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The disadvantages of smoking

Tibetan Master 2016-03-14

Many of the fellow Taoists in Buddhist colleges have become monks and should not smoke after becoming monks. It may not be necessary to say this. However, in some places, some people in Tibetan Buddhism called themselves "mantras". In the Han Buddhism, a very small number of people appeared to smoke. We saw it when we went to Mount Wutai before.These people may not be proficient in the doctrine, so although I am facing monks today, I still have to talk about the faults of smoking.After all, monks also need to spread the Dharma after they are born. If they don’t understand this principle, it will be difficult to explain it to others.

When I went out, I found that in some remote places, many people did not know that smoking was very serious.In fact, the disadvantages of smoking, drinking, eating meat, etc. are clearly explained in Buddhist scriptures and scriptures and some masters’ teachings. If we do not know how to make choices, we will not know many things that we do wrongly.Khenpo Aqiong said: "In the process of relying on good teachers, practice is not important, but listening and thinking are very important."I have a deep impression of this sentence. When Master Ruyibao was alive, he had strict requirements on our study and thinking. Now that the master has passed away, we deeply understand the necessity of this move.Nowadays, when looking for the master's teachings, they are only available on text, tape, or CD. At that time, the master did not allow recordings, and many precious teachings were not left behind.Therefore, it is very, very important for everyone to personally hear the truth of Buddhism when relying on good teachers.When some people are relying on it, they think that listening and thinking are not important, but practice should be very important. I have had many such thoughts, but now it seems that I still have a lot of doubts and I will never be able to hear enough of various doctrines in front of the master.Many of us are not very perfect in learning the Buddha's sutras. In daily life, we do not know how to choose and what are the faults and what are the merits.Now that you have this opportunity to study and think, everyone should compare their merits and demerits to give themselves room for choice.Otherwise, if you don’t know any truth, you don’t know where to start doing good deeds, and you don’t know how to give up evil deeds. This is very sad!

Today, I will use my time to tell you about the faults of smoking.Some Buddhists used to like smoking and were very addicted to smoking. Later, after encountering Buddhism, they basically quit. Now there is only one memory left. Of course, people with more serious habits will occasionally smoke in their dreams;Smoking is quite serious among non-Buddhist groups.In fact, the harm of smoking is quite great. Not only does it harm health, exhaust property, psychological abnormality, and cause many disadvantages and diseases in life, but the consequences of the next life are even chilling.The great monks and great masters unanimously recognized that tobacco was formed by the evil wishes of the demon, so smokers were very terrible and practitioners dared not approach them.Including myself, I am also very worried when I meet people who smoke, and I am afraid that the state of practice and a lot of blessings will disappear with such defilements.The sources of tobacco have different histories, and there are several more recognized ones. I will share them here.

The first statement: In the Buddha's era, the Buddha entered deep meditation in the Dragon Palace, and the two witches in the desire realm transformed into free heaven, using the magic of charm to confuse the Buddha and want to destroy the Buddha's precepts.Because the Buddha has eliminated all greed and his greed for beauty has long disappeared, so the witch's temptation cannot be achieved.The two witches held grudges in their hearts, so they each made a bad wish: the longer witch took impurity and threw them into China, forming garlic.(If you eat garlic, you will feel uncomfortable in your body and mind. Due to the temptation of the demon, you will have a great desire.It is said in the relevant precepts and practice teachings that those who enjoy garlic have considerable faults.Therefore, it is best not to put onions or garlic in meals, especially garlic, and it is better to stop it.) Another witch's blood sprinkled on India with the blood of her meridians, forming tobacco.Since tobacco is a wish made by the witch, the sucker will gradually damage the compassion, and the five poisons such as anger, evil views, and ignorance will naturally increase, which will destroy all the merits of the practitioner.

The second statement: A long time ago, before the devil's death, the devil's Maru couldn't swallow anything.His eldest daughter said, “I killed a thousand living beings."Ma Shin can't die, either.The second daughter said, “I killed 100 million sentient beings.”He still can’t die.Finally, the youngest daughter said, "I sprinkle menstruation blood on the ground and make all kinds of evil wishes: I wish to produce poisonous leaves due to menstruation blood. Men and women, especially monks who entered Buddhism, smoke. For this mistake, the three generations of human and heavenly relatives cannot be liberated in seven generations, and they will definitely not be liberated from the dark tobacco hall in a thousand kalpas. The eight divisions of heaven, dragon, earth and gods everywhere in tobacco are subdued. Those who consume their lifespan and blessings, their family members will be degraded, and those who live short and sick, fear enemies, and have various misfortunes. They will fall into the eighteen levels of hell in the future."After making such a bad wish, the devil King Ma Xun died with peace of mind.Therefore, for all smokers, the blessings and temptations of demons will be engraved in their hearts.

