It is understandable that Buddhist monks should be vegetarians. However, in his last life, Ye Chui had been honing his cooking skills and had received an old monk.
This old monk is a truly profound person in Buddhism, completely different from those masters who only seek fame and reputation.
Ye Chui was not originally interested in Buddhism, but this old monk made him respect him very much. Some of the Buddhist principles that Ye Chui knew were learned from this old monk.
Of course, the old monk also said that Ye Chui could not realize the Buddha without wisdom. This also completely cut off Ye Chui's interest in Buddhism and just looked at it as a casual pastime.
This old monk had no reputation and traveled around, but in Ye Chui's opinion, he was quite immortal and a true outsider. Ye Chui helped him cook vegetarian dishes for three days. On the first day, he At that time, Ye Chui put some meat into the vegetarian dishes he cooked for him out of a prank. But on the third day, Ye Chui felt guilty and told the matter, but the old monk didn't take it seriously at all. Ye Chui quoted the words of an enlightened monk: "If you can eat excrement and urine as sweet as the supreme delicacy, then you are allowed to eat meat; if you can embrace beauty and be equal to the dead body, then you are allowed to engage in prostitution ”
This is a state, and this old monk has obviously reached this Buddhist state.
Even on the day he left, he and Ye Chui ate meat and drank together, found a bunch of short movies on the Internet to watch, and finally drifted away in the night...
This old monk allowed Ye Chui to see what a real Buddhist monk looked like.
As for the Ming Jing in front of him, he has a false reputation at all, and Ye Chui naturally has no respect for him. At this time, he asked Ming Jing about Buddhism's vegetarianism, which was also the dispute between Ye Chui and the old monk. some discussions.
Master Ming Jing suddenly smiled calmly when he heard Ye Chui's words - it was estimated that this was not the first time someone had asked him this question. He naturally had an explanation for what he said, and he said with a smile: "Buddhist disciples don't eat animals for the sake of cause and effect. Think about it, if you kill animals for food, they will be angry when they die, and their meat will be poisonous. They will come to seek your life in the future. When will they retaliate? What's more, they will also Maybe it’s the Buddha of the future, or your relatives and friends from the past or future?”
Ye Chui smiled slightly and said: "If we eat animals, let them end their lives, let them leave the animal realm, and let them start the next reincarnation early, wouldn't it be better?"
"Wrong." Master Mingjing said immediately, "Ending one's life does not mean that one can be liberated from the six paths of suffering. Even if one is liberated from the path of suffering, only one's body is liberated, but one's own karma is increased instead of solving one's karma. The ending of karma and karma does not rely on exchange. It’s about eliminating the two obstacles of knowing and worrying.”
These words sounded profound, and Lin Wei didn't understand. She continued to ask Ye Chui in a low voice: "Ye Chui, what does he mean?"
Lafayette Lin Zhengdao, Wu Haimei and Zhang Ying also looked at Ye Chui, as if they wanted to hear Ye Chui's explanation.
Ye Chui smiled and said: "What he means is that animals are sinners who have entered the animal realm. If we kill them, it does not mean that they are liberated. Their karma still exists and they will continue to escape into the animal realm. Not only that We ourselves are guilty."
This explanation surprised everyone, not because of the meaning of these words, but because Ye Chui could really understand the meaning of Master Mingjing's words, which in itself was an amazing thing.
A trace of surprise flashed across Ming Jing's face again, wondering whether this young man was also a Buddhist disciple with profound Dharma
Ye Chui smiled and continued to say to Mingjing: "Master, you just said that pure monks and Bodhisattvas walking on the road will not touch the grass, how can they pull it out with their hands? When the truly compassionate Bodhisattva sees the grass on the road, he will I can’t bear to step on it, but people can only live by eating. If you want to live, you must eat flowers and plants, but flowers and plants are life just like animals. You warned us not to eat animals, but why can we eat flowers and plants?”
"This..." Master Mingjing didn't know how to explain. He hesitated for a while and then said, "Flowers and plants are not karma. There is no way of flowers and plants in the six paths of reincarnation in Buddhism. Being vegetarian is in response to the spirit of our Buddha. Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are not ignorant of cause and effect. Ordinary people We should take the precepts as our teacher, refrain from doing any evil, practice good deeds, abstain from killing and protect living beings, eat vegetarian food and recite the Buddha's name."
"Ye Chui Ye Chui, what does he mean by saying that?" Lin Wei couldn't understand Master Ming Jing's words and immediately asked Ye Chui again.
"He was answering an incorrect question. He said that the reason why monks are vegetarians is because the Buddha and Bodhisattva were vegetarians, so they also became vegetarians." Ye Chui explained, and he said to Mingjing with a somewhat teasing smile, "Master, actually I think you You should know that Buddhism did not abstain from meat originally. It was Emperor Xiao Liang who came up with this idea. He killed countless people, and in order to seek psychological comfort, he announced that monks should also abstain from vegetarianism. This was not in the original theory of Buddhism. "
Ming Jing's face was already covered with sweat. He didn't know whether he was nervous or angry. He continued: "In the beginning, Buddhism stipulated that disciples should beg for food. They would eat the leftovers from the donor's family or the food they saved in their mouths, whether it was meat or not. You will eat whatever is given to you. But this does not mean that the Buddha is not opposed to killing and eating meat. It just follows the convenience of all living beings as long as it does not increase the karma of killing and does not kill specifically for oneself. Buddhism has great compassion. How can a practitioner go out of his way to kill and eat meat?”
