1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,700 Bodhidharma and Emperor Wu of Liang: Compassion is the most secret ego 2 00:00:04,366 --> 00:00:07,266 An emperor in a cassock knelt before the Buddha 3 00:00:07,266 --> 00:00:08,566 Devout like a living bodhisattva 4 00:00:09,233 --> 00:00:11,233 This is the second time he has taken off his dragon robe 5 00:00:11,233 --> 00:00:12,133 I came to the monastery to become a monk 6 00:00:13,300 --> 00:00:15,333 Manchu Wenwu was so anxious that he sweated profusely 7 00:00:15,333 --> 00:00:17,166 And we ended up with 100 million dollars. 8 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:19,533 To redeem the emperor from the Buddha 9 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:21,733 This person is called Xiao Yan 10 00:00:21,733 --> 00:00:23,233 That is to say, Emperor Wu of Liang in later generations 11 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:25,133 He reigned for 48 years 12 00:00:25,166 --> 00:00:27,433 More than 2,800 Buddhist temples were built 13 00:00:27,433 --> 00:00:29,033 There are more than 80,000 monks and nuns in the country 14 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:31,533 He received the bodhisattva vow himself 15 00:00:31,533 --> 00:00:32,633 Break the wine and break the meat 16 00:00:32,666 --> 00:00:34,666 Four times before and after the sacrifice of Tongtai Temple 17 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:38,400 He ordered all monks in the country to abstain from meat 18 00:00:38,433 --> 00:00:40,733 This rule has continued to this day 19 00:00:40,733 --> 00:00:42,966 It has become one of the deepest imprints of Chinese Buddhism 20 00:00:43,966 --> 00:00:45,600 By any standard 21 00:00:45,633 --> 00:00:46,800 He is all in Chinese history 22 00:00:46,833 --> 00:00:49,800 The most pious and compassionate Buddhist emperor 23 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:50,333 None of them. 24 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:53,433 But it was during his most pious years 25 00:00:53,466 --> 00:00:55,966 A monk came across the ocean from South India 26 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:58,533 This monk is called Bodhidharma. 27 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:00,433 Emperor Wu of Liang personally received 28 00:01:00,433 --> 00:01:03,433 Expectedly asked a question he thought the answer was obvious 29 00:01:03,466 --> 00:01:05,466 Since I ascended the throne 30 00:01:05,466 --> 00:01:06,266 Temple building 31 00:01:06,266 --> 00:01:07,000 Write scripture 32 00:01:07,033 --> 00:01:08,666 There are countless monks 33 00:01:08,666 --> 00:01:10,300 What merit 34 00:01:10,433 --> 00:01:11,833 Dharma looked at him 35 00:01:11,833 --> 00:01:13,033 Said four words 36 00:01:13,033 --> 00:01:13,733 No merit 37 00:01:14,733 --> 00:01:15,966 Emperor Wu of Liang was stunned on the spot 38 00:01:16,333 --> 00:01:17,900 2,800 temples 39 00:01:17,900 --> 00:01:19,166 More than 80,000 monks and nuns 40 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:20,733 Four times to become a monk 41 00:01:20,733 --> 00:01:22,900 In exchange for no merit 42 00:01:23,033 --> 00:01:24,033 He won't give up 43 00:01:24,033 --> 00:01:24,733 ask 44 00:01:24,733 --> 00:01:26,500 Why is there no merit? 45 00:01:26,700 --> 00:01:27,633 Dharma says 46 00:01:27,633 --> 00:01:29,333 These are human fruits 47 00:01:29,333 --> 00:01:29,933 The reason for the leak 48 00:01:30,766 --> 00:01:31,933 Follow You 49 00:01:31,966 --> 00:01:32,833 It seems there is 50 00:01:32,833 --> 00:01:34,066 It's not real merit 51 00:01:34,433 --> 00:01:35,800 Emperor Wu of Liang asked again 52 00:01:35,833 --> 00:01:37,733 What is true merit? 53 00:01:37,866 --> 00:01:40,566 Dharma said something he didn't understand at all 54 00:01:40,566 --> 00:01:41,900 Jingzhi Miaoyuan 55 00:01:41,933 --> 00:01:42,633 emptiness 56 00:01:43,533 --> 00:01:44,566 If merit 57 00:01:44,566 --> 00:01:45,266 don't ask for it 58 00:01:46,266 --> 00:01:47,300 Emperor Wu of Liang was completely confused 59 00:01:47,733 --> 00:01:49,233 He changed the question. 60 00:01:49,233 --> 00:01:51,133 What is the highest truth of Buddhism? 61 00:01:51,266 --> 00:01:52,200 Dharma says 62 00:01:52,233 --> 00:01:52,833 No saint 63 00:01:53,433 --> 00:01:54,633 Empty 64 00:01:54,633 --> 00:01:55,666 There is no saint who is not a saint 65 00:01:56,533 --> 00:01:57,666 Emperor Wu of Liang is in a hurry 66 00:01:57,666 --> 00:01:59,100 Who is that person standing in front of me? 67 00:01:59,700 --> 00:02:00,666 Dharma says 68 00:02:00,666 --> 00:02:01,066 do not know 69 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:03,400 This is a complete conversation 70 00:02:03,766 --> 00:02:05,500 Dharma turned and left Jiankang 71 00:02:05,533 --> 00:02:07,200 Crossing the Yangtze River Alone 72 00:02:07,233 --> 00:02:09,233 Beishang Songshan Shaolin Temple 73 00:02:09,233 --> 00:02:10,666 It's nine years in one sitting 74 00:02:10,666 --> 00:02:11,200 Wall-facing practice 75 00:02:11,633 --> 00:02:12,733 Decades later 76 00:02:12,733 --> 00:02:13,666 The Rebellion of Hou Jing broke out 77 00:02:14,533 --> 00:02:16,400 The rebels besieged Jiankang 78 00:02:16,433 --> 00:02:19,033 Eighty-six-year-old Emperor Wu of Liang was trapped in Taicheng 79 00:02:19,033 --> 00:02:20,366 Without water or food 80 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:22,300 There was no one around to save him 81 00:02:23,166 --> 00:02:25,300 The monks he supported all his life 82 00:02:25,333 --> 00:02:27,400 A temple built with countless gold and silver 83 00:02:27,433 --> 00:02:29,500 Buddhism as the Son of Heaven 84 00:02:29,500 --> 00:02:31,166 When he needs it most 85 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:31,866 All silent 86 00:02:33,066 --> 00:02:34,533 He lay in the ghetto. 