..續本文上一頁. But in this day and age, many people are bound by hi-tech, unable to leave them. Imagine, if one day there is no electricity in the whole world, people potentially cannot do anything – how do you open the door
How to put gas in the car
How to go up and down high-rise buildings
How to call from the cell phone
How to use the computer
… These are all very crucial. So, hi-tech has taken up more and more of life, and people are not able to find any peace and quiet.
Of course, there are some who live in quiet places who have yet to be strongly affected. They still lead a leisurely life, have time to sip tea, and time to observe the mind. Thus, I do not envy the lives of people in the city. Their inner worlds are filled with instability, anxiety, fear, competition, endless chores each day, but in the end what for
Perhaps they do not even know themselves. If they left their computer, their cell phone, they can barely survive one afternoon. They would be constantly dazed and eat without tasting. So, as the human race becomes more seduced by external realities, it loses itself more and more, and is completely unable to see the illusion of life.
Professor Jiang Jinsong of Tsinghua University once used the wisdom of Buddhism to explain the narrative of The Matrix. That explanation is indeed quite meaningful. However, just understanding the theory is far from enough. If through the practice, through daily experiences, we can see clearly and continuously practice, then the idea of the real world as an illusory dream exposed in the film can bring us deeper realizations.
If you have absolutely no interest in reading Buddhist sutras, then you can perhaps watch this movie. Nowadays many in the West are very concerned about the world, and some movies were made quite well, with some religious ideas hidden behind. Of course, these religious ideas are not the same as what was publicized in the 70s. They are not a type of narcotics or anesthetics.
In fact, religious beliefs and studies are immensely helpful to our lives. Therefore, I hope that everyone can draw support from modern hi-tech, including mass media like movies and television, to re-acknowledge religion, re-evaluate religion, to clarify the meaning and value of life.
4. Knowing it is a dream one does not become attached
However, some people nowadays do not care about this. I have heard that some students at this Institute of Education also have not put effort into learning truly useful knowledge. If you pass three, four years at university in a daze and learn nothing by graduation, then you do not know how to be a teacher. It is too late to try to learn something then. When you enter society, you do not properly teach, and you only think of making money everyday, what is the meaning of such a life
Once you understand that life is a dream, you would not be particularly attached to wealth, nor be overly drawn to romantic love, and easily want to jump from a building and commit suicide. Ultimately, all phenomena arise due to conditions and all phenomena cease due to conditions. Without sufficient causes and conditions, some things cannot be forced. Being overly attached can only bring oneself pain and suffering.
Master Hanshan said: “Glory is but a midnight dream, fortune is like the September frost.” Glory is like a dream at midnight, one would soon awaken from it; fortune is also just like the September frost, it disappears in the blink of an eye. It is like some government officials, when they are in power, people feel honored to simply meet them, to shake hands with them. But later when they fall from grace because of corruption, and are locked in a miserable prison, many people clearly barricade them, and they are attacked from all corners…
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