Title: "Happy Heart, Everything Is Present"
Author: Miao Gongzi
Publisher: China Water Conservancy and Hydropower Publishing House
Sometimes, we are inadvertently aroused emotions, which is very bad. Although we want to calm down, we can't find a suitable line or method to comfort ourselves.
At this time, you might as well take a look at this book - "Happy Heart, Everything Can Be Expected". This is a book of spiritual enlightenment that reconciles with life.
This book is divided into six parts: tranquility is the flower blooming in life; peace of mind is the best place to return; only by being calm can one quietly guard one's own world; living the most important moment in life well; being cautious in solitude is the highest level of solitude; life is just a passing by.
Now, let me share several stories in the book:
There is a woodcutter who, despite his hard work, could not change the current situation of poverty. So he burned incense and worshiped Buddha every day, and finally moved the Buddha. So he miraculously dug out a golden arhat and lived a prosperous life.
Logically speaking, he should have lived a good life, but he was worried every day, unable to eat or sleep. Why? Because the woodcutter thinks that there should be 18 golden arhats in this world, and he only got 1.
This story shows that the woodcutter is too greedy and does not know how to control his desires at all, so he has to live a depressed life with a good life. Isn't it better to be calmer?
2. "Wilted Garden"
A king went to the garden for a walk, but was surprised to find that the flowers, plants and trees in the garden were withered. Later, the king learned that oak was not as tall and straight as the pine tree, and he died of world-weariness. The pine tree died of jealousy because it could not bear many fruits like grapes. The grape lamented that it could crawl on the shelf all day long, unable to stand upright, and could not bloom beautiful flowers like peach trees, so he died... The other flowers and plants were also dejected and listless because of their ordinaryness, and only the small hearts grew lushly.
In this story, flowers, plants and trees are all metaphors for all kinds of people. It is telling us to relax, not to be jealous, and learn to be at ease, so that life can be of height.
3. "41 years of heart prison"
There was a man who was framed when he was 23 years old. After he was in prison for 9 years, he was sued for the unjust case. After being released from prison, he began to repeatedly accused and cursed throughout his life. When he was 73 years old, he was bedridden and still held a grudge against the past. The doctor sighed: "Others imprisoned you for 9 years, but when you walked out of prison, when you should have obtained permanent freedom, you imprisoned yourself for 41 years with hatred, complaints, and curses in your heart."
This is really a very sad story. The person in the story has created a very strong heart for himself and spent all the most important time in his life in hatred. It is really pitiful and regrettable. This is simply punishing yourself with other people's mistakes.
The book uses many wise stories like this to open up a world of the hearts for readers, allowing them to enlighten and reconcile with themselves, and there are many spiritual Zen words, every sentence is full of wisdom and makes people calm.
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