It can also show people good or bad luck, which is effective. So people like him very much, so they call him "Happy Buddha". In the last years of Hou Liang, a monk sat in front of Lin Yue Temple in Mingzhou. Before leaving, he left a poem: "Maitreya is a real Maitreya, and the world knows it from time to time." At that time, people thought he was the incarnation of Maitreya. The potbellied Maitreya Buddha is his statue, which is enshrined in most the Han nationality Buddhism temples in China. The cloth bag monk wrote many poems, expounding his understanding of Buddhism and his unique views on treating people. Let's analyze some of his poems.
A cloth bag monk went out to beg alms, and a layman asked him, "What's the monk's name? When was your date of birth? Farah geometry? "You don't know my surname is Li, and I was born on February 8th, but this cloth bag is the same year as Taixu. Say to the teacher from the above reasons: "Monk, if someone asks, you are right, don't blame others." "The teacher replied with a sigh:
There are too many people who love this world. Think carefully about what I can do.
A wide belly often bears the burden of humiliation, and I am happy to follow him.
When you meet a bosom friend, you should score points, and when you meet an enemy, you should make up.
If you want to make this heart clear, you will naturally get six Poirot.
This poem expresses the philosophical thought that the cloth bag monk sees through people's right and wrong, does not get involved in right and wrong grievances, and bears the burden of humiliation. Among them, "there are many people who hate this world, so we should think about what to do" tells us that this world is complex, and people often resent people who don't meet their wishes because of different views and different levels of cultivation. These resentments include jealousy and even hidden harm caused by the struggle for fame and fortune among colleagues, as well as resentment caused by the failure of love. Many tragedies in the world are caused by resentment. In short, there are too many grievances caused by various reasons in the world. Loving couples may suddenly become strangers, and friends in need may go their separate ways. Things have changed. There are so many grievances in the world, but the cloth bag monk doesn't care about the differences, because he has looked down on the world. Therefore, when you have love, you should not be complacent. When you hate love, you can calmly deal with it. Always treat it with a normal heart, and you can't control yourself whether you hate it or not.
The next few poems tell people to be generous to others and learn to tolerate others' excessive words and deeds. Even those enemies who have made enemies with you, you should be tolerant. Over time, those enemies will suddenly realize from your tolerance, feel ashamed of their wrong behavior, and respect you more. As a man of practice, it is also a necessary basic accomplishment to have the tolerance of humiliation and burden, that is, people in the secular world. For example, "Caigen Tan" said: "A step higher in life, a step back is also progress. Zhang Ben: It is a blessing to be lenient with others, and it is the foundation of benefiting others and benefiting themselves. These two sentences are the best annotations of tolerance and forbearance to monks.
In fact, if we can ignore personal grievances, blame ourselves with the heart of blaming others, and treat others with a tolerant heart, you will eventually get the understanding and tolerance of others. In this book, the cloth bag monk tells people the attitude they should have when dealing with people: they should also pay attention to their discretion when dealing with their confidants. If you are too close, you will be alienated after a long time; For the enemy, don't gnash your teeth all day. Learn to get along with them with goodwill, and you will find that their attitude towards you will be obviously improved. Over time, I will live in harmony with you. Only by letting go of the right and wrong in the world can people not be troubled by these problems and achieve enlightenment in peaceful coexistence with others.
A layman asked the cloth bag monk, "Does the monk have a dharma number?" Master replied with a sigh:
I have a cloth bag, which is empty.
Drive around ten places and feel at ease at eight o'clock.
Legend has it that there was a cloth bag monk who carried a big cloth bag on his back every day when he was begging for alms in Zhejiang, and he laughed at whatever others gave him. Strangely, this cloth bag seems to be very big, and no matter how many things it holds, it will never be enough. So the cloth bag monk said in this book that the cloth bag can be opened in ten places, so the size of the cloth bag is unimaginable. The original intention of this poem is not here, but to tell people the truth of being a man: a person should have a bag-like mind that can accommodate all kinds of goodness, evil, beauty and ugliness in the world. If you are free from this heart, you will live a free and easy life.
In another poem, the cloth bag monk said:
An old chap like me wears a long coat and has a full stomach.
Make up for the cold, and everything will follow.
Some people call me an old guy, but an old guy like me can only say yes.
