"At the age of 29, he disregarded his father’s many persuasion, resolutely left his wife and children, abandoned his royal life, and became a monk. After leaving home, Sakyamuni first went to the outskirts of Wangshe City to learn meditation, and then he stayed on the Nilian Chan River. Practicing asceticism alone in the woods, eating only one meal a day, and then eating one meal seven days later, wearing bark and sleeping with cow dung. Six years later, his body was thin, like a dead tree, and still had no income, unable to find a way to liberation. Asceticism, he entered the Nilian Chan River and washed his body. After taking a bath, he received the chyle provided by a shepherd and recovered his health. After that, he crossed the Nilian Chan River and came to the Bodhi tree outside Gaya City, where he meditated. After seven days and seven nights, Sakyamuni finally let go of his burdens, his heart is like drops of water on a lotus leaf, without desires; he is moving away from the dust and gradually reaching the other shore, convinced that he has reached the source of life’s suffering, and cut off the birth, old, sick, and dead. Basically, so that the troubles such as greed, hatred, and ignorance no longer arise in his mind. This marks his enlightenment and becoming a Buddha.
After finishing this, Master Jingde looked at Mu Guang and saw that Mu Guang was blank. He didn't seem to know the true meaning of this story. He couldn't help but smiled and said, "The donor doesn't understand what I'm talking about, right?"
Mu Guang smiled and said, "The master is telling the story of Sakyamuni becoming a Buddha, but what does this have to do with my future?"
Master Jingde shook his head and said, "Then I will tell the donor a joke, saying that the daughter of a family was very beautiful, and the neighbors on both sides proposed to this family for their son. The neighbor’s son was smart and good-looking. Handsome, but the family is very poor; the son of the Xi family is stupid and ugly, but he has a wealth of money. The parents of this family are embarrassed, which family of sons should they choose? Ask their daughters if they want to see which daughter will choose. One family. My daughter thought for a while and said, "I want to live in the east house and eat at the west house.""
Mu Guang laughed and said, "How is that possible? How can you have both of these things?"
Master Jingde smiled and said: "The donor also knows that fish and bear's paw can't have both, but there are so many fools in this world who think they can get everything. Are you ridiculous?"
Mu Guang smiled and said, "Of course it's ridiculous. But what does this have to do with my future?"
Master Jingde looked at Mu Guang, smiled and said: "I have already told the donor, Buddhism is the human principle, and what I want to say to the donor is already very clear in these two stories. If the donor can understand the truth between these two stories, I think your future will be bright."
Mu Guang looked at the master in the mirror and said, "Master, I still don't quite understand, can you mention me clearly?"
Master Jingde shook his head and said: "Donors can laugh at other people's stupidity, why can't you see it through yourself? Being an official and practicing Buddha are not the same thing, but the two principles are the same. Others are only useful if the donor himself thinks about it."
Mu Guang wanted to ask something, but seeing Master Jingde closed his eyes again, he seemed to be reluctant to talk to him anymore, so he had to give up.
Mu Guang took another stack of RMB out of his handbag, put it in front of Master Jingde, and said, "Thank you for your advice, Master."
Master Jingde said: "The donor's lamp oil money has already been collected, so please ask the donor to take it back."
Mu Guang smiled and said, "It's just a little bit of heart. Master should accept it."
Master Jingde said: "I know that the donor is kind, but if a monk enjoys too much, it is a sin, so please take it back."
What the old monk meant was that he was harming him by giving him so much money, and the enjoyment of money was a sin for him. Mu Guang looked at the empty walls of the wing, and he understood that this monk might have lived through it. It is a kind of ascetic day. There seems to be this kind of asceticism in Western religions. Practitioners almost put an end to all enjoyment and use hardship as a method of practice to achieve a higher psychological level.
Mu Guang collected the money. He didn't want to make it difficult for others. The conversation was over. Mu Guang stood up and said, "I'm leaving, Master."
Master Jingde put his hands together and said, "No."
Mu Guang walked out of the wing. President Qian was already waiting outside. He looked at Mu Guang's expression and asked, "How's it going?"
Mu Guang smiled, and walked outside the mountain gate without saying anything. Master Jingde also left the wing, but instead of sending him Mu Guang and Mr. Qian, he went to the main hall on his own. Soon Muyu and chanting sounded behind Mu Guang and Mr. Qian. , He really said that he would not send it if he didn't send it.
Except for the mountain gate, when he got in the car, Mr. Qian looked at Mu Guang and asked again: "How is it, are you satisfied?"
Mu Guang smiled and said, "I made mistakes and broken dreams all day long, and I heard the spring as I climbed as hard as I can. I stole my life for a long time because of the monks talking in the bamboo courtyard.
