Yang Shuihua said ashamedly, I saw that you were the abbot of the temple, and you especially trusted Monk Qian, and I was worried that you would hand over all the important affairs of the temple to him, so that I and other monks and nuns with old qualifications would obey his arrangement, so I was very jealous of him, and I was not happy to hurt him. At this point, tears flowed, and what was shed was really tears of repentance.

Soon, Yang Shuihua lost her breath in the hospital, and before her body was transported to a nearby funeral home for cremation, I also specially organized a memorial group to surround her body stored in the crystal coffin, chanting Buddha in shifts, day and night, praying that she would be repented and awakened to the Pure Land.

Qian Jishi told what he had experienced, and Gu Weixing listened to it with relish. said, Master, Yang Shuihua started to be so bad, and finally after she fell ill, she repented, and she was still tempered by you. Is there still such a story of degreed people? I still want to hear it.

Qian Jishi said, then I'll tell you another story about a group of people, listen to it, and go to sleep after listening! It's not early.

Gu Weixing nodded. So Qian Jishi talked about it.

That was still happening in the Mida Temple, which was breaking ground, and according to Master Yaoguang's plan, a Daxiong Treasure Hall was to be built. Soon after the proposal was issued, believers from all over the world, that is, people from all walks of life, donated money and materials, and donated building materials such as cement and sand, bricks and tiles.

At the beginning of the project, most of the yard in front of the temple was full of spare steel bars. That night, around the second watch, the monks in the temple basically slept.

Generally lay people go to bed quite late, but monks can go to bed very early, because they have to get up from 4 to 5 o'clock in the morning for morning classes, so they all abide by the established schedule.

Although Qian Jishi is not a monk of this temple, he still abides by the rules of the temple when he lives here, and he also goes to bed. Around the end of the day, Qian Jishi had the urge to urinate, and estimated that he had eaten too many pickles that day, and when he felt salty, he drank too much tea, so when he slept at this time, his body would react instinctively. That is, there is a little swelling down there, and he wakes him up and has to get up at night.

But as soon as he woke up, he heard the sound of someone making steel bars outside, and his first realization was that someone must be stealing steel bars. The common practice of monks is to immediately turn on the electric lights, get up in their clothes, and shout when they open the door: Who stole the steel bars in the temple? You can't steal it. The treasures in the temple are all provided by the believers of the ten directions, and those who steal will be punished.

Qian Jishi didn't call it that, he didn't even turn on the lights in the dormitory, but quietly got dressed and got up, and gently opened the door a little half, just enough for people to come out, he didn't make a little noise, and then went to the toilet behind the house to relieve himself, and then turned around, he didn't go back to the dormitory to sleep, but came to the field; In the hazy night, I saw someone pumping the steel bar at the end of the stack, as if it was difficult to twitch.

So, Qian Jishi walked over, bent his waist or squatted down to help the person who drew the steel bar to pump hard. At first, they thought that Qian Jishi belonged to their gang, and after pulling a lot of steel bars and dragging them away with a plate truck, they found that Qian Jishi did not go with them, so they felt that something was wrong.

Of course, they didn't know who Qian Jishi was, but they all muttered in their hearts: Is this person who helped them steal steel from the temple? You must not be from the temple! If the people in the temple were to help them do such a bad thing?

If it is a lay family outside the temple, according to the convention, it will not help them do bad things at night! It is possible to help others do good deeds; It should be said that there are few people who help people do bad things, or there are no at all.

Whether it is to help others do good things or help others to do bad things, there should be a purpose, either for profit, or for a favor or a good reputation.

But what was the man who was trying to help them draw a steel reel and help them steal? And at night, the lights are blind and he can't see people's faces clearly, and they are all unfamiliar with each other, what is he trying to do?

When the thieves returned, the more they thought about it, the more they felt that something was wrong. They are habitual thieves, so to speak, who have stolen for many years, who have made ill-gotten gains for many years, and who have never encountered such a strange thing, which makes them feel particularly uneasy.

