Kazuo inamori: Why do people live (Part I: What is life? )

This article is excerpted from Mr. kazuo inamori's speech on July, 20065438 17, about "Why do people live (Part I: What is life? )"。

At the beginning of this month, by chance, I heard Mr. kazuo inamori's clear definition and analysis of life in this manuscript on the audio platform. The vertical axis of fate and the horizontal axis of the law of karma work together to dominate our lives.

Further advise the world that the seeds of various good causes are very important when you are alive.

Because I have only heard it two or three times, many valuable experiences and practical methods need to be practiced in my later life.

The Buddhist language in the text is full of Zen, and the wisdom of life, work, life and even business runs through the whole text, so reading more can benefit more.

Regrettably, due to various reasons, the torrent of social karma has followed. Although it is a valuable wisdom, many people turn a blind eye to these truest and most precious real ideas under the tide of the whole people's pursuit of fame and profit.

With the kindness of the Buddha's mother, she spent an evening sorting out the quotations from Mr. kazuo inamori's speech, so that more people can refer to it, uncover the true face of this life problem and live a better life.

Text excerpt:

At present, the economic situation is sluggish. Having said that, if you pay attention to the inquiry, what is the status of your company? Some people will answer that our society is not bad. Some people admit that it is really impossible.

However, producers of ice cream or refreshing drinks say that their performance this summer is much better than before. It's really different

Although the environment is deteriorating, the actual situation of each enterprise is not the same.

From this, we can't help but think of our own life. Whenever you ask, where have people been in this life? We must first realize that everyone has his own destiny.

Specifically, how is fate and life spent? Everyone is meant to be. Moreover, fate not only dominates a person's life, but everything in the world has a destiny.

The fate of the earth, the fate of Japan, as big as Japan and as small as Nagoya, all have their own destinies. Therefore, the personal destiny is bound to be wrapped in the torrent of fate.

Ups and downs, looking at Japan, the political arena is inactive and the economy is backward, but we can't draw the conclusion that all walks of life are hopeless.

Even if the river goes from bad to worse, there are still some areas in the ascendant.

In the vast torrent of the fate of the earth, the fate of a country, the fate of various regions and even the fate of every individual in Japan fluctuates with the waves.

Then a variety of fates are superimposed and finally embodied in each individual, which will present a completely different situation.

Therefore, in the same depressed environment, the fate of individuals is different.

I thought each other's present situation was similar, but it was not, because their experiences were quite different.

In the torrent of fate, personal fate is like a boat, which is tottering and ups and downs naturally. Several heavy torrents, waves of ebb and flow, one after another, this is the so-called fate.

People who receive modern education usually don't believe in the theory of fate and think that everything is not accidental. For example, illness, traffic accidents, company bankruptcy, smooth operation and so on. , all because of the accident. Opportunity after opportunity constitutes life.

It seems nonsense that fate is decided by heaven. People often laugh it off and think it's a scam.

Everything that can't be proved by modern science is called superstition. However, fate is an unavoidable and important issue in human history.

As I just emphasized to you, it is really puzzling where all kinds of situations in life come from.

Since ancient times, once I admit my fate, people will increase their pain. What will my future be like? So as to tirelessly explore the answer. So China gave birth to the Book of Changes, which is a serious study.

Shake the divination in the bucket, which has lasted for thousands of years in China, and it is called Yi Xue. There is also astrology or astrology in Europe, which is also a very profound knowledge.

Throughout history, human beings have searched for the art of predicting the future in a sea of books and records, and tried to speculate on their own destiny.

On the road of life, why do we get sick and encounter difficulties, and why should we work together with employees? Humans have been racking their brains to answer these questions since ancient times.

People always think that their situation is like this, maybe it is fate, so people naturally want to speculate on fate and predict the future.

Therefore, easy-to-learn divination and European astrology will flourish, and generations will go all out to study this knowledge.

Although the theory of fate is not scientific and can't support modern academic and scientific evidence, I think the existence of fate is an indisputable fact, which should be admitted and denied, and it is completely unintentional.

In my opinion, believing in fate will help us to understand life better, so as to clarify the way to survive.

I came from a university of science and engineering. I especially like mathematics and physics, and I don't recognize any illogical knowledge. All my work is carried out through chemical analysis and technical research and development.

Speaking of it, I am also a person who values truth and science.

