A 19-year-old 985 beautiful high school student resolutely chose to become a nun after a trip to Tiantai Temple. When people around you learned about this, they were shocked: the great youth is wasted in vain. Have you encountered something bad?

A 19-year-old 985 beautiful high school student resolutely chose to become a monk after a trip to Tiantai Temple.

People around me were shocked when they learned about this: the great youth is so wasteful. Have you encountered something bad?

She did not explain too much, Qinglan, Ancient Buddha, practiced quietly.

Now, 14 years have passed, she still has a smile on her face, eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddha's name, and is unwilling to return to secular life.

She is the nun Shi Zheng Xiaotong, who is known as the "most beautiful nun".

What exactly made her decide to be with the green lamp often? What is the reason that she has been with her for 14 years and is still unwilling to return to secular life?

, and became a connection with Buddha

Shi Zhengxiao was the same, his original name was Shi Zhengxiao. He was born in the countryside of Henan in 1989 and his family was from an ordinary family. My mother is a Buddhist enthusiast. Just like some people like philosophy, history, and inspirational books, her mother likes Buddhist scriptures.

When she was a child, Shi Zhengxiao liked to do the most was to listen to her mother chanting scriptures. She held a well-behaved little face and listened quietly. Every Buddhist scripture that she didn't understand was like a nursery rhyme, causing ripples in her heart. When she grew up, she was no longer satisfied with listening, but picked up the book and read it with her mother. There was no lingering love between talented men and beautiful women, but there was great compassion in the world. Every time she read it, she always seemed to have some enlightenment and followed it day and night.

Before going to bed every night, Shi Zhengxiao must fall asleep with the company of Buddha's voice. In the quiet and long night, Buddhist scriptures are her most caring friend. Such an experience laid the groundwork for her major turning point in her future life.

Shi Zhengxiao is very spiritual.

When I was in junior high school, because I had no city household registration, the expensive borrowing fee became a problem. Shi Zhengxiao considered transferring and came to Railway Middle School. When transferring to junior high school, many people think that they must be able to make it to the original school.

But reality slapped them in the face hard. Shi Zhengxiao was admitted to Anyang Experimental High School, a key high school in the school. Everyone shut up and gave her a thumbs up.

When she went to high school, she worked harder. When others were still sleeping, Shi Zhengxiao had already gotten up and read in the morning. During class, she stayed in her seat to do questions. The way of heaven rewards hard work, Shi Zhengxiao has always been among the best in his academic performance.

In addition to studying, Shi Zheng is filial to others and is deeply loved by his classmates. In addition, she has a calmness and indifference that her peers do not have. Many teachers have predicted: This child is smart and intelligent, and his future will definitely be different. Once the excellent "seeds" fall, they will bloom and bear fruit. In the end, Shi Zhengxiao was admitted to the 985 key university - Shandong University with excellent results.

One trip, firmly believe that

One year off, my father asked Shi Zhengxiao where he wanted to go. My father thought it would be a playground, a park, etc., but he didn't expect that Shi Zhengxiao responded: "Tiantai Temple in Hong'an, Hubei," she said seriously.

The father was surprised at first, but then he figured it out that the child was influenced by her mother and fell in love with Buddhist scriptures and the temple.

Tiantai Temple is a thousand-year-old temple, quiet and elegant, with a lingering sound around the beams. As soon as Shi Zhengxiao entered the ancient temple, he felt unprecedented freedom and peace.

There are many trivial matters in the world, and the ancient temple has been in seclusion for a hundred years. Shi Zhengxiao fell in love with this place. She stroked the thick walls of the ancient temple and listened to the rustling leaves. A sound was about to come out in her heart.

When her father suggested that she could go back, she hesitantly said, "How many more days should I stay?" After

, Shi Zhengxiao, like other monks, drummed the bell in the evening, knelt on the cushion in the morning, straightened her back, folded her hands together, and meditated and recited the scriptures.

When she was fine, she slowly walked into the mountains, stared blankly and meditated, and listened to the sound of nature.

