Once upon a time, going to a temple to burn incense and worship Buddha only needed to bring a sincere heart and three incense sticks, but now to go to the temple, you need not only tickets but also joss sticks.
It is understandable to receive tickets. After all, the daily operation of the temple also needs funds, but an ordinary joss stick is more than twice as expensive as outside.
This point, the author can be said to have a deep understanding!
Of course, different people have different views on this phenomenon, some oppose it, and naturally some agree with it.
In fact, not only the temple itself, but also the living conditions of some monks nowadays are beyond our understanding of monks in the traditional sense!
For example, the one we are about to talk about in this article- "black silk female monk" Shi Zhiding , her story will surely surprise you.
Shi Zhiding, formerly known as Shi Aiwen, was born in 1967 in an ordinary family in Jilin Province, China. Her family is not rich, it can even be said to be relatively tight.
It may be because of a bad background. Shi Aiwen had a strong desire for money very early. She always dreamed that one day she could make a lot of money, get rid of her current life, and realize the so-called freedom of wealth.
However, the cruel reality shattered her dream of getting rich!
Because she does not have a high degree of education, and she does not have strong skills, she can only work part-time jobs to make ends meet.
Although she is exhausted and panting every day, the money she earns can only make ends meet, which is not enough to realize her so-called dream of getting rich.
Since you can't realize your dreams in the mainland, you can simply go overseas and create a world of your own.
In 1993, despite the opposition of her family, Shi Aiwen resolutely went to Hong Kong from the mainland to find a new way out.
Hong Kong in that era,It is one of the most prosperous areas in China. Although it has not yet returned, there are already many people in mainland China who have been doing business, working and studying in the past! Therefore, Shi Aiwen is not considered a "special case".
But the question is, after arriving in Hong Kong, can you really soar into the sky?
The answer is of course no! Although there are many opportunities in big cities, it is not easy to seize them.
A person needs to have real ability no matter when and where he is. A person without strong ability can't grasp it no matter how many opportunities there are.
However, for Shi Aiwen, who has just arrived in Hong Kong, what worries her is not the so-called academic qualifications and skills, but the account!
As a migrant worker, it is naturally impossible for Shi Aiwen to have a local household registration, and she cannot enjoy the treatment of a local citizen in Hong Kong.
Therefore, the household registration problem has become the primary problem that Shi Aiwen needs to solve urgently. Whether you can take root in Hong Kong depends on whether you can get a local hukou!
But the question is, how can I get a local Hukou? After some inquiries, Shi Aiwen learned: As long as marries a local Hongkonger, he can get a Hong Kong hukou.
Soon, with the help of a friend, Shi Aiwen married a truck driver surnamed ‘Cen’ and successfully obtained a Hong Kong hukou and changed his name to ‘Long Enlai’.
However, this is just the first step in her plan!
After marriage, Shi Aiwen's life has not changed much. Although she has no worries about food and clothing, there is still a big gap with her dream of luxurious life of "good clothes and good food".
Especially after seeing the luxurious life of those rich ladies in Hong Kong, it stimulated her desire to chase wealth.
So,After getting the Hong Kong resident identity card, she filed for a divorce for her husband!
I don’t know when Shi Aiwen started to think about the temple. She heard that the donations and sesame oil money in the temple can reach tens of millions of dollars each year. The monks live in the temple. It is very "moisturizing".
So, in 2002, Shi Aiwen came to Po Lin Monastery in Hong Kong to become a monk and was given the title "Shi Zhiding (hereafter referred to as this name)". Her master was the sixth of Po Lin Monastery. The abbot'Chuhui Great Monk'.
After entering Buddhism, Shi Zhiding showed superb learning ability and comprehension. The master also liked this clever disciple more and more. He took great care of her and deliberately cultivated her as his successor.
If it weren’t for something later, I’m afraid no one would believe that this Buddhist disciple, who is both excellent in character and learning, would be such a person of inconsistency.
However, as everyone knows, Shi Zhiding’s usual behaviors are deliberately disguised by her, the purpose is to become the successor of Master Chuhui, so as to realize her dream of “get rich”.
Later, Shi Zhiding became the abbot of Dinghui Temple. At this time, she has already ushered in the pinnacle of her life.
