1 00:00:00,300 --> 00:00:02,166 The old monk carried the woman across the river 2 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:03,100 And I put her down. 3 00:00:04,166 --> 00:00:05,966 The little monk has been carrying that woman in his heart 4 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:07,700 After three miles 5 00:00:07,700 --> 00:00:08,200 Still thinking 6 00:00:09,133 --> 00:00:10,733 How could an old monk do this? 7 00:00:10,900 --> 00:00:11,400 He broke his vows 8 00:00:12,266 --> 00:00:13,033 He touched a woman 9 00:00:14,033 --> 00:00:15,500 He carried her all over the river. 10 00:00:16,366 --> 00:00:17,333 Isn't this breaking the precept? 11 00:00:18,133 --> 00:00:19,133 Walked five miles 12 00:00:19,133 --> 00:00:19,833 Still can't let go 13 00:00:20,766 --> 00:00:21,966 The more I think about it, the more annoying I get. 14 00:00:21,966 --> 00:00:22,500 The more you think about it 15 00:00:23,500 --> 00:00:25,000 Finally he couldn't bear it anymore 16 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:25,600 open up 17 00:00:26,500 --> 00:00:27,833 The old monk turned back 18 00:00:27,833 --> 00:00:29,433 Glanced at him calmly 19 00:00:29,433 --> 00:00:30,700 Said a word 20 00:00:30,733 --> 00:00:32,166 I asked the little monk thoroughly 21 00:00:33,033 --> 00:00:34,133 The old monk said 22 00:00:34,133 --> 00:00:35,133 I've already put her down 23 00:00:36,100 --> 00:00:38,500 Why haven't you put it down yet? 24 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:39,266 Hello 25 00:00:39,300 --> 00:00:40,033 Hello. 26 00:00:40,166 --> 00:00:40,733 I am Wang Lijie 27 00:00:41,533 --> 00:00:43,900 This story is very popular in Buddhist circles 28 00:00:44,633 --> 00:00:47,066 And a lot of people will laugh. 29 00:00:47,100 --> 00:00:48,533 Simple to say 30 00:00:48,533 --> 00:00:49,166 Don't be persistent 31 00:00:49,933 --> 00:00:51,833 But I want to go in the other direction today. 32 00:00:52,566 --> 00:00:54,933 I'm not going to talk about what the old monk did. 33 00:00:54,966 --> 00:00:56,833 It's the little monk's fire 34 00:00:56,833 --> 00:00:58,800 The thing that burned for miles and didn't go out 35 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:00,900 What is that fire called? 36 00:01:01,033 --> 00:01:01,366 Ring 37 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:03,433 Let me put it more precisely. 38 00:01:03,466 --> 00:01:05,066 The way to understand the ring 39 00:01:05,633 --> 00:01:07,500 Because the little monk thinks the old monk has broken his precepts 40 00:01:08,300 --> 00:01:09,633 He has a thread in his heart 41 00:01:09,666 --> 00:01:10,800 It's called don't touch women. 42 00:01:11,866 --> 00:01:13,200 The old monk crossed the line 43 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:14,966 So the old monk was wrong 44 00:01:16,033 --> 00:01:19,466 But if we take it back to the original teaching of Sakyamuni. 45 00:01:19,500 --> 00:01:20,433 Go see 46 00:01:20,500 --> 00:01:21,600 You will find 47 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:23,633 The young monk's understanding of the precepts 48 00:01:23,666 --> 00:01:25,166 Something went wrong at the root. 49 00:01:25,966 --> 00:01:28,000 Let me tell you a little historical detail that many people don't know. 50 00:01:28,766 --> 00:01:29,733 Palilustro 51 00:01:29,766 --> 00:01:33,666 It is the most complete and oldest preserved record of the Buddha's commandments 52 00:01:34,433 --> 00:01:36,300 It records more than 200 bhikkhu vows 53 00:01:37,033 --> 00:01:40,566 But these commandments didn't just fall out of the sky one day 54 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:43,733 It's not the moral axioms deduced by the Buddha sitting under the Bodhi tree 55 00:01:44,666 --> 00:01:45,866 Every commandment 56 00:01:45,900 --> 00:01:48,033 Have a specific event as the origin 57 00:01:49,033 --> 00:01:51,433 There is a word in Pali called Nitona 58 00:01:51,466 --> 00:01:53,066 It means dependent origin. 