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Master Nenghong: What six times does auspiciousness refer to?
Six o'clock auspiciousness is the blessing of our Buddhism. Six o'clock is auspicious, six o'clock is twelve hours, twenty-four hours. Six o'clock is India's division of the day, three o'clock in the day and three o'clock at night, so we have the "Three Hours of Thought". One hour is four hours. At one time
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-06-24
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Chongqing Huayan Temple: Worshiping Buddha and participating in Zen is worth the trip
Chongqing Huayan Temple: Worshiping Buddha and participating in Zen is worth the trip to Chongqing Huayan Temple Hongfa Building (Image source: Phoenix.com Chinese Buddhism Photo: Zhao Hua) Chongqing Huayan Temple is surrounded by mountains and rivers, majestic and magnificent, surrounded by lush forests and bamboos, and beautiful scenery. Famous celebrities of all dynasties liked the seclusion of Huayan
golden sayingTime: 2025-06-04
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Xianglongli Gyatso Rinpoche: Chanting Buddha is the same as participating in meditation
Xianglongli Gyatso Rinpoche: Reciting Buddha and participating in meditation are the same as practicing meditation and cultivating the Pure Land, and many people will often get confused. In fact, this kind of question is superfluous, if your mind has only one method, it will always be
He was a person in the worldTime: 2025-04-19
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Meditation is not meditation
When Zen Master Huineng saw that his disciples were meditating all day long, he asked: Why do you meditate all day long? I'm Zen! The disciple replied. Meditation and meditation are not the same thing at all. But you don't often teach us to settle our easily lost minds, to observe everything quietly, and to tell me
Zen public caseTime: 2025-03-13
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The reincarnation of the eminent monk "silently" to participate in Zen - the indissoluble bond between the shaved and the Zen study
The reincarnation of the eminent monk "silently" to participate in Zen - the indissoluble bond between the remnants and Zen studies In ancient China, there were many painters who entered painting with Zen, since Wang Wei of the Tang Dynasty first opened the precedent of Zen painting, and then Zen Yue, Shi Ke, Guan Xiu, Fachang, Liang Kai, Yujian, Indra, etc. entered one after another, and
Buddhist fablesTime: 2025-02-07
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Master Zhiyi: Participating in Zen teachings is not much more expensive
Q: Do you allow yourself to read all the teachings of a generation? Do you want to meditate and see the teachings? If you look at it later, it may be difficult to keep it in this life; If it is coarse and rough, it may know how to untangle. Answer: Watching and teaching is not very expensive. A piece of in-depth study of wonderful meanings, to the bone and marrow, naturally bypassing all the classics,
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-02-03
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Master Xuanhua: Zen meditation is the method of enlightenment
It takes a long time to achieve something. ◎ In December 1980, after the spread of Buddhism to China, it evolved into five schools, namely Zen, teaching, law, purity, and tantra. Zen is meditation, teaching is teaching, precepts are precepts, and purity is pure land
Master XuanhuaTime: 2024-12-22
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Master Shengyan: Chapter 2 Cross Street Zen - The Political View of Buddhism
Chapter 2 Cross Street Zen - Buddhist Political View Whenever election season comes, many candidates and candidates hope to be recognized or recommended by Buddhist groups, and people who care about politics often compete to understand the thoughts and actions of Buddhist groups
Han biography figuresTime: 2024-12-19
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Master Shengyan: Chapter 2 Cross Street Good Zen - Do good deeds to let the world know
Chapter 2 Cross Street Zen - Doing Good Deeds to Let the World Know Some Buddhists have asked me if if using Buddhism in the workplace requires giving in to patience and not fighting with others. And we must work hard silently, don't ask what the results are; And not often
Han biography figuresTime: 2024-12-19
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Master Shengyan: Chapter 2 Cross Street Zen - Compassionate Wisdom
Chapter 2 Cross Street Zen - The Wisdom of Compassion Many people have told me that when they travel to poor countries, they often see beggars and wandering children on the streets, and although they feel compassion in their hearts, they are tormented by the helplessness of their love. It cannot be closed from here
Han biography figuresTime: 2024-12-19
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Master Yuanying: Zen method
Zen meditation is based on the practice of meditation. Only by observing the depth of the work can one gain concentration and wisdom. Zen meditation is based on the practice of meditation. Only by observing the depth of the work can one gain concentration and wisdom. Just look at the two words, they must be given equal weight and must not be neglected. If you stop at looking too much, you will be drowsy; If you look too far, you will definitely fall around. Drowsy and
Han biography figuresTime: 2024-11-22
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Quietly enlightened and meditated, the tea charm still remains
From the emergence of various tea poems, tea texts and famous teas, it all shows that tea is closely related to Buddhism, Buddhism needs tea, and tea has gradually developed through the establishment of Buddhist temples, the research and production technology of temple monks, the art of tasting and the publicity of tea literature, etc.
