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Complete collection of Master Haitao's stories: 13. Selling poverty

13.Selling poverty

One morning, the Venerable Kasyapa went out to preach Buddhism. When he passed by the river, he saw an old woman with her hair radiating with tears in her face. She was holding a porcelain bottle in her hand to get water by the river, while crying sadly.

The Venerable Kasyapa stepped forward and asked, "Old lady, why do you feel so sad?"

The old woman replied, "Honor, my master always abuses me. I work from morning to night every day, and there is no moment to rest.If I make a little mistake, I will be whipped by my master.I have been living a life of not having enough food or warm clothes for the whole year. I am so old that my life is still difficult.I have no way to survive now, I can’t die even if I want to die, and I have no place to cry, so I feel so sad!"

After hearing this, the Venerable Kasyapa said, "Since you live in poverty, why don't you sell your poverty?"

The old woman asked in surprise: "How can poverty be sold?Even if you want to sell, who is willing to buy it?"

The Venerable Kasyapa replied: "Of course you can sell it if you are poor!"

The old woman asked again in disbelief: "How is that possible?How to sell it?"

The Venerable Kasyapa said, "If you really want to sell your poverty, you must be sincere and don't have the idea of calculating. Everything will follow what I said."

The old woman bowed and said, "I will do what the Venerable told me. I hope you will feel pity for me and teach me a good way.""

The Venerable Kasyapa said, "You go back and take a bath first, and then come and ask me how after bathing."

According to what the Venerable said, the old lady quickly returned to the master's house to take a bath and then came to find the Venerable.

The Venerable Kasyapa said, "If you want to get rid of poverty, you must first give it to me."

The old woman was shocked and replied, "I am so poor, how can I give anything to you?"

The Venerable Kasyapa took a bowl to the old woman and said, "Please use this bowl to fill some clean water.""

The old woman then took water as she did, and came back respectfully to the Venerable Kasyapa.The Venerable Kasyapa picked up the bowl and immediately blessed the old woman, hoping that all the previous sins of the woman would be eliminated, and that the blessings she deserved could increase.After blessing, the Venerable Kasyapa preached the merits of "abuse of killing and keeping fasts" and the merits of "reciting Buddha's name without chanting".

The Venerable Kasyapa said, "From now on, let go of all worldly affairs, no matter whether it is suffering or happiness, don't think about everything in the past or afterwards.In addition, when you are ordered by your master, be respectful and do not feel disgusted.You should know that the difficulties in front of you are all harmed by past karma. When the karma ends, these bad things will naturally be resolved."

The Venerable Kasyapa also warned the old woman: "Every night, after the whole family of the master's family is asleep, open the window and then sit on the clean grass in the room. You should concentrate on chanting Buddha's name on the grass, and don't have bad thoughts."

After the instructions were finished, the Venerable Kasyapa went to other places to preach the Dharma.At this time, the old woman suddenly felt relieved and felt relieved.When he returned to his master's house, the old woman practiced one by one according to what the Venerable said, and at night he was liberated and ascended to the Trayastrimsa Heaven.

The rich man got up the next day and saw the old woman's death, he said angrily:

「This old woman can't usually come into the house. How did she come in last night?Let me die here again!"

Then he asked someone to tie the old woman's body's feet with a straw rope and drag it into the dry woods of Hanshan.

The old woman was reborn in heaven after her death and became the emperor, and enjoyed a carefree life with the five hundred heavenly beings.

It just so happened that Shariputra had to go to Trayastrimsa Heaven if something happened. When he saw that the emperor had completely forgotten the cause and condition of his previous life, he helped him cultivate his Taoist eyes.After the emperor obtained the Dharma, he immediately saw the past and immediately realized that he could ascend to heaven because of the guidance of the Venerable Kasyapa. So he brought five hundred heavenly people to the cold forest to scatter flowers and burn incense, and offer offerings to dead bodies.

At that time, the light of heaven and man shone on the entire village. When the rich man saw this situation, he did not dare to go alone, so he told local people to go to Hanlin to check it out and see what strange things happened.

After arriving at the forest, I saw countless celestial beings offering sacrifices to dead bodies. The rich man asked:

「The body of this old woman was rotten and smelly. Everyone hated her when she was alive. Why did the noble gods come to worship her?"

At this time, the emperor came out of the five hundred heavenly beings and fully explained the cause and effect before and after and the cause and condition for ascension.After saying that, he led five hundred heavenly beings to the place where the Venerable Kasyapa preached and asked him to preach the wonderful Dharma to each heavenly being.

The Venerable Kashyapa preached the merits of giving, keeping precepts, and all causes and conditions for being born in heaven. Finally, he talked about the method of staying away from impurities, telling everyone that this is the only way to eliminate sins and bring blessings.At that time, after hearing this, the five hundred heavenly beings knew how to stay away from dust and dirt and obtain the wonderful method, so they flew back to the Heavenly Palace.

2024-02-05 18:02
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