Holding stride

 Zen stresses you can do for what you do not care about it? Are you concerned with what others are doing on your praise or criticism, whether because of people gloating heart was unhappy, others say the good things necessary, I was very comfortable on it? do not mean to do its part to maintain a sense of balance. ordinary mind is what to do, do not be tempted, can not afford to read. There is a Zen story of a Zen master was asked ah usually do not practice cultivation, called , eat and sleep, but there are a lot of people that want the East to West, eat a good mind to happy, eat poorly, and my heart to complain. For these things you can not help but care about what any good or bad, with the words of Buddhism say is that we can not do the ; bad kinds of cases can not be tempted, it is the need of high accomplishment. Sometimes even though you say it will say , you may not be good by heart. If people flatter you a few words, on the surface, you say, to be the realm of meditation to achieve a considerable Caixing.
I often tell a story, a famous writer Su Song, he has deep knowledge of Zen, Zen Master For Yin relationship with his very good, I usually travel, they One lives in the south, one living in Jiangbei, once the river by boat to visit Su For Yin, just not in touch Foyin temple, he a man wandering in the temple, see the Main Hall where the Buddha is very solemn, and he to write a poem: Jishou days of transit, light big cents, eight wind does not move, sit purple lotus. He finished feel very proud to give young monk, said that when you come back to you master Master of view, and then he left. Foyin back to see this poem to Gv to two words in the above question: fart! let this young monk sent back to the Su. Su looked very puzzled, and my heart is disagree, I thought I wrote such a good poem, actually gave me the evaluation is , Foyin told him, you do not understanding of the moral principles of Buddhism was also very thoroughly, but faced with this specific matter, he can not be used to treat a sense of normalcy.
Mahayana Buddhism stresses the Six cultivation method: giving, precepts, patience, diligence, meditation, and wisdom. The third crossing of the insults and stresses, we always understood it to endure humiliation, such as someone hit you, curse you, you can hold back, or even like talking about Christianity, as other people to play your left cheek, right cheek should also send to you. In fact, Buddhism stresses the ; eight winds