Shi Zhiding, who has mastered the power of the temple, can finally officially start her road to wealth!
In August 2006, the 39-year-old Shi Zhiding married the 23-year-old mainland businessman ‘Liu Jianqiang’.
It is worth mentioning that this Liu Jianqiang also became a monk in his early years. The reason why he married Shi Zhiding, who was more than 10 years older than him, was not only because of the so-called love, but because of the gain. Opportunities for Hong Kong to "make money".
After marriage, the husband and wife began to "join forces" to expand their "business". Liu Jianqiang not only successfully obtained the Hong Kong permanent resident identity card , but also obtained the law from the Po Lin Monastery Number-"Shi Zhiqiang".
Seven years passed in a blink of an eye,The "marriage of interests" between Shi Zhiding and Shi Zhiqiang also came to an end, and the two immediately went through the divorce procedures.
However, it didn't take long for Shi Zhiding to find a male teacher named "Gao Wuguo" to develop a relationship. The two officially registered for marriage at the end of October 2012.
What is interesting is that , a Gaowu country, was also a monk who was originally a monk . After marrying Shi Zhiding, he also received the title "Shi Zhiguang" from Baolian Monastery and served as the foreman in the temple. The status is very high.
As everyone knows, nuns and monks cannot get married. Shi Zhiding’s move undoubtedly violated the Buddhist precept .
However, Shi Zhiding gave a high-sounding explanation: The purpose of 's "fake marriage" with people is to import mainland talents for Hong Kong.
According to Shi Zhiding's explanation, her approach was not only without fault, but also meritorious. In order to import talents to Hong Kong, she was "a last resort".
But in fact, this explanation is just to cover up her corruption!
Shi Zhiding started to build his own material life after taking the power of the temple!
She not only spent a lot of money to build a luxurious house for herself in the temple, but also equipped with various luxury cars. 's original Buddhist shrine has become her "back garden" for enjoyment.
However, the most annoying thing is that Shi Zhiding does not look like a monk when he dresses up. He even wears black stockings in his robes, which is simply incomprehensible.
From the outside, Dinghui Temple is a dilapidated "broken temple". It has been eroded by termites everywhere. The walls have become moldy and black, and the floor tiles have also cracked due to damage. At first glance, the entire "destroyed scene" ".
It is said that before this, some real estate developers said that they would spend hundreds of millions of yuan to acquire this place.But Shi Zhiding refused, which meant that he "sees money as dung."
But in fact, all this is just to whitewash the bluff!
According to the "Shen Xin" who once entered the room of the hostess Shi Zhiding, there are nine wardrobes of different sizes and cabinets for storing skin care and beauty products.
Not only that, it also has a private bathroom, there are wigs in the closet, and many styles of clothes and skirts, as well as a large number of foreign brand-name cosmetics, leather shoes and so on.
It is worth mentioning that there is actually a hair dryer inside! Perhaps no one would have imagined that a monk who had shaved his hair would even need to blow his hair?
As the abbot of a temple, Shi Zhiding does not usually live in the temple, but lives in her private villa.
Normally "going to work" in the temple during the day. At night, sitting in a seven-person RV driven by a male driver, went straight to the Beverly Hills Villa in Tai Po for the night.
According to reports, this villa was bought in December 2012 for 39.5 million yuan in the name of Shi Zhiding’s apprentice ‘Wang Hui (fa name Shi Miaohui)’.
This ‘Wang Hui’ came from the Mainland. He was married before he became a monk and has two daughters. The eldest daughter is 9 years old!
The abbot of a temple can actually have a huge sum of tens of millions. Looking at the long history, this is probably the only case.
In addition, Shi Zhiding's daily life is also extremely extravagant.
If there is no obligatory ritual in the temple, Shi Zhiding will continue to sleep in her luxurious suite after returning from the villa to the temple. After waking up at noon, he will take his apprentice Wang Hui to the nearby shopping mall to go shopping and drink afternoon tea.
In addition, on the electronic products, Shi Zhiding uses the latest Apple mobile phones and Apple computers. As for travel on weekdays, they are basically BBA-class vehicles.