The good times are always short, and the holiday is about to end. My parents urged me over and over again until the ultimatum was issued, and Shi Zhengxiao left step by step: When will you wait for me next time?

Leaving Tiantai Temple, Shi Zhengxiao's life was all in chaos.

In life, she suffered from insomnia several times, and her mind was full of Buddhist scriptures and Sanskrit.

When she studied and played with her classmates, she would always feel inexplicably sad: "Is this what she wants?" Although the university life is colorful, she couldn't get any interest and felt that she didn't belong here.

The most amazing thing is that one night, Shi Zhengxiao had a strange dream. In the dream, she is the little boy of Buddha and has an egg in her hand.

Most people think it’s just a dream. When they wake up from the dream, everything will return to normal. But Shi Zhengxiao took it seriously. She felt that it was her fate with the Buddha, and that the Buddha was guiding her forward.

So Shi Zhengxiao made an amazing decision: to cut his hair into a nun and accompany the ancient Buddha of Qinglan.

The progress was blocked, and the original intention was not changed

If you want to become a monk, Shi Zhengxiao must also get the consent of your parents.

Buddhist precepts points out: "When you become a monk and receive the ten precepts , you must have no sixteen kinds of obstacles to your body", and "Parents do not allow it" is one of the sixteen kinds.

That is to say, if parents do not agree to their children becoming monks, they will not be allowed to take precepts even if they force themselves to become monks.

Shi Zhengxiao told his parents about his thoughts, but his mother did not stop him, but affirmed: "Everything follows your heart."

In just nine words, half of the stone in Shi Zhengxiao's heart fell.

In contrast, his father was not obsessed with Buddhism and was always persuading his daughter what a beautiful youth and a bright future. But Shi Zhengxiao let go of all this. As his mother said, a person lives in his life and follows his heart.

My father compromised and chose to support him.

At the slaughter ceremony, when he saw his daughter's long hair fall little by little, his daughter's past is all the joy of the world flashes in front of his eyes, but his father still couldn't help but burst into tears several times.

And Shi Zhengxiao reached out and touched his bare head. He felt a little uncomfortable, and he returned to peace soon.

At this moment, there is no more filial piety in the world, and Buddhism has the same filial piety in Shi Zheng.

The news of Shi Zhengxiaotong becoming a monk quickly spread to relatives and friends. Someone asked, "Is something happening? Let's find a way together."

Some people also condemned Shi Zhengxiaotong's mother: "Is there something wrong with your child?"

Although he clearly has a great youth and a bright future, he chose to become a monk and nun, which many people said they could not understand.

Faced with all kinds of speculations and accusations, Shi Zhengxiao and his parents would say plainly: "It's good for children to like them. After all, there is nothing more important than seeing children happy."

"The Most Beautiful Nun", practicing on the mountain

Shi Zhengxiaotong officially started his life of practice. Practicing on the mountain is not what we think. Just collect some incense money in the temple every day and clean it up.

Practice is much more difficult than we imagined.

Shi Zhengxiao ate lightly. Steamed buns and vegetables are eaten every day and every meal, and ordinary people can't stand it, but Shi Zheng Xiaotong is happy to eat and eats his own rice bowl "shiny". Faced with the inquiries from other monks and nuns, she responded calmly: "I just wiped the soup on the bowl with steamed buns."

Shi Zhengxiaotong dressed simply. In the same quarter, I only wore one monk's robe. If it was torn, I would apply a patch to continue wearing it. The sewing of socks is not that there is no new one, but that I feel that there is no need to change it.

Shi Zhengxiao lived with him in an extremely simple way. A wooden bed, just a few scriptures.

Shi Zhengxiaotong is empty every time he travels. There are strict regulations on the use of mobile phones, computers and the Internet in the temple. Many people probably find it strange if they don’t bring their mobile phones when going out, but Shi Zhengxiaotong smiled and climbed to the top of the mountain step by step, with relaxed steps: as graceful as a stunning geese, as gentle as a dragon, without any impact.

was sweating, so I wiped it with my hands briefly. Every time I arrived at a place, I stopped, folded my hands together, and bowed my head slightly.

