Reflections on rebuilding life

Baidu Encyclopedia explains life in this way: life is a Chinese vocabulary, which refers to the survival and activity ability of organisms; Second, the fundamental conditions for the survival of things; Three fingers of fate; Four fingers live; A creature with five fingers, especially an animal; Six fingers of life; The Seven Fingers biologically believe that life is a form of existence in protein.

It seems that these interpretations of "life" are not the "life" referred to in this chapter. My understanding of "life" in this chapter refers to the life in our spiritual world, so the "reconstruction of life" here also refers to the reconstruction of our spiritual life.

The Confucian theory of self-cultivation, keeping the family in order, governing the country and leveling the world shows the feelings of China traditional intellectuals about home and country with self-cultivation as the starting point and leveling the world as the end point. Confucian doctrine of the mean takes self-cultivation as the starting point; Taoism is inaction, based on practice; The essence of Buddhism is aimed at the heart. Yangming integrates self-cultivation, practice and mind. This so-called "keeping justice in nature" and "removing human desires" has created "mind is reason", "unity of knowledge and action" and "leading to conscience", which is Yangming's psychology.

After reading the chapter of "Rebuilding Life", I understand the two seemingly incomprehensible meanings of Buddhism, that is, "Follow your heart and live in peace with you" and Yangming's "Private comes with you and goes on your behalf". When I carefully considered the meaning between the lines, I gained something, although I didn't have an epiphany.

The practice of Zen is subtraction. How do we view subtraction in our daily life, how to do subtraction, and how to integrate subtraction into our life reconstruction? After reading this chapter, I seem to understand a little truth.

In real life, people should aim at "pursuing human perfection" and externalize it into "pursuing the perfection of things", so that the spiritual world becomes empty and there is no belief in the heart. How to gradually dilute those who are too eager to possess things? This is also the process that I practice how to do subtraction.

With the growth of age, I have a little understanding of subtraction. For example, when reading, whenever I hear or see someone else's recommendation list, I immediately go to the library to borrow or buy the corresponding books. But once you get a book, you often don't read it in time, or even you should return it without reading it, which leads to the so-called borrowing of the book, or the new book that has been bought for a long time has not been opened. It was not until I finished reading How to Read a few years ago that I understood how to read and what books to read. At that time, I slowly learned to choose between reading and subtraction.

There is specialization in the art, and people's energy is limited. Only by putting your limited energy into your favorite and dedicated fields can you gain more and realize your self-worth to a greater extent. Starting with subtraction in reading, I gradually understand the importance of subtraction in other aspects, such as rejecting those ineffective social activities and minimizing the friction cost in life, which is also part of Yang Ming's "dehumanization".

Yangming said that real death does not simply refer to the end of a life, but what happens every day, every night and every moment of life, which is the best annotation for no judgment. We are dying at any time, and we are reborn at any time. Every moment in life contains death and rebirth, just as every day in life contains day and night. This is the truth of life. After reading the section about the truth of death and the attitude towards life, although I seem to understand "knowing life and death by day and night" and "not abnormal or unusual", I have a sad feeling about some of them, because life is changeable.

In the article, when I saw the word "impermanence", I had a long-lost sense of closeness, and after studying this article, I also had a new experience of impermanence. I remember hearing the word "impermanence" for the first time when I was a child. Grandma told me a story that when we meet a ghost, "impermanence" will appear in front of us and become extremely powerful, and then stand between people and ghosts and tell people who meet a ghost that they can't go any further, so "impermanence" is specially used to protect people. At that time, I was full of security and awe of impermanence. Now it seems that although my grandmother misinterpreted the impermanence of change in Buddhism, it can be seen that Buddhism has long been integrated into the subconscious of my ancestors.

I remember when I was in high school, after seeing the absent-minded students in class, the Chinese teacher often said that "the soul of the absent-minded students has rushed out of the body." At that time, it was like listening to a joke and laughing. When reading the chapter of soul, I suddenly thought of this sentence. Some people believe that people really have souls. Thinking of the supernatural experiences I have experienced before also makes me believe that people really have souls. Although this soul is erratic, it may follow us or be around us, so now I am in awe of the "soul".

Like "I wonder if Zhou's dream is a butterfly and?" Dream butterfly Zhou he? "Maybe ZhuangZhou dream of butterflies, ZhuangZhou is a butterfly, butterfly is ZhuangZhou. Is the soul of Zhuangzi a butterfly, or is the soul of a butterfly Zhuangzi? Maybe both, maybe none, because maybe the soul is changeable.

While writing this article today, I suddenly learned that a colleague in the office next door died in the west. My mood suddenly became heavy. This colleague is only in his forties. I didn't expect him to leave in such a hurry and suddenly. Mourning a moment in my life and admiring the infinity of the Yangtze River is the impermanence we have experienced in the world.

Seeing the Zen-related contents mentioned in the article, I think of visiting Shuanggui Hall, the ancestral home of Southwest Zen Buddhism, in Liangping, Chongqing last year. Shuangguitang was built by the Zen master who broke the mountain in the early Qing Dynasty, and it has a history of more than 300 years. During the visit, I was fortunate to be personally explained by the author of Shuangguitang, which is also the fate of Buddhism. The author explained to me in detail the past life of Shuangguitang and the story of him and Miaotan, the fifteenth abbot of Shuangguitang. After the reconstruction of Miaotan in 1980s, Shuangguitang reached its peak. Among them, Miao Tan's tortuous life made me cry. When I took out the book "Shuangguitang" and read it again, I still lamented what Miao Tan had experienced and had a different understanding of the impermanence of life.

Four hundred and eighty halls in southern dynasties, how many towers are misty and rainy! Liang Wudi ZSZSZSZ built a temple, gave lectures and became a monk. Although everything in Buddhism is blessed, it lacks wisdom, so there is no merit. Dharma let Liang Wudi know that the key to practicing dharma is not addition and subtraction, but that Liang Wudi didn't understand what the purpose of Dharma was, so Dharma crossed the river with a reed and faced Shaolin.

Heart and desire are not the same thing In our inner world, you are the only one who depends on yourself. What attitude should I take towards life, how to know myself, how to find my inner happiness, how to get rid of those old ways of thinking, how to explore my inner spiritual comfort and how to rebuild my life in the future? These problems still need to be carefully understood by yourself.