Weiguo had an elder who gave birth to a daughter. Strangely, as soon as she fell to the ground, she said something surprising: "I did something bad, I did something unfilial, I did something shameless, I did something guilty, I did something ungrateful." At this point, there was a sudden silence, and everyone didn't know the meaning of these words.

People saw that the girl was smart and virtuous, so they named her Xian. When the girl grows up, she doesn't like red clothes, but cassock. He often took pleasure in wearing cassock, and soon became a monk and became a monk. Although she didn't follow the Buddha, she was diligent in practice and soon got Arhat's Road. Later, she regretted not following the teachings of the Buddha and ran to the Buddha not far away to confess to him.

Buddha said, "I have already accepted your confession." The disciples around the Buddha were surprised and asked, "This monk has never seen the Buddha since he became a monk. Why did you accept her humiliation? " What is karma? Please tell us. "

The Buddha told the previous story: Once upon a time, there was a white elephant with six teeth. It has two wives, one named Xian and the other named Shan Xian.

Once, the six-toothed white elephant was walking in the forest accompanied by two ladies. Suddenly, it saw a very gorgeous lotus in the pool, so it went up and picked it. Just as it was about to dedicate the lotus to Mrs. Xian, the quilt lady snatched it away. Mrs. Xian was very unhappy when she saw this. She thought that he loved kindness rather than me.

At that time, there was a pagoda on the mountain where the elephant lived, and the virtuous lady often picked flowers to support the Buddha statue. She secretly made a wish: I will be born in the next life, and I must not forget the grievances I have suffered in this life, and I must pull out its ivory. Then he went up the cliff and jumped down, and even the bones were not found.

After jumping off the cliff, the virtuous lady went to heaven, and then descended to the Pettitte King's house to be her daughter. In more than ten years, she became a beautiful and elegant girl. King Pettitte betrothed her to King Van Tan of Germany.

This woman doesn't forget the grievances of her previous life. On the wedding night, she said to Tande, "You must make me a bed out of ivory so that I can live, otherwise, I won't be with you for long, and I will die." Fan Tan, the German king, immediately issued an order: Anyone who can get ivory that can be used as a bed in China will be rewarded with 120 gold.

The news spread like wildfire. People wanted this prize, but they couldn't figure out how to kill elephants. Hunters who have lived in the depths of the forest for a long time are very excited when they hear the news. He shouted, "Now I can get rich." It turns out that he knows the habits of elephants in the depths of the forest and has rich experience in elephant hunting.

A few days later, I saw the hunter wearing a cassock, holding a giant bow and carrying a bag of arrows soaked in venom, and came to the place where the six-toothed white elephant often appeared. When Mrs. Shan Xian saw a hunter coming from a distance, she ran to the six-toothed white elephant to report. The six-toothed white elephant asked, "What clothes did you see the hunter wearing?" Mrs. Shan Xian replied, "The hunter is wearing a black cassock."

The six-toothed white elephant comforted Mrs. Shan Xian and said, "Don't panic. Monks in cassock are good people who are vegetarian and do good deeds. They never kill anything, so they will never hurt us. "

To the surprise of the six-toothed white elephant, as soon as the voice fell, the hunter's poison arrow came. The six-toothed white elephant is still agile and quickly flashes to one side, and the arrow does not hit itself.

When Mrs. Shanxian saw this, she said angrily, "I told you to get out of here, but you said that Shang is a good person who accumulates virtue and does good deeds." How do you explain what just happened? "

The six-toothed white elephant replied, "This is not because he is wearing a cassock, but because he has troubles in his heart. Therefore, this is not the sin of becoming a monk, but the sin of his restless heart. "

Mrs. Shan Xian didn't listen to this explanation of the six-toothed white elephant and wanted to rush up and trample the hunter to death. The six-toothed white elephant immediately stepped forward to stop it and talked about it, resolutely not letting Mrs. Shan Xian hurt the hunter. Mrs. Sun-hyun had to give up. At this time, 500 white elephants also came.

The six-toothed white elephant asked the hunter calmly, "What do you need? Why do you want to shoot me so viciously? " The hunter trembled and replied, "I am not a greedy person." I didn't mean to hurt your thoughts, but Fan Tan, the king of Germany, posted a list to recruit your ivory. I thought this was a good opportunity to make a fortune, so I came to shoot you. "

Hearing this, the six-toothed white elephant suddenly understood something. It said seriously to the hunter, "since you are on a mission, come and get my ivory." The hunter thought he had misheard the white elephant. The white elephant said, "I ask you to pull out my ivory quickly so that you can go back to your king."

The hunter quickly replied, "How dare I pull your ivory?" You are so kind. Not only did you not cure my sin, but you also saved my life. If I pull out your tooth, it will bite the hand that feeds you, and my hand will surely rot. "

Hearing this, the six-toothed white elephant walked to a big tree and desperately pulled out its tusks with its long nose. Then he vowed to pull out the fangs of all sentient beings in the future. The hunter returned to the capital with the ivory of the six-toothed white elephant, and immediately presented the ivory to King Van Damdeok. Fan Tan was overjoyed when the German king saw it, and excitedly gave the ivory to his wife.

