The Buddha said: "There are eight sufferings in life, birth, old age, sickness, death, resentment, love and separation, and unwantedness".
We can't control others, but we can grasp our own mentality and adjust our mentality well, so that we can go more smoothly in life.
The Heart Sutra says: "The heart is free of obstacles, there are no obstacles, there is no terror, and it is far away from upside-down dreams." ”
In this life, there are only three kinds of people who can make themselves happy, that is, "Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and sentient beings".
- To believe in Buddhism is to believe in cause and effect
Buddhism talks about "karma", that is, everything has a cause and effect, and what you plant will get what you reap. Plant melons and get melons, plant beans and get beans. There is a cause to have an effect, and everything you do today is the cause you have planted.
In this life, people spend their lives in cause and effect, and what kind of cause we plant will get what kind of effect. Sowing good causes will lead to good results, and sowing evil causes will lead to bad results.
Everything is cause and effect, we can't control our fate, but we can change our behavior. Don't do evil things in your life, let alone do things that lack virtue, because if you do evil things today, you will receive evil retribution one day in the future, and if you do something immoral today, you will be punished one day in the future.
Life is not a straight line but a curve, and we can't let our life trajectory go straight all the time. To be a man must have a bottom line and principles, and to be worthy of conscience and morality. Only by having good thoughts, revering cause and effect, and knowing how to be grateful can we go further.
- To believe in a bodhisattva is to believe in sentient beings
The Buddha said, "All living beings are suffering, and the only way to cross is to cross by themselves." Life is not all smooth sailing, when you encounter ups and downs in life, please don't complain, don't lose confidence, and believe that you will get better and better.
There is never real despair in life, only those who are defeated by themselves. As long as you don't give up on yourself, no one can take you down. Every experience in life is a kind of growth, and when you go through all the hardships of life, you will truly mature.
I have a friend who is divorced from his wife. He felt so miserable that he couldn't figure out why two people who loved his wife so much would go to the point of divorce? He often smoked alone on the balcony. Later, I asked him, "Why do you want to get a divorce?"
"She was suspicious all day long, and it scared me and my children," he said. I told him, "That's because she feels that no one in this world loves her anymore, so she has to protect herself in this way." ”
So you have to believe in your own power, because only you can save yourself. You have to believe in yourself, and others are silently caring for you where you can't see them.
- Believing in sentient beings means believing in the "Buddhas"
The Diamond Sutra says, "All appearances are false." If you see things that are not like each other, you see them as they are." Everything in the world is empty, and so is our hearts. If you can understand this truth, you will understand that everything is false, and you will not be bound by external objects, nor will you be attached to external objects.
There is a passage in the "Diamond Sutra" that says very well: "Everything has a way, like a dream bubble, like dew and electricity, and should be viewed as such."
Everything is false, and everything that is as illusory as a dream is the result of our heart's desires. In life, we should think more about some beautiful things and let go of our attachment to desires such as money, fame, and power.
Many people pursue money, power and other things outside the body are useless, and the real happiness in life should come from the happiness of the heart. We should do more good deeds to accumulate virtues, release lives and generate, make good connections, and do more good deeds.