1 00:00:00,133 --> 00:00:01,166 back 2 00:00:01,166 --> 00:00:03,100 What are you doing? 3 00:00:03,266 --> 00:00:07,333 Brain science gives the answer, if you go to temples 4 00:00:07,366 --> 00:00:08,933 Attended a puja 5 00:00:08,933 --> 00:00:11,633 Or you have the habit of reciting Buddha and meditating 6 00:00:11,633 --> 00:00:13,900 You're no stranger to the word retrograde. 7 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:15,766 Every time you finish your homework 8 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:19,833 Master will take you to read a retrograde text: May this merit be 9 00:00:19,866 --> 00:00:21,433 Solemn Buddha Pure Land 10 00:00:21,466 --> 00:00:22,833 Report Quadruple Grace 11 00:00:22,833 --> 00:00:23,833 The three roads to suffering 12 00:00:24,700 --> 00:00:25,900 You read along 13 00:00:25,933 --> 00:00:27,933 But have you ever thought about a question 14 00:00:27,933 --> 00:00:29,366 What did you just do? 15 00:00:29,366 --> 00:00:31,500 What's going on in your consciousness? 16 00:00:33,033 --> 00:00:34,333 The vast majority of people would say 17 00:00:34,333 --> 00:00:36,100 Is it to share the merits with others? 18 00:00:36,833 --> 00:00:37,466 OK 19 00:00:37,466 --> 00:00:38,666 Then I ask you 20 00:00:38,666 --> 00:00:40,466 What is merit? 21 00:00:40,566 --> 00:00:41,700 Where is it stored? 22 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:42,833 How does it share? 23 00:00:42,966 --> 00:00:44,200 What medium is it transmitted through? 24 00:00:44,833 --> 00:00:46,733 If you divide the merits 25 00:00:46,733 --> 00:00:48,666 Are you less yourself? 26 00:00:48,833 --> 00:00:51,033 You distribute to all living beings in the Dharma Realm 27 00:00:51,033 --> 00:00:53,766 There are an infinite number of life forms 28 00:00:53,766 --> 00:00:55,533 How much does each sentient being receive? 29 00:00:55,700 --> 00:00:56,733 Is it enough? 30 00:00:56,866 --> 00:00:57,966 Did you find it? 31 00:00:58,033 --> 00:01:01,833 As long as you follow the merit, it is a resource that can be transferred. 32 00:01:01,866 --> 00:01:03,500 The logic goes down. 33 00:01:03,533 --> 00:01:04,933 Every step is empty 34 00:01:05,666 --> 00:01:09,300 It just doesn't hold up against your most basic physical intuitions. 35 00:01:09,700 --> 00:01:12,333 So either devotion is superstition 36 00:01:12,333 --> 00:01:14,900 Or it's not what you think it is at all 37 00:01:15,900 --> 00:01:17,266 Today's video 38 00:01:17,300 --> 00:01:21,366 I'm going to use research from cognitive neuroscience and social psychology 39 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:22,300 To answer this question 40 00:01:23,466 --> 00:01:25,366 When I derived the answer 41 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:28,000 And I found something that really shocked me. 42 00:01:28,033 --> 00:01:32,000 The True Role of Dedication in the Buddhist Practice System 43 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,133 It's more important than you think 44 00:01:34,133 --> 00:01:36,600 It's not an afterthought. 45 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:39,100 It is the safety valve of the entire Mahayana practice system 46 00:01:40,033 --> 00:01:41,033 Without it 47 00:01:41,033 --> 00:01:42,200 The more you practice 48 00:01:42,233 --> 00:01:43,400 Maybe the more dangerous 49 00:01:44,333 --> 00:01:44,533 Hello 50 00:01:44,533 --> 00:01:45,300 Hello. 51 00:01:45,300 --> 00:01:45,866 I am Wang Lijie 52 00:01:46,500 --> 00:01:48,466 To understand what backwards is doing 53 00:01:48,500 --> 00:01:51,466 We need to figure out something more fundamental first 54 00:01:51,466 --> 00:01:52,866 It's the same behavior. 55 00:01:52,900 --> 00:01:55,433 You think differently when you do it. 56 00:01:55,466 --> 00:01:58,066 What happens to your brain differently? 57 00:01:58,233 --> 00:01:59,333 This question 58 00:01:59,366 --> 00:02:03,033 Now, the last two decades of cognitive neuroscience have provided a very clear picture. 59 00:02:03,066 --> 00:02:03,633 empirical answer 60 00:02:04,033 --> 00:02:05,433 Year 2007 61 00:02:05,433 --> 00:02:09,800 Now a team at the University of Oregon did a classic experiment using MRI. 62 00:02:10,633 --> 00:02:12,633 They gave them money. 63 00:02:12,633 --> 00:02:14,500 Then there are two cases 64 00:02:14,500 --> 00:02:15,366 The first 65 00:02:15,366 --> 00:02:19,066 It was taxed and given to charity. 66 00:02:19,100 --> 00:02:20,633 You have no choice. 67 00:02:20,633 --> 00:02:21,633 The second 68 00:02:21,633 --> 00:02:24,033 You voluntarily decide whether to donate the money 69 00:02:24,933 --> 00:02:26,600 In both cases 70 00:02:26,633 --> 00:02:29,333 Money goes to the same charity 71 00:02:29,333 --> 00:02:30,566 The same amount 72 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:32,700 The same goes for people who receive help. 73 00:02:32,733 --> 00:02:34,100 External results are exactly the same 74 00:02:34,900 --> 00:02:37,466 But the brain reacts completely differently 75 00:02:37,966 --> 00:02:40,500 When subjects donate voluntarily 76 00:02:40,533 --> 00:02:43,433 There is an area of the brain that is activated 77 00:02:43,466 --> 00:02:46,200 Significantly higher than passive donation 78 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:48,666 It's called the ventral striatum. 