Chapter 14 "Clinging" is more clingy than ghost needle grass! (12)

When walking on mountain trails or country roads, the most annoying thing is ghost needles.When you walk by inadvertently, your trousers and sleeves will always be stained.It comes and goes without a trace, making people itch with hatred! Once, I went to a small wooden house in the valley to see lotus flowers. Along the way, I found that I was being watched by ghost needles, and I fought with it for several rounds. When I arrived in front of the cabin, I looked up and saw that the lotus leaves in the pond were all broken, and there was only one lotus left trembling in the evening wind. Pieces of emerald green lotus palms like upward hands, the tender red lotus face, the fragrance of flowers, buzzing, and butterfly shadows under the lotus palms, are all "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

In the boundless autumn scenery, people only feel the autumn in their hearts.Suddenly, there was a sharp pain under my feet, I bent down and grabbed a few "ghost needles", feeling a little annoyed. Isn't the "ghost lingering" of ghost needle grass as strong as human's attachment?Once it sticks, it's hard to remove! How does attachment arise?The Buddha used "twelve causes and conditions" to explain the phenomena and reasons for the circulation of life and death of all beings: "Ignorance is related to action, action is related to consciousness, consciousness is related to name and form, name and form are related to the six entrances, six entrances are related to contact, contact is related to feeling, and feeling is related to love. , love is destined to take, to take is destined to be, to be born is destined to be born, and to be born is destined to grow old and die."

From this series of chain reactions, it can be seen that "fetching" is produced by love, because the six sense organs touch the six realms, and produce various feelings, and from the feelings, attachment arises, and because of attachment, you want to grasp, and life exists. ,continue.This is similar to that of the ghost needle grass that sticks its seeds to animals to spread farther and reproduce new life! I began to wonder, when the Buddha realized the truth of life flow under the bodhi tree, did the surrounding land grow ghost needles?! On the ghost needles, the process of "being" due to "taking" is faithfully displayed .

How to get rid of "later existence" and stop reincarnation?We can work hard to get rid of "attachment", "Love is gone, so take it away".At the moment when the six senses touch the environment, observe your own feelings and see clearly that your longing for a certain object comes from a deep and unshakable attachment, so you will grab it by any means or recklessly, and this longing is often A selfish love. After contemplating this, gradually let go of worrying about gains and losses, and stop letting impulsive attachments hurt yourself and others, resulting in regret.

Walking on the mountain road full of ghost needle grass, the annoying ghost needle grass still told me the truth, even if it sticks to the skirt of my clothes, I should be grateful!I lowered my head to remove the last thorn and threw it into the grass, thinking so. (This picture is provided by Wu Xiaodan)