QiXia maple leaves

This time coming to QiXia Mountain is not for check-in, but for a deep tour, to fully appreciate the red leaves. At this moment, the theme song of the tragic movie 'Maple' sung by Li Shuangjiang, which I liked when I was young, rang in my ears: Maple leaves flutter, maple branches sway, Maple leaves don't know where to flutter, Maple leaves flutter past the broken waist. My beloved, how to part, It's hard to tell each other at the ends of the world. The original winter, the lonely journey, seems even more desolate, even colder. Like joy, like desolation, enjoy in bitterness. Because of bitterness, we need to leave. Regardless of pain, sadness, or joy, they are all illusory bubbles, what we pursue in our hearts is the eternal that does not live or die. Both bitterness and joy are our lessons in seeking liberation, whether it is the Buddha's test or the devil's test, we need to hand in a perfect answer sheet to be liberated. Written by Ren Jun, a lay Buddhist, at the Zen Meditation Hermitage on December 14, 2023.