59 00:01:53,066 --> 00:01:55,666 That's the rule. Under what circumstances? 60 00:01:55,700 --> 00:01:57,733 Because of what person's behavior 61 00:01:57,733 --> 00:01:58,633 And was formulated 62 00:01:59,000 --> 00:01:59,566 Let me give you an example. 63 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:03,233 And one of the commandments was that no monk should plant his own. 64 00:02:03,266 --> 00:02:04,166 I just can't farm by myself 65 00:02:04,933 --> 00:02:05,933 Why is that? 66 00:02:06,033 --> 00:02:09,100 Not because farming itself violates some moral principle 67 00:02:09,133 --> 00:02:11,533 It was because there was a monk who loved to grow vegetables. 68 00:02:11,566 --> 00:02:13,233 Saw by his family 69 00:02:13,233 --> 00:02:15,533 Said he would hurt the bugs in the soil 70 00:02:15,533 --> 00:02:18,033 This is not what a monk should look like 71 00:02:18,033 --> 00:02:19,166 Affected the reputation of the Sangha 72 00:02:19,900 --> 00:02:21,566 So the Buddha made this rule. 73 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:23,633 One more. 74 00:02:23,633 --> 00:02:25,000 Monks were not allowed to cross the river alone 75 00:02:25,766 --> 00:02:26,600 Why is that? 76 00:02:26,700 --> 00:02:29,200 Because a monk's clothes got wet when he crossed the river 77 00:02:29,233 --> 00:02:30,533 Saw by passers-by 78 00:02:30,533 --> 00:02:31,700 Caused discussion and misunderstanding 79 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:33,000 You see 80 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,600 The logic of these rules is not that this is always morally right 81 00:02:37,433 --> 00:02:41,100 Their logic is that doing so helps your practice 82 00:02:41,133 --> 00:02:43,500 Good for the operation of the Sangha 83 00:02:43,500 --> 00:02:45,100 Good for your relationship with society 84 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,000 It's a function-oriented rule system. 85 00:02:49,033 --> 00:02:50,933 Not the coming of the divine will 86 00:02:50,933 --> 00:02:53,233 It's not about the moral law of the universe. 87 00:02:53,266 --> 00:02:55,600 Is a very smart person 88 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:58,166 In the process of solving specific problems 89 00:02:58,200 --> 00:02:59,600 Accumulated practical wisdom 90 00:03:00,733 --> 00:03:02,033 Buddha on his deathbed 91 00:03:02,033 --> 00:03:03,933 He also said a word to Ananda 92 00:03:03,933 --> 00:03:05,233 And it sparked a lot of controversy. 93 00:03:05,933 --> 00:03:06,633 So he says. 94 00:03:06,666 --> 00:03:08,700 If the Sangha deems it necessary 95 00:03:08,700 --> 00:03:10,233 The little ring can be abolished. 96 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:12,200 Pay attention to the meaning of this sentence 97 00:03:12,933 --> 00:03:13,733 Rules are tools 98 00:03:14,733 --> 00:03:17,500 Tools exist to achieve a purpose 99 00:03:17,500 --> 00:03:20,233 Not eternal, sacred, immutable 100 00:03:21,033 --> 00:03:23,466 The sentence in the Diamond Sutra is the most thorough 101 00:03:23,500 --> 00:03:24,600 Fashang Yingshe 102 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:25,166 Not to mention illegal 103 00:03:26,266 --> 00:03:27,900 Rafts are used to cross rivers 104 00:03:27,900 --> 00:03:28,833 To the other side 105 00:03:28,866 --> 00:03:30,400 You still walk with it on your back? 106 00:03:30,433 --> 00:03:31,666 That's not piety. 107 00:03:31,700 --> 00:03:32,200 Is persistence 108 00:03:33,233 --> 00:03:34,433 The function of the commandment 109 00:03:34,433 --> 00:03:35,733 What is it? 110 00:03:35,866 --> 00:03:38,700 Sakyamuni had a three-step framework in his teaching. 111 00:03:38,733 --> 00:03:39,566 It's called Jiedinghui. 