Chapter 30 infinite and full

infinite and full In aesthetics, there are two types: infinite and complete.There should also be these two types in life ideals.Westerners imagine life as if it were infinite.When Chinese people imagine life, it is common for them to have enough.Time is the main factor of life, please testify about the differences between the two sides in the concept of time. Westerners imagine that time is almost like a straight line, with an infinite past and an infinite future, and life starts from the infinite past, crosses the present, and enters the infinite future.This concept has become more and more obvious since the development of modern science.Try to go back to the past, from the evolution of poor creatures in the history of human beings, and then back to the evolution of strata, so to the celestial bodies, the more science advances, the longer the knowledge is, and the past is more distant.If we talk about the future, we can make the opposite and equal speculation according to the past.From the evolution of human history, think about the extinction of the human species, and then think about the cooling of the earth, the holography of living things, and then imagine the complete destruction of the sun when the heat of the sun disappears.However, the vastness of the celestial body still exists.Therefore, the past is distant and unknown, and the future is distant and unknown.Due to the development of natural science, human beings' knowledge of the past and future is even more unknowable.The universe is infinite, has no beginning and no end, has no beginning and no end, comes without a reason, goes without end, lasts forever, and is unfathomable.Although life is short, it forms a small universe of its own, and it is equally vast. You don't see where it came from before, and you don't know where it will go in the future. Long-distance wandering, neither religion nor science can give you a clear guide.

The view of life in Indian Buddhism is generally similar to that of modern Westerners. The three generations are infinite, and the six paths of reincarnation are also infinite.The karmic sense of origin is infinite, and the alaya's hidden consciousness contains all kinds of seeds, which are also infinite.That is to say, if Mahayana arouses faith and talks about one mind and two doors, it is really like birth and death, like water waves interdependent, never ending, then it is still one infinite.The difference between Buddhist thought and today's Europeans is that Europeans see that life is infinite, and they have the courage to pursue it, are willing to go forward, tirelessly, and never look back.Buddhist teachings are sympathetic to this long and endless journey, and are willing to save it, to be liberated, and to enter nirvana without residue.This is the difference between India and Europe.However, all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas will do all their merits and virtues in the future, which is still an infinite forward.

There is a problem here, if we put it in Western philosophical terms, it should belong to the problem of epistemology.It is said that the past is infinite, the future is infinite, and the infinite is unknowable.Since it is unknowable, how can we know whether the result is infinite or limited?And the past is unknowable, the future is unknowable, and how do you know that these two unknowables are two or not one, and if they don't meet, they form a ring, and the two ends are finally connected at an extreme distance that we can't know?It seems that the Chinese people's imagination of the concept of time is just like this.To put it plainly, the Chinese view of time is circular and spherical, not linear.The universe is a sphere, and so is life. After death, it will return to life, like a ring without end, forming a whole.Human beings are born with knowledge, and human knowledge, like a ray of light, is projected onto this sphere and draws all lines.Like a sphere floating on the water, half submerged and half visible, the intelligible part of the universe and life is what floats on the sphere.The unknowable part of the life of the universe is the submerged underwater of this sphere.This level is exactly a tangent of human knowledge.As the sphere rolls, the known part and the unknowable part are also transferred.In fact, it is just a sphere, and Dasein Lao and Zhuang called it existence and non-existence.The word Dayi is Yin and Yang.Those who have knowledge are known, and those who know are worthy of name.What is not known is not known, and what is not known is not nameable.If you know something, if you have a name, it will be clear and clear, just like a person seeing things under the sun.To be ignorant and unnameable is to be ambiguous, just like a person in the dark who cannot see or distinguish things.Therefore, the so-called existence or non-existence of yin and yang is just our knowledge and ignorance.Life is constantly renewed, and so is human knowledge.This sphere is reflected in human knowledge, with different angles and different surface shapes, so if it changes forever, if it does not stay in the same place, if this sphere is getting richer every day.In fact, this sphere goes from moving to static, from being to non-existence.If people know that it is extinguished, they will not see the movement of the sphere, nor will they see the existence of the sphere, but the sphere is as sphere as it is.This sphere is nature.Nature formed the positive side of this sphere because of human beings, and those that surface above the tangent line of human knowledge belong to Yang, and we might simply call it humanities.The sinking of this sphere is hidden under the tangent line of human knowledge, and it is not yin. We might as well simply call it nature.In fact, humanities and nature are still one, so it is said: "One yin and one yang are called Dao." He also said: "It is known through the Tao of day and night." He also said: "To be good at my life is to be good at my death." It is also said: "Death and life Existence and non-existence are one." Life is like a ring, the cycle is interlinked, and there is no reason to find it.As in life, so is the universe.Life does not move forward infinitely.Tai Chi produces Yin and Yang, and Yin and Yang are Tai Chi, and one Yin and one Yang are cyclical, and this circle becomes self-sufficient, which is one Tai Chi.If this is the case, life is complete in the present, and it is in the present moment. One and many phases are involved, and there is no hindrance. Therefore, it is said: "Everything is one Tai Chi, and everything is one Tai Chi." Therefore, the Chinese people's outlook on life is a kind of life that is present and present. view.The difference between Laozhuang and Confucianism is that Laozhuang has no Chongyang, while Confucianism has Chongyang.Taoism takes a natural standpoint and values ​​the bottom layer of the sphere hidden below the tangent line of human knowledge.From the standpoint of humanism, Confucianism attaches great importance to the superficial surface of the sphere presented on the tangent line of human knowledge.It holds a ring-shaped sphere at the same time.

