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Buddhist story: Timeless story: The joys and sorrows of life

Life's joy

arts /Karma Tianjin Rinpoche

After Zen Master Zhaozhou preached, a female disciple cried to him: "Master, my life is so hard!" It was said that when he was a child, his parents were strict in discipline and were often punished, and their youth was bleak.When he grew up and married, he was a wife. Although he worked with his husband, he often quarreled.When they are old, their children start their own families and careers, and they bring their children and grandchildren back to their parents for care. They cannot enjoy the leisure of their old age, so they are still unreasonable to teach them a lesson.Anyway, looking back on my life, it's really a bad life

After hearing this, the Zen master smiled and said, "Silly disciple, why do you think so? You should be very happy to say that when you were a child, your parents loved you, cared about you, and took good care of you.After marriage, good men share the joys and sorrows and create a home together.When old, children have their own achievements and no one has to worry about them. The grandson is happy and enjoys the joy of family.You are so lucky in this life!" After hearing this, the disciple turned to joy.

The joys and sorrows of life do not lie in the object, but in one mind.Being able to look at it from a healthy and positive perspective can transform negative and pessimistic feelings and open a window for yourself.The moment when one can observe with wisdom and endure pain is the process of tempering one's mind and maturing one's personality.However, from the perspective of cause and effect, it is the source of one's own family.How to deal with common parent-child generation gap, rebellious children, discord between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and spouse encounters? Let’s listen to this story:

On the banks of the Ganges River in India, a woman held the child with one hand and was feeding her with a grilled fish in the other hand. A dog came next to her and leaned over to eat the fish bones on the ground, but the woman kicked the dog away in disgust.At this time, a saint who had attained the Arhat Fruit passed by. When he saw this scene, he used his supernatural powers to observe it. He learned that the child in the woman's arms was actually the enemy of the previous life; the fish he ate was her father in her previous life; the dog she had just kicked away turned out to be her mother in her previous life!

The cause and effect are worth our deep consideration.Maybe your children were your parents in their previous life, and you used to be against each other, so they were particularly rebellious to you in this life.Please accept these situations and do not create new karma; in any case, you must have the heart to treat all sentient beings as mothers, fulfill the responsibility of caring and educating your children, and do not forget to leave space for their appropriate development. Do not overly restrict or deliberately shape them.As for couples, there is no right or wrong, only tolerance and respect; if you still have to worry about who is right or wrong, the family will be like a court, filled with a strong smell of gunpowder.At present, the divorce rate is increasing day by day. Improper discipline for single-parent children has become the source of problems for teenagers who take drugs, drive and fight in the future! Whose responsibility is this?

Practice Buddhism in the family, make life Buddhism transform, blessings come, know how to cherish gratitude, and when adversity occurs, you can avoid anger or resentment, and naturally keep happiness and happiness.

Many people will say, I know! But, everyone, knowing alone cannot change everything. If you think about what you know well and use it in life without changing anything, then the resentment of conflict in life will turn into peace and happiness.

2024-02-05 18:02
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