Someone once said something like this: Many of us hate corruption and abuse of power. In fact, we do not really hate corruption and abuse of power itself, but hate that we do not have the opportunity to corrupt and abuse power. I think this sentence is very reasonable.
, and I think there is another situation: what many of us actually really hate is that power cannot bring benefits to ourselves.
Others say that many of us don’t actually hate the rich, but hate injustice. Specifically speaking, this so-called injustice is the unfairness and injustice shown in competition in modern society. I think this so-called injustice is also
It can be understood that you can't get it.
Those who hate social injustice are never vested interests, only non-vested interests. But most non-vested interests will always envy and yearn for those with vested interests in their hearts.
This is how I feel at the moment, because the power in Minister Dou’s hands has made us vested interests, so I feel such gratitude to him in my heart. From this, I am very happy: it seems that our reception this time is
It is very perfect, otherwise it would not be possible to produce such an effect. Therefore, I adopt a completely indifferent attitude towards those gossips from my employer that I spend too much money behind my back.
After Minister Dou finished speaking, he immediately looked at everyone with a smile. It was obvious that he was using this smile to put pressure on everyone, and at the same time he was waiting for the leaders of the participating universities to express their opinions.
In fact, these vice-principals were all on the scene. Of course they understood Minister Dou’s true intention. Then a university leader spoke, “Before I came to Jiangnan Province, our school held a principal’s office meeting and agreed to give Jiangnan Province this year.
Fifteen more enrollment plans will be added. After the specific matters are finalized, I will discuss them in detail with the comrades from the Jiangnan Provincial Admissions Office."
The so-called detailed discussion he was talking about was actually a matter of money. And I also estimated that he was talking about a relatively conservative figure. His purpose of doing this was of course to wait for a price and sell it.
I hurriedly said: "Thank you."
After someone started, everyone spoke enthusiastically. At the same time, I saw a few people hurriedly walked out of the conference room with their mobile phones. I guess these people did not bring clear indicator types before they came. They must be
I went out to ask my superior for instructions. I couldn't help but secretly feel a little funny.
Later, all university leaders expressed their stance. The one with the most indicators was Jiangnan University in our own province. They added 30 plans in the province this year. Other universities had at least ten plan indicators. Two of them
The vice president of the university said that they would have to study it after returning home, but they all agreed to sign an agreement of intent first.
Next, Governor He simply said a few words, nothing more than words of thanks.
Then Minister Dou asked Secretary Luo: "Secretary Luo, do you have anything to say?"
Secretary Luo smiled and said: "Governor He has already expressed his gratitude to Minister Dou and all the leaders here on behalf of our Jiangnan Province. I also want to thank all the leaders on behalf of our Provincial Education Commission. I won't say much else.
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Minister Dou came to me and asked: "Where is Director Feng?"
I smiled and said: "Let me express my gratitude to you all with a glass of wine at noon today. What I want to hear most now is Minister Dou's wonderful talk about literature and Buddhism."
Minister Dou laughed suddenly and said: "Okay. There is still more than an hour for lunch. Since it is a meeting, let's fill up the time this morning. I will go back to Beijing in the afternoon. I am very
I hope there will be opportunities like this in the future to discuss work matters with you. Okay, let’s chat in the rest of the time. Everyone should relax and don’t make the atmosphere so tense. The matter has been resolved. Let’s move on.
It’s a question of specific operations. In this way, I’d better talk about the origin of the idiom “castle in the air” first. Even if I’m just trying to make a fool of myself, I think there must be many leaders here who have studied literature and Buddhism. Actually,
These things are very interesting. They are not just the category of knowledge. I think they should be more about philosophy and classic topics about how to behave in the world. Since we are all high-level intellectuals, we might as well talk about such topics. You all say yes
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The atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became relaxed, and everyone said, "Mr. Dou, please start the conversation first."
Minister Dou immediately said: "The idiom 'castles in the air' actually comes from Buddhism. Buddhism, as a culture that has become a religious belief for almost all people in our country, has been spread for more than 2,000 springs, summers, autumns and winters, up and down rivers, and inside and outside the Great Wall.
, has played an important role in our country's language vocabulary that cannot be underestimated. In fact, many words we often use now, such as 'dedication', 'habit', 'convenience', 'obstacle', 'moment', etc., etc., these
They are all Buddhist nouns. Idioms are the essence of language formed after thousands of refinements, and are the pearls in our country’s vocabulary treasure house. I once studied that among these dazzling idioms, there are more than 200 related to Buddhism. For example
The same goes for the idiom "It tastes like chewing wax". Volume 8 of "Surangama Sutra" says: I have no desire, so I should act according to you. When it is laid out horizontally, it tastes like chewing wax. Its original intention is to make practitioners pure in mind, few desires, and indifferent.
In the taste of the world. Later generations used this metaphor to be dull and tasteless. For example, there is a saying in "The Scholars": But as soon as the world sees fame, they risk their lives to seek it. After they get it, it is just like chewing wax.