87 00:02:34,566 --> 00:02:35,666 Bitter mouth 88 00:02:35,666 --> 00:02:37,000 I want a sip of honey water 89 00:02:37,033 --> 00:02:37,833 No one sent him 90 00:02:38,933 --> 00:02:41,166 The most compassionate emperor in Chinese history 91 00:02:41,166 --> 00:02:42,800 Starved to death in his own palace 92 00:02:43,100 --> 00:02:43,866 This conversation 93 00:02:43,900 --> 00:02:47,566 Recorded in the most important koan collection of Zen Buddhism 94 00:02:47,566 --> 00:02:49,133 At the top of all koans 95 00:02:50,066 --> 00:02:51,500 The entire history of Chinese Zen Buddhism 96 00:02:51,533 --> 00:02:53,533 It started with this awkward conversation 97 00:02:54,500 --> 00:02:55,833 And I read this story. 98 00:02:55,866 --> 00:02:58,166 What was most striking was not the depth of Dharma 99 00:02:58,166 --> 00:02:59,933 But the end of Emperor Wu of Liang 100 00:02:59,966 --> 00:03:01,666 A person who has dedicated everything to the Buddha 101 00:03:02,166 --> 00:03:03,433 Why didn't Buddha save him? 102 00:03:03,666 --> 00:03:04,100 Hello 103 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:05,033 Hello. 104 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:06,200 I am Wang Lijie 105 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:08,800 Today is the fourth installment of the story about spiritual practice 106 00:03:09,666 --> 00:03:11,733 The first issue is the story of our cup of coffee 107 00:03:12,100 --> 00:03:14,200 It creates a low-level perception. 108 00:03:14,233 --> 00:03:16,033 What's in your cup? 109 00:03:16,033 --> 00:03:17,300 When hit 110 00:03:17,333 --> 00:03:18,266 What's spilling? 111 00:03:19,266 --> 00:03:21,600 Last time we took apart Vimalakirti. 112 00:03:21,633 --> 00:03:25,333 A meat-eating and drinking merchant living in the deepest part of the world 113 00:03:25,366 --> 00:03:27,500 The petals fell on him but wouldn't stick 114 00:03:27,533 --> 00:03:29,100 Because in his cognitive system 115 00:03:29,100 --> 00:03:31,600 Doesn't run that binary opposition classifier at all 116 00:03:32,433 --> 00:03:33,533 Today's issue 117 00:03:33,533 --> 00:03:36,633 I'm going to use this ancient dialogue between Dharma and Emperor Wu of Liang 118 00:03:36,666 --> 00:03:39,633 One of the deepest and most hidden traps in the practice of dismantling 119 00:03:40,366 --> 00:03:42,200 The reason why this trap is dangerous 120 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:44,466 Because it doesn't look like a trap at all 121 00:03:44,500 --> 00:03:45,200 He is compassion 122 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:46,766 Before it unfolds 123 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:48,133 I want you to do a self-examination first 124 00:03:48,933 --> 00:03:51,433 When you hear the words no merit 125 00:03:51,466 --> 00:03:54,166 What was the first reaction that came to your mind? 126 00:03:54,266 --> 00:03:55,633 I guess the vast majority of people 127 00:03:55,666 --> 00:03:57,033 You get one of two intuitions. 128 00:03:57,866 --> 00:03:58,700 The first 129 00:03:58,700 --> 00:04:01,200 How can there be no merit in doing good deeds? 130 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:02,366 Dharma is too extreme 131 00:04:03,333 --> 00:04:04,266 The second 132 00:04:04,300 --> 00:04:05,566 Dharma was right 133 00:04:05,566 --> 00:04:07,433 Good deeds are just superficial 134 00:04:07,466 --> 00:04:09,166 True spiritual practice is a matter of the heart 135 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,566 They look like polar opposites. 136 00:04:12,566 --> 00:04:14,466 But they made the same mistake 137 00:04:14,500 --> 00:04:17,000 They all assume that Dharma is denying good deeds themselves 138 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,600 The first says you shouldn't deny good deeds. 139 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:22,600 The second is that good deeds are really useless 140 00:04:23,500 --> 00:04:25,266 But what Dharma denies is not good at all 141 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:27,133 He denied it. 142 00:04:27,166 --> 00:04:29,000 It was when Emperor Wu of Liang was doing good deeds 143 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:30,833 The me in my heart is secretly expanding 144 00:04:31,900 --> 00:04:33,200 Let me put it more precisely. 145 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:36,633 Dharma diagnosed a highly hidden disease 146 00:04:36,666 --> 00:04:37,866 The Mercy of Emperor Wu of Liang 147 00:04:37,866 --> 00:04:39,533 It has become his greatest obsession 148 00:04:39,966 --> 00:04:41,700 And an obsession with compassion 149 00:04:41,700 --> 00:04:44,366 It's harder to see through than the obsession with money 150 00:04:44,366 --> 00:04:45,833 Because no one questions compassion 151 00:04:46,666 --> 00:04:48,666 Let me take this mechanism apart using Consciousness Only. 152 00:04:49,633 --> 00:04:51,800 Emperor Wu of Liang asked me how much merit I had 153 00:04:51,833 --> 00:04:54,566 There is a whole cognitive structure hidden in this sentence 154 00:04:54,566 --> 00:04:55,666 There is a me 155 00:04:55,666 --> 00:04:56,933 Did a lot of good deeds 156 00:04:56,966 --> 00:04:59,500 And that becomes an asset called merit. 