Chapter 196: Speaking of Buddha

After temporarily shirking the old lady's request, the old lady didn't mention anything else, and completely handed over the right to communicate with Mrs. Wang Qingming, who was just there listening to everyone's chat. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

After Wang Qingming chatted with everyone for a while, he deduced that at the request of Mrs. Wang, he began to talk about Buddhism for everyone, so as to ask Mrs. Wang for her temptation.

"You know that the Buddha is also an 'enlightened one.'" There are three meanings of enlightenment: self-realization, self-awareness, and perfection of consciousness, which is the highest level of Buddhist practice. And all the worldly people lack these three items, the latter two items are lacking in the sound and the senses, the last one is missing in the bodhisattva, and only the Buddha has all three. Wang Qingming told everyone in the Rongguo Mansion about some common sense that was only understood in Buddhism and no longer circulated among ordinary people.

"Oh? And this is the first time I've heard of it, and I always thought that I only needed to eat fasting and recite the Buddha, and then I would become a Buddha after death. Wang Xifeng listened to Wang Qingming's opening words, but said with a smile.

Wang Qingming didn't pick up Wang Xifeng's words, but pursed his lips and smiled, and then continued: "Theravada Buddhism says."

'Buddha' is generally used as an honorific title for Shakyamuni, and in Mahayana Buddhism, in addition to Shakyamuni, it also refers to all those who have attained enlightenment. In Mahayana Buddhism, it is claimed that there are Buddhas everywhere in the three worlds and ten directions, and their number is like the sand of the Ganges, such as the seven Buddhas in the past, the ancient Buddha of the burning lamp, the Maitreya Buddha in the future, the Buddha of Ajin and the Medicine Buddha in the east, the Amitabha Buddha in the west, and the Buddha of Pilu, that is, the Buddha of the Great Day, etc., from the body of the Buddha, there are the Buddha of the Dharmakaya, the Buddha of the retribution, the Buddha of the corresponding body, etc. ”

"There are so many Buddhas, and I have always thought that those Buddhas are all one person. Shi Xiangyun heard Wang Qingming's story, but interrupted Wang Qingming's words again, this is the first time Wang Qingming came to Rongguo Mansion, these people are meeting for the first time, and they are girls, otherwise, Wang Qingming would have brushed his sleeves away a long time ago.

It was also Wang Xifeng who saw that Wang Qingming's face was wrong, so he pulled Shi Xiangyun's sleeve, and then smiled at Wang Qingming and said: "The girls in the family have never heard of these Buddhist principles, and there are many problems, but it makes Miss Miaoyu laugh." ”

Wang Qingming's face narrowed, then he waved his hand to show that he didn't mind, and then began to speak again: "But Buddha, there is a deeper meaning to this word. If there is a definition of the word "Buddha", it is the supreme wisdom of possessing "four bodies and five wisdoms". The Buddha contains "judgment", "proof", "merit", "four bodies", and "five wisdoms". "Judgment" refers to the state of nirvana in which all afflictions and obstacles of knowledge are cut off; "Enlightenment" refers to the realization of the two truths and the physical nature and appearance of all things; "Merit" refers to the incredible immeasurable merit of body, mouth and mind obtained by judging the evidence, "Four Bodies" refers to the Dharma Body, the Manifestation Body, the Corresponding Body, and the Incarnation; and the "Five Wisdoms" refers to the wisdom of the Great Circle Mirror, the Wisdom of Equality, the Wisdom of Wonderful Observation, the Wisdom of Attaining Things, and the Wisdom of the Body of the Dharma Realm. ”

This time, Wang Qingming said, and all the people did not interrupt Wang Qingming's words, but Wang Qingming still listened for a while, and drank a sip of the tea that Chunjiang brought to his hand, "It is said that the Buddha often goes to various places to do that kind of teaching, for the sake of the world." One day, as he passed through a certain village or town, he saw an old man selling fish in the market, and he wept bitterly: 'Ah, why did God torture me, old man, so much, what did my son do to die so early? If he were alive today, I wouldn't have had to work so hard to sell fish here.' ’”

When the Buddha saw the old man's sad face, he smiled. After walking for a while, the Buddha couldn't help but laugh again when he saw a big pig covered in feces and urine, walking on the road as if nothing had happened. Wang Qingming paused, then looked at the people in the room and said, "Guess why?"

"It's because the Buddha thought of something happy. Wang Xifeng was the first to speak out for Wang Qingming.

"I think it must have been because the man had done something wrong and got his retribution. "Mrs. Wang still knows a lot about the Buddha, so she spoke out her opinion.