79 00:02:48,666 --> 00:02:50,166 It's the heart of the reward circuit. 80 00:02:51,033 --> 00:02:52,700 It's you who eat good food 81 00:02:52,700 --> 00:02:53,600 Make money 82 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:55,566 When receiving praise from others 83 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:56,900 The area that lights up. 84 00:02:58,133 --> 00:02:59,900 And after this experiment 85 00:02:59,933 --> 00:03:04,366 Multiple brain imaging studies over the past two decades have further revealed 86 00:03:04,366 --> 00:03:06,333 In voluntary altruistic behavior 87 00:03:06,366 --> 00:03:10,133 There are also two key brain regions that are activated simultaneously 88 00:03:10,133 --> 00:03:12,866 One is the temporoparietal junction. 89 00:03:12,900 --> 00:03:15,033 This is the region responsible for mentalization. 90 00:03:15,033 --> 00:03:19,333 Your ability to put yourself in someone else's shoes and imagine their experience. 91 00:03:20,133 --> 00:03:23,833 The other one is medial prefrontal cortex. 92 00:03:23,866 --> 00:03:26,300 Responsible for self-reflection and social cognition 93 00:03:26,900 --> 00:03:28,066 What does that mean? 94 00:03:28,233 --> 00:03:30,333 Means the same external behavior 95 00:03:30,366 --> 00:03:32,233 Pull out a hundred bucks 96 00:03:32,233 --> 00:03:33,966 Because of the difference in inner intention 97 00:03:33,966 --> 00:03:37,066 Two completely different sets of neural circuits are activated in the brain 98 00:03:37,966 --> 00:03:39,900 One is a pure reward circuit 99 00:03:39,900 --> 00:03:41,133 It's like eating a candy 100 00:03:41,966 --> 00:03:46,400 The other is the generalized synergy of the reward circuit with social cognitive networks. 101 00:03:46,433 --> 00:03:48,600 It is equivalent to eating a candy at the same time 102 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:50,166 Did a whole-brain integration training 103 00:03:51,166 --> 00:03:52,100 An action 104 00:03:52,100 --> 00:03:53,166 Two Intentions 105 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:54,166 Two Neural Signatures 106 00:03:54,933 --> 00:03:56,333 More research to follow 107 00:03:56,366 --> 00:03:57,766 Further validates this finding 108 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:00,033 2008 109 00:04:00,066 --> 00:04:03,666 A joint team from Harvard University and the University of British Columbia 110 00:04:03,666 --> 00:04:10,200 Research findings published in the top academic journal Science 111 00:04:10,233 --> 00:04:12,300 People who spend money on others 112 00:04:12,300 --> 00:04:16,333 They are significantly happier than people who spend the same amount on themselves. 113 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:18,066 This effect 114 00:04:18,066 --> 00:04:21,700 It's stable across income levels. 115 00:04:21,733 --> 00:04:25,533 It doesn't matter if you make 20,000 dollars a year or 200,000 dollars a year. 116 00:04:25,566 --> 00:04:28,900 And so there are significant increases in happiness with altruistic spending. 117 00:04:29,833 --> 00:04:33,833 Follow-up cross-cultural studies have further confirmed the generality of this conclusion 118 00:04:34,566 --> 00:04:35,700 2017 119 00:04:35,700 --> 00:04:39,600 A study of neuroeconomics at the University of Zurich reveals with greater precision 120 00:04:39,633 --> 00:04:41,166 The mechanism behind it 121 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:43,300 When you make altruistic decisions 122 00:04:43,300 --> 00:04:48,766 A functional junction is formed between the temporoparietal junction and the ventral striatum 123 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:52,200 These two normally separate areas suddenly start to work together 124 00:04:52,866 --> 00:04:54,166 Researchers found that 125 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,933 The stronger this functional connection across regions 126 00:04:56,933 --> 00:04:59,233 And the happier they were. 127 00:05:00,033 --> 00:05:01,800 Did you notice the key point? 128 00:05:01,933 --> 00:05:04,266 Not doing good things to make you happy 129 00:05:04,300 --> 00:05:06,966 It was within the framework of an altruistic intention. 130 00:05:06,966 --> 00:05:09,566 Let your brain function in a more integrated manner 131 00:05:10,300 --> 00:05:11,633 It doesn't matter what you do 132 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:13,866 What heart to do 133 00:05:13,866 --> 00:05:14,200 It is 134 00:05:14,700 --> 00:05:18,000 Now this insight has a special term in psychology. 135 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:19,000 It's called self-transcendence. 136 00:05:19,833 --> 00:05:21,166 Frankel 137 00:05:21,166 --> 00:05:22,866 Survivors of Nazi concentration camps 138 00:05:22,900 --> 00:05:24,733 The founder of logotherapy 139 00:05:24,733 --> 00:05:28,533 An observation was made back in the 1960s. 140 00:05:28,533 --> 00:05:30,466 The deepest source of human happiness 141 00:05:30,500 --> 00:05:32,033 It's not self-satisfaction. 