157 00:04:59,533 --> 00:05:00,666 This asset belongs to me 158 00:05:01,533 --> 00:05:02,966 Did you hear that? 159 00:05:03,133 --> 00:05:04,133 Mona 160 00:05:04,133 --> 00:05:06,633 The ego center that we've been talking about. 161 00:05:06,633 --> 00:05:08,866 Not only has it not been weakened throughout the process 162 00:05:08,900 --> 00:05:10,100 Instead, it was greatly strengthened 163 00:05:10,866 --> 00:05:12,133 Every time a temple is built 164 00:05:12,166 --> 00:05:13,600 Write down a note 165 00:05:13,633 --> 00:05:14,333 I built this. 166 00:05:15,266 --> 00:05:16,600 Every scroll of scripture 167 00:05:16,633 --> 00:05:17,966 Write down a note 168 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:18,733 I copied this. 169 00:05:19,566 --> 00:05:21,333 Every time I give up my life to become a monk 170 00:05:21,366 --> 00:05:22,700 Write down a note 171 00:05:22,700 --> 00:05:24,433 This is the highest good deed 172 00:05:24,466 --> 00:05:24,966 I did it. 173 00:05:25,966 --> 00:05:27,766 After 48 years of good deeds 174 00:05:27,766 --> 00:05:30,833 The final consciousness has expanded to an unprecedented height 175 00:05:30,866 --> 00:05:32,533 Now I am not just the emperor 176 00:05:32,533 --> 00:05:34,266 I am still the most meritorious Bodhisattva Emperor 177 00:05:34,533 --> 00:05:35,900 So this is like what? 178 00:05:36,033 --> 00:05:37,700 It's like going to the gym alone. 179 00:05:37,700 --> 00:05:39,100 After each set of actions 180 00:05:39,133 --> 00:05:40,600 Just take a selfie and send it to Moments 181 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:42,133 Did he exercise? 182 00:05:42,533 --> 00:05:42,800 Exercised 183 00:05:43,500 --> 00:05:45,433 But what he's really building isn't muscles 184 00:05:45,433 --> 00:05:47,666 It's a person in my circle of friends who works out. 185 00:05:48,333 --> 00:05:49,666 The good deeds of Emperor Wu of Liang 186 00:05:49,866 --> 00:05:52,566 It's Empire-level Fitness Moments 187 00:05:52,566 --> 00:05:54,000 He's not practicing enlightenment. 188 00:05:54,033 --> 00:05:55,566 Yes, I am the character of the Bodhisattva Emperor 189 00:05:55,933 --> 00:05:57,766 It's even clearer with predictive coding 190 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:00,166 Emperor Wu of Liang's brain 191 00:06:00,166 --> 00:06:02,500 Running a core predictive model 192 00:06:02,533 --> 00:06:03,900 I do good deeds 193 00:06:03,933 --> 00:06:05,333 Good deeds accumulate merit 194 00:06:05,333 --> 00:06:06,633 Merit belongs to me 195 00:06:06,666 --> 00:06:07,866 I am a great practitioner 196 00:06:09,033 --> 00:06:11,333 This model is extremely accurate and weighted 197 00:06:11,366 --> 00:06:13,100 He used the resources of the entire empire 198 00:06:13,100 --> 00:06:14,000 To keep validating it 199 00:06:14,900 --> 00:06:16,033 Every new temple 200 00:06:16,066 --> 00:06:17,500 Are strengthening this chain of belief 201 00:06:18,300 --> 00:06:20,400 He asked Dharma how much merit he had 202 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:22,566 Essentially seeking supreme authority 203 00:06:22,566 --> 00:06:24,266 Let's put a final stamp on this model. 204 00:06:25,233 --> 00:06:27,033 A sentence from Dharma has no merit 205 00:06:27,033 --> 00:06:28,733 Not to deny what he did 206 00:06:28,766 --> 00:06:30,466 Is trying to shatter the whole model 207 00:06:31,466 --> 00:06:32,400 But Emperor Wu of Liang didn't understand 208 00:06:33,333 --> 00:06:35,200 His prior weight is too high 209 00:06:35,233 --> 00:06:36,866 If you are so high as Dharma, you can't penetrate it at all 210 00:06:37,266 --> 00:06:37,733 OK 211 00:06:37,733 --> 00:06:38,366 This is the first floor. 212 00:06:39,300 --> 00:06:41,500 But what really struck me about this story was the second layer. 213 00:06:42,233 --> 00:06:44,100 Last time we talked about Vimalakirti 214 00:06:44,100 --> 00:06:46,666 The core concept used is discrimination 215 00:06:46,666 --> 00:06:48,366 You label things. 216 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:49,900 The label is the glue that sticks to you. 217 00:06:50,766 --> 00:06:52,033 The problem of Emperor Wu of Liang 218 00:06:52,066 --> 00:06:53,366 Deeper than separation 219 00:06:54,133 --> 00:06:56,000 He's not just labeling external things 220 00:06:56,366 --> 00:06:57,733 He's labeling himself. 221 00:06:58,233 --> 00:07:01,233 And it has the hardest label to identify 222 00:07:01,566 --> 00:07:02,533 I am a compassionate person 223 00:07:03,500 --> 00:07:06,200 There is a concept in Buddhism called the greed of Zen pleasure 224 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:07,733 Practitioners are meditating 225 00:07:07,766 --> 00:07:10,000 After experiencing a pure and wonderful state 226 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:11,233 Start to crave that feeling 227 00:07:12,266 --> 00:07:15,000 From craving milk tea to craving meditation 228 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:16,533 The addictive variety has changed 229 00:07:16,566 --> 00:07:17,866 The mechanism of addiction is exactly the same 230 00:07:18,766 --> 00:07:20,066 The symptoms of Emperor Wu of Liang 231 00:07:20,066 --> 00:07:21,666 Deeper than the greed of Zen Yue 232 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:24,933 He wasn't lusting after some spiritual experience. 