Questions and answers from Suzhou Institute of Science and Technology

Questions and answers on the ground

(i) Question: I am a student from the Foreign Language Institute. Great Germany says that Buddha has taught us the truth, but now many are afraid or unwilling to face the truth, such as indecisive or empty. When I told my classmates about "unusual," I found out they were really reluctant to accept it.

A: Paradoxically old and dying are the truth, but in Buddhist books such as the Aham Book, there are teachings about how to establish a family, build up money, and enjoy happiness and happiness; during special holidays, Tibetan Buddhism also has a tradition of celebrating with songs and songs. Let's say that. Tell them that Buddhism is not a pessimism, that it does not escape the world and that it is not far from our lives.

Too much greed is indeed harmful, but for starters, normal demands and efforts in life are needed, and Buddhism does not exclude them. What to do.

It is true that Buddhists are free to learn and practice corruption, but this is a high-level situation that does not require ordinary people to do the same. Just as in scientific research, the most nuanced exploration of everything in the universe is a matter for a few people.

(ii) Question: One of my teachers said: "A university student should study in a spirit of interest to society and the general public, otherwise it would be contrary to the aims of the university. "Listen to your lecture today, I've been inspired, may I ask you to give me some more?

Your teacher was right.

When a person is in school, if all your thoughts are concerned with his or her own interests and when he or she completes his or her studies in society, life will not normally be easy. Even if you get into the unit you want, this place doesn't necessarily need you. Because any unit finds that they need people who can think for others, not just themselves.

Wherever you do it, you have to do it as your own. That way you'll have a day of success.

(iii) Question: How do we use Buddhism in business?

A: I think Buddhism and business are the easiest to integrate. Not only do business or cultural interests find what they need in Buddhist philosophy, but it is not an exaggeration to say that any subject in a university, science or dissertation, can also find answers in the 84 thousand pharmacies left by Buddha 2,500 years ago. It is therefore easy to apply Buddhist ideas to business culture or management.

There is an enterprise whose business culture is the Heart. It requires every employee to have a copy of his or her heart and to do so every morning before he or she goes to work. The staff members read back and watched, "Oh, the eyes and nostrils were empty, so "the heart was free" and the anxiety or pain was diluted.

Isn't it not positive if it's empty? Nope. It's empty, it's empty, it's empty, it's just that the energy is rising.

Business as a group is important, so it requires a culture to move between people. As you know, many businesses in the West have been successful because of a particularly good business culture. Chinese enterprises had not done enough in the past and seemed to be working on it.

Employees ' meters and product design or Logo, which are needed, are able to connect everyone to this inner point of thinking and make the enterprise more dynamic.

If Buddhism is incorporated into the heart of the enterprise, it is to build a place or a place of return for people.

iv) Question: You often say that human beings are rare, but it is not so rare that the number of human beings is growing.

A: The Miraz-Bajuns said to a hunter: "The Buddha says that man is rare, but a man like you who creates evil is not rare."

It is rare and rare to see a human being as a whole. And the average human being is rare compared to other beings, like the bystanders and the hungry, but not so much as those who seek forgiveness.

Question: 'There is a saying in Buddhism that all life is to be Buddha', but there seems to be more and more. When will it be finished?

答：佛教认为，众生无尽，利生的事业无尽。既然如此，为何要说“度尽”呢？这是一种表达誓愿力度的说法。

比如有人说“要读完天下书”，但“天下书”那么多，能不能读完呢？读不完。不过他发愿后，应该会读得很好。同样，当你发愿“度尽一切众生”时，在众生度尽之前，你的愿力和修行力会让你很快成佛。

（五）问：我是西交利物浦大学的学生。现在的大学生一般自视很高，自我意识也很强。怎样才能不让自我膨胀，同时也能接受一些人生哲理或知识？

答：一说“大”学生，你们会自认为很有知识或学问，甚至傲慢起来。但要知道，和那些高层次知识尤其是宗教智慧相比，你们所学还是有距离的；和他们在专业领域内学修四五十年相比，你们学个四五年，也不算什么。

尤其是，在人生这一课题上，还没学到什么呢。

将来出了校门，即使你得到一些财富或地位，也千万不要骄傲，记住济公和尚在《圣训歌》里说的话：“荣华富贵眼前花，傲什么？”一定要有颗谦卑的心。人能谦卑，也就有接受和学习能力了。

我不敢说自己谦卑，但我爱学，交流中也确实学到了很多知识。在香港“世界青年佛学研讨会”上，四五十位大学生的演讲，我一一作了笔记；前两天的“宗教与慈善论坛”，国内外47 位学者的讲话，我也都记了下来。

所以，“活到老、学到老”，这样才能不断提升自己的智慧。否则，可能很快就被淘汰了。

在藏传佛教的传统中，我最钦佩和受用的，就是前辈大德们那种谦逊的求知精神。他们谦逊到可以在任何有知识的人面前求学，甚至终生在学习中度过。

（六）问：生活中的琐事或是是非非，常会障碍我们去思考有用的东西，该如何处理这些事情？

答：“是是非非”之类的，本来也不是什么大事，如果是针对自己的，试着用宽容、坦然的心态接受它，应该没什么妨害，不需要花时间去烦恼、痛苦或折腾。

人都喜欢听顺着自己、赞叹自己的话，不喜欢听反面意见，但如果能存有一种学习和调整自我的态度，那你从别人好听或不好听的话里，都能听到有价值的东西。正面和反面的全都接受，这种包容心态，会让你过得非常快乐。

同时也要有取舍的智慧，懂得辨别什么是好或不好，什么是合理或非理。当然，这不是在事后，而是在事前。

（七）问：动物保护主义者说：“动物和人一样有痛觉，所以要保护它们，不能虐待它们……”对此您怎么看？

答：在关爱动物方面，动物保护组织的认识与佛教的理念大体上是一致的。他们说得对，动物确实和人一样，也有苦乐感受，只不过人类意识不到而已。我们一般认为，杀人才残忍，杀动物理所当然。但你们想想，如果全世界所有人都吃肉，每天要杀掉多少动物？导致多少痛苦？

我们受教育或环境影响，从小认为猪牛羊这些动物是没有感受的。但实际上，它们只是不会说话而已，你杀它们的时候，它们跟人一样有剧烈的痛苦，一模一样。

从生命的意义上理解，我们的确应该保护动物。

问：动物保护的反对者说：“佛教传承了这么多年，都没有让所有人吃素，你们也宣扬吃素，有何意义？”对此您怎么看？他们说的吃素与佛教所说的一样吗？

答：在佛教小乘教义中，是开许过吃“三净肉”，但到后来的大乘教义，就不允许吃肉了。汉传佛教提倡吃素，就是基于大乘这一慈悲理念：一切众生都是自己的父母，杀生或吃肉便断了慈悲种子。这才是佛教的究竟观点。

凡是吃素，不论什么原因，我都是赞叹的。了解动物有苦乐感受，提倡吃素，我赞叹；为健康考虑而吃素，我赞叹；担心肉食导致温室效应、两极融化，给全世界带来灾难，像美国总统奥巴马以环保名义吃素，我也赞叹。

不能终生吃素的，每月初八、十五等日子或佛教节日那天最好吃素。平时也少吃肉，不要点杀。很多人结婚宴请时一定要杀生，短暂的喜庆让自己背上无数命债。但你不想想，剥夺了那么多的生命，自己又怎么会过得快乐？

因此，希望大家经常吃素、坚持吃素、提倡吃素。