Someone hit me, an old guy, and I fell asleep.
I spit in my face and let him do it for nothing.
I also save my strength, and he has no worries.
So paramita is a wonderful treasure.
If you know the news, why don't you worry?
In our complicated world, there are always some people who make much ado about nothing all day. Today's boss is long, tomorrow's boss is short, as if there is no perfect person in the world except himself. These people not only criticize other people's mistakes, but also sow discord, sow discord, so that people who had a harmonious relationship were sow discord. Not only that, they sometimes fabricate facts out of thin air to slander people they don't like, so that people can't extricate themselves from their rumors every day.
For these right and wrong, most people usually take a tit-for-tat approach to retaliate against each other. In this way, you may get quick results by venting your dissatisfaction. But at the same time, it also increased each other's hatred. They will retaliate against you in the same way, so that you will be hurt more. Some of them may not give in to each other, leading to the intensification of minor contradictions and eventually leading to tragedies that people do not want to see. As the old saying goes, "A little tolerance leads to great mischief." If a person can't stand a moment's humiliation, he will often make excessive behavior, which will not only hurt others, but also bring great pain to himself, resulting in consequences that outweigh the benefits. This way of complaining can not effectively resolve the right and wrong grievances, but will deepen the grievances and cause serious consequences over time. It is better to treat these people who slander others out of thin air with a tolerant attitude than to lose both sides.
This poem by monk Qi tells us that if we want to be a carefree person, we must learn to be contented and happy. In order to get along with others better, we should learn to treat those who hurt us with tolerance. If we can all treat Waisong's injury with Maitreya's humiliation spirit, we can not only avoid a lot of unnecessary injuries, but also let you live a peaceful and carefree life.
The layman asked the monk in the bag again, "Do you have any luggage?" Answer in words:
A bowl of rice, Wan Li walks alone.
Look at people's eyes and ask for directions.
This poem expresses the monk's free and easy attitude towards life, broad-minded, natural and unrestrained, and does not serve the material. Buddhism has always advocated that people should abstain from sex, believing that if a person reduces his desire for material things, he will live a carefree and relaxed life. People in the world are often greedy for material things, tired of fame and fortune, and not free. Monks used a bowl and a bag of alms to tell people that people can only live leisurely if they want to be less satisfied. The first two sentences, "A bowl of rice travels thousands of miles alone", vividly describe the author's indifferent simple living. Cloth-bag monks have no fixed place to live and no way to beg. Although Wan Li is alone, he is fearless. No shelter, no food, no distractions, no entry into the WTO, only in this way can we be enlightened and know life and death. This is a true portrayal of a traveler's life.
This poem also reflects the feeling of indifference to the world. Look at People's Eyes expresses the author's disappointment with human indifference. If the world is stubborn and there are too few people worthy of attention, it is difficult to change this mortal world. The "green eyes" in the poem means that when people are happy, their eyes are looking straight, and their black eyes are in the middle. Metaphor for people's love and attention (as opposed to "white eyes"). In the process of almsgiving, this monk is often given a cold shoulder by others, and even asking for directions is ignored by the world. However, the monk didn't care, but regarded it as an opportunity to educate the world. He left all the food to those who lived in poverty, so that those who looked on coldly could be affected. The following poem "Asking for directions, Baiyun Tou", written rather awkwardly, suddenly shows the realm of the whole poem, which is profound and profound.
The layman asked again, "Disciple Yulu, how can you see Buddha's nature?" To answer:
The heart is the Buddha. The most spiritual thing in the world.
Use it wisely, poor life. Everything is not as real as the heart.
The cloth bag monk answered the disciple's words skillfully. His thought that "the heart is the Buddha" is the embodiment of Zen epiphany. Zen wants disciples to break away from climbing and the outside world, but if they look at themselves from the heart and have a clean heart, their true Buddha nature will appear. If you are turned by the outside world, you will live in trouble and pain every day, let alone become a Buddha. The cloth-bag monk thinks that even though "the ten squares are the most spiritual things in the world, it is not as true as looking back at people's hearts."
The monk said, "When you get here, you must live in a temple house, not a family house." Answer in words:
I have Sambo soup, which is empty and colorless.
It is neither high nor low, and there is no cover or obstacle.
Scholars are in poor health, but those who seek talents are rare.
