According to the records of Yang Wei, the Sima of the Fu Army of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, the nobles in Luoyang during the Northern Wei Dynasty were very happy to hear that they were going to build a temple. Donating money was as smooth as taking off their shoes. What is sad is t

"The kings and princes and noble ministers abandon elephants and horses as if they were robbed of siege, commoners and powerful families, and wealth is like ruins."

Eastern Wei Eastern Wei Sima Yang Wei records that Northern Wei Northern Wei Luoyang juncture, the nobles in the area of ​​Luoyang were very happy to hear that they were going to build a temple. Donations were as smooth as taking off their shoes. Forgot money faster than forgetting your own footprints.

What is heartbreaking is that after Luoyang City , the prosperity disappeared and the ancient temple became ruins. What is sad is the loss of property, and what is gratifying is the warning of the world - practice is not a lonely lamp or a wooden fish, but a good life and quietness in the midst of trouble.

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Yaoguang Temple: It is better to hide your heart than to hide yourself.

This temple is a summer resort that emperors of all dynasties like. There is the Jiulong Hall to the west and the Jiulong Spit Water in front of the hall. In an instant, a "sea" can be formed.

The most attractive thing is that there are a lot of housing, reaching as many as 500. In addition to nuns, there are also royal women. Some ladies from a noble family and daughters of prominent families, apart from their gorgeous clothes and put on their practice clothes, practice themselves here, hoping to understand something.

In the third year of Yong'an in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Erzhu Zhao captured Luoyang and indulged his subordinates to do evil. Most of the women in Yaoguang Temple suffer.

In order to protect themselves, women are competing to marry outside, even if they marry poor people. Therefore, I left a rumor : "A man in Luoyang urgently made a bun, and the nun in Yaoguang Temple took him as a son-in-law."

Many people think that practice is to "sit in meditation" and throw away all distracting thoughts. Then it will appear in front of the world with a "unintentional" state.

But no matter where you are, others can find it. The noise in society will be transmitted into your ears through various channels and disrupt your heart.

"Real ears and deaf ears" is a state of life, rather than covering your ears and refusing to accept everything in society. If this is not the case, it would be like stealing a bell.

There is a child who was very annoyed when he heard cicadas calling on the tree, so he hid in the study. I found that the cicadas followed him.

The father told him : "You must drive away the cicada in your heart."

When a person's heart becomes quiet, he can think about life even when he is in the market. To calm the mind is a kind of concentration.

hides the body, but the heart is outside, and it is more manic than the body is in the downtown area. If you prick up your ears and listen to the sounds outside, even if ant is moving, it will also disturb you.

As the saying goes, "The big one is hidden in the city." Actively integrate into society, then accept the beautiful voices of society, abandon some noise, your heart will be cleansed, and all troubles will disappear. What is more valuable is that you can also change your life along with the development of society.

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Jianzhong Temple: It is better to accumulate virtue than to seek wealth.

Jianzhong Temple was Liu Teng’s private residence.

Liu Teng was a eunuch from the Northern Wei Dynasty. He tried his best to make money and built the house more polite than the royal palace.

The pinnacle of his life should be to join forces with the powerful minister Yuan Yi to imprison Empress Dowager Ling in Yongxiang. After all, he climbed up the big tree and did something that others dare not do.

It’s a pity, good times won’t last long. After Empress Dowager Ling came back to power, his home was confiscated. Only the ancient trees in the house lived for tens of millions of years and witnessed all this.

The ancients said: "If virtue is not in line with the position, there will be disaster."

Nowadays, many people spend a lot of money to raise cats and dogs, but they are unwilling to be kind to their parents; they can spend money to buy animals and then release animals, but they don't know how to help the poor and give the poor some way to live.

There are always some people who go to many places to pray for blessings, hoping that wealth will flow to themselves. But things went against my expectations.

saw a joke.

The two brothers farm together to support their parents. My brother felt that life was too hard, so he abandoned his family and went to the ancient temple to kneel down, muttering the words: "Bodhisattva, bless me to get rich."

For several consecutive days, my brother did not go home. My brother was angry and went to the ancient temple to kneel down.

The brother said, "Brother, go home, mother is still waiting for you to cook.”

The younger brother said, “When I get money, I will go. "

brother said: "Then? "He immediately understood that only by working can one get rich, and it is useless to ask anyone.

In my hometown, he calls the alive elders a "living Bodhisattva". If you are filial to the elders, everything in the family will go smoothly. This is the greatest family fortune.

Is the house good or not? No matter how big the wallet is, it is all external wealth. It will not be brought by life or taken away by death. Only noble morality can live forever.

Do more good deeds, you will find kind people , unique. All efforts will be rewarded to you at some point. At least, if you don’t learn bad things, you will not lose your family. This is “reverse wealth”.

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Yongning Temple: Luxury is not as good as simplicity.

Yongning Temple was founded by Empress Dowager Ling, and its luxury is jaw-dropping.

has an inscription as evidence: “The Sumeru Palace, Tushita Pure Palace, nothing is left to this. "

The pagoda in the temple can be seen a hundred miles away. It was a landmark building in Luoyang at that time. Things from abroad are also hidden in it.

In 534 AD, the Northern Wei Dynasty fell and the temple caught fire, which burned for three months. Everyone who watched it was heartbroken.

There were many similar situations in history.

For example, Afang Palace of the Qin Dynasty cost a lot, causing people to live in poverty and accelerate the decline of the times.

What is practice? It means living like an ascetic, rather than building a high-rise building for an ascetic. If there is no bitterness in life, then you won't feel sweet.

Zeng Guofan said: "The family failure is all due to extravagance. "

said while I want to cultivate myself, and go to the hotel to eat and drink. I took the money from my family and traveled around, thinking that I lived like a god. But I didn't know that doing so would harm the family.

In the city, live a low-end life, you will find that the quality of life has improved and the money is more valuable.

As long as there is more than every year, you will not panic in your heart. Thinking of this, frugality is also practice.

practice should be to cherish every A grain of rice begins; instead of spending money to do a lot of preparations or building a luxurious place of practice.

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People's hearts are untainted, and their hearts are calm and clear.

has a word called "every time you go down" - the more obvious it goes down.

Zhuangzi told Dong Guozi: "Ants, bricks, weeds, shit and urine... are all in it. "

It can be seen that there is also a saying in the market.

The big truth is inseparable from small objects. "Issues and I" are one, so why do you need to separate and pursue them hard?

The reason why babies are liked is because they don't know much; the reason why adults are guarded is because they know too much and people's hearts are cunning.

Life is half a slope, thrifty and charity, and peace of mind is blessing.

Author: Common people's clothing and food.

Follow my words and enter your heart.

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