A Buddhist Enlightenment Story

Once upon a time, when the Buddha was lecturing in sraffa, there was an old monk named Pant. Because of his slow nature, the kind Buddha asked his 500 disciples who got the position of Siraitia grosvenorii to teach him in turn, but after three years, he couldn't even remember a song. Gradually, the stupid news of monks spread all over the country and was used as a talk after dinner.

Knowing this, the Buddha was merciful and said to Pan Shi Bhikkhu,' Today I will teach you a poem myself, so you should keep it in mind and recite it by heart at all times as a way for you to study hard. This song is "mind your mouth and your body, and don't make mistakes." If you do, you can survive. " When Prajna Paramita heard this, he got the message and immediately remembered the only son he could remember in the past three years. The Buddha also advised him:' It's not surprising that you remember this poem when you are so old. Most people are already familiar with it, so you must understand its meaning before you can use it.' Therefore, the Buddha explained the meaning of the Buddha for ordinary monks, explained the most common human errors in body and mouth, and urged him to keep awareness at all times and observe the birth and death of the heart. Life and death of all beings in the three realms, whether they are ascending to heaven to enjoy happiness, falling into hell, or being enlightened and liberated, are all born of this idea. As long as you can clean your body, mouth and heart, you can naturally get rid of nirvana.

Then, the Buddha said infinite magic, and after listening to it, he became enlightened like a monk, and now he has been granted the throne of arhat.

At that time, there was a nice house in the city where 500 monks lived. In order to educate them, the Buddha arranged for a disciple to give lectures every day. One day, the monks heard that the person who was going to speak for them the next day was actually a special monk. They all thought it was very funny, so they came up with a way to play a trick on him, that is, deliberately reading his only son backwards, making him feel ashamed and afraid to speak.

The next day, Pentecostal monks came to the monastery, and 500 monks came out to meet them as before, but they snickered at each other during the ceremony, waiting to see the embarrassment of Pentecostal monks. After repentance, as soon as the monk ascended the throne, he said with shame,' I am stupid, thin, virtuous and poor, and I haven't learned much. I can only roughly understand the meaning of a poem, so today I will explain it to the public ...' At this time, some young monks are trying to make fun of him, but they can't make a sound, and they are horrified to find that they may have offended the holy one.

According to the Buddha's truth, once they were enlightened, 500 monks listened to the enlightenment wholeheartedly and were full of joy, and now they have obtained the position of Siraitia grosvenorii.

One day, the king of Persia invited the Buddha and other monks to the palace to repent. Seeing that the time was ripe to appease the public, the Buddha specially handed Putbihu the bowl and asked him to follow. However, at the gate of the palace, as soon as the guards saw the Pantheon, they immediately stopped him and said,' As a mage, you can't even speak a song. Do you have the face to go in and accept the support of the king? I am a layman, just say a few poems casually, and you are a mage, so you have no wisdom and there will be no merit in supporting you! So he left the monk alone outside the door.

After the Buddha entered the temple to clean his hands, Pentecostalists suddenly thought that the Buddha's bowl was still in their own hands. His mind moved, his arm stretched out, and he miraculously sent the bowl to the Buddha. In that place, suddenly someone saw a hand in the void, but no one was there. He was very surprised and asked the Buddha, "Whose arm is this?" The Buddha said,' This is the arm of a monk. Recently, he became a witness. Because he entered the palace today and was stopped by the guards, he gave me a bowl with magical power. "

The king of Persia asked the Buddha,' I heard that the monks of the Pontifical Church have always been dull in qualifications. What made him hear a song and get inspiration? The Buddha revealed to the four disciples attending the meeting:' The reason for enlightenment is not the number of doctrines learned, but the use and practice. Although a monk only knows one poem, he is sincere and naturally gets the message. When he was in the lower body, his words and deeds were as clean as rain. On the other hand, when people learn Buddhism, they can't always observe their own thoughts, but they can't learn Buddhism as secular knowledge, so they can't benefit from it. "So the Buddha said a poem for the public:

Although reciting a thousand chapters, the meaning of the sentence is not correct, it is better to have one, and the smell can destroy evil.

Although I memorized a thousand words, what good is injustice? It is better to be honest and smell it.

Although I have recited a lot of classics, I don't understand what is good. If I know a word of French, I can get the word. '

After the Buddha finished reading the poem, all the 300 monks present were enlightened. Now they have got the certificate of Arhat grosvenor, and the king, ministers, wives and princes all read it with joy.

Allusions are taken from the second volume of The Analects of French Sentences.

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The key to wisdom and happiness is to have a correct view of knowledge. As the saying goes,' You can enter samadhi when you hear and think'. Practice is not about how many doctrines you have learned, but about whether you can think about your meaning, look at your heart and implement it in your daily life. With the increase of wisdom, the decrease of troubles and the gradual clarity of your mind, you can' turn knowledge into wisdom'. Just like a special monk, you can still gain enlightenment, not only for your own use, but also for the benefit of all sentient beings.