Taiwanese entertainer Xi Manning's enlightenment of learning Buddhism

Taiwanese artist Xi Manning has been nominated for the Golden Bell Award three times in the past. Every time she prepares her acceptance speech, although there is a large list of thank-you people in the form, the real OS in her heart has only one sentence: "Thank you myself." Since her debut, she has adhered to the momentum of the southern people who are "willing to be willing to be unafraid of no ploughs", breaking out of the world in the show business circle, "I am very hard, I don't drink or play cards, I suffer a lot, this is what I deserve." Before the age of thirty-five, she thought so.

At the age of thirty-seven, she suffered major setbacks in her life, failed in investment, and faced great changes in her career and life. In the same year, she began to learn the laws of life by getting close to the Dharma. Today, nine years later, she no longer feels that she is a proud peacock, but a mortal who is "nothing" among all sentient beings. She felt the joy of life's revision deeply, and now she said, "There are too many people I have to be thankful for."

The cervical spine automatically adjusts twice

With a doll face, a beautiful figure and superb acting skills, Xi Manning has established a high reputation in the Taiwanese television circle and accumulated many works. She is the sixth generation of Tainan people, because her ancestors have Dutch genes, giving her a natural deep eye and high nose, and her beauty has become a weapon for her to enter the acting world. And the agility and self-demand in her personality have also made her career progress layer by layer. She earns money to buy property, filial piety to her parents, and settles into her own real life, and she feels very satisfied. It's just that more than a decade of filming day and night, an unusual artist career, makes her health pay a price, but also makes her hesitate to step into the road of marriage.

Xi Manning has had three boyfriends, but she feels that she is not a good lover and rarely accommodates her boyfriend's lifestyle. She also didn't want to have children and didn't expect marriage at all. She was obsessed with her parents, and once boasted: "Boyfriends can change five hundred, but parents only have two."

When she failed to invest in 2001, she complained to her father with great injustice: "Why?" My father, who had studied Buddhism for many years, only said lightly: "I have not given alms for generations, and I have not seen the shadow of a noble person when I turn around." She asked doubtfully, "Is it too late to give alms now?" Dad taught her, "The only thing that can change her destiny is to do the six degrees of paramita, the first of the six degrees of charity, and wherever the seeds of your generosity are sprinkled, they sprout." She is an obedient daughter who, in order to change her destiny, begins to study Buddhism while adopting thirteen orphans from the World Vision Society. When she was in the mainland, she also had the opportunity to raise money for the orphanage, and in the future, she really had multiple work karmas from the mainland, and she should prove that practicing the six paramitas can really bring about energy changes for herself, and really summon all kinds of unexpected good karma.

After five years of studying Buddhism, my father said, "There must be a dharma and a certainty." So she began to learn to meditate. In the Sacred Pulse Life Education Association, she studied the meditation method of the Ahan Sutra, from the initial stage of impatience from five minutes to being able to feel the relaxation of the internal organs of the body entering deep meditation. The S-shaped cervical spine, which had been in shape due to long-term poor posture, released a stinging pain in meditation, and she insisted on her personality, and she did not relax at all.

Unexpectedly, when she went to the hospital at the end of September for a routine follow-up examination of the cervical spine, the doctor looked at the X-ray and was surprised to find that her cervical spine automatically adjusted twice! The doctor said, "Whatever you do, please keep doing it!" Encouraged by this, Schmanin has since developed the habit of meditating for an hour a day, even if he goes out early in the morning, he must sit down before going to bed.

Learn not to be "curious"

Soon, she found that the gap between filming was also a good time to meditate. She sat down whenever she had time, whether in the dressing room or under a tree while taking location shots. She said: "Showbiz is a big dye tank, it is not easy to keep the body and mouth, but after entering meditation, it is more difficult to arouse the activities of the mind from the ear. Don't be 'curious' when you learn, because everything is 'none of my business'."

Meditation can stay away from gossip, and another benefit is that after sitting for an hour to go to work, I found that deep meditation is better than five hours of sleep, so the lines are also remembered, the skin is brighter, and the makeup can last all day.

Symanin entered the Dharma from the setbacks of life. Although she grew up in a Buddhist family, it does not mean that she understands the Teachings. Father was very concerned about the path she walked, but never put it on the lips. In 2009, she wanted to learn the Vipassana meditation method, but the day before she entered the customs, she learned that her father and sister had also signed up at the same time. The three fathers and daughters retreated for ten days in the Vipassana meditation, and the family practiced together from then on, and they were both Dharma relatives and Daoist friends.

There is no crisis in middle age, only joy

Since 2001, Symanin has been a devout Buddhist. "As soon as I stepped into the Dharma, I felt very focused and loved. In addition to making me feel at ease, if I didn't meditate or read Buddhist books for a few days, I felt restless, like I hadn't seen a lover." She said.

On the day of the interview with this newspaper, she asked the reporter who was not very literate to visit her incense, because "I want to talk about the teachings of the Buddha, I don't want to disturb the place outside, I am afraid of being disturbed and saying the wrong thing." 」

The incense of Xi Manning's "incense bride" is striking, but it is not rouge incense powder, but the sandalwood fragrance of burning incense for the Buddha. This is where she lived for fifteen years, on the eighth floor of the Guandu Halfway Point Building. From the large windows, you can overlook the green space of the community, overlooking Guanyin Mountain and the mouth of the Tamsui River.

