Chapter 42 Sutra: Which one is more powerful and endurance is the most powerful.A ninja will be respected by others without any resentment.
The Buddha's last teachings: "Forbearance is a virtue, and it is beyond the reach of keeping precepts and ascetic practices.Those who can practice ninja can be called a powerful master.If he cannot happily endure the poison of slander, ridicule, and scolding like drinking nectar, he will not be called a wise man entering the Tao.”
“Patience is not timidity
In 1954, when I was twenty-seven years old, I started writing the biography of the Buddha. When I saw this passage in the "Buddha's Last Teachings", I felt deeply touched.I looked at the years of wandering past and thought to myself, if I had not sailed by patience, how could I have been able to survive the sufferings safely?I also consider the complex and changeable society in the future. I will survive the right and wrong of others and others. I will consciously need to be more determined to be able to cope with all difficulties.From then on, I always took "patience" as my standard for dealing with people and things.Many years later, looking back at the past, I deeply feel:“Patience” is the most powerful force in the world.I was born in a poor northern Jiangsu Province. After becoming a monk at the age of twelve, my life was even more difficult. However, poverty is enough to inspire, and my hard-working personality was born at this time.When I was 23 years old, I moved to Taiwan. In the midst of the chaos, the bag I carried was accidentally lost and there was nothing around me. The temple at that time did not accept orders from other provinces, so I had to live a life of wandering around and sleeping in the open.I remember that I once fell into a ditch in a storm and washed away a long distance by the water;I used to be sweating profusely under the scorching sun, and my scalp was numb.Finally, I finally walked from Tainan to Taichung, thanking Mr. Lin Jindong, Baojue Temple for being willing to stay for a few days.Later, I went from Zhongli and Hsinchu to Yilan Leiyin Temple to preach the Dharma. In the past ten years, my financial situation was very tight.During this period, some people once wanted to recognize me as a mother, son, brother and relative, and some even hoped that I could inherit his real estate business, but I refused.At this time, I heard that some colleagues were looking for another way out because of the difficulties in life.If I could not tolerate hunger and poverty at that time, wouldn’t I have followed the customs and could I develop my ambition to spread the Dharma and benefit sentient beings in the future?Therefore, "patience" is not timidity, but when facing life and death, honor and disgrace, you can still express an incomparable courage from the heart and stick to your ideals.
“Patience is to open up life
I remember that I studied in the jungle for ten years. In order to serve the public, in addition to my usual labor, I volunteered to cook for two years, food halls for six years, and water and tea for one and a half years.When I first came to Taiwan, in order to repay the temple's kindness for taking in, in addition to teaching in class, I was determined to do all the hard labor, digging 600 barrels of well water every day, cleaning fallen leaves, ditches, and toilets for several hours, and pulling a cart to the market more than ten miles away every day to buy more than 80 oil, salt, firewood and rice.Although he has no words with local residents and believers, his diligent work has won the favor of the public.But who knows that I often feel dizzy and vomiting due to overdrawing. Often after a splash of dizziness, I silently gritted my teeth and continued my unfinished work.
Later, I used the Prajna of Words to promote Buddhism, began to search for the dry intestines, and stayed up late to write and plow.In 1953, I entered society and preached teachings. In order to prepare for the speech, I spent years and years thinking, sometimes I couldn't sleep all night.In the early days of Foguang Mountain's opening, I fought against the landslides and floods day and night.In the past decade, I have been teaching the scriptures at home and abroad and saving the masses, building temples and setting up monks, and racing against limited time every day.For decades, all of them have been spent in the busyness of "bearing", running around, fatigue of "bearing" and fatigue of "bearing".However, I don’t think it’s hard, because “patience” is to actively explore life and create a bright future for Buddhism.
“Patience is not retreat
“Heroes are afraid that diseases will come to you. "I have always been strong, but I have had several experiences with illness and pain that have made me suffer. After studying in the jungle for ten years, I have had rotten sores and malaria.Although it was hard to endure and was enough to cause death, he never sought medical treatment. In order to have "returned the physical body to permanence and give his life to the dragon and heaven", he had to use faith and time to treat it.I don’t know that it is the blessing of all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, but it is caused by the power of patience, and I can cure it without medicine.Others such as colds, toothaches, eye pain, and brain fever are not considered bad.So when I get older, no matter how severe the cold or the severe the illness, I am used to enduring the pain and continuing to spread the Dharma and write.I often wait until the work comes to an end, but I realize that I have miraculously recovered my health.