The third statement: When Sakyamuni Buddha was reciting his teachings, there was a disciple who slandered the Three Jewels of Precepts. She felt angry and vowed to leave evil seeds in the world in the future so that sentient beings could not practice Buddhism.Because her evil wishes were particularly powerful, she became a demon after her death and came to the human world to attempt to destroy the Buddha's teachings.She was preparing to bring the eggs laid by the demon and the witch to India where the most prosperous Buddhism was. When she was about to arrive in India, she could not enter because of the Buddha's light shining.The Fa-rectification has flourished for five hundred years, and she has never had a chance.Five hundred years after the Buddha's Nirvana, she wanted to come out to make trouble again. When she just came out of the ground, she met the Buddha's light of Guru Padmasambhava, who was the top master of the hundred mantras, and her power was extremely powerful in subduing demons, and she could not make trouble.But she did not give up, so she crushed the demon egg, turned into powder and threw it into the void, blew it to the city adjacent to India with the wind.The next year, a strange grass grew there - this is tobacco.

Later, this grass was discovered by an old Brahmin in his 500s.She thought to herself that she had lived for more than 500 years and had never seen such a strange weed. She thought it was very strange, so she took it back and sold it in an Indian city.There is a prostitute transformed by a demon in the city. When she saw this grass, she immediately developed a strong greed and bought it at a high price.Then she ignited and sucked the grass, feeling comfortable all over, and then began to introduce the seeds.Thanks to her magic, she got a good harvest the next year.Since then, it has been planted in one place, and it has been slowly introduced from India to Yunnan and other places in China.In China, tobacco was introduced in the Ming Dynasty, and there was no record of tobacco in previous history.

Smoking is extremely harmful to our vows and practice, and anyone who has a little knowledge of Buddhism knows this.Many treasure masters after Padmasambhava have given many teachings about smokers falling into the evil realms. Not only are there such records in Buddhism, but people in the world do not have a high evaluation of smoking.There was a story that said: An American tobacco dealer went to France to do business.One day he talked about the benefits of smoking at the market, and suddenly an old man walked onto the stage and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, there are three major benefits to smoking: First, dogs are afraid of smokers;Second, thieves dare not smoke secretly;Third, smokers are always young."For a moment, the audience was excited and the businessman was even more happy.But the old man waved his hand and continued, "Why?Because: 1. Many smokers have hunched their backs. When the dog sees them, he thinks they are about to pick up a stone to hit them;2. The smoker coughed at night, and the thief thought he was not sleeping and dared not steal;3. Smokers all have short lives, so they are always young.”

Of course, everything cannot be generalized. Some smokers are older, not all of them are short-lived, and those who cough may not necessarily smoke.But no matter what, smoking is very harmful. People who have smoked in the past should repent by practicing Vajrasattva and other methods. If this pollution is not removed, they will definitely feel the fruits of suffering when they die or in the next life.

Many masters say that if there are more and more smokers, it will be particularly harmful to Buddhism.Recently I heard that some masters specifically ask everyone to smoke after blessing cigarettes, which is a very bad phenomenon.In the past, there was a person who, no matter which city he went, would get several packs of cigarettes and put them in a basin. Whether the monks or lay people came, they would ask each person to smoke one.At that time, many lay Buddhists were particularly embarrassed because they couldn’t smoke at all, so they said, “Can I not smoke?"Some lay Buddhists next to him immediately scolded: "Blessed by the master!Opportunities are rare, why not suck?If you don’t suck, it will destroy the cause and must suck!"Those people are also stupid and have to learn to smoke, which has a very bad impact.I know some people in it and have criticized them in person.

Of course, it is hard to say whether these masters have secret meanings.But according to the teachings of Guru Padmasambhava and the masters of all generations, it is not allowed for ordinary ladies to smoke. Even Venerable Zhipei Guang also said: "If all the masters smoke, all those who have made connections will fall into the evil realms."If the master smokes by himself, then anyone who has made connections with him, such as those who have heard the Dharma and passed the primordial primordial primordial primordial primordial primordial primordial primordial primordial primordial primordial primordial primordial primordial primordial primordial primordial primordial primordial priThen he said, “If all the officials smoke, all subordinates will fall into the evil realm."So I'm more worried about some people. Now there are basically no leaders who don't smoke. Will all their subordinates fall into depravity?After all, this teaching was said by Venerable Zhibei Guang.In the history of Tibetan Buddhism, besides Venerable Wuqueguang, it is rare to see a great monk like Venerable Zhibeguang and Hua Zhi Rinpoche. Since he made a decision in Vajra, the fate of some people is worrying.