112 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:41,133 ring 113 00:03:41,166 --> 00:03:41,700 Is the first step 114 00:03:42,500 --> 00:03:43,100 fixed 115 00:03:43,100 --> 00:03:43,633 Is the second step 116 00:03:44,566 --> 00:03:45,100 wisdom 117 00:03:45,100 --> 00:03:45,700 Is the third step 118 00:03:46,733 --> 00:03:48,033 Why start with abstinence? 119 00:03:48,700 --> 00:03:49,133 Think about it. 120 00:03:49,733 --> 00:03:50,733 You told a lie yesterday 121 00:03:51,500 --> 00:03:52,900 So now you're sitting there trying to meditate. 122 00:03:53,833 --> 00:03:55,266 What is your brain doing? 123 00:03:55,433 --> 00:03:56,533 It's tracking that lie. 124 00:03:57,500 --> 00:03:59,400 It's playing back what it said. 125 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:01,200 Worried that the other party has found it? 126 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:02,900 Thinking about the next step 127 00:04:02,933 --> 00:04:04,733 If the other party asks, how should they answer? 128 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,033 This thread has been hanging in the background 129 00:04:08,066 --> 00:04:09,200 Draining your cognitive resources 130 00:04:10,133 --> 00:04:11,100 Such a brain 131 00:04:11,100 --> 00:04:12,666 It's hard to be quiet 132 00:04:12,666 --> 00:04:14,666 Because it has too many threads that are not closed. 133 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:16,166 keep the precepts 134 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:17,533 Is to reduce these threads 135 00:04:18,166 --> 00:04:19,200 You don't lie. 136 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:21,300 You have less of the cognitive burden of tracking down lies. 137 00:04:22,233 --> 00:04:23,466 You don't take advantage 138 00:04:23,500 --> 00:04:26,533 You have a lot less of the implicit pressure to figure it out with others 139 00:04:27,700 --> 00:04:30,100 Commandments make certain behaviors default settings 140 00:04:30,633 --> 00:04:34,866 So that you don't have to redecide what I should do in every scene 141 00:04:34,866 --> 00:04:37,200 That saves cognitive resources. 142 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:38,533 Leave it to deeper awareness 143 00:04:39,566 --> 00:04:41,766 From a neuroscience perspective 144 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:43,500 This is actually the process of habituation 145 00:04:44,133 --> 00:04:46,600 When a behavior pattern becomes a habit 146 00:04:46,633 --> 00:04:49,666 The basal ganglia of the brain take over the process. 147 00:04:49,666 --> 00:04:53,000 Prefrontal cortex can be freed from this 148 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:54,333 To handle more complex tasks 149 00:04:55,366 --> 00:04:56,933 You have been riding a bicycle for many years 150 00:04:56,933 --> 00:05:00,533 You don't have to put your left foot on every bike ride 151 00:05:00,566 --> 00:05:01,566 Right foot 152 00:05:01,566 --> 00:05:02,166 Keep your balance. 153 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:04,866 This program has been automated 154 00:05:04,900 --> 00:05:07,100 Your higher layers can think about other things. 155 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:08,700 keep the precepts 156 00:05:08,700 --> 00:05:10,633 It's to automate the mind of the practitioner. 157 00:05:11,433 --> 00:05:15,566 Take some energy-intensive ethical decision-making processes and make them low-energy habits. 158 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:18,800 And thus leave the cognitive bandwidth for the actual practice. 159 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:20,800 That is, continuous awareness and mindfulness. 160 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:23,666 So commandments are not the goal. 161 00:05:23,700 --> 00:05:25,833 It's a path to certainty. 162 00:05:25,833 --> 00:05:27,633 It must be a path to wisdom 163 00:05:28,366 --> 00:05:29,866 But there's a catch. 