Chapter 71 Agarwood

A friend came back from India and gave me a piece of agarwood, which looks like a steep mountain and is as black as black glaze.There is a very simple and long-lasting fragrance, which continuously seeps out from the fragrance of agarwood and floats in the air. The most special thing is that the agarwood is very heavy, far from being comparable to ordinary wood and stone. My friend said: "This is the best Wu Chenxiang. Because its heart is very solid, it will sink to the bottom when thrown into the water, so it is also called Shenshuixiang. Moreover, its fragrance is constantly coming out from the inside, and it will never be released. Disappeared, this piece has a history of hundreds of years, and it still smells the same as when it was in the forest!"

Everyone knows that agarwood can offer Buddha, meditate, and get rid of bad smell.But agarwood, as a symbol of Buddhism, needs a deeper feeling, like having a solid heart, like exuding woody fragrance forever, like a calm mood, and being humble like being at the bottom of the water. The most moving part of agarwood is its "heavyness", which has a quiet and introverted quality; also its "fragrance", once achieved, will never be lost. Agarwood is not just wood!It is also a kind of revelation, revealing that in the floating and flashy world, we must also maintain a deep and eternal fragrance inside.

The floating world is like water, and ordinary trees flow with the waves of desire, without stopping. Agarwood is a fixed stone, it is as quiet and fragrant in water. If a person has agarwood in his heart, he will not be afraid of the floating world.