Zen tea cultureTime: 2024-07-15
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Master Yuexi: Zen Master Yuexi answered: What is the difference between Zen and Buddha?
Master Wuhu Guangtong asked: What is the difference between participating in Zen and chanting Buddha? Zen Master Yuexi answered: The Huayan Sutra says: All sentient beings have the wisdom and virtue of the Tathagata, but they cannot attain it due to delusion, attachment, and confusion. Therefore, my Buddha Tathagata has been preaching the Dharma for forty-nine years, discussing scriptures for more than three hundred times, enlightening sentient beings and understanding the knowledge of the Buddha
Han biography figuresTime: 2024-05-18
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Dazhen Khenpo: The Buddha's live broadcast is non-stop at six o'clock day and night, have you received it?
"One word has a sea of voices": In one language, all languages can be complete and complete, and in one voice, all voices can be complete and complete. The Buddha can do it perfectly, because the Buddha's words are pure and unhindered. Buddhism does not need to learn so many languages, because
Evil deeds were rewardedTime: 2024-04-12
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Buddhist story: Zen koan: Ordinary mind Zen
One day he plucked up the courage and walked into the Dharma hall and asked: Since the monks have been studying under the Zen master's seat, the hall has followed the crowd and entered
Buddhist story: Zen koanTime: 2024-02-11
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What are the particularities of meditation?
Yuan Yang Xian's "Journey to the West: Farewell to the West": "There was a great drought in the capital, and the altar was set up to pray for rain. Xuanzang meditated for a while, and it rained heavily for three days. The so-called "meditation" here refers to the Buddhist sitting and sitting to calm the mind, which is a method of monks and Taoists to practice zazen. That is, double
Buddha repliedTime: 2024-02-05
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Master Xuyun - Zen and Buddha
People who chant Buddha. He often slandered the Zen Dynasty. People who participate in Zen. He often slandered the Buddha. It seems to be a sworn enemy. I must want the other party to die before I am happy. This is the most lamentable evil phenomenon in Buddhism. As the saying goes. The family is harmonious, and everything is prosperous. The family is in decline, and the mouth is constantly changing. Brothers quarrel. How could it be?
Buddhist scripturesTime: 2024-01-14
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The Buddha is not in the mouth, and the meditation is not in the legs
There was a monk in the Qing Dynasty who lived in Huayan Monastery, who didn't talk much about ordinary things every day, and was known as the winter melon monk. Monk Donggua also has a fellow Taoist named Huizhao. Monk Huizhao is still quite diligent, and the Buddha's name continues every day. But his stone friend Donggua Monk is the opposite,
Buddhist storiesTime: 2023-12-29
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Master Xingyun: There is something wrong with chanting Buddha and wanting to seek supernatural powers
What is wrong with Master Xingyun participating in Zen and chanting Buddha? If you want to ask for supernatural powers, there is a problem, all Dharma protectors, learn Buddhism honestly, you must not ask for supernatural powers, supernatural powers are not good for you! If someone scolds you at the door and you can't hear it, you can still feel at ease here
Nebula MageTime: 2023-08-31
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Sodaji Khenpo: How can we make our practice stable and lasting without regression?
