Chapter 15 Only Heart (March 1, 1900)

The environment is created by the heart.All things are illusory, but the world created by the mind is real.On the same moonlit night, when there is a feast of wine and goblets, singing and dancing, the embroidered curtains are half-opened, and the plain hands are held together, there will be more joy; if you are tired of thinking about a woman, sitting alone facing the shadow, weaving and singing the wall, and the maple leaves circle the boat, there will be more sorrow.The same wind and rain, two or three bosom friends, surrounded by a thatched hut, talking about the past and the past, drinking wine and fencing, there will be more fun; traveling alone, the horse's head is a mess, the cold invades the muscles, and the flow hinders the hub, there will be more boredom. "The head of the willow on the moon, people make an appointment after dusk", and "Du Yu's voice can't bear to hear, I want to be dusk, the rain beats the pear blossoms and closes the door", the same dusk, but one is happy and the other is sad, and the situation is absolutely different. "Peach blossoms and flowing water go away, there is no other world than the world", and "the human face does not know where to go, the peach blossoms still laugh at the spring breeze", the same peach blossoms, but one is pure, the other is love, and the environment is absolutely different. "The boat is thousands of miles away, the sky is covered by flags, the wine is facing the river, and the poems are written horizontally", which is the same as "Seeing off guests on the Xunyang River at night, and the maple leaves and flowers are rustling in autumn. The master dismounts and the guest is on the boat. He wants to drink without an orchestra". Jiang Ye, the same boat, the same wine, but one is majestic, the other is cold, and their environments are absolutely different.However, there is no physical state in the world, but only a state of mind!Those who wear green glasses will see everything green; those who wear yellow glasses will see everything yellow; those who have coptis in their mouths will eat everything bitter; those who have honey in their mouths will eat everything sweet.Everything is green?Fruit yellow?Fruit bitter?Fruit sweet?Everything is not green, not yellow, not bitter, not sweet, everything is green, yellow, bitter, and sweet, everything is green, yellow, bitter, and sweet.However, the difference between green, yellow, bitter, and sweet is not in things but in me, so it is said that the three realms are only the mind.

There are two monks who are fighting against each other because of the wind.One monk said: "The wind is moving", and the other monk said: "The flag is moving".The Sixth Patriarch said: "It's not the wind, it's not the flags that move, the heart of the benevolent is automatic." Ren Gong said: The truth that the three realms are only the heart, this statement is clear.Everything in the world is one and ten thousand, ten thousand and one.Mountains are from mountains, rivers are from rivers, spring is from spring, autumn is from autumn, wind is from wind, moon is from moon, flowers are from flowers, birds are from birds.However, there are hundreds of people here, who feel the same feeling of this mountain, this river, this spring, this autumn, this wind, this moon, this flower, this bird, and their mental states are manifested by hundreds of people; thousands of people feel this same feeling, and There are thousands of people whose state of mind is manifested; hundreds of millions or even countless people feel the same feeling, and the people whose state of mind is manifested are hundreds of millions, even countless people.But if you want to say what the fruit of the physical realm looks like, who will follow it?The benevolent sees what is called benevolence, the wise sees what is called wisdom, the worried sees what is called worry, the happy sees what is called joy, and what I see is the true appearance of the situation I experience.Therefore, it is said: only the environment created by the mind is real.

However, scholars who want to talk about nourishing the mind can know what they are doing.The pedants of Sanjia Village won the first place, but they were overwhelmed by surprise. What do the children of the world think of it?If a beggar gets hundreds of gold on the road, he will hold him hostage to be arrogant, so what do rich families think of him?Missiles fly by, ordinary people change color, why do veterans see it? "One sack of food, one ladle of drink, in a back alley, people can't bear their worries", what do people who have their own way think of it?There is nothing in the world that is not pleasant, worrying, surprising, or gratifying. In fact, there is nothing that is pleasant, worrying, surprising, or gratifying.Joy, worry, surprise, and joy all lie in the heart. The so-called "there is nothing in the world, and mediocrity disturbs it", the environment is the same.And I am suddenly happy, suddenly worried, surprised for no reason, happy for no reason, what if?Like a fly racing through a paper window, like a cat catching a shadow of a tree and jumping and throwing it, like a dog barking at the sound of the wind, disturbing and sending a life full of joy and joy, what is wrong?If so, it is called knowing that there is a thing but not knowing that there is a self; knowing that there is a thing but not knowing that there is a self is saying that the self is enslaved by things, which is also called the slave of the heart.

Therefore, the heroic man has no great shock, no great joy, no great suffering, no great joy, no great worry, and no great fear.Is there any other way to do this?It also shows that the three realms are only the truth of the heart, except for the slaves in the heart.If you know this meaning, everyone can be a hero.