The word "castle in the air" comes from the Buddhist story "The Parable of the Three-story Tower in the Hundred Parables": There was a rich man in the past who wanted to build a three-story tower. The carpenter followed the instructions and started laying bricks on the ground. The rich man was surprised and asked why? The carpenter replied: Build a three-story tower.
Ah! The rich man hurriedly said: I don’t want the second layer below, only the top layer! The carpenter was surprised and explained that the top layer cannot be built without building the second layer. However, the rich man still persisted in his stubbornness and attracted everyone’s ridicule. Buddhism
This metaphor is used to illustrate the principle that practitioners should build a good foundation and make progress step by step. Nowadays, it is often used to describe illusions or fantasies. As I said before, the Jiangnan Provincial Admissions Office actually turned something that seemed like a castle in the air into a reality. It’s really
Amazing. So, many things are like this. We should not be bound by our inherent ideas, and we should be good at thinking about problems in new ways. Things like building castles in the air were unthinkable in ancient times, but for modern people, it seems that they should
Can it be done? I think as long as you master the principles of mechanics. But I don’t want to talk about specific architectural issues here. In fact, there are many castles in the air in our real life, such as the data from our Bureau of Statistics.
.right everyone?"
Everyone laughs.
Then Governor He said: "Mr. Dou, what you just said reminded me. I seem to have seen an explanation of an idiom in the dictionary. This idiom is 'everyone is happy'." The Buddhist scripture "Vimalakīrti"
It is said in the Sutra: The Exhortations: All the people in the assembly are very happy when they hear the words of the Buddha, and they believe in, accept and practice them. Another example is the Lotus Sutra: The Hair of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva.
It means that the people attending the Dharma assembly felt physically and mentally happy and extremely happy after listening to the Buddha's sermons. Isn't our scene the same today? Minister Dou is giving us wonderful instructions here. All of us
After hearing this, everyone was very happy."
Everyone laughed again.
Not to mention, Minister Dou’s previous words really played the role and effect of attracting new ideas. Then several university leaders started to speak. I was very surprised. On the one hand, I couldn’t think of such things as: pushing the boat along with the current, borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha, and following the trend.
Idioms such as steering the helm, seeing everything in sight, mirror flowers and moonlight in the mirror, and being in full bloom all come from Buddhism. Even the idioms of never leaving, imitating parrots, and even selling dog meat by selling sheep's heads are the same -
The term "Surva and all things" comes from the "Dhammapada": "Shenluo and all phenomena are imprinted by one Dharma." It turns out that "Shenluo and all phenomena" are "forms", that is, all material phenomena, and material phenomena arise and die in an instant, which is illusory and unreal.
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Parrot imitation comes from "Yaoshan Weiyan Monk": A practitioner asked: Someone asked the Buddha and answered the Buddha, asking and answering the Dharma, which is called the one-word Dharma door. I don't know if it is? The master said: It is like a parrot imitating other people's words, but can't talk to itself, why?
Wisdom is why Zen Buddhism emphasizes the enlightenment of the human heart and opposes copying words and words. Parroting words will not help even if you learn them vividly.
The word "non-indivisible and non-detached" comes from the "Perfect Enlightenment Sutra": Perfect enlightenment is universally illuminated, and there is no duality in non-departure. There is no bondage and no release. Only then do we know that all living beings have originally become Buddhas. "Ji" means fusion, and "departure" means separation.'
"Perfect Enlightenment" is the true nature, and "all living beings" are false appearances. Of course, there is a difference. This is the so-called "incomprehension". However, in the final analysis, the false appearances are also the manifestation of true nature, and the two are integrated. This is the so-called "incomprehension".
"Not separated" means. Just like a wave is not water, but it cannot be separated from water.
It is difficult to prevent a house thief from "Wudeng Huiyuan". Question: What happens when a house thief is difficult to guard against? The master said: There is no injustice if you know it. According to Buddhism, the "six dusts" such as color, sound, and fragrance are called the "six external thieves", and the eyes,
The "six roots" such as ears and nose are the "six thieves within". House thieves refer to the six thieves within, referring to the greed of the six roots. The "Za Agama Sutra" says: There are six thieves within, and they will follow you.
If you find it easy to kill, you should protect yourself... The six internal thieves, such as the six desires. The six roots use their inherent greed to pursue sounds, colors and other dusty defilements and plunder the good dharma in human nature, so they are called "house thieves".
"Difficult to guard against"
When they talked about the word "it's hard to guard against burglars", I couldn't help but smile bitterly: This is what is wrong with me in the final analysis.
In addition, there is another aspect that surprised me: It turns out that many of these leaders, including Minister Dou and Governor He, are very knowledgeable about Buddhism. This is not just a matter of faith.
, I think it should be firmly believed. (To be continued)