Fable (5)

1 After birth, everyone has his own fortune, some poor while some rich, some successful while some failed, some possess of many kids while some alone; however, despites the man’s fortune, everyone would at last hit the road to death.

2 We often mention that we know well about death. A person dies when he is aged. It is possible for him to die if he often goes at risks. His days are numbered when he is in serious illness. He commits suicide when he despairs.

3 However, living is totally different. Each of us comes to this world in confusion, which we can’t decide by ourselves.

4 Do you have any comments about my saying? Is it right or wrong? If it is right, what is the attitude we should take to face our life?

5 People are uninterrupted to seek for happiness, fame and interest from birth to death. All desires drive us to lead a nervous life. However, in macro-environment, life has limitation of time and space; in micro-environment, each has his own territory and the realm of control. The space of people’s activity is rather limited.

6 We don’t know where we go after death and what the surrounding will be. It is said that death is death, nothing left, no life, soul or mind sense. We don’t know where we come from and where our present life derives from.

7 But, how could we interpret the present life we have?

8 When we practice to a certain extent, in the state of Samadhi, we respond clearly to the unknown individual in other space, which we tentatively call him god, ghost, Bodhisattva or Buddha. He leads us to salute Buddha, release soul from suffering, bliss and aid, sprinkle saint water on the head, medical skills and even Yoga. Hypnogenesis can’t be used to interpret the experience completely. So, how can we say that there is no god, ghost, Bodhisattva or Buddha?

9 A man, who practices to insufficient extent or doesn’t practice, has no experience in responding to other space. He has no self-nature, Buddha-nature, Qi, calmness and refinement that arise from inner body to lead him to salute Buddha and practice Yoga etc., as the man of perfect practice has. How can he say that there are god, ghost, Bodhisattva or Buddha?