Faith in life_Know yourself: Faith is the talisman of life

Belief is actually not that mysterious.

Faith means belief, belief in a person, belief in one thing, belief in an organization, belief in a theory, and belief in a cause.

The Chinese are the most religious people in the world and also the least religious people in the world.

Speaking of Chinese people’s beliefs, they can include almost everything in the world, including all concrete entities in nature, all the gods and ghosts passed down from ancient mythology, and a large set of miraculous theories.

Chinese people have a god of wealth for the rich and a god for the poor. They have a stove god in the kitchen, a toilet god in the latrine, dragons and phoenixes in the sky, and unicorns on the ground. Even the chopsticks used for eating are controlled by gods. If you accidentally drop them, you will have to apologize. Say a prayer.

Chinese people worship almost all religious beliefs in turn, and even gods have multiple nationalities. Tathagata and Taibai can come together, and I don’t know which one is the ancestor of which one.

This is not enough. Every industry has a god created by mortals. During the college entrance examination and high school entrance examination, Confucius became very popular and gained a lot of incense.

However, Chinese people seem to be unfazed. Most of the time, they don’t care about their beliefs at all. This is a characteristic of the Chinese people. From time to time, there will be a crisis of faith.

The Chinese people are too rich in the tradition of awe. They fear destiny, adults, and the words of saints. This is all from ancient times. When human beings see unreasonable natural and man-made disasters, they really have no way to resist, they can only surrender. They lower themselves down, worship and pray for God's mercy. Sometimes, as time passes and their fate and circumstances improve, they will believe that this is all a function of awe, and gradually, they will have faith.

Sometimes, praying can’t change anything, and believing can’t gain anything, so the foundation of faith is shaken. Today, some of the chaos that people see, including cold-bloodedness, onlookers, and road ragers, are all the sequelae of a lack of faith.

Some people think that so many beliefs are like countless rules and precepts. If a person lives like this and really sticks to it, won’t he become a prisoner? No, when all the rules become an integral part of life, you will feel that they can only be some kind of guarantee for your life. Is it true that running a red light and other Chinese-style crossings on the road, throwing fists at each other when you disagree, using chopsticks to point things here and there at the dinner table, are really the freedom and satisfaction in your mind?

Faith is a beacon in the sea, an oasis in the desert, telling you to be high-spirited on the road to success, and soothing your bleeding wounds in the corners of failure. Faith is the commandment of life, and it is also the law of life. When you are happy, it tells you to be quiet and calm; when you are depressed, it tells you to wait patiently.

Everyone feels that almost all religious beliefs embody a kind teaching, which is nothing more than telling people to abandon evil and promote good. not that simple. Human beings are inherently good by nature. This is the basic law of human existence. So how do we face the flowers of evil in real life?

In the face of evil deeds, laissez-faire and appeasement are all aids to evil. I, the Buddha, am merciful and punish evil, and I will take action when it is time to take action. However, you still have to judge whether such words and deeds have truly violated your and other people's personal rights. Before that, tolerance and restraint should be the priority.

There is another kind of faith called hypocrisy. Hypocritical faith is just for vulgar personal purposes, just a beautiful cover to show off in the market, and just a disguise for selfish gains. There are many such performances in the world. People who perform under the banner of faith are actually divided into two levels, one is mass performance and the other is personal performance.

Do Hitler, who swept across Europe and Africa, and those who clamor for ** have faith? They should, but does this kind of faith really benefit the majority of people? God knows.

Personalized hypocrisy is also unacceptable. It is a kind of self-narcosis and disorientation. For example, among those who only go to temples to burn incense and worship Buddha when they have something to do, among those who ask for the title of the Master's exam gold medal, among those who go to confession and prayer every week, how many are true believers, and how many understand the true essence of religion? Woolen cloth.

A faith that only seeks to obtain without asking for dedication, a faith that only has form but no action, is not a true faith. This kind of faith has harmed so many people who blindly follow it, and how many people have become distrustful of faith because of it. Lost the last trace of thought.

However, we cannot live without faith. You can say, screw it, I only believe in myself!

Confidence is also a kind of belief. The question is, can you really be confident enough to survive all the tribulations in the world?

Therefore, we must have faith, true faith.

When people are doing things, God is watching, and they must respect all the laws of heaven and earth.

All things in the world are equal, and we must love all sentient beings in the world.

If you walk with dreams and actions, you must believe that you have your own direction in this world.