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The 18 most classic quotes of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism

The 18 most classic quotes of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism





1, color is not different from empty, empty is not different from color, color is empty, empty is color.


-- heart sutra


Sentiment: the "color" in the heart sutra can be simply understood as matter (sun, moon, stars, etc.) and the world phase (fame, wealth, people, things, etc.), which can be seen and touched by the naked eye. Water to make a metaphor, water color, water forms are: rain, snow and frost, ice, fog, rivers and lakes, water vapor is water, there are all kinds in the shape of water, the sun rising water vapor in the air, our eyes can't see the meat of the water, but the humidity in the air increases, we saw the clouds to see water, but it contains the moisture in clouds, when the cloud water reaches a certain amount, it will rain, it is a quantitative change back to the qualitative change, from the water back to the process. So can't say what things is absolute, it is also a change multiple thinking, dialectic. Empty itself, material, fame and wealth? Is an empty thing a color? Since "color" should be attributed to "empty", we should not be greedy for "color" in the world. Cultivation of mind is for the purpose of cultivation of mind, and a vacuum is wonderful and capable of being true.


2, the law of the people, the law of heaven, the law of heaven, the law of nature.


-- Lao tzu, tao te ching


Inspiration: the person who live on the earth, to rule for the earth, sun, warm by the day, earth day as law, the universe, is the evolution of the road, so the day in a way to rule, the evolution of the tao, is based on natural law. Tao: is conform to the nature, let the self evolution of all things. As the people who live on the earth, you should respect and protect the natural environment, sunchon, let nature take its course is the "tao".




3, day, the gentleman to self-improvement; Topography kun, the gentleman to carry things.


-- I ching


The spirit of a gentleman should be as vigorous and galloping as the horse. The earth is gentle and gentle, nurturing all things, like the character of the cattle as hard work, the mind of a gentleman should be like the earth's thick, inclusive and bearing all things.


4, wren nest in deep forest, but one branch; The hades drink the river, but they are full.


- chuang tzu


The nest occupied by the birds in the mountain forest is just a branch, the hades drink the water in the river, but they are satisfied.




5, zhi orchid life valley, not to no one and not fang.


- Confucius


Feeling: the orchid grows in the deep and secluded valley, no matter there is no one to appreciate, the orchid is still open, the gentleman can realize the avenue and cultivate virtue, will not change his heart and moral integrity because of poverty and frustration.




6, heaven and earth is the basis of people, heaven and earth have a deficit, can not settle my year.


-- taiping jing


Comprehension: the heavens and the earth is our parents, it is the root of life, if the pollution of the atmosphere, the earth, the forest logging by the human, the nature of Yin and Yang lose balance, the essential condition of human existence is destroyed, people will not be at ease, human want to secure life, first of all, fear of heaven and earth, behavior and the nature coordinated, only in this way, just may have lasting peace life.


The theft of heaven and earth, all things, all things, the theft of man, man, all things, the theft of three appropriate, three only safe.


-- "Yin fu jing"


However, if people steal the essence of heaven and earth, everything can be used. But, if people steal also no way, is equal to harm themselves if the human unrestrained deforestation, it will cause a lot of soil erosion, flooding rivers and so on... Only three thieves (the way of the sky: Yin, qing, sun, moon, star, the way of the earth: gold, wood, water, fire, wind, the way of people: sincerity, thrift, benevolence, filial piety, good) the five elements of life appropriate, Yin and Yang balance, in order to achieve tian, tai, people together, the world can be peaceful.




8, should be born so pure heart, should not live color heart, should not live sound fragrance touch method heart, should not live and live their heart.


-- diamond sutra


The enlightened one should have a pure mind, not one that seeks shapes and concrete things, nor one that is inspired by shapeless things. The inner space of a person should be a naturally occurring pure and non-doing mind when there is nothing to be desired.




9, such as the arrival, never, also have no place to go, so the name of the tathagata.


-- diamond sutra


Feeling: "Buddha" can be understood as his own nature and true. It really is not from where, no where to go, we just the simple heart be secular and its own desire, greed, hatred, pollution is covered, make we hold the bend scouring the globe to find, in fact, it has been really on our own.


10, tao born one, life two, two three, three things.


-- "tao te ching"


Comprehension: initial universe is in a state of chaos, chaotic differentiation, clear up for the day, for Yang, polluted air reduced to land, as the Yin, Yin and Yang two gas inspire each other, constantly intercourse, produced gas (gas is the basic condition of life happen), everything started reproduction. The connotation of everything has a Yin and Yang two attributes (i.e., based on), and is the unity of the Yin and Yang to inspire each other, after intercourse.




