XNUMX. The life of the liberated
XNUMX. The life of the liberated
I believe that all human beings, whether poor, noble, intelligent or stupid, have a common desire, that is, a happy life. True happiness is called liberation in Buddhism, and it is different from the temporarily false pleasures in the world.There are innumerable differences in the state of liberation, and the joy of liberation of a Buddha is vastly different from that of an Arahant.Ordinary people can also enjoy liberation through practice. Some people are liberated only on the theoretical level, while others can enjoy liberation in practical life at the same time.There are innumerable differences in the scope and types of liberation, so the precepts of the "Palota Mucha" in Buddhism are also called "Don't Do Not Get Liberated", that is, if you hold one, you can get one, and if you hold a hundred, you can have a hundred liberation. joy.
The Buddha's state of liberation is inconceivable and incomprehensible in the scriptures. It is a state that cannot be reached by the thoughts and words of ordinary beings. Even though there are many similes in the scriptures, one must rely on considerable understanding to understand one or two. The realm of liberation is beyond what all sentient beings can imagine, so here I will only talk about the realm of liberation that I personally feel, which is a kind of sharing that is truly useful. So far, I don’t care about the level of this realm, and I only have the knowledge of it. Only the sage of fruit can seal the prophecy for me.
In this life, I knew for sure that I was just an ordinary person who lived and died in sin, because through nearly XNUMX years of Buddhist practice and nearly XNUMX years of hardships, I really saw this situation clearly.Fortunately, these bitters are not in vain, because from the bitterness, I can finally taste a little bit of happiness in the same body of bitterness and happiness. All kinds of realm tests, whether it’s showing up or returning from old karma, at least I already have some foundation and can know how to deal with it, so even if suffering and adverse conditions appear, I can still have nothing in my heart. Terror can be endured as if it were, and let these bad karmic habits be eliminated one by one in the opposite environment.And all this confidence comes from the teachings in the Buddhist scriptures, and also from the suffering I have experienced.For example, the liberation of staying alone, now I can live alone in a mountainous area of more than XNUMX square meters, next to a large group of invisible beings in the military cemetery. Quiet and fun, even the next-door neighbors were surprised that I could settle down here all the way.Even in XNUMX, through the fiery doomsday prophecy, I tried to let myself break through the barrier of facing death by myself. As a result, that experience did not allow me to truly break through many lonely sleepers. People, especially the monks who live alone, are most afraid of death. Most people will inevitably be afraid that they will be sick at home or die unexpectedly and no one will find out, they will not be able to give first aid in time, or they will die too ugly... and so on. , After that circumstance blessing, it seems that I no longer go to these things, no matter how I die in the future, it doesn't matter what others think, anyway, when I die, I will definitely go to the west with Amitabha to become a Buddha. This is the most important.This kind of liberation and benefit from being alone, if it wasn't for the initial determination to overcome their fears, I am afraid that now, like ordinary women, they still have to rely on others to live and cannot be at ease.Since it is the karma of being alone, the predicament of being alone is bound to be overcome.Being alone is also a very difficult thing. Most people are afraid of being alone, afraid of loneliness, and even go crazy because of it.In XNUMX, I was confined in a closed room for three years. At that stage, I did not taste the liberation of being alone. I just reluctantly managed to subdue all kinds of troubles in my heart through my practice. Now I am very much able to enjoy being alone.Being alone allows me to make better use of my time to do what I need to do, and at the same time avoid a lot of commonplace right and wrong or human relationships, and if it’s time for me to get along with the masses, I can accept it naturally and enjoy the difference fun and practice.However, after tasting the joy of being alone, it is really easy to become greedy in this state, so many pilgrims who have lived in the mountains for a long time will be less willing to take the initiative to face the masses, unless they have a very mature karma to save their lives. .
For me, the greatest joy in my life now is to recite the name of the Buddha alone, or to recite the name of the Buddha through meditation, meditation or yoga, and dedicate the merits to all sentient beings in the ten dharma realms.When it's meal time, I make some simple vegetarian meals and eat organic vegetables from the neighbors next door.When it is time to go out of the slope, you can also take the opportunity to work your muscles and bones. When you purify the outside world, it is like washing your heart. Especially when you sweep the leaves that fall every day, you can think of the Venerable Zhou Lipante. Just sweeping the floor can sweep to the world. Being sanctified, bathing in the sun and under the big tree, smelling the faint fragrance of the old camphor tree, I feel really comfortable.At present, because the Dharma debt owed to sentient beings has not been repaid, I still have to take time to complete the work of writing the book and finish it, and I must also study the precepts for monks.After all these have been completed, I believe that I will be able to devote myself to the Buddha's name and enjoy the higher-level dharma music of annihilation.