The Buddhist hall and living room is a minimalist Japanese room design for the Great Self Guanyin Bodhisattva. The glass sliding door in the hall is a specially frosted verse of the Heart Sutra. A fat cat named "Jiuno", whose skin is like a cow, has been with Xi Manning for eleven years, and when a guest comes, it shuttles between the guests' calves. And when the owner is away, all it has is fodder and a room full of emptiness. "I'm not going to air-condition it or spoil it." Because it has been in the animal path in this life, I don't want to wear away its blessings anymore." Xi Manning caressed Jiuno lovingly, and at the beginning of the conversation, he used buddhist words.

In the Buddhist hall, after the two tables hidden under the huge bed were pulled out, it was a Japanese room where ten people could sit, she said, for the purpose of one day asking for the Dharma, and usually it was a holy place for her to worship the Buddha and meditate alone.

The restaurant is also a very ordinary equipment, which has not changed in fifteen years. Two pieces of lemon juice ice cubes were thrown into five hundred cc of boiling water, which is the drink she uses to entertain guests and drink a lot of her daily drinks.

This is her home, and it is also her Bodhi Clearland, where she unloads the artist's glamorous appearance and returns to the purest and simplest self. After participating in the confession, she cherished the resources even more, usually did not turn on the air conditioner at home, no longer used the large bathtub to bathe, only took a shower and left the water in the bathtub to flush the toilet and wash her feet. She is grateful for the accessibility of the online world, so that she does not have to go to the street, and she can bring back a box of fresh fruit from the administrator after the midnight play. She runs her Facebook and blog well and interacts well with her fan base. She no longer cared about the vast but nihilistic fame and praise, but was willing to listen carefully to every sincere voice.

Over the years, her acting career has still been prosperous, but her inner drive is not to challenge new roles or more films, but to practice more. "I don't drink or play cards, I don't talk or drink tea, I can't stay in social occasions, so the opportunities are given to 'those who can stay'." I pushed away some work that was not as good as the Fa-rectification, or that I was satisfied and did not want to play some bad roles, although in the end I may face the situation of "no job", but it does not mean that my blessing is gone." She said very calmly.

The "midlife crisis" of female stars is more serious than that of ordinary women, and Xi Manning, who is keen and familiar with numerology, has long analyzed the situation she may face in "middle age", but she chooses a path that she is very happy and comfortable with through Buddhism. She doesn't think religion can give a person something tangible directly: "The Buddha wasn't meant to 'ask,' but he was the best teacher. Religion is only a medium that leads us into another macroscopic life, giving us a choice about life rather than resigning ourselves to fateful arrangements. For life, we only have the right to use and not ownership, so we must grasp every moment that we can learn!"

Only forty-six years old, do you no longer have any thoughts about love and marriage? She said, "If there is, I would like to meet someone who is with me, so that I can become a partner." The "mind" and "path" here refer to the Buddhist concept of family and life. Such conditions are not difficult to say, and it is not easy to say. But that's not Symanning's point, she cares about living in every moment. Since learning the various wonderful methods of Buddhism, no matter how the external situation changes, she can always let the body, mind and soul find a place to settle down. Behind the colorful and lustful work in the showbiz circle, she has a different and quiet life because of her study of Buddhism.

Zen Delight is the best care product for body, mind and soul

When it comes to the experience of meditation, Symannin can't even finish speaking for two hours. Female celebrities are often asked about their way to stay in the face, and Xi Manning said: "Meditation makes people grow old very slowly." Because when meditating, the breathing becomes slower, the heartbeat becomes slower, and everything from the skin to the internal organs is relaxed, "Zen Yue" is the best care product." She admits that she rarely shops over the years, and the skin care products are ordered online, "wiping everything is almost the same, and below the neck, it can't be taken care of at all." Since everyone can't resist the "destruction" of appearance by the years, why not face your true self? Symanin said, "Through Vipassana, I looked within myself and found that there was less desire, less pressure, less demand, the subconscious mind was cleaner, and the ability to foresee was improved. Because of the simple heart, let the consciousness of Alaya arise."

Recently, she was fasting for 108 days in order to attend the "Water Confession Festival". In the past, she would deliberately skip dinner or eat vegetarian food in order to control her weight, and often ate vegetarian bento boxes when filming. But this time, in order to repent of the bad karma created in the past, I vowed to eat vegetarian food, and the result was a different experience: when I meditated, I was more relaxed, and the water and waste excreted from my body did not smell!

After watching her recent drama series "Sisters", one "fan" for many years left a message on her Facebook: "Sister Manning, you are more beautiful than before!" And the mastery of the eyes is more refined!" In the past, directors often had to remind her that "the eyes are too fierce", because of her arrogant personality, it is difficult to hide. She said, "In the past, my standard of seeing people was very narrow, so I had very few friends, and I preferred to be alone." Now, in order to raise funds, she is willing to open her mouth to anyone who is possible, and personally collect the donation once a month, without feeling annoyed at all.

In the past, she felt that she could "afford anything"; now, before buying something, she first thought about whether she "needed" or "wanted". If you can't judge it for a while, it's limited to a week, and after seven days if she's still thinking about it, buy it; but often after seven days, she forgets it.

Occasionally I want to be vain and buy something for tens of thousands of dollars, at this time, a voice will appear in my head: "Seventy thousand? Seventy months of miles can be donated to orphans at the World Expo!" So, forget it.