平等之心，善待一切大众。

The mind of equality is

to kindly treat all people well.

随着中国传统文化的悄然复苏，“敬天爱人”这个词语常常可以看到。顾名思义，敬天就是对天要有敬畏之心，爱人就是对人要有善良慈悲之举。

在此，我们首先要明白天的含义。天是什么？怎样描述？有人能一语讲清楚吗？圣人老子告诉我们，天是道的产物，道不但生育天地，同时也推动了日月的运行，滋养了万物的生长。道的能量无穷之大，但我们只能看见道所产生的天地万物，却无法看见道的形象。天同样如此，当我们仰望天空，只能看到不断变化的各种云彩，而天的形状却不得而知。但有一点我们可以知道，天地阴阳造化，生育了万事万物，山川河流，草木丛林。天大，地大，人是天地所生，人也大。天地是人类的父母，敬天是我们的本分。

既然人类是天地的孩子，那相亲相爱就是我们对天地的一份孝心。用善良慈悲对待每一个人很难做到，因为分别心，让我们对那些有恩于我们的人和那些可怜的人容易产生慈悲之心，但对那些伤害我们的人就很难慈悲以待。“平等大悲”是难以做到的。

平等之心，善待一切大众，那是圣人的境界，那是大智慧的行为。敬天是本分，爱人是德行，此两者是人类获取福报的通行证。

With the quiet recovery of traditional Chinese culture, we often see the term: “Worship the heaven, Love the people”. As the name implies, “worship the heaven” means having respect for the heaven, and “love the people” means having kindness and compassion for others.

Here, we must first understand the meaning of the heaven. What is the heaven? How to describe the heaven? Can someone speak clearly? The sage Laozi tells us that the heaven is the product of Tao. Not only it gives the birth of the heaven and the earth, but it also promotes the operation of the sun and the moon, nourishing the growth of all things. The energy of the Tao is infinite, but we can only see the things that the Tao generated, but we cannot see the image of the Tao. The same is true for heaven. When we look up at the sky, we can only see the ever-changing clouds, but the shape of the heaven is unknown. However, one thing we can know is that the heaven and the earth are created by Yin and Yang, and there are tens of thousands of things, mountains and rivers, and grass, jungles and trees. The heaven and the earth are large and great, the people are born in the heaven and the earth, and the people are also great. The heaven and the earth are the parents of mankind. Respecting the heavens is our duty.

Since humans are the children of the heaven and the earth, love for others is our filial piety to the heaven and the earth. Treating everyone with kindness and compassion is very difficult to do, because we have separation minds that we can be compassionate for those who are interested in us and those who are poor, but it is difficult for us to be merciful for those who harm us. It is difficult to achieve “Equality and great sadness”.

The mind of equality is to kindly treat all people well. It is the realm of saints. It is the act of great wisdom. It is the duty of respecting the heavens, and the love is the virtue. These two are the pass for humans to obtain blessings.