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Master Hsing Yun: Patience is strength

Master Nebula 2023-08-24

“Those who can practice ninja can be called a powerful master.If it cannotjoyThose who endure slander, ridicule, and scolding like drinking nectar are not called intelligent people entering the Tao.” In 1954, when I was twenty-seven years old, I began to write a biography of the Buddha. When I saw this passage in the "Buddha's Last Teachings", I felt deeply touched. I looked at the years of wandering in the past and thought to myself, how could I have been able to safely survive the sufferings if I had not been on patience as a boat?I also consider the complex and changeable society in the future. I will survive the right and wrong of others and others. I will consciously need to be more determined to be able to cope with all difficulties.From then on, I always took "patience" as my standard for dealing with people and things.Many years later, looking back at the past, I deeply feel that "patience" is really the most powerful force in the world.I was born in a poor northern Jiangsu Province. After becoming a monk at the age of twelve, my life was even more difficult. However, poverty is enough to inspire. My hard-working and enduring personality was born at this time.When I was 23 years old, I moved to Taiwan with the government. In the midst of war, the bag I carried was accidentally lost. There was nothing around me. The temple at that time did not accept orders from other provinces, so I had to live a life of wandering around and sleeping in the open.I remember that I once fell into a ditch in a storm and washed away a long distance by the water;I used to be sweating profusely under the scorching sun, and my scalp was numb.Finally, I finally walked from Tainan to Taichung, thanking Mr. Lin Jindong, Baojue Temple for being willing to stay for a few days.Later, I went from Zhongli and Hsinchu to Yilan Leiyin Temple to preach the Dharma. In the past ten years, my financial situation was very tight.During this period, some people once wanted to recognize me as a mother, son, brother and relative, and some even hoped that I could inherit his real estate business, but I refused.At this time, I heard that some colleagues were looking for another way out because of the difficulties in life.If I could not tolerate hunger and poverty at that time, wouldn’t I have followed the customs and could I develop my ambition to spread the Dharma and benefit sentient beings in the future?Therefore, "patience" is not timidity, but when facing life and death, honor and disgrace, you can still express an incomparable courage from the heart and stick to your ideals.Remember to bejungleAfter ten years of studying, in order to serve the public, in addition to the usual labor, I voluntarily made the wish to cook for two years, the food hall for six years, and the water and tea for one and a half years.When I first came to Taiwan, in order to repay the temple's kindness for taking in, in addition to teaching in class, I was determined to do all the hard labor, digging 600 barrels of well water every day, cleaning fallen leaves, ditches, and toilets for several hours, and pulling a cart to the market more than ten miles away every day to buy more than 80 oil, salt, firewood and rice.Although he has no words with local residents and believers, his diligent work has won the favor of the public.But who knows that I often feel dizzy and vomiting due to overdrawing. Often after a splash of dizziness, I silently gritted my teeth and continued my unfinished work.Later, I used wordsPrajnaCome and promote Buddhism, start searching for dry intestines, and staying up late to write.In 1953, I entered society and preached teachings. In order to prepare for the speech, I spent years and years thinking, and sometimes I couldn't sleep all night.In the early days of Foguang Mountain's opening, I fought against the landslides and floods day and night.In the past decade, I have been teaching the scriptures at home and abroad and saving the masses, building temples and setting up monks, and racing against limited time every day.For decades, I have spent all of them in the busyness of "patience", "patience", "patience" fatigue, and "patience". However, I don't think it's hard, because "patience" is to actively explore life and create a bright future for Buddhism."Heroes are afraid that they will get sick." I have always been strong, but I have had several experiences of illness that have made me suffer. After studying in the jungle for ten years, I have had sores and malaria. Although I was unbearable and could not bear it, I had to seek medical treatment. In order to "return my physical body to the permanent residence and give my life to the dragon and heaven", I had to use faith and time to treat it.I don’t know that it is the blessing of all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, but it is caused by the power of patience, and I can cure it without medicine.Others such as colds, toothaches, eye pain, and brain fever are not considered bad.So when I was older, no matter how severe the cold or the severe the illness, I was used to enduring my pain and continued to spread the Dharma and write. I often waited until my work came to an end, and I realized that I had recovered my health miraculously.In recent years, my energy has been gone. Diabetes, hypertension, eye diseases, and leg injuries have followed one after another, and my limbs and five roots have gradually decayed and deteriorated. Fortunately, my mind is clear and normal, so I still travel around and spread the Dharma and benefit sentient beings.The experience over the years has made me deeply feel that the disease and suffering of the physical body is not real suffering. As long as we are willing to "be patient", we will naturally have the strength to bear all the disease and suffering. When we are sick, we will not be aware of the disease and when we are suffering, we will be conscious of the "power of patience" to cope with everything.In the past, jungle education in mainland