Therefore, the infinite outlook on life divides the world into the past, present and future.And a full outlook on life is just one.Judging Yin and Yang from one body, whether there is nothing else, or condensed into one, or will return to one, this one is complete and complete.Human life is only the emergent part of the oneness, or, to use another analogy of I am elsewhere, life is the luminous part of the oneness.The emerging part is integrated with the sinking part, and the luminous part emits light on this dark body.If this is the case, human life is an aspect of the universe, and it is not different from the universe at all.The universe is full, so life is also full.Since the introduction of Buddhism, the Chinese have come into contact with a new outlook on life that is infinitely forward.However, the Chinese people don't understand the infinite forward meaning of this new outlook on life, and the wise don't understand it.Therefore, the profound purpose of Buddhism's six paths of reincarnation and boundless sense of karma has become an old concept of yin and yang in Chinese society.Converting to Buddhism, reincarnating in the Pure Land, not going to hell, still talking about personal death and life, still becoming a small static circle.It can be said that they have not yet accepted the endless life of Buddhism.This is Hinayana said.When it comes to Mahayana Buddhism, as soon as he entered China, Chen Yi became more profound, such as "one is everything", "mind is the law, and the law is the mind", "many is one", "one mind is the law world", "there is no hindrance to governing things", "Life and death are Nirvana, affliction is Bodhi", "Before and after the front and back are cut off, a single thought has no birth".All of these are available in the present, complete in the present, and become a Buddha on the spot, which has become the most popular new expectation in Chinese Buddhism.In fact, it is still an old tradition and an old idea inherent in the Chinese people.The so-called life and death are one, and one yin and one yang are called Dao. They just put these concepts on a new cassock of Buddha and Bodhisattva and speak on the stage. In their bones, they are still a kind of endless cycle of life, not infinite. The straight line life before.

In this generation, Europeanization is spreading eastward, and the Chinese are once again in contact with another new outlook on life that is infinitely forward.However, the Buddhists are world-weary, and the Chinese cannot be world-weary.Europeans are less interested in the long-term and are happy to pursue, while the Chinese are long-term but careless, and they are slow to protect themselves. In the end, no Europeans have the courage to move forward.If you want to hold an infinite forward outlook on life, you must regard real life as flaws and insufficiencies, you must have the courage to give up, be willing to pursue, must hang an ideal far away from reality, and be willing to give up everything and go for it.The scientific spirit of modern Europeans and their previous religious beliefs are the same expression of the spirit of giving up, pursuing, and moving forward forever.Although the spirit of Buddhism is negative, it is equally courageous to give up and willing to pursue, and it is the same as an infinitely forward life.The Chinese are not willing to move forward indefinitely, because they are not brave enough to give up, and they are not willing to pursue. They just want to achieve a kind of perfection in the present in real life, so the Chinese should have their own Chinese way and method.Today, he picks up the outer skin of Western life, exalts his desires, is not ashamed to run, and is dissatisfied with the reality, but still seeks compensation from the reality.The infinite forwardness of Buddhism, because its main tendency is to give up passively, so the Chinese imitation is not true, and the disease is still superficial.The Europeans' infinite forwardness is mainly a kind of positive control. The Chinese are learning to walk in Handan. If the effect is not true, the damage will be severe. By.If you really think that the past is infinite and the future is infinite, then the present moment, like an instant, will make you see its shortness.The flash of lightning and the swipe of the sword's head are not enough to describe it.If you really realize this purpose, you will look up to the ages and down to the ages, so long and endless, when you are in front of you, what is the point of your heart.It must be so that the long-term future can be sprinkled, this is the first priority of an infinitely forward outlook on life.Buddhism is based on all dharmas, and it does not stay in place. This meaning is very obvious, so it can be ignored.That is to say, in terms of modern Western dialects, it seems that they are greedy and eager to pursue the reality of life.In fact, what they are pursuing and grasping is not the present reality, but still an infinite forward spirit, driving it in the future, so that it will advance day by day into the unknown future without end.For example, the preaching of the religionists is wild, and the scientists are exhausted in their professional skills. In the reality before us, why don't we try our best to let go of our abilities.That is to say, as far as businessmen are concerned, they can't gain much unless they give up a lot.To become a great entrepreneur, one must devote one's life to it, even after one's death, it is still inspired by an infinite forward spirit, so it is not the slightest attachment to reality, to enjoy it now, as a kind of thought of stopping halfway.Chinese people in modern times don't care about righteousness, they only care about superficiality, and strive for profit.Gou Fei is like Zhiyi, Du Shun, Huineng and other great sages, reborn in this world, and he is able to communicate with others.Otherwise, if the land is disturbed and muddled, there may be no hope of Ning Cheng for a while.