Poor is to take care of themselves, to the world.


- mencius


Sentiment: when you are poor, keep to your own nature, do not do things beyond your duty, when wealth comes (spiritual consciousness and material wealth), do not enjoy wealth alone, to let more people around the world benefit.


12, from the phase is zen, not chaos is fixed; External meditation and internal meditation are for meditation.


-- altar sutra


Meditation is that a person is no longer tempted by the external desire for fame and wealth, and realize that the desire for fame and wealth is a floating cloud of illusion. Only in this way can human nature present its original clarity and freedom, and only in this way can the inner heart produce real "meditation" -- this is meditation.




13, who is not a sage, to err? It is good to be well.


-- zuo zhuan


People are not sages, who will make mistakes, the key is to know that they are wrong and can correct their mistakes, from now on not to make the same mistake, this is from the mistake of the great benefit.


14, when the fight 100 gu vegetation, chunhua birds and beasts moth, beside the luo sun, moon, stars, water waves earth and stone jade, hard work and refreshing, save water and fire material.


-- shiji, the first of the five emperors


Comprehension: ancestors to protect our environment, there are words can take an examination of, started from the yellow emperor period, this means that people want to mountains, vegetation and birds and beasts worm moth, as well as the moon and stars, civil, water waves are as his heart, as his ears and eyes, saving water and with fire that timber. Used at the time of the ancient "material", is the nature of living conditions. This shows our ancestors to treat and awe of nature.




15, the people of ancient times, its know, method in Yin and Yang, and the number, drinking habits, and daily life have often, don't jump to make law, so it can form and spirit, and his old age, degree of centenarians is. Persons who have not at this time, in wine, for pulp, to do such things, often drunk to into the room, for the room, for exerting its essence, to dissipation of the truth, I do not know its full, royal god from time to time, his service fast heart, inverse living, daily life and therefore merely and failure.


-- huangdi neijing


Comprehension: ancient know knowledge of people, can make life, according to the objective law of preserve one's health is to make itself a balance of Yin and Yang (vigour for Yang, blood, and fluid for Yin), diet to temperate (not eating a single, overeating, big fish big meat, meal, etc.), in the daily life work and rest also regularly (don't stay up late at night, often stay up late can cause human body biological clock disorder, endocrine disorders, etc.), cannot too fatigue overdraft body. So, the person's appearance and body spirit got the h, so understand knowledge people can live to be hundred years old. And now, for for curing unceasingly, drinking alcohol, drunk Room, do as they wish, unrestrained dissipation of congenital essence (libido is the fountain of life in consumption, temperance lust, fixing sperm cover gas, for knowledge), also regardless of the physical condition of people today, use too much energy, meet fast, recreation way is contrary to the hotel, at the age of fifty years so early aging.


16, there are mechanical things will organic, organic things will organic heart. Where god is uncertain, tao is not contained.


- chuang tzu


Comprehension: has the machinery, can produce a cleverness, have the dexterity, can produce a cleverness of heart, the heart of the opportunistic born in heart, and destroys the plain natural quality. Once the inner pure machine heart being polluted, will be thinking about how to opportunistic, for profit, so, the mind will instability, insecurity, will not be able to "tao", is far from the essence of the natural way.




17, rigid and soft staggered, astronomy, civilization to stop, humanities also, watch the sky, to watch its change, watch the humanities to become the world.


-- zhouyi


Comprehension: the intersection of heaven and earth, Yin and Yang two gas harmony, is the operation of natural behavior heaven, human civilization (the sun to Ming also, this is our country ancient book first appeared the word "civilization") is to let nature take its course of development, the view (eye to see, my heart to view) was made in heaven, can know the change, in order to comply with the laws of nature, observe whether one's own behavior and the nature coordinated, only let nature take its course, can help good, on the earth, can with the nature, coexistence and co-prosperity.


18, the Lord of heaven, called the father; The Lord of the earth, called the mother; The father is the bishop, and the mother is the father's son. The father is the bishop, and the mother is the father's son.


-- taiping jing


Comprehension: heaven is our father, and the earth is our mother, who is the heaven and earth have the child, good parents do you want to manage the heavens and the earth. Do the father of enlightenment, we are going to follow the natural season, the earth mother and god father raised us together, we ordered into day, benefiting from mother earth, so as the son of heaven and earth, we want to protect good parents gifts of our ecological environment, to worship days honor father and care for the earth mother.



儒释道最经典的18句名言




1、色不异空,空不异色,色即是空,空即是色.


