Inscription: Yesterday Hangcheng officially entered summer, the temperature rose to melt the heart, full of warmth, bringing people "eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, mind" beautiful enjoyment. In the distance, there is the joy of the "Oxygen Music Festival"; Beside him, there is the flow of human warmth. As Borges said, "The flowers only open quietly, but many eyes find the scenery." "Yes, leisure is the other side of busyness, life needs surprises and departures; Everyone lights a lamp, and only those who have a bright heart can open the wisdom of the heart, abandon impetuosity and miscellaneousness, and reap the power of upward. Every day, from small things, participating in small actions, focusing on the aesthetic process, is the process of pleasing oneself and nourishing the body and mind. Interesting in the ordinary, intentional, is for this article.
In the morning, passing by a path shaded by trees behind the community, walking and walking, I suddenly remembered that the tree that I often see these days and grows pagoda-like white flowers is the legendary horse chestnut. As the name suggests, because its leaves are like open palms, but there are seven-petal leaves, which is very special.
If you think about it, there are quite a lot of such trees in the local area. It's just that sometimes I don't pay attention to it.
Usually, horse chestnuts enter their blooming period in early May, when the flowers are in full bloom. However, in addition to ornamentation, horse chestnuts are useful materials. Its fine wood can be made into various household utensils, leaf buds can be used as tea drinks, bark and roots can be made into soap, leaves and flowers can be used as dyes, and its fruits are like chestnuts, called pistachios and monkey chestnuts.
However, depending on the environment, the meaning of horse chestnut is different. For example, it grows into a lush green area in the Lingyin Temple, a sacred place of Buddhism, and at this time of year, the horse chestnut tree "opens upwards like a white flower tower, and the seven green leaves are like the palm of the hand", which is very beautiful.
Speaking of which, there are four kinds of sacred trees in the Buddha's gate, one is the carefree tree where the Buddha was born, the second is the Bodhi tree where the Buddha became a Buddha, the third is the horse chestnut tree where the Buddha lived and spoke, and the fourth is the Sora tree where the Buddha ascended to heaven. Perhaps, it is precisely because the horse chestnut tree can be both ornamental and usable, has strong vitality and good adaptability, because of its simple and unpretentious nature, that it will be associated with the Buddha, and it is used as a symbol to solve the doubts of all sentient beings and clarify the feelings of compassion.
Every grass and tree sees the world; All things in the world show affection. Maybe everything does not have to be solved, the beauty of a flower, the peculiarity of a leaf, as long as it is seen by you and me, has a new meaning.
Many times, because people are busy, they can't see the four seasons and sunshine, and they don't pay attention to this kind of grass, wood, sand and stone. However, it must not be forgotten that people must follow the "fixed heart, respond to the changes of the world", "seek knowledge" and "understand reason", and then "understand", in order to have an invisible power and grasp the steering wheel of their own life.
In the past, I was fortunate enough to be a "altar" teacher for a while, like a lecture under a horse chestnut tree, sharing my reading experience with others. "I really like your recitation, it helps me a lot and makes me think about my future life! I also hope to come to my hometown Huaguoshan (Lianyungang, Jiangsu) in the future. "This is what Old Zhao said to me before he left. Looking at him with a sincere face, I was very touched and a little relieved.
Now back to my hometown, I accidentally saw a small wooden chair full of vicissitudes yesterday, which was quite cordial. When I was five years old, a carpenter came to make furniture, and my mother and my father discussed with my father to make wood for me, small and delicate, for me to read and write when I was a child. Although the years have passed by gushing, the small wooden chair is still solid and easy to use, becoming real and natural in the dull, showing a calmness.
Six ancestors Huineng said: "All blessings are not far from square inches." When he says "square inches", he means grasping the degree with the heart of the reality of the moment. People are the most realistic and must be grasped. As one of the world's top ten thinkers by the British Museum, the Six Ancestors hope that everyone will not only explore inwardly, but also run steadfastly, so as to achieve both inner cultivation and external value, such a realistic heart is the right inquiry, but also a beneficial life.
If you do not act well, it means that your virtue is not complete enough, and your efforts are not enough. Only when man fully expands his good nature is his basic cultivation and the only way to know the destiny of heaven.
Walking through the shade of the trees, I looked back and saw the horse chestnut trees under the warm breeze, safe and easy, without a trace of impetuosity and laziness.