Practice is to reconcile with yourself again and again;Practice is to let us feel the beauty of living better.To gain enlightenment of Zen wisdom, let us work together on this road of awakening in life.
Don’t talk nonsense without a clever eye.After reading the following article, you will know that the strange people - great accomplished people, Arhats, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, are actually around us.It’s just that we don’t know without a wise eye!
Originally, our world is the land of cohabitation between ordinary people and saints, who knows who is a great achiever?This also tells us not to commit verbal karma rashly, otherwise we will regret it when the consequences come... Namo's teacher Shakyamuni Buddha!
The story of the three strange monks todayDeputy Secretary-General Chen Hongqiang（Oralist)、Summer methodSaintPresident and Secretary-General Cheng Yuan (May 12, 2011)The old monk Foyuan had a disciple named Chen Hongqiang who became a monk when he became a monk when he was young. Although he returned to secular life after studying and practicing rigorously, he still went in and out of the temples and jungles to spread the Dharma and benefit sentient beings.During his tenure as Secretary-General of the Sichuan Buddhist Association, he had a fate to be together with three Dodge monks. The following stories are all his personal experiences: At that time, there was an old monk who was in charge of a temple. He was uneducated and had no rules, and was dirty and sloppy. Most monks regarded him as half crazy and half stupid, and were even more likely to avoid him.One day, the old monk suddenly asked him and said:“Master, I will say goodbye to you.”“You are in such a good health, what can you say?”“You can't do it if you don't leave. Last night, I dreamed that Lao Fu came and scolded me and said that you are an old guy who has been crazy for the rest of your life. You are 82 years old and you still don't get out of here. You have lived two more years more than me. ~~~~Alas, I feel embarrassed to scold.It's leaving, it's leaving.”Afterwards, the old monk entered his monk's room, without water and rice in three days, and sat cross-legged with both sides, and then he was transformed.Mr. Chen personally raised the fire for him and picked out three relics the size of beans from the pile of bones.At one time, the monks in the temple realized that this old man was truly a master.During the period when Mr. Chen was in charge of the temple, a monk did not live in the temple. He bought a pineapple and lived in a remote and uninhabited place on the mountain for many years. He had no education, so no one took care of him.One day, the monk suddenly came to the temple to find him and said embarrassedly:“Master, I want to build a temple.”“Where have you cultivated?”“Nowadays, many old temples have no money to build, so where can I have money to build temples for you alone?At best, I'll send you a plaque.”“Don’t pay a penny for the Buddhist Association, as long as you approve it.”“So what is the name of this temple?”“It is called Jianglong Temple.”Later, the application was approved, and only one plaque of "Jianglong Temple" was given to hang it on the thatched hut door.The Buddhist Association really did not have the ability to help him raise money for the construction of the temple, and he did not have any hope for the construction of this so-called "Jianglong Temple".Unexpectedly, a few months later, a team of Taiwanese lay Buddhists came to find a "Jianglong Temple" on the mountain.Chen Hongqiang thought about it and finally remembered the monk who lived in thatched hut, so he took the group of people there.Unexpectedly, the moment they saw the thatched hut and the monk, all the lay Buddhists knelt down!It turned out that many of the Taiwanese lay Buddhists had the same dream, dreaming of the Dragon-Surrendering Arhat showing up and giving advice, saying that he was waiting for them in the Jianglong Temple in a certain mountain in a province in mainland China.After several twists and turns, they finally found this mountain. When they saw it, it was exactly the same as the dream showed!Of course, with such a strange fate, the Jianlong Temple was then solemnly cultivated. At that time, there was an old monk in the province who was nearly a hundred years old who was smoking, drinking, and gambling. The president of the Provincial Buddhist Association hated him very much and often criticized him as "the seed of hell and the scum of the monk's family" in person.Because the old monk is educated, Chen Hongqiang often doesn't care about it and often cares about him.Once, the old monk showed him a document in private, which was written by the old monk Xuyun!
Chen Jing asked: "How come you have this?!”
“Don't let others know!Do you want it? I'll give it to you.”
“No, no.”
Shortly afterwards, the old monk asked him to go and entrust his things to him in detail.Chen Jing asked about the reason, and the old monk said, "Don't ask, the secret of heaven, you will see the difference in half a month.”
More than ten days later, there was a great Dharma Assembly in the mountains. The believers gathered. The old monk put the money from several merit boxes in sacks and put it back to his own monk's room.Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, a few thieves came into the house, but they didn't get the money but killed the old monk. It turned out that the old monk had already quietly transferred the money bag to another person's residence.Report this matter to the Buddhist Association, and the president said, "Look, the retribution is coming!Isn’t this kind of person not suffering from such retribution? Isn’t the cause and effect of Buddhism not effective?”
Because he was always the oldest monk in the province, he worked in the Provincial Buddhist Association in the early days of liberation and died in his "joining his life on duty", the president had to personally raise him to burn him.It is said that he said while burning:“Burn you a seed of hell!Burn your monk's scum!Burn you a Buddhist treason!” Before Huo Randa could be waited for the president to turn around and leave.
The next morning, Mr. Chen opened the door of the cellar and saw five colors of light inside, and the strange fragrance was swaying.What is even more surprising is that there are countless large and small relics in the kiln, which are crystal clear and clear, and I picked up three or four bowls!
This scene shocked everyone present!
Later, when the president came, he fell to the front of the incarnation kiln on the spot. While repenting, he vowed to take the responsibility of building the relics tower for the old monk alone.Later, the old monk's relic tower was indeed built by the president.
Since then, the president no longer dares to underestimate anyone. Even when facing the violation of the precepts of drinking and eating meat, he does not dare to develop a little hatred!It seems that Bodhisattvas and Arhats are not bound by their own laws. All practices must first be free from discrimination, and then they must be respectful to everyone, things, or things around them. 
