Bargaining with Buddha and Bodhisattva

A layman said, "Master, I made a vow to recite 1000 Tibetan scriptures and return to my career, hoping to change my job. What do you say? " The host expressed admiration. After a few days, the layman said, "My vows are too big. It will take me years to recite this 1000 book. I changed my mind to the mantra of the Tibetan king bodhisattva. A few days later, the layman said, "It's too much trouble to kill the curse. I changed my mind to the holy name of Tibetan Bodhisattva. When I saw the Buddhist again, the Buddhist asked, "Master, I hired a Buddhist chanting machine to recite the holy names of Tibetan bodhisattvas. It has been in my Buddhist temple for a long time. When I don't have time to study, does the Buddhist chanting function count as my study? 」

Master also told a joke about "counterfeit money":

A woman took counterfeit money to buy breakfast. When the stall owner saw it, he was angry: "Elder sister, even if you give me counterfeit money, at least print it. This counterfeit money of yours is actually a painting! To say the least, even if you draw, you can draw ten or five, and you have drawn seven! Let's make it seven dollars for seven dollars. At least draw a color one. I actually drew a black and white one with a pencil! Forget it, black and white is good, and you can't draw it with toilet paper! Toilet paper feels terrible! Take another ten thousand steps. Even if you draw with toilet paper, you should cut the edges with scissors. You tore it by hand. The raw edges are too exaggerated. Please, I put up with burrs, but you should at least tear them into rectangles. This triangle is unreasonable! ! ! ……

Sometimes, we always regard chanting and chanting as the task of becoming a Buddha and bodhisattva. In the process of practice, it is understandable to expect "the least effort, the least investment and the best return", but Buddhism is a kind of practice method, and the mechanically synthesized voice of the Buddhist chanting machine can only play a role in guiding us to recite Buddhism, but it cannot completely replace us to recite Buddhism. Even the purpose of sincerely worshipping Buddha and chanting Buddha is to "copy" the body and mind of Buddha and Bodhisattva with their own body and mind. The process that ordinary people's body and mind gradually approach Buddha and Bodhisattva is the process of practice. When they are consistent with Buddha and Bodhisattva, they become "saints". "Worship Buddha and chant Buddhist scriptures" is our need, not that of Buddha and Bodhisattva. Since we want to get liberation, get pleasure from suffering, and achieve the cause of Tao, we must always work hard. When bargaining with buddhas and bodhisattvas, we should keep the most basic bottom line, that is, sincerity and liberation.