"The enlightened person generates discipline from the heart, and the cultivator uses discipline to control the mind?"
Li Zheng pondered for a while, and probably could understand.Enlightened people have a very clear understanding of what is right and what is wrong, and naturally flow from the source of their hearts, tending to what is right and avoiding what is wrong.The practitioner does not have a clear understanding of what is right and what is wrong, so he needs to be restrained by the precepts so that he can walk on the right path.However, what does this have to do with your own problems?
My own problem is that I know it's not good, but I still can't control it.For example, when I got up early, I knew that I should get up early, but I was still greedy for the warmth in the bed, and if I was not careful, I slept until noon.For example, before practicing with Zen Master Wukong, I knew that it was wrong to indulge in desire, but when the desire rose, I still couldn't help but go to Tiannyutai and other places.Another example is when I practice the method of meditation, I know that I should get rid of distracting thoughts, but the thoughts in my head cannot be stopped."
Master, you're not right here!"
Li Zheng explained his understanding to Zen Master Wukong.Zen Master Wukong smiled slightly, and said playfully: "Xiaozheng, you don't know this, you think you know, but in fact, you don't necessarily know."
True knowledge must have true deeds, and without true deeds, it is false knowledge, not true knowledge. ”"For example, when you get up early, you say that you know that you should get up early, but you still can't get up, that's because you don't really know the good of getting up early and the bad of not getting up early, just have a vague concept, and it doesn't cause immediate pain, so you will boil a frog in warm water and continue not to get up early.""
Another example is filial piety, you say that you know that filial piety is right, but when you only have one steamed bun, give it to your parents, and you yourself will starve.In this case, you would rather starve yourself and still give steamed buns to your parents, which is true filial piety.It's just that in most cases, you have a lot of steamed buns, and after giving them to your parents, you still have them to eat, so that you have a misunderstanding of the word filial piety. ”Li Zheng nodded: "Master, you are right, true deeds are true knowledge, but this is the same as that sentence: instead of wanting to control the body, it is better to let the body control you, what do you care?"
”Wukong Zen Master said: "Of course it has a relationship!
Because you are not enlightened and you are still in the stage of cultivation, most of your cognition is only vague cognition, not really knowing.Therefore, it is necessary to set rules from the outside to limit you.Once you are familiar with the rules and get used to acting in the rules, you will be able to walk on the right path naturally. ”"Everything has its own rules, and so is the body and mind of man, although it is your own body and mind, it is all running according to its own way.If there is no external effect, the water will always flow at a low place, and the same is true for the body and mind of the person, and if there is no external constraint, the body and mind of the person tend to respond in the simplest and most comfortable way. ”"When you're hungry, you have to eat.If you see something beautiful, you have to look at it.If you hear something good, listen to it.If you have a desire, you have to vent it.When you have any thoughts, you can't help but think about them.And when these things form inertia, whenever something like this happens, they will go the way they used to, and unless you have a super strong will, you can't change it at all. ”"And now you can't even control your body and mind, and you can't talk about any super will, so you can only use external rules to limit your body and mind, and by limiting your body and mind, you can shape a new you.And in this process, your will will also be exercised......"
Listening to Zen Master Wukong finish in such detail, Li Zheng felt a little understanding.Of course, there are a lot of things, and they can't be fully understood at once, and he has to dig himself back and do it himself.But it's basically understood.He couldn't help but think of the scene when he studied with Wukong Zen Master, if it wasn't for Wukong Zen Master forcing himself not to eat the things that diverge from Wuxin, and forcing himself to practice sealing the heart as a lock and painting the ground as a prison, he may not be able to quit the habit of always running to Tiannütai and other places.He remembered that the last time he faced the danger of entering the Cloud Mountain, Lu Zhen wanted to use the power of the Jingguo people and the Imperial Beast Sect to discuss with him, and at that time, he thought that he should establish discipline and rules like the army, so that he could better control the power of the Jingguo and the Imperial Beast Sect.Although he later established a three-family alliance with the Jingguo and the Imperial Beast Sect, and did not establish any special disciplinary rules, this idea took root in Li Zheng's mind.Without discipline and rules, it's just a mess.Only with discipline and rules can a fighting whole be formed.This is true of the army, and it is also true of the person.It's not that there is no power in the human body, but they do their own thing, they don't listen to the call, they can't exert their hidden power at all, and they bury some very powerful things, such as innate qi, in the dark.…… After Zen Master Wukong left, Li Zheng thought about Zen Master Wukong's words and slowly sorted it out by himself.I forgot to eat my meal, and I thought about it again and again, until midnight, when I thought everything clearly.With a rumbling stomach, Li Zheng remembered that he hadn't eaten yet, so after making something casually and eating, Li Zheng began to think about what rules to establish to restrain himself.You can't do this rule by yourself, you have shallow knowledge, and it is estimated that there are many loopholes.Li Zheng was going to ask a few masters in advance to help him go through the details and formulate a detailed rule similar to the general rules and precepts of Buddhism.Of course, he is not a disciple of Buddhism, so he does not have to abide by the rules of Buddhism.Moreover, the rules of Buddhism are too rigid, and they may not apply to him.Moreover, not only the formulation of rules, but also the implementation of this rule, Li Zheng feels that several high-ranking people need to help supervise and enforce it.Otherwise, he really didn't think he could control himself.If you can't control yourself, what's the point of making rules?
It's not early, and for people like Li Zheng who haven't found their innate qi, it's not appropriate to stay up late.The train of thought has been sorted out, Li Zheng is not in a hurry, and after practicing the method of calming down for a while, he lay down and fell asleep.…… The next day, Li Zheng got up early in the morning.I don't know if I was motivated by yesterday's events, three minutes of heat, or I can stick to it.After a few sets of punches outside the barracks, and with a slight fever, he returned to the house to continue the unfinished business of yesterday.He plans to make a draft by himself first, roughly listing the rules of clothing, food, housing, and transportation, and then invite a few masters to look at them and delete and supplement them.Soon, a morning passed, and the draft still hadn't come out.It was just lunch time, and Li was about to call a few high-ranking people to eat together, and by the way, give them a preventive vaccination, don't look for them by yourself when the time comes, but they pushed them back.