Who will give the exact definition of superstition ?

What is Superstition? Confusion is not understood; To believe is to believe. If we believe before we understand things and figure them out, it's superstition.

In the same way with the Dharma, it is also superstitious to believe in the Three Jewels before we have a clear understanding of them. But some people don't believe in the Dharma because they don't understand it, so they criticize the Dharma, which is also superstitious. Buddhism is about teaching"Enlightenment"For purpose, it is an education, not a religion. If we say that Buddhism is a religion and a superstition before we understand it.

Therefore, whether we are studying or studying the Dharma, we must have the right attitude so that we do not become superstitious.

limited awareness", and quite limited. When faced with a huge unknown space, people often come up with their own explanations. The ancients were intimidated by the power of thunder, so they put forward their own interpretation of "Thor, Heavenly Court" and worshiped it. Later generations called it superstition.

Using superstition for other activities is different from superstition itself. ：）

We are still giving our own explanations for the unknown. Maybe these explanations are closer to the truth of the facts, anyway, I think it's much more credible and reasonable than "Thor". But when it comes to right and wrong, hey, it's like a group of kids watching a movie.

They usually point to the person and say "bad guy" and point to that person and say "good guy".

Our science is nothing more than explanations for the unknown, and only God knows whether the explanations are right or wrong.

Such things have emerged in an endless stream in history, and some people are superstitious about geocentrism and heliocentrism. Some people are superstitious about Newtonian mechanics, and some people are superstitious about materialism.

We believe in today's science and oppose the "superstitions" of antiquity.

In other words – we are superstitious about science.

Superstition is a science-based superstition that is an imagination that transcends reality. For example, Mr. Lu Xun has always been superstitious about Darwin's theory of evolution, believing that after young people rise up, there will be a generational effect, and the east and east of feudalism will disappear. Later, Lu Xun broke down superstition, and he no longer believed in social Darwinism.

Superstition refers to belief in ghosts, etc. Generally refers to blind faith worship.

There are always things in the world that have not yet been known, because of various reasons, such as the development of science and technology.

Superstition is the lazy way to explain everything that cannot be solved by a logic that does not exist.

Blindly believing or not believing without going through one's own actual verification is called superstition.

Correct belief is true faith, and wrong belief is superstition! If you have an incorrect belief in science, you are also convinced! It's not that belief in God is superstition.

If it is explained from a philosophical point of view, it is: the illusory and distorted reflection of objective things in the human brain is a kind of false consciousness; Consciousness is a reflection of objective existence in the human brain.

Upstairs said very well, there is no one in the world who is not superstitious, except for Sakyamuni and Maitreya Buddha, who is not superstitious, but the method of fascination is different.

There's an apple in your hand and you're sure it's an apple and some say it's not! But you can't admit it, because you believe that you're holding an apple in your hand, and you don't care why someone says it's not an apple and doesn't ask why, just blindly believes

Perhaps this is called superstition.

In this world, I have not seen anyone who is not superstitious!

Probably only two people who are not superstitious!

One is Shakyamuni, who has become nirvana.

One is the unborn Maitreya Buddha.

1) Throw the missing tooth on the roof or under the bed.

When we were children, we must have experienced a period of tooth replacement, where teeth fell out automatically in order to grow new teeth. The elders in the family will ask if it is the upper or lower teeth. If it is in the upper row, the child will be taken to the side of the bed and thrown under the bed; If it's in the lower row, you'll throw the lost teeth on the roof!

It is said that if you do this, your teeth will grow out neatly. The elders will say this, in fact, the intention of comfort is greater, and I hope that the child will not be sad because of this. In fact, after the tooth is lost, remember to check for other unusual conditions first

For example, bleeding does not stop, there is a foreign body in the tooth, and so on. The second is to brush your teeth in the morning and evening to make sure that there is no food residue between your teeth. In this way, the teeth will definitely remain in a "beautiful" state!

2) Nibble on the fish bones and draw a fish pattern in the cup.

