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《The Eight Great Awareness Sutra says: "Many desires are suffering, and fatigue in life and death arises from greed.Less desire and inaction, and be free in body and mind."Yes, why do we live uncomfortable?I think: It should be the word "greed", and the word "greed" if you cannot practice effectively.When the mind encounters external conditions, it will naturally develop a greed and greedy heart, such as greed for money, sex, fame, profit, etc.Who doesn’t know that wealth, sex, fame, food, and sleep are the five roots of hell.

As the saying goes, “Man dies for money, birds die for food."For example, some people were originally heroes, but for the sake of a little bit of money in front of them, they would suffer in the future.

Compare yourself to see if you have a greed for the five desires and six dusts outside?If there is, you should make a decision in time, and if there is no, you should encourage it.The "Precepts" says: "Repentance will bring peace, and if you do not repent, you will not be happy."In life, intentionally or unintentionally, you will fall into the trap of greed if you are not careful.For example, when shopping, you often choose what you like;When you encounter something delicious, you will naturally develop a greed.

You should know that practicing is to correct one's own wrong concepts, abandon all kinds of bad habits in one's heart, and clear up the dirt in one's heart, that is, to abandon all kinds of ignorance and troubles such as greed, anger, and ignorance in one's heart.If all the dirt in your heart is not cleared, it is like a computer with a virus that needs to be anti-virus;If it is serious, it also needs to reinstall the system, otherwise it will not work for us.Similarly, we also need to reinstall a smart software in our hearts.

So what is inner wisdom software?The Avatamsaka Sutra says: "It's like a lotus not sticking to water, and it's like the sun and the moon not sticking to empty space."It is like the void, which embraces everything without being transformed by everything.It is because there is no worries when it comes and goes, so there is no fear.Buddhism says that "emptiness" can contain everything, and one must have a heart as big as the universe.Although we can't do it now, we can slowly correct our bad habits step by step in real life. ｀

There is no such thing in the world that truly belongs to oneself.We always think this is my house, car, gold, silver and treasure!Once the five aggregates collapse when they are dead, where is "I"?Calm down and you will understand that there is really nothing!So don’t be envious of the Monopoly, there is nothing, and nothing is something.But don’t give up, the Buddha tells us: life contains Prajna wisdom.

From the perspective of practice, simple material conditions can make people keep their hearts simple.The biggest characteristic of ordinary people is that their mind changes with the environment.Why are people today very confused?It is because the living environment is too complex and the material enjoyment is too rich, which makes us unconsciously addicted to the sound and color.

Therefore, the transcendental practice advocated by Buddhism is based on a frugal lifestyle.Because practice is to eliminate troubles and eliminate delusions, in a frugal living environment, material desires are relatively smaller and interference is relatively smaller, so the mind will naturally be easy to calm down.A luxurious life and excessive possession of wealth will make our greed and delusions more and more, which will pose a huge obstacle to our practice.Especially when we lack considerable concentration, we need to use a simple life to reduce material desires and protect our hearts with the help of the power of the environment.

Whether a Buddhist should pursue wealth depends on his intention and on which level he is at.If we look at the level of birth liberation, wealth should not be pursued;If you want to further develop the Bodhicitta, then using wealth to benefit sentient beings is also one of the ways to practice the Bodhisattva path.

Money does not mean happiness, only wisdom is happiness.Although we have no property, we have no need for anything with wisdom.So we can live a realistic and normal life with a cosmic heart.Why not do it?