233 00:07:24,966 --> 00:07:28,166 What he coveted was the fact that I was a compassionate person. 234 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:31,500 The greed of Zen Yue is experiential 235 00:07:31,500 --> 00:07:32,433 You are obsessed with a feeling 236 00:07:33,133 --> 00:07:35,633 But the ego is about identity. 237 00:07:35,633 --> 00:07:37,000 You're obsessed with who I am 238 00:07:37,900 --> 00:07:40,100 This is the deepest pit a practitioner can fall into 239 00:07:40,966 --> 00:07:42,266 Why the deepest 240 00:07:42,333 --> 00:07:43,633 Because it looks the least like a pit. 241 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:46,366 You practice to a certain extent 242 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:48,633 You can detect the greed for money 243 00:07:48,633 --> 00:07:50,833 You can detect the lust. 244 00:07:50,866 --> 00:07:52,433 Greed for fame and power 245 00:07:52,433 --> 00:07:53,333 You can see it. 246 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:56,100 You took off these clothes one by one. 247 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:58,900 You feel like you're getting close to who you are 248 00:07:59,666 --> 00:08:00,966 But you look down 249 00:08:00,966 --> 00:08:02,166 Still wearing one 250 00:08:02,166 --> 00:08:03,733 I am a compassionate person 251 00:08:03,733 --> 00:08:04,866 I am a spiritual person 252 00:08:05,700 --> 00:08:07,500 This dress grows with the skin 253 00:08:08,233 --> 00:08:10,133 You think it's your skin? 254 00:08:10,133 --> 00:08:11,966 Actually, that was your last dress 255 00:08:12,733 --> 00:08:14,933 And the whole world is helping you strengthen this dress 256 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:17,833 Who would question a person's kindness? 257 00:08:18,033 --> 00:08:19,900 Who would say you are too merciful? 258 00:08:20,033 --> 00:08:22,500 This is the most brilliant strategy of Mornaghi 259 00:08:22,500 --> 00:08:24,633 It picked a label that everyone praised 260 00:08:24,666 --> 00:08:25,433 To build identity 261 00:08:25,966 --> 00:08:27,400 Your greed for money will be criticized 262 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:29,166 Lust will be criticized 263 00:08:29,466 --> 00:08:30,366 But greed for mercy 264 00:08:31,133 --> 00:08:32,066 Will only be applauded 265 00:08:32,166 --> 00:08:33,800 The end of Emperor Wu Liang's later years 266 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:35,000 It's the price of this dress. 267 00:08:35,966 --> 00:08:37,400 When Hou Jing came to descend 268 00:08:37,433 --> 00:08:39,433 All ministers are against admission 269 00:08:39,466 --> 00:08:41,133 This person is capricious 270 00:08:41,133 --> 00:08:42,800 Accepting him is like bringing a wolf into the house 271 00:08:43,733 --> 00:08:44,666 But Emperor Wu of Liang accepted 272 00:08:45,566 --> 00:08:46,333 Why is that? 273 00:08:46,433 --> 00:08:48,866 Because the Bodhisattva emperor cannot refuse a person who comes to defect 274 00:08:49,633 --> 00:08:51,866 His decisions are not based on reality 275 00:08:51,900 --> 00:08:53,200 It's identity-based. 276 00:08:54,166 --> 00:08:55,366 During Hou Jing's rebellion 277 00:08:55,366 --> 00:08:56,733 He has a chance to suppress 278 00:08:56,766 --> 00:08:57,900 But hesitant to appease 279 00:08:58,666 --> 00:08:59,533 Why is that? 280 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:01,066 Because the Bodhisattva emperor cannot kill 281 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:04,600 At the end of the day, I will not allow my compassionate personality to collapse 282 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:05,933 Even if it costs the entire country 283 00:09:06,700 --> 00:09:09,166 Do you remember the last Vimalakirti story? 284 00:09:09,300 --> 00:09:11,333 Vimalakirti lives in the very heart of the world 285 00:09:11,666 --> 00:09:12,800 wife and children 286 00:09:12,833 --> 00:09:14,733 Access to casinos and banquets 287 00:09:14,766 --> 00:09:16,333 But the petals won't stick to him 288 00:09:16,933 --> 00:09:18,000 Why is that? 289 00:09:18,066 --> 00:09:20,600 Because he doesn't run any classifiers about himself at all 290 00:09:21,466 --> 00:09:23,466 He's not fighting the world. 291 00:09:23,466 --> 00:09:25,000 He doesn't even have the label of secular 292 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:27,900 Emperor Wu of Liang was the opposite 293 00:09:27,933 --> 00:09:29,766 His classifier is running at full speed 294 00:09:29,766 --> 00:09:32,000 Just changed a superlative label 295 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:32,900 I am the Bodhisattva Emperor 296 00:09:33,633 --> 00:09:35,666 Nothing sticks to Vimalakirti 297 00:09:35,700 --> 00:09:37,266 Because he has no identity to maintain 298 00:09:38,266 --> 00:09:40,733 Emperor Wu of Liang was covered with petals of virtue 299 00:09:40,733 --> 00:09:42,866 Because each one serves my identity. 