Lesson 11 of Mencius (Chapter 4 of Gongsun Chou+Anything you want)

7/ 18 Learn some chapters and sentences in Mencius' Gong Sun Chou. In the fourth quarter, you should always talk about your destiny and ask for more. The original text is as follows:

Mencius said: "Benevolence is glory, but unkindness is humiliation. It is a shame to live without pity today, but it is a shame to live in the next place.

If it is evil, there is no better way to respect scholars than Bede. Sages reign, wise men reign. National leisure, it is time to understand its political punishment. Although it is a big country, it must be feared. As the poem says, "If it doesn't rain, it will be a rainy day." . Dare you insult the people today? "Confucius said,' Who knows this poet? If he can rule his country, who dares to insult it?

Nowadays, being carefree and happy in the country as always is tantamount to asking for it. All disasters are self-inflicted. As the poem says, "Always say what you want and ask for more." Tai Jia said:' Heaven commits iniquity, but it can still be violated; You can't live by committing crimes yourself. "This is also called."

Zhang Ling's sharing:

Wen: Always say what you want, and be more happy. Fate → wisdom → fate; We should break our destiny, give birth to wisdom and show our destiny.

Think: This class is really full of great wisdom. Most of us are trapped in fate. Wisdom is seldom used, and fate is even worse. Busy with work and life, I forget my wisdom and destiny, and I can't use wisdom, so life is very tired, anxious and monotonous.

Hugh: Always think about where your destiny lies. You can't just see buying a car and buying a house and fall into the pursuit of fame and fortune.

Ai ting's sharing:

smell

Is Mencius ugly in gongsun? Quote the fourth chapter above? The Book of Songs? What's the use of saying "always say what you want and seek more happiness"? Tai Jia? He said, "If heaven commits iniquity, it can still be violated. You can't live if you do evil yourself. " The main idea is to warn politicians never to complain about others. All good and bad, whether the policy is implemented, whether the people support it ... everything is related to what they have done. If the monarch starts from a kind heart, he can naturally attract talented people. Smart people plan the direction, and capable people deal with problems. With the help of wise men, he formulated different policies for all kinds of people, including agriculture, industry and commerce, so that people could have plenty of food and clothing, be filial and become more and more perfect spiritually. With "wisdom" as the beginning of the policy, "courage" as the treasure stick of implementation, and "benevolence" as the origin of the initial implementation of benevolent policies, it perfectly embodies wisdom, benevolence and courage. Benevolence is the cause of all things. Insisting on benevolence will get better and better, and do it from your own wisdom and courage.

Benevolence is glory, but unkindness is humiliation. Honor and disgrace is external, and external honor and disgrace is the embodiment of internal wisdom and kindness, which is reflected in the influence of one's every move on the people around him. The recognition and appreciation of people around you is an honor, and vice versa. If a person doesn't do well, he will lose people's hearts. All our honors and sorrows and the blessings and misfortunes we have experienced can be completely linked with our own behaviors and thoughts. Honor and shame, happiness and misfortune all come from ourselves. Honor, disgrace, misfortune and happiness are all fruits; What you do, what you think, is because.

People often complain about "cause", and few people can think more about it. What really determines the "result" is not the complaint, but the "reason".

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Pray for heaven, earth, god, Buddha and people? How to solve the problem? What is fate, wisdom and fate? First, let's learn about fate.

1. Match your own life, have a deep understanding of life, and have a clear plan for life. Fate shows fate. Everything we have done before determines who we meet and what happens now. All the thoughts and behaviors planted before are the root of all the results now. There is yin and yang, and the sky is bright. Good things and bad things done in the past will accumulate and become the result of the present. Take a closer look at these reasons. If you can find that the problems are all your own, people will not be so unwilling. Knowing the fate and the past, we can see the present clearly, accept the present frankly and create a better future.

Inherent thinking and habits control everyone, imprison our unchangeable destiny, strive to get rid of the bondage of inherent thinking and habits, analyze the past "cause" and "present" effect, and observe fate to produce wisdom.