Wise men can understand arrangement, and there are no craftsmen in ancient times.
Four doors and four fruits are born, and ten parties are raised.
Disciples advised Buddhists to stay in monasteries instead of secular homes, lest they be despised by the world. The cloth bag monk responded to his disciples with this poem. He thinks that there is a Sanbaotang, which is empty, neither high nor low, and there is no shelter around it. The cloth bag monk said that the house he lived in was invisible and colorful, and the hall he said was a room with many people. If people are tolerant, they can tolerate everything. The poem goes on to say that this hall is comparable to a scholar's body, and it is rare for a dharma seeker to look concrete. People with great wisdom know how to decorate this kind of room without the carving of craftsmen. If a person has this kind of room, he can achieve positive results and get the support of ten parties.
After listening to the monk's words, the layman made a ceremony and said, "May the monk stay here again to show his disciples' respect. "In the evening, the teacher replied that the book was in the door of the layman.
I have a Buddha unknown to the world.
It's neither plastic nor plastic, nor carved.
There is no soil, no color.
If you can't draw, you won't steal.
The body is natural, clean and often bright.
Although it is an individual, it is hundreds of billions.
The integrated Buddha mentioned by the cloth bag monk refers to the self-Buddha, which is owned by everyone. This Buddha has no carving, no decoration, no soil, no color, no image and no sound. It is difficult for skilled painters to describe its image, and it is difficult for thieves who are best at stealing to cast spells. This pure Buddha nature is sufficient, pure and bright, but some people can't see their own nature, so they have troubles and pains. The Buddhists believe that although this Buddha nature is invisible, it can turn all beings into tens of billions of degrees.
Once a cloth-bag monk accepted a farmer's food support. The farmer asked him how to be a Taoist, and he replied:
With young crops in your hand, you can see the water in the sky with your head down.
Six clean roots become the Tao, and retreat into progress.
This poem is really about transplanting rice seedlings, not about meditation. The poet compares the ordinary labor of transplanting rice seedlings to farming. He believes that if people can be clean and pollution-free, then when transplanting rice, the monk's heart will be as clean as the water in the sky. At this time, people will return to their true colors and feel at ease. The last sentence of the poem tells us that as a labor force, the retreat of transplanting rice seedlings is actually progress. The philosophy of life contained in it is: to communicate with others, we must learn to tolerate others, and everything is higher in one step. When you forgive others, you will be rewarded by others' kindness and you will become a popular and successful person.
Once, a cloth bag monk passed by the market and saw people crowded. Sigh:
What do you want to do running around? Time passes in an instant.
Self-awareness needs to be realized quickly, and don't teach the ground to fall into a storm.
As the saying goes, "the world is full of benefits, and the world is full of benefits." People in the world are busy making a living all day, but time passes quickly. When people are not busy making a name for themselves, they don't feel that life is getting old. If a person doesn't know how to realize self-consciousness, he can only cycle in samsara and can't escape. The meaning of the cloth bag monk is to persuade people to gather food for their future while they are busy for their interests, and not to rise and fall forever in the cycle of life and death.
After writing the last poem in the bazaar, the cloth bag monk wrote a cloud:
Being interested in fame and fortune is busy. The word "fame" fell into a pit.
Illness will revive. The mind is the king of sleep.
The cloth bag monk thinks that the world is busy every day just to pursue fame and gain. In fact, fame and fortune is a trap. Once a person is bound by fame and fortune, he will never get out of this trap. Such people can never live the joy of life. Because fame and fortune often breed a person's greed, and when people have greed, they will create bad karma and bring pain to themselves and others. In this regard, the cloth bag monk put forward his own solution-"Illness should be returned to the mother's life, and a spiritual heart is the king of sleep." "The so-called" mother's face "is a term of Zen, which means a person's true colors and the purity of Buddha's nature. This is a topic that Zen apprentices often participate in. Once a person can realize his true colors, he is no longer confused or upside down, and he is an omniscient person.
Once, a fellow villager asked his teacher, "Why do you always carry a cloth bag?" A: "Bona Gan Kun. Holmium: "What's your interest?" The teacher replied:
Yuan Jueling is too bright in space. Everything is the same at present.
The top ten legal circles have covered it. It's just too pedantic.
