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The story of the crow and the peacock

Master Honghai 2021-02-19

This era is called the Dharma-Ending Age in Buddhist scriptures. There is a typical situation in the Dharma-Ending Age, which means that no one knows what Buddhism is.Many times, I even went to the temple to worship Buddha and burn incense, and even invited me to worship Buddha and prayed devoutly at home.

Even he had already taken refuge in the Three Jewels, worshipped by his master, and became the so-called Buddhist disciple, but he still did not know what Buddhism is.This is a relatively embarrassing situation for us.In particular, the Buddha once said that in this era, evil masters said so many things.Then our topic today is that since we have the fate to come into contact with Buddhism and approach Buddhism, we must know what Buddhism is?Who is Sakyamuni Buddha?What's going on when you become a Buddha?What does it mean to escape from life and death?This is the right way of Buddhism.

Today's story tells the story of the Buddha once in meditation. He used his heavenly ear to hear his disciples discussing, saying that India was originally very prosperous, but there were various theories, and there were many religious experiences of practitioners.When Shakyamuni Buddha was not born, those heretics were also very popular and popular, and many believers even offered to them.However, since the Buddha was born, many people have turned to convert to Buddha and learned and practiced Buddhism to seek the true truth.They were very impressed by this, saying that since the birth of Sakyamuni Buddha, it has been like the sun coming out. When there is no sun and moon, small fireflies will shine, but as soon as the sun and moon come out, their light will be completely invisible.When the Buddha saw this, he told them a story about the crow and the peacock.

It is said that in a long time ago, there was a country called the Great Fantasy Kingdom. One person in the Great Fantasy Kingdom brought three crows to another Bozheli Kingdom.The people of Bozheli had never seen a crow before. When he saw this crow, everyone thought it was very novel. Its appearance, its cry, and many people even came to feed it, and even used it as such a worship, totem, and offered it continuously every day.

Everyone came to see it, saying that there was a kind of bird like a crow to see it.In this case, after thousands of crows learned the news, they all rushed to Bozheli City, which made Bozheli City black.More and more, but everyone still thinks that crows should be offered.

Until one day, three peacocks came to this country. As we all know, the peacock has very beautiful figures and very beautiful feathers. When the crow compares with the peacock, it is impossible to see it at all.Under such circumstances, everyone turned their attention to the peacock and said that this was the truly most beautiful bird.Then the thousands of crows scattered everywhere because they lost their offerings, and this Bozhali Kingdom truly had the peace that was once.

The story told by Sakyamuni Buddha is to teach us that if we want to learn and practice Buddhism, we must have correct knowledge and correct views.For example, if you take refuge in the Three Jewels, what is Buddha?What is the Dharma?How should we learn and practice with monks?Nowadays, we often go around more often outside.Of course, the carriers of Buddhism, culture, and presentation of various art fields is comprehensive.

Then our focus is often that the more we are in this periphery, the less we are likely to be unable to enter the core area of true Buddhism.The righteousness of the Dharma that we often talk about for a long time refers to the true Dharma.Therefore, with this cause and effect today, I hope that everyone can enter these eight enlightenment paths, develop correct views, have correct thinking, and correctly correspond to the middle path of Buddhism.In this way, it is like the people in the city, without being blocked by the crows, and truly seeing the beauty of the peacock.

OK, Namo Amitabha.

2024-02-05 18:03
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