Today, whenever I talk about life, I always think it is useless to deny fate; Not only is it useless, it may even be harmful. In my opinion, it is necessary to acknowledge the existence of fate.

I hope that when you think about life, you should first recognize and understand that everyone has their own life. In the great destiny, there is the concept of individual destiny.

Fate runs through the longitudinal axis of life, and people's life flows downwards along the longitudinal axis of fate. At the same time, life has a horizontal axis, just like warp and weft interweaving, which is the law of karma.

The so-called law of karma means that good is rewarded with good and evil with evil. Good is rewarded with good, and evil with evil.

The law of karma is the horizontal axis of life. Because it means what you think and do when you are alive, I call it thinking.

Make a living by reading. We often think that we will be all right after thinking about it, but this little thing, in essence, will cause trouble, not to mention resentment and injustice.

In a flash, it will blossom and bear fruit because it has already taken shape.

Buddha Sakyamuni said: karma is rewarded, because it will not be static, and every cause will have consequences. Karma is karma, and every cause will have consequences.

In short, keep good thoughts, do good deeds and get good results; Evil thoughts, evil deeds, and bad consequences are the laws of karma.

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In the law of karma, the effect of causality does not necessarily appear immediately, so it is often difficult for us to agree with this law.

Why do people still suffer after countless good deeds? Another person's character is first-class, and he does good all the year round. Why is he unfortunately sick?

On the other hand, others are full of evil things, but to outsiders, he is satisfied with everything and his family is harmonious. This situation is not uncommon.

Therefore, although monks always talk about the law of karma, we laymen often disagree.

The reason is that the results that conform to the law of karma do not always appear immediately, and it takes some time. Why is it so unknown? In short, there will be a lag.

In my experience, I can really see the fruits of karma, but most of them are difficult to do.

However, if we lengthen the time span and look at the life of twenty or thirty years, there will be no exception.

Therefore, three or five years may have no results, but looking at my life, from the time span of 20 years and 30 years, I have good thoughts, good deeds and good results; It is also obvious to all that evil thoughts, evil deeds and bad consequences are rewarded.

However, extended to 30 years, the wicked will not always prosper, and the good will not always be bumpy, and the good will eventually be rewarded.

Throughout the past 30 years, everything has been logical, but even so, there are still many exceptions. I was puzzled and distressed. At that time, I learned the following thing.

It is said that at the beginning of the 20th century, a medical practitioner in London, England, often invited more than a dozen friends to his home for a psychic meeting hosted by him on weekends.

At psychic meetings, an Indian ghost who calls himself Silver Spot often appears. Later, a publishing house compiled the ghost's speech into a book and published a book "The Spirit of Silver Patch".

There is a section in the book that mentions the law of karma and the cycle of karma. The so-called good is rewarded with good, and evil with evil often doesn't make sense, so some people are skeptical and even scoff.

However, my insight into personnel from my strength is accurate. Evil is rewarded with evil, good with good thoughts, and good with good. This law will definitely come true.

The mysterious words in the silver patch are relatively concentrated. Although there is only such a paragraph, I am still amazed at the moment I read it.

I didn't understand it before. If the universe has a creator and there are gods between heaven and earth to lead the world, why not let everything conform to the law completely?

It takes 30 years in the world to finally achieve karma, and there are even exceptions. Will God be partial? However, after reading "The Tales of Silver Sticks to the Soul", I began to understand.

Although one good turn deserves another, everyone has his own life. The fate of the earth is wrapped in the fate of countries and regions, and the fate of individuals is also involved, drifting with the tide.

If a person's fate is taken as the vertical axis of his life, then the law of karma is the horizontal axis, and these two laws dominate each of our lives. Among them, the law of karma is slightly stronger than fate. Therefore, although fate is decided by heaven, it will not remain the same.

The law of karma is powerful enough to change fate, and a person will not live a lifetime intact according to the established trajectory.

Do good, do good, and there will be good results. Therefore, although some people are unlucky again and again, it is precisely because they do good things that they are prevented from failing.

On the other hand, moving evil thoughts and doing evil things is tantamount to cocoon yourself.

The law of fate echoes the law of karma, thus rewriting a person's life trajectory.

Therefore, doing good deeds may not be rewarded immediately. The reason is not as simple as 1+ 1=2.