2. Smart life, people have wisdom, wisdom is to see the cause and effect, accept it calmly, change themselves and create the future. The starting point of wisdom is to put aside self-pity and self-pity and turn one's heart into an impartial "neutral" state, which is called "neutral" when emotions are not revealed. All emotions calm down, observe the cause and effect, observe the past, observe the present, "observe" and find problems one by one, "do" to expel unwillingness and complaints one by one, accept and correct frankly, change your thinking, habits and mentality, and let yourself do more correct things. Ceng Zi has "I visit me three times a day" (loyalty, sincerity and trial), and Yan Hui has "four don't do four don't do it" (see indecent assault, don't listen to indecent assault, don't say indecent assault, don't move indecent assault). Taking Zeng Sansi as a benchmark, he corrected himself, made himself conform to the relationship of five virtues and five ethics, forced himself to change, and turned himself into a caring, intelligent and polite person. After the change, people will become relaxed, see problems more clearly, and have more power when dealing with problems. These are the wisdom generated by ideas and actions, and they will "shine" on themselves one by one like the sun, because all the mistakes in their lives will be removed. The process of debugging is called the "degree" of all suffering.

3. Look at each line one by one. These four steps are that the wisdom destiny is constantly running, and the destiny will gradually return to the nature and nature of the Buddha. The first chapter of The Doctrine of the Mean is about the nature of destiny. Confucianism cultivates self-cultivation, Taoism has a heart, and Buddhism has a clear heart. The theory of mind and nature is about how to see through fate, change with wisdom, and let the self-sufficient nature come out.

Everyone has a destiny, and a saint is a saint because the destiny is used. When we firmly believe that we have a destiny, it is our greatest wisdom. When fate appears, our wisdom will be enhanced and cut off because of it. View from a height or a distance

To solve your life, you must change your life, don't tell fortune, break your life, do your life wisely and seek more happiness.

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Although Qi Xuanwang is surrounded by Mencius and other virtues that attach importance to the world, people are unwilling to listen to fundamental suggestions and stay in enjoying life. Failure to protect people's hearts and people's hearts is like the sun being covered by dark clouds, the light can't shine, fate can't come out, and there is no wisdom. Destined to be a failed king. Look at the examples of the ancients and think about yourself. Have you ever treated some acceptable and unacceptable people and things with a wise heart? Is there a pattern and practice that people and things don't disturb my heart? This morning, Xia Feng, who is as famous as tea, turned a deaf ear to the voice outside the window and only listened to the sage. .......

Alice's sharing:

Smell: There is no door to misfortune and happiness, and people call it themselves. Heaven commits iniquity, but it can still be violated; Don't live if you commit a crime.

Thinking: As the saying goes, as you sow, you reap. What you sow, you will reap. Therefore, we must work hard in our career and follow the results. Always reflect on what state your heart is in, whether it is pain or tranquility, peace or hatred?

Repair: always alert yourself to certain elements and do them, surrender your greed and ignorance, and even if you can't reach them, you should do them reluctantly.

Yu Xiaoyan's sharing:

Wen: Always say what you want and seek more happiness from yourself. If you do evil, you can still violate it. You can't live if you do evil. If you are a politician, you can't blame others. Don't blame others for everything. Find the reason from your own wisdom, benevolence and courage. Kindness, shame it. Fate, destiny, wisdom.

Thinking: Honor and disgrace are our inner feelings. All the joys and sorrows are our own, and they are all combined with our own behavior thoughts. Honor and disgrace are feelings, misfortune and happiness are phenomena, both of which are fruits and thoughts are causes. People are always complaining about the fruit, and few people can think more about the reasons, but it is not complaining about others that really determines the result. Therefore, we should ask ourselves and answer ourselves, and be responsive. All the causes and effects are created by ourselves. We usually look at the causes we have planted, and we can find the answer to why it has the present effect in these causes. People will be less uneasy, because of fate and understand the past, understand the present, accept the present frankly, and create the future better.

Hugh: You should reflect on yourself three times a day to cultivate your self-cultivation. The light of observation-find problems, face them calmly, change them, generate wisdom, remove all fate, break fate, generate wisdom, follow fate, and seek more happiness for yourself.

Takashi's sharing:

Smell:? The Book of Songs? : "always say what you think, and strive for happiness for yourself"; I create my life and I demand my own happiness. From life to wisdom to life, it is the practice of mortals, sages and saints.

Thinking: Everything has a cause and effect, and everything in life now is the result of antecedents. If you are not satisfied with your present life, you should reflect on what you planted before. Therefore, we won't complain about others, and we don't expect to get any results in the future. We should start to reflect and correct now, so that we can get good results from good causes. Understand cause and effect, and cultivate wisdom from observing light.

Practice: Follow the teacher's method to practice Chinese studies step by step: determination-diligence-practice (literature, abstinence from wisdom)-choosing goodness.