In recent years, my energy has been gone. Diabetes, hypertension, eye diseases, and leg injuries have followed one after another, and my limbs and five roots have gradually decayed and deteriorated. Fortunately, my mind is clear and normal, so I still travel around and spread the Dharma and benefit sentient beings.The experience over the years has made me deeply feel:The suffering of the physical body is not the real suffering. As long as we are willing to "be patient", we will naturally have the strength to bear all the sufferings. When we are sick, we will not be aware of the pain and suffering. When we are sick, we will not be aware of the pain and we will be aware of the "power of patience" to cope with everything.When I first entered Buddhist college, I was not good at Buddhist chants and did not know scriptures. Therefore, I was often discriminated against by my classmates, and even my teachers thought I was not able to make me. I often removed me from the list when I arranged my work;Sometimes there is a share in the Buddhist rituals, but it is temporarily cancelled;The composition was criticized by the teacher to be useless. Sometimes there were excellent works, but it was suspected that it was plagiarized.
A ministry even said in public:If I can make a fortune, the sun will hit the west.There are countless other wrongs and grievances, and I think all of this is "of course" and is not worth calculating, because the future is still long, who can know now?Therefore, "patience" is not about retreating, but about treating some uneven states in the world with a normal mind.
Patience is not cowardice
The hunger and coldness of the body and the hardship of the muscles and bones can be overcome by willpower, and the grievances in the heart and misunderstandings of others can also be treated with a normal mind.What most people are most unbearable is the unreasonable damage to reputation and the intentional smear of mankind. However, over the past few decades, I have encountered all of these.In the early stages of spreading the Dharma, it was misunderstood by society and criticized by fellow disciples because it organized many innovative Buddhist activities.Later, time gave me justice.Therefore, "patience" is not about being cowardly and incompetent, but about being able to choose good and be stubborn without any regrets in the face of slander and ridicule.
“Patience is the driving force of peace
It is easy to endure poverty, hunger, illness, hard work, beating, and scolding, but the struggle of enduring anger and hatred is the most difficult to resolve.In 1937, the Japanese war to invade China broke out, and the beautiful rivers and mountains became ruined under the ravages of Japan's iron hooves.The warm home was burned down, and my father also disappeared while doing business. According to the analysis, it should have been sacrificed at the gun of the Japanese army.When I was eleven years old, I followed my widowed mother to search for my father. Wherever I passed, I was rubble and ruined, and my body was everywhere, which deepened my sense of hatred.As soon as I was adults, although I had the opportunity to go to Japan to study several times, I finally gave up because of the irreconcilable hatred of the country and the family.In 1973, under the repeated invitation of the government, in order to promote cultural exchanges between China and Japan,I endured the pain I had in my heart for many years and served as the President of the China-Japan Buddhist Relations Promotion Association.After all, "enemies should be resolved rather than formed." Although the past history cannot be erased, blindly seeking revenge can only deepen hatred. Only by learning forward-looking lessons, preventing problems from happening, fundamentally promoting mutual understanding, mutual assistance and cooperation can the way forever be at peace.“Patience” is really the most noble tolerance and elegance in the world!“Patience” is indeed the greatest driving force for peace in the universe!
“Patience is the strongest power
At home and abroad, I have many believers at home.In Foguang Mountain, there are no less than a thousand monks. Although they are respectful and filial to me, I have devoted a lot of energy and hard work. I don’t mention the big things. As for trivial matters, I tolerate their different personalities and patiently guide them.I tolerate their emotions and teach them patiently;I tolerate their disagreements and patiently reconcile them;I tolerate their untimely situation and wait patiently.“Patience” is a kind of strength, a kind of compassion, a kind of intelligence, and an art.Because I am willing to give my patience, I can only accept them coming to Buddhism to serve the public.Only true Bodhisattva practitioners, who use "patience" as their power and compassion as their power, can do things that are difficult to do, and can endure things that are difficult to endure, so they can work together to overcome all difficulties, achieve great achievements that benefit the country and the people, and benefit all living beings.Although I have always advocated "patience", there are times when I can't bear it, such as:When I give a speech on stage and see that there are still spaces in front of the audience, but there are no seats for the people behind me, I will be worried;When I know that others have been violated, I will be filled with righteous indignation;When the disciples neglect the guests and are displeased, I will come forward to blame them;If you see good things, you will feel at ease if you don’t participate immediately.
I think that the constant tolerance and tolerance are not the way to "bearing".True patience should be to take the initiative, take the overall situation into consideration, and seek benefits for the public.I feel ashamed that I continue to learn and make breakthroughs in patience. In my life, I have experienced a lot of experiences about the three realms of "forbearance".I think: "Life tolerant" is the endurance that is brewed by living in the human world;“Dharma patience” is the wisdom generated by transforming consciousness into wisdom and using Buddhism;“"The Dharma of No Birth" means that you can see through all things in a free state where you can see through the circumstances and where you are.。Being able to have "life tolerance" means having the courage to face life;If you can have "Dharmabha" you have the power to eliminate troubles;If you can have the "non-birth Dharma patience", you will be everywhere, and you will be a world of Taoyuan Pure Land and a free and easy life.