When I was a child, I would be extra careful if I ate fish. If a fish bone is accidentally bitten, the elder will pick up the cup and fill it with water, then hold the bottom of the cup with three fingers, draw a fish pattern in the filled cup with chopsticks, and then slowly let the child drink the whole cup of water. Strangely, if the situation is not very serious, you will gradually stop feeling the presence of fish bones in your mouth.

When I grew up, I found that these are actually psychological effects. It is recommended that if you bite the fish bones, do not blindly believe in the soil method, if the situation is too serious or has not improved for a long time, do not hesitate to consult a professional doctor immediately!

3) Do not eat eggs before the test.

I believe most people have heard it when they were young: "Before the exam, you can't eat eggs, otherwise you will get zero eggs in the exam!" The elders would say this because both eggs and zero eggs have a relationship with the word "egg".

In fact, they also wish the children a smooth exam! Eggs can not only provide the protein that the body needs, but also refresh the mind and enhance memory. The most important thing is not to eat greasy food before the exam, and try to eat as light as possible to avoid stomach pain affecting the exam.

When you take the exam, relax and prepare for your homework, so you won't be afraid of doing too badly!

4) After eating, do not leave the rice grains on the plate.

When many people are young, if the elders of the family see that the child has finished eating, but there are some uneaten grains left on the plate, they will start to say: "When you grow up, your wife and husband will have such a grain on their faces!" It means that when the child grows up, the other half of the child will have something similar to pimples on his face.

In fact, the elders will say this, and the biggest intention is to hope that the children will not waste food. As the saying goes: "Who knows that Chinese food on the plate, every grain is fortunate."

From an early age, we must know how to cherish food and cultivate the virtue of not wasting food.

Theoretically, if you don't have scientific literacy, there is the possibility of superstition, and even some people who are engaged in scientific work, if they don't have scientific literacy, will have some kind of superstition (such as superstitious witch doctors, I Ching, feng shui, fortune telling). The antithesis of superstition is the scientific method.

Science is a credible method of dynamic openness that allows for self-falsification, with a focus on formal logic and evidence. Superstition, on the other hand, is unconditional acceptance, does not allow questioning, does not show formal logic, does not need reliable evidence, and is blind belief. Saying that superstition is to defend stupid science is like saying that superstitious mathematics, and people in the future can say that today's people are superstitious about backward mathematical theories, but they cannot say that they are superstitious about mathematics, because mathematics is the method.

1. Nosebleeds.

When I was a child, I liked to pick my nose, and later on, I was often prone to nosebleeds. The elders of the family told me, "When you have a nosebleed, you should put your head up so that it will stop the nosebleed." ”

When I was a child, I believed in the words of my elders, and every time I had a nosebleed, I threw my head up. Although the nosebleed did not come out, forming the illusion that the bleeding was not serious, the blood actually flowed into the throat with the nasal cavity, and I drank a lot of my own blood ...... because of this method when I was a child

Later, when I grew up, I went to the hospital for consultation and learned that it was very wrong to look up to stop the bleeding, and the nosebleed would flow into the throat or even into the lungs, which was even more dangerous!

2. Fish bones stuck in the throat.

I believe that many people have had the experience of accidentally eating fish and letting the fish bones get stuck in their throats.

My mom would ask me to swallow a rice ball first to bring the thorns into my stomach through the pressure of the rice balls on the thorns. If the rice balls can't bring the spines down, let me drink some more vinegar, thinking that the vinegar will soften the fish bones so that the fish bones can be softened before swallowing. There is no scientific basis for this!

Swallowing the rice balls may cause the fish bones to sink into the meat, causing them to prick deeper and be more difficult to remove! Although occasionally the rice balls can bring the thorn down the throat, it can also re-penetrate the esophagus and cause bleeding in the esophagus, or it can puncture the trachea and cause infection, which can be life-threatening.

The same is true for drinking vinegar, which stays in the esophagus for too short a time to soften the fish bones, but will cause stomach erosion and discomfort.