164 00:05:29,866 --> 00:05:31,400 The Buddha gave it a special name 165 00:05:32,266 --> 00:05:34,600 Pali is called abstinence 166 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:38,100 It means clinging to the commandments and the ritual itself 167 00:05:38,100 --> 00:05:39,566 Make the means an end 168 00:05:40,500 --> 00:05:42,900 When the Buddha listed the obstacles to spiritual practice 169 00:05:42,933 --> 00:05:45,466 Put this one in the top three 170 00:05:45,466 --> 00:05:47,566 Alongside self-identification and doubt 171 00:05:48,700 --> 00:05:49,900 You think about it carefully 172 00:05:50,866 --> 00:05:52,000 Buddha Himself 173 00:05:52,033 --> 00:05:53,800 Excessive attachment to commandments 174 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:55,666 Listed as a spiritual disorder 175 00:05:55,700 --> 00:05:56,700 Not spiritual achievement 176 00:05:57,566 --> 00:05:59,133 This is the problem with the little monk 177 00:05:59,900 --> 00:06:01,700 He's not really keeping the precepts. 178 00:06:01,733 --> 00:06:03,800 He was keeping an idea about keeping the precepts. 179 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:06,600 There's right and wrong in that thought 180 00:06:06,633 --> 00:06:07,766 Pretending to judge 181 00:06:07,766 --> 00:06:10,233 Pretending to have a story about being a good practitioner 182 00:06:11,066 --> 00:06:12,200 And these things 183 00:06:12,233 --> 00:06:14,800 It's what really makes his heart unable to calm down 184 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:16,733 Ironically 185 00:06:16,766 --> 00:06:18,866 He uses it to pursue purity 186 00:06:18,866 --> 00:06:20,833 The ring itself became the source of his impurity 187 00:06:21,900 --> 00:06:23,600 But there are examples in history. 188 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:24,633 It's worth a visit. 189 00:06:25,333 --> 00:06:26,133 These people 190 00:06:26,133 --> 00:06:28,000 Not all the commandments are fulfilled 191 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,100 But it has achieved a very high level of spiritual achievement 192 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:31,800 The first one. 193 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:32,566 Central Digimara 194 00:06:33,466 --> 00:06:35,266 You may not have heard of this name 195 00:06:35,300 --> 00:06:38,533 But he has an entire Pali scripture named after him. 196 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:41,433 His name means collar 197 00:06:41,433 --> 00:06:44,000 Because he killed nine hundred and ninety-nine people 198 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,500 Chop off your fingers and string them around your neck 199 00:06:47,433 --> 00:06:49,400 He was a Brahmin scholar. 200 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:51,933 Being deceived by an unscrupulous master 201 00:06:51,966 --> 00:06:54,566 Tell him to kill a thousand people to achieve liberation 202 00:06:55,666 --> 00:06:56,300 He believed 203 00:06:56,333 --> 00:06:58,133 Because he has no discrimination 204 00:06:58,133 --> 00:07:00,900 Because he made obedience to authority a practice 205 00:07:01,766 --> 00:07:03,466 The day he met the Buddha 206 00:07:03,500 --> 00:07:06,133 Just completed the 999th 207 00:07:06,133 --> 00:07:07,933 Ready to kill the thousandth 208 00:07:07,933 --> 00:07:09,066 His mother (because the Buddha appeared and shifted the target) 209 00:07:09,066 --> 00:07:11,166 In order to complete the task set by his master 210 00:07:12,066 --> 00:07:13,933 He caught up with Buddha on the way. 211 00:07:13,966 --> 00:07:14,966 Cut with a knife 212 00:07:14,966 --> 00:07:15,366 But can't cut 213 00:07:16,266 --> 00:07:17,633 Buddha didn't walk fast 214 00:07:17,666 --> 00:07:18,733 He chased for a long time 215 00:07:18,733 --> 00:07:19,266 Just can't catch up 216 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:21,166 He was shouting. 