There are those who study Buddhism, there are those who learn the Tao, and more and more people are practicing, and many people think that practice is negative. This is actually why the so-called "Buddha", which has become another way of saying "negative".
So is practicing negative behavior? Of course not, not only is it not negative, but it is very positive.
As the old saying goes, we come empty-handed, and in the end we go empty-handed, so why toss it so much? Why create those karmas again?
Truly wise people, enlightened people, their greatest understanding of life is three meals a day, sleeping seven feet, having clothes to cover their bodies, and having a house to cover the rain is enough. Truly content and happy, with no quarrel with the world, with no demand from others.
In view of these statements, many people in the world will feel that those who practice, many people who are enlightened, are very negative. Some people will also say: If all the people in the world have gone to practice, how can the whole society progress? These people are not enterprising at all.
It may sound as if this conclusion is really reasonable, but it is only because the appearance confuses sentient beings and does not see the essence of the practice.
In what way are these so-called social progresses, the so-called enterprising spirits? They are all enterprising in wealth and fame, and they are all enterprising in the dust of desire. By making progress in these aspects, the purpose is obtained, and the greed, anger, and delusion are further increased, and finally the three evil paths are the hell path, the hungry ghost path, and the animal path.
To go in this direction, the so-called practice is of course negative. Because the practice is to get rid of these things, because these advances are all for the sake of individual selfish desires (material, desire, greed), that is, selfishness.
Five Desires and Six Dusts: Refers to the first demonic obstacle encountered by Buddhism in daily monasticism. The five desires refer to the five desires of wealth, color, fame, food, and sleep, and the six dusts refer to the six realms of color, sound, incense, taste, touch, and law.
The Three Evil Paths: It is a terrible world of confusion, and the evil is hell, here it is because of extreme anger and resentment towards those who face the creation of evil karma, and after death they receive extreme pain and torture; the middle evil is the path of hungry ghosts, because of the lack of greed, people who do not hesitate to obtain benefits, suffer hunger, poverty, and suffering after death; the evil is the way of the beast, which is the foolish result of ungrateful and unscrupulous behavior.
The Three Virtues: The Path of Good Karma, Hence the Name Of Goodness. The upper quality is the Heavenly Dao, the cultivation of the Shangpin Ten Virtues, the restoration of the worldly meditation, and the birth of the world, is the heavenly path; the Zhongpin Humanity, the practice of the Five Constants, the Five Precepts, the repetition of the Ten Virtues of the Zhongpin, and the birth of it; the Lower Grade Asura Dao, the Chinese language without wine, that is, although the five permanences are practiced, if you want to overcome others, you can do the ten virtues of the lower qualities, and you can be born in it, so you get its name.
The real practice is towards the three virtuous paths of the Heavenly Path, Humanity, and the Asura Path, and they seek spiritual awakening and understanding.
Those great figures in ancient and modern China and abroad, not only for their own interests, but for the well-being of all sentient beings, not only can society progress, but also personal achievements can be greater. The reason for this is very simple, when you are not for yourself, everyone is willing to use the same heart to help you, you are naturally easy to make things bigger, and then do things more perfectly.
From these dimensions, the person who practices is positive, and it is a continuous and stable positive, a positive of peace and joy.
Cultivators are very happy and comfortable in their material lives, and when their survival needs are met, they no longer ask for it. Spiritual pursuit became his only pursuit, constantly improving, constantly understanding, and constantly transcending sentient beings. When you are enlightened, your mind is fixed, and when your mind is fixed, you are free and happy.
A quiet mind gives birth to great wisdom, and does not give birth to earthly troubles. Look at those who are caught up in competition and competition, wealth and fame have been obtained, all desires and dust have been satisfied, and troubles have followed. This is what is often said: rich but not happy, expensive and not happy. Riches are like bubbles, joy is true, don't pick sesame seeds and lose watermelons.
See the world clearly? I believe you should know how to choose.