The biggest karma encountered by ordinary practitioners when they are alone is that they are prone to laziness and laziness. Therefore, the Buddhist monks cannot live alone. This is one of the main reasons for the discipline, but the monks do not have such discipline. It has also been overcome to a considerable extent. I believe that many practitioners who have retreated or practiced alone have encountered such karma. Sometimes they are diligent and sometimes slack. I have also experienced such a process, especially when the body is not feeling well. , it is especially easy to find reasons to rest, but that kind of rest and slack will also bring psychological self-blame and struggle to oneself. Controlled by the habit of liking, and had to endure the condemnation of conscience.And these sufferings, through the constant adjustment of time, I gradually became more and more able to control the freedom.First of all, it must be restrained through the blessings of precepts. Every day, the classes should be scheduled, the work and rest should be stable, and the teachings should be mastered. At the beginning, it may not be able to be practiced steadily and step by step, but as long as one can persevere, the body and mind will gradually become stronger. Be at ease, and will no longer be troubled by various external states.
There is also the relief of suffering. Now I can have some fun in a simple environment. There is really little difference between the gorgeous house and the container house I live in now, no matter what kind of living I live in. If you can't sleep in a single bed, as long as you can sleep well, you will wake up with the same taste.In the past, when I was young and at home, I often liked to stay in five-star hotels and enjoy various luxurious equipment. When I had no time to go abroad for vacation, I would deliberately go to five-star hotels in China to stay for a few days. I am a person who attaches great importance to taste and enjoyment. , You must also use good food and clothing. Even if you are about to run out of banknotes, you have to enjoy it and then plan. Anyway, you are still young and have a skill. It seems that it is not difficult to make money, and you don’t know how to save. Now I understand If I no longer need these benefits to enjoy life, I will deliberately keep myself as indifferent and hard as possible. In the realm of suffering, I will cherish blessings, accumulate blessings, constantly cultivate one's self-cultivation, and seek higher-level true happiness.
The other is the liberation of external praise, criticism, and praise. Because of the past ten years or so, I was considered a young and successful person. I was promoted to a large seat at the beginning of the school and gave lectures on the scriptures. I experienced too much respect and praise and the following obstacles. , so that my mood often changes with the situation, and the pain is unbearable.Now that I can gradually stop being changed by the outside world, I can truly be myself at this time. As long as I can be responsible for the cause and effect, other changes in the external environment have nothing to do with me. It seems that there is no one person or any event in this world anymore. You can control me and influence me. Only I can dominate myself. The so-called teacher saves me when I am lost, and I save myself when I become enlightened. I have to rely on myself to achieve Buddhahood. It is best not to rely on it, it is best to rely on yourself, and in the end, you must also be able to rely on all sentient beings to achieve Consummation.Now I can feel that I am a person who truly enjoys freedom, and because of this, I am able to have the inner world that I have created by myself today and the alternative retreat outside.I think this kind of breakthrough is mainly due to my long-term pursuit of the outside world. It was only when I truly realized that it was impossible to achieve it, that I would naturally turn around and let it go.The external world is really just like what the Buddhist scriptures say, everything is an illusion, and since the nature of the origin is empty, why bother to cling to a Dharma?As long as you can always carefully work on your current speech, movement, and thoughts, and you must be able to respect the cause and effect of the three worlds, and eliminate old karma according to the conditions, the rest is not important.
As far as the practitioners of Buddhism are concerned, the so-called ultimate liberation has only one method, and that is quiet nirvana.Always abide in the land of ever-quiet light, still and always illuminated, illuminated and always silent.When sentient beings feel it, they follow the conditions and respond, respond but do not respond, and respond when they do not respond. Although the physical body is within the ten dharma realms, the heart is always inseparable from the eternal peace of Dharma.If you have no connection with sentient beings, you will naturally rest in silence or on the holy name of Amitabha. This is the most complete great liberation and great bliss.There is absolutely no sage who is truly and completely liberated who will take the initiative to have a thought of ignorance and want to engage in various worldly pleasures, including saving sentient beings. ?Therefore, those who live happily in the world and outside the world are still troubled beings, and they are not true practitioners of the holy life and liberation.On the contrary, the life of a truly liberated person should be a life of no desire and no desire, being at ease with the situation, being at ease, and being indifferent to everything, which is the true and complete liberation.
