One day, one of Shan Xuanzi's apprentices was sweeping the floor outside the door, and a guest came and asked him, "Who are you?"

He said proudly: "I am a disciple of Shan Xuanzi!"

The guest said, "That's great, can I ask you a question?"

The apprentice was very happy and said, "Yes!"

He thought to himself, "You're probably going to have some strange problem, right?"

The guest asked, "How many seasons are there in a year?"

The apprentice thought to himself, "Do you still need to ask such a question?" So he replied, "Spring, summer, autumn and winter, there are four seasons in total." ”

The guest shook his head and said, "No, there are only three seasons a year. ”

"Hey, you're mistaken, it's the four seasons!"

"It's three seasons!"

In the end, the two people argued, so they decided to bet: if it was the four seasons, the guests would kowtow to the apprentice three times. If it is three seasons, the apprentice kowtows to the guest three times.

Shan Xuanzi's apprentice thought that he had won this time, so he prepared to take the guest to meet the master.

At this time, Shan Xuanzi came out of the house, and the apprentice stepped forward and asked, "Master, how many seasons are there in a year?"

Shan Xuanzi glanced at the guest and said, "There are three seasons in a year. ”

The apprentice was almost stunned, but he didn't dare to ask immediately.

The guest immediately said, "Kowtow!"

The apprentice had no choice but to kowtow three times.

After the guests left, the apprentice couldn't wait to ask Shan Xuanzi: "Master, there are obviously four seasons in a year, how can you say three seasons?"

Shan Xuanzi said: "Didn't you see that the man just now was all green? He is a grasshopper, grasshoppers are born in spring and die in autumn, he has never seen winter, you talk about the three seasons he will be satisfied, you talk about the four seasons noisy until the night can't make sense." You suffer a loss, kowtow three times, it doesn't matter. ”

Although I don't know whether it's true or not, it's very useful to people. Because: as long as you can use it, you can live for ten more years!

Many people have a lot of fun after listening to this story. When I met him, he said: "I used to get angry when I saw those unreasonable people, but now I don't, I think it's a 'three-season person', so I don't take it to heart." ”

The people of the three seasons insist on their "truth" because they have not seen the facts that prove them wrong, therefore, to be angry is to be sorry for themselves.

The story tells:

Indisputability is compassion, non-argument is wisdom,

If you don't smell, you're pure, and if you don't look, you're at ease.

To forgive is to be liberated, and to be content is to let go.

For anyone or anything, when you want to lose your temper, when your emotions are very unstable, you think that it is the "three seasons people", it is the "three seasons people" who do, and you will immediately be calm.

There are too many "three seasons of people" in this world!

There was a woman named Zuo Mei who always had strange dreams, and the same scene often appeared in the dream: many people were locked in a dark house, and the door was locked with a rusty iron lock, and people were begging inside.

Every time she woke up, she felt a panic in her chest. After a long time, she contracted an illness in which she felt tight, unsettled, and very irritable.

She heard that there was an old Taoist in the Taoist temple on the mountain who could cure some incurable diseases, so she trekked through mountains and rivers to ask for a meeting.

The old Taoist chief said: "This disease is not difficult to cure, I will give you a key, you hang it on your chest, but you should remember that if you dream of that scene again, use the key to open the door and let out all the people in the black house." In this way, your illness will be cured. ”

She thanked the old Taoist chief, hung up the key and went home, and after a few days, she dreamed of the people in the black house again.

This time, she approached the black house and looked inside, and saw that the house was full of people she hated, including her mother-in-law who had scolded her, neighbors who had bullied her, and a companion who had pushed her into a stinking ditch and almost drowned her when she was a child.

Looking inside, how could there still be a lame dog? She remembered that this vicious dog with a black body and a white head often appeared on the road when she was a child. In short, there are many people in the black house who have hurt her.

She thought, "I can't open this door, they should be the ones who will suffer." ”

So, amid a cry for help, she retrieved the key.

Half a year had passed, and her illness had worsened, and she went to see the old man, who said, "There is only one last chance, otherwise my key will not save you, and tonight you will still dream of that scene, and you must open the lock before it really rusts to death." ”

After listening to the words of the old Taoist, she made up her mind.

Sure enough, she dreamed of the black house again at night, she didn't think much about it, and bravely took out the key, "The rusty lock was opened with a bang, and the people inside desperately squeezed out."

Vaguely, there seemed to be a woman at the back of the crowd slowly walking towards the door, getting closer and closer, she felt that the woman was so familiar, as if it was herself.

No, she was unkempt, glazed, very thin and pitiful.

At the moment when the woman walked out of the black house, the black house suddenly collapsed, the sunlight poured in, and the dazzling light woke her up, and she was covered in a cold sweat.

At this time, the voice of the old Taoist came out: "I have imprisoned others and myself, and I have locked up the past and rusted my heart; ”

Since then, her illness has been completely cured, and her whole person has become bright, ruddy, and very beautiful.

Be a high-level master with the law and the way, don't be greedy, don't mix, don't make paste!

Dao, what is Dao? There are classics: formless and nameless, and the Tao is exalted.

There is no name, the highest is the Tao, the metaphysical is the way, the quiet way, the quiet way, the true and ordinary way, and the wonderful way of doing nothing.

The Tao cannot be touched or seen, but it has a very high prestige and great power.

For example, it is like electricity, it cannot be touched or seen, but it is also very powerful, so it is necessary to worship and love the Tao.

The Dharma is the confession, the talismans, and the rituals. When people become Taoist priests, they are based on confession and the theme of the law.

