Recently, according to relevant media reports, temples across the country are overcrowded, setting off a wave of temple tours.
It is reported that Beijing's Lama Temple, Guangzhou Big Buddha Temple, Hangzhou Lingyin Temple, Xi'an Guangren Temple and other famous temples in the country have seen a grand situation full of tourists, many grammar hand strings were once out of stock, and in some places there was a historical miracle of queuing for more than ten kilometers to enter the temple gate.
This makes one sigh that today's young people no longer believe in science and are obsessed with temples. In addition, there is a very interesting phenomenon: the God of Wealth is full of people kneeling in front of him, but the marriage temple is unattended. This can't help but remind people of the previous incident of Hunan professors being robbed of the microphone.
At that time, the professor said that studying is for money, and many people said that he was utilitarian. This time it's a slap in the face!
No one cares about it in front of the marriage temple, which only shows that young people today are deliberately avoiding marriage. To put it bluntly, they all want to live the life of a rich person, they all want to get something for nothing and wait for pie in the sky. No wonder CCTV criticism can't put down the shelf and dare not take off the robe. It is no wonder that there are thousands of men and women who are now older.
The temple was originally a non-profit holy place for the spread of sentient beings and teachings. However, in recent years, with the rise of marketization and corporatization, it has become a for-profit institution that provides leisure and entertainment venues, sells cultural and entertainment materials, and holds training seminars.
It is reported that in order to attract young people, many temples have specially set up coffee houses, libraries, legal consultation rooms, psychological counseling classes and other places. The temple, which was once quiet and cool, has become lively and roaring. Many high-ranking monks have turned into big bosses, chairmen and general managers of various companies, presidents and presidents of various associations, societies, and councils.
It has to be said that the temple has become a complete business field, and it is getting farther and farther away from the original intention of building the temple. On the one hand, there is pressure for the survival and development of the temple itself, and it is difficult to maintain it without market reforms. On the other hand, it also reflects that the mentality of many young people has undergone tremendous changes: when encountering difficulties and setbacks, they do not think about how to face and how to solve them, but how to escape and how to deceive themselves.
Escaped for a while, can not escape a lifetime. After all, it is still necessary to face it, and many problems can not be solved by burning a pillar of incense and buying a string of bracelets. Instead of deceiving yourself, it is better to return to reality.
At present, there are three main categories of young people who are keen on temple tours: one is those who encounter frustrations, difficulties, confusion and other problems in secular society and do not know how to solve them, the second is people who are not assertive, people follow the clouds, and are too superstitious, and the third is businessmen who come with curiosity, shop visits, traffic and live broadcasting.
For the first type of people, the real world is too cruel and ruthless, there is no object to talk to, there is no environment to purify the soul, there is no place to release pressure, and the temple just meets the above conditions, and can alleviate the above problems to a certain extent, so this part of the young people choose the temple tour to resolve the bitterness and helplessness in the heart.
For the second type of person, there is no assertiveness and cognition in reality, and when encountering many accidental abnormal events or things beyond their own cognition, superstitious thoughts are often produced, and the temple has naturally become a sacred place of worship.
For a third person, temples have clearly become a tool for making money. Whether it is visiting a store, checking in an Internet celebrity, or bringing goods live, its ultimate goal is to make money, which is nothing more than to use the popularity of the temple to benefit themselves, such a person not only ruins the reputation of the temple but also tarnishes the holy place of Buddhism. It can be said to be the biggest cancer of the temple.