——《心经》


感悟:《心经》之“色”,可以简单地理解为物质(日月星辰等)和世相(名利、财宝、人、物等),是肉眼能看见,触摸到的“色”.“色”是不是空呢?用水打个比喻,水为色,水的表现形式有:雨、雪、霜、冰、雾,江河湖海,水蒸气都是水,这些都是有形状的水,阳光下水蒸气上升于空中,我们的肉眼睛就看不见水了,但空气中的湿度增加了,我们看见云朵看不见水,但云朵里蕴含了水份,当云中的水份到达一定的量时,就会下雨,这是一个由量变回归到质变,从水回到水的过程.因而不能说什么事物是绝对的,这也是一个变化、辩证的多重思维.世相、物质、名利是不是空的呢?空的东西是“色”吗?世相名利都是空的,因为它不是永恒的,最终会归于空灭,所以,凡是会归于“空”的东西也就是“色”.既然“色”要归于“空”,我们就不能贪婪世间“色”相,修心养性为要,真空妙有为真.


2、人法地,地法天,天法道,道法自然.


——老子《道德经》


感悟:靠大地生存的人,要以大地为法则,阳光雨露,施受于天,大地以天为法则,宇宙万物,都是道的演化,所以天以道为法则,道之演化,是以自然为法则.道法:就是顺应自然,听任万物的自我演化.作为靠地球上生存的人,就应该尊重和保护自然环境,顺天而行、顺其自然才是守“道” .




3、天行健,君子以自强不息;地势坤,君子以厚德载物.


——《易经》


感悟:乾为马,坤为牛,用马象征苍天,用牛比喻大地.君子的精神应该像骏马一样矫健奔驰;像天体运样周流不息,大地柔和温顺,养育着万物,如牛的品德一样任劳任怨,君子的胸怀应如大地之厚德,包容和承载万物.


4、鹪鹩巢于深林,不过一枝;偃鼠饮河,不过满腹.


——庄子


感悟:鸟儿栖身山林,所占的巢穴不过是一节树枝,偃鼠饮河中的水,不过是喝饱了肚子.我们何不效仿鸟儿的自然行为,不贪婪财物,活得的逍遥自在一些呢!




5、芷兰生幽谷,不以无人而不芳.君子修道立德,不以穷困而改节.


——孔子


感悟:兰花生长在幽深无人的山谷,不管有没有人欣赏,兰花依然开放,君子参悟大道和修养德行,不会因为穷困和挫折而改变自己的道心和气节.




6、天地乃人之本,天地有亏,则不能安吾年.欲安者,先安天地,然后可长安.


——《太平经》


感悟:天地是我们的父母,是生命生存的根本,如果大气受到污染,大地、森林受到了人为的大肆砍伐,自然界的阴阳就失去了平衡,人类生存的根本条件就破坏了,人则不能安心度日,人类想要安心生活,首先要敬畏天地,和大自然行为协调一致,只有这样,才可能有长久的安宁生活.


7、天地,万物之盗,万物,人之盗,人,万物之盗,三盗既宜,三才既安.


——《阴符经》


感悟:人盗天地精华而生,万物盗天地精华而长.人生天地之中,万物可为人所用.但是,如果人盗亦无道,就等于残害自己如果人类无节制地砍伐森林,那就会造成大量的水土流失,江河洪水的泛滥等等……只有三盗(天之道:阴、晴、日、月、星,地之道:金、木、水、火、风,人之道:诚、俭、仁、孝、善)五行生克适宜,阴阳平衡,才能做到天安、地泰、人合,天下才能太平.




8、应如是生清净心,不应住色生心,不应住声香味触法生心,应无所住而生其心.


——《金刚经》


感悟:悟道之人应该生清净之心,不应为求有形状和具体的事而生心,也不应该为求无形状的事而起心动念,一个人的内心要达到空境,应是在内心没有任何所求的情况下,自然发生的清净无为之心.




9、如来者,无所从来,亦无所去,故名如来.


——《金刚经》


感悟:“如来”可理解为自己的本性和真心.这颗真心不是从什么地方来,也没有去什么地方,只是我们这颗纯朴的真心被世俗和自身的欲望、贪婪、怨恨所污染被遮蔽了,弄得我们兜着弯子满世界寻找,其实,这颗真心一直都在我们自己身上.


10、道生一,一生二,二生三,三生万物.万物负阴而抱阳,充气以为和.


