In a dilapidated temple, a young monk said to the old monk in frustration: "In our small temple, there are only two of us monks. When I went down the mountain to beg for alms, people would verbally talk to me, often saying that I am a wild monk, and the incense money I give us is pitifully small.
Today I went to beg for alms. No one opened the door for me in such a cold day, and the vegetarian food I have transformed into is pitifully small.Master, weBodhiIt is probably impossible for a temple to become what you call a big temple with thousands of temples and endless bells."The old monk put on a cassock and said nothing, but just listened quietly with his eyes closed.
The little monk said in a silence, and finally the old monk was silent for a while, and finally opened his eyes and asked, "The north wind is blowing tightly, and it's snowy outside. Are you cold?" The little monk said with a trembling body, "I'm cold, my feet are numb."The old monk said, "That's better for us to go to bed earlier!"
The old monk and the little monk put out the lamp and got into the quilt. After more than an hour, the old monk asked, "Are you warm now?" The little monk was warmed up.”
The old monk said, "Since the quilt cannot give us warmth, we have to rely on us to warm it, then what are we doing with the quilt?"
The little monk thought for a while and said, "Although the quilt cannot give us warmth, the thick quilt can preserve our warmth and make us sleep comfortably in the quilt!"
In the darkness, the old monk smiled knowingly: "Aren't we monks who chant the bells and recite scriptures lying under the thick quilts, and those all over the worldAll living beingsIsn’t it also our thick quilt! As long as we are dedicated to goodness, the cold quilt will eventually be warmed by us, and the quilt of all living beings will also preserve our warmth. Isn’t it very warm to sleep in such a quilt? Will it still be a dream for a large temple with thousands of temples and endless bells?"
The little monk suddenly realized after hearing this.From the next day, the little monk went down the mountain to beg for alms very early every day, and still met many people's harsh words, but the little monk always treated everyone politely.
Ten years later, Bodhi Temple became a large temple with a radius of more than ten kilometers. With many monks, pilgrims were endless, and the young monks of that year also became the abbot.
In fact, in this world, we all live in "quilts". Others are our quilts. When we warm the quilts with our hearts, the quilts will also give us warmth.
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