Three thousand worries, one smile
Today is the first session of the Love Alliance. Coming here to listen to the Dharma on this meaningful day shows that everyone is very blessed. I am here to give you a lecture and I feel very special.Why do we say that we are blessed people?People with blessings can always meet many good teachers by chance. Their world is bright and free, so compassionate.The world seen by those who are unlucky are hatred, entangled, and evil.Blessed people see positive and sunny side, while blessed people see darkness and evil, so we all must work hard to become a blessed person.So how do you cultivate blessings?This is the topic we are going to talk about today.
Many people think that the Diamond Sutra is just a study of wisdom, but in fact it is also a study of cultivating blessings.How you view this world determines whether you have good fortune or not.There is a saying: blessings are not blessings, but are called blessings.This means that the more we are obsessed with something, the less we can get it. Only by letting it go can we get it.Just like when we educate a child, if you always blame him for his shortcomings and ask him to do this and that, it will only increase the stress and distress the child, and it will not make him better.The same is true for lectures. If you care too much about your performance, you won’t be able to speak well when standing on the stage. Only when you let go of yourself and integrate yourself with the surrounding environment can you do your best.
This principle is the same in any field you put in. This is the case when raising children, teaching, and running a business.You must have your own opinions in everything. If you copy other people’s things, it will be difficult for you to surpass others.Everyone is in a different environment and their own situations. The same method is applicable elsewhere, but not necessarily for you.Therefore, we must have our own things, and through our own thinking, we must transform what we have learned into our own things.
Once I visited a temple in Japan. The flowers and plants inside were beautiful, which shocked me. Later, a few of our friends went to climb the mountain. When they climbed to the top of the mountain to overlook the temple, they found that the flowers and plants were eclipsed, full of traces of artificial carving, which was very unnatural.At that time, we discussed this matter together. If these trees were not artificially carved, but were allowed to grow in accordance with the environment, they would have different effects.In our lives, we often deliberately change something. We originally wanted to do it better, but in the end we were extravagant and messed up things.The same is true for human development. It is unnecessary to deliberately craft it. Fully explore your inner potential and show yourself while adapting to the environment. This is in line with the way of existence of things.
I often do some meditation to calm myself down and perceive the relationship between my heart and my body, my body and environment, my existence and the world.Make these relationships clear and handle them well, so that your energy field will become larger and larger in the future, and your contribution to the world will become greater and greater.If you don’t handle these relationships well, you will be eliminated by the world.I often think about the following questions: How valuable is my existence?What can I do for this world in this short life?As we become more and more tacitly in merging with this era, our existence becomes more and more valuable.Everyone is like a drop of water. Only when they are merged with the sea can this drop of water not dry up.Only when we become one with this world can we make our value reach its extreme, just as the ancients said that the worries of the world are worries and the joy of the world is joy.
When we plan our lives, we must also think from the perspective of being one with the world.Some cities now propose the concept of smart cities, which is to encourage everyone to closely integrate with the city they live in, use wisdom to change the city, and let everyone be the master of the city.No matter how big a city is, it is always built around people, because people have the need to go to school, so they establish schools;Because people need to have smooth roads, they build roads;Because people have the need to protect their personal and property safety, a police station was established.No one needs it, and no one needs any activities, so we often say that people-oriented.
Practice is also people-oriented. Studying Buddhism emphasizes self-salvation and saving people. The more people you save, the greater your blessings will be.If you can understand this principle, there is nothing in the world that will hinder your practice.You can do everything according to your own heart, but the premise is that you must understand the rules of the existence of all things in the universe.Lao Tzu has a saying that Tao follows nature, which means that the way of existence of all things follows the laws of nature. If you do not follow this law, you will encounter many obstacles in everything you do. If you follow this law, you will benefit both physically and mentally.It’s like the operation of an organization. It is not about buying what everyone wants to eat and what everyone wants to hear to make it last forever. This can only satisfy the preferences of some people. Humans are a kind of conscious animal, and it is difficult to achieve unity in matters such as food, clothing, housing and transportation. Only by establishing everyone’s common beliefs, establishing collective ideals, and everyone strives for this ideal, so that a collective can exist forever vibrant.In a group, only when everyone’s ideas are consistent can they develop normally. If everyone has their own ideas and cannot be unified, the group will sooner or later collapse.