Again, specifically, although fate is not good, we will not let ourselves plummet or surprise ourselves because of doing good deeds.

In this way, although the result of the law of karma appears, it will make people misunderstand that they have done good things clearly, but they have not improved.

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The story of a character like Yuan Lefan is recorded in China's ancient book Yin Zhi Records, which proves that the law of karma is enough to change fate.

When Yuan Lefan was young, he met an old man with white hair and sage like type. The old man saw the teenager and said to his mother, "This mother wants her child to study medicine"?

Mother replied, "Yes, my husband died young. He used to be a doctor. Our family has been practicing medicine for generations, and our ancestors were also doctors. I hope our children can inherit the mantle. Our mother and son live together, and it is the long-cherished wish of this family to let our children study medicine. "

However, the old man looked at the young man's face and said, "This is not true. The child can't be a doctor. He is destined to be a middleman in officialdom. He won the imperial examination, passed the county examination at a certain age, and then passed the government examination. Finally, he went to Beijing to catch the exam. Being a champion was sealed, and he became a county magistrate at a young age. After marriage, he had no children and died at the age of 53. "

When I was a teenager, my mother and I felt incredible after listening to the words of the white-haired old man, but later I learned about Fan's growth process, and sure enough, the old man did not predict. What ranking did you get in a certain year, what happened in a certain year, and everyone's life is no problem with the old people.

Soon, Fan became a county magistrate and went to a Buddhist temple in the country to visit the monks. On the other hand, monks who meditate, although successful as teenagers, meditate regularly, but have clear minds and no delusions.

The monk was surprised, but asked why. Why is the meditation skill so profound at a young age? Where did you practice? I've never practiced formally.

Why did I meditate for three days without seeing delusion? But I don't want anything.

Why is this? When I was a child, I once met an old man who traveled in the clouds, Monta, and predicted his fate. To this day, my fate is not what the old man said. My life has been decided. What's wrong with that?

Fame and fortune, if you get married, you don't want children. At 53, I'm going to die. I have no fear, no worries and troubles, and I am indifferent. I resigned myself to my fate.

Hearing this, the monk said angrily, I thought you were a hero, but in fact you are just an ordinary person. So the monk explained the law of karma to Fan.

You were silent just now Although people are predestined, life is by no means a foregone conclusion. Fate is not equal to fate, and it is irreversible.

With karma, fate can be changed. From now on, if you want a better life, accumulate virtue and do good deeds from now on. In this way, your fate will be different.

I learned that I was an official when I was young, but I was straightforward. I kept the monk's words in my heart.

After returning home, he told his wife that she was also a gentle person and said, "It's really great. It's just that it's not easy for a person to accumulate virtue and do good. It's better for them to do good things together.

When evil thoughts are aroused and they want to do evil, they warn each other and record their merits and demerits. Good people draw circles, bad people draw crosses and supervise each other. "

With the help of my wife, my fate can be changed by insisting on doing good deeds. 53-year-old, unscathed, gave birth to a son until he died in his seventies and became famous all his life.

Because there are few books about karma and rewriting fate, I believe you will wake up after reading them.

The law of karma will be powerful enough to change fate.

Therefore, the accumulation of virtue and good deeds will not be immediate, and there will be a lag, because our life is intertwined by the two laws of personal fate and karma.

Therefore, the law of karma may not have obvious results.

According to my life experience, although everyone has his own life, the law of karma will have an impact on fate, thus rewriting the trajectory of life.

However, some people suspect that although good is rewarded with good and evil with evil, it is sometimes not the case.

The reasons are: first, the result of karma will be delayed; Second, it overlaps with fate, and the result will not be obvious.

In front of you, I am sure that fate exists, but in fact, I have never divined myself.

When I was young, I also asked for autographs at the shrine several times, but I didn't like them. I don't like it at all.

So, I believe in fate. The reason is that although I think everyone has their own life, I don't want to know in advance, but I'd rather know nothing.

It is enough to do the best in life. Knowing more about useless things will not only be useless, but even deviate from common sense, off track and disrupt life. It is better to know nothing and go all out.

When I was young, a friend of mine believed in divination and was very devout.

Everything from life to career and even health is asked by fortune tellers. When moving, ask about the direction and orientation for reference. In China, houses are often changed according to geomantic omen.

