Western Zen Master: Jackson, Jobs and Buffett

Zen, which comes from Buddhism, descended from the sixth ancestor Huineng. "All living beings have Buddha nature" because "Buddhism is in the world and cannot be separated from the world". As a result, Zen got rid of the complexity and heaviness of Buddhism, opened the intuitive way of "until people's hearts and minds become Buddhas" and shined brilliantly.

Westerners say that Zen is the study of mind. Specifically, in every moment of life and work, keep conscious, face the essence, cultivate self-mind, break through self, transcend limitations, and gain broad and knowledgeable wisdom.

due to personal preference and coincidence of marriage, I broke into a corner of Zen and squeezed into a narrow door, only to see the big difference in the dust. Think about your favorite basketball, apple products and investments, and find a secret passage in the diversity. You can realize the Tao by carrying water and chopping wood. Living, sitting and lying are all practices, and there is always a mystery of Zen in all greatness.

So, let the great men of this era smile and get the message from the oriental wisdom by holding hands with Phil Jackson, Steve Jobs, the godfather of Apple, and Warren Buffett, the god of investment.

People who like basketball must have heard a lot about phil jackson, the head coach of American NBA. When he coached Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers, he won an important title, namely Zen Master.

Jackson's coaching shows a calm and comfortable attitude, which is unmoved and detached. It is full of the flavor of eastern Zen, just like the martial arts spirit advocated by Bruce Lee, a kung fu superstar, who realizes the beauty of silence in the rapid fighting.

In the book "Eleven Rings: Autobiography of Zen Master phil jackson", we know that Jackson was born in a priest's family, won two championships with the new york Knicks as a player, won 11 NBA championships as a coach, and became the person who won the most championships in NBA history with 13 championships. This is the most brilliant and impressive achievement in the history of basketball.

He loves reading, is obsessed with oriental mysticism, and often adopts strange training methods, especially when conducting on the spot. He founded the mysterious triangle attack, whose spirit is to share the ball and run without the ball, full of Zen meaning of moving like a rabbit and being quiet like a virgin.

Jackson, on the other hand, is the teacher of players' minds. He draws spiritual strength from religion to motivate players to release more inner energy and pursue higher basketball skills and team achievements.

release, which is the key word of this book. With the religious Zen he learned and the ideological essence of leaders around the world, he released Jordan, Rodman, O 'Neill and Kobe Bryant-releasing their hearts from the narrow "ego". Just like that sentence, no one can underestimate a heart that pursues the championship.

Phil Jackson's high-footed, Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant benefited from the Zen master's encouragement from his initial stubbornness to his spiritual will. Coincidentally, Kobe is a big fan of Bruce Lee.

Under the guidance of Jackson, Kobe Bryant won five championships in the Los Angeles Lakers and created the Lakers dynasty.

In the book Kobe 24, he said that when I stand on the court, no matter how noisy and passionate, I often feel the power of silence and can clearly hear my inner voice. Especially in the fierce competition, I am extremely focused, but I also take the initiative to get out of the game to remind myself to keep a high degree of self-awareness and read the game.

Kobe pursues the balance and perfection in sports, which is also the "Tao" he realized from Bruce Lee China's martial arts. He skillfully integrated China martial arts and basketball, and established his own sports philosophy under the subtle influence of Kung Fu.

As he said, I love No.24, not to be one size bigger than No.23 of Michael Jordan, the god of basketball, but because there are 24 hours in a day, just like God gives everyone the same 24 opportunities, so I should concentrate all my energy on the game and training.

Coincidentally, in the business history of the United States, several people are addicted to meditation. The most famous is Apple's godfather Steve Jobs.

He is one of the greatest entrepreneurs in the world, and also a devout Zen believer. At the age of 17, he went to India to look for a saint to learn Zen, and at the age of 18, he studied Cao Dongzong Zen with Japanese Zen master Kobun Otogawa, from which Zen profoundly influenced his life.

in Zen, the 12 principles are "to be cautious and wise". Jobs' expression is "stay hungry,stay foolish", and the elegant translation in Chinese means, be thirsty for knowledge and be foolish.

Jobs insisted on meditation all his life, and didn't stop until he was too busy with his work. He confirmed his enlightened wisdom with Zen intuitive thinking and tempered his products with the essence of calligraphy art.

iPhone, iPod, MacBook and other products are simple and elegant, and win the beauty of Zen. Jobs's wedding and funeral all adopted Buddhist ceremonies, which were pious sacrifices and spiritual conversion.

An American, who lives completely in the western commercial society, is so obsessed with oriental intuition and wisdom, while those who live in oriental wisdom are infatuated with western capitalism. This is a huge paradox and paradox.