142 00:05:32,033 --> 00:05:33,066 It's about transcendence. 143 00:05:34,033 --> 00:05:38,466 When your attention and intentions are directed towards goals that go beyond your boundaries 144 00:05:38,500 --> 00:05:43,133 You get something that your ego will never give you. 145 00:05:43,133 --> 00:05:43,633 sense of meaning 146 00:05:44,433 --> 00:05:48,533 Frankl observed this from his extreme experience in concentration camps 147 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:51,266 Neuroscience decades later 148 00:05:51,266 --> 00:05:53,466 Confirmed his intuition with a brain scan 149 00:05:54,533 --> 00:05:55,333 OK 150 00:05:55,366 --> 00:05:57,466 Remember the central finding. 151 00:05:57,500 --> 00:05:58,533 Same behavior 152 00:05:58,533 --> 00:06:00,033 Intentionality is different 153 00:06:00,033 --> 00:06:02,033 The brain integrates differently. 154 00:06:02,066 --> 00:06:03,500 Psychological effects are different 155 00:06:04,233 --> 00:06:06,966 This is the scientific basis for our understanding of backtracking. 156 00:06:07,733 --> 00:06:09,333 Now I add the second piece of the puzzle 157 00:06:10,100 --> 00:06:14,033 I talked about predictive coding theory in detail in the meditation issue 158 00:06:14,066 --> 00:06:16,700 Your brain is not a passive receiver 159 00:06:16,700 --> 00:06:18,533 It's an active predictor. 160 00:06:19,433 --> 00:06:23,666 It's constantly making up the world from the top down with transcendental beliefs 161 00:06:23,700 --> 00:06:26,533 Sensory data is just responsible for calibrating this fabrication process 162 00:06:27,500 --> 00:06:28,900 The strength of a priori beliefs 163 00:06:28,900 --> 00:06:30,566 That's the precision weights. 164 00:06:30,566 --> 00:06:33,566 Determines how committed you are to a belief 165 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:34,900 How difficult it is to be corrected by reality 166 00:06:35,766 --> 00:06:38,666 And so today I'm going to take a step forward in that framework. 167 00:06:39,566 --> 00:06:41,600 In all your prior beliefs 168 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:43,500 There is one belief that is most unique 169 00:06:43,533 --> 00:06:45,266 Highest precision weight 170 00:06:45,266 --> 00:06:48,633 Almost never corrected by any sensory data 171 00:06:48,633 --> 00:06:53,000 It's the belief that I'm a separate, persistent self. 172 00:06:54,033 --> 00:06:57,533 Neuroscience calls the core network that sustains this belief 173 00:06:57,566 --> 00:06:58,500 Default Mode Network 174 00:06:59,833 --> 00:07:02,066 When you're sitting there doing nothing 175 00:07:02,066 --> 00:07:03,800 This network is the most active 176 00:07:03,833 --> 00:07:06,800 It keeps weaving stories about me 177 00:07:06,833 --> 00:07:08,300 What have I done in the past? 178 00:07:08,300 --> 00:07:10,166 What kind of person am I now? 179 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:11,266 What am I going to do in the future? 180 00:07:12,066 --> 00:07:16,000 It's that self-narrative machine in your brain that never shuts up. 181 00:07:16,666 --> 00:07:18,833 And this is precisely the breeding ground of pain 182 00:07:19,266 --> 00:07:20,766 year 2010 183 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:22,800 A famous study from Harvard University 184 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:26,866 We sampled the real-time mental states of 2,000 people at random with their cell phones. 185 00:07:26,900 --> 00:07:28,533 Discovered a surprising conclusion 186 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,300 People who were mind-wandering reported significantly lower levels of happiness. 187 00:07:33,100 --> 00:07:36,833 The mind-wandering state in brain imaging studies neutralizes the default mode network 188 00:07:36,866 --> 00:07:39,200 Highly active is closely related 189 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:42,200 This is how the brain is creating self-related stories. 190 00:07:42,333 --> 00:07:44,833 It's not that you're least happy when something bad happens to you. 191 00:07:44,833 --> 00:07:46,600 But you did nothing 192 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:49,466 When the brain is automatically running its own narrative 193 00:07:49,500 --> 00:07:51,066 It's going to go down significantly. 194 00:07:51,900 --> 00:07:53,666 Default mode The more active the network is 195 00:07:53,666 --> 00:07:54,400 The more you suffer 196 00:07:55,066 --> 00:07:56,600 The denser the self-narrative 197 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:57,366 The more anxious you are 198 00:07:58,333 --> 00:07:59,133 reverse 199 00:07:59,133 --> 00:08:00,866 When are people the happiest? 200 00:08:01,133 --> 00:08:03,133 Concentrate on one thing 201 00:08:03,166 --> 00:08:04,433 When you forget yourself 202 00:08:04,433 --> 00:08:05,666 That's heart flow 203 00:08:06,566 --> 00:08:08,466 Neural characteristics of heart flow 204 00:08:08,500 --> 00:08:11,533 It's precisely in the default mode that network activity has dropped dramatically 205 00:08:12,333 --> 00:08:14,133 Do you see the paradox? 