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Buddhism，one of the world’s most significant religions, is around 2560 years old. Buddhism has survived for so long partly because its essence is peace and love. People can achieve the essence of Buddhism in different ways. However, meditation can be considered as the most impotent vehicle for achieving the essence of Buddhism.

 

     To achieve the essence of Buddhism, one must understand what it is. In fact, the essence of Buddhism is simply avoiding harming others and helping them as much as possible (Pg13. Bfb). To Buddhists, love and compassion are the most important human qualities. “Love” is the wish for everyone to have happiness (Pg27bfb). Love in Buddhism is different from normal love since normal love is an agitated passion in one’s heart and just for specific people. Love in Buddhism is an ultimate love which exists for every living being. In Buddhism, “Compassion” refers to the wish for everyone to be free from suffering (pg27bfb). People might think they do not need anyone to take pity on them, but this belief is wrong. Pity is a feeling people have when they feel superior to others, whereas Buddhism’s compassion is a wish for everyone to escape from suffering. According to this belief, everyone should try to help relieve the suffering of others. Meditation is the main method Buddhists use to achieve ultimate love and compassion.

 

     The Four Noble Truths are also part of the essence of Buddhism (pg13bfb). The first one is the truth of suffering (pg13bfb). Living is suffering from Samsara. The reason we live is to pay for our karma in our last lives, which is the second truth: the cause of suffering. The third Noble Truth is the cessation of suffering and its cause, and the fourth one is the path to that cessation (pg12bfb). If even death can not cease our suffering since we will be reincarnated after we die, what can we do? We Meditate.

 

     All meditation has the same goal: to help us to know ourselves deeply, and by knowing ourselves, to know others as well (pg75 Work as a spiritual practice). We have to know our own natures first in order to know others, who have the same nature. There by, knowing others, we can help them. Through meditation, anger and unsatisfaction will decrease and eventually disappear. One can also develop clairvoyance through meditate. However, feeling satisfied, controlling anger, and being clairvoyant is merely phenomena for achieving the only intention of mediation: to understand and abstract oneself into ultimate love. Meditation is not daydreaming or merely sitting in the correct posture and thinking about something. There are two general types of meditation: Samatha and Vipassana (loading…). Samatha is designed to lead to mind development and genuine mental tranquility. On the other hand, Vipassana is designed to give insight into the truths of impermanence, suffering and “self” (loading…). In this paper I will discuss only Vipassana since it produces the understanding which leads to enlightenment.

 

     After understanding what the essence of Buddhism and Meditation is, we should focus on how to meditate. The first stage of meditating is to focus the mind because the focusing is the basis for us to think and decide. Though people’s minds are always distracted, people can still concentrate their minds by using their willpower to focus on the one thing which they want to understand most. Also, they can focus on anything, depending on their different situations. For example, if a person’s affliction comes from thinking too much, that person can meditate on the exhalation and inhalation of the breath. When one’s mind is focus on the breath, one’s ceaseless thoughts will immediately diminish (pg99howto).

 

     Furthermore, it should be noticed that the concentrations should not be too tight or too loose. The two correct qualities of mind you need are “intense clarity” and “unwavering stability” (pg103howto). However, tightness and looseness can easily turn into “Laxity” and “Excitement”. In Laxity, the mind and body feel heavy. The Dalai Lama explains, “Laxity occurs when the mind is withdrawn inside in the process of developing meditation.” (pg104howto). In Excitement, the meditator forgets his or her focus and thinks about other things. Excitement is often due to lust and desire (pg105howto). Sleeping too much generally leads to Laxity, whereas having unrealistic expectations tends to lead to excitement (pg105howto). Thus, before meditating, we have to make sure our bodies are not too tired or not too excited; not too hungry or not too full. We need to keep our hearts calm and our minds sharp while we are meditating.

 

     In the second stage of meditation, we have to realize we do not exist in ourselves and to view ourselves as illusions. There are two meanings for the term “self”. One is “living being”; the other one means “selflessness”. A “Living being” is a living being that loves and hates and also experience other feelings. “Selflessness” refers to a falsely imagined status of existence (pg126how). The first meaning involves the body, and the second involves the mind, or soul. Body and mind combine together constructed living beings. The Dalai Lama advises us, “To gain access to this dept of love and compassion, it is necessary first to understand that you yourself and other sentient beings are empty of inherent existence” (pg225howto). Before we do something, our minds order our bodies to do it. That is, we own our minds and bodies. We say to someone, “this is your mind and this is your body”. But where are “you”? Are “you” inside your body and mind or separate from them? The answer is that “you”, the controller of your body and mind, do exist; however, you exist in emptiness. Although “you” do exist, your existence is equal to nonsexist.  

