After Buddhism was introduced from India to China during the Han and Jin Dynasties, it gradually merged with Chinese local culture over time and eventually became a part of the splendid civilized culture of the Chinese nation. Especially in the long river of history, the combinat

This Zen poem, which is perfectly combined with Zen state and poetry, has both literary enjoyment and soul cleansing, and has always been loved by readers.

Today, Changfeng will share with you a poetic and beautiful Zen poem, written by a female Buddhist disciple in the Song Dynasty when she realized her life.

There was a literati Luo Dajing in the Song Dynasty. He created a classical Chinese anecdote novel "Helin Yulu". Although it is an anecdote novel, more than half of the content is commentary poetry.

records a story, there is a nun who has been converting to Buddhism for a long time. Because of the green lamp and ancient Buddhas, he is inevitably bored.

One day, she was practicing in the temple and felt the east wind. She was delighted and thought spring had arrived, so she hoped to look for the traces of spring when spring came. She left the temple and went all over the mountains to experience the spring, but who knew she had nothing to find, so she was a little disappointed and had no choice but to go back to the temple.

Angelo, a faint fragrance came. I smelled the fragrance and realized something, and found a plum blossom on the side of the road. The nun raised her hand and picked up a plum blossom. smiled and sniffed the fragrance of flowers. Her heart suddenly realized that the spring she was looking for was just around her, and she felt like "looking for him in the crowd for thousands of times. When she looked back, she was there, is in the dim lights."

nun suddenly realized, so he wrote a poem called "Poem of Enlightenment" that has been passed down for thousands of years and is still enlightening to read.

Seeking spring all day long but not seeing spring, Miracles strolling around the clouds in Longtou.

Come back and smile and pick up the plum blossoms and smell it, spring is already ten thousand on the branches.

from "Poems of Enlightenment" for the female nun

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This poem is very easy to understand and is also a feature of Zen poetry. It uses simple words and words, easy to understand sentences, but profound meanings.

Seeking spring all day long but not seeing spring. Straw shoes on the clouds of Longtou

These two sentences describe female nuns traveling through thousands of mountains and rivers, and going through thousands of hardships to find the spring they think they think. "The end of the day" is so time-consuming that I search there all day long. "Traveling everywhere" means the vastness of the region, and searching everywhere. "Mangshao" means that the conditions are difficult, the "Longtou Cloud" process is difficult, and "cloud" symbolizes emptiness, dispersion, nothingness, and failure to obtain.

We read a lot here. Many people have similar experiences to this nun. Most of them are used to long journeys, walking around mountains and rivers, and busy pursuing the so-called dreams, while ignoring the present and reality. Some abandon their families, some abandon their health, but looking back, they find that they still gain nothing and still achieve nothing.

When I returned, I picked up the plum blossoms and sniffed it. Spring was already very popular on the branches. The poet spent all his time and spent his time. Even the straw shoes were damaged but could not find the spring. He could only return home after he was over, and found that the spring had already filled the branches.

"Smile," and "sniff" sweep away the previous slump and unsatisfied trend, bringing the whole poem to life, and making the image of the nun vivid. He is a nun who always accompanys the green lamp and does not live in the world, and is also a girl who yearns for beauty, freedom and interest in life.

The so-called saying that all sentient beings suffer, but seek but cannot get it is one of the eight sufferings in life. This is a process that each of us will go through.

This Zen poem tells us that sometimes we are too persistent in seeking, which is counterproductive. You should know that the scenery is often not in a distant place, and sometimes it is by your side. The most important thing is that we must be good at discovering.

The same is true for life. All blessings are always in a square place. Looking for them from the heart, all feelings are understood, because true happiness is in your heart.We should look from the outside to the inside, which is what Zen calls "understanding the mind and seeing the nature". As long as we maintain our poetic heart and wisdom, we can see the best scenery smoothly regardless of distance.

The most simple way is, a seemingly simple and straightforward poem of enlightenment. After careful reading, it is extremely vivid and vivid, unique, and it makes people feel endless aftertaste and benefit a lot.

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