217 00:07:21,166 --> 00:07:21,400 Stop 218 00:07:22,166 --> 00:07:23,300 The Buddha turned back and said 219 00:07:23,333 --> 00:07:24,766 I stood there for a long time. 220 00:07:24,766 --> 00:07:25,533 It's You 221 00:07:25,566 --> 00:07:26,100 Not yet stopped 222 00:07:27,133 --> 00:07:28,433 He collapsed on the spot 223 00:07:28,433 --> 00:07:29,333 Drop the knife 224 00:07:29,366 --> 00:07:31,600 Follow the Buddha and practice as a monk 225 00:07:31,633 --> 00:07:33,666 Finally proved the arhat fruit 226 00:07:33,666 --> 00:07:35,300 That is, the highest achievement of liberation 227 00:07:36,466 --> 00:07:37,766 It's in the scriptures. 228 00:07:37,766 --> 00:07:40,166 After he became a monk, he became attached to the street 229 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:42,566 Recognized by the families of former victims 230 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:43,633 To smash with a stone 231 00:07:43,666 --> 00:07:44,800 Hit with a stick 232 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:46,500 His head was bleeding 233 00:07:46,500 --> 00:07:48,266 Beaten almost inhumanely 234 00:07:48,300 --> 00:07:49,400 He just stood there. 235 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:50,400 No resistance 236 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:51,100 There was no anger. 237 00:07:51,933 --> 00:07:53,100 Buddha saw it 238 00:07:53,133 --> 00:07:54,133 Tell him. 239 00:07:54,133 --> 00:07:55,466 You bear this 240 00:07:55,466 --> 00:07:58,266 It is to repay the karma of the past with the present body 241 00:07:59,200 --> 00:07:59,700 Bear with it. 242 00:08:00,766 --> 00:08:04,300 Anemoras was killed by a man who killed nine hundred and ninety-nine people 243 00:08:04,333 --> 00:08:05,233 Become such a person 244 00:08:05,833 --> 00:08:06,700 Second 245 00:08:06,700 --> 00:08:07,233 Milarepa 246 00:08:08,133 --> 00:08:09,433 You should be familiar with this name 247 00:08:10,233 --> 00:08:12,100 He studied black law at an early age 248 00:08:12,133 --> 00:08:13,966 Create hail with spells 249 00:08:13,966 --> 00:08:14,900 Killed dozens of people 250 00:08:15,766 --> 00:08:18,200 He later followed Venerable Marpa 251 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:20,700 After going through hardships unimaginable to ordinary people 252 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:24,733 He became one of the most significant achievers in the history of Tibetan Buddhism 253 00:08:24,733 --> 00:08:26,666 His Taoist songs have been recited for hundreds of years 254 00:08:27,566 --> 00:08:28,500 third 255 00:08:28,500 --> 00:08:29,000 Vimalakirti 256 00:08:30,100 --> 00:08:32,600 This man has a very special place in Mahayana Buddhism. 257 00:08:33,466 --> 00:08:34,966 He was a layman. 258 00:08:34,966 --> 00:08:35,966 Not a monk 259 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:36,933 No shaving 260 00:08:36,933 --> 00:08:39,033 Not holding all the bhikkhu precepts 261 00:08:39,033 --> 00:08:40,733 He goes in and out of liquor stores 262 00:08:40,766 --> 00:08:43,000 Receive people in various ways 263 00:08:43,900 --> 00:08:45,200 But his wisdom 264 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:46,700 In the Vimalakirti Sutra 265 00:08:46,700 --> 00:08:48,700 Even Manjushri admired him 266 00:08:50,966 --> 00:08:54,933 The Buddha sent several great disciples and bodhisattvas to visit the ailing Vimalakirti 267 00:08:54,933 --> 00:08:56,533 No one dares to go 268 00:08:56,566 --> 00:08:58,500 Because he was speechless when asked before 269 00:08:59,266 --> 00:09:00,300 These three people 270 00:09:00,300 --> 00:09:00,966 From the surface 271 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:02,666 Broke a lot of rules 272 00:09:02,666 --> 00:09:05,666 Even committed an unforgivable mistake in the eyes of ordinary people 273 00:09:06,566 --> 00:09:08,200 What do they have in common? 274 00:09:08,333 --> 00:09:09,433 Not keeping the precepts 275 00:09:09,466 --> 00:09:10,300 It's real fragmentation. 