Sodaji Khenpo: How can we make our practice stable and lasting without regression? Q: How can we make the practice stable and lasting without regression? Answer: When actually practicing, one thing to pay special attention to is that you must not be too ambitious, only seeking the high Dharma, and will be one
Buddhist common senseTime: 2023-08-27
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Buddhist Story: The Legend of Jigong Living Buddha: The Fourteenth Bangwen Knocked on the Gatekeeper to Shock the Son of Heaven, and the Wine Order Participated in Zen to Move the Officials
The fourteenth list knocked on the door to shock the emperor, and the wine order participated in Zen to move the officials to say that Elder Song bought wine again to invite Ji Dian to get drunk and was very happy, so he picked up his pen and wrote: Fu Qian's world, I don't hear all the changes in the vicissitudes; The immeasurable Buddha field still exists in heaven and earth. Although Zhu Rong
Buddhist Story: The Legend of Jigong Living BuddhaTime: 2023-07-27
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Master Xuanxu tells a story: a monk who participates in Zen and a monk who recites Buddha
Master Zhenxu tells a story: The monk who participated in Zen and the monk who chanted Buddha were recorded from "Memoirs of Shadow Dust" I remember saying that I said it two years ago, and recently it is rarely said that one is Zen and the other is chanting, compare the two. I used to learn from the old mage Dixian, here
Reciting Buddha inductionTime: 2023-07-14
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When the mind is calm, the land is clean, and Zen can be practiced everywhere at present
When the mind is calm, the land is clean, and the lively field is a dojo, and you can participate in Zen everywhere at the moment. (Image source: data map) There is a loyal Buddhist believer who picks flowers from his garden every day to the monastery to offer to the Buddha, and one day, when he was sending flowers to the Buddha hall, it happened
Buddhist storiesTime: 2023-07-12
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Buddhist nouns: [Zen] - What does it mean to participate in Zen?
Zen Zen (Buddhist explanation) Zen Zen is a practice used by Zen Buddhism to seek the truth of the true heart. The most important thing in Zen meditation is life and death. Harmony and long-term ambition. It seems that life and death are not in question. Then the suspicion will not be revealed. Kung Fu can't do it. If you don't have a long-term mind. Then they will be exposed to ten colds at a time. Kung Fu failed
Buddhist nounTime: 2023-07-11
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The relationship between chanting Buddha and participating in Zen
We live in the Saha world, as if we are in a sea of suffering, so there is no one who does not want to get out of the sea of suffering. But to get out of the sea of life and death, you need the Dharma. The true meaning of Buddhism, strictly speaking, cannot be said, but what about the appearance of words and words? "Rangyan
Nanputuo TempleTime: 2021-12-30
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Zen, whether to sit or lie down
Zen meditation, is it sitting? Or lie down? Or stand? The Sixth Patriarch said that Zen is not sitting and lying down; Sitting, lying down, and standing are not Zen. Therefore, the Sixth Patriarch once said to Zen Master Zhicheng: Staying in the mind and contemplating meditation is a disease, not Zen. So, what is Zen? Master Zibei
Master NebulaTime: 2021-09-21
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Don't forget this Buddha's name all the time
Many Buddhist practitioners know the concept of the Pure Land, but they cannot do it. It is difficult to know, it is difficult to do, he knows, but he can't do it, and he can't implement it. He is not sincere and earnest, with a lot of worldly fame and fortune, or
Master Da'anTime: 2021-09-14
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How to start Zen
The old monk is compassionate, the great monk is compassionate, the class leaders and the masters are compassionate: Originally, I came here to visit and place orders, and I was polite again and again, asking me to tell the masters some methods of working in the meditation hall. The old monk has been living in the mountains for us in the past
Master ShaoyunTime: 2021-07-30
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Old Monk Xuyun: The essentials of Zen meditation
1. Prerequisites for Zen The purpose of Zen participation is to understand the mind and see the nature; It is to remove the pollution of the self-mind and see the face of one's own nature. Pollution is delusion and attachment, and self-nature is the wisdom and virtue of the Tathagata. The wisdom and virtue of the Tathagata are shared by all Buddhas and sentient beings, and there is no difference between them
Old monk XuyunTime: 2021-06-07
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Master Hanshan showed the essence of Zen
Zen Buddhism is not a trivial matter for the transmission of Buddhism. He began to come from the west of Bodhidharma, established the intention of a single transmission, and was initiated by the four volumes of the "Lanka". This means that although Zen is taught to be taught separately, it is actually confirmed by teaching, and we can see the Buddha's unique way. The research and development also comes from the teachings. "Lanka Sutra"
Other articlesTime: 2021-05-30
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He participated in Zen and broke through the three gates of the sect
The ancestor Guan Shen Zen people, the root organs are of different sizes, the strength is strong and goes straight through the three levels, the force is small through the two levels, and the force is small, through the ancestor pass; How many twists and turns and how much hard work it took to enter this level. Once you enter the pass, who knows that there are countless eons, doing good and creating evil, and the cycle of life and death.
