Recently, I have inadvertently learned a lot of common knowledge about Chinese culture on the Internet. Suddenly, it has been hidden in my heart for many years, but it is a little vague. The Chinese in the first century felt an unprecedented sense of pride and belonging.British Dr. Tom Enbee once said: "To solve the social problems of the XNUMXst century, only Confucius and Mencius Theory and Mahayana Buddhism." I have never doubted his statement in the special place of the law, but I have no doubts about China's People's executive power is still reserved, just like when Confucius was alive, he could not really implement his ideal of world harmony.He was exhausted by travel and financial difficulties. He traveled around the world for XNUMX years. Wherever he went, he was always kept at a distance by those in power who selfishly guaranteed his personal power and status. During the seven days of starvation, he was described by passers-by as a lost dog. In the end, he did not have the opportunity to show his ambition to govern the country, so he had no choice but to return to his home country to teach independently.But now I am full of incomparable confidence and expectation on this matter, and I am willing to work hard to make a contribution. The reason is that I have finally truly seen the unique and precious national characteristics of the Chinese. The Chinese are truly one of the few great people in the world. Wisdom people, because the Chinese people have unknowingly absorbed the cultural heritage contained in China for XNUMX years in the daily life. Whether it is an illiterate old farmer, or even a beggar and thief wandering the streets, in fact, they are always based on their own destiny. It is just unconsciously taking advantage of the cultural characteristics of the Chinese nation.As said in the "Xi Ci": "The common people use the wisdom of the "Book of Changes" every day without realizing it. In fact, the wisdom passed down by these ancestors has been passed down from generation to generation and deeply integrated into it. In the soul consciousness of every Chinese, it has never been interrupted. This ingenious inheritance of life wisdom exists as naturally as the energy of breathing, so it is easy to be ignored. Now I find such great news. It is really ecstatic, and my heart is full of hope for the future. I believe that the XNUMXst century will be the century of the Chinese, and the Chinese will lead all countries and nations in the world to gradually move towards mutual integration and mutual respect. , peaceful coexistence, seeking common ground while reserving differences, and even the harmonious goal of world harmony.

How can I have such confidence?First of all, I want to work with you to solve the general doubts in my heart. Just like I have many doubts about the Chinese people in the past, if you look at the Westerners from the perspective of attaching importance to laws and regulations, you will feel that the Chinese people do not follow the rules everywhere, and they are low-quality culturally. A group of people who play cards according to the card theory, Mr. Li Ao of Taiwan commented on the mainlanders: "It's hard to understand." This description is also very appropriate.But in fact, this is only from the superficial appearance of the Chinese people. If we look at the physical characteristics of the Buddha Dharma, these behavioral characteristics of the Chinese people just happen to show the resilience of the wisdom of Chinese culture. There is no law in the realm of the wonderful law. There is no certain right or wrong in the laws of the world. Everything is in a relative situation. What is good for the Easterners may not be good for the Westerners. It may not be applicable, and in contrast, when we truly see the wonderful harmony between Chinese culture and Mahayana Buddhism, and the great utility of the law, we will no longer mistakenly think that Western culture is the thought of the so-called advanced era. trend.Especially in times of turmoil, its ability to survive and adapt and its skill of adapting and adapting are absolutely beyond the reach of Western thought. Therefore, only the Chinese culture has survived in the world's four ancient civilizations, which is enough to prove that the Chinese nation has Survival resilience and wisdom.Based on this great discovery, I can finally feel the pride of being a Chinese.

Western culture and Eastern culture are two completely different ways of thinking. Westerners attach importance to material appearance, so the implementation of laws and regulations is very clear and rigorous. It seems to be more law-oriented, but it is relatively less flexible. It will be relatively weak.The thinking of Chinese culture is very harmonious and comprehensive. It takes care of adapting to changes in time and place according to the law of reason and reason, so that all things can coexist rationally and reasonably according to the law of cause and effect of nature. This undoubtedly has considerable depth. Wisdom is embedded in it, even a child can easily exert the wisdom of this natural way in daily life.Although Western culture is very advanced in the development of science and technology, it has brought democracy, freedom and better living conditions to human beings, but it has also brought considerable damage to the earth's environmental resources, as well as indifference to human nature and harmony with human nature. Communion creates invisible obstacles.As a human being, if in the end, you can only trust data without being reasonable, what is the difference from advanced robots?For a human being with blood and love, can you really feel happy living like this?Especially in this turbulent and fiercely competitive changing era, without the adaptability of Chinese cultural wisdom, it is impossible to survive, and it will inevitably cause a burden to the world. In the end, it can only be eliminated by the great era. Come and get to know the Chinese again, and you will find that the Chinese are not very sloppy in appearance, and they always like to violate the established laws and regulations.However, in terms of human nature, it is more lovely, more kind, and really has great wisdom in it.Therefore, as Chinese people, we all have the obligation and mission to face up to our national characteristics, and to give full play to them, so as to jointly undertake the mission of saving ourselves and others in the XNUMXst century.