 

We can explain why we can see people and things and call their names as they are all like illusions. The one who controls the mind and body truly exist, but the body and mind are like illusions. The Dalai Lama explains “Remember a time when you mistook a reflection of a person in a mirror for an actual person. It appeared to be a person but was not. Similarly, all persons and things seem to exist from their own side without depending on causes and conditions, on their parts, and on thought, but they do not. In this way, persons and things are like illusions” (pg177howto). The Dalai Lama means that people and things all have their essence. Although their appearances are true, they are not the essences of people and things. As a result, we see them merely like illusions but not real illusions. We try to view everyone and everything like an illusion is because doing so helps us to reduce unfavorable emotions. Lust and hatred always hide what things really are. For instance, when we get angry, we think about how wretched the person who is making us angry; later however, when we calm down and look at the same person, we may find out we were wrong (pg178howto). We should look at people’s essences. Then we can diminish or eliminate our hatred and lust. Seeing things as inherently existent will impede us from loving and compassionating. In contrast, viewing others as illusions will maximize love and compassion.

 

     The third and last stage of meditation involves absorbing oneself in ultimate love. After being focused on meditating about how things are empty and not what they are, we can understand how we are unnecessarily drawn into suffering and pain by false appearances. We then fall prey to lust and hatred (pg224howto). As a result, we accumulate different kinds of karma, and suffer from the Four Noble Truths forever. In contrast, through meditation, we can realize that everything we have done was totally unnecessary. We regret and change. We turn ourselves into love and compassion. 

 

In conclusion, eventually, we can achieve the essence of Buddhism by meditation. Although it might not be the only way to this essence, it is the most important way.  To end the eternal circle of suffering, one must understand through meditation that everything he or she sees is only an illusion. The only thing that exists is the soul, and it, also, is emptiness. Through meditation, we can fulfill ourselves by forgiving hatred and achieving ultimate love and compassion. 

　将近７个月过去了````我````忘了怎么进个人SPACE, 于是没更新, 于是更加想不起来, 于是不去想```然后没更新```没更新```于是永远想不起来, 近7个月```突然上来,发现原来我还存在``只是已经淡忘```已经淡忘```一切````思想````停止```突然````觉悟```原来仅仅是存在罢了```没时间了``时间不够了```7个月的消失, 7个月的生命损失```谁消失过? 谁体会过？

 

你要问我雪什么时候最美，那是凌晨4点，大雪刚刚结束分飞，无边的黑暗，笼罩着一片白雪，而白雪下面，是一万年的人类文明。

 

雪上没有人的足迹，没有汽车行驶过的痕迹，就像下了千年的雪，根本没人来过这片土地。

 

城市经过了千年之雪的掩埋，两小时后，交通，餐厅，课堂将重新启动，人群会突然出现。喧嚣，嬉笑，打闹，将充斥天地。

 

这就是我的大学，一个奇迹。

 

终于感觉到自己的渺小了吗？对人类社会的眷恋让每个人不承认自己渺小。有人说，我想多了，我确实是想多了，否则，怎么看清你的内心，那种诡异。

 

 

 

文字很久没有传达过我，崔宇泽的信息了，主要是一直想写些朋友们看完有点感触的东西，但又写不出来。大家都照完镜子了吗，那听我讲个故事吧。

 

今天坐在一大堆作业面前正准备发愁，同楼层的一友人敲我门，问我能不能去帮他们，因为有一个游戏是说所有同楼层的人找个地方藏在一起，检查者会来检查一共多少人聚集，人最多的楼层获胜。这是我们LISTER CENTRE（一个学生住宅区）组织的“游戏”。

任何人，一听到这个游戏，会把组织者杀了。

世界上居然还有这么无聊的事！唉```

我们20人左右在一个地方等着检查者，没电视，没音乐，等了一小时。

一小时后，我发现此游戏本身就是个天才。

他们在一起没事干就聊天，玩游戏，最后唱各种各样的歌。

当然了，我是唯一个中国人，所以不会参与他们的歌声和游戏，只是看着，听着。

每一个人无聊的等待，为了楼层光荣牺牲学习时间，互相取乐是一种互相帮助，成为类似战友的朋友，这就是这个游戏的秘密。不知道他们自己嘻嘻哈哈的看懂了没有```

 

饭虎说，男人要学会品位孤独，对了，但是确切的说，男人只需要会适应孤独，品位孤独的，是得道者，而乐于孤独的，是王者。

 

最近发生的事实在难用经济学解释，比如说为什么我会被一个我一直认为是我比较好的朋友指明道姓的在她的SPACE里公开指责，我不会解释，我想对你说，对不起，我错了，但请不要原谅我，因为我不会改正。

 

