Four classic love stories of Buddhism
First, who buried you in previous lives
Once upon a time, there was a scholar who made an appointment with his fiancee to get married. On that day, the fiancee married someone else.
the scholar was hit by this and couldn't afford to get sick. At this time, passing by a monk, he pulled out a mirror from his arms and asked the scholar to look at it. The scholar saw the vast sea, and a murdered woman was lying naked on the beach. Passed by a man, took a look, shook his head and left. Another man passed by, took off his clothes, covered the woman's body and left. Pass by another person, go over, dig a hole and bury the body carefully.
The monk explained that the female corpse on the beach was your fiancee's previous life. You are the second person who passed by and gave him a dress. She fell in love with you in this life, just to repay you.
But in the end, she has to repay the person for the rest of her life. It is the last person who buried her, and that person is her current husband. A scholar realizes that he has recovered from illness.
Second, Pearl and Zhicao
On the eaves of the legendary Lingyin Temple, there is a spider who has been weaving webs for thousands of years. One day, the Buddha said to the spider, "What is the most precious thing in life?" The spider said, "I didn't get it." Buddha said, "Think again" and left. After another thousand years, the Buddha asked the spider again, "What is the most precious thing in life?" The spider still said, "I didn't get it." Suddenly one day, a strong wind blew a drop of dew onto the spider's web. When the spider saw the dew crystal clear, she liked it very much. The spider looked at it every day and felt that these days were the happiest. But suddenly one day, a strong wind blew away the dew, and the spider was not only sad for a while. The Buddha asked the spider again, "What is the most precious thing in life?" The spider said, "it is not obtained and lost!" " Buddha said: "If you still think that you have not got it and lost it, then take a trip to the world!" " . So, the spider reincarnated into an official's house and became a rich lady. Her parents named her Pearl. In a flash, after 16 years, Pearl has grown into a graceful girl. This year, the emperor held a celebration banquet in the back garden for the champion of Jinke, Ganlu, who was at the dinner, making poems and singing songs, and displaying her talents. All the girls present were fascinated by Ganlu, including the youngest princess of the emperor, Princess Changfeng, and Pearl, who were calm, because she knew that this was God's arrangement and was destined to be her.
A few days later, Pearl accompanied her mother to the temple to burn incense. It happened that she met Ganlu and accompanied her mother to burn incense. Soon, their mothers chatted with each other, and Pearl and Ganlu also went to the corridor to chat. During the conversation, Pearl did not feel Ganlu's love for herself at all. She not only asked, Have you forgotten the spider in Lingyin Temple 16 years ago? "Manna looked at Pearl in surprise and said," You are beautiful, lovely and very likable, but you are too imaginative, aren't you? " With that, she took her mother by the arm and left. Pearl wondered why God had arranged this marriage, but he didn't remember himself. A few days later, the emperor betrothed Pearl to Prince Zhicao. Pearl was really desperate, and her health was getting weaker and weaker, and she lost her desire for life. After hearing this, Prince Zhicao ran to Pearl's bed and said, "I fell in love with you at first sight in the back garden that day, and I begged my father to get married. If you died, I would live." The Buddha said to Pearl, who was out of body experience, "That day, you met the dew. Have you ever wondered what brought the dew to you? It was the wind. The dew was just an episode in your life, and finally it was taken away by the strong wind. The dew belongs to Princess Changfeng after all. Zhicao is the grass that grew in front of Lingyin Temple three thousand years ago. It looked at you for three thousand years and loved you for three thousand years, but you never looked down at it, spider. Let me ask you again: "What is the most precious thing in life?" Pearl seemed to suddenly realize: "The most precious thing in life is not what has not been gained and lost, but the happiness that is being grasped." After hearing this, the Buddha disappeared, and Pearl's out-of-body soul returned to her body. When she opened her eyes, she saw Prince Zhicao, who was about to commit suicide. She quickly knocked off the dagger and hugged Zhicao tightly.
3. Waiting for a Millennium
There was a beautiful young girl who was born in a rich family and was versatile. The threshold of her family was almost broken by the matchmaker, and she still didn't want to get married, because she was always looking forward to the appearance of Mr. Right.
One day, she went to a temple fair for fun. In the crowded crowd, she caught a glimpse of a young man, knowing in her heart that it was the one she was waiting for. However, the scene was so crowded that she couldn't get close to him anyway, and finally she watched her sweetheart disappear into the crowd. After that, the girl looked for this man everywhere, but this young man was like into thin air and never appeared again. Lonely, she only prays at dawn and dusk every day, hoping to see that man again. Her sincerity touched the Buddha's heart, so she appeared as she wished.
Buddha asked her, "Do you want to see that man again? ""yes, even a glance will do!
What if you give up everything you have, including loving your family and living a happy life?
"I'm willing to give up" girls are obsessed with love.
"You have to practice for 5 years before you can meet him. You won't regret it, will you?
