Pledge to the Purity of the Mind
Vow for the Pureness of the Mind
Text by: Dan Dan You Yan
A devout layperson visits the temple daily to offer flowers to the Buddha. As soon as they leave the temple, they experience turmoil. The Zen master said: The freshness of the flowers is the same as the purity of our minds. We must often self-purify and adjust our thoughts to adapt to the environment. 'Vow for the Pureness of the Mind' can help you stay away from distractions.
Love makes the eyes see the world as pure; hate makes the eyes see the world as filled with impurities, and the world becomes ugly. If your mindset changes, the world changes with it. The good and bad of life; the joys and sorrows of life; the advantages and disadvantages of the environment, all depend on your mindset.
Love needs a quiet gaze and must enter the soul of the other person, but this requires genuine care and calm tolerance. Flowers are difficult to bloom, but easy to wither. A gust of wind, a rain shower, and the flowers fall silently, but we feel a profound sadness. If you care, you must use your heart. Quietly listen to its open voice, quietly admire its brilliant bloom, and quietly wait for its fading melancholy.
Looking, you must look with love. Even if you fall into the rain and wind, you will maintain an elegant and self-assured posture, like deep, still water. Caring for things is through the heart and eyes, not through pale words. A sincere, loving gaze, a heartfelt expression of love, enters a person's life in the details of everyday.
In the midst of trivial sorrows and trivial joys, it is the details that touch us most, bringing warmth. A text becomes warm because someone understands it; a song comes to life because someone listens; a person becomes warm because someone cherishes them.
And all of this doesn't require boasting and noise; when you use your heart, everything will resonate. If it's just a hollow promise, then remain silent. Silence is at least a form of respect; pretentious noise is a desecration of emotions.
Knowing that it's difficult to maintain inner purity in this dusty world, I think, as long as you face life with a pure and transparent heart, that's enough. 'Vow for the Pureness of the Mind', let your heart speak, let your heart perceive…
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