It's an old and current topic, and everyone has their own set of arguments, but it's not an easy thing to figure out. So, how does this newly published book "Buddhism for the Middle-aged and Elderly" answer?

The author begins by saying that first of all, we have to figure out one thing, and that is the basic understanding of ourselves.

The first question to be answered is that we are animals. Since we admit that we are an animal, we must have the primitive and inferior nature of the animal, that is, the animal nature, the animal desire, that is, the kind of unrestrained spontaneous behavior. This is a basic premise for the discussion of the problem.

Again, each of us will admit that we are still a human being, that is, from the animal world, but today I am no longer a member of the original ancestral world, but have evolved to a high-level animal much higher than my ancestors.

People have human characteristics and defects. For example, greed, comparison, retro, struggle, cruelty, pathology, ego, and endless desires and extravagant hopes, etc., these are all things that should be meant under the name of man, not something imposed on people by some mysterious external force, and we must dare to admit the evil of human nature, but we must be good at pursuing the glorious side of human nature. This kind of cognition is comprehensive and credible, and it is also in line with the basic attributes of human beings, which are advanced animals.

Only by acknowledging these two basic facts can we talk about topics related to this.

In addition to maintaining basic survival, as a higher animal, we also have the need to maintain a stable cultural and spiritual life for ourselves and our society and family, and from this we also extend another characteristic of human beings as a higher animal, that is, the expectation, desire and reverence for mystery and nobility, that is, divinity.

Only then can we have the possibility to comprehensively and deeply interpret the truth, goodness, beauty, falsehood, evil, ugliness, greed, hatred, and ignorance of human nature.

Entanglement and illness are a state and special psychological state that often appear in life, which can be understood, but also not to be underestimated. Because, it makes us very unhappy, very uncomfortable, often becomes a stumbling block that affects our work and life, and over time, it is likely to become a heart disease, leading to some unimaginable bad results, such as suicide, hatred of the rich, perversion, revenge, psychological deformity, selective amnesia, murder, and so on.

However, if we think about it from another angle, is your so-called entanglement so important and worthwhile? If you have any problems, you can try to solve them, talk to your confidants, consult with teachers and classmates, find solutions on the Internet, and so on. If you can't do it, you might as well want us to consult, and it's free. It is important to know that our domestic branch has decades of experience in psychological counseling and treatment and very good masters. After this year's National Day, no less than 30 counselors and therapists will return to China one after another, and more will return to the motherland next year to dedicate themselves to the public's physical and mental health and happiness.

There are many ways to get rid of tangles and to break ego. For example, whose daughter-in-law do you think is really beautiful, but your own woman is bad. This kind of comparison and entanglement, I believe many people will have. However, this is really beautiful. Because, a basic fact is that the beautiful opposite sex is generally everyone's, not someone alone, this is an indisputable fact, believe it or not, you inquire. At the very least, it is also an object that is seen and thought about by outsiders. Why bother to get this? And isn't it a beautiful thing that a woman who is not very beautiful is her own? Therefore, this kind of entanglement and comparison is not necessary at all, and it is not worth your trouble, and it belongs to the mediocrity of self-disturbance. And most of the ordinary people of the opposite sex outside have many advantages that those beautiful and glamorous women will never have. This is also true.

Besides, the amount of money is also something that does not need to be entangled and obtained by unscrupulous means. Because, to put it mildly, it's not really a thing. It's not that people don't know how many people have died because of this, it's just that your comparison has affected your eyesight and destroyed your state of mind. Because, the excessive pursuit of money makes many people inexplicably sad, inexhaustible greed, crazy plunder, and the final end, most of them are cruel and defeated.

The status is similar. People in the world often remember a novel, a movie, or a famous quote, but who remembers what a person did in what year, month, or month, died for what reason, or served as an official? Very little. Life is a life, grass and trees are autumn, don't care about those things that have nothing to do with you. It's not about your high or low.

The most important thing for a person to do is something unique and creative that belongs to you. It is the things that can make you spiritually self-reliant, the solemn, noble and sacred things that make your soul beautiful, such as loving your family, loving your parents and wives, raising your children carefully, and so on, as well as more beautiful behaviors, such as accumulating virtue and doing good, developing your own potential, and understanding the truth of others. That's what Buddhism does. It not only supports and rescues real life, but also interprets and answers metaphysical philosophical questions and future questions accordingly.

There are many things that people should do and must do, and they cannot be summed up only by the real desire for fame and fortune.

In life, only by attaining true independence of personality, freedom of mind, enlightenment, and nobility of belief is the right way.