Compulsory Courses in Life: Self-Cultivation (Essay)
Author: Deng Huaixing
"Self-cultivation", old topic, but not scholars, sad!
Arrogance, infidelity and filial piety, stealing chickens and dogs, arrogance, and love disloyalty are life topics that do not have a good "self-cultivation"!
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Self-cultivation is the cultivation of virtue, that is, the cultivation of wisdom, and having both moral integrity and ability is the result of self-cultivation. Cultivating virtue is the primary condition for self-cultivation. Zi Yue: "Filial piety is filial piety when entering, compassionate when going out, sincere and faithful, universal love for all, and benevolence." If there is room for action, then learn the literature. This passage tells us that disciples should be filial to their parents when they are in front of them; when they go out, they must obey their teachers, they must be cautious in their words and deeds, they must be honest and trustworthy, they must love everyone widely, and they must be close to those who have virtue. After practicing in this way, you have plenty of energy to learn knowledge.
The "self-cultivation" of the ancients was "righteousness, self-cultivation, family unity, governance of the country, and peace in the world." "It is the foundation of the ancient sages' livelihood and life, a way to achieve self-improvement through self-cultivation and refinement, and to turn the virtues and talents of the sages into their own habits and abilities." Today, when we talk about "self-cultivation and self-cultivation", it is also used in the past for the present.
Self-cultivation is to purify the mind and purify it. In morality, sentiment, ideals, will and other aspects can maintain a good cultivation mentality, perseverance, lifelong cultivation.
Nourishment is to make one's own nature undamaged. Achieving perfection through self-reflection not only includes being a person, cultivating oneself, and handling things, but also contains a normal heart to deal with daily troubles and misfortunes.
To "cultivate" and "cultivate," we must first be able to "be quiet" and "endure.", otherwise, if we are impetuous and impetuous, how can we cultivate and cultivate? Therefore, the ancients believed that "the heart is impetuous, shallow and narrow," and this eight character is a big taboo for cultivators. Go to these eight characters, use the words "quiet" and "forbearance", and endure everything, such as "endure for a while, so as not to worry about a hundred days." "Bear with the wind and the waves, breathe a rage at the sea and the sky." Wait, it shows the importance of "quiet" and "forbearance".
There is a precept for all well-educated people: do not lose your temper. To lose your temper is to punish yourself for the mistakes of others. No matter how you express your anger, don't do anything irreparable.
In a lifetime, there are many unsatisfactory things, red dust is long, it is impossible to have a smooth road to go, there will always be adversity, good times, proud times and frustrated times, remember to endure, converge, look down and follow fate. When the mood is not good, when it is necessary to cultivate, when the mood is happy, when it is necessary to dive. Jing, is rest, but also cultivation, all the troubles are from the hustle and bustle, in the old sage said: "Right and wrong lies in opening more mouths, and troubles are only because of strong heads." "The body will be tired after too long, and the soul will be wounded if it wanders for too long."
Life must know how to choose, to give up, in order to enrich the fresh things, to make more fulfilling, more full, more exuberant. Without bold abandonment, there is no brilliant choice, abandonment is a spiritual awakening, it is the manifestation of wisdom, when all the dust settles, when everything is calm, we understand that giving up is actually a beautiful harvest.
In the long river of time can accommodate all the bittersweet and bittersweet of the world, every life is involuntarily spent with the passage of time, do not complain about the troubles encountered in fate and refuse to pass and pain. Temper your own good temper, don't develop bad problems, know that the person who can cure your temper is the person you love, the person who suffers your temper is the person who loves you, if you are right, you don't have to lose your temper, if you are wrong, you are not qualified to lose your temper, please believe that in the years we have passed, there is sunshine, rain and dew, there are flowers, there are herbs, things can be lifted up and put down, the cultivation of the soul is the same, the heart is less loaded with some worldly distractions, let go of regrets, see the gains and losses, see the fame and fortune, Do your part. Let the heart precipitate, let the past go with the wind, let the smile stay, do things quietly, the beauty is always in anticipation, and happiness is always cherished. Be careful, temper should never be greater than skill, do not let bad temper ruin your future.
Zhuge Liang said: "The gentleman's journey is to cultivate oneself quietly, to cultivate virtue with frugality, not to be indifferent and to have a clear mind, and not to be quiet and far-reaching." These words tell us that a person who is willing to cultivate his own self-cultivation is to make himself perfect by meditating and reflecting, and to cultivate his noble character by frugality and thrift. If you are not clear-minded and restless, you cannot make your ambitions clear and firm, and you cannot realize your lofty ideals. If a person indulges in debauchery or passive sluggishness, take risks sloppily. Impatience, do not cultivate their own sentiments, let the years disappear quickly with time, let the will be quickly consumed with time, and eventually fade before aging. Such a life is a lack of self-esteem and self-love, that is, there is no good "self-cultivation" compulsory course. Such a life will not benefit society, it will not benefit the country.
Self-cultivation must first cultivate the heart, and the human heart can release infinite light and can also create boundless darkness. In the "Impermanence Sutra", it is said that "phase is born from the heart, the state is turned by the heart, and the blessing is self-summoned", which emphasizes the role of the heart, the role of the self-attitude, without the role of the heart, without the role of the self-attitude, there is no self-esteem and self-love, how to talk about self-cultivation? Man's instinct is to love himself, man's nature is not to want to hurt others, and at the beginning of man, nature is good. The lover must first love himself, and self-love must be self-conscious, self-introspective, and self-aware. Life has a period, and love is infinite. Self-love is the love of one, is the premise of love, the basis of love, fraternity is the love of all beings, the development of love, the continuation of love, strive for self-love, promote fraternity, is the true love. True love is the ultimate goal of self-cultivation, a love is like a spring breeze, a piece of sunshine, moisturizing and warming your life, a life full of love is a happy life, a beautiful life.
Reality tells us that the initiative of happiness has always been in the hands of self-realizers who can cultivate hard, and if we want to live wonderfully, we must do a good job in the life topic of "self-cultivation", so that we can constantly enrich ourselves, improve ourselves, and improve ourselves in this process of self-cultivation.
About the Author
Deng Huaixing, a native of Le'an County, Jiangxi Province, has a teacher training degree and is a senior primary school teacher, who has been teaching for 40 years and is now retired and loves literature. He has published argumentative essays, essays, poems, essays, essays and other articles in Gandong Daily, Jiangxi Education, New Era Literary Elite Think Tank, and Selected Contemporary Poetry and Prose; in recent years, he has published essays, poems, essays and other works on platforms such as Overseas Toutiao, Beijing Toutiao, Contemporary Writers Alliance, Famous Artists Gathering Culture and Media Headquarters, World Classic Literature Collection, and Golden List Toutiao Literature and Art Network; in April 2021, he won the "Shizhen Cup" Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, the National Outstanding Literary and Artistic Works and the "Bronze Award" of the 11th China Writers New Creation Forum.
Aviation School Chinese Culture Promotion Association Language Arts Committee members, Dandong Recitation Art Association members, like poetry, recitation, vocal music, audio language art lovers, communicators, with the voice of the heart to express positive energy, interpret a better life, with an optimistic attitude, into the love of public welfare undertakings.