After I gained new insights on this ideological level, at the same time, I also gained another more valuable benefit for the way of getting along with compatriots on both sides of the strait. I would also like to talk about it here. Get the same blessing benefits.I was born and raised in a well-off family on the outskirts of Tainan City, Taiwan Province. From my understanding in the textbooks of elementary school, I believed that our mainland compatriots on the other side were in dire straits. Therefore, we should study hard and study hard, and then we will be able to do so in the future. Counter-attack on the mainland to rescue our compatriots in suffering, whose blood is thicker than water, is also the initial understanding of our Taiwanese people about our compatriots on the mainland in the past.After growing up, the first time I went to the mainland as a backpacker was XNUMX years ago. I once swam alone across the Yangtze River Dam on a boat, and swam all the way to Yichang, Sichuan. After staying in the mainland for nearly a month, I returned to Taiwan. Later, at the airport, I had the urge to kneel down and kiss the land of Taiwan, feeling that Taiwan is my home.What I saw and heard during the one-month travel process was different from what I remembered in elementary school. The compatriots in mainland China did not feel the pity in their cognition, and they did not treat my compatriots on the other side with the kindness and enthusiasm that I expected, and some were only superficial. Courtesy and the contradictions and antagonisms between compatriots on both sides of the strait, as well as the phenomenon of human rights injustice and the noisy and dirty environment, this has indeed had a considerable blow to my pure and good-natured national sentiment. I hope in my heart. Never go to the terrifying continent again.

The second time I went again was more than ten years later. At that time, I had become a monk and practiced. As a novice, I went to the Women's Monastery in Beijing to study. I stayed there for three months. The atmosphere of the practice made me feel peaceful and happy, but the working style of the plainclothes police officers and the atmosphere of uncertainty in the air still made me unable to live in peace, so I declined the proposal of the master to make me live forever.In the next few years, I returned to the mainland several times due to the opportunity of participating in studies and preaching the Dharma, and gradually developed a kindness and understanding of the situation in the mainland and my compatriots, but it was still at a very superficial level, and I always felt that both sides of the strait were. The compatriots still have many invisible gaps and misunderstandings, and they can’t overcome each other. This kind of obstacle is very different from the strange feeling of people in other provinces in the mainland who have never met each other. I have met many monks and great virtues in Buddhism. Although we can appreciate each other, it is still difficult to establish a deep relationship. So far, I have not been able to find the reason, let alone how to solve it.Only recently did I realize the value of Chinese culture and have a breakthrough transformation in my heart.People on both sides of the strait are a family, why can't they be integrated?The real reason is because everyone has forgotten that we share the same origin, and only focus on the superficial factors of the long separation between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and various political interests. Entering from the source of Chinese culture, everyone will return to this place of birth to look at each other, and they will truly develop one-heartedness and compatriot love, and naturally there will be no estrangement and opposition psychologically.

Based on this kind of cognitive awakening, I think of a metaphor. The separation of two places in mainland Taiwan is like the separation of parents after divorce. For the people of both sides of the Taiwan Strait as children, the reason for the separation of parents must be the right thing for a while. It is unclear and unclear. In the future, if parents want to get married and live together or how to communicate with each other, as children, they cannot dominate everything, but as children, whether it is with the father or with the mother. After all, they are still biological brothers and sisters. The difference is only in the growth environment, and there are inevitably some differences in living habits, ideas, etc. These differences exist, even if people grew up in the same family, there are no two people who are absolutely the same. If you can understand in this way, tolerance and patience will naturally arise, and you will be willing to study hard to understand and respect each other, so as to find a way of mutual help and harmony.