Human society is very strange. People have their own ideas, but they can find common ground in this different ideas.Lao Tzu said: Cultivate it in one’s body and its virtue is true.If you cultivate it in your family, your virtue will be the rest.When you cultivate it in your hometown, your virtue will grow.If you cultivate it to the country, your virtue will be abundant.If you cultivate it to the world, your virtue will be universal.Therefore, we observe the body with our body, family with our family, village with our hometown, country with our country, and world with our world.How can I know what the world is like?This is a summary of a high state of life, a guide to entering the world and cultivating oneself, and a great wisdom that is suitable for everyone.When we learn to speak, the most important thing is to find a kind of joy from the heart, a state of full body and mind that can achieve the best state of one's own body and mind. In this state, there is no fear, no sorrow and doubt, you will feel natural and indescribable freedom.Only when a person does what he likes will he enjoy it. As a lecturer, if you can find the fun of a speech, your speaking ability will become stronger and stronger, you will have clear thinking and articulate words, and you will drive the atmosphere on the scene and integrate with everyone.
Each of us wants to see others smile, not to see others cry;I hope to see the eyes of others full of joy, not full of hatred.The brightest look of a person is that when he smiles, although people are different, everyone’s desire to pursue happiness is the same.If you think like this, you can smile at others and not bring pain to others. With such a state of mind, the world will be beautiful in your eyes.How can people be rich, tolerant, happy and happy in the world?It is to break the ego, integrate into the world, and embrace everything in the world.
The Buddhist Yogacara school has a view: transform consciousness into wisdom.What's the meaning?There are eight types of consciousness and four types of wisdom.Transforming consciousness into wisdom means replacing the eight consciousnesses with defilements and replacing the four wisdoms with unobstructedness.Turn the first five consciousnesses into the wisdom of accomplishment, turn the sixth consciousness into the wisdom of wonderful observation, turn the seventh consciousness into the wisdom of equality, and turn the eighth consciousness into the wisdom of great mirror.Humans use the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind, as well as the seventh consciousness and the eighth consciousness to observe the world. The shape, size, color, sound and other attributes of things are recognized through sensory organs. The eyes see colors, ears hear sounds, nose smell fragrance, tongue taste tastes taste, body feels touch, mind is the law.Whether the world is beautiful or ugly depends entirely on how these organs in your body receive external information. What you feel is evil, the world is evil, what you feel is good, and the world is good.
We must resolve our greed, anger and ignorance, transform it into a kind of wisdom, open up the knot in our hearts, and face life happily.The seventh consciousness is the process of distinction, choice, imagination and deduction. We must observe things subtly and turn this process into a kind of wisdom.This is something hidden deep in the subconscious. Human behavior is affected by the subconscious. Some things we forget when we turn around because we don’t have these things in our subconscious. Some things still remain fresh after years of memory, because these things have penetrated into our subconscious.The eighth consciousness is common sense. For example, when we see a person one day and have a good impression of him, we will store his information in our eighth consciousness. When we see him again next time, the sense of familiarity will involuntarily rise. This process is like planting a seed in the human consciousness. When encountering appropriate conditions, the seed will appear.
As we grow up, our body and mind will continue to change. This is the impact of the environment on us, and it changes many factors in us.The more turbid the mud in the pond, the more turbid the lotus will grow, the more barren the mud, the thinner the lotus will grow, which is also the influence of the environment.In a group, if you care about the collective affairs, the more energy you put in, the stronger your feelings for the collective will be. If you invest very little, your feelings for it will be very weak.The more we encounter various problems we encounter in the process of starting a business, the more problems we encounter, the more impressed you will be with the whole thing.
Life experience also depends on how much he invests. A person who has experienced suffering will have different thoughts and views on life than ordinary people.Many people run away when they encounter adversity and dare not take it. This is actually giving up the opportunity to let themselves grow.