The mage relies on talismans and rituals to give orders, and they have two things to rely on, the first is to rely on the grandfather, and every time in the ritual, they must first start the master and rely on the ancestor to give orders. The other is to change the god, change the original god, and then give orders.

The Taoist said: "The Tao is high and the dragon and the tiger are subdued, and the ghosts and gods are heavy." The high of the road, the reverence of virtue, the command of thunder. The magic of the spell and the spirit of the law inspire the wind and rain. ”

The Tao has already set it down, and its prestige is high and powerful. Virtue depends on people to strive for it themselves.

As a Taoist priest, when doing the dojo, you must seriously chant the scriptures, confess wholeheartedly, and practice practice with devotion and sincerity.

In normal times, we must be moral, speak kindly, do things practically, be loyal and not greedy, have credit, be willing to suffer losses, and help others.

In their own work, they must get people's money and eliminate disasters, and they must turn a blind eye and a deaf ear when reciting scriptures and worshipping confessions, and they should not care about personal gains and losses.

This virtue should be cultivated by oneself, and cultivating a virtue character is not a matter of one day, two days, one month, two months, or even a year or two years, it is very difficult and difficult.

The magic of the mantra, the spirit of the law, there are many mantras such as the mouth purification mantra, the heart purification mantra, the body purification mantra, etc., sincerely reciting the spirit, otherwise it will not be wonderful.

The law, the law is also the same as morality, you have to learn the law by yourself, you must be proficient in the law, practice the law, organize the law, have the law, you must enforce the law, master the law, the law is synthesized and called "law", and the law is called "magic weapon" when it is accurate, and how to use the law must be fought for by yourself.

First of all, let's talk about "amulets" and "qi characters". If you learn these two charms, you can cure a lot of diseases for the believers, and you don't talk about the price, people come to ask for the charm and ask how much, don't want money, people who are sick and don't spend money will not go, take a fish, a bag of cakes, etc. to thank you, so you can't talk about money.

In this way, virtue will be cultivated, and there will be believers who will come to ask for amulets, so that they can go out safely and sleep well at night.

Then talk about doing every ritual thing, such as suing the fight, moving the stars, recovering the house, etc., and the practice must be recited and confessed in advance, and then the talisman must be transmitted......

The confession is the foundation, the talisman is to build bridges, roads, and beautify the environment, and then do the work, like building a house, it must be down-to-earth, and this ritual must be spiritual.

However, most Taoist priests, especially the Taoist priests in the diaspora, put the law in the back of their minds, put money first, and refuse to learn what they can't do, and don't recite the scriptures and worship and confess seriously, and are not pious.

The content and function of the sutras, confessions, and rituals in the Taoist world:

Sutra: There are two kinds of death, one is for super-death, the other is for dispelling evil and prolonging life, and there is a universal image of the heart seal Sutra, as well as the Sutra of Tranquility.

The Qingjing Sutra is a compulsory course for Xuanmen disciples, and some people only know how to read it, but do not know its contents.

Taishang Laojun said: "The avenue is invisible, the birth of the world, the avenue is ruthless, the sun and the moon run, the avenue is nameless, and all things are nourished for a long time. The husband and the Taoist, there are clear and turbid, there is movement and stillness, the sky is clear and turbid, the sky is moving and the earth is quiet, the man is clear and the woman is turbid, the man is moving and the woman is quiet, and the cost is reduced to the end, and all things are born. But this shows how powerful the Tao is, and how profound its content is.

Lei Zu Sutra, there are 24 Tianzun words (dispelling evil spirits) in the scriptures, first of all: the Taoist enters with sincerity, keeps with silence, uses softness, and knows the way of the Taoist, and the person who keeps the Tao knows the subtlety. Among them, it can be used to talk about the tongue of the official, sink the pillow, plague and plague, marry husband and wife, give birth to childbirth, discord, thieves and rape, disasters of fire and water, and misfortune of swords and soldiers.

The Big Dipper Sutra (Yansheng), there are seven stars of the Big Dipper in the scriptures, namely the greedy wolf star, the giant gate star, the Lu Cun star, the Wenqu star, the Lian Zhen star, the Wuqu star, and the broken army star;

There is also the Beidou mantra: Beidou Jiuchen, the great god in the sky, the golden que of the Chinese Dynasty, the Kunlun under the cover, the regulation of the discipline, the control of the Qiankun, the big kui greedy wolf, the giant gate Lucun, Wenqu Lianzhen, Wuqu Pojun, the high Jade Emperor, the Ziwei Emperor, the Great Zhou Heavenly Realm, fine into the dust, what disaster is not destroyed, He Fu is not Zhen, Xuanhuang Zhengqi, come to fit my body, Tiangang refers to, day and night long wheel, vulgar villain, good way to seek spirit, common respect, wish to protect longevity, three virtual essences, six Chun Qusheng, give birth to me and raise me, protect my body, respect the emperor is as urgent as the law.

Then there are the solutions to the twenty-four evils: the Great Sage Big Dipper Seven Yuan Jun, who can solve the three calamities, the four evils, the five punishments, the six harms, the seven injuries, the eight tribulations, the nine stars, the tongue, the husband and wife, the men and women, the birth, the volcane, the plague, the disease, the spirit and evil, the robbery, the tiger and the wolf, the insect and the snake, the flail, the horizontal death, the water and fire, the sword and the soldiers, the heaven and the earth.

Confession: It is also divided into three categories: death, death and general, and its function is to confess sins, eliminate disasters, collect blessings, remove sorrows, and pull out the effects of death.

A person who is born in the world has more or less a bit of sinful karma, as if complaining about the heavens and the earth, calling for wind and rain, doing homework with his mouth, and all the sins of name and namelessness are confessed through Taoist priests.