Post by qian lin on Oct 15, 2015 2:52:37 GMT
I think Chi Chang learns to integrate his true self with the universe from Kan Ying. Before Chi Chang meets Kan Ying, Chi Chang wants to become the most famous archer. At this moment, he strives for the fame in his life. He wants to beat his teacher Wei fei in order to become the most famous archer. He even wants kill his teacher by using bow and arrows. His desire of fame mislead him. His heart is led by the strong feelings of winning and fame. When he stands at the edge of the cave, he is really afraid of the height which makes him very imbalance. At this moment, he might realize how weak he is. Once he knows his own weakness, revere will rise in his heart.He will know how weak he is in the universe and he finds out that he still can not control something in his life.When he meets Kan Ying who uses no arches and bows to shoot the fly which falls down like the stone. He is impressed by Kan Ying's "skill". Chi Chang might not that bows and arrows are only the materials and the mind is the most important for him to control. Without bows and arrows, Kan Ying can shoot the kite because he has a strong mind. He knows how to control his mind and integrates himself in the universe. His mind is peaceful and he knows the knowledge of the universe. Then he can get what he wants from the universe like the kite in the sky. Chi Chang learns how to integrate his true self in the universe and control his mind. He pursues the strong inner world instead of focusing onthe fame and physical tehmaterials. He reaches a high level of accomplishment.
Discuss Question:
How do you interpret " the ultimate stage of activity is inactivity; the ultimate stage of speaking is to refrain from speech; the ultimate in shooting is not to shoot"?
"Passage to Fudaraku" tells that different monks have different attitude toward faith, life and death. In page 214, it says that Konko thinks about the death related to the sailing. Before, he never relates death to sailing to the pure land. When he asks Shokei if he will die. At this moment, Konko begins to think about death and he thinks if it is worth to die in order to get the pure land. Konko examines different monks who sail to the pure land. He finds out that not everyone goes to that land purely for the true faith. Different monks go there for different reasons. He finds out that this activity is meaningless. Most people do not question about this ritual and just follow it. In real life, we might do something regularly and ritually without questioning the reasons of doing these. We need to self-examine our life in order to make a better decision for ourselves.
Discuss Question
Why can Konko challenge the ideas of sailing to the pure island even though most people regard sailing to pure island is the noble thing to do?
Discuss Question:
How do you interpret " the ultimate stage of activity is inactivity; the ultimate stage of speaking is to refrain from speech; the ultimate in shooting is not to shoot"?
"Passage to Fudaraku" tells that different monks have different attitude toward faith, life and death. In page 214, it says that Konko thinks about the death related to the sailing. Before, he never relates death to sailing to the pure land. When he asks Shokei if he will die. At this moment, Konko begins to think about death and he thinks if it is worth to die in order to get the pure land. Konko examines different monks who sail to the pure land. He finds out that not everyone goes to that land purely for the true faith. Different monks go there for different reasons. He finds out that this activity is meaningless. Most people do not question about this ritual and just follow it. In real life, we might do something regularly and ritually without questioning the reasons of doing these. We need to self-examine our life in order to make a better decision for ourselves.
Discuss Question
Why can Konko challenge the ideas of sailing to the pure island even though most people regard sailing to pure island is the noble thing to do?