As the abbot of the temple, Shi Zhiding not only does not recite Buddhist scriptures, but often goes out to "have fun", or drink and play cards with friends of three or five, or go to five-star hotels to enjoy the delicacies of the mountains and the sea.
In addition, Shi Zhiding also likes dogs very much, and she has reached an unparalleled level of petting dogs.
Outside the door of Shi Zhiding's room, a sentence was posted: "There are big and small treasures inside, please be careful when entering and exiting, please close the door".
The so-called "Xia Bao" refers to the two dogs she raised.
In the summer, the air conditioner in Shi Zhiding's room is on for 24 hours, but this is not for people, but for dogs. It is said that spends as much as HK$7,000 on dog food every month.
At that time, ordinary office workers did not earn so much a month's salary, which shows the extravagance of their lives.
But we can't help but wonder: Where did Shi Zhiding come from?
The first source, and the largest source at the same time, namely- social donations.
As we mentioned above, after Shi Zhiding became the abbot of Dinghui Temple, some developers once took a fancy to the temple land and expressed willingness to buy it at a price of hundreds of millions.
Perhaps in the eyes of the developer, Dinghui Temple is already dilapidated, and the monks in the temple have a difficult life, so the abbot Shi Zhiding must be able to accept such "rich" conditions.
The result was disappointing developers! Facing the temptation of hundreds of millions of acquisition funds, Shi Zhiding was unmoved and decisively rejected the developer's acquisition request.
After the incident was exposed, people praised Shi Zhiding's actions, and praised her for her spine, who regarded money as dung, and maintained the character that a monk should have.
and from then on,Many people began to donate money to Dinghui Temple spontaneously to repair the temple and improve the living conditions of the monks in the temple. In the end, as much as 6.7 million yuan was raised.
However, in later investigations, it was discovered that the 6.7 million donation was not used to repair the temple, but it was still unknown.
The money is of course used for Shi Zhiding’s personal enjoyment!
Although Dinghui Temple has a lot of income, its accounts are very messy.
It is reported that Dinghui Temple spent 1.6 million yuan in 2014, of which there was a communication fee of up to 240,000 yuan , I really don’t know what these so-called "communication fees" are used for "communication" Up.
The most ridiculous thing is that there is actually a transportation fee of up to 180,000 yuan. If it is not a national trip, the so-called transportation fee is really not so much.
According to the director of Dinghui Temple' 翁静晶', she felt that these accounts were fraudulent, and said that there were also certain loopholes in the Hong Kong tax system, and the insufficient supervision of accounts for charitable purposes led to the misappropriation of these donations. .
I have to say that Shi Zhiding’s behavior is indeed annoying. In most of us, monks are pure, spontaneous, humble, selfless, and compassionate, but in Shi Zhiding, we are You can only see extravagance, corruption, and worship of money, which is simply a shame in Buddhism.
Good and evil will eventually be rewarded, and the way of heaven is reincarnation; if you don’t believe it, look up, who will be spared by the heavens! In 2015, officers from the Hong Kong Immigration Department rushed to Dinghui Temple to investigate Shi Zhiding's alleged "fake marriage" and so on, and he was immediately arrested.
Also arrested together are Shi Zhiding’s current husband Shi Zhiguang and his apprentice Wang Hui.There is also a servant. waiting for them will be sanctions by law!
The end of a temple hostess who spends her money like this is really sad!
"Black Silk Female Monk" Shi Zhiding's story is finished, I don't know what touches you the most?
In the author's opinion, the influence and control of 's "desire" on a person is very terrifying. Some people take risks at all costs for their "greed" and bring harm to the country and society.
Shi Zhiding converted to Buddhism for more than ten years and read countless Buddhist scriptures. Why didn't he understand the simple truth of "karma"?
Of course, this may have something to do with her early life, but this is not the main reason.
As time goes by, one's perception and attitude towards money will change, and one will not take risks for the sake of money and do something that violates discipline.
Obviously, in addition to the impact of childhood, Shi Zhiding's own personality defects and the prosperous situation in Hong Kong are also important reasons for her to embark on this "road of no return".
As the saying goes: A gentleman loves money and he gets it in a good way! We must not go down the path of Shi Zhiding for the sake of money.
On the contrary, we must be down-to-earth and use our hard-working hands to create our own wealth.
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