Chapter 68: The Reward of a Hundred Monsters.

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When I didn't study Buddhism in the past, I often used to speak badly, and even swear at my parents and insult animals, but now I repent of it, hoping that all sentient beings who are destined to see it can be good at protecting their bodies, mouths, and minds, and never make any more deeds.

"The Buddha Says the Virtuous and Foolish Sutra" Hundred-headed Fish Monster: With the name of an animal, scolding people with a bad mouth, the result is like this (those who give people animal names and nicknames, the same is true)

The Buddha Says the Sutra of Wisdom and Foolishness

If one day there is something to do in the city of Viseri, passing through the plough and crossing the river, you can hear the voices of people in the distance, and you know that there is a great cause for the arrival of a small number of people, so you will stop and wait for advice.

The plough over the river turned out to be a great place of profit. Below the river, there are often hundreds of fishing boats looking for a livelihood because of the abundance of live fish in the water. On one side of the riverbank, thousands of plains, sparse people and grass, often hundreds of shepherds drive sheep to and fro. At that time, there was a fisherman who took advantage of the high tide to cast a hook and bait to catch fish. Suddenly, I pulled the rope and felt very heavy. Knowing that a big fish had been caught on the hook and dragged away in the water, it was already very heavy, and it would not be easy to drag it out of the water. So while towing away, I greeted the three friends on the other fishing boat. All the friends gathered around, took out the quick hook and fork, and prepared to capture the fish. The noise of people alarmed many ships, and they crowded up layer by layer. Until the edge of the shoal, the fish was too big and got stuck in the mud of the shallows. A few people focus on it, and don't want to drag. Byside bystanders. They all took out the strength of their arms to help each other drag and pull, and they didn't want to drag. There were many people, and for a while, there was a lot of noise. Ploughing across the river, a few curious shepherd boys rushed to the beach where many people gathered to watch the excitement, knowing that a big fish had been caught, and so many people could not drag it up. The shepherd boys, who liked to meddle in their affairs, hurriedly turned around, shouted all the way from the upper hand, and persuaded many shepherds to go and see the strange fish and help them. At that time, with the power of thousands of people, a shout, suddenly sent out a thousand strong forces, and only then did the big fish be dragged up the plough across the riverbank, and the public could watch it to the fullest. The appearance of this fish is very strange, and around his big head, there are a hundred small heads, each of which is different. Jackals, wolves, tigers, leopards, cows, sheep, pigs, dogs, donkeys, camels, roe deer, deer, monkeys, raccoon dogs, cats, rats. Domestic beasts, wild ru. The famous nameless people are all prepared, and the crowd is watching, shocked and silent, suspected of being a dream.

If you move to the strange fish, the evil of the strange fish has already been illuminated by the fate of the fish, so in front of thousands of people, he called out the name of the fish and said, "Are you Kavili?" The disciple Ananda put his palms together and asked the Buddha, "Why did this fish give birth to this strange appearance?" If he came to tell the history of this fish, Ananda and the crowd would clearly know: "In the past, a Brahmin gave birth to a boy and named him Kavili. Smart and special, well-read and strong-remembered, he has had the reputation of a prodigy since he was a child. One day his mother asked her son, 'Are you more than one in the world who is better than you?' and she answered, 'Only the son of Salmon is wise.' The mother said, 'The blue is blue, and the color is darker than the blue.' Why don't you go to school and receive all the good dharma of Shaman?' Kabi left his mother's religion, that is, he studied in Shaman. The scriptures and laws are all well understood, but the amount of victory is narrow. Because he is competitive, he is good at fighting with people's tongues, and because of his narrowness, he makes countless mouths. Usually talking about scriptures and Taoism with the monks, if the reason is short, that is, scolding people. Whenever he says, 'You foolish creatures, like some beast, know what you do?' and the names of the beasts are always on their lips, and they are used as weapons to curse and use as weapons. Therefore, the mouth industry is like a mountain, so in this life it becomes the body of a hundred fish, and it eats its own reward. ”

When there were thousands of fishers and shepherds, they heard that the Buddha said that their homework was reported, and their hair was terrified, and they begged to be disciples of the Buddha to avoid karmic constraints. In order to talk about the truth of suffering, the Buddha said that all kinds of things in the world are nothing but suffering. All these thousands of people are suddenly enlightened, and if they miss all the solutions, they will become Bodhi. At this time, Ananda and his accompanying disciples, hearing what the Buddha said, were stunned, sad and afraid, and spoke in unison: "Body, mouth, mind, karma." Don't be careful!