Mu Guang read a poem written by Li She from the Tang Dynasty, "Timing on the Wall of the Helin Temple". Although he still doesn't quite understand the true meaning of the two stories that the master Jingde told him, it seems that Master Jingde said he will have a future. Bright, so the overall mood is relatively pleasant. And he did feel the ease of detaching from the busy world in front of this quiet ancient temple, and he really felt like stealing half a day of leisure in his mind.
President Qian let go. Although Mu Guang never said how he feels with Master Jingde, this Tang poem is relatively relaxed. It seems that Mu Guang is in a good mood.
Mr. Qian started the car. He had arranged the itinerary. Mu Guang didn't ask him where he was going next, so he let him drive with him.
After the car drove for a while, Mu Guang still didn't want to understand the meaning of the two stories the monk said. He glanced at Mr. Qian and said, "Old money? Where did you find such a mysterious monk? "
President Qian smiled and said, "What's wrong, isn't what Master Jingde said? Don't listen if you don't listen. He is not a god either."
Mu Guang smiled and said: "It's not that I don't like it, but I'm very surprised how you know such an old monk who is not four or six in this deep mountain."
President Qian smiled and said, "You ask this, it's actually very simple. He was from our village before he became a monk."
Mu Guang smiled and said, "Is your home nearby?"
Mr. Qian nodded and said, "It's a small village at the foot of this mountain. The master of the mirror still has some affinity with me. He is an uncle of my family. He was a monk before liberation. It is said that he was I went up the mountain to collect firewood and sat in front of this temple to rest. I met the monk who was the presiding officer at that time. After talking, I was fascinated by the monk. After I went home, I told my parents that I went up the mountain and became a monk."
Mu Guang smiled and said: "It turns out that he is so weird in his own right, eh, old Qian, you weren't born before liberation? How did you know him?"
Mr. Qian said: "This is another fate. Master Jingde’s parents are just a son like him. After he becomes a monk, his parents are no longer taken care of. My parents think they are pitiful. They are in their own family, so they take care of them. They lost their life in their later years. When his parents passed away, they asked me to go up the mountain to find Master Jingde, and said that they wanted to see the last time, so we met. Later, I sometimes came in to talk to Master Jingde after passing by this small temple. Chat, he said that I am an active person and shouldn’t stay in the mountains to plant the land. He encouraged me to go out and explore the world. After hearing his words, I walked out of the mountains and I have the world today. I will tell you, The old people around here are all this old monk, who is not an ordinary person, he should be someone who has a share in the sky. There are many stories about him circulating around. For example, an old farmer around here once chatted with Master Jingde and talked about it. When planting crops, he said that he wanted to have a variety of wheat this year. Master Jingde said that it is best not to. This year the wheat will definitely fail. The old farmer did not take it seriously. As a result, there was a severe drought that year and there was no harvest of wheat grains."
Mu Guang said: "Is there really such a god?"
President Qian said: "I don't know whether this story is true or not. It's just that when I encounter some problems in business, I will come back to Master Jingde for advice. Master Jingde can always point me to good luck. I will tell you. , Don’t doubt him, this master Jingde is not the kind of person who makes money by giving people fortune-telling, he usually doesn’t talk about it with outsiders. The reason why he is willing to talk to you today is that he really missed our home. The care of his parents is not easy to refuse to the people I brought."
Mu Guang smiled and said: "I didn't doubt him, but he told me two stories with mystery, and said that I have a bright future with these two stories. However, I still haven't wanted to understand him. What do you want to tell me through these two stories?"
Mr. Qian said: "What's the story?"
Mu Guang looked at Mr. Qian and hesitated whether he wanted to tell Mr. Qian the story. He hadn't figured out the mystery in the story, and he was a little worried about whether these mysteries were suitable for Mr. Qian. After thinking about it, Mu Guang thought it would be better not to tell Qian, so he said: "Master Jingde said that this mystery will be useful to me only if I understand it by myself."
Qian always understood that Mu Guang didn't want to help him understand these two stories, so he smiled and said, "Since he said that, you can only think about it yourself."
Mu Guang felt ashamed that Qian always saw his mind. He looked at the trees that flashed outside the car window, and turned the subject with a smile: "Old Qian, what are you going to play next?"
Mr. Qian smiled and said, "Since I'm in the mountains, I'll play some wild games. My friend opened a mountain villa here. You can hunt or hunt, right?"
Mu Guang didn't think there was anything wrong with him. He was very interested in shooting a gun. He just asked worriedly, what did he hit? There is no danger, right
Mr. Qian laughed and said, "What can be dangerous? The wild animals in the mountains, like wild boars and wolves, have basically disappeared for a long time. Those who can fight are gentle animals like pheasants and hares. Let's talk about hunting. There will also be someone who will follow us when there is no danger at all."