——《道德经》


感悟:宇宙初始处于混沌的状态,混沌开始分化,清气上升为天,为阳,浊气下降为地,为阴,阴阳二气相互激发,不断地交合,产生了和气(和气是生命发生的基本条件),万物开始了繁衍.万物的内涵有着阴、阳两种属性(即:相生相克),和气是阴、阳相互激发、交合后的统一.




11、穷则独善其身,达则兼济天下.


——孟子


感悟:贫穷的时候,守住自己的本性,不做份外的事情,富贵到来时(精神上的觉悟和物质上的富有),不独享财富,要让天下更多的人受益.


12、外离相即禅,内不乱即定;外禅内定,是为禅定.


——《坛经》


感悟:禅定就是一个人不再为外界的名利物欲所诱惑所动心,参悟到名利物欲都是浮云幻相,如此,人的本性才能呈现出本来的清明和自由,如此,内心才会产生真正的“定”力——此为禅定.




13、人非圣贤,孰能无过?过而能改,善莫大焉.


——《左传》


感悟:人不是圣贤,谁都会有犯错的时候,关键是知道自己错了并能够改错,从此不再犯同样的错误,这就是从错误中得到大好处了.


14、时搏百谷草木,淳化鸟兽虫蛾,旁罗日月星辰水波土石金玉,劳勤心力耳目,节用水火材物.


——《史记》五帝本纪第一


感悟:我们祖先保护生存环境,有文字可考的,从黄帝时期就开始了,此文意思是说,人们要把山川草木,鸟兽虫蛾,以及日月星辰、水波土木,都要当做自己的心,当做自己的耳朵和眼睛来对待,要节俭用水用火和使用材物.远古时的所用“材物”,就是大自然给予的生存条件.由此可见我们先人对大自然的善待和敬畏.




15、上古之人,其知道者,法于阴阳,和于术数,食饮有节,起居有常,不妄作劳,故能形与神俱,而尽终其天年,度百岁乃去.今时之人不然也,以酒为浆,以妄为常,醉以入房,以欲入房,以欲竭其精,以耗散其真,不知持满,不时御神,务快其心,逆于生乐,起居无常,故半百而衰也.


——《黄帝内经》


感悟:上古知道养生之道的人,能够按照客观规律安排生活,养生之法就是让自身的阴阳保持平衡(元气为阳,血、液为阴),饮食上要有节制(不能饮食单一,暴饮暴食,大鱼大肉,酒足饭饱等),在起居作息上同样要有规律(不要熬夜,经常熬夜会造成人体内生物钟紊乱,内分泌失调等),不能过于让身体疲劳透支.如此,人的外形和体内的元气就得到了养颐,所以懂得养生之道的人能活到百岁.而如今的人,对养生不已为然,饮酒无度,醉酒行房,为所欲为,无节制地耗散先天之精气(性欲无度就是在消耗生命的本源,节制性欲,固精保气,为养生之道),当今的人也不顾身体得状况,过分使用精力,满足一时之快,寻欢作乐的方式都是有悖于养生之道的,所以到了五十岁便提前衰老了.


16、有机械者必有机事,有机事者必有机心.机心存于胸中,则纯白不备,纯白不备,则神生不定;神生不定者,道之所不载也.


——庄子


感悟:有了机械,就会产生机巧之事,有了机巧之事,就会产生机巧之心,投机取巧之心生于心中,就破坏了朴素的天然品质.内心的纯净一旦被机心污染了,就会想着怎样投机取巧,争名逐利,如此,心神就会不安定,心神不定的人,就不能合“道”,就远离了自然之道的本质.




17、刚柔交错,天文也,文明以止,人文也,观乎天文,以观其变,观乎人文以化成天下.


——《周易》


感悟:天地的相交,阴阳二气的和合,是天道运行所产生的自然行为,人的文明(日月之合为明也,这是我国典籍最早出现的“文明”一词)是要顺其自然的发展,观(眼为看,心为观)察天道,好知道其变化,以便顺应自然规律,观察人的自身行为是否和大自然协调一致,只有顺其自然,才能助天行道,天地人同在道中,方能随道自然,共生共荣.


18、天者主生,称父;地者主养,称母;人者主治理之,称子.父当主教化以时节,母主随父所为养之,子者生受命于父,见养食于母,为子乃当敬事其父而爱其母.


——《太平经》


感悟:苍天是我们的父亲,大地是我们的母亲,人是天地所生养的孩子,要管理好父母的天地.做父亲的教化我们要遵守自然时节,大地母亲和上天父亲一起养育我们,我们受命于天,受惠于大地之母养育之恩,所以做为天地之子的我们,要保护好父母恩赐我们的生态环境,要敬天孝敬父亲和爱护大地母亲.

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