Chapter 31: Understanding
Buddhism pays attention to the word "fate".
Ordinary people are the ones who enter into the wisdom of the Dharma by karma. Buddhism talks about the cause and effect of the three lifetimes, coming to the world, suffering hardship, enjoying blessings, and then the next life, getting out of emptiness and entering fullness, achieving a change of mind, and having wisdom and compassion.
Mercy has no enemies. Wisdom does not bother.
In fact, entering Buddhism is different from conversion. As the saying goes, "After decades of striving for fame and fortune, a pillar of green smoke turns into dust." Life is like a dream, and it is dozens of springs in the blink of an eye. "In fact, there are not many people who can figure it out like this, and there is still a long way to go between saying and doing.
From Master Luo to Master Yuantong, his mood at this time is like this, on the surface, he became the abbot of Lingguang Temple according to the holy decree, which is to return to Buddhism, but he is still a long way from being truly Buddha.
Before leaving, Song Lian warned him, you are already Master Yuantong, but you are not a member of Jinyiwei. If you want to truly enter the Buddha and participate in Zen, you must be reborn, have cause and effect in your heart, do not complain about the sky, the earth, or others, but only yourself. For those who believe in the Dharma, it is very clear that all the calamities and consequences are coming, and everything is clear when the root cause is.
Yuantong should bear it, but he is still worried. The dog in the family is not yet an adult, and it is difficult to say whether he will be able to take over the job of Jinyi Wei in the future. If he dies in the temple in the future, will the dog become a monk and succeed him? How is it really like that? Alas, if you can't let go of everything, you can't rest assured, how can you practice?
When he arrived at the monastery, the management of the monastery was not a problem, the monks were in awe of him, the local yamen did not dare to harass him, and the people who wanted to do it did not dare to go easily, but his own practice became a burden.
For example, chanting Buddha, meditating, chanting, holding mantras, worshipping Buddha, and so on. In this way, we should help ourselves to absorb the body and mind, that is, to help ourselves control our delusions. He knew in his heart that reciting Buddha, repenting, releasing life, doing good deeds and accumulating virtue, and so on, could help him eliminate his karma. But I can't calm down no matter what.
A few days later, Yuantong wrote a letter to his wife, asking about the family. However, there was no news from the house.
He was so anxious that he didn't dare to leave the temple without the emperor's order, so he had to wait. After a few months, he was disheartened and stopped writing or thinking. One day, he suddenly became cheerful, and since he had become a monk, why bother his wife to make him sad.
Let go of the family affairs, and other things will come. He suddenly thought of Chen Xianghui, according to Li Minghao, the remnants of the Yuan army pretending to be a walking monk, there were a total of ten people, and only eight people were killed in the end, and two people were still missing, and I don't know where the descendants of the Chen family are, I don't know if they will retaliate again?
He thought of Zhao Wuye again, if it wasn't for Zen Xin's stabbing in the back, he might have escaped. Besides, there were three people lurking in the temple at that time, and a person named Chang Jin has not been captured so far, and he doesn't know where the Zhao family's family is, will they come to look for trouble again in the future?
There is also the missing Puzhao of Lingguang Temple, which is said to be a Japanese national. There has always been a practice of monks visiting each other and studying Buddhism in China, and it is completely possible to openly study Buddhism with the notes of the two countries, but why do you hide incognito and lurk for ten years, why? What do you want to get?
He was very worried, so he wrote a letter to the Jinyi Guards and told them to step up the search, but there was no news. He had to sigh.
As everyone knows, the emperor has already made a will, and after Luo Shuangxing became a monk, no one is allowed to win it over, so that he can concentrate on Buddhism and protect the temple. Therefore, he even ignored his family and friends, and was very depressed.
Suddenly, one day, he found that when he was chanting Buddha, chanting sutras, and holding mantras, his delusions were reduced, and his mind was easier to settle down and quiet.
After Zhixin knew about it, he said, Amitabha, the Venerable Master has entered the Buddha's door, and when the mind is calm, the karma will be alleviated.
Yuantong was very happy and told Song Lian what he had learned. This time, Lord Song replied to the letter, praised him for his enlightenment, and replied to let him understand the "Diamond Sutra" in the "Diamond Sutra" "There is no self, no one, no sentient beings, no longevity, all appearances are false, if you see all the aspects that are not the same, then see the same." ".
From then on, Yuantong began to study Buddhism in earnest, and gradually the murderous aura on his face disappeared.
Although Yuantong is the abbot, he has done all the positions in the temple, carrying water, cooking, chopping wood, sweeping the floor, drying scriptures, ringing bells, etc., he wants ordinary monks to start, so that he can become a real monk.
In the densely packed courtyard to rescue the emperor, Yuan usually stood there alone, savoring the thrill of that moment. He still couldn't understand how the Master of Dense Cloth was invulnerable, soft and strong?
When he heard that Venerable Mibu had been studying the Buddha's heart for many years, he followed the example of Master Zazen in order to achieve self-enlightenment.
In this way, two years passed in a blink of an eye. One day, Yuantong was meditating, and suddenly a little monk reported that a woman had asked to see her. Yuantong was shocked, no one had ever looked for him in the past two years, why today? It's weird. He asked the little monk to take people to the reception room to wait for a while, and he went after changing his clothes.
YTO put on a garna, to show his attention.
As he approached the reception room, he heard a woman kneeling on the ground. Before he could react to his astonishment, he said "Father" again, and a young man also knelt on the ground.
Yuantong fixed his eyes and saw that it was his wife and son Rongjin, and he was very surprised. However, he quickly realized that if they recognized each other, the cultivation would be useless.
He closed his eyes, held back his tears, folded his hands, and said "Amitabha" in his mouth, the donor recognized the wrong person. The poor monk is round, has no family, and only has the Buddha in his heart!
Mrs. and son Jiao Baili rushed here, never thinking that he would not recognize him, which made the family miserable.
Shuangxing, in the past few years, the court has not let us contact you, for fear that you will be distracted and not be a good abbot, and our mother and wife will miss you all the time. Today, the emperor has allowed me and Rong Jin to visit you, how can you be so ruthless and disrespectful?
The Master couldn't help but cry.
Father, I am your son, Rong Jin!
The son crawled a few times from the ground and grabbed Yuantong's robe.
Amitabha! The donor's words are also bad, and he is a monk without a home, not a disdain from his six relatives. The Buddha is enlightened, awakened, and seen through and let go, not ruthless. If the six relatives do not recognize that it is absolute, since a person has no affection and love, then how to be a Buddha, the Buddha said, love, for the great love, both the heart of all sentient beings, the heart of all sentient beings, the suffering of all living beings, the monk cultivates the mind and cultivates the body, takes the body as a model, and takes the high school as the teacher. The Buddha will bless the donor, mother and child. If the donor has nothing else to do, please go back, and the poor monk will go to the main hall to do things. Amitabha!
With that, YTO turned and left. The screams of mother and son came from his side, and he couldn't help but burst into tears.
The messenger reported to Song Lian that Yuantong did not recognize the mother and son, and Song Lian was extremely happy and hurriedly reported it to the emperor.
When the emperor heard this, he smiled knowingly and said that people have three sufferings: "love and parting from suffering, resentment and hatred will be bitter, and asking for no suffering", and those who have attained the Tao must endure hardship. For Buddhism, everything has a fate, everything has a result, the cause arises and the fate disappears, and the cause and effect are reincarnated. Yuantong has such a temperament, I can rest assured.