.
Some people have little wisdom, but it is useless. You have a little cleverness, a little wisdom, and a very flexible mind. Sometimes you will become a smart criminal. What is a smart crime? It means taking advantage of others and making mistakes, playing tricks on others all day long and making mistakes. Go and see a lot of people with higher education, right? Robbery, breaking into safes, and breaking passwords are all done by smart people, but this kind of smartness is not enough. This is a crime, and it is using the brain to commit a crime, so smart people use their brains to commit crimes. Because you have a little cleverness, you have a little wisdom, you come up with many things to take advantage of, and as a result, troubles follow you. Think about it, when you come up with a small method and you think you have solved the problem, do you end up with more and more troubles? Many people lie to their wives at home in order to solve a problem. After the deception is discovered by their wives, do they have more and more troubles? So, it might as well be real.
Master said that small wisdom has no concentration, because a person who can maintain concentration will give birth to great wisdom. People who use their little brains have little wisdom, and without determination they will go astray. How can a person avoid taking the wrong path in marriage, emotion, and body throughout his life? Because he can settle down. So why are you told to meditate when chanting sutras? If you look at it, a person who can sit still has concentration. A person who cannot sit or stand firmly will think about this and that. He chants sutras in the Guanyin Hall for ten minutes and then goes out to walk around for half a day. If you can't stay still for hours, can such a person have concentration? Can such a person succeed in cultivation? Is this kind of person a Bodhisattva? Wherever you sit, you must be like a Bodhisattva. Today I am in the Guanyin Hall, and I sit in the Guanyin Hall and recite sutras for an hour. This is called having concentration. If you are sitting here and constantly thinking about what time will I have to do today, I haven’t eaten yet, what will I do next, and there are a lot of thoughts in your mind, this cannot be done well.
Master has many old disciples who are like this. They can’t settle down. They are doing this now and then that way. They can’t sit still or stand firmly. Where does the wisdom come from? Where did you get your training from? Master goes out to socialize with others, and they can talk for an hour, and Master can listen for an hour. You all know the state of Master’s own Buddhist studies. Think about it, he can talk for an hour, and play for an hour, and Master can listen. He didn't say anything. When Master was finally introduced, he realized, "Oh, you are Master Lu." He felt very embarrassed. Why do people talk so much? To be stable and steady, you need to have wisdom in your heart.
------Gong Lu "Concentration" can produce "wisdom"