Source of works
From Zen master Jing Cen in Tang Dynasty, Wu Deng Hui Yuan Hunan Governor Sha Jingcen recruited Zen master.
original work
Hunan Changsha Jing Cen Zhao Xian Zen Master?
Still, it's true that you can't get in.
We must work hard to make progress, and the boundary of ten parties is the whole body.
Translation of works
People who stop at a high level of moral cultivation, although considered to be in the room, have not yet reached the realm of "truth".
Even if Taoist practice has reached a high level, you should continue to practice and make continuous progress. At that time, the "ten-square world" was your whole body, and your whole body was the "ten-square world".
Annotation of works
World of Ten Sides: "Ten Sides" is the space view of Buddhism, including all directions and up and down. Buddhism believes that the world, like the Ganges, is endless, and it is called the "ten-square world".
Creation background
In the Song Dynasty, there was a famous monk named Jing Cen in Changsha, Hunan Province. People called him a monk in Changsha. On one occasion, he was invited to explain Buddhist scriptures. While he was giving a wonderful lecture, a monk asked him some questions about the "ten-square world". In order to explain what is the highest realm of Buddhism, the "ten-square world", he wrote a poem (also known as a poem): "After a hundred feet, the ten-square world is the whole body."
works appreciation
This poem was presented by Zen master Jing Cen when talking with monks about Buddhism. This poem is also recorded in another Buddhist classic, Jingde Dengchuan Lu, in which the "hundred-foot pole head" is "hundred-foot pole head": "Hundred-foot pole head is motionless, although it is not true. A hundred feet must enter, and the world of ten parties is the whole body. "
"Hundred-foot pole head" or "hundred-foot pole head", that is, 100-foot high pole head or 100-foot high pole head, is a Buddhist term, which refers to a very high place and symbolizes the extremely high status of moral cultivation. "Don't move a hundred feet, though it is not true" refers to people who stop at a high level of moral cultivation. Although they are considered proficient, they have not yet reached the realm of "truth". "We must work hard to make progress" is aimed at the above "immobility", which means that even if Taoism has reached a high level, we should continue to practice and make continuous progress. The next sentence, "the ten-square world is the whole body", is the realm of "truth" in Buddhism, which means that by that time, the ten-square world is your whole body, and your whole body is the ten-square world.
Later, the poem "Going further, the world in ten directions is the whole body" basically broke away from the original Buddhist principles and became an inspirational poem in use. It is used to encourage and inspire people not to be satisfied with their achievements in study, life and work, but to make persistent efforts to reach a higher level. And from this poem, the idiom "make further progress" is extracted.
So are we now. Whenever we make progress, we make a little progress every day. It doesn't sound like we have soaring fighting spirit, attractive achievements and great momentum. If you think about it carefully, it is not difficult to find that as long as we can make a little progress every day, we will certainly be able to create miracles.
A little progress every day seems insignificant, but it can make us full of confidence and confidently face the problems we encounter in daily reality; At the same time, it also gives us strength and makes us not easily defeated by others.
Dripping water can eventually wear away the big stone, not because of its strength, but because of dripping water day and night. Only through diligence and unremitting efforts can we acquire these skills, so we can say exactly: there are no steps to accumulate, no miles. Water drops can pierce the stone, and iron pestle can become a needle, which accumulates little by little every day.
So keep making progress. In fact, we don't agree to make small progress every day, but when we record these progress every day, we will find that we have made so much progress.
I have a friend around me who insists on reciting articles, sentences and classic collections every day, and then sticks them on the wall with sticky notes. A month passed, and he found that there were already two pages of notebooks with wall area of 16. Three months later, he found that the wall area has reached the desktop size of a family desk. Half a year passed and I found a room door with many words written on it. During this time, he himself.
In him, I see the effect of making a little progress every day, which makes me firmly believe that as long as we stick to what we want and walk towards it every day, no matter how far it is from us, we will reach the other side of it. Let's continue to cooperate. Making a little progress every day requires our persistence, and what we have to do now is to make persistence a habit when making a little progress every day.
We should make progress, make progress in the world of ten parties, pull one hair and move the whole body, and persevere together until success.
Use examples
Song Zhuxi replied to Gong Zhongzhi: "However, I think it is very important to care about the left and right. If I think I can talk about this, I'm afraid I can help you go further. " Another piece of Mao Dun's Random Talk on Literary Creation: "Learning is to deeply understand other people's special skills in expression, and then turn them into your own flesh and blood, and strive to make further progress. "
Brief introduction of the author
Monk Jing Cen in the Tang Dynasty was called Master Zhao Xian. Originally from Changsha, he became a monk in his early years and was a disciple of Nanquan. Living in Changsha Mountain, Dongting Lake, there is a big civilized gate, which is resourceful and respects itself as a tiger monk.