Nowadays, some "guru" often claim: "The Buddha did not stop smoking in the precepts, so smoking should be fine."This statement is very ignorant.The purpose of all the Buddha's teachings is to do not do evil and to practice all good. Since tobacco is transformed by magic, it must be included in the scope of obstruction. Moreover, the great monks and masters, mainly Padmasambhava, all spoke in unison to the harm of smoking. A very small number of people promote the merits of smoking in order to protect their own interests. Many great masters believe that this is deliberately destroying the Dharma.If you deliberately destroy the Dharma, the Continental School says: "Those who can harm the Buddhist Dharma and slander the master diligently will be punished."For those who destroy Buddhism and slander the master, their language is all the blessings of the demons and should be blocked by the Tantric submission method.

There are a very few lay Buddhists who do not understand Buddhism at all and often vigorously help promote illegal practices. They do not know that the Dharma of Sakyamuni Buddha is the teachings and the proof of Dharma. Apart from this, Vajra Vasubandhu said that there is no other Dharma at all.The Dharma King Ruyibao often quotes a teaching: "Whoever has a good intention is the Dharma of Tathagata;Who says a verse is the teachings of the Tathagata."Arises a moment of compassion, compassion, and bodhicitta, and this kind of good intention is to realize the Dharma;Preaching a verse to others or listening to a verse yourself is the so-called teaching method.Teaching and proofing are difficult to promote now. Even if there is a little opportunity to promote it, some people will behave in a very inverted and confused manner as if they were blessed by demons.Therefore, if you have the ability in the future, whether monks or lay Buddhists, you should strive to promote Buddhism. Even if you do not have this ability, don’t let sentient beings do harmful things on purpose.Now some people have a good ability to commit evil karma and are very powerful in promoting smoking. In fact, ordinary ladies are engaged in illegal and bad karma all day long, so there is no need to persuade them to commit evil karma in the name of good teachers or masters.Therefore, seeing that there are smokers among relatives and friends, we should find a way to persuade them to quit smoking.

Of course, some people may not listen to the consequences of the next life, but should be persuaded from the perspective of medicine and health, so that they are easier to accept.In fact, in ancient times, medicine had already recognized the harm of tobacco: the Ming Dynasty's "Qi Nan Herb" pointed out: "Tobacco is spicy and hot, and has great toxicity."The Qing Dynasty's health monograph "Lao Lao Hengyan" says: "Tobacco tastes spicy and irritable, burns and consumes semen, and is as dizzy as if drunk."In recent years, someone has done a statistic: 90% of lung cancer, 75% of emphysema and 25% of coronary heart disease are caused by smoking.About 2.5 million people die from various diseases caused by smoking every year.Many people think that smoking can make the whole body faster and very comfortable, but they don’t know that it is a chronic killer, causing people to suffer unknowingly.In the United States, an experiment was conducted: throw a frog into a boiling pot. The frog was strongly stimulated and would jump out of the pot.Then, the frog was still put into a pot filled with cold water and gradually heated it under the pot. The frog was unaware of the warm water until it felt that the water was scald and could not bear it, but it wanted to jump out of the water but could no longer move.The same is true for many people. If they encounter severe pain or stimulation, they will avoid it immediately. When drinking, smoking, etc. gradually invade the body, they are prone to lose their guard and cause disasters.Therefore, not talking about the cause and effect of Buddhism, just thinking about your health and longevity, smoking can also have all kinds of harm but no benefits.

People in society nowadays like to smoke, smoking one after another, turning their monthly salary into cigarettes and flying away from their noses.Although they know that smoking is not good for their health, it is difficult to quit smoking addiction.In fact, it is not difficult to quit smoking. As long as you make a sincere vow in front of all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas or masters with blessings, you will receive incredible protection.Guru Padmasambhava said: “Once you swear in front of any good teacher and truly quit smoking, I will protect you like your shadow."The Buddhists have a belief in their hearts, and with the blessings of the Buddha and the master, there should be no problem quitting smoking.I met several people who were very addicted to smoking, but after I made up my mind, I never wanted to smoke anymore.