This principle is also the same as corporate management and education of children. When your children or employees encounter problems, what you need to do is not endless criticism and abuse, nor deprive them of the opportunity to try again, but encourage them to face the problems bravely, let them grow through experience, and create value for society.When we reach a certain level, our lives can create various possibilities.We can go to various communities to spread all kinds of good knowledge, and in this process we encourage ourselves to continue to learn, and try to use various topics for different groups of people.The lectures should be plain, never show off your knowledge, and don’t be greedy and superficial. This book starts with two paragraphs, and that book starts with two paragraphs, and you will never have anything of your own.Everyone can see the things in the book, but what others can’t see is what you are inside.We must combine life practice, think deeply about what we have learned, draw our own opinions, and then tell this thing out to benefit others.
Work hard for thousands of miles, and the lotus heart is not stained
A person who practices can see your thoughts when others see you, and you can see your life when you see your thoughts. You will always be different from others.How do we grow lotus from the mud?How to turn setbacks into strength?Each of us is on the road of cultivation. How can we transform what we have learned into our own?How to elevate things in reality to an ideal state?In this regard, I summarized a few steps:
The first one is to take care of yourself and imagine the God of the Underworld.It is to put aside all distracting thoughts, calm your mind, and imagine your words and deeds, what are the correct paths you have taken in the past and what are wrong?How to go in the future?Visualize your personality, hobbies, what you like and don’t like, and the state of dating with people around you.If a person really wants to change the world, he must start by changing himself. If he doesn’t change himself, his world will never change.Buddhism says that appearance is born from the mind. When your mind changes, the world changes.Why do some people living in the same world live happily and some live in pain?The reason is that they look at the world in different ways.There are all kinds of possibilities in the world, but if our hearts have not changed, we will always be moving forward along the track of the past without any change.
Your relationship with the people around you and the world is determined by your heart. If you relax your mind, the world you see will no longer be so narrow.If you can’t find the problem, you can’t solve the problem. If you can’t solve the problem, you will live a very painful life.If you tolerate others, you will be happy. If you always find other people’s faults, you will be troubled.We call people with broad minds a kind of virtue and good fortune. Such people are people with great blessings. People who will not have good fortune will be very rich and happy, and will do everything smoothly. Those who don’t like anything and are like debt collectors will always suffer.Like the Tai Chi diagram in the Book of Changes, there is yin on one side and yang on the other side. When the yang reaches its extreme, it will turn into yin, and when the yin reaches its extreme, it will turn into yang. The so-called extreme things will turn into yang. The opposite is the movement of Tao.This is true in all things in the world, except yin and yang, except for positive and negative;The tree is also half in the soil and half outside, and the leaves have both fronts and reverses;There is day and night, there is winter and autumn, there is round and flaw, and things will always move forward in the process of change.The same is true for us to see the world. If the bad side is not optimistic, the bad side will be seen.
When we God of the Underworld imagine, we can see our true self. Only when we see our true self can we know which direction we should go. If you want to be happy, you have to let go of pain, and if you want to be relaxed, you have to let go of irritability.Holding anything tightly, you can't do it.The more complicated you make your life, the less time you have, the simpler your life will be, the more time you have, the more happiness you can get.So when you are uncomfortable, calm down and take care of yourself, find the reasons for your discomfort, change it, and integrate it with this environment.
There was a great president in American history named Franklin. He was just an unknown ordinary person at first. Later, as his fame grew, he became a little arrogant, and gradually his friends stayed away from him.So he began to reflect on why this situation occurred. He summarized thirteen reasons for his isolation, wrote it down and urged himself. If he didn't do it, he would make a bad one, and if he did it, he would make a check mark. Persist every day and gradually change himself.After Franklin was elected president, he has always insisted on this kind of practice. With this strict self-discipline attitude, he eventually became an influential person all over the world.So how does a person’s personal charm come from practice.
The brand of an enterprise comes from the efforts of all employees, the quality of employees comes from the influence of corporate culture, and the corporate culture comes from the inner pattern of entrepreneurs.If you want to build a world-class enterprise, you must use world-class talents.So how do you attract such people?This depends on your blessings. Without blessings, it is difficult to achieve success.Everyone is not satisfied with the current state, they like to compare with the current people. In comparison, how much time do you have to take care of yourself?The deeper the water, the larger the ship it can carry, and shallow water can only carry small sailboats.
