The monk put his hand into the field and lowered his head. Then he saw that the water was pure, and the only way to retreat was to put his hand forward into the field. "When describing farmers transplanting rice seedlings, he inserted them one by one." Looking down, you will see the sky in the water ":Looking down, you will see the sky reflected in the rice fields. "A pure heart is the Tao": Only when our body and mind are no longer contaminated by external material desires can we be in harmony with the Tao. Backward is forward ":farmers move backward when transplanting rice." It is because he can walk backwards that he can plant all the rice seedlings. Therefore, his "backwardness" in transplanting rice seedlings is precisely the forward development of his work. This poem tells us that we can see the distance from near, and retrogression can also be regarded as progress. Ordinary people have a tendency: to look high but not low, to seek far and not to seek near. For example: respect people who are more knowledgeable than me; If someone is richer than me, please please please please please please him. If this person's condition is worse than mine, I will ignore it. I don't know the truth that "if you climb high, you will feel inferior, and if you go far, you will feel inferior." Zen masters have a significantly different view of the world from ordinary people. For example, the poem says, "If we bow our heads, we will see the water in the sky", which means that we can really know ourselves and the world as long as we bow our heads humbly. A Zen master once said metaphorically, "How high is the universe?" ? The universe is only five feet high! And those of us who are six feet tall have to bow our heads if we want to live in the universe! "When we look at the ripe rice, our heads are prostrate on the ground. If we want to know the truth, we must be humble and bow our heads. Most people always think that the progress of life is the progress of scenery, but this poem tells us that retrogression is also progress, and those who retrogress are more advanced and more beautiful. The ancients said, "Retreat for progress" and said, "Everything is worse than retrogression". How comfortable it is to give in to fame and fortune! How carefree it is to endure three points before I am right and wrong! This humility and tolerance is the real progress, and this down-to-earth progress is the real value. Life can't go straight ahead. Sometimes, if we can take a step back and think about it, the so-called "turning back to the shore" can often have an optimistic scene. If you are engaged in your career, you should keep it in the right direction. Don't just go forward, but also have the courage to look back. According to legend, the cloth bag monk is from Fenghua. During the period of Tang Xizong, a famous monk appeared in Fenghua. He is fat, with a big belly and a big smile. He often sleeps around with a bag on his back. People call him a cloth bag monk.