206 00:08:14,300 --> 00:08:15,300 The stronger I am 207 00:08:15,300 --> 00:08:15,900 The more painful 208 00:08:16,833 --> 00:08:17,966 The weaker I am 209 00:08:17,966 --> 00:08:18,366 The freer 210 00:08:19,166 --> 00:08:20,000 OK 211 00:08:20,033 --> 00:08:22,700 Now I'm going to put these two pieces of the puzzle together. 212 00:08:23,633 --> 00:08:25,566 When you do a good deed 213 00:08:25,566 --> 00:08:29,500 Your default mode network will automatically do one thing 214 00:08:29,533 --> 00:08:31,966 Pack this good deed into my narrative 215 00:08:32,900 --> 00:08:34,866 I did a good thing. 216 00:08:34,900 --> 00:08:36,800 I am a kind person. 217 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:37,700 I have accumulated merit 218 00:08:38,500 --> 00:08:40,533 It's not what you think 219 00:08:40,533 --> 00:08:43,533 Is the default mode network automatic operation 220 00:08:43,533 --> 00:08:45,966 It labels all experiences as mine 221 00:08:47,100 --> 00:08:50,766 What does this labeling process mean at the neural level? 222 00:08:50,900 --> 00:08:54,300 It means that your good deeds activate the broad 223 00:08:54,533 --> 00:08:57,633 Integrative, altruistic neural patterns 224 00:08:57,666 --> 00:09:01,600 Were rerouted back to the narrow loop of self-referential processing 225 00:09:02,633 --> 00:09:05,533 Your brain originally opened a window 226 00:09:05,533 --> 00:09:10,733 Altruism activates social brain, empathy brain, whole brain coordination. 227 00:09:10,733 --> 00:09:14,666 But by default, the network quickly closes that window. 228 00:09:14,666 --> 00:09:17,166 Put everything back into my story 229 00:09:18,033 --> 00:09:20,833 And guess what happens next? 230 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:22,566 Your motivation to do good deeds 231 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:24,333 Became the maintenance of the identity of the good person 232 00:09:24,900 --> 00:09:28,266 You give to feel generous 233 00:09:28,266 --> 00:09:30,566 You meditate to feel high. 234 00:09:31,533 --> 00:09:34,933 Your practice is not to loosen the belief in yourself 235 00:09:34,933 --> 00:09:36,166 Quite the contrary. 236 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:38,233 You're reinforcing it with practice. 237 00:09:38,900 --> 00:09:42,600 Your transcendental belief is that I am an ordinary person 238 00:09:42,633 --> 00:09:45,800 Upgraded to I am a practicing person 239 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:47,900 Precision weight not only did not drop 240 00:09:47,900 --> 00:09:48,600 It went up. 241 00:09:49,500 --> 00:09:52,666 This is why many people who have been practicing for many years 242 00:09:52,666 --> 00:09:53,500 The more you cultivate, the more arrogant you become 243 00:09:54,533 --> 00:09:55,900 What neuroscience tells you. 244 00:09:55,900 --> 00:09:57,500 It's not a moral issue. 245 00:09:57,500 --> 00:09:58,800 It's a matter of mechanism 246 00:09:59,066 --> 00:10:02,933 Your default mode, the Internet, is hijacking your practice. 247 00:10:02,933 --> 00:10:04,166 Transform it into my fuel 248 00:10:05,100 --> 00:10:06,633 You think you are practicing 249 00:10:06,633 --> 00:10:08,633 Actually, you're decorating your cell 250 00:10:09,933 --> 00:10:10,966 And back 251 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,000 Is a precise intervention in this mechanism 252 00:10:13,633 --> 00:10:15,333 When you have done a good deed 253 00:10:15,366 --> 00:10:16,833 Read the riposte 254 00:10:16,833 --> 00:10:18,100 Wish this merit 255 00:10:18,133 --> 00:10:19,733 Solemn Buddha Pure Land 256 00:10:19,733 --> 00:10:21,000 What concoction are you making? 257 00:10:21,166 --> 00:10:24,933 You are in default mode before the network stamps your good deeds 258 00:10:24,933 --> 00:10:29,700 Take the initiative to switch the direction of intentionality from self-directed to all-directed 259 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:32,800 Combined with previous neuroscience research 260 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:35,233 What will be triggered by this switch? 261 00:10:35,333 --> 00:10:36,166 first 262 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:39,400 It prevents the neural effects of good deeds from being codified into 263 00:10:39,433 --> 00:10:41,300 The narrow circuit of self-referential processing 264 00:10:42,100 --> 00:10:42,833 second 265 00:10:42,866 --> 00:10:46,633 It reactivates the broad spectrum that is characteristic of altruistic intentions 266 00:10:46,633 --> 00:10:48,433 Brain Network Collaborative Model 267 00:10:48,466 --> 00:10:53,633 The linkage of temporoparietal junction, medial prefrontal lobe and ventral striatum 268 00:10:54,533 --> 00:10:55,233 third 269 00:10:55,233 --> 00:10:57,000 Also the most critical 270 00:10:57,033 --> 00:11:00,933 It reduces the default mode network self a priori. 