What is cultivation How to cultivate the body

Cultivating one's body and mind through observation and study, cultivating one's moral character, cultivating one's personality.

-Specifically, it means to observe and learn the correct values to compare and correct one's own behavior and mental state. The specific behavior of cultivating one's moral character is manifested in daily life by choosing the good and following it - establishing correct values, learning from the literature - extensively learning useful knowledge, and learning from manners - and practicing them in one's own behavior. in their own behavior.

--Cultivating one's moral character is not something that can be accomplished overnight, and one does not become or even surpass a sage by reading some sage books.

--The three main points of cultivating one's moral character:

--1. Discerning right and wrong

--"Ming " is to be clear, to know. "Discern" is to recognize and analyze. "To distinguish right from wrong" means to recognize and analyze as a means to make oneself clear and know the right and wrong of things, and accordingly determine one's own position and attitude to guide the actions to be taken. From this we can see that knowing right from wrong is the prerequisite and foundation for people to acquire correct cognition;

-2. Learning makes progress

-"Learning" is the key to human beings' The fundamental means of recognizing the objective world, solving practical problems and overcoming difficulties. People learn to bridge the gap between their subjective will and the objective world. Therefore, "cultivation" can only be supported by learning in order to find the light in the darkness;

--3, the unity of knowledge and action

--The so-called "knowledge" is the most important thing. The so-called "knowledge" refers to the conscience, and the so-called "action" refers to the correct practical behavior of people. It is the conscience that guides and governs one's behavior to ensure that one's behavior conforms to the principles of public order and morality of society. The essence of "unity of knowledge and action" is, first of all, to have conscience, and secondly, to have good behavior; to have conscience without good behavior cannot be called "unity of knowledge and action"; to have no conscience without good behavior is even less "unity of knowledge and action". "The first thing you need to do is to have a good understanding of what you are doing and how you are doing it.