"wine and meat pass through the intestines, and the Buddha pays attention." What does Jigong want to express?

Wine and meat pass through the intestines, but the Buddha stays in his heart? In this sentence, Jigong mainly wants to express his belief (believing in Buddhism), not caring about form, but caring about essence. Just like Jigong, as long as the Buddha sits in his heart, what can he do even if he drinks and eats meat every day? Because he knows that he is a monk, he should be merciful, and he also knows that he should do more good deeds and accumulate virtue on weekdays.

Although the rules of Buddhism prohibit eating meat and drinking alcohol, it is meaningless to believe in Buddhism if you only follow these rules without paying attention to the essence. Are people who don't eat meat or drink all Buddhists? This may not be obvious.

On the surface, some monks fast and recite Buddha every day, which seems very religious. But in fact, no one knows what happened behind him. Maybe he is a devout monk on the surface, but he is actually a Jiang Yang thief.

So this sentence of Jigong is to tell everyone that we should look at the essence, not the surface. Although Jigong drinks and eats meat every day, what he does is to punish evil and promote good and help the poor. Isn't it because he drinks and eats meat that he is not a qualified monk? I think he is more like a monk than those monks who only do superficial kung fu.

The same is true when we associate with others. Some people look like gentlemen on the surface, as if they are very graceful, but when it comes to interests, we can see their bad nature. Some people seem to be slovenly, but in fact they are very principled and have an attitude.

In fact, this sentence is also warning those who only look at the surface, and will eventually be deceived by the illusion they see. Many philosophers have also put forward this concept, and we should learn to see the essence through phenomena. If we can all look at the problem from this perspective, the values of this world will become more and more correct and unified.

The same is true at work. We must solve the basic problems before we can finish the work. There seems to be no solution on the surface, but the essence is still the same, so the work is meaningless.