271 00:11:00,933 --> 00:11:02,033 Precision weight of belief 272 00:11:03,033 --> 00:11:07,700 Every time you turn the direction of merit from me to all sentient beings 273 00:11:07,733 --> 00:11:10,400 That's saying to the default network 274 00:11:10,433 --> 00:11:12,233 Don't mark it as mine this time. 275 00:11:13,166 --> 00:11:14,700 The effect of one shot is minimal. 276 00:11:15,433 --> 00:11:17,900 But you do your homework every day 277 00:11:17,933 --> 00:11:20,000 Every time you do a good deed, you give back 278 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:22,533 Every night of chanting Buddha, I turn back 279 00:11:22,566 --> 00:11:25,866 Repeat this intentional switch hundreds or thousands of times 280 00:11:25,866 --> 00:11:28,933 You're training your brain over and over again. 281 00:11:28,933 --> 00:11:31,666 Lowering the most stubborn prior belief in the self 282 00:11:32,266 --> 00:11:35,533 Meditation is used to actively reduce prior weights 283 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:40,300 Backward is to passively reduce prior weights with intentional switching 284 00:11:41,066 --> 00:11:42,200 Two methods 285 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:43,733 Same goal 286 00:11:43,733 --> 00:11:45,166 Release the greatest obsession 287 00:11:45,533 --> 00:11:46,233 OK 288 00:11:46,233 --> 00:11:47,166 The science section is here 289 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:52,866 Now I'm going to do the core thing of this video 290 00:11:52,900 --> 00:11:56,300 Putting the Dedication Back into the Frame of Consciousness-Only Buddhism 291 00:11:57,100 --> 00:11:58,366 Consciousness-Only Sect 292 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:02,466 Your every action will plant a seed in Alaya consciousness 293 00:12:03,066 --> 00:12:05,933 The properties of seeds depend on two dimensions. 294 00:12:05,966 --> 00:12:08,566 The good and evil of the act itself 295 00:12:08,566 --> 00:12:10,400 And your intention in doing it 296 00:12:11,233 --> 00:12:12,366 Did you find it? 297 00:12:12,500 --> 00:12:16,066 It's almost the same thing as neuroscience. 298 00:12:16,100 --> 00:12:18,633 The same behavior goes down in disagreement 299 00:12:18,666 --> 00:12:20,566 Leaving completely different neural traces 300 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:23,866 The nature of the seed is determined by the intention 301 00:12:23,900 --> 00:12:26,933 That is, the neural signature is determined by the intentional framework. 302 00:12:27,700 --> 00:12:28,300 And look down. 303 00:12:29,133 --> 00:12:35,766 The Consciousness-Only Sect says that at the end of the seventh consciousness, that consciousness will automatically label all experiences as mine 304 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:38,933 It's an always-on self-manufacturing machine. 305 00:12:38,933 --> 00:12:40,766 You don't realize it's working. 306 00:12:40,766 --> 00:12:43,766 But it's constantly incorporating everything into my narrative 307 00:12:44,966 --> 00:12:47,300 Isn't this the default mode network? 308 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:52,433 Fifteen hundred years ago, Asanga and his relatives discovered it with Vipassana 309 00:12:52,433 --> 00:12:55,400 21st century brain science using MRI 310 00:12:55,433 --> 00:12:57,033 Rediscovered the same thing 311 00:12:57,733 --> 00:12:58,266 And that's not all. 312 00:12:59,133 --> 00:13:03,000 The Knowledge-Only School says that the attachment to consciousness is divided into strengths and weaknesses 313 00:13:03,133 --> 00:13:04,933 Some obsessions are deeply ingrained 314 00:13:04,933 --> 00:13:07,200 Some are shallow 315 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:09,833 The process of meditation is to gradually loosen these attachments 316 00:13:10,666 --> 00:13:14,666 Predictive coding says prior beliefs have precision weights 317 00:13:14,700 --> 00:13:17,566 The higher the weight, the harder it is to correct. 318 00:13:17,566 --> 00:13:20,200 The process of meditation is to reduce excessive weight 319 00:13:21,133 --> 00:13:22,066 The strength of attachment 320 00:13:22,100 --> 00:13:23,466 It's precision weights. 321 00:13:24,300 --> 00:13:24,800 And finally. 322 00:13:24,833 --> 00:13:26,166 The most accurate correspondence 323 00:13:26,966 --> 00:13:29,933 What is the only knowledge school saying about returning to the past? 324 00:13:30,100 --> 00:13:34,466 Dedication is before the seed is stamped with my label by Mornah 325 00:13:34,466 --> 00:13:36,700 Take the initiative to tear off that label 326 00:13:36,700 --> 00:13:39,033 Put on a label of all sentient beings 327 00:13:40,066 --> 00:13:42,400 The seeds are still in your alaya consciousness 328 00:13:42,433 --> 00:13:44,366 You didn't send it to anyone. 329 00:13:44,366 --> 00:13:46,866 But the intent property of the seed has been rewritten 330 00:13:47,633 --> 00:13:52,800 The Only Knowledge Sect calls the seeds of goodness marked with ego-holding goodness 331 00:13:52,833 --> 00:13:54,033 Loopy Good 332 00:13:54,066 --> 00:13:55,566 It pays off. 333 00:13:55,566 --> 00:13:57,700 But when the rewards run out, the seeds run out. 334 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:02,733 The seeds of goodness that remove the mark of ego are called good without omission 335 00:14:02,733 --> 00:14:04,133 Goodness without loopholes 336 00:14:04,133 --> 00:14:06,933 Because its intention is to have no boundaries. 