When a villager asked the cloth bag monk what he often did with a cloth bag, the cloth bag monk replied, "Bao Na Gan Kun". Asked about his interest, the cloth bag monk answered in a few words. The proverb means that everyone has a bright and pure Buddha nature, and the lost person can't prove it because he is obsessed with delusion. If a person realizes it, he can't afford to treat everything separately. At this time, there is no choice between the top ten dharma circles in his eyes.
The cloth bag monk once received a quick confession from Master Guan. He asked, "When will you enter the customs today? The monk replied, "If there is discrepancy, it is not a Zen card; if there is no discrepancy, who is a Zen card?" "... there is no agreement, in and out of the same view, inaction, bodhi nirvana. "Ye Yue:
Guan Fei was isolated from the central government inside and outside, and his Zen thought was profound.
There is no news about the poor and mystery, and there is no way to learn more.
The so-called Zen card is only designed for the convenience of Zen believers who have not yet proved their Taoism. If people are enlightened, there is no need to go through customs, it's just an alias. Zen practice holds that if the mind is pure, everything will be pure, and if there is no delusion or persistence in the mind, wisdom will be natural and Buddha nature will be present. The reason why the Buddha said that he had not said a word about Buddhism for forty-nine years is because Buddhism is designed for those who are deeply rooted, with the aim of letting them practice Buddhism by listening to the scriptures and hearing the teachings. If everyone is enlightened, this formal thing can be discarded. This is what the cloth bag monk wants to tell you in this poem.
Ask the teacher: "How to change the guidance?" Answer in words:
Cross the street with the bright moon on your shoulder, and put Ding Gan Kun Mo in the canal.
In the face of holiness, everything is broken, and it is safe to cross alone.
This poem by the cloth bag monk expresses his way of educating people by life. The impression left by the cloth bag monk to others all his life is a crazy image. He never cares about the cynicism of others, but smiles at them. He changed the inferiority of all beings in his life with all beings in his own humiliating way. His "crossing the road with the bright moon on his shoulders and putting Dinggan Kun in the canal" is a random way of education. No matter how hard it is for all beings, the cloth bag monk will not lose heart. He believes that a person who really wants to free all sentient beings must treat the sacred objects equally, and will never stop until he frees all sentient beings. If you can do this, then the pure land of western bliss will definitely have a place for you.
The teacher stood in front of the temple, and the monk asked the teacher, "What have you been standing for so long? The teacher said, "I am an unborn person who attended Sakyamuni at this time." They smiled and said, "Your statement has been released for a long time. The teacher said, "You only know that the Buddha is extinct, but you don't know that the Buddha is still alive. If you know that you were not born, you will know that you are not dead. All I know is that I'm not dead. I'm Bao. When the truth came out, Jiao Ran was nothing. You and I are both like this, otherwise we will die in vain. " Ye Yue:
No life, no death, Buddhist style, no fall, no trace.
It feels mellow and quiet, and Longhua can't do it.
The purpose of monasticism is to achieve eternal nirvana. After a person enters nirvana, he can also use his wishes to save all sentient beings and freely shuttle between his mother-in-law and the pure land. At this time, no matter where you go, you can see your peaceful and harmonious Buddha nature everywhere. If it is proved to be true, Longhua does not need to study law, nor does it need to follow the law department of Ye Jia.
Before the extinction, the cloth-bag monk sat on the rock on the east porch of Lin Yue Temple and said:
Maitreya is really Maitreya. Hundreds of billions in two places.
Always show people the time. When people don't know.
This poem tells people that the cloth-bag monk was originally the incarnation of Maitreya Bodhisattva, and his incarnation can be seen everywhere in order to save all beings in different regions of the earth. Unfortunately, many people couldn't understand Maitreya's real intention at that time, not to mention that this crazy monk was the embodiment of Maitreya. They missed the opportunity to receive Maitreya education and had to sink into the sea of suffering. This shows a little regret of the cloth bag monk in the process of transforming all beings.
The poems of the cloth-bag monk illustrate the life attitude of the cloth-bag monk, which is compassionate, tolerant and patient from different aspects, telling people the correct way to treat people, and expounding his specific views on monasticism. If we modern Buddhist students can understand his poems carefully, we can not only master the correct method of revising the certificate, but also get guidance in dealing with people.