Lai Guo was an old monkTime: 2021-05-08
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How to raise doubts in Zen depends on the conversation
The method of participating in Zen and using energy must first understand the truth, and this truth is the head of the road. If you don't understand the reason, you won't be able to distinguish the road, and once you take the wrong path, you will deviate further and further from the right path. Therefore, the ancients said: There is no other practice in practice, but the most important thing is to know the way
Shaoyun is an old monkTime: 2021-05-07
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It is no different from the Zen master's Zen warning
Originally, Zen Master's "Zen Warnings" are concise and concise, and he has made a concise and pertinent lecture on how to participate in Zen and do kung fu, which can be called a guide for Taoist practitioners to participate in Zen. The main points are now excerpted as follows for readers' reference
Other articlesTime: 2021-05-03
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Why can't Zen be enlightened?
Why can't we become enlightened when we participate in Zen? It's just that you don't die. In fact, it doesn't matter whether the head of the conversation is dead or not, the reason why we talk about death is that we are unchanging and have one mind, and we are determined to see who this chanting Buddha is. So how to participate in this
Old monk DelinTime: 2021-05-03
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The entry into Zen is convenient
Many people who practice Buddhism want to break through the mortal holy barrier through the method of meditation, get rid of the fatigue of life and death, become a saint in the mortal world, become a person who sees the Tao without hanging or hindering, and attain the great liberation of freedom and freedom. But how to participate in Zen, how to experience, how to practice, how to study,
Master ZhengguoTime: 2021-04-15
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Five things to harmonize to help you meditate
Participating in Zen is mainly based on seeing the nature and understanding of the Nirvana wonderful mind, and other than this, it is a method of helping the path. The word Zen is originally a Tianzhu phonetic, specifically it should be called Zena, which translates into Chinese as Si Ji. The physical nature of Zen has been taught in the language of the ancestors and has been given various names. The "Sanskrit Net Sutra" speaks of the name of the heart
Master ZhengguoTime: 2021-04-14
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What is the method of participating in Zen?
Zen Buddhism is the bone marrow of Buddhism, but initiation with the heart cannot be expressed in words. In the past, the Buddha held flowers at the Ling Mountain Meeting to show the public, and everyone was silent at that time, only Venerable Kasyapa smiled and understood each other. At that time, the Buddha said: I have the eyes of the Dharma,
Xu HengzhiTime: 2021-04-09
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How should I recite the Buddha in the twenty-six hours?
In the morning and evening, worship and chant in front of the Buddha, and set up a course according to your own leisure. In addition, walking, living, sitting, lying down, and doing things that are not intentional are all good thoughts. When sleeping, you should recite silently and not make a sound. It is advisable to only recite the four characters of Amitabha Buddha to avoid too many words that are difficult to pronounce. If the clothes are not neat,
Master HonghaiTime: 2021-03-19
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There are three prerequisites to pay attention to before participating in meditation
To participate in meditation, we must have absolute and unshakable faith, which is very important and necessary for our practice. Of course, the faith to decide does not arise out of thin air, but also has a cause. To have such absolute confidence, we need to work on our own. It is often said that
Master MinghaiTime: 2021-02-26
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The four easy and four difficult aspects of Zen meditation
"The Buddha printed the painful edict of Zen Master Yuan", which roughly states: A thought of meditation will eventually become enlightenment; The frog walks endlessly, and the lame turtle travels thousands of miles. The roots of the roots are sharp and dull, and the vessels vary in depth and depth; their success is the same. It is only about being inspired. I now painfully remind the Taoist and the common people that they should understand the four changes and four difficulties.