300 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:45,233 Look at these two together 301 00:09:45,266 --> 00:09:46,400 The perfect mirror 302 00:09:47,300 --> 00:09:47,900 OK 303 00:09:47,933 --> 00:09:49,333 Now on to the third floor 304 00:09:49,366 --> 00:09:50,633 It is also the most critical layer 305 00:09:51,533 --> 00:09:53,800 There's a crucial distinction here. 306 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:56,300 The Sixth Patriarch Hui Neng made it very clear in the Altar Sutra 307 00:09:56,333 --> 00:09:58,100 What Emperor Wudi Liang did was merit 308 00:09:58,100 --> 00:09:58,700 Not merit 309 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:02,366 Fude is a good result of your good deeds 310 00:10:02,366 --> 00:10:04,033 A good birth in the next life 311 00:10:04,066 --> 00:10:05,533 Everything goes well in this life 312 00:10:05,533 --> 00:10:08,000 It's true on a causal level. 313 00:10:08,033 --> 00:10:09,000 Dharma did not deny 314 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:10,900 But Ford is leaking 315 00:10:11,300 --> 00:10:13,000 Leak means it will run out 316 00:10:13,866 --> 00:10:15,700 You have done good deeds and accumulated blessings 317 00:10:15,700 --> 00:10:17,366 The blessing is gone 318 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:19,200 Like a deposit in a bank 319 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:20,433 Interest rate higher 320 00:10:20,466 --> 00:10:21,466 Spend it, spend it. 321 00:10:22,366 --> 00:10:23,033 Merit is different 322 00:10:23,900 --> 00:10:26,200 Merit is not something accumulated outside 323 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:27,800 Merit is an inner cognitive transformation 324 00:10:28,833 --> 00:10:30,900 Gong is the kung fu of curing troubles 325 00:10:30,933 --> 00:10:33,066 Virtue is the nature that this kung fu makes you see 326 00:10:34,033 --> 00:10:35,833 Merit is not what you do 327 00:10:35,866 --> 00:10:37,800 It's when you do it 328 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:38,733 What's going on inside? 329 00:10:39,833 --> 00:10:40,966 It's the same with building a temple. 330 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:43,533 Emperor Wu of Liang built a temple 331 00:10:43,566 --> 00:10:46,533 I thought to myself that I had accumulated another great merit 332 00:10:46,533 --> 00:10:47,700 This is Ford 333 00:10:47,733 --> 00:10:49,033 Every temple is feeding me 334 00:10:49,766 --> 00:10:51,366 If one builds a temple 335 00:10:51,366 --> 00:10:53,900 Without the thought that I was doing good deeds 336 00:10:53,933 --> 00:10:56,633 Just saw it needed to be done and did it 337 00:10:56,633 --> 00:10:58,233 After finishing, he turned around and left. 338 00:10:58,266 --> 00:10:59,066 do not keep accounts 339 00:10:59,066 --> 00:10:59,800 Do not take credit 340 00:10:59,833 --> 00:11:01,166 Don't label yourself 341 00:11:01,166 --> 00:11:01,900 That's merit. 342 00:11:02,700 --> 00:11:06,400 The Diamond Sutra says that you should live without dwelling, but walk in giving 343 00:11:06,433 --> 00:11:07,100 That's what it means. 344 00:11:07,366 --> 00:11:09,266 And we've all met two types of philanthropists. 345 00:11:09,966 --> 00:11:10,733 The first 346 00:11:10,766 --> 00:11:12,666 Doing good deeds must be seen 347 00:11:12,666 --> 00:11:14,233 Be sure to let the people in the circle know 348 00:11:15,300 --> 00:11:17,133 Good deeds are true in themselves 349 00:11:17,133 --> 00:11:18,766 The people who benefit are also real 350 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:20,066 But when he was done 351 00:11:20,100 --> 00:11:21,433 I will definitely find a chance to raise it 352 00:11:22,366 --> 00:11:24,100 The whole process is online 353 00:11:24,133 --> 00:11:25,433 Every donation 354 00:11:25,433 --> 00:11:27,733 It's all building materials designed by the person I'm a Good Man 355 00:11:28,866 --> 00:11:29,766 The second 356 00:11:29,766 --> 00:11:31,400 After you've known him for many years 357 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:33,233 I happened to hear it from someone else 358 00:11:33,266 --> 00:11:36,400 He quietly sponsored a dozen poor students to finish college 359 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:37,700 Never mentioned it to anyone 360 00:11:38,500 --> 00:11:39,233 You ask him 361 00:11:39,266 --> 00:11:40,466 He said it was easy 362 00:11:40,466 --> 00:11:41,366 Then change the subject 363 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:44,000 From the perspective of external behavior 364 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:45,133 Two people do the same thing 365 00:11:46,133 --> 00:11:48,000 But judging by the contents of the cup 366 00:11:48,033 --> 00:11:48,600 It's completely different. 367 00:11:49,433 --> 00:11:51,100 The first kind of people do good deeds 368 00:11:51,100 --> 00:11:52,233 My glass is even fuller 369 00:11:52,966 --> 00:11:54,833 The second kind of people do good deeds 370 00:11:54,866 --> 00:11:55,966 I'm lighter in the cup 371 00:11:56,900 --> 00:11:58,800 The first is the cause of leakage 372 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:00,500 The second approach is closer to true merit 373 00:12:01,633 --> 00:12:02,166 OK 374 00:12:02,166 --> 00:12:04,000 And at this point you might be thinking 375 00:12:04,033 --> 00:12:05,766 Then when I do good deeds in the future 376 00:12:05,766 --> 00:12:08,000 Just try not to think you're doing good. 377 00:12:08,933 --> 00:12:10,533 If the thought comes to you 378 00:12:10,533 --> 00:12:11,566 Congratulations! 