3. The corners of the mouth are rotten by licking the spatula.

When I was a child, I often rotted the corners of my mouth, which is a small ulcer at the corner of my mouth, and it hurts to lick it with my tongue, and it will get worse the more I lick it.

My grandmother asked my mother to use the iron kitchen knife at home, with a little rust, and put it on the side of the pot to smoke, and the steam condensed into water on the rusty kitchen knife, and applied this water to the corner of my mouth, saying that this would make the wound heal faster.

But anyone who knows a little bit of science knows that this method has no scientific basis, and it is extremely dangerous! Rust contains tetanus bacilli, and if it enters through the wound of the ulcer, it is possible to contract tetanus!

What exactly does "superstition" mean? The understanding of superstition in each of us is not very clear, but some gods and Buddhas or ghost theories are collectively called "superstitions".

The scientific method. This can only be said to explain "superstition" in a narrow sense, but "superstition" in a broad sense cannot be explained in this way.

For example, some soccer players believe that their left foot will bring them good luck when they step into the field first, so much so that every time they participate in a game, they deliberately let their left foot enter the field first. This is also a kind of "superstition", but it has nothing to do with what kind of belief or worship.

I have always considered myself a person who is not "superstitious" at heart. However, a few years ago, because of the problem of concept, I turned to the so-called "incense head" several times. In our rural areas, there are many such people who open altars and burn incense and become "incense heads" to help people solve some difficult problems that cannot be solved by common sense.

I don't believe in gods and Buddhas, and I'm not afraid of so-called "superstitions" such as ghosts, but I was also involved in it at some point, and now that I think about it, I still think it's incredible.

If your friends have opened a shop to do business, then you will find that most of them will "invite" a "God of Wealth" to be offered in a corner of the store, and they will burn incense regularly. It is also a "superstition" that they believe that doing so will bring them good fortune. I always thought that this was their kind of "superstition" in the narrow sense, because although I also opened a store, I never believed that the God of Wealth could bring me wealth.

It wasn't until I listened to a section on Luo Jiwei's interpretation of "superstition" that it dawned on me. This kind of "superstitious" behavior of their worship of the god of wealth can only be regarded as an act of "superstition" in the broad sense. Offering a statue of the God of Wealth is only to bring peace to their hearts and boost their own confidence.

Let me quote the original text: "Superstition is not just a cognition. Superstition is also a strategy, a special means and strategy for people to deal with complex situations. ”

Or take opening a shop to worship the God of Wealth, there will be a lot of uncertainty in opening a store to do business, if you invite a God of Wealth, you will undoubtedly give yourself a reassurance, and tell yourself that the business will be prosperous and the wealth will be rolling.

Although I don't invite the God of Wealth, I believe in my heart that as long as I work hard, I can do a good job, and I just don't use the practice of "inviting the God of Wealth" to deal with complicated situations.

Therefore, each of us will behave in a particular time "superstition", and this is not a manifestation of ignorance, but a strategy.

Today is March 14, the first anniversary of the death of the great contemporary scientist Stephen Hawking, and we pay tribute to him.

How cowardly and pitiful human beings are. That restless heart has nowhere to put it, so it pins its trust on many ethereal things. Especially those ordinary people, they burn paper, incense and worship Buddha during the New Year's holidays.

For them, it seems that only after doing these things can they feel calmer. Those things that have been done may be alleviated by your repentance before God. The things you've always wanted may be easier to achieve because you have made a wish before God.

The power of superstition has been around for a long time. It seems to have been ingrained in the human race since the dawn of life, and it has been in the blood of the human being from generation to generation.

I guess these things are a kind of faith. But this kind of belief is really not very pure. Because, only when a certain day comes, will we think of those gods we need, and will we do those things that seem to be very sacred.

This obviously carries a utilitarian twist! If the gods knew, they wouldn't be happy.

In any case, superstition is also a kind of spiritual activity for many people, just like some people need to read, paint, and need, and some people need this kind of activity codenamed superstition. It's just a need, and it's up to them to explain whether these activities bring benefits or unsatisfactory to their lives.