But when the lady saw the ivory, she suddenly felt remorse and thought, Why do I want this chaste ivory today? This is a sin. Since then, she has overhauled her merits and made a vow to practice Buddhism and establish some merits. Soon, she became a monk and learned the arahant way.

When the Buddha said this, he smiled and said to his disciples, "At that time, the six-toothed white elephant was my predecessor. The hunter is Depa Dado, and Depa is Yaode Harobuchini. " Hearing this, the disciples suddenly realized.

2. the truth in the wine Weng

A newly married couple, handsome and beautiful, loves each other and is envied by the neighbors.

Soon, an accident happened. On this day, the husband came home from the outside. In order to eliminate fatigue, he said to his wife, "Dear wife, let's have a drink first tonight. You can get some wine from the wine jar." "OK," the wife replied and walked to the wine jar. I didn't expect her to open the jar.

I saw a beautiful figure in it, and I was so angry that I didn't even take the wine. She rushed to her husband and asked, "You shameless man, you married me to your family. Why are there still women hidden in the jar?" Tell me, where is this wild woman? "The wife's sudden abuse made her husband fall into a fog and hurried to the back room to find out.

I was shocked when I saw it. A handsome man was obviously trembling in the jar. The husband was so angry that he scolded while walking: "You shameless woman, you still want to fight back. What is hidden in the jar is obviously a savage! " "Suddenly, a loving couple quarreled fiercely, striking the table, smashing the bench, swearing, and sobbing alarmed the neighbors, and the door was crowded with onlookers.

A neighbor felt very strange. The husband and wife were inseparable at ordinary times. Today, when they fell out, they went into the house to find out. After listening to their respective complaints, the neighbors were very surprised and ran to see the wine jar. Hey, there's a man in there who looks like himself. Without saying a word, he went out of the house and told his neighbors who were eager to listen.

It happened that a bhikkhuni came to Lent, and the couple had just quarreled and didn't notice at all. Bhikuni came in to persuade him and asked why it was so noisy. The couple accused each other, and the woman said, "He stole a wild woman!" " "The man said," She stole a thief man! " "Bhikuni more listen to more confused. The onlookers pointed out: "There are people in their jars."

Bhikuni looked at it with a grain of salt and found a nun in the jar. She turned and left, saying, "Sin! Sin! "

A little later, another monk came, and when he heard such a strange thing, a cloud of doubt arose in his heart. He also went into the house and looked down. It turned out to be the reflection of the people in the wine. He lamented that there were such stupid people in the world! Then say to everyone, "Come with me!" I saw the monk pick up a stone and smash the jar, which explains this.

The couple are really ashamed and regretful.

3. The good and evil of "two-headed bird"! 》

Once upon a time, there lived a bird under the snowy mountain. This bird has two heads and only one body. One end is called "A floor" and the other end is called "Youboga floor". Two birds take turns to rest. If one head falls asleep, the other will wake up.

Once, Caleb was asleep, while Oberga was awake. At this time, a gust of wind blew the flowers of a nearby Motoga fruit tree to two birds.

Uber thought, "Although I am eating this flower alone now, when I eat it in my stomach, both of us can be free from hunger and thirst, and we can grow stronger." So he didn't wake Caleb to eat flowers alone.

After a while, Jia Louxia woke up and felt full. She couldn't help burping and asked Youbo Tea, "Where did you find this sweet and wonderful food? Eating it taught me to feel comfortable and happy, even the sound is so beautiful. "

Euboga replied, "When you were asleep, a gust of wind blew the flowers of the fruit tree in Motoga not far away in front of me." I think although I ate it alone, both of us can quench our thirst and increase our mental strength, so we ate it ourselves and didn't wake you. "

Jia Lou was very unhappy when he listened, and thought, "He didn't wake me up after eating good food, and he enjoyed the food alone. I don't want to tell him anything good in the future. " A few days later, two birds saw a poisonous flower in one place. Jia Lou thought, "All right! Let me eat this flower and let us both die together! "

He said to Euperga, "Go to sleep first! I will watch it. " So Yuboga went to sleep peacefully. Jia Lou saw him sleeping, so he secretly picked this poisonous flower and swallowed it in one gulp.

After a while, Uber woke up and felt sick all over. He hit, uh, felt poison gas in his breath. He asked, "What did you eat when I was asleep just now?" Why do I feel sick all over? "I ate that poisonous flower while you were asleep." I hope we die together. "

After hearing this, Youboga was really puzzled and asked, "Why are you so reckless?" How to do such a thing? "Then I sang: At that time, you were sleeping, and the flowers fell beside me. I eat delicious flowers, but you blame me. I hope from now on, I won't live with fools. It's no good living together when you hurt others and yourself.