Even if you don’t believe in Buddhism, you can still imitate the experience of some celebrities in the world quitting smoking.For example, Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty liked smoking very much and almost smoked whenever he had time.Later he often coughed, and the imperial physician said, "The emperor's cough is that smoking damages the lungs.To cure cough, you must quit smoking first."Qianlong listened to the imperial physician very much, quit smoking and his cough was cured.

Marx was also very addicted to smoking at one time. He often smoked while working.He once said: "The royalties for "Das Kapital" are not enough to pay for the cigars I need to write."Later, he had bronchitis and the doctor banned him from smoking, so he decided to quit.

Former US President Reagan hoped to build the United States into a "smoking-free country" by 2000, so he decided to quit smoking since 1985.(This wish may not be realized, and there are still many people smoking in the United States now.)

Former Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew turned out to be smoking one by one.Later, in order to create a smokeless country and set an example for all the people, he set an example and took the initiative to quit smoking and defeated his many years of hobbies in one fell swoop.

Also, de Gaulle, Lenin, etc. also quit smoking for their own health.They can completely overcome their habits with worldly ideas or vows.

In fact, if a person does not smoke, there will definitely be no adverse effects.There are thousands of people in our college, and no one can smoke. The atmosphere of studying Buddhism is very good. There is a big difference between us here and outside. We cannot see people drinking, people smoking, and there are no various illegal activities. But in such an environment, everyone lives a fulfilling and happy life.There is also a country in Bhutan, which is a famous smokeless country all over the world. It turns out that the Dharma King Ruyi Bao was very happy when he went there. He said, "It is rare for a country to believe in religion in the whole country, and there are no people who even smoke a cigarette in the country. Such a country is really rare in history."(We did not see the people who smoke in Bhutan at that time, and they also said this in history, but I don't know if there is any specific one.) Originally, the profit of selling cigarettes was relatively high, but the King of Bhutan asked the entire country not to sell cigarettes, which made the whole country benefit endlessly.

As mentioned earlier, from the perspective of caring about the body, everyone should try not to smoke.Tobacco and its smoke produced after burning contain more than 4,000 harmful substances (some say 600).The nicotine contained in a cigarette can kill a mouse. If a person smokes for a long time, a large amount of nicotine accumulates in the body, which will inevitably pose a great threat to his health.Modern medical scientists have also found through experiments that smoking a cigarette will reduce life by 11 minutes.Therefore, people who want to live a long life and be healthy and sickly should not smoke.

From the perspective of Buddhist cause and effect, the fault of smoking is even more difficult to write.Master Tsongkhapa once said: "If you use evil wishes, you don't have to say that you are using the evil things directly. Even if you use them in medicine and tobacco for seven days, you will not be liberated from the patient and the doctor in hell for seven kalpas."Ah Rinpoche (Hua Zhi Rinpoche) also said: "If you put a little smoke on your nails and smoke, you will not be able to repent and purify this sin by reciting the heart mantra of 100 million."Of course, the perspective of these teachings and evidences is to warn everyone that the amount of smoking fault is very terrible, and it is not necessarily true that there is such fault.For example, the treasure master Vajra Suppressing Demons said: "Those who only smell the smell of smoke, even if they are the great Bodhisattvas of the Eighth Level, will fall into the Black Rope Hell once."But the Mahayana teachings all promise that the eighth-stage bodhisattva will not fall into the evil realms, so why did he say that?It is to show that the harm of smoking is particularly serious.For example, someone wants to do something particularly bad, and you will warn him when you know it: "Don't commit this crime!If it is committed, even the president of the country will be in jail."The weight of these words is very heavy and will attract the attention of that person.

But no matter what, we should try our best to pay attention when we contact smokers.Of course, some people often smell the smoke due to work. When you work in the company, everyone smokes, and it is impossible not to contact them. So what should I do?You should repent when you get home.Sometimes there are some leaders from my family who don’t believe in Buddhism, and they will inevitably smoke at home, but I have to receive and socialize.Tibetans basically understand the rules and do not smoke at home or in Buddhist temples, but some leaders who know nothing about Buddhism will smoke immediately after they come.I felt very uncomfortable, and on the surface I had to pretend to be comfortable. After they left, I immediately opened the window and burned smoke and incense... The treasure master said around Naraba: "If you smoke in front of the mandala, the wisdom deity will not come."The so-called mandala is our Buddhist temple or where practitioners live. It is best not to smoke there. If someone goes to smoke, the deity you practice will stay away from, and it will be difficult to get a sense of any method you practice.Therefore, everyone should try to stay away from these people.But I am also worried that some lay Buddhists are very pious in studying Buddhism, and her husband likes to smoke. How can the two of them live together?Maybe only I often recite Vajrasattva to repent, and there is no other way.

