If you follow the circumstances and attach great importance to virtue, you can't do it reluctantly. If you are too calculating, you will lose your Taoist heart. If you are truly filial to your parents, it will be a treasure whether you get married or not; if you are a good match, you will undoubtedly trust each other and understand each other. ☆The mind is the Buddha, and a person becomes a Buddha. Buddhas and Bodhisattvas have no fixed appearance, and they incarnate according to their kind; in the 108th year of his life, the old man Shi Chunyin of Hebei Province in the late Qing Dynasty repeatedly said, "The heart is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the heart." "Don't do any evil, do all the good deeds, stay away from fame and fortune, and recite the Buddha's name with one heart!"; Confucius Zeng said: Qiu heard that there is a great sage in the west. Without treatment, there will be no chaos. Be confident without saying anything. Not transformed but on its own. This "great sage in the West" refers to the Buddha. The Buddha is the most good among people, the most enlightened among kings, and the heaven among heavens. . . . Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are all great benefactors and great lovers in the world. They "do no evil and practice all good deeds." They gain or lose honors or disgrace regardless of success or failure. They are neither attached to the body nor attached to the mind. This shows the way to become a Buddha, no matter in the prosperous or peaceful times or the end of the world. ! Those who are close to Zhu, Zhu, learn Buddhism and become a Buddha. This is the so-called method of non-duality and non-revolution. The only real thing in the world is the original nature of Buddha. Those who practice it only need to overcome the many likes and dislikes accumulated since the beginning, eliminate karma and repay the vows, and recover with tranquility, so as to truly achieve self-improvement (equality). Study diligently), be autonomous (can get rid of habits) and be self-sufficient (settled without being greedy) and be at ease (see Dogen's original mind). If you look at it upside down like this, it means: if you are quiet and feel at ease, you will be self-sufficient when you return to the original state, you will be able to be independent when you see the Tao, you will always be strong through unremitting efforts,... In fact, consciously or unconsciously, everyone is "cultivating". Life and practice are at the same time, and form, emptiness, truth and illusion are together. Once there is equality and no distinction, the present moment is real. "There is not a single word in Damascus. It all depends on intention and effort. If you look for Buddhist teachings on paper, dip the tip of your pen into the Dongting Lake."
"Excerpted from "The Legend of Bodhidharma"