The wisdom of equality

A long time ago, there was an old gentleman with a noble status in Japan, who was the uncle of the leader of some locality.Although he is old, he has lofty wisdom.One day he felt that his nephew led the people and must be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and understand the people's sentiments.So he dressed up as a farmer, wearing straw sandals, and took several entourages to various places. One came to travel around the country and the other was to explore the people's sentiments and see if the society was healthy?Are the people rich?

One day, I came to a hotel.It was the cold winter, and it was snowing constantly. He walked on the snow in straw sandals. He finally found the hotel, so a group of people walked in to rest.When you walk into the entrance of a Japanese house, it is a tatami. Of course, you have to wash your feet first before you can get up.At this time, the hotel servants should bring water to wash the guests' feet, but when the hotel servants saw this group of people like peddlers, they felt discriminating.If a businessman or a high-ranking person arrives, they will respectfully deliver the water to their feet.But the group of people I see now do not look like rich people, so the servant ignorantly said: "Water?"There were a few basins of water there, which had just been washed by someone else, or it was hot, just use it! At that time, several followers were very angry and clenched their fists and wanted to rush over and hit him. The old man made a gesture to stop them. Only then did these people let go of their fists. He said to the followers very comfortably: We came out to travel around and find happiness.The old man continued: That's right! The water is still warm and can be used! So he took off his straw sandals and put his feet into someone else's washing, but it was still warm in the water.He also washed his feet very clean and soaked them very warmly.

This is wisdom, wisdom has no discriminatory mind.He is not patient, but it will still be painful, but he is very comfortable.He felt that the hotel servant said that the mistake was removed. Although the water was used by others, it was still hot and could also wash his feet.So he is not angry, so of course he doesn't have to endure it. He can't bear it or be angry, and he can soak his cold feet in hot water to enjoy the fun of soaking hot water.He has no trace of psychological injustice, or has to endure it because of anger. This is to forgive others and beautify himself, which is to have no equal wisdom in discriminating mind.But people like to care, understand common sense in daily life, and they will distinguish between good and bad faces. This is the so-called discriminatory wisdom, which will bring pain in life.We should be happy all the time. Although it is difficult to forget the past, it is a happy thing to face the future with hope every day?

I have often said recently that we should be very happy during the Chinese New Year. We should be grateful to everyone in the past to work together to complete the Tzu Chi career, and we should be grateful to each other, support each other, and move towards the future prosperity of Taidao. This is what we should be happy about.We celebrate the future, be grateful to the past, and transform knowledge into wisdom. This is the good skill that we Buddhists need to pursue and learn.Wisdom is equal and everyone is possessed. As long as we put our heart into it, we can exert the good abilities of wisdom every day.