Chapter 3 Jet Li's preface is a good show without a show

Life is like a dream, and suddenly at the age of forty-two, my revered master, Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, asked me to write the preface for his new book, which really surprised and delighted me.Looking back on the past, I never went to school properly. I can neither write Chinese nor write a little English. Asking me to write a preface really failed me!Fortunately, life is a play, I am an actor, and the master is the director; unskilled actors often forget that they are in the play, but fortunately there is a director who instructs the actors to act and constantly reminds the actor that he is acting; since it is a dream One game, then write boldly!

Like Rinpoche, I am also a filmmaker.When I was working, I often asked the director who the scriptwriter of the script was; but Rinpoche, an extraordinary director, kept reminding me that I am an actor as well as a scriptwriter.Receiving this book is like receiving a script.In fact, a student meets a guru, just like an actor meets a director.I have been fortunate enough to meet so many masters and directors who gave me a full understanding of life.The director Rinpoche's method is very direct, explaining the reality and the secular world (in and out of the play) very clearly, and taught me the methods and skills of acting in a good show.

Actors often forget that they are acting, just like we think we are Buddhists and confuse culture and Buddhism. Playing the role of "Buddhist". When I put down my work and devoted myself to practice, I thought I was no longer acting, but in fact I just changed my role and was in another scene.Every time I have the chance to meet the director Rinpoche, he always reminds me that even being a Buddhist is not just another show. When you throw away all this drama, it is a good drama with no drama. It seems that there is no drama, but in fact there are good dramas everywhere. If you want to go from ignorance to namelessness, I sincerely recommend everyone to read this book carefully.

jet li December 31, 2005