379 00:12:11,566 --> 00:12:13,166 You just fell into the next level of trap 380 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,233 I want to do good without myself 381 00:12:16,266 --> 00:12:17,600 You listen to this 382 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:18,433 I want to be selfless 383 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:20,166 Subject is still me 384 00:12:20,900 --> 00:12:23,600 You are using Mornah to destroy Mornah 385 00:12:23,633 --> 00:12:25,300 It's like putting out a fire. 386 00:12:25,333 --> 00:12:26,766 It will only make the fire burn more and more 387 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:30,466 We said at the end of the last Vimalakirti story 388 00:12:30,466 --> 00:12:32,600 If you listen to it and think great 389 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:34,433 I'll just leave it alone in the future. 390 00:12:34,466 --> 00:12:36,500 Then you have made a new distinction 391 00:12:36,500 --> 00:12:37,800 Put the parting in the bad column 392 00:12:38,633 --> 00:12:39,733 The same trap 393 00:12:39,766 --> 00:12:40,433 The same structure 394 00:12:41,033 --> 00:12:42,133 What to do then? 395 00:12:42,333 --> 00:12:43,866 Doing good deeds will feed me 396 00:12:43,900 --> 00:12:46,300 Deliberately doing nothing is also feeding me 397 00:12:46,300 --> 00:12:48,000 Isn't this an infinite loop? 398 00:12:48,133 --> 00:12:50,133 That's why Dharma finished chatting 399 00:12:50,133 --> 00:12:51,366 No further debate 400 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:53,300 I didn't write an operation manual. 401 00:12:53,300 --> 00:12:55,400 Instead, he turned around and went to the Shaolin Temple to face the wall for nine years 402 00:12:56,166 --> 00:12:57,100 He's not pissed 403 00:12:57,966 --> 00:12:59,733 He's demonstrating with action 404 00:12:59,766 --> 00:13:01,600 It's not in the what. 405 00:13:01,633 --> 00:13:04,566 The answer is to see the person who does it thoroughly first 406 00:13:05,366 --> 00:13:06,566 Nine years of Dharma facing the wall 407 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:07,300 Did nothing. 408 00:13:08,166 --> 00:13:09,400 He's sitting right there. 409 00:13:09,433 --> 00:13:10,100 Look into your heart 410 00:13:10,966 --> 00:13:12,166 No temples were built 411 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:13,400 There was no scripture copying. 412 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:15,033 No support for monks 413 00:13:15,066 --> 00:13:16,200 But what he did 414 00:13:16,233 --> 00:13:17,666 By his own standards 415 00:13:17,666 --> 00:13:19,866 More than all the good deeds of Emperor Wu Liang combined 416 00:13:19,900 --> 00:13:21,066 Are closer to true merit 417 00:13:21,866 --> 00:13:23,100 Because what he is doing 418 00:13:23,133 --> 00:13:24,733 Is to see exactly how I work 419 00:13:25,533 --> 00:13:26,800 When I was seen clearly 420 00:13:26,833 --> 00:13:28,933 It loses the ability to hijack any behavior 421 00:13:29,966 --> 00:13:30,800 And then... 422 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:32,033 Only then 423 00:13:32,033 --> 00:13:34,966 Good deeds can truly flow out naturally in a non-living manner 424 00:13:35,833 --> 00:13:37,433 It's not that you try to be selfless 425 00:13:38,366 --> 00:13:40,233 When your awareness is deep enough 426 00:13:40,300 --> 00:13:41,900 Selflessness occurs naturally 427 00:13:41,900 --> 00:13:43,066 Good deeds flow naturally 428 00:13:43,966 --> 00:13:44,633 The order cannot be reversed. 429 00:13:45,466 --> 00:13:47,100 And this brings to mind an observation in investing. 430 00:13:47,733 --> 00:13:49,833 I invested in over 300 early-stage projects 431 00:13:49,833 --> 00:13:51,800 I've seen too many founders make decisions 432 00:13:52,633 --> 00:13:54,033 The best decisions 433 00:13:54,033 --> 00:13:56,200 Almost all share a common feature 434 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:58,433 The founder describes that moment in hindsight 435 00:13:58,466 --> 00:14:02,366 It's not that I analyzed all the data and made the best choice 436 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:03,833 It's that I just know what to do 437 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:06,633 That state is very close to inhabitable 438 00:14:06,633 --> 00:14:07,933 Not without thinking 439 00:14:07,933 --> 00:14:10,033 But thinking is no longer needed by me to be right 440 00:14:10,333 --> 00:14:11,833 I can't fail these things are contaminated 441 00:14:12,533 --> 00:14:14,500 Decisions flow from a clearer place 442 00:14:15,566 --> 00:14:17,066 And the worst decision 443 00:14:17,066 --> 00:14:20,233 It often happens when the founder is hijacked by me 444 00:14:20,300 --> 00:14:22,133 I had to prove that I was right. 445 00:14:22,133 --> 00:14:23,866 If I fail, where will I put my face? 446 00:14:24,566 --> 00:14:26,300 The whole process is online 447 00:14:26,333 --> 00:14:28,166 Every decision is protecting me 448 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:29,100 Rather than facing the truth 449 00:14:30,133 --> 00:14:30,733 OK 450 00:14:30,733 --> 00:14:32,766 And then finally, I want to say something that I find particularly poignant. 