Refers to the monthly record, also known as ".Water Moon Lent refers to the monthly recordThe author is Qu Ruji, most of whom are Zen enlightened public cases, with sharp words and assertive words, which are not readable by ordinary people. However, the preface of this book is very interesting, the ancients wrote the preface very carefully, the essence of a book is in it, and the following will share the story of this preface.
A man named Ji Kang was fond of striking iron;Another guy, Nguyen Phuc, likes to wax wooden shoes.
When they are each immersed in striking iron or waxing wooden shoes, they will not look at them even if you put the wealth and beauty rights of the whole world in front of them, and they will jump between the fire and the clogs, and no matter how poor they are, they will not change their minds.
Ordinary people know that striking iron and waxing wooden shoes are not something to be worshipped, and together they will laugh at those who are obsessed with it. In fact, Ji Kang and Nguyen Phuc themselves were brilliant and could have achieved great things. However, they are obsessed with their own hobbies, busy with the iron stove and the fire wax, no matter how much others persuade them, they cannot let them go, and they are always unmoved by the ridicule of others. They will also say, isn't the world like this stove and bellows?What is the difference between everything itself and fire wax?Which one deserves attention?Which one is the most valuable thing?
Cheng Hao's compilation of the Four Books and the Five Classics is not fundamentally different from our hobbies!People have different hobbies, some people regard iron as honorable, wax wooden shoes as inferior, and some people regard wooden shoes as high and iron as underground slaves, isn't this too much?
This preface is very interesting, ordinary people read it, they must feel that the surface tells about the addiction to striking iron and waxing, putting their own talent not to help the world and save the people, but playthings are demoralized, in fact, this is not the case, referring to the origin of the name of the moon record is from the dialogue between the six ancestors Hui Neng and the endless Tibetan nun. Endless Zangni said to Huineng, "You can't even read words, how can you interpret the scriptures?"Huineng replied: "Truth has nothing to do with words, truth is like the bright moon in the sky, and words are only fingers pointing to the moon, fingers can point out where the moon is, but fingers are not bright moons, such as people pointing to the moon with their fingers, so that people can see the moon because of their fingers." This is the gist of the book's title.
So what does the moon of this order refer to, that is, the first step of cultivation is to let go of the discriminating mind, which is the source of troubles, thinking that a noble thing will hate the lowly things, and when you encounter the lowly things, the mind will have the troubles of separation, and if you can be like Ji Kang and Ruan Fu, and not care about the eyes of others, that is the beginning of the practice.
Besides, what you think is important enough to cost your life is like seeing iron and wax for others, is there really anything important in this world?
When this state of mind is understood, everything in heaven and earth is like a furnace fire and fire wax, no matter what it is, it cannot be fully understood. People's preferences are not equal, and sometimes they regard striking iron as noble and despise clogs, or respect clogs and despise exercise.
At the end of the preface, the author, Qu Ruji, said, "I decided to compile these notes into a book entitled "Water Moon Zhai Refers to the Moon Record", which means the moon in my mind. Although I don't know if this moon really exists, this book is as important as striking iron and fire wax.