This person often asks a fortune teller for advice, not only about himself, but also writes my name to the other person for advice at the end of each time. Haha, ask the other person how this person is.

Then call me and tell me the result of the consultation. Once, the fortune teller asked my birthday carefully and figured out that it was a goddamned thing and bad luck.

Gee, that's unusual That's Mr. kazuo inamori from Kyocera, isn't it? Now he is prosperous, young and promising, and has become president. This man is at the worst time. It doesn't make sense. Ask about when you helped someone and what you did.

If not, according to the date of birth of this person, this year's fortune is particularly poor, especially in terms of health, and may even die. It is impossible to live so well. I think something happened. It is said that this is the original words of the fortune teller.

At that time, I didn't understand what I am telling you now. I was taken aback and didn't expect such a thing.

This also shows that even if fate has fallen to the bottom, we can still calm down the situation and maintain the status quo by doing good deeds.

In this way, the combination of fate and causality will promote the effect; Two-stage hedging will offset this impact; On the contrary, doing evil will make fate collapse.

Therefore, the law of karma is sometimes not that good is rewarded with good, and evil with evil.

In short, fate and the law of cause and effect interact, and the result is inconclusive. It is precisely from this that it is formed in our lives.

Our life is governed by the laws of fate and karma. Other than that, there is nothing else.

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Two methods create all beings. So, how do we deal with various phenomena in life according to the two laws?

For example, under the economic downturn, some people are prosperous, some people are losing ground, some people are terminally ill, and some people are on pins and needles. There are many forests, etc.

How to deal with it? As soon as the way of dealing with it changes, life will be completely different. Let's talk about how to deal with it.

A person's natural destiny, what he thinks all his life, the result of every move and the law of karma constitute our life.

Day after day, we meet life, sometimes stormy, sometimes spring breeze, which can be said that life is bittersweet.

When practicing Buddhism, from the beginning, as Buddha Sakyamuni said, looking at all sentient beings, suffering and joy go hand in hand, without mercy and impermanence.

Nothing will last forever. I'm alive and kicking today, and I may get sick tomorrow. Business is good today, and it may start to decline tomorrow.

The phenomena in front of the world will not last forever. The so-called impermanence

Line refers to all phenomena. Impermanence, unable to maintain a fixed normality. Life is magnificent and ups and downs.

Buddha said that all living beings are suffering, life is ascetic, and people's life is miserable.

Sakyamuni's Buddha, practice is to save all beings from suffering, without asking for their own liberation, and everyone around them is suffering.

All walks of life are impermanent, and all beings suffer. In order to save the suffering beings, Sakyamuni chose the path of becoming a monk.

Everything that happens before our eyes is not permanent, but ups and downs.

I often thought it was smooth sailing, but I didn't expect things to take a turn for the worse. Regardless of health, business situation and friendship, it is never static.

The reason why things happen, as mentioned above, must come from two laws.

When a phenomenon happens, how to deal with it every day is very important, and the answer is self-evident.

No matter the situation is good or bad, no matter the fate, we should treat each other with a grateful heart. But it's not easy.

For example, it is really difficult for people who really suffer from disasters to be grateful for their suffering. If the cultivation is not deep enough, it is impossible.

However, whether you believe in Buddhism or not, I hope you can be grateful rationally. If left unchecked, it will be difficult to achieve and regret for life.

In any case, when suffering, we must be grateful and face everything.

In good health or other aspects. When I encounter suffering or disaster, I can't help thinking about it. Why am I so unlucky? But we must be rational, restrain distractions, be grateful and treat each other calmly.

Today, here and now, I hope you can rationally put gratitude into your consciousness, which is the premise.

Some people think that when something good happens, gratitude will naturally arise. Actually, not necessarily.

People will get used to it when they are willing, even if they are not satisfied, not to mention how to be grateful when disasters come.

Gratitude, whether good or bad, is a prerequisite. But when there are many disasters or misfortunes, it is the premise not to lament, not to be depressed, not to resent, not to complain, to forge ahead and go forward bravely.

Gratitude is the most active and enterprising thought, and its premise is that you must not be depressed, complain, resent, envy or suffer.

When I succeed, I should be grateful. God bless me is a good thing, but I really feel guilty about it. If you still have this gratitude, you will not be proud, but always act modestly.

When you are satisfied, you won't be pretentious. When you have a successful career, you won't be conceited. Appreciate everything.