The second is giving.Giving is to cultivate blessings. Cherish your own possession and not waste it, and to give to others at the same time. These are two very high states. Don’t waste what you already have, but it is not stingy. Instead, using it in meaningful places, that is, giving to others.This is complementary.Giving requires wisdom to guide it, just like doing charity. Some people use the form of relief. Others have no money, so they give them money. This is the simplest form of charity;Some people use some projects to help others do it and provide them with a work platform.I think the second method is smarter.If people always get something for nothing, they will become negative and greedy.
Third, change the origin.If you want to change a person, you must change a person's origin, because no matter what you do, you will never leave his origin, and there will always be an origin in whatever you do. Only by starting from the origin can you completely change a person.Just like to prevent a person from making mistakes, we must make him good in his mind, rather than punish him after he makes mistakes. With strength, we cannot control a person. It can only inspire his inner conscience and let him manage himself well.The earth is so big that it will not increase by a point because of the increase in the number of people. Therefore, human production activities should follow the laws of nature, and excessive development will eventually lead to problems.Just like planting trees, you can only plant 100 trees in an open space. If you plant 10,000 trees, in the end, there will definitely be many trees that cannot survive normally.Human beings do not get whatever they want. It depends on how big the supply limit of the earth is. In a certain space, to allow people to survive harmoniously, we must reduce human desires, eliminate competition, and live in harmony.
The same is true for enterprises. To make enterprises last longer, they must establish a culture that is compatible with them.Let’s reflect on ourselves, how can we live in harmony with the world?How can you best realize your value?Think about whether your behavior is altruistic or selfish?Is it giving or asking for?If you know these principles, you will be getting closer to success;If you don’t understand this principle, you will be very reluctant to do anything, just like driving a duck to put it on the shelves.If a person can position his life on practice, he can make profits from it and regard everything in life as practice.When doing what you are good at, do not be arrogant, this is practice;When doing things you are not good at, not afraid to retreat, this is also practice;Being able to keep yourself in the face of fame and fortune is practice;Being able to persevere in the face of failure is also a practice.
When we live in the world, we should look at life with a spiritual attitude. If someone quarrels with you, you think, this person is here to make me successful;The police put you in a cell for no reason, and you just think that this is giving you the opportunity to retreat.Some people even deliberately set themselves a basement and go in from time to time to experience it. This spontaneous practice effect is very good.No matter what setbacks you encounter, don’t be afraid, treat it as a kind of practice and accept it.Once a person embarks on the path of cultivation, there is nothing to be afraid of.If you have a powerful force in your heart, things from the outside will never change you.Sometimes I also think, what should I do if I am no longer in Xianghai and I am transferred to a small temple to guard the door?I can only accept it.In fact, it’s nothing in a small temple?But if my food and accommodation are a little bit worse, my practice will not be reduced by a little, but instead I will have more quiet time to practice.
What are people worried about all day long?When we are old, we have no money to raise, when we are sick, we have no money to cure, we are lonely, helpless, and we always have various problems in our lives. If we are always worried about this and that, we will live in fear and uneasiness every day. Only by letting go of everything can we face everything calmly.No matter how rich a person is, he is no different from a poor person when he leaves the world. Wealth can give people material enjoyment, but it cannot be reborn. Therefore, only by improving our inner practice through practice can we face life and death calmly.There is no need to worry about all the sufferings and setbacks in the world, poverty, bankruptcy, illness, birth, old age, sickness, death, etc., learn to accept them, face them calmly, and live freely.
There was a mother whose child was teaching in college and later resigned. She was so anxious that she came to tell me.I told her, there is anything to worry about. If you can persuade her, please persuade her. If you can't persuade her, please accept her. Maybe she can achieve a better life after leaving college.Besides, it was just unemployed and she hadn't done bad things yet.If you have less worries, you will have less worries, and your world will have more happiness.If you don’t worry, you will be more blessed;If you are not greedy, you will have no worries;If you don’t be persistent, you will live a more free and easy life.So everyone should let go of their worries and live a happy life. Only happiness can attract wealth, talents, good teachers, and all the good results you want.
