The Five Realms of Life in the Book of Sukhavati

The Tao, virtue, benevolence, righteousness, and propriety, the five are also one.

Note:

Note: Separation and use of the five, combined and muddy, is one; the reason why the one is through the five, the five so diffuse one.

Wang said: "These five pieces are to teach people to correct their minds, cultivate their bodies, align their families, rule the country, and pacify the world; if they are willing to follow the line one by one, it is the fundamental to establish their own bodies and make a name for themselves."

Explanation:

The five pieces of Taoism, Virtue, Benevolence, Righteousness, and Courtesy are one and the same, and they are the fundamentals of righting the heart, cultivating the body, aligning the family, ruling the country, and leveling the world. Used separately they have five aspects, together they are one truth.

The Tao is the law of development and change of nature and personnel, and is the guideline for the operation of the universe and the advancement of society. Only by grasping this Tao can all things go well.

Virtue is the virtue, quality, and cultivation of a person, which is the embodiment of the comprehensive quality of a person and the standard of living in the world. The Chinese advocate that people should be convinced by virtue, and only those who have virtue can win people's hearts and the world.

Ren, the so-called benevolent people love people. Ren, is benevolence, love and tolerance for family, friends and strangers. It comes from the heart of man, and is the development and embodiment of man's good nature.

Righteousness, social justice, is a universally recognized code of conduct. The ancient Chinese advocated sacrificing one's life for righteousness, that is, for the realization of social justice, rather than sacrificing one's life.

Courtesy, is to treat people in the world of manners and etiquette, is a symbol of civilization. To be courteous is both a reflection of one's own personal cultivation and a sign of respect for others. The above five aspects are fundamental to establish oneself and become famous.

My understanding:

These five I understand are the five heights.

Dao is the highest, close to the law, grasping the law to comply with the law is no harm.

Virtue is virtue, and this should be the virtue in psychology rather than the virtue traditionally summarized, and should include trust, self-confidence, diligence, courage, and so on.

Benevolence is goodwill, right? If you have goodwill in your heart and express it, you will have no grudges against others. Courtesy is politeness, that is, to comply with the regulations, abide by the rules, right? What are the highs and lows? Laws can be grasped, but no one can insight all the laws, human beings are trial and error to gain first-hand experience, the Tao is rare. Virtue and the family of origin, growing up experience related to the quality of the character of the part, commonly referred to as the "natural" category, virtue is difficult to change.

Benevolence is goodwill, the basic means of establishing good interpersonal relationships, but there are true and false, corresponding to what we say emotional intelligence empathy, can be practiced.

Righteousness I understand is more like loyalty, righteousness, "brotherhood", loyalty, "stupid loyalty", imperfect components are more, but stronger than the repeated people, there is a rescue. Why did Confucius advocate rituals? Confucius was not a great educator, but should be the most easy to do, that is, to comply with certain principles and requirements. To modern times is the law, rules, courtesy and so on, ancient times more figurative, is the specific requirements of sacrifice.