As we all know, with the accelerated pace of social life, many people are eager to live a leisurely life every day, and want to slow down and appreciate the world.
Some people choose to travel to relax themselves, while others choose to become monks. Some people may think it's normal to become a monk.
But what you don't know is that a group of 30 graduate students became monks. As students of famous universities, they gave up high-paying jobs in order to find their lost selves.
I believe that people who see this place don't know much about it. You know, becoming a monk can be said to be very lonely. There is always the Green Lantern, eating fast food and chanting Buddha. There is no such lively life in the world.
This group of "top student Monks" is located in Haiyun Temple, a thousand-year-old temple in Sichuan. The average age of these people is less than 26. They have a high degree that others envy. They have master students from Sichuan University, doctoral students from Xiangtan University and Chinese Academy of Sciences, and several from Southwest Jiaotong University.
Before becoming a monk, these people worked in banking, internet technology, finance and so on. But in their view, these are no longer important.
Perhaps to outsiders, monks are chanting, meditating and meditating. But in Haiyun Temple, these young monks not only attend classes every morning and evening, but also participate in the construction of the temple.
Because of the poor infrastructure of Haiyun Temple, it can be said that life is very poor. The only thing people can value is the Hall of the Great Hero. At first, these young monks were homeless when they came, until they took out all their savings and built them themselves.
In their view, working is also a kind of practice. There are rules in Zen, that is, one day you don't do anything and one day you don't eat, but in labor, as long as you take the initiative, you won't be tired.
Perhaps in people's minds, people who choose to become monks are more cynical, or have encountered major setbacks and want to cut off the world of mortals. Few people will live a happy life and choose to become a monk.
More than 30 monks in Haiyun Temple had good jobs and income before they became monks. Are active monks. As they say, the purpose of becoming a monk is very simple, that is, to understand the truth of life in the universe, to find yourself lost and to find yourself once.
However, some people think that the state trains you to develop your talents, not to become a monk, which is completely wrong.