China was very traditional. When listening to the elders' teachings, you must put your hands together. If you speak for several hours, when you put your palms on, your hands will be stiff.The most stringent training period is when we take the ordination. We often kneel on the uneven gravel ground for five or six hours. When we get up, the small stones on the ground are deeply embedded in the flesh, and the numbness of our feet is no problem.The picketer held a tortoise branch in his hand and followed us like a shadow. One movement was not up to standard, which was a whip.Can students today also endure such strict education?In normal times, beatings and scoldings often happen, but I have never heard anyone complain.I remember one time, I reported to my master that a professor in the college recommended me to study at the "National College of Education". After hearing this, my master scolded me: "Bastard!How can I study in society?"I slapped two more in the face.Afterwards, I didn't feel angry at all. I thought I was really a bastard, so how could I think of studying in society?On the other hand, many young people are arrogant and resist at any time. This is really worrying how they meet various challenges in the great era?To become a great man, you must first learn "patience" in life."If you want to become a Buddhist dragon and elephant, do it firstAll living beings"Mark horse and cow", if you are tolerant of adversity, you should first endure it to your mouth, which is to endure it;To endure it again is to be the middle-to-bear;If you can do everything without being moved, then you are the supreme patience.When I first entered Buddhist college, I was not good at Buddhist chants and did not know scriptures. Therefore, I was often discriminated against by my classmates, and even my teachers thought I was not able to make me. I often removed me from the list when I arranged my work;Sometimes there is a share in the Buddhist rituals, but it is temporarily cancelled;The composition was criticized by the teacher to be useless. Sometimes there were excellent works, but it was suspected that it was plagiarized;One ministry even said in public: If I could have a bright future, the sun would hit the west.There are countless other wrongs and grievances, and I think all of this is "of course" and is not worth calculating, because the future is still long, who can know now?Even when I first came to Taiwan to preach Dharma and preach the teachings, because it was not common for orthodox Buddhism at that time, and I was from another province, people often pointed at me with bad intentions, and even blocked some good causes and good fates from it;Some people have deliberately harassed the saying, and even got rid of the crowd and looked at them with a stick.I have never resented these different treatments and these misunderstandings. I just do my duty as a monk, prove my sincerity through actions, and respond to everything with silence. ***。Therefore, "patience" is not about retreating, but about treating some uneven states in the world with a normal mind.The hunger and coldness of the body and the hardship of the muscles and bones can be overcome by willpower, and the grievances in the heart and misunderstandings of others can also be treated with a normal mind.What most people are most unbearable is the unreasonable damage to reputation and the intentional smear of mankind. However, over the past few decades, I have encountered all of these.When I was in the mainland, ***Say I'm ***The spy wants to kill me;After coming to Taiwan, ***Say I'm ***The spy wants to shoot me.In the early stages of spreading the Dharma, it was misunderstood by society and criticized by fellow disciples because it organized many innovative Buddhist activities;Sometimes I wear a red hat for you, and sometimes I wear a yellow hat for you. The red hat is a crime that can be beheaded in Taiwan before the resolution of strict discipline. The yellow hat is the intention of putting you to death in Buddhism. However, I am not in a hurry to argue, but just do my best to do whatever I can.In my early years, because I was brave enough to make suggestions for Buddhism, I was repeatedly discussed as a heretic by the religious community. Later, because officials from all walks of life from military, industry and commerce came to ask me for help in Buddhism, I was also said by the news media to link with politics. All of this is a topic of crackdown and injury. However, I did not pay attention to it, but just treated it indifferently and silently.Sure enough, the development of facts proved that my philosophy was correct, and the evolution of time also gave me justice.Therefore, patience is not about being cowardly and incompetent, but about being able to choose good and be stubborn without regrets in the face of slander and ridicule.Some people saw me often traveling to spread the Dharma and traveling to the capital and famous city, and I was extremely envious. In fact, my personal hardship is rarely known.I often ran on the highway overnight for a speech;For a promise, fly in the sky for more than ten hours.In the past decade, there have been constant invitations to spread the Dharma. Often, due to the compact itinerary, sweat wet the lapels, but there is no time to change them. We have to let the clothes get wet and dry, dry and wet, and the body's temperature is also cold and hot with the indoor and outdoor air conditioning.After a trip overseas, it is common to visit five or six countries. Sometimes from the tropics to the cold zone, and sometimes walking around the earth. It is hard to get tired and hard, but it is even more difficult to adapt to different time difference, weather, customs and human feelings.I remember that I first visited New Delhi, India in 1963. The weather was extremely hot and I couldn’t sleep every night, so I had to lie on the ground and write a diary. This is how the book “Sea and Sky Travel” was completed.In July 1993, I visited India for the seventh time and came to the Ladakh mountainous area in the north. I knew I had a fatal alpine disease, but