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Eliminate the habit of ignorance

Buddhist stories 2014-03-17

Since time immemorial, people have often caused their own confusion and confusion in their lives due to ignorance and habits. The purpose of "practice" is to eliminate ignorance and return to their pure nature.

Habits can be modified carefully from now on. If they do not change, new bad habits will be added from the past, and habits will be difficult to eliminate;We live in such a good environment, and we should make the most of our minds in practicing and beware of our efforts to eliminate past habits. This is the correct direction of practice.

In the Buddha's time, the Buddha also had many disciples who were difficult to get rid of.In order to give us more confidence to work hard to eliminate habits, the Buddha once said, "It is precisely because habits have not been eliminated that we need to practice with our heart;If the habit has been eliminated, then you have already achieved enlightenment.”

A monk whose habit of deceiving people has not been eliminated

When the Buddha was preaching on both sides of the Ganges River, many people had the intention to become monks and practice. At that time, there was a monk in the monastic community. He was very good in nature, but he had a habit of liaring people. ──He will usually behave well in front of more powerful elders;I like to lie in front of ordinary people.When the news reached the monks, the monks felt embarrassed, thinking that it was a very unfair thing to appear in the pure monks.

After the Buddha learned about this, he asked someone to come to him.The Buddha asked him, "Do you often cheat everywhere?"The monk felt ashamed and said, "I know this is wrong, but I always realized that I was wrong again after doing it.I really want to change it, but I don’t know how to change it?It's very painful inside.”

The Buddha said, "Actually, you did this in your past life!"At this time, all the monks gathered around and listened to the Buddha telling the story of the monk's past life ──

The little bear is charming and eating mountain rats

Countless disasters ago, there were a group of mountain rats living in the mountains and forests, and a rat king led them to live a life freely.One day, a little bear suddenly came from the forest. When the bear saw these mountain rats, he thought, "If I could live among these mountain rats, I would definitely be able to live a very happy life in the future!These mountain rats will all become my delicacy.”

The little bear told the Rat King with a ulterior motive: "You mountain rats are all getting along well, I envy you, and I hope you can join your group as well.”

The Rat King thinks that although it is a bear, it has a heart of love and a peaceful heart. It is also a good thing for everyone to gather peacefully.The Rat King happily entertained the bears to live in the rat group.

The little bear follows the mountain rats out every day. Every time it walks at the end of the team, led by the Rat King in front. It catches three mountain rats in the back when other mountain rats are not paying attention.

As time goes by, the number of mountain rats has been decreasing. The mountain rats find it strange, and the Rat King is also confused, "Why does the ethnic group continue to decrease?"It began to pay attention to observation.

On this day, the Rat King still led the team in front, and then ran to the back quickly and secretly to check. He happened to see the little bear holding a mountain rat and swallowing it.Although the Rat King was very sad, he still remained silent.

So it secretly discussed countermeasures with the rat group: "It turns out that our little mountain rat was eaten by the bear, and everyone should work together to deal with it.”

The next day, the Rat King still took the mountain rats out as usual. As soon as he walked out of the cave, the Rat King gave the order, all the mountain rats turned around and surrounded the bear, and drowned the bear in an instant. ──Some bite their ears, some bite their eyes, and some bite their necks... Although the bears are very strong, they are hard to resist the siege of the rat group.

Cultivate one's own, speech, and mind with your heart

「The bear swallowed his last breath under the joint attack of the mountain rat."When the Buddha said this, he said to the monks, "The bear at that time was this monk. He had already carried the habit of deceiving people in the past. He was very attentive and excellent in front of more accomplished people, and he had the habit of deceiving people in front of ordinary people.”

The monk was extremely ashamed after hearing this. He understood that if this habit was not removed, he would still carry the same habit in the next life.He said to the Buddha, "From now on, I will definitely correct my mistakes. Please give me a chance, and also ask all my fellow practitioners to encourage me more.”

The Buddha said mercifully: "The Taoist deeds must be protected by each other. In addition to his own intention to correct his mistakes, everyone needs to pay attention to and help him, and protect him with the power of everyone."So the monks all forgave him and were willing to make him successful.

In fact, everyone has ignorance and habits. Those who want to practice must have the determination to restore their original pure nature to work hard to practice and have the courage and perseverance to overcome difficulties.If you are not careful, you will appear. Therefore, you must always focus on your body, mouth, and mind.

We are "people in blessings". We are rare in human body. We have both a human body and live in such a wealthy society. We should also grasp the causes and conditions to practice.Life is impermanent, so be more attentive at all times!

2024-02-05 18:04
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