Seek Buddhism with reverence and piety, and you will gain something.

Once upon a time, there was a clever and kind woman who believed in Buddhism. In order to learn Buddhism, she often made fast food at home to entertain monks.

One day, she cooked a vegetarian meal at home and invited wandering monks and monks from nearby temples to use it. After eating vegetarian food, the monks said a few words of blessing to the woman and left.

At this time, the woman saw that the two masters had not finished fasting, so she enthusiastically added vegetables for them and said to one of the old monks, "Elder, after you used this fasting, can you explain the teachings of Buddhism to me?"

The old monk looked up at her and asked, "patroness, are you out of curiosity or do you really want to learn Buddhism?"

The woman put her hands together and said, "Elder, I really want to consult, so I set up this fast to support the monks. I only hope that a master will preach Buddhism to me and guide me in the maze. " The old monk nodded and said, "In that case, I have used vegetarian food, so I'll tell you."

The woman was overjoyed and treated her more politely. When the last monk finished fasting, she packed the dishes and let the old monk sit on the table and listen respectfully.

The woman closed her eyes, silently listened, gradually focused, motionless, and seemed to be asleep. When the old monk saw it, he thought she didn't listen at all, but just pretended to listen there. In fact, she dozed off, and she felt very angry. She thought, "I thought she was a faithful woman who devoted herself to Buddhism, but in fact she was a stupid woman." Why should I bother her? " So he got up and left.

The woman was fascinated, but there were no words. When she opened her eyes, the old monk was gone. I don't know what happened. When she chased out, even the old monk was gone. Deeply sorry, she leaned against the door and sighed, "Alas! Why did the elder leave? How well he spoke, but unfortunately he only talked about this. "

The next day, the old monk came again. The woman was very happy and treated him warmly and said, "Senior! Why didn't you finish it yesterday? " Without looking at her, the old monk said, "The patroness naturally understands, so why ask me!" The woman asked inexplicably, "I naturally understand?" The old monk stopped answering and bowed his head to eat vegetarian food. The woman couldn't ask any more questions, so she had to entertain other monks.

At this time, a tramp came in, sat next to the old monk, ate vegetarian food and chatted with the old monk about Buddhism. After listening, women pay attention to their conversation, entertain other monks, listen carefully and feel that they have gained a lot.

From then on, when women entertain monks, they pay attention to their conversation and gradually understand it themselves. It is also because of her intelligent nature and high understanding that she has learned a lot over time.

Later, after a while, when the old monk came to be a vegetarian again, the woman told the old monk her understanding of Buddhism and asked him for advice.

The old monk was shocked by the woman's advice and thought, "I thought she was just talking, but she didn't really want to learn Buddhism." I didn't expect her to have such incisive opinions, but I misunderstood her. "

The old monk asked, "Who did the patroness learn from and have such profound knowledge?" The woman smiled and said, "You talked to other elders. I haven't thanked the teacher yet! " After that, you must kowtow and bow down.

The old monk waved his hand again and again and said, "No, no! Patron, I am very embarrassed, but the spirit of patroness's eagerness to learn is admirable. " The woman smiled modestly and said, "I also ask the elders to give me more advice so that I can become a Buddha as soon as possible." Since then, the old monk has come to talk to women about teaching methods every day, which has made women make rapid progress in practice.

The old monk was deeply impressed. Whenever he teaches Buddhism to his disciples, he always takes this woman as an example and says, "Honesty is diligence, and wisdom is thoroughness. If this woman studies like this, she will gain something. My Buddhist disciple should be better than her. "