工作辞了，每个人问我为什么时我都给了不同的答案，这里我把答案统一一下```

7块5一小时的生命，这就是我们现在的社会价值，打工是必须的，打完工才会知道我们究竟需要什么，但这是我们在打工中唯一得到的，就是理解我们需要什么，理解后，请毫不犹豫的辞掉，去学习需要的东西，去享受生命，准备好拿75一小时的社会价值，或离开社会，回归自然。我们只有一次生命啊！我们在怕什么呢？是恐惧把我们关了起来，把我们的思想关了起来，让我们没有勇气，缺乏想象力。我们都需要一个人欣赏自己，永远欣赏自己，就一个人。但我的朋友们啊，你们都找到了吗？是用你们赚来的钱和姿色去找，还是用真诚的心灵``和思想```？

 

最后，祝你们快乐，豁达。

 

 

 

（发现我的题目比较容易看得懂，于是这篇就无内容吧）

对元凶的回复：

首先，我承认上一篇文章的许多错误。不过有一点却更加确定了，就是人民币地升值问题。

 

必须说，你的一番话是非常有道理，我在此把你的“出超”理解为贸易顺差，而你所说的大量的外汇储备确实是中国目前最头疼的问题之一，大量的外汇储备，特别是美圆（我们的外汇储备超过80%都是美圆），会导致中国被美国牵着鼻子走，目前7000亿左右的美圆储备，如果美圆贬值10%，人民币升值10%，会导致中国莫名损失20%储备金（1400亿美圆），也就是一万亿左右人民币（看来这已经是个时间问题了），而这也只是个开始，我们在美国的商品也会因价格高涨而适当的减低销量，这些都会慢慢减少外汇储备，更不至于受别的国家牵制。就像你的意思一样，这反而是一件好事。

 

但至于格林思潘（我的偶像）所说的“你不要期望人民币升值以后可以改善美国的贸易赤字。”如果他真的这样说了，我只能说他是从美国的消费观念来分析的，因为目前美国4台手提电脑里有3台是MADE IN CHINA，这说明了一个很简单的问题：中国产品至少不单单是吃价格优势饭的。因为我们不能说4个美国人里有三个只买的起便宜的东西。那么美国为什么还要这样做？我个人认为，一部分原因是控制中国经济发展，因为这只会让中国付出在成本上更多而收益地更少。

下文是我一个挚友，以邮件的形式发给我的，经他同意，寡人复制上来的。我刻意的把我的SPACE改成主要经济学空间，是希望如果有人想了解了解什么是经济学，我可以在帮助他们和与讨论中自己也可以进步，哪怕只有一个人。

 

“ 我觉得经济学上的东西从来就没有什么肤浅不肤浅，名家和我们相差也许不是理解方式，而只是表达方式。最有道理得东西通常是事后解释出来的。只是我觉得我与你在对 人民币和美国态度 上有所分歧。
 我觉得现在中国人民币的升值压力和美国的财政赤字 是不能直接挂上一个钩的。 根本的问题是两个国家自身存在着
失衡，
     不用问 中国的出口增长太快 就是个失衡，看起来似乎中国是占尽了便宜，其实未必， 出口增长率太快，就造成了出超很大，也就产生了很多的外汇储备，外汇储备又造成了很多的资产的泡沫，包括所谓的房地产泡沫也都产生了，在另外一方面，为了满足更多的出口，就有更多的投资，投资过热，就产生了对很多原料大量的需求，然后在大量的原料需求中又产生了很多不一定有效运用资源的等等的现象，同时中国的经济发展 在环保 文化 古迹 人权 和劳工生活水平上都存在着极大的问题，这是在透支社会成本 和未来的发展成本来换取一时的高速发展。总的来说 这是一个非常大的宏观失衡，所以中国也才会采取宏观调控政策来对付他。但是中国的这种失衡反而变成一个国际间矛头所指向的对象，因为你出口太多了，你的出口为什么这么多，因为你人民币可能是低谷了
 但是升值就能让国际间其它国家的贸易升起来吗？有很多经济学家不赞成人民币升值的，他指出这个东西对中国不好，对美国不好，对全球也未必好，甚至包括林斯潘自己都讲过这样的话，他说你不要期望人民币升值以后可以改善美国的贸易赤字。美国的贸易赤字实际上源于美国社会当中的过度的消费，老百姓和政府过度的开销等等。这是个复杂的问题，不能仅仅归结在人民币升不升值上。
    所以美国的意图也许只是仅仅是试图抑制中国的发展。布什真的要有所作为也只不过是在政治上的 而不是经济上的。
 而且中国的经济策略是一直想要放慢步伐，人民币升值有助于结构转型，对于中国也不是说没有一点益处的，虽然我们都知道这个益处比较无奈。”

 

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