Think about it, a person's life is only one hundred years, and how long can money, power and interests accompany us in these years? On the contrary, a healthy and safe state of mind and body will never give up from birth to the end.
Virtual cloud mage, Zen master, lived 120 years old. Why does he have such a long life? Because what he has done most in his life is to cherish. Moreover, he never insists on life, and everything goes with the flow, fulfilling himself and everything.
He once said this in his will:
"After my death, help me put on the yellow cassock. A day later, I put it in the coffin and moved it to the foot of the mountain west of the cowshed for cremation. Then please mix the ashes with sugar, flour and oil, knead them into nine balls, throw them into the river and feed them to the creatures in the water. "
What kind of attitude towards life is this? I will live well in my lifetime, face all the realities, accept my fate and cherish my present life. And after the death of life, everything is perfect.
The so-called leaving no ashes is no longer a disgrace to life, but a respect for life. This is the highest level of real appreciation: everything has a cause and a result, and there is a beginning and an end.
Maybe many people can't understand, what's the point of cherishing such a hard life? However, virtual cloud mage told us with reality: "The blessings of people in this life are doomed and inherent in previous lives, and we can't just' enjoy the blessings' without' cherishing the blessings'."
In other words, there are countless blessings in a person's life. If you enjoy them wantonly, you will be squandered. Obviously, this is an act of not cherishing, and the consequences will naturally be the opposite of what you want.
When virtual cloud mage was alive, he never worried about eating badly. Although he only eats one meal a day, he always cherishes eating. He usually cooks a little rice, and there will be a dish for dinner, but this dish is sweet potato leaves and stems. Just thinking about it, I'm afraid we can't swallow it, can we? But virtual cloud mage never made anything special for himself.
Some people don't understand why life is so hard. Because monks practice in special places with high altitude (from Jiangxi to Jushan), the most collected food in winter is sweet potato.
It is said that some sweet potatoes are dark when they are taken out because they are stored for too long. According to common sense, such food is inedible, not to mention whether there are toxins, but the taste is enough for people to eat. But virtual cloud mage always picks up the sweet potato skins peeled by others and eats them.
When someone asked him, can you still eat these things when you are so old? Virtual cloud mage said flatly: "These are all coarse grains and cannot be wasted."
This is virtual cloud mage's outlook on life. In his view, if people know how to be frugal, it is a manifestation of cherishing the blessings. Moreover, for a mage, how much food a person eats and how much clothes he wears in his life is doomed. If he doesn't know how to cherish, it means that he is shortening his life.
Therefore, it can be seen from the mage that he was frugal in food, property and other aspects all his life, which also made his blessings last for a long time and lived a long life.
In fact, there is nothing incomprehensible. If a person's life is really doomed, then every grain we waste may become a loss of our life. And why did virtual cloud mage live to be 120 years old? He saved everything that ordinary people can't do. This is a blessing, and naturally he will be rewarded.
It is said that virtual cloud mage's patchwork clothes accompanied him all his life. When it is hot in summer, he will take off his coat and put on his coat when it is cold in winter. But because the clothes were worn out, he had to keep mending them.
Therefore, it is obviously a heavy, single-piece garment, but because of multi-layer sewing, it has become a heavy and thickened garment, which can be called a real patchwork garment.
At this time, I will recall virtual cloud mage's last words: scatter the ashes into the river to feed the creatures in the water. This in itself is a saving for the food chain. Those creatures in the water ate his ashes, which in itself reduced the consumption of the food chain. What a noble idea it is for a dying man to cherish his blessings to other creatures!
Of course, there are blessings for those who should be blessed. Virtual cloud mage was born in 1840 and died in 1959 with a history of 120. He may have suffered a lot during this period, but his life is finished. After virtual cloud mage's death, his body was cremated, and then more than 100 colorful relics were found in the ashes.
Obviously, this is the ultimate good result of an enlightened person. Virtual cloud mage lived frugally all his life, but actually looked down on life and death. When he was in his sixties, he went to Wutai Mountain and met bandits from the Boxer Rebel.
At that time, a Western soldier pointed a gun at virtual cloud mage: "Are you afraid of death?"
Unexpectedly, virtual cloud mage was unmoved and calmly replied: "I deserve to die, go ahead." This attitude is, to some extent, a weapon, scaring off the arrogant western soldiers. After a while, he whisked virtual cloud mage away.
I'm afraid the soldiers will be surprised at this righteous and fearless death. This is a powerful aura, and this power comes from the mage's own indifference to life and death.
Of course, it is true that virtual cloud mage cherishes happiness, but he also attaches great importance to interests. Therefore, while exhorting his disciples to cultivate and cherish their blessings, he also reminded them to be profitable.
What is interest? To put it bluntly is to do good. A monk should not do good deeds in the past. The more good deeds he creates, the more his own blessings will be. And virtual cloud mage finally gave the ashes to the fish. Isn't this another form of interest? This is the true yogi. Even if his life ends, he will still remember how many good deeds he has done and the true meaning of Mo Wen's future.