Chapter 424: Tonghua (19)

In real life, we often feel uneasy about the so-called "tomorrow" and "the day after tomorrow", and anxious and busy about those things that have not yet arrived, or may never come

When we are young, we used to say, "Wait until ...... time", with infinite fantasies about the future, but when you get old, it becomes "the past...... time", full of melancholy

There is also a story in the Bible that during the final journey of the Israelites to Egypt, many of them were suddenly rained down from heaven, and many people were reluctant to eat them that day, so they hid them all night, and the next day, the bread was all moldy and could not be eaten

Happiness is like a flatbread, if you eat it on the same day, it will be fragrant and sweet, pleasing and moisturizing, and after a long time, it will change its taste, and you have to discard it sadly

There is no need to envy the happiness of others, it is just the happiness in the eyes of a person, in the eyes of others, it may be sad and miserable, or it may be a disguise; For people nowadays, simplicity is unfortunate, but it is a blessing

The past is memory, the future is imagination, and the real, true happiness is the present, and we don't have to pay for future happiness with today's suffering

Seeing through is reasonable, and letting go is a thing. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info To be liberated, you have to see through. Hongchen can see through it but ups and downs, life can see through it but impermanence, and love can see through it but gather and disperse. If you see through it, you can put it down, and if you can't see through it, you can't let it go. Today, I will send you a few stories to see if you can feel something after reading it.

No matter how hard you work today, you won't be able to sweep away tomorrow's fallen leaves

There is a little monk who is responsible for cleaning the fallen leaves in the temple courtyard every morning.

Waking up early in the morning to sweep the leaves is a chore, especially in autumn and winter, when the leaves always flutter and fall with the wind.

It took a lot of time every morning to sweep the leaves, which gave the little monk a headache. He'd been trying to find a good way to make it easier for him.

Later, a monk said to him, "Before you clean it tomorrow, you should shake the tree vigorously to shake all the fallen leaves, and the day after tomorrow you will not have to sweep the fallen leaves." ”

The little monk thought it was a good idea, so he got up early the next morning and shook the trunk vigorously, so that he could sweep away the fallen leaves of today and tomorrow at once. The little monk was very happy all day.

The next day, when the little monk went to the courtyard, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and the courtyard was full of fallen leaves as before.

At this time, the old monk came over and said to the little monk: "Silly boy, no matter how hard you try today, the fallen leaves will still fall tomorrow." ”

The little monk finally understood that there are many things in the world that cannot be advanced in advance, and only living the present seriously is the truest attitude towards life. The green mountains can't cover it, after all, it flows eastward. You can't stop what should happen, and it's useless to try hard if it doesn't happen. If you do the things at the moment well, you will have no regrets.

Life was originally free of pain

There are no worries in life, but when the fire of desire is ignited, the troubles will knock on the door of your heart.

There is no pain in life, but when you start to think about gains and losses, and you want more, the pain comes to haunt you.

Once upon a time, there was a millionaire who gave him as much trouble every day as he had wealth. Therefore, he frowns every day, and it is rare to have a smiling face.

Next door to the millionaire, there lives a couple who grind tofu. There was once a proverb that said that the three major hardships in life are to grind tofu with iron and support the boat. But the two who grind tofu are enjoying it, and the singing, laughter, and amusement continue to spread to the millionaire's home all day long.

The millionaire's wife asked her husband, "We have so much money, why are we not as happy as the couple grinding tofu next door?" ”

The millionaire said: "What is this, I will make them not laugh tomorrow." ”

In the evening, the millionaire threw a gold ingot through the wall. The next day, the two who grinded tofu were really silent. It turns out that these two are summing up! After they picked up the gold ingots that "fell from the world", they felt that they had made a fortune, and they could no longer do the hard and tiring work of grinding tofu. However, let's do business, what if you lose money; If you don't do business, there will always be a day when you sit and eat. The husband still thought in his heart, if the business is bigger, should he beg for a small house or should he take a break from the current yellow-faced woman; The wife was pondering, she knew that she could make a fortune, and she shouldn't have married this stinky grinding tofu in the first place. Thinking and pondering, the two who were happy before have no heart to laugh now, and troubles have begun to occupy their hearts. What makes the couple even more painful is why can't they drop a few more gold ingots in the sky, so that they can buy whatever they want?

There are no worries in life, but when the fire of desire is ignited, the troubles will knock on the door of your heart.

There is no pain in life, but when you start to think about gains and losses, and you want more, the pain comes to haunt you.

Youth is very fleeting, and only by cherishing the present can we have fewer regrets

"Child, while you are young, why not work hard to achieve a career?" An old man advised a teenager.

The boy replied nonchalantly, "Why be in such a hurry? My youth has just begun, and time is there! Besides, I haven't planned a beautiful blueprint yet! ”

"Time waits for no one!" The old man said, and led the boy to a basement where he couldn't see his fingers.

"I can't see anything!" The teenager said.

The old man polished a match and said to the young man, "While the match is not extinguished, you can choose one thing in this basement and go out." ”

With the help of the faint light, the boy tried to identify the items in the basement, but before he could find anything, the matches burned out, and the basement suddenly became dark again.

"I didn't get anything, and the matches went out!" The teenager complained.

The old man said, "Your youth is like this burning match, fleeting, friend, you have to cherish it!" ”

Life is not short, and those who live long can live to be 100 years old; It's not long, and it's a snap of a finger. It's just that the green mountains can't cover it, after all, it flows eastward, and if you wait until you reach the end of your life, you regret the life you have walked, it will be too late. Instead of regretting it then, it is better to do more today, at least when you look back, it is bittersweet, with tears and smiling faces coexisting. A little less regret, a little more aftertaste.

Suffering is fertile and nourishes growth

The suffering that befalls you is often the desire of Heaven to make your mind stronger and grow more upright. Suffering is a very nutritious tonic for a person who is willing and eager to grow!

In the cold winter of Layue, a monk named "Dripping Water" went to Tianlong Temple to meet the Zen master of Yishan. It was snowing heavily outside, but Zen Master Yishan wouldn't let him in. The monk knelt outside the door for three days. Yishan's disciples saw him pitiful and pleaded for him.

(To be continued.) )