The vernacular translation is as follows

Early that morning, when the Buddha and his disciples were passing by the banks of the Liyue River and were about to leave the city of Vaishya, they found that a fishing boat had caught a big fish, but it could not pull it up. At last the five hundred fishermen gathered five hundred shepherds, together with their cattle, and finally pulled the big fish ashore with a desperate and breathless struggle. When everyone saw it, they couldn't help but take a few steps backwards, and their hair stood on end, because this fish had hundreds of heads! Some looked like donkeys, some like horses, camels, tigers, wolves, apes, foxes, pigs' heads, and dogs' faces...... Anything you can name or even see before.

The Buddha walked calmly to the hundred-headed fish, and Yin Yin asked three times: "Are you Kabiri?" The fish all replied, "Yes!" The Lord asked, "Where is the person who taught you now?" The fish replied, "She has fallen into the hell of Abi, and she is miserable...... Hearing that the hundred fish can speak, the people present are even more puzzled, so Ananda, who has heard the first thing, respectfully walked forward and asked the Lord to explain the karma of the hundred fishes to the public, and the Buddha began to tell a miraculous story-

In the time of the Buddha Kasya, there was a son of a Brahmin whose name was Kapiri. Kabili was very intelligent and studious, and from childhood to adulthood, he excelled in any group he was in, and never disappointed his parents who were old enough to have children. Soon after, Kabri's father died, and her elderly mother had a deeper hope for Kabri. Once, my mother asked Kapili, "Son, you are so clever that there is no one in the world like you, right?" Kapili replied honestly: "Mother! The wisdom of the Buddha and his disciples is so great that I really can't catch up with them! Anyone who asks the Buddha Kappa a question will get satisfactory answers, but I can't answer these questions." ”

Then the mother said, "Then why don't you go and study the Dharma? Kapila replied, "Mother, you don't understand that all Dharma is based on respect. In order to attain the supreme path, one must become a monk with respect, seek the Buddha's path, and transform sentient beings in order to truly understand the mystery of the Dharma. Kapiri's mother was a little hesitant, because she only had this one son, how could she be willing to let him become a monk? But she couldn't bear it, so she gritted her teeth: "Okay, let's let you go to the monk to study Buddhism, but we agreed first, once you learn the Dharma, you will come back as soon as possible and be filial to me!"

The simple Kapili entered the Sangha and began to study the Dharma, and by virtue of his ingenuity, he was able to quickly understand the teachings of the scriptures. His mother also visited him from time to time, and every once in a while, his mother would ask him expectantly, "Son, how are you learning now, can you surpass the Buddha......?"

Finally, Kapiri's mother could not help but say to him, "I will teach you, and in the future, if there is a bhikshu who speaks better than you, you will scold him in a disdainful tone: 'You are so foolish, you are so ignorant, you are ......better than a pig's head, you are better than a pig's head, and no one will dare to say anything more or laugh at you!'

Although Kabili knew that it was wrong to be angry and scold, he couldn't help but feel impatient when he thought that he had always won the first place, but now he couldn't catch up with the Buddha and the sages and monks. So he really began to use scolding methods to cover up his shortcomings. As the days passed, the originally kind Kapili became more and more arrogant and unscrupulous, scolding the monks with all the animals he could think of, such as pig's head, dog's face, donkey's head, horse's face, monkey's face, and so on, insulting one sage after another. ......

When the Buddha said this, he sighed with emotion: "Such a deep negative karma caused Kapili to feel the evil fruit of degeneration into a water tribe, and his body was covered with more than 100 animal heads, like countless tumors. The Buddha's voice was filled with infinite sorrow, and the people who listened to the Dharma were all rejoicing and devoting themselves to the Dharma.

Therefore, we must be good at protecting our body, mouth, and karma.