The Zen master must have said this, and gave an example meaningfully:

In the early years, there was a talented young man in the countryside, because he had strong self-esteem and introverted personality, he could not be selected in several township examinations, so it was difficult to avoid being talked about, saying that he was a shallow learner, and the mud could not support the wall, and so on. So he was depressed, angry, depressed and decadent. In order to dispel his sorrow and relieve his boredom, he went out alone to visit several famous mountains and rivers. But the chatter and laughter of the tourists did not arouse his interest, but made him even more lonely; The green mountains and green waters have no aura and vitality in his eyes. He was so desperate that he decided to go to a mountain that he occasionally heard about but was not very famous, not for the sake of viewing, but only to choose a place unknown to his relatives and friends to end his life.

When he arrived at the mountain, he was stunned: there is only a simple ancient temple in the bare mountain, how can there be scenery! But when they saw that the tourists were weaving, they all worshiped religiously. He had never been to Buddhism, and he thought that the behavior of these people was incredible, so he asked them curiously why they had come to this mountain. Although the answers were different, they all expressed good and good wishes. He was shocked and puzzled: Everyone has hope, but I have no hope...... What should I do?

Later, he accidentally saw a copy of the "Sutra of the Altar of the Six Ancestors" in that ancient temple, so he couldn't help but open it and read it. To his surprise, he had an epiphany and resolutely returned to the private school and devoted himself to serious study. He said: "It is the profound Zen culture that has made me understand the Zen mechanism of "seeing through, letting go, and being at ease", which has helped me to overcome the desolation and turn into a new world full of vitality! ”。

The famous sentence of the Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu "When I feel the tears, I hate the birds", which expresses the poet's pathos in the country's destruction and separation. Because of the sadness of the time, the poet feels "splashed tears" when he sees flowers because of his love for the world, and he also feels shocked when he hears birdsong. In terms of psychological germination mechanism, this is consistent with the desolation of the rural youth in the above example.

Sentient beings are obsessed with delusions, fascinated by all kinds of circumstances, and their minds flow for chasing. Because of greed, ignorance, and ignorance, there are joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, and when the time is lost, people change the situation, and when the people are enlightened, the situation is born from the heart and the situation is born because of the situation, all of which show that the human heart is difficult to regulate.

Zen culture is a good remedy for people's hearts. Some people are "sad and sad", because they are afraid of the shortness of life and worry about the loss in life; Zen culture, on the other hand, can realize the true meaning of the impermanence of life and the emptiness of all laws from a fallen leaf. Some people sigh that "the sunset is infinitely good, but it is just near dusk", which is really out of the helplessness of life and lack of pursuit; Some people "like to make ode to dusk, full of green mountains and sunset lighting", which reflects the heroic feelings of a wise man with a full life and an open-minded mind. Therefore, when you are lost, you will change people, and when you are enlightened, people will change your country.

In this regard, people who are frustrated and confused should take more time to learn and lead the "Six Patriarchs Altar Sutra", and understand and understand the true meaning of life from the broad and profound Zen culture, so as to grasp themselves.

From this example, it can be seen that no matter whether a person is noble or poor, as long as he gets rid of mundane thoughts, maintains an ordinary "true heart", and faces everything with a quiet and peaceful attitude, he can achieve "not to be happy with things, not to be sad about himself", to be "disappointed without losing his will, and to be proud", and to realize that "verdant bamboos are all Dharmakaya; Lush yellow flowers, nothing more than general. ”

The Sixth Patriarch Hui Neng said: "The former thought is the ordinary man, and the second thought is the Buddha; The first thought of the state of mind is trouble, and the second thought of leaving the state is Bodhi. We believe that beyond the "desolate" situation, everyone can enter the new realm of "a piece of vitality"!

This is where the culture of the six ancestors of Zen Buddhism is useful to the world.