Meaning: As long as there is a Buddha in your heart, it is ok to eat meat and drink alcohol, but if everyone learns from me, it will be like falling into the magic road.
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Jigong?
Jigong (1148-1209), formerly known as Li Xiuyuan, was a monk in the Southern Song Dynasty. He is a native of Yongning Village, Tiantai County, Zhejiang Province, and later generations respectfully call him "Jigong Living Buddha".
He is a broken hat, a broken fan, a broken shoe and a dirty dress. He seems to be crazy. He first became a monk in Xiaoguo Temple, then lived in Lingyin Temple and then in Jingci Temple. He is not bound by precepts, loves wine and meat, and behaves like a crazy monk. He is a learned and moral monk. He is listed as the fiftieth ancestor of Zen Buddhism and the sixth ancestor of Yangqi School, and he is the author of Quotations from the Peak.
Jigong knows Chinese medicine and has cured many intractable diseases for the people. He is good at fighting injustice and saving people's lives. His virtues of helping the poor, eliminating violence, promoting good and punishing evil have left a unique and beautiful impression in people's hearts.
not stick to one pattern
In some literary works, Jigong gives people the impression that he is disobedient and likes wine and meat. But in the identity of ordinary people, troubles are covered and Buddha nature cannot be revealed. Killing animals to eat meat, getting sick and short-lived, and having to be a beast to pay off debts in the afterlife. ) seems to be completely free from the shackles of Buddhist precepts, making the people feel that he is more cordial and human. There is a four-character poem in the biography of Jigong, which illustrates this point.
Buddha leaves poems, and I cultivate my morality;
Others fix their mouths but not their hearts, and only I fix my heart but not my mouth.
On the surface, this poem seems to be a defense of Ji Gong's imprudence. In fact, it contains a philosophy of life: some people fast and recite Buddha, but they have no intention of doing good in their hearts and are doing extremely immoral things behind their backs.
It is far from enough to measure and judge whether a person is true, kind and beautiful. The most important thing is to see the essence through the phenomenon. Moreover, it must be investigated and honed for a long time to truly explain his essence and eternity. Jigong finally proved all this with his own actions.
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Baidu encyclopedia-Daoji monk