Yogacara School is quite an extensive studies in the mechanism of mind
the last discussion was a fruitful one
Here I only present those nice stories i discuss for everyone on the forums
The 3 moving house of mencius
Mencius is the sage who followed Confucianism
When he was young ,his mum moved house 3 times
the first move ,landed them in a neighbourhood of operatic people
Mencius learnt abt opera singing and the ways how to act on stage
His mother seeing such thing is unsuitable for his future career , decided to move house
the second move exposed mencius marketplace .Mencius become well-versed abt animal slaughtering and ways to earn in a marketplace .Seeing it is unsuitable for his growth in scholastic future , his mother moved house
the final move landed in a neighbourhood of school.This give influence to mencius to his future philosophical approach when he read Analect , Great Studes and Zhong Yong
Next we look at one incident abt Ven Master Yingguang
There is a rich man who visited Ven Master Yingguang ,Patriach of Pureland
in China in 1900 -1934
This rich man is sincere ,but when he was offered a cup of water , he drank some and throw away others .
Ven master Yingguang ,who was usually gentle in voice,suddenly raised his voice
"Of what good fortune can you wasted such water"
The scoldings of ven master is that He seen the scant regard for the preciousness of water , not becos the man is full
Becos at the moment ,Ven Master Yingguang sense his mind thought arise a
"waste the remaining water "
that is why when we talk abt not wasting in temple food , we should try our best to finish .But when one is full, such wastage must be reflected with repentance and remorse ,instead of forcing down the stomach and creating
ailment of stomach that follows
Next , we look at the two historical person which can be judge by Yogacara School
Han first emperor Liu Bang and The King of West Chu , Xiang Yu
When Emperor Qin unified whole of China , he imposed exorbitant taxes and conscript millions to rebuild the Great wall of china .As a result of his tyranny
many rose up and rebel against him
Xiang yu watch the procession of Emperor Qin in Xianyang and think,"One day i will replace thus"
Liu Bang saw the procession of Xiang Yu who rose up and said
"one day i will assist thus"
the two person in the initial phase ..looks like xiang yu will be more successsful as the aspiration is stronger than Liu Bang
but however ,in later part ,it is the way they carry themselves that brought abt their own destiny in life
Xiang yu is not easily convinced of his General and Advisors advise
and Liu Bang is however , able to accept different opinions , thus causing more xiang yu general to join Liu Bang's camp
thats y Liu Bang finally surrounded Xiang Yu State of West Chu ,and Xiang yu commit suicide with his favourite concubine , Yu ji
Story telling is not so boring than discussion of Yogacara terminology
so more story telling will be expected .. do stay tuned