If you don’t know your true intention, learning the Dharma will be useless

Enhance your realm

If you don’t know your original intention, learning the Dharma will be useless.

The function of the heart is to observe. When your heart is covered by ignorance, our original mind will not be able to perform the function of observing.

The realm embodied by Shenxiu’s Yezi is: He knows that the original mind is the perfect and peaceful entity, but we are covered by the worldly things, so we must wipe away these things all the time. It shows that Shenxiu has not yet seen his true heart.

The state reflected by Huineng's Yezi is: he has seen his own true heart and will not be blinded by mundane things. His true mind can see everything.

True nature, like space, is not a mirror.

What is emptiness?

Buddhism talks about emptiness, which means not caring about the environment.

I remember going to a song and dance show when I was a child. When I saw the young ladies performing, I felt as beautiful as fairies. I wished I was as beautiful as them, so I often imitated their movements and imitated them when no one was around. clothes to wear.

This is a typical example of focusing on the mirror. Seeing a beautiful scene, the pursuit of beauty arises. I imitate when no one is around because I am afraid that others will see me and laugh at me. That is because I have a human likeness. From this point of view, it is important to establish correct concepts from an early age. Because once you have the intention, you will imitate it and take action. What ideas you have, what actions you will take, and what kind of person you will be in the future. Establishing correct concepts is a good way to protect your thoughts in Buddhism.

Why should we be indifferent to the situation?

What if what we see is a performance that evokes endless desires? If seeing something arouses our mind and arouses our endless desires, then we will do a series of bad things. For example, if you watch a pornographic video, you will rape the neighbor's children; if you play violent games, you will easily have violent impulses, and then violent incidents will occur.

If we don’t want to be attentive to situations, we need to not have that kind of attitude. For example, a baby has no desire. Therefore, Lao Tzu said, it is damaged day by day due to the Tao, and it is damaged again and again, until it becomes a baby.

If we reduce one desire every day, and finally become like a baby without desire, our hearts will reach the highest state of silence and motionlessness, and then we will attain the Tao.

What kind of words you say must have what kind of heart you have. The reason why we are mediocre people and little people is because we have a mediocre heart, a little person's heart. We need to find out our own mediocre heart, the little person’s heart, and then empty it out.

According to the law of cause and effect, if it is a tree with a heart of abundance, then it will get the fruit of abundance; if it is a tree with a heart of lust, it will get the fruit of depravity; if it is a tree with a heart of scarcity, , you will get the fruit of poverty; if it is a tree with a heart of wealth, you will get the fruit of wealth.

I believe that most people want to be an outstanding and wealthy person, so we should cultivate our own self-achievement and prosperity.