4. "A young monk has a bad mouth, and five immortals fall into dogs."

Once upon a time, a group of businessmen took a dog to other countries to do business. On the way, the businessmen stopped to have a rest. While the merchant was not looking, the dog gave Diao the meat he put aside. After the merchant found out, he angrily picked up a stick and broke the dog's leg and abandoned it on the side of the road.

At this time, the venerable Sharifutsu saw the hungry dog with his eyes, so he went to the city to beg for food with clothes and bowls, and then flew to the dog with magical power and gave it the begging food. When the dog ran out of the food happily, the venerable Sharifutsu explained to it. After the dog died, he was reborn to a Brahmin family in Swasti.

One day, when Brahman saw the venerable Sharifutsu begging in the city alone, he asked, "Didn't the venerable come with him?" The venerable one replied, "I don't have any monks around me. I heard that you have a son. Can you become a monk with me? " Brahman said: "I have a child named Junti, who is very naive now. Wouldn't it be better to let him be a little older and become a monk with the venerable one? "

So when Junti was seven years old, the Brahman took him to the monastery and became a monk. They all mentioned that Misha kept practicing Buddhism and worked hard, and finally gained a sense of understanding, which proved that he was a Siraitia grosvenorii. They all mentioned that Misha thought it must be karma in previous lives. He met a saint in this life and realized his consciousness, so he saw that his previous life was a hungry dog with supernatural power and was saved by the honorable Sharifutsu.

Today, people can get the holy fruit, so they all make a wish to Misha: "I am saved from all kinds of sufferings by the venerable one, and I want to be with the venerable one all my life." I will seek to be a novice monk all my life without warning.

At that time, the venerable Ananda saw this karma and asked the Buddha, "I wonder what evil this man has done and suffered from this dog?" What kind of good roots have you established, and the noble ones have been saved and freed? The Buddha told Ananda, "When Gaya Buddha was born, a group of monks gathered in one place to practice. At that time, there was a young monk in the monk group. His voice was elegant and good at Sanskrit. Everyone was very happy to hear it.

Another elderly monk, with a dull voice and a bad Brahma, won the Arhat grosvenor for his merits. The young monk leaned on his good voice and laughed at the old monk's voice like a dog barking. Knowing that the young monk had sown evil consequences, the old monk said to the young monk mercifully, I have obtained the certificate of Siraitia grosvenorii, and I am fully prepared for my merits.

When a young monk knew his crime, he was horrified and afraid of remorse. He quickly confessed his sins to the old monk. The Buddha told the public: "The young monk at that time was the military body Misha today. 500-year-old people are often punished by dogs because of bad words; It is also because of the merits of becoming a monk and keeping precepts that I can see the Buddha and then realize the Tao. "

The monks listened to the Buddha's words, accepted them with joy and followed them. It can be seen that all causes and effects are created by the heart. And we ordinary people only pay attention to the pursuit of immediate results, but accidentally abide by the causal rules, which is causal inversion. We should believe in the law of cause and effect, which is very sequential.

Because a person's life is not just this life, but has experienced the circulation from generation to generation, and no one can know what kind of career he has done in the process of past life circulation, so doing good things in this life may not necessarily bring happiness and happiness in this life. Similarly, the bad karma created now may not be rewarded with pain and misfortune immediately.

However, this does not mean that the bad karma created now will not need to be undertaken in the future, but "it is not the time."

5. the amount of water in a bucket

In the analogy of French sentences, there is a very wise conversation between businessman Polly and Poseidon: once, the big businessman Polly took 500 businessmen out to sea for treasure, and the ship sailed to the middle of the sea. Suddenly Poseidon emerged from the bottom of the sea with a bucket of water in his hand and asked Polly, Do you think there is much sea water? Or do I have more than one bucket of water?

Polly calmly replied, of course, there is more water in a bucket! Why? Although there are many seawater, it may not be able to save the hungry; Although a bucket of water is small, it can save a hungry person's life.

Hearing Polly's answer, Poseidon was delighted and admired. He immediately took off the ornaments he was wearing, gave him all kinds of rare treasures, and escorted the businessman back to China safely.

From this story, we can know that the value of things in the world is not necessarily measured by the apparent size and quantity, but sometimes depends on its function. Although some things look unremarkable, they have great functions.

For example, small sand stones can build houses for people to live in; Small seeds can grow fruits and vegetables for human consumption; A short sentence can affect a person's life and make people move from confusion to consciousness; A little kindness can help people in urgent need and get them out of trouble.

Even opened a person's wisdom, the so-called one flower and one world, a leaf, from a flower, you can see three thousand worlds; From a leaf, you can also see the clean dharma body of Tathagata.

In Buddhism, there is a method of practicing, which is called returning. Just like giving someone a loaf of bread, if you can make a wish in your heart so that everyone in the world can be free from hunger, then although this is only a small kindness, everyone in the world can also get this merit. Therefore, the merits of the world depend on how big your heart is, how big your heart is, and how much strength you can produce.