修行之道：放下与坚守，领悟生命真谛的关键所在

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When studying Buddhism and practicing Buddhism, we often hear people teach you how to let go.很多人也知道，道理虽然清楚，但是做起来却太难了。我每天都说要学会放手，但到了关键时刻，我还是放不开。放手，放手，你到底想放开什么？

In the past, Black Teeth Brahma had acquired the five supernatural powers and once preached sermons in the snowy mountains. Gods such as Brahma, Sakyamuni, and King Yama often came to listen to his sermons.

One day after Brahma Zhi finished speaking the Dharma, King Yama looked at Brahma Zhi and started crying.梵志问他：你为什么看着我哭？ King Yama replied: I think you are very good at preaching, but unfortunately after seven days you will end up suffering all kinds of pain.

Brahma was very frightened after hearing this and asked King Yama for a way to avoid suffering.雪山上的诸神告诉梵天智，如果你想避免这样的痛苦，只有大觉世界荣誉才能解救你。

After hearing this, Brahma Zhi prepared to go to see the Buddha. He used his spiritual power to take two albizia and sycamore flowers and flew them into the air to offer them to the Buddha.

The Buddha saw Brahma and said to him: "Let go."

Brahma then placed the flower in his left hand in front of the Buddha.

修行之道：放下与坚守，领悟生命真谛的关键所在

Buddha said again: "Let go."

Brahma Zhi placed the flower in his right hand in front of the Buddha.

The Buddha still said: "Let go."

梵天疑惑，问世尊：“世尊，我只拿了两朵花就放下了，现在我空空如也，没有什么可放下的。”

The Buddha replied: "Brahma Zhi, I am not teaching you to put down the flowers. You should put down the six inner roots, the six outer objects, and the six middle consciousnesses. Give them up all at once. When there is nothing left to let go, that is where you can avoid life and death."

我们常常把自己的身体、心灵、物质视为自己的，对与自己有关的人、事、事很执着。我们常常有无穷无尽的烦恼，因为这些东西并没有我们想要的那么好。

修行必须放下一切，才能入道。 The six inner roots, the six outer dusts, and the six middle consciousnesses must be let go of. These eighteen realms must be let go. Other fame, wealth, love, reputation, gains and losses, as well as all property and even life, must be let go. Letting go of everything in the inner body, mind, and external environment is to "let go of the physical and mental world."

修行之道：放下与坚守，领悟生命真谛的关键所在

You must know that the original wonderful and bright mind of all living beings is no different from that of Buddhas.只是因为它从一开始就被各种妄想和劳苦所纠缠，无法显现。因此，它沉入苦海，在生死中徘徊，无法逃脱。

The Buddhas took pity on them and taught them various methods of practice, which can only liberate all sentient beings. In short, we need to let go of the physical and mental world, because these are like dreams, illusions, lightning, and dew.它们是不可抗拒的，执着它们就会成为障碍、因缘。 Letting go of the physical and mental world corresponds to the wisdom of Buddhism. Only by letting go of the physical and mental world can the physical and mental world be at ease.

Even so, it is not easy to truly let go. If you want to let go, you must first clearly understand the impermanence of all dharmas.

从佛教的智慧来看，我们的身、心、周遭的世界都在时刻变化着，没有什么是永远不变的。 The things we are attached to and cannot let go of, such as health, wealth, fame, career, etc. are all in a state of flux.身体会衰老，工作会改变，命运会反转……正如佛陀所说的无常的四面：“聚处必散，聚处必尽，生处必灭，高处必坠落。”

When we can realize the impermanence of all things, we will understand that we should not be attached to what we have at the moment, but should learn the wisdom of letting go, so as to gain freedom from the cycle of life and death.

Source: Lingyin Temple