Be grateful when you are unfortunate or encounter disasters. Since heaven is very difficult for me, I believe that I will gain something by enduring hardships and going through tests.

Don't complain, don't resent, don't be jealous, persevere, and ignite brilliant hopes. Courage and perseverance are prerequisites.

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When I was a child, Mr. Kōnosuke Matsushita dropped out of school and became an apprentice. He had a rough fate and suffered a lot, but he never felt sorry for himself.

Follow the master wholeheartedly and work hard to get the master's approval.

Because of his diligence and cleverness, Mr. Kōnosuke Matsushita is deeply loved by his guests. The guest asked him to run errands to buy cigarettes, and he would happily run to the cigarette shop on the corner.

Simple, cheerful, tenacious, not afraid of difficulties, tenacious struggle, so that young people can start from scratch and create Panasonic's great cause.

There are many teenagers in similar situations.

Some children are young, but they have brains. Jealous of peers who eat well, dress well and go to school well, the child will be psychologically unbalanced and even have bad emotions.

When I was a teenager, I always complained about others. Such a person can't be a big shot.

On the other hand, Mr. Kōnosuke Matsushita took his time despite adversity.

Although I don't know whether he is grateful for his fate. But it can be seen that he has no jealousy or resentment at all.

Just like Mr. Kōnosuke Matsushita, you can succeed only if you are honest with each other, patient and diligent.

As far as I am concerned, the reason why I am today depends on my attitude at the critical moment.

Although we are in adversity at present, it may be an excellent adversity that God has given us to achieve great achievements. If we can overcome adversity, we will share weal and woe.

So how to deal with it is related to the future fate. On the contrary, when you have a successful career, you will be extremely happy and sad if you are not careful.

No matter whether the situation is good or bad, what kind of mentality is the most important thing to deal with. However, only those who cultivate profound knowledge can be handy in everything.

Those who follow the enlightenment of Sakyamuni Buddha will always be grateful. It's hard for us laity to get in touch with, or even do the opposite. Therefore, we must treat it rationally.

Excellent practitioners, even if they are silent, can naturally do things with gratitude. They are enlightened practitioners, and it is not easy for us to wait for laymen.

Therefore, we must keep gratitude in mind and engrave it on reason. Consciously supervise and reflect.

Whether it is a backbone enterprise, a small and medium-sized enterprise or a small-scale operation, operators often become complacent after making some achievements, and even indulge in pleasure and ruin the enterprise.

No matter big or small, the way to deal with all kinds of encounters in life completely determines the future fate.

Where you fall, you get up. Some operators became famous by running small and medium-sized enterprises, but then they became narcissistic and complacent, until they boasted and even indulged in debauchery, which led to the bankruptcy of the company.

But some operators will pull back from the brink and reflect on their previous absurd ideas. Now, the enterprise is running well and developing steadily.

Life is intertwined with good and bad, so no matter what happens, how to deal with what happens in front of you further determines the direction of life.

These words may not be easy for you to understand. Besides, I'm afraid you haven't heard such a clear conclusion.

So maybe I forgot my ears. It's useless. So everyone must record it and spur themselves with reason.

This year's practitioners and enlightened people don't need to listen to these truths and know how to do it. However, it is difficult for us amateurs to practice.

A five-year-old child can understand the truth. You are all bosses of big enterprises. It's really disrespectful to nag about these useless words.

However, isn't it embarrassing that some adults don't understand such a simple thing?

It's not easy to get to this point in life, if you ruin your future. For the parties, it is not worth it. It is also a waste to society. We, who have nothing to do with this, also feel sorry for this.

The ironclad fact, which was smashed on the floor, has never been told. It is precisely because no one seriously teaches business operators. Therefore, I can only lament those heroes who lived up to the past.

In fact, everyone is not ignorant of these truths. I analyzed you from the simple to the deep, and you must understand now.

But at present, it is only limited to general understanding, and it is inevitable to knowingly commit crimes.

There is only one life, and you all have the right and freedom to live a good life. However, if you misinterpret freedom, use the wrong mind and put the wrong attitude, no matter how big or small the fault is, it will be this time.

I am deeply worried that the life that should have been cherished will be destroyed in this way, and such incidents are endless.

The above is the first part. What is life? Explain what life is made of and how to deal with the phenomena in life. This concludes the first part.