The pain of practice is not only that. Although Shi Zhengxiaotong was a woman, she was full of energy. She was struggling to do heavy tasks such as carrying water and chopping wood. Even when cleaning the temple, she took the initiative to undertake the hardest and most tiring work - cleaning the toilet.

day after day, Shi Zhengxiaotong has been doing it for 14 years.

Some people think that this kind of life is too hard, but she enjoys it and finds new fun in the process of practicing: Zen .

Learning Zen music is not easy. Shi Zhengxiaotong once said: "At that time, I was 20 years old and the learning conditions were very difficult. There were no teachers on the mountain. They all took a car and went down the mountain to Wuhan to study. It took only six or seven hours on the way back and forth. Many people did not understand this kind of practice and chose to leave."

and she persisted.

Then, Shi Zhengxiaotong joined the Guangxuan Art Troupe with his intelligent mind and practiced day after day. This is a special Zen team composed of young people and serves as the host and starring.

A temple event was held by tourists, and the photos hosted by Shi Zhengxiao were posted online. With his outstanding appearance and sweet smile, Shi Zhengxiaotong instantly won the hearts of many netizens and was called "the most beautiful nun in China."

After Shi Zhengxiaotong became famous, more and more people came to her name.

After watching the performance, some tourists sighed: "I once learned that when Guangxuan Art Troupe, I didn't have much expectation. In my opinion, as long as the performance was almost done for fun, but after watching, their performance really shocked me, which I didn't expect at all."

Some people also said: "After coming here, I felt a sudden enlightenment when I heard the music."

If there is praise, there will be doubts.

"Mencius, men and women should avoid it, but you rehearse together and perform on the same stage. Isn't it wrong?"

Shi Zhengxiao responded: "Precepts are the foundation of our life. During the performance, the program list is written on the blackboard. There will be no communication between men and women. There is indeed something that needs communication. More than 3 people must be present, with a low eye, and simply explain the matter clearly."

Some people also said: "This world is too crazy, and monks and nuns are also crazy, forgetting their identity!"

"Mencius still dances, plays some folk songs, and sings Christian songs. Isn't the six senses pure? It’s better to return to the secular world! ”

Faced with doubts, Shi Zhengxiaotong once said: “Zen music is the performance of Zen practitioners, very tolerant, without borders and religions, and all things in the world are good and beautiful, we will praise them.”

Just as the abbot of Tiantai Temple said: “This is a worldview, and Zen music is also a way of practice.”

became a monk because of dreams, without regrets

Now, 14 years have passed, and many people are looking forward to the girl who became a monk because of dreams and suddenly wake up one day, but the reality is that she “dormed” in Tiantai Temple.

Shi Zhengxiaotong not only became the "pillar" of the band, but also became well-known and became an Internet celebrity.

Compared with the complicated and complicated life outside, Shi Zhengxiaotong prefers the pure and peaceful life in the temple, immersed in the Buddhist path and doing what he loves, which is very comfortable.

She once said: "Actually, our life is nothing more than pursuing happiness and happiness. Here, there is fresh air, you can learn Zen and cultivate your body and nature. Such a life is simple and natural. I think this is my happy life."

What is a happy life?

Everyone’s answers are different: some people like to pursue wealth, some people like to be ordinary, some people like to live in colorful life, some people like to stimulate, and some people hope to achieve success in their careers...

Writer Maugham once said: We have actually all lived like others.

Whether it is success or wealth, it is the so-called happiness of secular people. For such happiness, grow up under the expectations of others and quietly walk the rest of their lives according to the wishes of others. But I never thought that life is what I want now?

But Shi Zhengxiao is different. In order to pursue the dream in his heart, he silently persevered and never retreated. He also admitted: He does not regret his original decision and is still willing to be with the ancient Buddha of Qinglan.

Even though, many people still don’t understand why Shi Zhengxiaotong would rather give up the unattainable university and bright future of others than choose to become a nun, but her original intention remains unchanged and she continues to practice.

For dreams, it is easy to work hard for a while, but it is very difficult to pursue your dreams after spending your whole life. Are you ready?

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Author: Bird

Editor: Daniel Li

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