Chapter 71 sweetened bitter melon

I really like a story about bitter gourd: A group of disciples were going on a pilgrimage. The master took out a bitter gourd and said to his disciples: "Take this bitter gourd with you, remember to soak it in every holy river you pass, and bring it into the holy temple where you worship, and put it on the holy table as an offering. and worship it." Disciples walked through many holy river temples on pilgrimage and followed the instructions of the master. When they came back, they gave the bitter gourd to the master, who told them to cook the bitter gourd for dinner. During dinner, the master took a sip, and then said earnestly, "It's strange! After soaking in so many holy waters and entering so many temples, this bitter gourd has not turned sweet." After hearing this, several disciples immediately became enlightened.

This is really a touching enlightenment. The essence of bitter gourd is bitter, which will not be changed by the Holy Water Temple; love is bitter, and the nature of life produced by love is also bitter, which cannot be changed even by practitioners, let alone It's mortal! Those of us who have experienced the great suffering of emotion and life cannot tell others that falling in love is something to be happy, because it is so bitter, and this level will never change.But people who don't eat bitter melon will never know that bitter melon is bitter.Ordinary people, as long as they are prepared for bitterness and cook this bitter gourd, the first bite of it will be bitter, but the second and third bites will not be so bitter!

The same is true for our life and love. We are always prepared to suffer, not expecting the bitter melon to become sweet, but truly knowing the bitterness. This is the attitude of wisdom.