276 00:09:11,233 --> 00:09:13,900 It's the old self that defines you. 277 00:09:13,933 --> 00:09:14,500 It's really broken. 278 00:09:15,300 --> 00:09:17,033 Not suppressed by the rules 279 00:09:17,033 --> 00:09:17,866 It broke down on its own. 280 00:09:18,866 --> 00:09:19,800 After the collapse 281 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:20,766 Another thing came out 282 00:09:22,066 --> 00:09:23,200 And we went back down to the river. 283 00:09:23,966 --> 00:09:25,566 What did the old monk do? 284 00:09:25,766 --> 00:09:27,933 He saw a man in need 285 00:09:27,966 --> 00:09:29,500 He responded to this need 286 00:09:29,533 --> 00:09:30,900 He helped her. 287 00:09:30,900 --> 00:09:31,900 And he kept walking. 288 00:09:32,866 --> 00:09:34,600 During his entire operation 289 00:09:34,633 --> 00:09:36,533 No, I'm doing a good thing. 290 00:09:36,533 --> 00:09:39,100 No, I'm breaking it, but I have a reason 291 00:09:39,133 --> 00:09:41,766 I don't care what kind of person this woman is 292 00:09:41,766 --> 00:09:42,400 Nothing. 293 00:09:43,366 --> 00:09:44,800 Is a response 294 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:45,800 complete 295 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:46,666 awake 296 00:09:46,666 --> 00:09:47,366 Then disappeared 297 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:49,300 His heart 298 00:09:49,300 --> 00:09:50,700 Clean from start to finish 299 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:52,833 But the little monk 300 00:09:52,833 --> 00:09:54,400 He didn't carry the woman. 301 00:09:54,433 --> 00:09:55,133 He didn't do anything. 302 00:09:56,133 --> 00:09:57,366 However, in his heart 303 00:09:57,366 --> 00:09:59,700 The woman carried the road for miles without putting it down. 304 00:10:00,566 --> 00:10:03,200 He used the default mode network of the whole brain 305 00:10:03,233 --> 00:10:05,566 This is a concept in neuroscience. 306 00:10:05,566 --> 00:10:10,000 It refers to an area of the brain that activates automatically when there is no specific task 307 00:10:10,033 --> 00:10:15,033 Responsible for self-referencing, moral judgment, social assessment, and rumination 308 00:10:15,066 --> 00:10:17,766 To deal with a matter that has nothing to do with him directly 309 00:10:18,900 --> 00:10:20,866 He's not thinking about his own practice 310 00:10:20,866 --> 00:10:23,300 He wondered if the old monk had made a mistake 311 00:10:24,266 --> 00:10:25,400 Ironically 312 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:27,000 The few miles of the little monk 313 00:10:27,033 --> 00:10:28,100 That's the real persistence. 314 00:10:28,966 --> 00:10:30,400 That's the real spiritual question. 315 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:32,300 The old monk is pure 316 00:10:33,133 --> 00:10:33,866 Little monk 317 00:10:33,866 --> 00:10:35,133 Although nothing was done 318 00:10:35,166 --> 00:10:35,900 It's not clean. 319 00:10:36,566 --> 00:10:38,166 And here's another thing worth noting. 320 00:10:38,966 --> 00:10:40,166 Did you notice 321 00:10:40,166 --> 00:10:43,100 The more strictly a person follows a certain rule 322 00:10:43,133 --> 00:10:46,866 And sometimes it's easier to judge people by those rules. 323 00:10:47,033 --> 00:10:48,200 Not intentional 324 00:10:48,233 --> 00:10:49,166 It just sort of came naturally. 325 00:10:49,866 --> 00:10:52,666 Because that set of rules has become the coordinate system by which he judges the world 326 00:10:53,333 --> 00:10:54,333 What is he looking at? 327 00:10:54,333 --> 00:10:55,966 Measure against that ruler first 328 00:10:56,966 --> 00:10:59,600 This kind of thing sometimes appears among practitioners 329 00:10:59,633 --> 00:11:01,666 A person who is strict 330 00:11:01,666 --> 00:11:04,100 It creates a subtle sense of self-definition. 331 00:11:04,100 --> 00:11:04,800 I am a ring bearer 332 00:11:05,633 --> 00:11:07,633 He knew he had followed the rules. 333 00:11:07,633 --> 00:11:08,700 And this one knows. 