Chapter 47 salty or light

A young man confided to me about the pain of emotional parting, his breath was sad and moving.After he finished speaking, I said: "It's a good thing to have parting in life!" He looked at me blankly. I said: "If there is no parting, people cannot truly cherish the moment of reunion; if there is parting, there will be no joy of reunion in the world. From this point of view, parting is good." We always think that being together is happiness, and parting is inevitably sad.But this happiness comes in comparison, if there is no sorrow as a foil, the taste of happiness will not be appreciated.

Thinking from a deeper point of view, there are many "resentment associations" in this world, and there are many people who feel great pain when they get together. If there is no such good thing as parting, they will not be tortured forever and sink into the sea of ​​hatred forever Among them? Fortunately, there are partings in life. For those who are happy because of being together, parting is good, and those tears of lovesickness will be turned into sweet crystals. For those who suffer from reunion, it is best to part, when the mist clears and the clouds clear to see the open blue sky.

It can be separated by cause and condition, and sometimes it is the expectation and hope of life for people in suffering. Gathering and parting, happiness and sorrow, disappointment and hope, if we are willing to taste, everything has a taste, and everything is indispensable in life. Master Hongyi, an eminent monk, integrated life and practice in his later years, and lived a life of peace with the situation.One day, his old friend Xia Yuzun came to visit him, and he served only one pickle for dinner.Xia Beggar couldn't bear to ask him: "Isn't this pickle too salty?" "Salty has a salty taste." Master Hongyi replied.After the meal, Master Hongyi poured a glass of boiled water to drink. Xia Yuzun asked again: "Is there no tea? How can I drink this plain boiled water?" Master Hongyi smiled and said: "Although the boiled water is light, it has a light taste."

I think this story can express Master Hongyi’s Taoist style very well. Xia Begizun asked this question because he and Master Hongyi were good friends in his youth, and he knew that Master Hongyi had a prosperous life of singing and dancing in the same generation as Uncle Li.Master Hongyi has long surpassed the distinction between salt and light. This transcendence is not because of lack of taste, but because he can really taste the good taste of pickles and the coolness of boiling water. Happiness in life is sweet, sweet has a sweet taste. Parting in love is salty, a taste of success. Life is usually light, and light also has a light taste.

I said to young people: "In life, we can only live with the situation and taste what we come to. Sometimes we have no ability to choose. Just like the tea I drank at a friend's house yesterday was really good, although I can't drink it today. tea, but as long as there is tea to drink, it is good. If you don’t even have tea, drinking boiled water is also a good thing!"