A hero converts to Buddhism in his hometown, while a veteran returns to his hometown without any regard for soldiers.

My life in the past few months has been relatively monotonous and repetitive, but I still enjoy it. Looking back, I haven't watched TV series for a long time. Compared with the number of TV series in previous years, the number of TV series in the past two years has increased exponentially. I think it is because of the rapid changes in the Internet and the pain of the times that offline investment panicked. As a result, a lot of investment poured into the film and television industry, and only then did film and television dramas flourish.

However, the recently released "The Legend of Chu Qiao" has attracted my attention. If there is any special reason, it is that I am a loyal fan of Zhao Liying, from "A Thousand Bones of Flowers" until now. For the fictional ancient legend "The Legend of Chu Qiao", there are many shadows of the martial arts world. As a result, I unconsciously felt envious of the carefree realm depicted in the martial arts world. The pleasures and hatreds in the martial arts world make people feel happy. All the dissatisfaction or dissatisfaction in reality can be satisfied in the fictional martial arts world. Some people say that this kind of TV series is bullshit, and that’s right. It’s abnormal if it’s not bullshit, because film and television dramas are factories that create daydreams one after another, and daydreams are so bullshit.

Those fictional themes and the carefree life shown are so desirable. So when can we live a happy life? I still remember when I was a kid, I saw the monks in movies and TV shows, and I was thinking about a question: Why would you convert to Buddhism in such a colorful world? Only now do I understand that the reason for those who truly convert to Buddhism is that they know that this world is so colorful, but it is always a world belonging to a few people, and most people cannot enter it at all, because entering that world requires Tickets, and this ticket means that you are qualified to enter only if you have strong enough strength. Otherwise, you can only be a spectator, watching the colorful world without being able to enter.

So why most people can’t live a free life? I think it’s because too many people are more or less imprisoned by the secular world, including material wealth, power, fame, etc., and ultimately He lived in various shackles throughout his life until the end of his life. Just like Tang Seng was arrested in "Westward Journey", when Zhizunbao asked him to escape, he said: "There is no difference between me in the prison and the outside. The outside is just a bigger prison to me." It seems like a joke, but it tells the truth. Indeed, if a person is burdened by all the things in the world, it will be useless no matter where you escape, and your heart will never be at peace. For this reason, Wang Yangming's philosophy of mind advocates cultivating conscience, having nothing outside the mind, and seeking everything within, so that the human body and mind can be liberated. This can be said to be the same as the Buddhism’s understanding of mind and nature.

If you can clearly understand the various cages in the secular world, you can understand an ancient saying: "A hero converts to Buddhism when he is old, and a veteran returns to the mountain without fighting." Since most people spend their entire lives It is difficult to live a free life, so is it still worth pursuing? The answer is of course yes. This is thanks to those hard-working writers and film and television drama producers. Although many of them are motivated by profit considerations, it is they who create books and film and television works that satisfy people's needs despite their past experiences. I can't live a happy life, but I can get short-term satisfaction from these works. I think only in this way can we feel that living in the secular world will not be so painful.

Of course, there is another way to reach the realm of freedom that does not require a strong material foundation, and that is to take refuge in the Buddha. But this is undoubtedly too harsh a requirement for people who have been immersed in the secular world for a long time, so this is only the choice of a very small number of people.

Finally, I would like to make a wish here: I hope that readers who read this article can live a happy life. Although it is very far away, it is worth pursuing in our lifetime, because happy life The days are really beautiful, beautiful...

2017/6/22?23:59

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