Wang Qingming did not say whether it was right or wrong, but continued to tell his story: "When the Buddha served Ananda saw it, he was deeply surprised, walked up to the Buddha, and respectfully asked: 'Buddha, why do you laugh when you see people today?' I don't think you laugh for no reason, there must be a reason, please explain the reason and dispel the doubts of the public, okay?' When the Buddha saw Ananda asking, he replied in a loud voice: 'Ananda, you are asking a good question. There are three reasons for my laughter. First, I'm going to educate everyone about the old man's stupidity. Because the old man fished every day and killed countless living beings, but he had no mercy at all, and now his son was dead, but he complained that the heavens had taken his life and wept with sorrow, which was a very foolish act; Wutian has a lifespan of 840 million eons, but because of his attachment to emptiness, he can't understand the truth that Wukong is also empty, so once he enjoys the blessings of heaven, he will still be reincarnated as a fish and put it in the old man's bamboo basket. ’”

When Ananda heard the words of the Buddha, he was even more puzzled, 'O Buddha, is it possible that you are a flying emperor with great virtue and cannot escape the karma of sin?' So Ananda asked the Buddha again. ”

"The Buddha replied, 'Ananda, both misfortune and blessing are impermanent. When a person is in a position of high office and enjoys glory and wealth, if he can show grace to the people, he will be able to avoid all evils, and if he boasts of wealth and wealth, indulges in indulgence, and does evil ways, he will suffer after enjoying all the blessings. Therefore, the retribution of good and evil follows like a shadow, like a sound, ancient and modern, and there is no distinction between high and low. In my past life, I was a Buddhist practitioner, and my neighbor believed in ghosts and gods, and he often did bad things, and calamities followed him like a loud sound. Every fasting day, I would go to the monastery to listen to the scriptures and listen to the Dharma, and my virtues would accumulate over time, and I was finally able to attain the supreme status of the Three Realms, but that neighbor was always obsessed with ghostcraft, killing, and drinking, so he suffered in the cycle of the Three Evil Realms for the rest of his life. Now that I have become a Buddha, he is still a filthy and smelly pig. Ananda: I have been listening to the scriptures and hearing the Dharma since the eons of eternity, and I am willing to be close to the Shaman, so that I can attain such a solemn appearance. After the Buddha gave his teachings, he looked at all living beings with compassion. ”

"Karma is not something that can be controlled by power, ghosts and gods cannot be manipulated, and the heavens cannot control it, it governs everything in life in the universe. It is written: 'The retribution of good and evil follows like a shadow, and the cycle of cause and effect in three lifetimes is not lost.' This life is empty, and there is no regret to follow!' Therefore, we should face up to the law of cause and effect, and plant good causes, so that we will be able to bring a blessed and complete life in this life and the next life. Wang Qingming told a Buddhist story to everyone in the Rongguo Mansion, as for whether they can understand it or not, whether they can understand it or not, it is not under Wang Qingming's control.

However, Wang Qingming saw it from the somewhat secretly changed faces of the old lady, Mrs. Wang and others, they understood, as for what will happen in the future, that is, it can only depend on their own creation.

"Hehe, it seems that our Miaoyu girl's Buddhist cultivation is profound, a small story makes us all deeply reflective, but Miaoyu girl has been talking for so long, there must be some thirst in her mouth, the old lady is a treasure of these good tea, my sister has a good mouth today. Wang Xifeng covered his mouth with a handkerchief and chuckled, while finding a step for the old lady and Mrs. Wang.

"It's clear that you, the girl, are thinking about my treasures, and it is speculated that it is Miaoyu, which really deserves to be beaten. The old lady got Wang Xifeng's steps, so she also went down the steps, and then smiled and instructed the personal maid next to her to go to her inner library, take out some of the treasured good tea, and make a cup for Miaoyu and everyone in the room.

"Then I'd like to taste the old lady's treasures. Wang Qingming saw that everyone in the Rongguo Mansion looked unrepentant, but he didn't say anything else, the people in the Rongguo Mansion had already been fascinated by the financial interests in front of them, even if there was a Buddha, it was difficult and difficult.

However, Wang Qingming also found that there are people in Rongguo Mansion, and there are also people who can be saved, but Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai have been contemplating with their heads bowed, and Wang Qingming also found that there is a little incompatibility between Lin Daiyu and the rest of Rongguo Mansion, but Wang Qingming doesn't know much about Lin Daiyu now, so he doesn't show much of what is special about her.

After a while, a few maids came to the house with tea cups, leaving a strong cup of tea for each girl and lady.

"Miss Miaoyu, try it quickly, this is the old lady's private treasure, and the old lady is reluctant to take it out. "Where Wang Xifeng is, there will be no cold scene, because Wang Xifeng can always find the itch of others, so that everyone will not feel that they are not taken seriously.

Wang Qingming took a sip, and then put it on the table at hand, no longer understanding it.

"But what's unsatisfactory?" Madam Wang hurriedly said when she saw Wang Qingming's movements.

"Tea is good tea, but this water is not good water, this tea should be made with the first winter snow in early winter, it is the best. Wang Qingming got Miaoyu's previous memories of the tea ceremony, and Miaoyu's understanding of the tea ceremony was good, so Wang Qingming instantly discovered the shortcomings in this tea according to those memories.

"I didn't expect Miss Miaoyu to know about the tea ceremony. ”