334 00:11:08,733 --> 00:11:10,066 It becomes itself. 335 00:11:12,033 --> 00:11:14,133 The problem with young monks is not just obsession 336 00:11:14,133 --> 00:11:15,166 There is another layer. 337 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:15,933 His ring 338 00:11:15,966 --> 00:11:17,066 Has become his identity 339 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:20,800 He's defining who he is with commandments 340 00:11:20,866 --> 00:11:23,466 So when he saw the old monk's behavior 341 00:11:23,466 --> 00:11:25,466 I feel more than just confused 342 00:11:25,500 --> 00:11:26,333 There is another threat 343 00:11:27,166 --> 00:11:29,600 If the old monk was right 344 00:11:29,633 --> 00:11:31,200 What about my identity? 345 00:11:31,366 --> 00:11:32,133 commandment 346 00:11:32,133 --> 00:11:33,100 At this time 347 00:11:33,100 --> 00:11:34,433 It's not a raft anymore 348 00:11:34,466 --> 00:11:36,166 It becomes a badge of identity. 349 00:11:37,366 --> 00:11:38,466 Commandments are rafts 350 00:11:38,466 --> 00:11:39,600 Still an anchor 351 00:11:39,733 --> 00:11:42,833 This is a question that every practitioner needs to check for themselves 352 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:45,000 Rafts are used to cross rivers 353 00:11:45,766 --> 00:11:46,533 You use it. 354 00:11:46,533 --> 00:11:47,766 You appreciate it 355 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:49,000 But on the other side 356 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:49,766 Can you put it down? 357 00:11:50,700 --> 00:11:51,833 Anchors are for fixing 358 00:11:52,633 --> 00:11:54,133 It pinned you in one place. 359 00:11:54,166 --> 00:11:55,100 It paralyzes you. 360 00:11:55,900 --> 00:11:58,166 You spend all your energy maintaining it 361 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:00,000 Maintain the cleanliness of the surface 362 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:01,466 But you didn't take a step forward 363 00:12:02,666 --> 00:12:03,866 The practice of the old monk 364 00:12:03,900 --> 00:12:05,866 Put him in a specific situation 365 00:12:05,866 --> 00:12:07,600 Able to respond soberly 366 00:12:07,633 --> 00:12:08,733 Act thoroughly 367 00:12:08,733 --> 00:12:10,333 Then leave cleanly 368 00:12:10,366 --> 00:12:11,033 No trace 369 00:12:12,033 --> 00:12:13,766 This is the deepest side of keeping the precepts 370 00:12:14,766 --> 00:12:15,933 Not motionless 371 00:12:15,966 --> 00:12:17,666 It moves without leaving a trace 372 00:12:18,533 --> 00:12:19,166 So... 373 00:12:19,166 --> 00:12:20,966 Can you be enlightened without keeping the precepts? 374 00:12:21,300 --> 00:12:23,466 I don't think this question is accurate enough 375 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:26,533 A more accurate question might be 376 00:12:26,566 --> 00:12:28,100 Your commandments 377 00:12:28,133 --> 00:12:30,266 It's helping your heart become clearer 378 00:12:30,300 --> 00:12:33,966 Or is it helping you maintain an image of me as a practitioner? 379 00:12:34,033 --> 00:12:35,433 If the former 380 00:12:35,466 --> 00:12:37,000 Commandments are your friend 381 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:38,033 You need it. 382 00:12:38,033 --> 00:12:39,333 You respect it 383 00:12:39,366 --> 00:12:40,766 But you know it's a tool 384 00:12:41,633 --> 00:12:42,866 If the latter 385 00:12:42,900 --> 00:12:45,700 Commandments have become one of your most hidden obsessions 386 00:12:45,700 --> 00:12:48,300 And it's an obsession that's hard to spot 387 00:12:48,300 --> 00:12:50,333 Because it wears the coat of the ring 388 00:12:50,366 --> 00:12:51,866 It looks like a spiritual exercise. 