Chapter 46 under sign

One year when I was traveling in the countryside of Pingtung, I passed a temple and went in to burn incense.draw lots. That was ten years ago. At that time, I regarded the lottery as an interesting thing, and it was not unusual at all; but the lottery in the Pingtung Temple that time was unusual, because the lottery was a "Xianxia lottery" .In my experience, the lottery drawn is at least above-average, and bad lottery is seldom drawn. Smooth, so the moment I drew the "Xiaxia lottery", I was stunned in surprise. I didn't even bother to read what was written on the sign, so I walked out of the temple gate, crumpled the sign and threw it into the incense burner, watching it melt into a puff of smoke.

But when I walked out of the temple gate, I felt very heavy. I slowed down unconsciously. I walked under the mango trees planted on both sides of the road, thinking about the meaning of the sign "Place a lottery". I don't know what it indicates, but I know that I should make myself have a wider heart and broad insight to tolerate the occasional lottery in life. It doesn't matter what the content of a sign is, but in real life, it is like a healthy person drinking a bowl of bitter medicine. It has the effect of enlightenment, but it can give me some reflection and inspiration .Looking at it this way, it is not a bad thing for a person to draw a few tickets in his life.On the other hand, we will occasionally draw a "shangshang lottery". If it does not bring us the power of light, but only makes us happy, there is no benefit.

I remembered the sight of traveling in Japan and seeing the trees in front of Japanese temples covered with white lotus paper, fluttering in the wind.The reason is that the person who draws lots is not satisfied with the lottery, so he knots it on a tree and returns it to the gods, and then draws again until he is satisfied. In fact, it doesn't matter whether a lottery is good or bad. Its greatest significance is to let us turn a corner and do a new thinking. Therefore, we can draw the next lottery when we are in good times, and the upper lottery when we are in adversity. Extra meaningful.The former is "preparing for danger in times of peace", while the latter is "turning defeat into victory".Isn't it the same when looking at life's encounters from a larger perspective?

In Chinese restaurants in Europe, America and Japan, there are often lucky tickets, some are hidden in chopsticks, some are wrapped in steamed buns, and some are placed in glass bottles. These papers are usually written in the best and most beautiful language. I feel happy.I often wonder how good it would be if the lottery in the temple were all such good sentences. It would definitely help many lovers get married, bring hope to the depressed people, and make the frustrated people have the courage to walk towards the dawn.In the early spring three years ago, I went to Nikko Mountain in Japan to see the red leaves. I walked on the mountain path at night and found a hut selling wheat noodles. When eating noodles, I opened the paper bag of chopsticks and dropped a piece of paper. : "Today's weather is really good!" I chanted these words, overlooking the light blue valley in the night, the maple red dots in the moonlight in the valley, I suddenly felt that not only the weather is really good today, but life is also very happy!

On a certain level, life is really like a signed paper. After learning Buddhism, I no longer draw lots. I like that there are no lottery boxes in Buddhist temples. For an open and unobstructed life, there are pure white papers everywhere. It doesn’t matter what words are written. The leaves and petals will eventually flow far away in the river of time.If we can see it this way, we can draw lots with the mood of a game, and return all our shortcomings to the world, so that we can face the twists and turns of the world with our true selves! Life will inevitably encounter situations as bad as the following lottery, let us bear it with a tolerant heart, hang it on a tree and flutter with the wind, or fall into a river, and flow to the sea with the flowing water!