337 00:14:06,966 --> 00:14:08,666 The energy structure is also open 338 00:14:09,633 --> 00:14:12,433 Translate into predictive coding language 339 00:14:12,466 --> 00:14:16,666 Dedication is the neural effect of good deeds by default mode network 340 00:14:16,700 --> 00:14:19,666 Before incorporating into the self-referential loop 341 00:14:19,666 --> 00:14:22,600 Proactively switch from an intentional framework to an altruistic framework 342 00:14:23,700 --> 00:14:29,766 This switch changes the type of neural signature that good deeds leave in the brain 343 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:32,133 From activating narrow self-reward circuits 344 00:14:32,133 --> 00:14:34,800 Become activated extensive brain network coordination patterns 345 00:14:35,700 --> 00:14:38,766 The former effect is narrow and short-lived 346 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:39,866 Corresponding to leakage 347 00:14:41,066 --> 00:14:43,800 The latter effect is broad and long-lasting 348 00:14:43,933 --> 00:14:45,100 Corresponding to no leakage 349 00:14:46,100 --> 00:14:47,300 Did you see that? 350 00:14:47,366 --> 00:14:49,200 Knowledge-Only and Predictive Coding 351 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:50,233 Not just a bit like 352 00:14:51,133 --> 00:14:54,233 They are the same operation manual written in two languages 353 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:58,633 And there's an extremely subtle place in this. 354 00:14:58,633 --> 00:15:01,266 Dedication does not reduce merit 355 00:15:01,300 --> 00:15:02,633 He upgraded it. 356 00:15:03,566 --> 00:15:04,900 You didn't lose anything. 357 00:15:05,633 --> 00:15:08,166 You just change the intent properties 358 00:15:08,166 --> 00:15:11,700 Rewrite a seed that runs in a narrow circuit into 359 00:15:11,733 --> 00:15:14,466 A seed operating in an open network 360 00:15:15,300 --> 00:15:16,633 That's not subtraction. 361 00:15:16,633 --> 00:15:17,133 Is multiplication 362 00:15:17,700 --> 00:15:19,166 Now we can understand 363 00:15:19,166 --> 00:15:22,166 Why are all the practices of Mahayana Buddhism? 364 00:15:22,166 --> 00:15:26,366 Whether it's meditation, chanting, mantras, repentance 365 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:28,533 After the end, you have to do backwards 366 00:15:29,266 --> 00:15:31,266 Because if you don't do reverse 367 00:15:31,300 --> 00:15:35,166 The results of your practice just now will be uploaded to the default mode network 368 00:15:35,166 --> 00:15:36,833 That is, the mind. 369 00:15:36,866 --> 00:15:41,166 Automatic collection of my repairs, my merits, my progress 370 00:15:41,833 --> 00:15:46,533 The practice itself becomes the fodder that feeds the greatest transcendental belief of the self 371 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:49,433 Your weight goes up. 372 00:15:49,466 --> 00:15:50,333 The more you cultivate 373 00:15:50,366 --> 00:15:51,066 I get bigger and bigger. 374 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:56,100 This is the most terrifying trap in Buddhist practice 375 00:15:56,100 --> 00:15:56,366 I am slow 376 00:15:57,366 --> 00:15:59,100 I've been doing it for ten years. 377 00:15:59,100 --> 00:16:00,333 I am vegetarian 378 00:16:00,366 --> 00:16:02,500 I meditate for two hours a day. 379 00:16:02,500 --> 00:16:03,600 How many scriptures have I read? 380 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:08,100 This is all Mornah adding to my narrative. 381 00:16:08,933 --> 00:16:10,566 You think you are practicing 382 00:16:10,566 --> 00:16:12,666 Actually, you're decorating your cell 383 00:16:13,633 --> 00:16:16,300 Reverse is the safety valve that prevents this trap 384 00:16:17,133 --> 00:16:19,166 Do backwards after each practice 385 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:21,633 That's saying to the default network 386 00:16:21,633 --> 00:16:22,833 The result of this time 387 00:16:22,866 --> 00:16:23,900 Don't mark it as mine. 388 00:16:25,133 --> 00:16:26,966 Tear the label one piece at a time 389 00:16:26,966 --> 00:16:28,266 Tear another piece of the label 390 00:16:29,133 --> 00:16:30,966 You're not fighting against yourself. 391 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:32,900 Confrontation only strengthens it 392 00:16:32,900 --> 00:16:35,133 You are every time it is stamped 393 00:16:35,166 --> 00:16:37,566 Gently but firmly erase the chapter 394 00:16:38,466 --> 00:16:40,133 That's why I say 395 00:16:40,133 --> 00:16:43,566 Reverse is the safety valve of the entire Mahayana practice system 396 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:46,866 Practice without return 397 00:16:46,900 --> 00:16:49,633 It's like a pressure cooker with no vent. 398 00:16:49,633 --> 00:16:52,566 Pressure is all converted into self-expanding steam 399 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:54,700 After understanding this layer 400 00:16:54,700 --> 00:16:56,833 I'll give you another AI perspective. 