I saw Qingshan writing in "All Mirrors" that when she read a book about Christian hermitage, she said that she knew nothing about Christianity. The original text is as follows: I was deeply touched after reading this.

A few years ago, when I was working as a human resources officer in a company in Xiamen, I met an insurance seller because he bought insurance for employees.

She is a very kind person. Every time she comes to the company, she goes to the cafeteria without any ceremony and eats very happily. She always says, the food in your cafeteria is good and delicious.

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We were already tired of eating every day. We were even a little surprised by her excited state. We shook our heads and lowered our heads to eat in silence. We had to eat these meals just to fill our stomachs, but she acted like

It felt like it was the first time I had eaten something so delicious.

Because of my work, I often communicate with her and added her WeChat account. I also learned that she often visits temples and temples and is a Buddhist believer.

Once when we were chatting face to face in the living room, I blurted out a question without thinking: I heard that you believe in Buddhism, do you want to be vegetarian?

As soon as the question came out, she was silent for about half a minute.

This made me feel extremely embarrassed when I thought about it afterwards.

She said: How should I put it, believing in Buddhism does not mean burning incense and worshiping Buddha every day, nor does it mean being vegetarian every day, and many people think so.

But I personally feel that the Buddha is in our hearts. I am a person who loves to eat. I like delicious food. There is a saying that goes through the intestines with wine and meat, but remains in the heart of the Buddha.

Buddha is in my heart!

Many people think that believing in Buddhism requires you to be vegetarian, which is very one-sided.

When she said this, her face changed from a smile at first to a solemn expression later, with her hands gently covering her chest and her eyes firm.

After she finished speaking, she laughed again.

This relieved my confusion.

Four years later, when I thought about it again, I realized that I was young and ignorant at the time, and was not on the same level as her at all.

I was 21 years old at the time, when I was young and energetic. I kept my head down and rushed forward, not afraid of anything, but unable to realize my own ignorance.

But she did not stand from the perspective of a superior person or be condescending. Instead, she chose to look at me levelly and explain her point of view to me calmly.

And her happiness when eating, she is also living in the moment, cherishing the transparency in front of her eyes, which confirms the saying, "People who have achieved enlightenment and practice look relaxed and comfortable, with a simple and transparent smile." Thinking about it now, life

I feel lucky to have such a person in my life.

I also understand that what happens to people at a certain stage may not be realized until many years later.

If my inner development at that time had reached the height it is now, I would have cherished this fate even more, and I would never have asked such ignorant questions as "Are you vegetarian?"

Later, I felt a sense of affinity towards temples, and I would definitely offer incense when I went to a temple.

I can’t say that I believe in Buddhism, and these are not done for others to see, but to cultivate a heart, a soft and compassionate heart.

"To accommodate the various complex and hidden characteristics of human nature, one needs a mind as large as the ocean." This sentence was also seen in "The Mirror of Everything" and it deeply touched my heart.

My experience and knowledge cannot support me to make an objective evaluation, nor can I evaluate it. There is no limit to the sea of ??learning.

But I agree very much with what Teacher Qingshan said.

When we don’t know anything, we are not qualified to make judgments about things we don’t understand.

In addition to religion, there are actually misunderstandings and prejudices about many things around us.

The more advanced something is, the more likely it is to be misunderstood and despised.

For example, writing is not advanced. Teacher Xiao Zi once wrote in her article: She is still living in life, living a life similar to other people's lives. It may even be a bit boring, and others may not think too much.

Regarding things about meaning, a person who writes words and is called a writer will give meaning to those things. This may be despised by others, but I am still willing.

Most of the writers I know have this feeling. They write articles, but are criticized by people around them for being pretentious and messing around.

Until they came up with their own published works, which effectively "beat" the ignorance of these people.

Another time when I was on a study tour in Anhui, photographer Dameng was also a writer. He had published several books and had his own collection of photography works. He talked about how he returned to his hometown from Beijing to start a business, but was questioned by the villagers about how he had nothing to do and had grown up in college so well.

What's the point of traveling from the city to the countryside and carrying a camera all day long?

It is precisely because they do not understand the photography and writing that Dameng is engaged in and new media that they have such an attitude of disdain and contempt.

In their perception, it is serious business to go to college, find a good job in a big city after graduation, find someone to get married and have children at the right time, and then live a stable life.

There is so much to practice in a person's life, and learning and cognition are only a small part. The most important thing is to cultivate the mind.