"Really?" Ye Chui chuckled, "In this case, when we eat meat, we don't slaughter it ourselves. If we don't eat it, we have to kill it for others, and others have to eat it. The Buddha said that if I don't go to hell, who will go to hell? In order to promote Buddhism , wouldn’t it be better to take these karma on ourselves, so we should eat meat, and eat a lot of meat!”
Everyone: “…”
Ye Chui's words were simply nonsense, but when he said them, no one could refute them.
Ming Jing was completely furious, and there was no longer the peace on his face. He said angrily: "You... you are talking nonsense. How can the profound Buddha Dharma allow you to play tricks like this? If I don't argue with you, it will only increase your troubles. Do you think Why do we want to get rid of our worries and become a monk?"
"Actually, I think it's more convenient for monks to shave their heads to have some scars on their heads..." Ye Chui said with a smile.
Hearing Ye Chui's words, Lin Wei burst out laughing. Even Lin Zhengdao and Wu Haimei couldn't help laughing. Lafayette's face also twitched slightly. She was a Buddhist, so it was hard for her to laugh directly.
Ming Jing became even more angry. He pointed at Ye Chui and said, "How dare you make fun of Buddha? You will go to hell after you die."
"What is Buddha? Who are you? What qualifications do you have to say on behalf of Buddha that I will go to hell?" Ye Chui asked Ming Jing pretending not to understand.
Ming Jing was speechless again, his lips trembled, but he couldn't say a word.
After Zhang Ying brought Master Ming Jing to the Lin family villa, Lafayette was eaten to death by this profound master of Buddhism. Lin Zhengdao never expected that Ye Chui could silence this master's questions. , he glanced at Ye Chui in surprise, thought of something, and then continued to say to the master: "Master, I am actually a little curious about the reason why the Buddha became a vegetarian. Isn't there a saying that is very good, it is called eating meat and wine. If the intestines are gone, the Buddha will remain in his heart. In this case, as long as you are devoted to the Buddha, why should you mind eating vegetarian food? "
Lin Zhengdao wanted to refute this master monk together with Ye Chui.
Unfortunately, his argument was obviously not powerful enough. When Mingjing heard Lin Zhengdao's words, he immediately laughed and said: "Many people who recite Buddha's name but eat meat use this sentence to comfort themselves, but do you know that this sentence actually has a profound meaning?" , the person who said this is the Living Buddha Jigong. He is different from us. Because of his great compassion, he came here to help the World Honored One to save all sentient beings. He eats meat and vegetables without being rigid. He has cut off confusion and realized the truth. Although we are not ignorant of cause and effect. It is a gold-containing mine, but it has never turned into gold. It does not have the same enlightenment as Buddha and Dharmakaya masters. It is still reincarnated in the cause and effect. If you eat fish or meat, violate the precept of killing, and sow evil karma, you will suffer evil in the future. "Report."
Lin Zhengdao suddenly didn't know what to say. He was obviously not as good as Ye Chui in terms of Buddhist debate, so he could only look at Ye Chui for help.
Ye Chui, however, was calm and composed, and said to Mingjing: "Buddhas also have illnesses and will reach nirvana. How do you know which meat-eater is not the reappearance of Jigong?"
"The Buddha did have a headache for three days, Marmite's retribution, but that was only for people to see - do you think the Buddha is really dead? The Buddha has no birth or death. His body is transformed and is different from our lives. , Don’t care whether others eat meat or not, as long as you are not a Buddha or a Bodhisattva, that’s all.” Ming Jing said to Ye Chui with a proud look on his face.
"Master, you are wrong again, very wrong." Ye Chui replied to Ming Jing - since the debate just now, Ye Chui has actually been digging a hole, and now it is time to bury it.
Ming Jing said angrily: "Why don't you tell me what's wrong with my Buddhist principles!?"
"Master, your argument is correct, but what is wrong is the argument itself. The Buddha said: 'To judge others' enlightenment, if they are not Buddhas, doing so is already breaking the precepts.' Whether others are demons or Buddhas has nothing to do with you. Practicing The actual benefit lies in yourself and not in others. How does other people practice and benefit from others? Master, since you are arguing with others, it is already wrong. Master, you can’t even see through this. How can you claim your title of master? Was it bought with money?"
Ye Chui said leisurely.
How can a real eminent monk deliberately argue with others
They preach and teach, regardless of whether the other party believes it or not, they only need to use Buddhist teachings to inspire them, rather than using words to convince them. The vegetarian dishes made by Master Ming Jing are average in taste, but they have to use Buddhist theories to convince others that the food is delicious. , this already violates the spirit of Buddhism.
His behavior is even more incompatible with Buddhism, and he is not worthy of the title of master at all!
But when Ye Chui said this, Ming Jing seemed to be given a slap in the face, and he was completely confused. How could he still look like the accomplished monk before? (~^~)