One day, the Buddha walked out of the city of Raja and went to Duogenshu Village.There was a woman named Zangxi in the village. She saw the Buddha walking from afar, and her figure radiated like the sun, and her appearance was solemn and beautiful.
Zangxi thought: "The Buddha used to be a noble prince, who gave up the glory and wealth in the palace and became a monk to study Taoism.Now that I am begging for food, if he comes to beg for food from me, I should offer him noodle tea."The Buddha knew Zangxi's thoughts, so he walked over to Zangxi and said, "Can you give me a bowl of noodles with tea?"At this time, Zangxi felt that the Buddha could know her thoughts, andjoy,RespectfullyGiveA lot of noodles and tea to the Buddha.The Buddha received the tea from Zangxi, smiled, and a light came from his eyebrows.
When Venerable Ananda saw this, he asked the Buddha, "World-Honored One, since ancient times, all Buddhas must have smiled.cause。Can you ask the Buddha to explain the cause and effect of this smile to us?"You are right!Ananda!The smiles of all Buddhas and Tathagatas must have a cause and condition. I will tell you about this cause and condition today!Did you just see a woman offering me noodles?""some!"This woman will not fall into the evil path in the next thirteen kalpas because of this good root.During this period, you will be reincarnated in the human or heavenly path, and in the last lifeReincarnationBe a human being, understand the truth by yourselfProveThe Pratyekabuddha fruit is called good wishes.”
Zangxi's husband was named Ruyou. On his way home from the woods, he heard that his wife only offered Buddha tea, so the Buddha gave her the prophecy that she could attain the Pratyekabuddha after thirteen kalpas.Ruyou felt that the Buddha was talking nonsense and was very angry, so she went to find the Buddha.
After seeing the Buddha, Ruyou said to the Buddha in a questioning tone: "I heard you went to my house today?""Yes!"I heard that my wife offered you noodles with tea, so you can give me the prophecy of my wife in the future?""Yes!I did say this."You Gautama, you have abandoned wealth and honor from the Wheel King race, and today you have told such a big lie to beg for noodles.Who would believe that planting such a small cause will bring such great retribution!""Rui's good!Due to such a situation today, let’s talk casually.Now I will ask you some questions and you can just answer them.Have you ever seen something very rare?""Yes, I have!Not to mention anything else, let’s say that our village is called Duogen. The origin of this village name is very special: because to the east of our village, there is a large sagotuo tree. This tree is very lush and there are about 500 ox carts parked under this tree at the same time every day.Because there is such a big tree in the village, everyone calls this village Duogenshu Village.""Rui's good!You see this tree so big, do you know how big the seeds were used to plant it?Maybe it needs to be as big as acre of land, maybe it takes a ox cart to carry it, right?Otherwise, how could such a big tree grow?""No!No!Its seed is only a small one, about a quarter of the size of a mustard seed."Who would believe you say that!A small seed can actually grow such a big tree?"Believe it or not, this is a fact that I have seen with my own eyes, and although the land was planted with tree seeds, it was not damaged at all.Although the seeds are small, as long as the land is fertile, bury it in the soil and give it enough water, the seeds will germinate and grow.”
“It's better!You saw that a small seed turned into a big tree was seen by you personally. Your wife planted a small good cause because of offering to me, and she realized the holy fruit of Pratyekabuddha in the future. It was also what I saw in person!Why don't you believe it?"After speaking, the Buddha showed Ruyou the solemn appearance of his long tongue and said, "I have never told a lie!"So if you can get this good appearance in this life, you should believe that what I said is true.”
Ruyou listened to the Buddha's words and saw the solemn long tongue with his own eyes, and developed a great joy. The Buddha further taught him the Four Noble Truths. After listening to it, Ruyou achieved the first fruit and said happily: "From now on, I wish to do soConvertThe Three Jewels, abide by the Five Precepts, and then become the disciples of the Buddha."After bowing to the Buddha, he went home happily.
Reflection:
After reading the above story, you can roughly understand why the Buddha taught us: "Do not do good because it is small, and do not do evil because it is small."The truth of ", and the truth that we can see small causes and big fruits, some of which we can't see now.Not seeing does not mean that there is nothing. If you understand this law, you will do even a small good deed;On the contrary, although it is just a small bad thing, we must be careful to avoid making mistakes.
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