I still endured the headache, swollen face and difficulty breathing. I presided over the Dharma Assembly and met with visitors for a week.There are different experiences like this, but I still enjoy it because patience is sometimes not only for myself, but also for the benefit of others. I think that the Bodhisattva has the will to kill himself and achieve good deeds and sacrifice himself for justice. This small sacrifice of my little dedication is really insignificant.It is easy to endure poverty, hunger, illness, hard work, beating, and scolding, but the struggle of enduring anger and hatred is the most difficult to resolve.I remember when I was eight or nine years old, my hometown was short of water, and the villagers were having a big fuss about water fighting. It happened that a neighbor named Jie fell to death in the ditch in front of my house. His son Jie Renbao came to cause trouble and insisted that my family killed his father and asked my family to settle the funeral.The honest and honest father was immediately arrested by the government. Fortunately, Jie Renbao did not dare to appear in court for trial, so his father was acquitted.Although the unrestrained disaster came to an end, my young heart could not eliminate resentment. Until I became a monk, I heard that Jie Renbao was unemployed and could not survive. I felt pity, but I still resisted the resentment and asked my mentor to help him introduce a job to solve the life problems of his family.In 1937, the Japanese war invasion of China broke out. The beautiful rivers and mountains became dilapidated under the ravages of Japan's iron hooves. The warm home was burned down, and my father also disappeared while doing business. According to the analysis, it should have been sacrificed at the gun of the Japanese army.When I was eleven years old, I followed my widowed mother to search for my father. Wherever I passed, I was rubble and ruined, and my body was everywhere, which deepened my sense of hatred.As soon as I was adults, although I had the opportunity to go to Japan to study several times, I finally gave up because of the irreconcilable hatred of the country and the family.In 1973, under the repeated invitation of the government, in order to promote cultural exchanges between China and Japan, I endured the pain I had in my heart for many years and took up the position of "President of the China-Japan Buddhist Relations Promotion Association".After all, "enemies should be resolved rather than formed." Although the past history cannot be erased, blindly seeking revenge can only deepen hatred. Only by learning forward-looking lessons, preventing problems from happening, fundamentally promoting mutual understanding, mutual assistance and cooperation can the way forever be at peace.Haven't you seen East and West Virtue breaking the long-standing Berlin wall and communicating with each other;European countries have also eliminated past prejudices and worked hard to establish a common market. Even the years of hatred between Yi and Ah were resolved by the thoughts of Rabin and others."Patience" is really the most noble tolerance and elegance in the world!"Patience" is indeed the greatest driving force for peace in the universe!At home and abroad, I have millions of trust at home;In Foguang Mountain, there are no less than a thousand monks. Although they are respectful and filial to me, I have devoted a lot of energy and hard work. I don’t mention the big things. As for trivial matters, I tolerate their different personalities and patiently guide them.I tolerate their emotions and teach them patiently;I tolerate their disagreements and patiently reconcile them;I tolerate their untimely situation and wait patiently."Patience" is a kind of strength, a kind of compassion, a kind of intelligence, and an art.Because I am willing to give my patience, I can only accept them coming to Buddhism to serve the public.Children use crying as their power, but once tears come out, their strength is exhausted;Women take charm as their power, but once they use charm, their momentum disappears;The reckless man used his fist as his power, but once he stretched out his fist, his righteousness also collapsed.Only true Bodhisattva practitioners, who use "patience" as their power and compassion as their power, can do things that are difficult to do, and can endure things that are difficult to endure, so they can work together to overcome all difficulties and achieve blessings to the country and the people.BlessingThe great achievements of all beings.Although I always recommend "patience", I also have times when I think I can't bear it. For example: when I give a speech on stage and see that there are still spaces in front of the audience, but the people behind me have no seats to sit, I will be unbearable;When I know that others have been violated, I will be filled with righteous indignation;When the disciples neglect the guests and are displeased, I will come forward to blame them;If you see good things, you will feel at ease if you don’t participate immediately.I think: Tolerance and tolerance are not the way to "patience".True patience should be to take the initiative, take the overall situation into consideration, and seek benefits for the public.I am nearly 70 years old now, and I am ashamed of myself to continue to learn and break through patience. In my life, I have experienced a lot of experiences about the three realms of "forbearance". I think: "Birth of Forbearance" is to survive in the world;"Dharma patience" is the intelligence generated by transforming consciousness into wisdom and using Buddhism;"The Dharma of Non-birth" means the state of freedom that can see through all things at any time and anywhere.Being able to have "life tolerance" means having the courage to face life;If you can have "Dharma Narcissism", you will be able to eliminate it.troublethe power ofIf you can have the "non-birth Dharma patience", you will be everywhere, and you will be a world of Taoyuan Pure Land and a free and easy life.  

2024-02-05 18:02
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