401 00:16:56,833 --> 00:16:58,133 Make this structure more complete 402 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:00,600 In machine learning 403 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:02,966 The loss function defines the optimization direction of the model 404 00:17:03,633 --> 00:17:05,433 A narrow loss function 405 00:17:05,466 --> 00:17:08,200 For example, only optimize the accuracy of this question 406 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:11,600 Will make the model converge quickly but extremely overfitting 407 00:17:11,633 --> 00:17:12,933 It would be stupid to change the question 408 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:16,000 A broad loss function 409 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,833 Performed well on a million different questions 410 00:17:18,866 --> 00:17:19,933 You learn more slowly. 411 00:17:19,966 --> 00:17:22,066 But what you learn is generalization. 412 00:17:23,133 --> 00:17:24,466 What to do backwards 413 00:17:24,500 --> 00:17:28,366 Is to minimize the loss function of your practice 414 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:30,800 To minimize the suffering of all beings 415 00:17:31,900 --> 00:17:33,733 The optimization target has become larger 416 00:17:33,733 --> 00:17:35,366 The training got harder. 417 00:17:35,366 --> 00:17:38,666 But what you learn is no longer the technique of local optimality. 418 00:17:38,700 --> 00:17:41,133 It's a deep structure that tends to be globally optimal. 419 00:17:42,066 --> 00:17:45,633 And research on multi-agent reinforcement learning has repeatedly confirmed 420 00:17:45,666 --> 00:17:48,000 A counterintuitive conclusion 421 00:17:48,033 --> 00:17:49,700 In a complex environment 422 00:17:49,700 --> 00:17:54,066 Agents that adopt cooperative strategies end up with more than 423 00:17:54,100 --> 00:17:55,566 Purely selfish agent 424 00:17:56,100 --> 00:17:58,433 Not because cooperation is nobler 425 00:17:58,433 --> 00:18:02,900 Because collaboration forces you to build more accurate models of the world 426 00:18:02,933 --> 00:18:05,633 You must understand the state of the other agents 427 00:18:05,633 --> 00:18:07,433 Predict their behavior 428 00:18:07,433 --> 00:18:08,400 Coordinate your strategy 429 00:18:09,300 --> 00:18:12,766 The process itself makes your model more powerful 430 00:18:13,766 --> 00:18:16,466 Selfishness is computational laziness. 431 00:18:17,133 --> 00:18:19,333 Altruism is computational diligence. 432 00:18:20,066 --> 00:18:23,666 Deviation is the switch from laziness to diligence 433 00:18:24,033 --> 00:18:25,333 So much for that. 434 00:18:25,333 --> 00:18:27,200 I want to wrap up all the clues 435 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:30,100 What the hell is going back? 436 00:18:30,266 --> 00:18:31,233 Three levels 437 00:18:31,233 --> 00:18:31,766 A structure 438 00:18:32,433 --> 00:18:33,933 Neuroscience 439 00:18:34,166 --> 00:18:36,900 Reverse is an intentional switch. 440 00:18:36,933 --> 00:18:40,500 It blocks the neural effects of good deeds by default mode. 441 00:18:40,500 --> 00:18:44,033 Networks are integrated into narrow circuits of self-reference 442 00:18:44,300 --> 00:18:47,800 Instead, it activates the whole-brain cooperative model characteristic of altruistic intention 443 00:18:48,066 --> 00:18:49,533 Every time you go back 444 00:18:49,566 --> 00:18:52,400 It's all about the most stubborn transcendental belief in the self 445 00:18:52,433 --> 00:18:55,566 A minor decrease in the precision weight 446 00:18:56,266 --> 00:18:58,200 Consciousness-only level 447 00:18:58,233 --> 00:19:03,133 Dedication is before the seed is stamped with my label by Mornah 448 00:19:03,133 --> 00:19:04,966 Take the initiative to tear off the label 449 00:19:04,966 --> 00:19:07,433 Upgrade the omission good to the omission good 450 00:19:08,500 --> 00:19:10,333 Seeds do not decrease 451 00:19:10,366 --> 00:19:12,300 The intent attribute of the seed has been rewritten 452 00:19:13,333 --> 00:19:16,566 AI level 453 00:19:17,066 --> 00:19:23,366 Backward is to switch the loss function of the practice from local optimization to global optimization 454 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:26,200 From overfitting to generalization 455 00:19:27,333 --> 00:19:28,300 Three languages 456 00:19:28,333 --> 00:19:29,133 An operation 457 00:19:29,833 --> 00:19:33,366 And the core of this operation points to the same thing 458 00:19:33,366 --> 00:19:37,100 Deviation is not really working on the outside world. 459 00:19:37,133 --> 00:19:39,333 It's your own knowledge 460 00:19:39,366 --> 00:19:41,700 Is your default mode network 461 00:19:41,700 --> 00:19:45,733 It's the self-stamping machine that marks everything as mine. 462 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:47,366 Speaking of which 463 00:19:47,366 --> 00:19:49,500 I want to share a finding that was very touching to me. 464 00:19:50,366 --> 00:19:53,100 There is a famous saying in the Diamond Sutra 465 00:19:53,100 --> 00:19:54,733 There should be nothing to live in but a heart 466 00:19:55,666 --> 00:19:57,400 I used to understand it as not being persistent 467 00:19:58,100 --> 00:20:01,066 Let's revisit this sentence from a retrospective perspective today 468 00:20:01,066 --> 00:20:02,300 I suddenly realized 469 00:20:02,333 --> 00:20:05,800 Isn't that an accurate description of the final form of regression? 