Master Huiguang: The meaning of life

The meaning of life

Master Huiguang

one,

“Life is not about length, as long as it lives meaningfully.”

Ten years, twenty years... fifty years, and even a lifetime of mediocre and timid life are not as good as those who live meaningful one year, one month or one day. As long as life has shined brightly, this life is worth it, and life or death is no longer important.

There is no difference between living to one hundred years old and those who only live to thirty or twenty years old.Although the former lives for decades more, while the latter lives for decades less. However, this is just a sense and persistence in people's conceptuality. People who recognize the meaning of life and understand the true meaning of the universe no longer feel regretful about the existence of people who have realized the meaning of life and understand the true meaning of the universe.

Time is eternity. Living to one hundred years is the same as living to only twenty years old; a year is ten thousand years, and a thousand years exists in a year.

People think that there is another eternal existence after leaving the ever-changing time. This is wrong. Eternity is the existence time. Without the impermanent time, there is no eternal existence.

So, as long as you create eternity and elevate life to an eternal state, what does it matter if the length of life is?

two,

As long as you live meaningfully, life will be close to eternity, no longer just a few decades.

How can you live meaningfully?

From a simple perspective, life cannot be separated from work, so to live meaningful life, you must engage in meaningful work.What is meaningful work? It is a work that is dedicated and meets spiritual requirements.

What is part of the effort is to do work that is beneficial to mankind, the country, society and all living beings.There are many of these jobs around the world, waiting for us to do what meets the spiritual requirements, which is to pursue perfection and live in reality.

Look! In order to pursue artistic perfection, artists can sacrifice material enjoyment and are willing to join poverty.

In order to perfect an article, the writer does not hesitate to revise it repeatedly and copy it again and again.

The singer has practiced it in private many times in order to sing a song perfectly.

There are also many people in all walks of life, doing the work they are doing without hesitation.Not only did they have no complaints, they also did it happily; because they felt that the work they did was meaningful.

When they work wholeheartedly for others or their own spirituality, they no longer feel that the existence of time - time has stopped; they do not know that old age is coming - life has its length? Isn't this eternity?

three,

As for living in reality, this is the highest state of life and an eternal state.

What is truth? Truth means being true and not hypocritical; reality means being real and not doing anything that is not part.In other words: this is a state of not lying, not being artificial, not going against one's conscience, and acting purely from one's nature.

Since you do not make false statements, your own advantages and disadvantages are clear at a glance, so you can not be self-conceited or inferior.

Because of not making unreasonable thoughts, we can be content with poverty and be content with eternal happiness.

Since it does not go against your conscience, you have no worries and every day is a good day.

The most important thing is: act according to the mind and nature, do what you should do, and stop what you should not do; therefore, there are no delusions or troubles.

This kind of life has transcended meaning, and meaning is free in it.

In short, those who can live completely in reality will no longer be ordinary people, but extraordinary saints.