These people are real practitioners of eastern mysticism and Zen thought. They turn the wisdom of Zen into a real principle of life, and pursue it meticulously and humbly in life, breaking through themselves and constantly improving. They are great spiritual and spiritual warriors of this era.

Warren Buffett, a legendary figure in the American stock market, is another Zen master. His greatness lies in that he can always withdraw from the excitement of wealth, take the initiative to avoid the edge, and create a steaming story of wealth creation and investment with Zen wisdom.

Buffett said that when people are greedy, I am full of fear, but when people are afraid, I will buy stocks greedily.

This insight into human nature and grasp of mind are inextricably linked with Eastern Zen. In kazuo inamori's words, stock trading is to temper the mind and sublimate the personality.

The stock market is ever-changing, changing every moment. If you can't keep a certain concentration, you will make mistakes frequently in blindness, and eventually you will lose money and the meaning of life.

The stock market is a testing ground for human nature and mind. Where wealth is flowing, if a person can maintain his inner meditation and restraint, it is to abstain from greed and ignorance, that is, to be sincere and to cultivate peace.

Warren Buffett still lives in the small town of Omaha, and still lives in a house he bought many years ago, reading, eating sugar and drinking coke every day. Life is simple, like a hermit.

this house was built in 1921, covering an area of 5,83 square feet, about 541.62 square meters, with 5 bedrooms; The garage covers an area of about 4 square feet, or 37.16 square meters. In 1985, Buffett bought it for $31,5, and has lived here ever since. This is the only permanent property of Buffett.

There are many masters in American towns, such as william faulkner, a great writer in the history of American literature, and Thoreau, who wrote Walden. They are full of yearning for naturalism, active in imagination, patient, good at observing and trying to figure out, simple and sincere, and have the sensitivity of artists and the intuition of Zen.

Buffett's meditation comes from taking the initiative to quit from the excitement, staying away from the crazy crowd and noise, not being disturbed by temptation, and looking on coldly in a quiet and gentle environment, not only taking care of the ups and downs of the stock market, but also holding insight and determination, and always making the right decision.

Buffett is a Zen master in the stock market. He said that if you don't intend to hold a stock for ten years, you shouldn't buy it. This is a profound insight into the general trend and a complete grasp of it, rather than moving because of it.

The Six Ancestors' Tanjing says that the external separation is Zen, and the internal chaos is determined. Meditation lies in alienation, insight and integration with the outside world, and it is also a calm, constant and true attitude towards the inside.

Many people use Buffett's theory to stock market, but it is difficult to learn the true essence. Buffett said, I just found a few important basic principles and then thoroughly implemented them. This is the wisdom of the unity of knowledge and action.

the so-called principle is to do something and not to do something, which is a state of abstinence. Giving up voluntarily and not doing anything is called abstinence. Insist on what you want to do, hold on to the yuan and keep one, and call it a deal. What is formed between what to do and what not to do is a kind of integrated and seamless existence, that is meditation.

This is a bit like Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do. He is always completely observing the game, immersed in it and detached from things. Once the opponent starts, he will make a decisive response.

Wushu, which aims at action strength and quick response, is essentially a kind of calm, peaceful and seamless. I have to say that this is the only way to stop and watch.

Buffett's meditation is that he can not only truly perceive the existence of the stock market now, but also predict the possible changes in the future. Fitter's biography "Snowball" said that the stock market is very volatile, and the ups and downs are the norm, which is one of the most extreme areas of impermanence. But remember that the principle of value investment, that is, "moat" plus "margin of safety", is simply to buy those companies with deep moats (low valuation) and hold them for a long time on the premise of having a margin of safety.

it is normal for the stock market to be turbulent, soaring and plunging, and greed and fear go hand in hand. Practicing in the stock market, a place full of variables and infinite possibilities, to prove Wukong's nature is far more complicated than sitting quietly in an old temple in the mountains, but it is also much more effective.

As Li Guofei said, the stock price is actually just an illusion, which is derived from the periodic knowledge formed by the collision of countless hearts of countless market participants. The formation of this illusion contains a series of very fragile assumptions, including fundamentals, macro aspects and so on. It is also a kind of "origin emptiness" to assume that it may change at any time, thus constantly generating new illusions.

Buffett is a real wise man. He has an insight into the fact that the fluctuation of people's emotions will lead to major fluctuations in stock prices, or that stock price fluctuations are the hearts of all people. We try hard to find the law of stock market fluctuation, but this law is like a dream bubble, and we need to make large and small adjustments according to the changes of investment environment. Investment is risky. The more you understand the origin and emptiness, the more you can understand the essence of investment: conforming to the general trend of national movement+compound interest of time.