Chapter 504 Unspeakable

"Buddha never said anything is empty. He just said that everything that happens is like a dream. The same is true for fame and wealth in life. It passes quickly."

"It's not that everything in the world doesn't exist, but that except for yourself, your body, and all the tangible and intangible things in the world, these things have passed away at once."

"For example, you have a fortune of tens of millions today. In fact, the wealth of tens of millions is only in your hands temporarily. The past and the future are not in your hands. But the wealth of tens of millions will always exist, and you will always exist."

"But you will never get the moment when you get huge wealth. You can never keep the moment when you get huge wealth."

"This is what the Buddha said about having no place to live and being unable to live."

"It's such a simple truth."

"These words and truths are not what I said. They are not my opinions."

"But I know that when these words get out, some people will criticize me, thinking that this is what I said about the Diamond Sutra."

"These people are right, because to be honest. The words I am saying now are all my words. So some people must think that this is my interpretation of the Diamond Sutra."

"And the Buddha, the reason why he is a Buddha is not only that he understands a little bit of truth, he has seen the future. So when he was preaching at that time, he warned his disciples about things not to do and things not to do. That is, Mistakes that should be avoided in the Diamond Sutra methodology.”

"The mistake is to speak it out with your mouth and write it down with words."

"So, the Buddha said: Don't say it."

"No one should use words to tell everyone what the Buddha said. Once I say it, the other person will think that it is me who said it. Because the other person has my own view, and then he sees all sentient beings."

"The Buddha also told his disciples that since he couldn't tell his disciples these truths in this way, what method could he use?"

"The Buddha told his disciples at that time. Suppose someone really believes in the Diamond Sutra, and he really wants someone to understand it clearly and have righteous faith in the Dharma."

"You must use other methods. In fact, you have to make people understand the truth through a series of real practical ways of doing things, meeting people, and getting along with people."

"This is why many people don't read Buddhist scriptures, don't understand Buddha, and don't care about Buddha at all, but they live a very comfortable and secure life."

"And what the Buddha talked about is actually something that has been tempered by many things and people."

"Many times, in this incomplete, inherently imperfect world, in this inherently unfair world, facing various situations, all we can do is maintain a normal mind."

"It's just ordinary, ordinary, real."

"So the Buddha said before that even if you read the Diamond Sutra, you won't get anything. What you got in the past was all gained from experience in people and things."

"Now that you understand the main idea of ​​the Diamond Sutra, you suddenly realize that it is not what the Diamond Sutra allows you to get, but what you have learned through people and events in the past."

"What you will get in the future will only be from people and things."

"I once wrote the Diamond Sutra, but because this book was originally transmitted from the southern countries and was translated by others, many people saw the book but did not understand its true meaning at all. "

"There will also be people who obtain this Buddhist scripture and interpret it as a means of making a living."

"There is still a lot of content in this classic. But when I talk about it, although I can't foresee how many people are willing to believe the Buddha's principles I convey, I believe that many issues have been explained clearly." Since the Buddha said it cannot be said, I still said why.”

"Because I know that what a person thinks often determines his choice and his destiny."

"If you conquer the world, you only get the land and the fruits of people's labor. In fact, this kind of behavior harms countless people in the world, persecutes countless people, and squeezes countless families in the world. This is just legal theft."

"To conquer the world, what should really be conquered is the human heart."

"But what can I use to conquer people's hearts? Power and oppression are the first methods favored by rulers in the past."

"Destruction is always easier than construction. Ask a group of people to kneel down in the face of the truth, and they will only spit at you; hold a sword to their necks, and they will all kneel down and call you father."

"The ancient rulers also knew this truth. Only by conquering the hearts of the people can the country achieve true peace. But they always chose to use war and violence to conquer the hearts of the people. After all, this is the simplest and most direct method."

"So when it comes to conquering people's hearts, I, Fusu, am not the first to do this."

"During the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, kings throughout the generations used their belief in gods to unify people's hearts."

"But this kind of belief in gods has not united people, nor has it made everyone feel at ease, let alone improved people's lives."

"On the contrary, later on, the high priests in ancient times could not even be good at being human beings, and they still wanted to be priests who communicated with heaven and earth. So they became the last priests who truly conveyed God's will, took care of the people, and used metaphysical predictions to help the people. After disappearing."

"Belief in God has become a tool for priests and nobles to squeeze and even seize the interests of the people."

"It is said that gods have fallen from the altar. In fact, it is the nobles themselves who have abandoned their virtues and continue to oppress the people and squeeze out the last bit of use value from the people."

"And my ancestors of the Qin Kingdom saw the decline and disappearance of Xia, Shang and Zhou, and they also learned profound historical lessons from it."

"That is, letting people worship the same god and sacrifice to the same person will not unite people, let alone make a country strong."

"My ancestors believed that human nature is to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. So in the past, our Qin State used interests to unite and cooperate with the people of Qin State. By using interests, we controlled people's hearts and made everyone obey our orders. , making them afraid to leave the country and live elsewhere.”

"This is the reason why the wise people of the six eastern countries always love to scold Qin. It is also the reason why the people of the six countries resist Qin. As long as you are born, you have entered this trap. Whether you are born, old, sick or dead, someone has already taken care of you. You arranged it clearly.”

"But since this method is based on human nature and specifically takes advantage of people's weaknesses, it is destined that it was used by people in Qin a hundred years ago and has achieved results. In the future, there will be people in the six countries and even in the future world. Use this method to control everyone.”

"But I think there must be a way to solve this problem in this world."

“We don’t need war and violence to oppress people to make them obey, and we don’t need to set up profit traps to make full use of people’s lives, so that they will neither starve to death nor live the life they want, and will only be able to live as a certain person throughout their lives. If you depend on these people, you will never be able to live the life you want.”

"I don't want to rule people this way."

"Now that the world is about to be unified, everyone is looking forward to living a good life in the future. When people's hearts are miserable because of reality, and everyone has roughly the same expectations for the future, it is the time when the world When doing great work."

"And this is what I want to gather the talents of the world to do."

(End of this chapter)

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