Chapter 5 blue sky in water

Driving from Yingge to the woods, passing a place called "Ganyuan", I saw several farmers planting seedlings.Because I haven't seen the farmer planting rice seedlings for a long time, and the spring is bright.The vastness of the land moved me by the silent picture, and I couldn't help getting out of the car. The posture of the farmer bending over is like a full ear of rice, step by step inserting the seedlings into the paddy field, and stepping back carefully and respectfully. Every time I see a farmer concentrating on working in the field, I am moved by the beauty of that labor.In particular, the posture of transplanting rice seedlings is the most beautiful. Most of the work in this world is forward, only when transplanting rice seedlings is backward, and only when transplanting rice seedlings backwards can a straight rice field be planted; Thinking of the scene of working in the field with my father in the past, I feel grateful and respectful.

I stood on the bank of the field, facing the newly paved land with green seedlings, took a deep breath, and felt that spring had really come, and there were various scents in the air.The fields that have just had continuous spring rain not only have a misty beauty, but also make the land soft and soft, making it easier to plant.The spring day is really good, and the spring rain is also good!Looking at the figure of the farmer, I thought of a Zen poem: Planting green rice seedlings in the fields with hands, Looking down, you can see the sky in the water; The six roots are pure and the way is the way,

Regression turns out to be forward. This is a poem that uses the transplanting of life to symbolize planting in the heart.It means that only those who plant seedlings in the heart can see the vast blue sky from the water in their hearts. Only the purity of the six roots is the only way for practitioners; if you want to enjoy the pure state, you can only turn your own heart back, just like a farmer planting rice. , Regression turns out to be forward. A person standing at the top of a hundred feet, if he wants to take a further step, he cannot leap forward, otherwise he will be smashed to pieces.Only by sliding down from the head of the pole can one climb the one hundred and one-foot pole.

Taking a step back in life is not all bad, it is even more perfect if you take a step back and move forward in a humble and respectful way when you move forward. "Forward" and "backward" are not absolute. If in the pursuit of desire, the spirit does not improve, then advancing is exactly backward. On the contrary, if the mind is awakened in failure and setback, then retreat is exactly forward. Farmers step back to plant rice seedlings, should they go forward or back?Jiade used to travel in Theravada Buddhist countries and worship in Buddhist temples. The deacons of the temple would always teach that when leaving the main hall, one must bend down and back to show respect to the Buddha.

Looking at the posture of the farmer bending back to plant seedlings at this moment, I thought how similar the posture was when he left the Buddhist temple, as if from that meticulous retreat, I saw the presence of a Buddha in every seedling. "Green seedlings are all dharma bodies", farmers have practiced in a beautiful and humble posture for thousands of years.That beautiful posture turns into golden ears of rice, and that bent humility turns into piles of drooping rice, growing in the ground, creating something out of nothing, isn't it just the miracle of the manifestation of the dharmakaya?

Leaving from the farmland of the Orange Garden, I drove through the small road between willow trees and Qilixiang. My body and mind were refreshed, as clear and clean as a mountain stream. . The blue sky in the air and the blue sky in the water surrounded me, flying across my cheeks with music.