Meditate and think about the saints, and the five-colored clouds cover a room, the green dragon, the white tiger, the lion, the turtle, the red bird, and the phoenix are guarding the front and back, the fairy boy and the jade girl, the five emperors and spirit officials, the immortal soldiers and horses, and the nine hundred million camp guards.

Xiao Tianshu said: "Speaking of which, I want to talk about the merits of chanting......

Nian Fu smiled and said, "Then you talk about the merits of chanting?" ”

Xiao Tianshu said: "When he opened the letter and performed the Olympics, it resounded three thousand; Holding the scroll and chanting Xuan, it is a sound of 500 million. When I wish to serve the incense Jinyuan, the incense word is in the sky; Classics of the Jade; Passage into Scripture in Jane. Even if the past calamity is eliminated, the blessing descends on the present day, the grace of survival and death, and the virtue of planting and pleasing generation. To win the good, all over the collection and dressing, three coats to get rid of the labor of Chu poison, nine nights of bitter suffering, leisurely products, stupid and stupid, all take the boat of the six degrees, and go to the shore of the three clears. ”

Nian Fu said: "A gentleman is so different from others, and he is also with his heart." A gentleman is benevolent and courteous. "The education of the sages is to have benevolence in our hearts, to stop evil and cultivate good, and to accumulate merit. We do all good things, we don't need others to know, and we don't need to be praised by the public, this is "yin virtue". Here are ten things to do! ”

Xiao Tianshu said: "Relief is like a fish in need, and saving danger is like saving a sparrow in Miro."

When we encounter other people's difficulties, we must lend a helping hand in time, just like saving a fish that is about to run out of thirst. When we see others in distress, we need to stand up, just as we save a bird caught in a mira. ”

Nian Fu said: "Be lonely and compassionate, respect the elderly and pity the poor." For those orphans, widows, and the poor, we should be sympathetic to them and try our best to care for them. When we see the elderly, we should have respect and compassion, and we should not be disgusted and disgusted, and sooner or later, we will also grow old. The hunger and cold of the road in the week of food and clothing.

As the saying goes, "a penny is hard to beat a hero", people who go out of the house, once they run out of money and food, have no relatives, and are even more helpless than the poor in the local area. If at this time, we help them, although the money may not be spent a lot, but for them, it is a relief in the snow, helping them solve a big problem. ”

Xiao Tianshu said: "The coffin is used to avoid the exposure of the corpse. For some poor families, buying a coffin is indeed a problem, my mother is like this, she was only 19 years old at the time, her family was surrounded by walls, in order to buy a coffin to bury her grandmother, borrowing money everywhere, it was not easy. Especially in the summer, the corpse will rot and stink in a few days, and it is unbearable to see. If you can give a coffin at this time and bury the body in time, the deceased will also be grateful to you if they know it underground. Wealthy families bring up relatives; Helping neighbors and friends during the year of hunger. When the family is rich, don't enjoy it alone, but bring more poor relatives and other people in need, Wang Xifeng in "Dream of Red Mansions" is because she helped Grandma Liu when she was rich, so after the disaster, her daughter was rescued from the fire pit by Grandma Liu. In a famine year, if there is still rich food at home, it must be used to help neighbors and friends; If not, find a way to help everyone get through it. ”

Nian Fu said: "The bucket scale must be fair, and it should not be easy to enter and exit." As the saying goes: "Meanness does not make money, loyalty does not compromise costs". When doing business, we must be fair, and we must not be bullied, and we cannot go out lightly and re-enter, and we must be short of two pounds. Herbs are sacrificed to save the sick and suffering; Tea is used to quench thirst. When a poor person is sick and has no money for treatment, it is the most painful and uncomfortable time, and what is most needed at this time is medicine and medicinal materials. ”

Xiao Tianshu said: "In ancient times, people traveled long distances, mostly on foot, the ancients were kind-hearted, and often would prepare tea for passers-by in front of their homes or under the shade of trees on both sides of the road, so as to relieve the trouble of pedestrians' thirst. Printing scriptures and building monasteries. All the scriptures of sages, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are to persuade people to do good deeds and help sentient beings break through their confusion and become enlightened, so they should be actively printed and circulated. Monasteries are places where the teachings of the scriptures are preached, and they are places where the Buddha's education is promoted, and they should be actively involved in their construction. lighting a night light to illuminate pedestrians; Build river boats to help people cross. Although there are street lights in the city, many in the countryside still do not have street lights, so you can place a bright light in a place where it is difficult to walk at night to guide pedestrians. In ancient times, transportation was inconvenient, and there had to be a ferry to cross the river, but now it is not needed. In modern society, helping all sentient beings to break through their confusion and become enlightened and free from suffering is equivalent to building a ferryboat, which is nothing more than a ferry from the shore of life and death to the shore of nirvana. or buy things and release them, or fast and abstain from killing. Although animals and humans have different bodies, their perception and spirituality are actually the same, and they also have wives and children, as well as the desire to survive. There is no difference between an animal seeing its loved ones being killed and we seeing our own loved ones being killed, so how can we bear to kill them? Therefore, try to quit killing vegetarian food, or release life according to fate. If you have someone around you who is in difficulty, and you don't know it, forget it, but if you know and you don't have compassion and don't find a way to help them, then you can't fix it. As for why, go and realize for yourself.??"

Nian Fu cried and laughed: "Hehe, according to this, if you see that the poor don't help, then do you want to help yourself as a poor person?" ”

Xiao Tianshu said: "Treat the rich and the poor equally, don't want to slap him because of his wealth, don't look down on him because he is poor, don't care about anyone, don't have too much affection for his relatives and friends, don't hold grudges against those who have hurt him, and treat those who have hurt him with compassion." It is to see that a person is in trouble and can give up himself to help him, regardless of his own gains and losses. If you can't reach no one and no self, all kinds of hallucinations will come after you settle down, relatives will come, enemies will also come, there is no one who is not tempted, you will be happy when you see your relatives, you will have hatred when you see the enemy, you will be more tempted when you see money and beautiful women, and if you are tempted, you will have problems, and even go crazy. Therefore, if you can't do it without self, you can't do it. ”??

Nian Fu smiled and said, "Then what should I pay attention to when reciting scriptures at home?" ”

Xiao Tianshu said: "First of all, incense, you know, don't ask, the second is to smoke the scriptures, hold the incense scriptures, and worship the scriptures respectfully." 3. Reciting the "Opening Sutra" is lonely to the point of no sect, and the void is robbing the blade. Cave Xuanwen, who measures this secluded. Once you enter the Mahayana road, you will have a lot of calamities in the year. Neither born nor dead, the desire to be born is due to the lotus flower. Chaoling Three Realms Tu, compassion and liberation. The real person is supreme virtuous, and the world is an immortal family. 4. Chanting

Meditation and reciting sincerely, it is generally advisable to recite it all over again, and do not give up halfway. 5. Incense

After chanting, incense is offered. The Three Jewels of Refuge and the Saints. 6 vows, vows are prayers, expressing the desire to chant sutras. For example: "The first class is now a certain thing, and a certain sutra is transferred to a certain volume and a number of times." "7 Make a vow to dedicate yourself, and wish that after the turn of the scriptures, all good things will be supported, a thousand disasters will be reduced, and the heart will be the first and true Three Jewels. May after the menstrual turn has passed, the blessing will be bright, the merit will be far and near, and the heart will be the first true and true Three Treasures. May this turn the merits of the scriptures, be born by the masses, be liberated from suffering, and be the heart of all the saints. ”