I have a very good friend, a Christian, who is the kind of devout Christian who holds the cross and prays to tears.
I should be an unruly and unreliable Buddhist relative to the universal belief. I don’t believe in gods, I don’t make offerings to Buddha, I don’t read scriptures for a few days when I leave them beside my pillow, I can’t remember too many names and stories of Bodhisattvas, I only think of vegetarian food when I face the suffering of my relatives, and I go to Taobao for animals irregularly. The protection organization paid some money, and I still killed after I believed in Buddhism: I couldn't stand the mosquitoes in the mosquito nets at that time...
People who talk about their beliefs every day look like a magic stick, so I am around Most of my friends don't know about my faith in Buddhism. Even what I know is mostly out of unfamiliarity or disdain for Buddhism (mainly for religious beliefs), so that no one has ever doubted the purity of my belief in Buddhism. And for myself, I do feel like I'm skeptical deep down. But I don't think this kind of doubt is blasphemous, I believe that the Buddha is kind, forgiving, allowing doubts and willing to wait patiently for me to experience this great world for myself. For different people, the teachings that Buddha wants to convey to him are not the same, so there is no so-called eternal truth.
After watching "Pi's Fantasy Drifting" yesterday, there was always a vague sense of unease, fear and suspicion. Before writing this article, I have probably found an answer that can give myself a stable explanation, but this kind of anxiety is thrown into the depths and may not be calmed down for a long time in the future. Ang Lee said, I can't say what that tiger means. It is precisely because of this unease that I am willing to tell you the tiger in my heart as much as possible.
Believe in miracles in despair
This child called Pai believes in three religions, Hinduism, Christianity, and Islam. When I saw this, I immediately remembered that "Kangxi is Coming" was recently broadcast at the star's home to shoot fortune-telling. An interesting scene is that in a room with several Christian oil paintings hung by artist Benjie, the God of Wealth is a Taoist priest. The immortals still live in the same room with the Taoist Zhaojin Toad, the Hindu monkey gods and elephant gods, and the Buddhist goddesses. The moment I saw this scene, I was puzzled, and this puzzlement was mainly reflected in why he had so many beliefs and his beliefs could coexist. Later, Cai Kangyong asked him the reason, and he probably explained: "I am a mixed race of eight countries, so I want to understand the religion of our ancestors. This is just a process of finding the id rather than the ego. I exist in this world." Before he could finish he was interrupted by the jeers of those around him. I was also immersed in the effects of variety shows and didn't care.
Once, people's reverence for nature and the vastness of the universe changed from confusion to reverence, and from reverence to belief; but after the rapid development of modern science, it is also about the nature of the world, because they do not understand, so they seek to acquire knowledge, and those who understand The more you get, the more you can’t catch it, the more you get confused, and you find that you will never be able to explore the real world, and even drift further away. In the end, after despair, you appeal to religion again.
A question that most unbelievers cannot understand is why choosing a religion can stop the confusion. There is no fixed answer to this question. For me, Buddha allows me to rely on me when I am in despair, and to recognize cause and effect when I am confused. The essence that I most want to have will not fall from the sky. Only by cultivating my mind down-to-earth can I enjoy the happiness of peace of mind. It is not that we are no longer confused, but that we know how to avoid confusion.
Either way, it's because of the same doubt in our bones.
Surrender to cruelty
in fear. After a storm, Pi becomes an independent man with no social connections. He no longer had to explore religion, all his beliefs could not appease his heart, nor did he need to appease, and he did not need to explore the world. Pie asks for the simplest filling.
Let me get straight to the point, the story of tigers is great, but at the end of the movie, we are told that it was fear that made Richard Parker. Pie is thirsty.
Humans are full of animal nature. This is a man-eating vessel. The truth, goodness and beauty that I have always believed in are gone. The most terrifying thing is that deep down we realize that the second story is real, and in that situation, it may be each of us.
The thought of that made me panic, just as teenage pie couldn't accept that there was only your own reflection in the tiger's eyes, just as I couldn't accept that I was a cannibal.
It's a pun on Pai's words: the tiger has only your own reflection in its eyes. Because in the world, you really only have yourself.
The day before yesterday, a classmate from Zhejiang University committed suicide and left a suicide note (excerpt): "No matter how complicated the environment we are in, we can divide it into two parts: the living body and the non-living body. But before we discuss, let's talk about this "meaning" first. When discussing the meaning of A, we must find a B. The meaning of A is the meaning of A to B, that is, A has to do to B. After a certain thing is successful, we can say that A has meaning. Then, for "all life", what is B corresponding to it? If B refers to non-living bodies, then it is over, the existence of life is It is impossible to have meaning. So B should refer to a living body, that is, "life" exists for oneself, for oneself to live and to live better. This kind of reason seems to be more correct at last, but it is not There is a bigger tragedy, and that is the age of our universe. The world will end, and we will be taken with us as small beings (maybe before the world is destroyed. We are no longer there). Meaning, Our goal of "living for ourselves" is ultimately impossible to achieve, let alone "living better". Are we going to lose the meaning of existence again? Some people questioned, saying that the focus is on the process, not the The result. But no matter how wonderful the process of our existence is, who should we show it to? Except that life is non-life, I don't think non-life has the ability to appreciate it. So is it for the living body - ourselves? Is it as long as we live our lives worthy of ourselves? Is it enough to have a wonderful self? Of course I do not agree with this view. I think this is called idealism, and idealism is self-deception. I sometimes even wonder why idealism still exists in this In the world, because any subject and any theory must conform to science and objective facts, otherwise I can say that it is a deceitful thing. To sum up, the existence of life has no meaning."
It was materialism that harmed him . . Because the meaning he seeks is itself ideal. So he has no solution, he can't see the beautiful scenery along the way, and he doesn't understand the existence of truth, goodness and beauty. The meaning of life is a vague question for ordinary people, which hardly affects normal life. To be born is to exist in the material world first, that is, to bow down to the cruel nature and show his minions to gain life. Therefore, we need this tiger.
Before I started thinking about these issues, I was still moved by Pi's thoughts: "Life is about letting go, but the most regrettable thing is that we didn't have time to say goodbye." The world we exist in gives us social relationships, our families, Give us faith, so we can hide this tiger in the corner of our heart. I chose to believe in miracles in times of desperation and thank God for all the good things God has given me, whether you exist or not and whether you have a reason to exist or not, I am thankful that I can live in the moment. No matter what kind of experience it is, it is because we exist that we can detect. Isn't that what we exist for?
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