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The work that Buddha refused to bless

Buddhist stories 2024-01-28

The story is about worship, and it comes from the "Great Su Jing Shang Sutra".

There was a village where two Buddhist brothers lived. They relied on planting the fields at home to live. Neither brother was rich enough and their lives were only at a medium level.

The two brothers have always wanted to improve their current life, so when they have time, they will discuss plans to improve their lives. On this day, the brother talked about the topic of getting rich again. The younger brother said, "Brother, we have lived here since we were young, and the rest of our work is not very good. Why not work harder this year and reclaim the wasteland on the edge of the mountain. I calculated that if we work hard to cultivate for three to five years and save money and grain, we can exchange for some of the farm tools of our ancestors. By then, we can not only expand the planting scale again, but also build houses and buy land to improve our quality of life.

After listening to my brother's advice, my brother hesitated for a while and said, "I think your advice is good, it is just a small peasant consciousness and a behavior without vision. According to your behavior, even if it takes ten or eight years, we can at most become an abnormally unpromising landlord."

My brother continued to say, "I think the reason why we have always been so poor is because we have always been too focused on our lives and neglected our worship. I think the correct way is to go to the temple to burn incense and offer to the Buddha every day, and sincerely ask the Buddha for blessing. Only in this way can the Buddha bless us with abundant life in the second half of our lives and also bless our relatives and friends with peace and safety.”

After hearing my brother's theory, my younger brother actually had some objections, but he couldn't find any concept to argue for the moment.

Seeing that his younger brother did not reject his opinion, the brother sorted out some clothes and ran to the neighboring one with a lot of incense and candles.temple,Before leaving, the brother deliberately gave the characteristics of the fields he had planted to his younger brother, such as which piece of land should be planted and which piece of land should be planted with wheat. The younger brother remembered his brother's words one by one.

My brother moved in like thistempleInside, the brother worshiped Buddha very loyally, bowed day and night, begging the Buddha to bless his family and life.

On the other hand, the younger brother managed his own share of the fields he had thrown away with his brother.

This year, the weather was good, and the crops were growing very well. It was a year of bumper harvest. Although my younger brother worked very hard, he felt a little comforted. The brother who worshiped Buddha sometimes went down the mountain to stroll around. When he saw the crops, he was extremely happy because he thought this was the reward for worshiping Buddha.

It was autumn in a blink of an eye and the harvest was about to come. My younger brother suddenly felt worried. It turned out that there were too many crops and my younger brother was worried that he would not be able to be busy. If he missed the harvest season, it might affect the yield.

On this day, the brother who worships Buddha istempleI unexpectedly met my younger brother, and my older brother asked me why I came.

My younger brother said, I am here to tell my brother about the harvest.

My brother said happily, "What do you think? If I hadn't worshipped Buddha sincerely and sincerely, how could you have such a good harvest?"

The younger brother nodded with a smile and said yes.

My brother was very comforted, he remembered to move in when he got used to ittempleAt the moment in the room, my younger brother still complained a lot, and now he has used facts to prove the accuracy of what he did.

My younger brother told my brother, actually, I didn’t plan to go back this time. I think since my brother is so effective in worshiping Buddha, I also plan to move in and worship Buddha with my brother, so that the harvest will be greater in the future.

My brother thought about the crops that were about to be harvested in the fields were anxious. He asked his brother loudly, "You come to worship Buddha, who cares about the crops that are about to grow in the fields?" My brother became more and more angry and taught me well.

The younger brother finally couldn't help laughing, and he said: Brother, you also know that there is no harvest if you just worship Buddha but don't farm.

Such a story appears in the Buddhist scriptures, which is extremely interesting in itself.

You should know that having your own worship in life is a good job, and it is a good place for the soul when you are confused and confused.

But if you blindly pursue tomorrow, regret yesterday, and give up your current work, will you put your thoughts in the wrong place?

If what you learn Buddhism is just the posture of worshiping Buddha, rather than a Buddha's heart, then there is no difference between learning and not learning.

If the Buddha did not experience the knowledge accumulated in the Buddhist scriptures for thousands of years, and blindly used the Buddha as a nanny, the Buddha could only smile bitterly.

Everything has its own standards.

On the way out, the elder’s fingertips are the starting point of the way. Why have to wait for the guide to lead us to the end?

God has given us a warm wind and a nourishing rain. If we don’t know how to cultivate, steamed buns will not fall directly.

Some people have taught us the truth about being a human being and doing things, and we have to commit crimes. If we blame the Buddha's light, it will be useless.

 

2024-02-05 18:02
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