Chapter 25 The twenty-fourth two hearts of reading

There are a lot of Master Zhihui's collection of books piled up under Jie An's bed, and Jie An doesn't pay much attention to them on weekdays, but he feels a little in the way when he puts his shoes on.Later, due to the humid climate, Jie Chen took those books to the yard to dry, and accidentally flipped through a few copies, only to find that the content in the books was very different from the Buddhist scriptures.Jie Chen became curious, and often stretched his hands under the bed to look for books before going to sleep.There are many items in those books, including ancient books, classics, and some novels that were very popular when Master Zhihui was young.

After a few years like this, Jie Chen read most of the books under the bed. Occasionally, I feel bad when reading books to avoid hatred. The Buddhist scriptures are profound and profound, and even if I study them for a lifetime, it is difficult to understand them. How can I spend a lot of time reading irrelevant books?Jiechen sometimes wants to ask the masters for their opinions, but he is not sure whether to say it or not. Later, Jie Chen accompanied Master Zhi Yuan to a small supermarket in the town to buy daily necessities. Master Zhi Yuan was in front and Jie Chen followed.When entering the supermarket and seeing meaty food, Master Zhiyuan would stop and read a few Buddhist scriptures for them.For some reason, Jie Chen suddenly remembered the matter of studying, because it was inconvenient to disturb the master, so he recited scriptures with the master first.

After leaving the supermarket, Jie Chen told Master Zhi Yuan about his confusion during this period. Master Zhiyuan thought for a while, then answered Jie Chen and said, "Do you still remember the situation in the supermarket just now? When we looked at it at a glance, there were many commodities piled up in the supermarket, including what we want now, and what we want but are not in urgent need of." , and there are some that we can't possibly need. "We shouldn't reject an entire supermarket because it has something we don't want, as long as we use our own judgment, we can take what we need from the multitude.

"The same is true for reading. The content of the books we read must be mixed. The works of sages or famous writers are not necessarily absolute truths, and popular novels are not without merit. "The most important thing in reading is to have our own opinions. We don't have to abandon and doubt everything, and we don't have to follow and trust absolutely blindly. Read a lot of books with doubt and curiosity, and put the knowledge we want in our thinking. Integration, this is the right way to study.” Sometimes life is the same.