The story of fishermen who get salvation by faith

《There is also a "Decisive Faith" in the Dharma Sentences and Metaphorical Sutra, which talks about many faiths.Merit，One of the cases says: When the Buddha was in the Kingdom of Shravas, there was a big river in the southeast, and more than 500 households lived by the river, all of whom made a living by fraud and karma.One day, the Buddha saved themcauseHaving matured, I came to the riverside and sat under the tree and shined.The villagers had never seen the person who shined light before, and were both surprised and curious, so they gathered to worship and ask the Buddha.The Buddha asked them to sit down and preach the Dharma to them, but after hearing this, these people did not believe it in their hearts and could not save them.

At this time, the Buddha transformed into a person and stepped on the water from the south of the river. The water only passed his ankles and his body did not sink.After crossing the river, he came to the Buddha to bow.People felt it was a bit rare and asked him, "This river is very deep. What skills do you have to not sink?" The man replied, "I am a foolish man from the south of the Yangtze River. I heard that the Buddha was preaching here, and I was eager to hear the Buddha preaching morality.There was no ferry after arriving at the shore. I asked someone about the depth of the water and he said, "The water is only as high as ankles, why don't you cross it?" I believed his words and came from the water surface, without any Taoist skills.”

BuddhaApologizeHe said, "Good, good, a person with sincere faith can even pass through the abyss of life and death, let alone this mere river?" He also said, "Faith can cross the abyss, be a boat master, improve diligence to eliminate suffering, and wisdom to the other shore..." At this time, the villagers relied on the behavior of that person to witness the power of faith, and developed faith in the Buddha, sought to take the Three Refuges and Five Precepts, became lay Buddhists, and finally all were saved.

Therefore, faith is the forerunner of entering Buddhism.Some fellow Taoists often complain: "My family and friends really can't do anything about it."Learn Buddhism!”In fact, this has a lot to do with confidence.If they have confidence in the first step, no matter whether they are officials or their identities, they will have the opportunity to enter Buddhism; but if they don’t even have confidence and don’t believe in “this set” at all, then no matter how good his person is, he will be.wisdom、If you have compassion, it is still not possible, and you will not enter this door at all.

Therefore, faith is indeed very important.With devout faith, just like the old woman just now, she would not think about it, completely believe that the dog's teeth are Buddha's teeth, and then pray sincerely, and the blessing of Buddha's teeth truly appears.The same is true for many fellow Taoists. If you have great faith in a Vajra knot, a book, or a Buddha statue, you will alwaysConvertWhen you pay tribute, even if its quality is not particularly good, the blessing you receive is incredible.

My temple (Duomang Temple )There is a good onePracticeFor more than ten years, he has been traveling to the sacred mountains in the area of Lhasa and practicing alone. I heard that he has recited the Manjushri Mantra 100 million times.He came down some time ago, and we had a little contact. He also carried the bronze statue of Guru Rinpoche that I gave him fifteen years ago.This bronze statue is of poor quality. I saw it in a store in Malkang. I spent five yuan to invite it back and gave it to him as a gift.Maybe there was some cause and effect at that time. He has always carried it with him for so many years and never left him.He took it out and showed it to me, and the quality was indeed average. I said, "Let me change it for you."I have a statue of Guru Rinpoche in Nepal, I will give it to you."He shook his head repeatedly: "No, no! This statue of Guru Rinpoche eliminated many obstacles to my path.When I went to India to go to customs last year, I was most afraid that this statue of Guru Rinpoche was confiscated, but fortunately there wasn't."I joked, "Definitely not."Since Guru Rinpoche can eliminate your obstacles, how can he not eliminate his own obstacles?"

It can be seen that human confidence is crucial.Without faith, it is absolutely impossible to carry the Buddha statue that costs a few dollars for fifteen years.If you have faith, in the process of practicing, relying on this Buddha statue, he will definitely eliminate many obstacles and receive a lot of uncommon blessings.Therefore, everyone should have this pure confidence!