Someone once asked the Buddha: “What have you obtained through all of your years of practicing mindfulness?”
Buddha replied: “I have not obtained anything.”
The person said: “Then why do you still practice it?”
Buddha smiled and continued: “However, I can tell you what I have lost: I lost anger, worry, pessimism, and depression. I lost anxiety; I lost the three poisons of selfishness, greed, hatred, and ignorance.”
When people come into this world, only two certainties await them: life and death. Both of them happen quite naturally, so there is no need to worry about either.
1. As it is written on one tombstone: “I came here without being consulted and I leave without my consent.” Those who are born naturally arrive; those who should not enter this world will be barred from it, regardless of any pleas. Those who come are welcomed; those who go are bid farewell. Everything is decided by fate; let nature take its course.
2. A wise person never allows what others think of them to influence his or her actions. Know your own mind, understand your own nature, and act accordingly. Practice focusing only on the present moment. If you act against yourself, others will sense that you are not the genuine article and lose interest in you.
3. The greatest pain in life is when you do not fit in. Fortunately, if you have a good heart, you will have nothing to worry about. If you have a kind heart, you will have no one to hate; if you are carefree, all the troubles in the world will not touch you. To be a good person, you must be scrupulous, emotionally stable, and generally content. In order to do good deeds, just remember that you can keep God close to you while shunning evil spirits.
4. Real peace does not come from attempted meditation, but rather from being so at peace with the world that you can even hear the sound of flowers blooming. Sitting is also Zen; walking is also Zen. Accept fate and it will cease to trouble you.
5. Nothing in life can be possessed; it can only be experienced. We are just passengers on the train of time; one day, we will embark and say goodbye to everything forever.
Cherish what is in front of you; do not allow the past to trouble you, and embrace the future.
The original Chinese article is from https://ibook.idv.tw/enews/enews1351-1380/enews1363.html.
有人問佛陀：通過修行，最終得到了什麼？
佛陀答：什麼都沒有得到。
再問：那您還修行做什麼？
佛陀微笑： 不過我可以告訴你我失去的東西： 我失去憤怒、憂慮、悲觀和沮喪；失去焦慮不安；失去了自私自利和貪嗔痴 三毒； 失去了凡夫俗子的一切無知習氣障礙。
話很淡，理很濃！
人來到這個世界上，只有兩件事， 生和死。一件事已經做完了，另一件你還急什麼呢？
1、有緣而來，無緣而去。該來的，自然會來，不該來的，盼也無用，求也無益。有緣不推，無緣不求。來的歡迎，去的目送。一切隨緣，順其自然。
2、有智慧的人，從來不活在別人的嘴裡，也不活在別人的眼裡。識自本心，見自本性，不起妄緣，無心無為，自由自在，動靜自如，冷暖自知，當下就是修行。修行即是當下。人不能做得太假，假了難以交心。
3、人生最大的痛苦就是 心靈沒有歸屬，不管你知不知覺，承不承認。心存美好，則無可惱之事；心存善良，則無可恨之人；心若簡單，世間紛擾皆成空。做好人，身正心安魂夢穩；行善事，天知地鑒鬼神欽。
4、真正的 平靜 不是你靜坐可以幾個小時不起，而是用一顆平和的心態看人間萬象，聽花開的聲音。坐亦禪，行亦禪，緣起即滅，緣生已空。
5、人生中出現的一切，都無法佔有，只能經歷。我們只是時間的過客，總有一天，我們會和所有的一切永別。
眼前的，好好珍惜；過去的，坦然。該來的，欣然接受！
中文原文來自https://ibook.idv.tw/enews/enews1351-1380/enews1363.html。