470 00:20:05,900 --> 00:20:07,333 no place to live 471 00:20:07,333 --> 00:20:10,166 Do not place the fruits of any good deeds on me 472 00:20:11,066 --> 00:20:12,133 Live in your heart 473 00:20:12,133 --> 00:20:13,800 Under the premise of restlessness 474 00:20:13,833 --> 00:20:16,566 Still have the heart to do good deeds and help sentient beings 475 00:20:17,333 --> 00:20:19,233 Don't make it first and then send it out. 476 00:20:19,233 --> 00:20:21,933 It was never on top of me from the start 477 00:20:23,066 --> 00:20:24,800 If you can achieve this step 478 00:20:24,866 --> 00:20:27,866 You don't have to do backtracking anymore. 479 00:20:27,866 --> 00:20:31,666 Because every thought you have is naturally a state of return 480 00:20:32,633 --> 00:20:35,933 The automatic stamping function of the default mode network has been rewritten by you. 481 00:20:36,766 --> 00:20:39,833 The end of consciousness is transformed into equality intelligence 482 00:20:39,866 --> 00:20:44,000 This is the most crucial step in the transformation of consciousness into wisdom 483 00:20:44,633 --> 00:20:46,466 But for the vast majority of people 484 00:20:46,500 --> 00:20:47,933 Including myself 485 00:20:47,966 --> 00:20:49,600 It's far from that realm 486 00:20:50,466 --> 00:20:52,966 So devotion is the training wheel. 487 00:20:52,966 --> 00:20:56,000 Just like the auxiliary wheel for children learning bicycle fashion 488 00:20:56,766 --> 00:20:58,800 You practice balance with it. 489 00:20:58,833 --> 00:21:02,266 Until one day your sense of balance is so strong that you no longer need it 490 00:21:03,033 --> 00:21:05,333 Finally, I want to pose a much bigger question. 491 00:21:06,433 --> 00:21:10,666 Can devotion only be done after a formal practice? 492 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:12,966 Can you please return to your work? 493 00:21:13,100 --> 00:21:15,033 Dedicate to the meal you cooked today 494 00:21:15,133 --> 00:21:18,766 Say yes to everything you say on the way to school 495 00:21:18,900 --> 00:21:24,033 What if every everyday action could rewrite the properties of intention by going backwards? 496 00:21:24,033 --> 00:21:27,266 Then devotion is not just a spiritual ritual 497 00:21:27,300 --> 00:21:28,266 It's a way of life 498 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:30,533 A way to make your every day 499 00:21:30,566 --> 00:21:34,600 No matter whether you are in the office, in the kitchen, or on the subway 500 00:21:34,633 --> 00:21:37,533 The way of living in an ashram that runs continuously 501 00:21:38,500 --> 00:21:40,333 And your default mode network 502 00:21:40,366 --> 00:21:41,200 Your motna 503 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:45,200 It's in every intentional switch, every day. 504 00:21:45,233 --> 00:21:46,666 Be loosened a little bit 505 00:21:46,666 --> 00:21:47,400 Loosen it a little more 506 00:21:48,333 --> 00:21:53,266 That's probably why Zen says that carrying firewood and water is spiritual practice. 507 00:21:53,266 --> 00:21:58,133 And the true meaning of Mahayana Buddhism is that all times and all places can be practiced 508 00:21:58,466 --> 00:22:00,200 It's not about meditating all the time. 509 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:02,500 It allows you to turn back anytime, anywhere 510 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:03,600 What do you think? 511 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:05,333 Do you have the habit of doing backwards? 512 00:22:05,733 --> 00:22:08,933 What do you really feel when you give back? 513 00:22:09,033 --> 00:22:11,166 I really feel that it is in the interests of all beings 514 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:14,233 Or to be honest, just read a paragraph 515 00:22:14,300 --> 00:22:15,533 If the latter 516 00:22:15,533 --> 00:22:16,633 That's okay. 517 00:22:16,633 --> 00:22:18,666 Because neuroscience tells you that. 518 00:22:18,700 --> 00:22:20,600 Even if you're just taking the form 519 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:22,533 As long as you repeat it enough times 520 00:22:22,533 --> 00:22:25,433 And your brain will be shaped by that. 521 00:22:25,766 --> 00:22:27,533 Behavior can in turn change beliefs 522 00:22:28,500 --> 00:22:31,133 The weight of prior beliefs cannot be adjusted only from within 523 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:35,066 It can also be continuously and bit by bit corrected by external behavior 524 00:22:35,900 --> 00:22:36,833 Act first 525 00:22:36,866 --> 00:22:37,366 Post internalize 526 00:22:38,066 --> 00:22:41,866 This is probably the simplest and deepest secret of the entire spiritual system 527 00:22:42,766 --> 00:22:43,600 I am Wang Lijie 528 00:22:43,900 --> 00:22:44,933 See you next time.