The Book of the Saints is the writings of the classics of the Saints, such as the Four Books and Five Classics. Cheng Yi believes that when reading the book of the saints, it is necessary to "look at the meaning of the saints so they write the scriptures, and the saints so the intentions, and the saints so the most holy, and the reason why I have not arrived, so I have not received." Asking for it sentence by sentence, reciting it during the day and tasting it, thinking about it in the middle of the night, calming its heart, changing its breath, and quenching its doubts, then the opinions of the saints are complete. ”
This means that when we read the book of the saints, we must see and understand the intention of the saints in writing the scriptures, think about the intentions of the saints and why the saints can reach the state of the saints, and then think about why we have not reached this state. For the words of the saints, we should strive to explore every word, recite and understand more during the day, and think carefully at night when the people are quiet, and we can understand the meaning of the saints.
In short, the reason why saints become saints is because they can cultivate themselves and do more sage things, and we ordinary people should also learn more from the sages and strive to practice the teachings of the sages. In this way, "taking the Dhamma from above, and getting from it" we are not far from the sages.
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