451 00:14:33,733 --> 00:14:35,000 After Dharma left 452 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,933 Zen Master Zhigong, an eminent monk beside Emperor Wu of Liang 453 00:14:37,966 --> 00:14:39,433 Heard about this conversation 454 00:14:39,433 --> 00:14:40,700 panicked 455 00:14:40,700 --> 00:14:42,900 Is that the person who came to preach the Buddha's Heart Seal? 456 00:14:43,933 --> 00:14:45,366 Emperor Wu of Liang regretted it too much 457 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:45,933 Send someone to chase 458 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:47,800 Zhigong said 459 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:49,300 Not to mention sending messengers to chase 460 00:14:49,300 --> 00:14:50,766 Even if the whole country goes 461 00:14:50,766 --> 00:14:51,600 He's not coming back. 462 00:14:52,533 --> 00:14:54,766 Dharma gave Emperor Wu Liang a chance to face the truth 463 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:57,100 But the truth is too harsh 464 00:14:57,133 --> 00:14:59,266 His first instinct was not to reflect on himself 465 00:14:59,266 --> 00:15:00,633 This monk doesn't understand me. 466 00:15:01,633 --> 00:15:03,266 Wait for someone to tell him what he missed 467 00:15:03,300 --> 00:15:06,000 He wants to use the power of the emperor to chase the other party back 468 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:07,733 This is still Mna at work. 469 00:15:07,733 --> 00:15:09,000 Use my strength to grasp the truth 470 00:15:09,900 --> 00:15:11,233 But the truth is not something you can grasp 471 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:13,800 The truth is when I let go 472 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:14,800 Nature is there. 473 00:15:15,833 --> 00:15:17,900 Dharma spent nine years facing the wall of Songshan Mountain 474 00:15:17,933 --> 00:15:18,933 Finally waiting for someone 475 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:21,433 This is Huike. 476 00:15:21,433 --> 00:15:24,333 Read through Confucian and Lao Zhuang classics as a teenager 477 00:15:24,366 --> 00:15:25,800 He became a monk. 478 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:27,333 Visit famous teachers everywhere 479 00:15:27,366 --> 00:15:29,100 Studied Buddhism for more than ten years 480 00:15:29,100 --> 00:15:30,600 But the heart is never at peace 481 00:15:31,666 --> 00:15:33,200 About forty years old 482 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:34,700 He came to Songshan to meet Dharma 483 00:15:35,566 --> 00:15:37,200 It snowed heavily that day 484 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:39,033 Hui Ke stood outside the cave 485 00:15:39,066 --> 00:15:40,633 From day to night 486 00:15:40,666 --> 00:15:42,233 Snow to the knees 487 00:15:42,266 --> 00:15:43,466 Dharma didn't even look back 488 00:15:44,433 --> 00:15:45,633 Huike picked up the knife 489 00:15:45,633 --> 00:15:47,400 Cut off his left arm 490 00:15:47,466 --> 00:15:49,033 Put it in front of Dharma 491 00:15:49,033 --> 00:15:49,600 Say 492 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:50,933 My heart is uneasy 493 00:15:50,966 --> 00:15:51,666 Please reassure me 494 00:15:52,766 --> 00:15:54,000 Here's a sentence to say 495 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:55,500 About Huike Broken Arm 496 00:15:55,500 --> 00:15:57,333 The record of the continuation of the biography of the eminent monk is 497 00:15:57,366 --> 00:15:59,466 His arm was later chopped off by thieves 498 00:15:59,466 --> 00:16:00,133 Not self-breaking 499 00:16:01,100 --> 00:16:03,433 The Zen tradition has chosen this version of self-disconnection 500 00:16:03,466 --> 00:16:05,066 To tell the story 501 00:16:05,100 --> 00:16:06,800 Because it better conveys that kind of determination 502 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:10,200 I'm using the traditional Zen narrative here 503 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:11,600 You know there are different versions 504 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:13,466 Dharma says 505 00:16:13,466 --> 00:16:14,500 You bring your heart 506 00:16:14,500 --> 00:16:15,000 I'll help you. 507 00:16:15,866 --> 00:16:17,233 Huike searched for a long time 508 00:16:17,266 --> 00:16:17,966 Say 509 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:18,366 Can't find it. 510 00:16:19,333 --> 00:16:20,166 Dharma says 511 00:16:20,166 --> 00:16:21,200 I've got you settled. 512 00:16:22,033 --> 00:16:24,266 Emperor Wu of Liang came with a book full of merits 513 00:16:24,300 --> 00:16:25,566 Look at all the good I've done. 514 00:16:26,300 --> 00:16:28,100 Hui Ke came with a broken arm 515 00:16:28,100 --> 00:16:29,200 I have nothing. 516 00:16:29,233 --> 00:16:30,200 Only an uneasy heart 517 00:16:30,933 --> 00:16:32,533 One is a full cup. 518 00:16:32,533 --> 00:16:33,633 One is an empty cup. 519 00:16:34,466 --> 00:16:36,466 When Huike said he couldn't find his heart 520 00:16:36,466 --> 00:16:39,400 He underwent an extremely precise cognitive flip 521 00:16:39,433 --> 00:16:40,466 He looks in. 522 00:16:40,466 --> 00:16:43,100 Discovering the heart of the entity he thought existed 523 00:16:43,133 --> 00:16:45,400 That can be taken out and given to others 524 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:46,200 It doesn't exist. 