"I don't regret it" is categorical.
So the girl turned into a big stone and lay in the wild. After 499 years of exposure to the wind and the sun, the girl didn't feel bitter. What was sad was that she didn't see anyone for more than 4 years, and she couldn't see a little hope, which made her face collapse. In the last year, a quarrying team came, took a fancy to her, chiseled her into stones and transported her to the city. It turned out that a stone bridge was being built in the city, so the girl became a guardrail of the stone bridge. On the first day when the stone bridge was built, the girl saw the man who had been waiting for 5 years! He walked across the stone bridge in a hurry. Of course, men won't notice that there is a stone staring at him. The man disappeared again.
Buddha's voice appeared again: "Are you satisfied?
"no! Why am I the guardrail of the bridge? If I were laid in the middle of the bridge, I could meet him and touch him! "
" Want to touch him? Then you have to practice for 5 years! "
" I do! "
" It's bitter, don't you regret it? "
" No regrets!
This time, the girl has become a big tree, standing on an official road where people come and go. Every day, many people pass by, and the girl watches every day, but this is even worse, because countless hopes have been exchanged for countless hopes. If it weren't for the first 5 years of practice, the girl would have collapsed! As the days passed, the girl's heart gradually calmed down. She knew that he would not appear until the last day. It's another 5 years. On the last day, the girl knew he would come, but her heart was no longer excited. He finally came! Still wearing her favorite white gown, her face is still so beautiful, and the girl looks at him every time. This time, he didn't rush by, because it was too hot. He noticed a big tree by the roadside. Have a rest, he thought. He came under the tree, leaned against the roots, closed his eyes and fell asleep. The girl touched him, and he was close to her! However, she can't talk to him about this thousand-year-old lovesickness. Only try our best to gather the shade of trees to keep out the sinister sunshine for him. The man only takes a nap, because he has something to do. He pats the dust on his gown. Before he leaves, he looks back, touches the trunk gently, and then leaves without looking back!
When the man gradually disappeared, the Buddha appeared again.
"Do you still want to be his wife? Then you have to practice.
The girl calmly interrupted the Buddha's words: "I really want to, but I don't have to. "
" Oh? "
" This is already very good. If you love him, you don't have to be his wife. "
" oh!
"Has his present wife ever suffered like me? "The girl is thoughtful.
Buddha nodded slightly.
The girl smiled and said, "I can do it, but it's not necessary.
at this moment, the girl seems to find that the Buddha sighed slightly.
The girl was a little surprised: "Does the Buddha have something on his mind? "
" That's good. There is a boy who can wait for you for a thousand years. He has been practicing for two thousand years just to see you. Buddha's face was full of smiles
Fourth, the four wives of a businessman
Once upon a time, there was a man who married four wives, and the fourth wife was deeply loved by her husband, who was always with her no matter whether he was sitting or standing. The third wife was obtained through hard work, and her husband often talked sweetly around her, but he was not as fond of the fourth wife as he was. The second wife and her husband often meet and comfort each other, just like friends. As long as we are together, we will be satisfied with each other. Once we are separated, we will miss each other. The first wife, like a handmaid, does all the heavy work in the family. She is in all kinds of troubles, but she has no complaints and has almost no place in her husband's heart.
One day, this man was going abroad for a long trip. He said to his four wives, "Will you come with me?"
The fourth wife replied, "I don't want to go with you."
The husband hates her heartlessness, so he calls his third wife and asks, "Can you go with me?" The third wife replied, "Even your favorite fourth wife won't go with you. Why should I go with you?"
The husband called his second wife and said, "Can you accompany me to go abroad?" "I am indebted to you and can send you out of town, but if you want me to accompany you abroad, I can't promise."
The husband also hates the second wife's heartlessness and says to the first wife, "I'm going to travel abroad. Can you accompany me?"
The first wife replied, "I left my parents and committed myself to you, and I will never leave your side, no matter whether I am bitter or happy or alive or dead. No matter where you go or how far you go, I will definitely go with you. "
His three favorite wives refused to accompany him, so he had to take his first wife, who was by no means the right person, and leave the capital.
It turns out that the foreign country he is going to is the world of death. A husband with four wives is human consciousness.
the fourth wife is a human body. Human beings love the body as much as a husband cares about his fourth wife. However, if the time comes and life ends, the soul will always leave alone with the sins of this world, and the body will fall to the ground and there is no way to accompany it.
A third wife is nothing less than human wealth. No matter how hard the treasure is stored, you can't take away a penny when you die.
The second wife is parents, wife and children, brothers, relatives, friends and servants. People live in the world, love each other, miss each other, and are inseparable. When a god of death is in charge, he will cry and send it to the grave outside the city. Before long, I will gradually forget this matter and rejoin the rush of life.
The first wife is a human heart, and we are inseparable. It is so closely related to us, but it is easy for us to ignore it and concentrate on the illusory body instead.
These four stories contain the philosophy of life.