Lin Qingxuan's beautiful prose 1: Thanks for the difficulties.
I had a dream.
I dreamed that I asked a man in the street, "Can you give me some difficulties, some setbacks and some pain?"
Everyone turned me down, and I begged others anxiously: "Well, I'll hire you at the price of 500 yuan per hour, please give me some torture!" "
The strangers shook their heads and left silently. I was awakened because I couldn't find anyone willing to torture me.
I sat in bed in a daze, right! How precious are difficulties, torture and pain! If all goes well, who will settle down to meditate, who will be born with wisdom, and who can surpass themselves and climb the peak in ordinary and comfortable days?
If there is no difficulty, who will kneel and pray humbly? Who can believe that the universe is infinite? Who can send love to the afterlife?
I am deeply grateful for those difficulties, setbacks and pains.
I am also deeply grateful to those who tortured me. How kind they are! I didn't spend money to hire them, but they used precious time to test me and improve me in order to increase my wisdom.
Lin Qingxuan's Beautiful Prose II: The Heart of Everything
Every time I go to a place with beautiful scenery, lush green grass and lush flowers and trees, my heart will be full of gratitude, grateful that the world is so beautiful, so lush and so prosperous.
I often think that the so-called "good feng shui" is a place with fresh air and clear water quality.
The so-called "good fortune" means living in a place with lush vegetation and flowers.
The so-called beautiful mind is a heart that can understand everything and treat every grass and tree gently.
It is not easy for us to see a grass growing green and a flower in full bloom. There must be good feng shui, good fortune and good spiritual care. Only by recognizing that a flower and a grass symbolize the heart of all things can we understand what the Zen master said: "Green bamboo is the dharma body, and the dark yellow flower is nothing more than Prajna"-every plant is a dharma body and every yellow flower is a flower.
The Vientiane we see looks so beautiful and peaceful. In fact, it has a very hard inner world. The roots of every plant are busy absorbing nutrients and water from the ground, the stems are busy transporting and circulating, the leaves are photosynthesis, and every cell of the whole plant is breathing heavily. Actually, the tree is very busy. This kind of prosperity is exactly what Zen said.
Trees thrive because of the beauty of life. Those who want to live in a good wind and water and establish the blessings of life should also strive to advance towards a better life realm.
Quiet trees can arouse our feelings, not to mention flying butterflies, flying birds and those who meet again.
Lin Qingxuan's Beautiful Prose III: Bitter Melon Sweetens.
I like a story about bitter gourd very much:
A group of believers are going on a pilgrimage.
Master took out a bitter gourd and said to his disciples, "Take this bitter gourd with you, and remember to soak it in every sacred river you pass, bring it into the temple where you worship it, and put it on the sacred table."
Disciples made pilgrimages to many sacred river temples and followed Master's instructions.
When they came back, they gave bitter gourd to Master, who told them to cook dinner.
At dinner, master took a bite and said seriously, "How strange! After soaking so much holy water and entering so many temples, this bitter gourd has not become sweet. "
Hearing this, several disciples immediately became enlightened.
This is really a touching revelation. Bitter gourd is bitter in nature and will not change because of Shengshui Temple. Love is bitter, and the nature of life produced by love is also bitter, which even a yogi can't change, let alone an ordinary person! Those of us who have tasted the great pain of feelings and life can't tell others that lovelorn is a happy thing, because it is too bitter, and this degree will never change. But people who don't eat bitter gourd will never know that bitter gourd is bitter. As long as the average person is psychologically prepared to suffer hardships, cook this bitter gourd, and the first bite will be bitter, and the second bite and the third bite will not be so bitter!
So is our life and love. We are always ready to suffer hardships, and we don't expect bitter gourd to become sweet. It is wise to really know the taste of bitterness.