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Last night, I occasionally read a Zen poem by Shan Deqing, and I felt a lot of emotion.
This Zen poem is written like this: Musk dies first because of incense, silkworm dies early because of silk; the world has never been flawed, and the illusory body is free from impermanence. This means that the musk was hunted down by hunters because of the valuable musk on its body, and the silkworm died early because of the knotted silk. The world is full of confusion, and every life is plagued by impermanence.
There are many interpretations of this Zen poem. The appreciation after the poem is this: saying that there are many flaws in the world, especially impermanence is the most terrible. Life is only a few decades of cold and summer, Centennial is already a high lifespan, anyone who has the ability to learn through the heavens, as long as the limit is reached, it is also not exempt from impermanence. If you want to get rid of the sea of suffering, the only way out is to let your soul continue to sublimate.
Of course, this interpretation is not bad, but this interpretation is one-way, it is only aimed at one aspect of the "coveted" person, so what about the other aspects of the "coveted" person, and the covetous side? The allusion that "Piaf is innocent, but bears his guilt" may be analyzed more comprehensively. This allusion comes from the "Spring and Autumn Left Transmission , Huan Gong Ten Years", the original text is: Chu, Yu Uncle Has Jade, Yu Gong Qiu. Dedication. Repent of it, he said, "The proverb of the week is innocent, and the pirate is innocent, and he bears his guilt." I use this, and its harm is also good? "It is a sacrifice. And ask for his sword. Uncle: "It's boring." Tireless, will be with me. "Sui Cut down Yu Gong." Therefore, Yu Gong went out of the pool. This means that in the beginning, Uncle Yu had a piece of precious jade, and Yu Gong wanted to get it, but Uncle Yu did not give it to him, and then, Uncle Yu regretted it and said, "There is a proverb in this place of Zhou that a person who originally had no sin was guilty, but he was guilty because he possessed a treasure jade." So he offered the treasure jade to Yu Gong. However, Yu Gong came again to ask for Uncle Yu's sword, and Uncle Yu said, "This is really insatiable greed." Such insatiable greed will bring me the misfortune of killing myself. So he sent an army to attack Yu Gong. Therefore, Yu Gong ran out to the place of Gongchi.
In this story, Uncle Yu sacrifices the treasure because he is worried that the greed for treasure will bring misfortune, but Yu Gong still does not know how to get the treasure jade, and is eventually defeated because of his insatiable greed. We can see that the "Zuo Biao" means that one should not covet treasure oneself, and one can be saved from misfortune, but it is definitely not meant to give all one's treasure to others without principle; if others covet treasure, they may succeed at first, but if they are not satisfied, they will inevitably invite disasters.
According to this line of thinking, we can use the words "talent", "wealth", "color" and other words as a transposition exercise, and become "carrying talent and its sin", "carrying wealth and its sin", "carrying color its sin", and so on. The problem is, if you don't show off, how do others know that you have "talent", "wealth", and "color"? Later, Wu Cheng'en had two wonderful interpretations of Sun Wukong in Journey to the West, saying this aspect.
One said that Goku learned seventy-two changes in order to avoid the three disasters and three difficulties, and when the art industry was just beginning, Goku could not resist the clamor of his classmates and play with the changes. Bodhidharma has since concluded that this monkey is the root of trouble, and has taught a lesson: "Goku, come here!" I ask you what spirit you get, what pine tree you change? This kung fu, can it be shown off in front of people? What if you see someone else having one, don't ask him? When others see you, they will beg you. If you fear evil, you will preach it to him, and if you do not preach it to him, you will do harm, and your life will not be saved. Then, he was categorically bombarded to go down the mountain, and he was never allowed to mention the name of master and apprentice again.
In another place, on the way to learn the scriptures with Tang Monk, Wukong passed through Guanyin Temple, and Wukong showed off jinlan robes, and Tang Monk warned: "You have not paid attention to it, the ancients had clouds, and rare things to play with, do not let you see greedy and treacherous people." If it comes into sight, it will move its heart, and if it moves its heart, it will give birth to its plan. Ru is a man who fears misfortune, and he will do what he wants; otherwise, he will perish, and it will not be a small matter. "The consequences of this provoked trouble, leading to a catastrophe.
Wu Cheng'en then concluded: Between the spring and autumn exchanges, blessings and misfortunes arise impermanently. The destruction of the devil is only a thought; the calamity of the disaster is in an instant. In the "Zhou Yi Zhi Ci Upload", it is said: "Slow Tibet and thieves, smelt tolerance and adultery" is also this truth. Mr. Zhang Erqi said: "If you hide slowly and do not know how to defend yourself, you are teaching people to steal; those who are tolerant and good at showing off yourself are teaching people to commit adultery. "We should think about it, is this a drawback, or is it a wise saying? If anyone wants to cause misfortune in order to satisfy their vanity, then just show off and covet.
So, having a stunt isn't necessarily a good thing. Some people want more money, and there is no shortage of examples of people dying because of money; some people ask for high names, and often climb high and fall heavily. There are also people who are bent on pursuing a beautiful posture, but unfortunately, the red face is too thin, and many beauties have been killed because of their beauty! As the saying goes, those who kill will be punched, and those who drown will be water, which is also the truth.
In fact, musk also understands this truth, and it can be found that "the musk lives in the mountains and forests, lies quietly under the bushes or secluded and shady places during the day, mostly moves after dawn or dusk, and has a developed sense of hearing and smell." The battalion lives alone, is quite alert, agile, likes to climb cliffs, and often sits high to avoid enemies. ”
So, think about the musk living alone all day in the cold, hiding in Tibet, making life uninteresting, who still complains that their talents are not met and their fate is not good?