Ming Ben Zen MasterTime: 2021-02-05
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If you want to live in the world and not make mistakes, there is only one method
Zen practitioners have no faults: in daily use, all time and everywhere, all things, there is no room for creation, how can it be said that there is a mistake? No, it's very wrong. As everyone knows, in the immeasurable eons, the five reversals and ten evils created surpass Mount Meru, which makes it impossible to participate in Zen today, nor can the Tao be done well.
Lai Guo was an old monkTime: 2020-11-17
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There is no secret to participating in Zen, as long as life and death are cut
Those who do not participate in Zen today are, firstly, they do not have the true ambition of the ancients, second, they do not regard the impermanence of life and death as a major event, and third, they cannot accumulate habits since the eons, and they do not have the heart to change for a long time. Only those who painfully take life and death as their own responsibility, and die to steal their hearts, can make up for it
Master Zhongfeng MingbenTime: 2020-11-17
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Zen Master Zongze advised Zen practitioners to practice the Pure Land at the same time
Those who take thought as a thought and live by life are common mistakes. To regard non-thought as non-thought, and non-birth as non-birth, is a form of misconception from heretical views. Thinking without thought, being born without birth, is the first truth. Therefore, if the actual principle of the earth does not accept a speck of dust, then there will be no Buddhas above
Zong Ze Zen MasterTime: 2020-11-07
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Do people who participate in Zen and cultivate the Pure Land still need to study the scriptures?
Original text: Some people who are conceited in Zen often say that Bodhidharma does not establish words, and when he sees his nature, he rests. There are those who are conceited and chanting Buddhism, and they often say that there are only those who are noble and have a direct lineage, so why bother with the scriptures? There are two people in these two generations who really have this kind of language, so there is no need to discuss it. There are also those who have nothing to gain and speak casually, most of whom do not understand education
Master Lotus PondTime: 2020-11-03
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Master Lianchi answered: The patriarchs of all dynasties have attained enlightenment through Zen meditation. Do you also have enlightenment when chanting Buddha?
Q: The patriarchs of all dynasties have attained enlightenment through Zen meditation. Do you also have enlightenment when chanting Buddha? Master Lianchi answered: May I ask what the enlightened person understands? Isn't it to break the confusion of life and death, to come from the original heart, and to break free from the feelings of a deep sleep? If you look at who is chanting Buddha, you will have completed your life's study work. Let's talk about the dead
Introduction to BuddhismTime: 2013-12-19
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Master Lianchi replied, "If it is said that "at six o'clock in the day and night, one should produce harmonious music," then there is no time to rest. It seems to be different from the previous explanation.
Question: The previous explanation of "six hours of day and night" means that there is no sun or moon, only the lotus blooming and birdsong are day, and the lotus and bird roosting are night. Now, if it is said that "six hours a day and night, a harmonious music" is no longer a place to live. It seems to be different from the previous explanation. Master Lianchi replied: "Todhisa" mentioned in the "Great Book",
Introduction to BuddhismTime: 2013-12-19
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The difference in the thought of Zen people
I used to study with the old master Dixian, and I studied with him. Listening to the old master Dixian say: There are benefits to oneself, and there are also benefits to talking about it to others. So I also said, I have heard of it,
Buddhist storiesTime:2014-02-14
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What you need to know when participating in meditation
The sutra says: "The one who is quiet and serene comes from meditation." Meditation is an important practice method of Buddhism, through the kung fu of meditation, to reveal everyone's inherent true Buddha nature, which has been practiced by all major sects since ancient times. Zen, translated into Chinese as meditation. Zen, charge
Han Chuan mageTime:2014-02-16
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Refer to Zen trivia
1. Look at the original face uninterruptedly in the middle of the day. Seeing that "the heart is cut off, the delusion is gone, the knowledge is lost, and the ability to die" has its own time of transparency. 2. All dharmas are only the illusion of the self-mind, so what is the original face of the mind? Such doubts, such references. 3. All laws are one
Han Chuan mageTime:2014-05-21
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There are three habit disorders that will occur when participating in meditation
When you are in the meditation, all kinds of past habits and troubles will be turned out in your body and mind. Xi Qi is divided into three parts. 1. The first part of the strong and soft devil in your mind is the habit of your thoughts, which is the first to turn out and finally completely break. In mind, for example
Han Chuan mageTime:2014-08-07