525 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:49,100 And that anxiety was a real experience. 526 00:16:49,100 --> 00:16:50,933 But the me who made it uneasy 527 00:16:50,933 --> 00:16:52,966 It is the label superimposed on the meter. 528 00:16:53,866 --> 00:16:55,733 The moment the label is seen through 529 00:16:55,733 --> 00:16:56,833 The anxiety subsided on its own 530 00:16:57,666 --> 00:16:58,700 Dharma didn't do anything. 531 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:02,200 It's the same structure as the previous issue of Vimalakirti's silence. 532 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:05,300 Vimalakirti demonstrates indifference in silence 533 00:17:05,300 --> 00:17:07,100 It's not that I chose not to speak 534 00:17:07,133 --> 00:17:09,266 It's the whole framework of choices that disappears. 535 00:17:10,133 --> 00:17:12,066 Hui Ke couldn't find her heart at that moment 536 00:17:12,100 --> 00:17:14,000 Experienced the same thing 537 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,066 Didn't find a way to feel at ease 538 00:17:16,100 --> 00:17:18,133 It's the heart that finds it needs to be pacified 539 00:17:18,166 --> 00:17:19,566 It didn't exist in the first place. 540 00:17:20,500 --> 00:17:22,000 This is true merit 541 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,833 Not adding peace of mind ingredients to the cup from the outside 542 00:17:24,866 --> 00:17:26,500 It's seeing through the manufacturing mechanism of unease 543 00:17:27,533 --> 00:17:28,766 In the first issue, we said 544 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:30,166 What's in the cup? 545 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:31,100 What's spilling? 546 00:17:31,866 --> 00:17:33,866 The last issue of Vimalakirti showed us 547 00:17:33,900 --> 00:17:35,933 The discrimination of labeling things 548 00:17:35,933 --> 00:17:37,266 It's the glue that sticks to the petals. 549 00:17:38,033 --> 00:17:39,466 Today's story of Dharma 550 00:17:39,500 --> 00:17:40,933 One step further. 551 00:17:40,966 --> 00:17:42,600 The hardest to detect labels 552 00:17:42,633 --> 00:17:44,666 It's not what you put on outside things 553 00:17:44,666 --> 00:17:45,866 You put it on yourself. 554 00:17:46,733 --> 00:17:47,933 I am a compassionate person 555 00:17:48,300 --> 00:17:49,600 I am a spiritual person 556 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:51,200 I am a kind person. 557 00:17:51,533 --> 00:17:53,833 These tags grow on the skin. 558 00:17:53,866 --> 00:17:54,900 You think it's you? 559 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:57,233 The Deepest Trap in Practice 560 00:17:57,300 --> 00:17:58,166 Not greed 561 00:17:58,933 --> 00:18:00,800 Greed is like a trap 562 00:18:00,833 --> 00:18:01,833 Sooner or later you will recognize 563 00:18:02,866 --> 00:18:04,300 The Deepest Trap in Practice 564 00:18:04,333 --> 00:18:06,233 After you took off all your clothes 565 00:18:06,233 --> 00:18:09,066 The last one that grows with the skin 566 00:18:09,066 --> 00:18:09,866 I am a good person 567 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:12,000 True good deeds 568 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,466 From the moment you forget that you are doing a good deed 569 00:18:15,233 --> 00:18:16,633 For the content of this issue 570 00:18:16,633 --> 00:18:18,166 What do you think? 571 00:18:18,300 --> 00:18:20,366 Do you have a temple of compassion in your heart? 572 00:18:20,366 --> 00:18:22,000 Not necessarily that grand 573 00:18:22,033 --> 00:18:23,766 Maybe just a label 574 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:25,166 I am a kind person 575 00:18:25,166 --> 00:18:26,533 I am transparent 576 00:18:26,533 --> 00:18:28,266 I'm an enlightened person. 577 00:18:28,433 --> 00:18:29,366 That label 578 00:18:29,366 --> 00:18:32,100 Do you dare to take it off and see what's under it? 579 00:18:32,233 --> 00:18:33,966 Please let me know your observations in the comment section. 580 00:18:34,900 --> 00:18:35,933 I'll leave you with one question. 581 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:38,333 Nine years of Dharma facing the wall 582 00:18:38,333 --> 00:18:39,033 Did nothing. 583 00:18:39,900 --> 00:18:41,633 Hui Ke cut off an arm 584 00:18:41,633 --> 00:18:42,433 I got nothing. 585 00:18:43,633 --> 00:18:44,866 But Zen believes that 586 00:18:44,866 --> 00:18:47,733 These two individuals created the greatest merits in the history of Chinese Buddhism 587 00:18:48,500 --> 00:18:50,300 If merit is not in what you do 588 00:18:50,833 --> 00:18:51,833 Where is it? 589 00:18:52,733 --> 00:18:55,100 Maybe the answer lies when you turn off the lights tonight 590 00:18:55,933 --> 00:18:57,000 The thought stopped. 591 00:18:57,033 --> 00:18:58,366 Phone down 592 00:18:58,400 --> 00:18:59,133 The room is quiet 593 00:19:00,100 --> 00:19:01,633 In the void where nothing is done 594 00:19:02,066 --> 00:19:03,133 Is there something 595 00:19:03,333 --> 00:19:04,200 It's always there. 596 00:19:04,633 --> 00:19:05,633 I am Wang Lijie 597 00:19:06,033 --> 00:19:06,866 See you next time.