返璞归真

Fǎn pú guī zhēn
Return to simplicity and truth
☸ 佛家智慧成语

📜 原文 Original Text

「返璞归真,去伪存诚。」 ——道家与佛家共通
— Shared Taoist-Buddhist concept

📖 释义 Annotation

「返璞归真」是道家和佛家共通的核心理念。「璞」是未经雕琢的原石,「真」是本真、本性。去掉后天的装饰和伪装,回归本来的纯真——道家称之为「复归于朴」,佛家称之为「见本性」。在禅宗中,返璞归真的修行就是「本来无一物,何处惹尘埃」——本性本来清净,不需要添加什么,只需要去掉多余的。

'Return to simplicity and truth' is a shared Taoist-Buddhist ideal. 'Pu' is uncarved stone; 'zhen' is original nature. Removing artificial decoration and returning to original purity — Taoism calls this 'returning to the uncarved block,' Buddhism calls it 'seeing one's original nature.' In Zen, the original nature is already pure; one need not add anything, only remove what is excessive.

💡 当代启示 Modern Application

在社交媒体时代,人们习惯于精心包装自己。「返璞归真」提醒我们:真实比完美更有力量。去掉多余的伪装,做回真实的自己,反而是最高级的修行。

In the social media age, people carefully curate their image. 'Return to simplicity' reminds us: authenticity is more powerful than perfection. Removing artificial layers and being your true self is the highest practice.

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