2024 Book of Answers
I am reading the vernacular translation of the four teachings.
I haven't read a few Buddhist books, not because I'm not interested, but because I can't calm down.
I have a strange habit of reading, Confucianism and Taoism, hundreds of schools of thought, in addition to interpretation, other categories, even if the mood is not peaceful, I can also read it. But the Shi family is not in a quiet mood and the atmosphere is restless, so they just read it and go in.
Originally, books like this are most effective to read in the dead of night. It's just that I'm old and can't stay up late, so I can barely read a few pages a day. Fortunately, it is a vernacular translation, which is not difficult to read, but it is difficult to appreciate its true meaning.
For example, these few sentences, all Futian, do not leave the square inch; Find it from the heart, and feel everything. Seek from me, not only morality and righteousness, but also fame and wealth. Both inside and outside are beneficial. If you don't introspect and ask outward, then there is a way to ask for it, and you will get it, and you will lose both inside and outside, so it is useless.
Words are understood, but the meaning of them is not easy to cultivate.
I command me to be the master, and everybody thinks so. But there are many people, many times, whose own destiny is not their own decision.
Why is this happening, I don't know, I just want to find out a trace of the answer from the four trainings.
The book has just started to read, and I haven't experienced it yet. I'll tell you when I know the answer.