Not only is the negligence of smoking very terrible, but the negligence of selling cigarettes is also quite large.Xia Gacuozhi asked Master Zhuo to say: "The cigarette seller will become a hungry ghost in the five hundred generations."When we obtain such a human body, we must understand what is merit and what is not merit, especially smoking and drinking, which can be said to be the practice of inferior people.If you say this, many people may be unhappy. They think it is amazing to understand these things and do not know the harm.In fact, the child of the famous singer Faye Wong is rabbit lip. Some medical experts say that it is because she smokes too much.Therefore, if you want to be truly responsible for this life and the next life, you must understand that the fault of smoking is very great, and smokers cannot even protect the Three Jewels and the Dharma Protector.Magira Quasi-Dahava in prophecy said: “At the end of the era of struggle, there will be something that people put in their mouths, with the five poisons of greed, anger, ignorance, arrogance, and jealousy.It originated from China, spread to Mongolia, and will be swallowed by Tibetans... If a meditator swallows tobacco and poison, even if he practices for a hundred kalpas, he will not be able to realize his true deity.In the future, they will still linger in the evil path, and even the Three Jewels cannot save them."So, everyone cannot pray to the Three Jewels while smoking.

In a short life, we should do something meaningful for Buddhism. If we often "swallow clouds and mists", the result will only damage our health and destroy the Dharma.Now many civilized countries have stipulated that smoking is not allowed in public places, and May 31 is designated as "World Smoking Quit Day".I think this festival is very good. If there are often some quit smoking days and birthdays, and these merits are promoted through various aspects, people will naturally know how to make choices.

In the past, I was in Jilin Province or somewhere. Once, in the same hotel, the Smoking Quit Association and the Tobacco Association were having a meeting at the same time.At that time, the Tobacco Association was relatively powerful, with advertisements and slogans particularly strong, while the Smoking Quit Association was relatively weak, and it seemed particularly pitiful everywhere - this seemed to be a few years ago, and I had a little impression.So in the Dharma-Ending Age, if you hold high the banner of Buddhism, this power will be very weak everywhere. However, as a person who has developed the Bodhicitta, even if he meets a smoker on the bus, he should tell him the harm of smoking.Sometimes when I take the bus, I see some drivers smoking. No matter how far I sit, I keep talking about the fault of smoking.Of course, he wouldn't listen to the cause and effect of the next life, but if he talks about some medical knowledge, after riding for a kilometer or two, some people still quit smoking.Therefore, we must play our role and persuade others to quit smoking on different occasions.

Some Buddhists now believe that: "Drinking alcohol has a little fault, eating meat has a little fault, but smoking should not be a fault, because it is just a kind of grass that can bring happiness to the body..." In order to protect themselves, these evil deeds can talk about many plausible truths, but these similar truths cannot be elusive in the face of cause and effect.So you'd better not to preach the merits of evil karma all day long, just like a thief talks about the benefits of stealing all day long, which normal people will not admit.It’s better to have a little self-knowledge, knowing that your behavior is pitiful and terrible, and treat it with shame.

To be honest, there are many bad people in society now. Among the bad people, as Sakya Pandita said, how can a wise man be respected?Just like where many poisonous snakes live, no matter how bright the light is, it cannot emit light.For example, when you attend a meeting today, all the leaders drink and smoke. Only you don’t drink or smoke. In addition, you don’t eat meat, everyone will think you have mental problems and will definitely treat you as a crazy person.Of course, if you are a monk, it is better to face society, because people without hair do not drink or smoke. If you shave your head and get a bottle of white wine, you may not be praised by everyone except for Monk Jigong.However, as lay Buddhists, when facing misunderstandings, oppositions, and slander from the crowd, they should still be brave and not follow them. They think that committing evil deeds is glorious, and it is shameful to not commit evil deeds or practice good deeds. If you don’t smoke and drink, you can’t raise your head in front of the world.

Master Yue Cheng said that in a crazy world, even if there are some people with normal mental health, it is difficult to face this society, and in the end they have to go crazy like that king.However, Buddhists with right knowledge and mindfulness should insist on noble behavior no matter how others view you.If you can follow the teachings of the master of the lineage, do your best to practice good deeds with merits, and promote Buddhism to each corner within your ability, this will be indescribable to your own and others' interests!

2024-02-05 18:06
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