The Buddha's state of liberation is inconceivable and incomprehensible in the scriptures. It is a state that cannot be reached by the thoughts and words of ordinary beings. Even though there are many similes in the scriptures, one must rely on considerable understanding to understand one or two. The realm of liberation is beyond what all sentient beings can imagine, so here I will only talk about the realm of liberation that I personally feel, which is a kind of sharing that is truly useful. So far, I don’t care about the level of this realm, and I only have the knowledge of it. Only the sage of fruit can seal the prophecy for me.
In this life, I knew for sure that I was just an ordinary person who lived and died in sin, because through nearly XNUMX years of Buddhist practice and nearly XNUMX years of hardships, I really saw this situation clearly.Fortunately, these bitters are not in vain, because from the bitterness, I can finally taste a little bit of happiness in the same body of bitterness and happiness. All kinds of realm tests, whether it’s showing up or returning from old karma, at least I already have some foundation and can know how to deal with it, so even if suffering and adverse conditions appear, I can still have nothing in my heart. Terror can be endured as if it were, and let these bad karmic habits be eliminated one by one in the opposite environment.And all this confidence comes from the teachings in the Buddhist scriptures, and also from the suffering I have experienced.For example, the liberation of staying alone, now I can live alone in a mountainous area of more than XNUMX square meters, next to a large group of invisible beings in the military cemetery. Quiet and fun, even the next-door neighbors were surprised that I could settle down here all the way.Even in XNUMX, through the fiery doomsday prophecy, I tried to let myself break through the barrier of facing death by myself. As a result, that experience did not allow me to truly break through many lonely sleepers. People, especially the monks who live alone, are most afraid of death. Most people will inevitably be afraid that they will be sick at home or die unexpectedly and no one will find out, they will not be able to give first aid in time, or they will die too ugly... and so on. , After that circumstance blessing, it seems that I no longer go to these things, no matter how I die in the future, it doesn't matter what others think, anyway, when I die, I will definitely go to the west with Amitabha to become a Buddha. This is the most important.This kind of liberation and benefit from being alone, if it wasn't for the initial determination to overcome their fears, I am afraid that now, like ordinary women, they still have to rely on others to live and cannot be at ease.Since it is the karma of being alone, the predicament of being alone is bound to be overcome.Being alone is also a very difficult thing. Most people are afraid of being alone, afraid of loneliness, and even go crazy because of it.In XNUMX, I was confined in a closed room for three years. At that stage, I did not taste the liberation of being alone. I just reluctantly managed to subdue all kinds of troubles in my heart through my practice. Now I am very much able to enjoy being alone.Being alone allows me to make better use of my time to do what I need to do, and at the same time avoid a lot of commonplace right and wrong or human relationships, and if it’s time for me to get along with the masses, I can accept it naturally and enjoy the difference fun and practice.However, after tasting the joy of being alone, it is really easy to become greedy in this state, so many pilgrims who have lived in the mountains for a long time will be less willing to take the initiative to face the masses, unless they have a very mature karma to save their lives. .
For me, the greatest joy in my life now is to recite the name of the Buddha alone, or to recite the name of the Buddha through meditation, meditation or yoga, and dedicate the merits to all sentient beings in the ten dharma realms.When it's meal time, I make some simple vegetarian meals and eat organic vegetables from the neighbors next door.When it is time to go out of the slope, you can also take the opportunity to work your muscles and bones. When you purify the outside world, it is like washing your heart. Especially when you sweep the leaves that fall every day, you can think of the Venerable Zhou Lipante. Just sweeping the floor can sweep to the world. Being sanctified, bathing in the sun and under the big tree, smelling the faint fragrance of the old camphor tree, I feel really comfortable.At present, because the Dharma debt owed to sentient beings has not been repaid, I still have to take time to complete the work of writing the book and finish it, and I must also study the precepts for monks.After all these have been completed, I believe that I will be able to devote myself to the Buddha's name and enjoy the higher-level dharma music of annihilation.
