Chapter 43 Butterflies correspond to bones, what should my heart correspond to? (41)

On the way to climb the mountain, the butterflies are like the exclamation mark of the earth, bringing us a beautiful surprise.No matter if it is a yellow butterfly, a pink butterfly, or a swallowtail butterfly in colorful clothes, they will always stare at it intently, fearing that if they are not careful, they will startle the fairies flying in the flowers.However, when we got close, the butterflies circled a few times lightly, and disappeared into the dense forest in a short while, leaving us stunned and annoyed. Later, we discovered that there is a plant that attracts the attention of butterflies. The colorful swallowtails like to rest on the small white flowers!Several butterflies fluttered up and down, surrounding the flowers. No matter how close people approached them, their feet were like honey, and they were unwilling to leave for a moment!

What plants are so attractive?It turned out to be a nectar source plant - no bones!The large cymes are interspersed with little yellow cups filled with honey, no wonder the butterflies love them so much!As long as there is a place where bones disappear, there will be butterflies! An old man said: "Everyone has their own favorites. The fragrance of orchids and sunsun is loved by everyone, and there are husbands who chase stink by the sea." Butterflies go after the honey that disappears, and the two are so corresponding.On the way of practice, what should my heart correspond to?Should we correspond to the truth and good dharmas, or should we correspond to afflictions and habits?

Responding to afflictions and habits is the immediate reaction of ordinary people: when encountering good emotions, one immediately responds to "greed" and develops various attachments; , Immediately corresponding to "ignorance", resulting in all kinds of ignorance.As soon as dark clouds of affliction arise, the light of wisdom is obscured. May as well always think about the truths of impermanence, suffering, emptiness, and non-self!If we are fully aware of the impermanence of things, we will not easily have the attachment of greed; if we understand that all dharmas are suffering, we will not easily generate the more painful suffering of anger; .In addition, "live in the law of gentleness and patience, always be happy, compassionate and joyful", you can be more peaceful and comfortable, and open your heart to care for your surroundings.

There are fewer and fewer butterflies in the mountains of Taiwan. It seems that only in the place where the bone loss grows can we see more butterfly shadows. I suddenly thought that if I took a bone loss tree back to the temple to plant, the butterflies would fly up. up... But then I thought, can a boneless tree attract all the butterflies in the mountains?I'm afraid the butterflies haven't come yet, but the ants have already come.What's more, the crowds of people coming in during the holidays, I'm afraid it will bring more disturbance to the butterflies.So, let's leave Gu Gu Xiao and Hu Die in the mountains...

(This picture is provided by Wu Xiaodan)