The next night, the gang of thieves went to the Mida Temple again, this time not to steal, but mainly to find the person who helped them pull the steel bar, and wanted to ask him, what is the picture? Why don't you shout, why don't you call the police, but help them steal. Around the time of the unitary time, the monks in the temple were almost all resting. They crept to the steel stack, deliberately grabbing and pulling at the steel bars to make a noise.

A big thief in the haze noticed that last night, the dark shadow reappeared. Anyway, in the night, they couldn't see each other's faces clearly. The big man approached the black shadow and asked, Are you a monk in the temple?

Be. The black shadow is none other than Qian Jishi. He replied truthfully.

To tell you the truth, I'll tell you the ugly story in front, we were here last night to steal steel bars, was you the one who helped us draw the steel basket? The big man asked bluntly as he stated the matter.

Be. Qian Jishi replied.

That's weird, since you are a monk in the temple, why don't you drive it away and call the police when you find someone stealing? How can you be indifferent to the things in this temple? I wonder if you're having trouble with the abbot or anyone else at the temple, or if they've offended you? You have a grudge against them, so if someone comes to the temple to steal something, you just ignore it, why do you want to help us steal?

Qian Jishi said, you think wrong, I don't think so. I think that if I call the police, the police will catch you, and when the time comes, you will definitely resent the person who called the police, that is, resentful of me! It is very likely that they will even retaliate against me.

The big man said, "That's right." Qian Jishi continued, for you, I am a strange monk to help you steal, you have never encountered this kind of thing, you will definitely not be able to figure it out, what is going on? Even the more I think about it, the more scared I become, but I don't dare to steal, right?

In the midst of the darkness, a medium-sized shadow interjected, yes, this kind of thing has never happened, and we are afraid. Tonight, I will send back all the steel bars stolen last night. As the saying goes: to be a thief, we are really worried about accidents.

Qian Jishi said, you just send it back. Otherwise, something will really happen, don't you know? From ancient times to the present day, there has never been a fortune by stealing. As a thief, the family is always poor and always unhappy, isn't it?

That's right. In the darkness of the night, several thieves spoke in unison. Qian Jishi took the opportunity to tell them some knowledge of cause and effect, so that they could understand that retribution for doing bad things is very painful.

The big man, the little man, and a few other thieves were scared, and they said, "We have done a lot of bad things, is it too late to correct them?" Is there still retribution?

Qian Jishi said that it was too late. If you recite the name of Amitabha Buddha with all sincerity as I do, and never do any bad things from now on, then even if you still have to receive retribution for the bad things you have done before, it will be a serious sin and a light reward. It's equivalent to you owe me hundreds of thousands of dollars, I don't want you to pay it off, I will save more than half with you, let you pay back a small half, then the pressure will be much less

It is equivalent to the death penalty, a suspended death sentence can still save his life, and if he behaves well in prison, the sentence will be commuted. To make it clear, someone's sin should have one foot broken, and since you have changed it and done some good deeds, then the sin will be reduced, and you may only need to cut off one finger, isn't that much stronger?

When the thieves heard this, they all said that I would not do bad things in the future, and I would learn to be a good person.

Qian Jishi said that it is not enough to be a good person. Be a good person, and after a hundred years in the future, people will be gone, and the reincarnation of the soul will still be able to keep the human body. But there is a problem, before the reincarnation of the human soul, in the underworld without exception to drink the soul forgetting soup, after drinking, the person will forget everything in the previous life, then reincarnate again, because there is no good or bad memory, people's greed, hatred, ignorance, suspicion and other vices will still appear in the thoughts and behaviors, if there are too many evil things, after death, the undead spirit of the person will be reincarnated again, the human body will not be saved, and it is likely to become a beast, then it will be sad.

The big man asked again, what should I do then?