The biggest karma encountered by ordinary practitioners when they are alone is that they are prone to laziness and laziness. Therefore, the Buddhist monks cannot live alone. This is one of the main reasons for the discipline, but the monks do not have such discipline. It has also been overcome to a considerable extent. I believe that many practitioners who have retreated or practiced alone have encountered such karma. Sometimes they are diligent and sometimes slack. I have also experienced such a process, especially when the body is not feeling well. , it is especially easy to find reasons to rest, but that kind of rest and slack will also bring psychological self-blame and struggle to oneself. Controlled by the habit of liking, and had to endure the condemnation of conscience.And these sufferings, through the constant adjustment of time, I gradually became more and more able to control the freedom.First of all, it must be restrained through the blessings of precepts. Every day, the classes should be scheduled, the work and rest should be stable, and the teachings should be mastered. At the beginning, it may not be able to be practiced steadily and step by step, but as long as one can persevere, the body and mind will gradually become stronger. Be at ease, and will no longer be troubled by various external states.
There is also the relief of suffering. Now I can have some fun in a simple environment. There is really little difference between the gorgeous house and the container house I live in now, no matter what kind of living I live in. If you can't sleep in a single bed, as long as you can sleep well, you will wake up with the same taste.In the past, when I was young and at home, I often liked to stay in five-star hotels and enjoy various luxurious equipment. When I had no time to go abroad for vacation, I would deliberately go to five-star hotels in China to stay for a few days. I am a person who attaches great importance to taste and enjoyment. , You must also use good food and clothing. Even if you are about to run out of banknotes, you have to enjoy it and then plan. Anyway, you are still young and have a skill. It seems that it is not difficult to make money, and you don’t know how to save. Now I understand If I no longer need these benefits to enjoy life, I will deliberately keep myself as indifferent and hard as possible. In the realm of suffering, I will cherish blessings, accumulate blessings, constantly cultivate one's self-cultivation, and seek higher-level true happiness.
The other is the liberation of external praise, criticism, and praise. Because of the past ten years or so, I was considered a young and successful person. I was promoted to a large seat at the beginning of the school and gave lectures on the scriptures. I experienced too much respect and praise and the following obstacles. , so that my mood often changes with the situation, and the pain is unbearable.Now that I can gradually stop being changed by the outside world, I can truly be myself at this time. As long as I can be responsible for the cause and effect, other changes in the external environment have nothing to do with me. It seems that there is no one person or any event in this world anymore. You can control me and influence me. Only I can dominate myself. The so-called teacher saves me when I am lost, and I save myself when I become enlightened. I have to rely on myself to achieve Buddhahood. It is best not to rely on it, it is best to rely on yourself, and in the end, you must also be able to rely on all sentient beings to achieve Consummation.Now I can feel that I am a person who truly enjoys freedom, and because of this, I am able to have the inner world that I have created by myself today and the alternative retreat outside.I think this kind of breakthrough is mainly due to my long-term pursuit of the outside world. It was only when I truly realized that it was impossible to achieve it, that I would naturally turn around and let it go.The external world is really just like what the Buddhist scriptures say, everything is an illusion, and since the nature of the origin is empty, why bother to cling to a Dharma?As long as you can always carefully work on your current speech, movement, and thoughts, and you must be able to respect the cause and effect of the three worlds, and eliminate old karma according to the conditions, the rest is not important.
As far as the practitioners of Buddhism are concerned, the so-called ultimate liberation has only one method, and that is quiet nirvana.Always abide in the land of ever-quiet light, still and always illuminated, illuminated and always silent.When sentient beings feel it, they follow the conditions and respond, respond but do not respond, and respond when they do not respond. Although the physical body is within the ten dharma realms, the heart is always inseparable from the eternal peace of Dharma.If you have no connection with sentient beings, you will naturally rest in silence or on the holy name of Amitabha. This is the most complete great liberation and great bliss.There is absolutely no sage who is truly and completely liberated who will take the initiative to have a thought of ignorance and want to engage in various worldly pleasures, including saving sentient beings. ?Therefore, those who live happily in the world and outside the world are still troubled beings, and they are not true practitioners of the holy life and liberation.On the contrary, the life of a truly liberated person should be a life of no desire and no desire, being at ease with the situation, being at ease, and being indifferent to everything, which is the true and complete liberation.