389 00:12:51,866 --> 00:12:54,366 It's actually building a stronger self. 390 00:12:54,933 --> 00:12:56,366 The little monk is a mirror 391 00:12:57,333 --> 00:12:58,433 He saw it. 392 00:12:58,433 --> 00:13:01,433 It's something that almost all of us have in our hearts 393 00:13:01,500 --> 00:13:03,766 Use rules to define who you are 394 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:05,800 And then use that definition to judge others 395 00:13:06,700 --> 00:13:07,833 And the old monk 396 00:13:07,833 --> 00:13:08,800 At that moment 397 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:10,233 Neither define themselves 398 00:13:10,266 --> 00:13:11,266 He didn't judge anybody. 399 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,400 He carried that woman across the river. 400 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:15,400 And I put her down. 401 00:13:16,366 --> 00:13:17,166 Really let go 402 00:13:18,266 --> 00:13:21,666 That's a nice thing to say. 403 00:13:22,066 --> 00:13:24,400 But you just have to look within yourself. 404 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:25,300 You know how much it weighs. 405 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:28,500 The reason why this story has been passed down for so long 406 00:13:28,500 --> 00:13:31,233 I don't think it's because it tells us anything 407 00:13:31,533 --> 00:13:32,766 Quite the contrary. 408 00:13:32,766 --> 00:13:35,400 Because it reflects what we have been carrying in our hearts 409 00:13:36,166 --> 00:13:37,233 It doesn't have to be a woman 410 00:13:38,266 --> 00:13:40,366 Maybe it's a misinterpreted sentence. 411 00:13:40,366 --> 00:13:42,500 You're still defending yourself in your heart 412 00:13:43,366 --> 00:13:46,266 Maybe it's something that wasn't done all those years ago. 413 00:13:46,300 --> 00:13:48,100 You sometimes go back and think 414 00:13:48,100 --> 00:13:49,266 If only that would have been the case 415 00:13:50,133 --> 00:13:52,500 Maybe it was something that happened in a relationship. 416 00:13:52,500 --> 00:13:54,633 On the surface, you've already turned the page 417 00:13:54,666 --> 00:13:56,200 But every time I think about it 418 00:13:56,233 --> 00:13:57,333 The mood is still there 419 00:13:58,000 --> 00:13:59,333 We thought we had let go 420 00:14:00,266 --> 00:14:01,233 But let go 421 00:14:01,266 --> 00:14:01,666 There are two kinds. 422 00:14:02,266 --> 00:14:04,500 One is that the thought stops coming. 423 00:14:04,500 --> 00:14:06,033 Because you're holding it down. 424 00:14:06,066 --> 00:14:07,166 Because you are tired 425 00:14:07,166 --> 00:14:08,266 Because time has diluted 426 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:12,900 The other is that it's completely done in your mind 427 00:14:12,900 --> 00:14:13,900 It happened. 428 00:14:13,933 --> 00:14:15,033 It's over. 429 00:14:15,066 --> 00:14:16,700 Your relationship with it is clean 430 00:14:17,500 --> 00:14:18,633 Let go of these two 431 00:14:18,666 --> 00:14:19,400 It feels different. 432 00:14:20,233 --> 00:14:20,966 The first 433 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,300 You just stop actively thinking about it 434 00:14:23,300 --> 00:14:24,666 But it's still there. 435 00:14:24,700 --> 00:14:26,733 Like a stone under water 436 00:14:26,766 --> 00:14:27,733 Occasionally it floats 437 00:14:28,433 --> 00:14:29,333 The second 438 00:14:29,333 --> 00:14:31,233 That thing is really gone. 439 00:14:31,300 --> 00:14:32,666 It's not that you are suppressed. 440 00:14:32,666 --> 00:14:33,600 It just disappeared. 441 00:14:34,633 --> 00:14:36,366 We thought we had let go 442 00:14:36,366 --> 00:14:37,366 Many times 443 00:14:37,366 --> 00:14:37,866 Is the first 444 00:14:38,733 --> 00:14:39,900 In your heart now 445 00:14:39,900 --> 00:14:41,266 Is there anything? 446 00:14:41,566 --> 00:14:43,700 You think you put it by the river 447 00:14:43,700 --> 00:14:46,066 But I actually walked for miles with it on my back 448 00:14:47,166 --> 00:14:48,733 Don't answer me that. 449 00:14:48,766 --> 00:14:49,533 It's for yourself. 450 00:14:50,233 --> 00:14:51,100 I am Wang Lijie 451 00:14:51,133 --> 00:14:51,900 See you next time.