What does the three treasures mean?

"Three treasures" generally refer to kindness, frugality and not daring to advance. The detailed explanation is as follows:

The three treasures were first seen in the 67th chapter of Lao Zi's Tao Te Ching. It embodies Laozi's concern and care for life, and embodies the idea that the king hides his tools in his body and waits for the opportunity. It shows the unique ideological connotation of Taoism, such as quietness, softness, introversion, condensation and concealment. In troubled times, those who hold Laozi's three treasures are as independent as dragons, leisurely, steady and ready to go, showing the essence of Taoism.

Laozi said, "I have three treasures, and I cherish them." The first is kindness, the second is frugality, and the third is not daring to advance. Love makes you brave; Thrift can be broad; I dare not be in front of everyone, so I can be the elder of everything. "

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It is called "Three Treasures" because it can make all beings break evil and cultivate good, and get happiness from suffering. Very rare, it is better than all the treasures in the world, so it is called "three treasures". Buddha is a treasure; Four truths are magic weapons; Five arhats are monk treasures.

On the goodness of "the first of three treasures";

(1) As the first of the three treasures, "goodness" first reflects Lao Tzu's concern and love for human life. He strongly opposed the cruel oppression of the people by the rulers and warned the unkind rulers.

(2) The second characteristic of "goodness" is "helping", that is, "helping the nature of all things without daring to do it". In fact, this principle requires the subject to think for and serve the object completely from the perspective of the object, so that the subject and the object can be integrated and the subject can share the success of the object.

(3) The third characteristic of "kindness" is "leniency". Laozi said, "Go to Degu." The valley is characterized by emptiness, vastness and tolerance. So he said: "I am good at being good; Those bad ones, I am also good. " "I believe in people who believe, and I also believe in people who don't believe." This attitude towards "good" and "evil", "faith" and "unbelief" also reflects the kindness of the compassionate.