Master Shang Axia Yuan is a master who teaches people to learn Buddhism. He is about 50 years old and has several of his teeth lost. But apart from his gray beard and his teeth that are exposed to his words, he can't tell at all his age. He speaks at the speed of his speech, his charm of walking and his vitality. I think even a young man in his twenties is not as good as him.
Master Ayuan woke up at 5 o'clock every day, meditated, chanted scriptures, and woke us up at 6 o'clock. I will have morning classes with him and my seniors, and also share an apple with us for breakfast. After the morning lectures and lessons were over, the master would pick up food from his bowl for me during lunch, and after lunch, he would take us to walk and meditate while visualizing the Bodhisattva. When her senior brother is anemia and tired, she will rest peacefully and comfortably by lying by the balcony window under the sun. When I finished teaching the aunts in the lecture hall in the evening and took us back to the rest place, I would also have evening classes with us, making tea for us while resolving our problems.
What impressed me most was Master Ayuan's vitality. I started to learn Buddhism under his infection in just three days. In 2018, I was about to graduate from university. At that time, I was in a stage of being very interested in Buddhism . I just watched " A Bright Moon ", a movie that depicts the life of modern Master Hongyi . A roommate and parents are all Buddhists, and he understands my interests. While I proposed to go back to his hometown with him during the May Day holiday to listen to a master's lesson. I heard from him that he was taken to the master's class since he was a child. I was interested at once. Anyway, there was nothing special, so I went to Wuhu with him.
On the night I arrived in Wuhu, I met Master Ayuan under the guidance of my roommate's mother. Surprisingly, everyone welcomed me warmly. My roommate said it was because I was a college student and a boy.
Because of the reason why the company contacted before urged me. I only stayed with the master for three days. But those three days have already given me a deeper understanding of Buddhism. During the time I came back, I also wrote several related articles. "Taking the Precepts as a Teacher" and "Being a Real and Happy Man". I also read Zen Master Yixing’s work " Buddha ".
During that time, I often tried to practice meditation, meditation, vegetarianism, vows, chanting scriptures, etc. However, the gradually busy foreign trade work and increasingly complex interpersonal relationships made me gradually tired of dealing with it. The body and spirit are slowly on the verge of collapse. So after a while I began to doubt and alienate these. Doubt and confusion, struggle and loss make me constantly lose the spirituality I accumulated under the opportunity. It is gradually becoming more and more extreme and repetitive. It hurt some people around. Although I feel relieved, I still apologize to them.
In fact, to me, studying Buddhism has been integrated into daily life. Since I returned to my hometown and changed to a more relaxed job. The daytime work is over, and after I have a light meal at night, I dimmed the lights and started meditating and meditating. When a little inspiration bursts out and gathers, I write with interest. Write some micro headlines. Sometimes I will write an article when there is a lot of inspiration. Just like tonight on the eve of Mid-Autumn Festival . Recently, my understanding of Buddhist practice has deepened and my longing for Master Ayuan. It makes me want to express and share my thoughts in the form of an article.
Recently I feel that spirituality = Buddha nature = human nature = awakening. And what is spirituality? I think it is the best things and quality in people. For example, vitality, kindness, diligence, courage, perseverance, caring, health, beauty, flexibility, knowledgeable, strong, frugal, sympathetic...
I heard from others that there was a way of cursing people: Please be a person! I have been thinking about it for a long time , what does this sentence mean? Why do we need to emphasize in life? We are not all human beings. Later I gradually discovered that the human species is actually very interesting. There are both great heroes and wise men and despicable walking beasts. Some people are like wild animals, greedy, cruel, insatiable, cold-blooded and ruthlessly devour everything they can in front of them. Some people are like walking zombies, confused, cowardly, self-deprecating, escaping, and ugly. And some people are so beautiful.
I think both human nature and animal nature exist in each of our bodies.Human nature is both spiritual/Buddha nature, and learning Buddhism and practicing are also to continuously accumulate and grow the human nature in our body and resolve the animal nature in our body. Before Gautama Siddhartha passed away, his disciple asked him, what will we take as our teacher after you die? He said that after his death, he should take precepts as his teacher. This is why true monks have to follow the precepts of monks than they did at the beginning. The precepts of two whites are very scary. I don’t even preach to the outside world, just because I don’t want everyone to not get in touch at the beginning because they realize the difficulty of learning Buddhism. It is also to protect these monks from making bad things and deliberately letting monks crack them. I have learned a little bit that those precepts are really difficult. Maybe it's similar to the difficulty of learning Advanced Mathematics .
For ordinary people, how can we improve our spirituality in daily life (I prefer to use the word spirituality to express it). I think there are many simple and easy-to-learn methods. Meditation, dieting, restrain desires, be kind to others, study more, study hard, concentrate on doing things, etc. These are actually common sense in our daily life. Just be able to realize their true role and continue to practice it. Only by truly making us better and more spiritual. You can also live a beautiful and happy life that is more in line with our ideals.
For my daily work and writing, only by constantly accumulating spirituality can I support my good state of life and work, and inspiration bursts, accumulations and releases. For a social animal and a text lover, my experience of learning Buddhism is really good, hey.
Use a picture of Master Hongyi to try to depict the appearance of Master Ayuan. They really want to have an image. Just looking at it makes me feel very warm, kind and wise.
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