"I am sorry to be a Buddha when I was born, but in this life, I have realized my concentration." Perhaps, this sentence is more appropriate to describe this Zen monk. In this life, it is an extremely special blessing to realize the truth and become a Buddha, so as to resolve all

"I am sorry to be a Buddha, but in this life, I have realized the truth." Perhaps, this sentence is more appropriate to describe this Zen monk. In this life, it is an extremely special blessing to realize the truth and become a Buddha, so as to resolve all the mortal worlds. What's more, he was born as a Buddha. The Zen master who is the key to Taoism today is very difficult, and it can even be said to be the most extreme example of thousands of Zen monks: his behavior since childhood indicates that he was originally a Buddhist son, just like that from birth, he is like a Buddhist son reincarnated, and he will definitely achieve extraordinary achievements in this life. However, his life was so hard that he had experienced even more difficult things, from his parents, masters, and from his fellow disciples. It seems that everyone is preventing him from attaining enlightenment and becoming a Buddha, and becoming a destiny. He never expected that his behavior and a series of extraordinary behaviors would break this fate that was like the test of God in one fell swoop. Finally attaining the fruit position has attracted all sentient beings to praise: He was born as a Buddha, and he is no longer qualified to steal people from Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.

Just as sentient beings said : "His experience of enlightenment is inevitable that even the most inspiring TV series will be at a disadvantage, which is really special."

He is a legendary Zen monk, Zen Master Laiguo.

Next, let us open this fateful legend and realize the way of Zen Master Laiguo’s enlightenment in this life to become a Buddha.

Huanggang, Hubei, a boy came here, his common surname is Liu. However, since he was born, he was very unique, with his words and deeds, interests and hobbies, which were distinctly different from other children.

Other people's children are playing house, fighting and chasing, and are very happy. If there is fish eating, it will be even more joyful. But this boy has never liked fish and meat since childhood. Every time he smelled the meat, he kept silent. His daily interest in having fun made his parents confused and he didn't like chasing and fighting, but he only saw that he often pinched the soil and shaped it into clay statues, and worshipped it on the edge of the soil cave on the bank of the fields.

Originally, parents did not agree with it, thinking that it is normal for children to have their own unique hobbies, and they did not think too much about it. Life just went on like this.

When you see this, you who are reading in front of the screen may have thoughts and sighs like me: All this seems that this child has no unique hobby, just like he has become a Buddha in his previous life, and is here to realize enlightenment and experience the mortal world in this life. Just like the reincarnation of a Buddhist son.

Children grow up day by day, and naturally follow their parents' reading, studying the Four Books and Five Classics, and following their daily lives, they follow the path that their children should take. Unexpectedly, the child's talent surprised their parents and couldn't help but call : My child is a genius.

I only saw that this child could recite the Four Books and Five Classics in less than a year, as if his mind was shining. Parents are very happy, and their children's future lives have hope. Now, they are simply winning at the starting line.

But I never expected that the child's lotus seeds from childhood would bloom early at this moment, as if the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas could no longer hold back and could not wait for him to grow up. This experience completely opened up this ill-fated fate.

belongs to the long Buddhist road of Laiguo , and has begun.

A passage of the "Heart Sutra" was heard from a neighbor's monk, as if the Buddha had come to the earth in person, and it was like a coincidence.

"No wisdom or no obstacle." The sound comes into my ears, and the seeds of the Buddha nature in the heart seem to resonate with it. Suddenly, a thought arose from the depths and realized. "I really want to become a monk." This year, the child was only 7 years old.

At this moment, it was out of control, just like the flood of Yellow River . The entire future life path collapsed instantly. A series of behaviors ended to make parents feel a little worried.

This " Four Books and Five Classics " has been changed to the "Heart Sutra", which is 7 times a day, becoming an extracurricular homework for a 7-year-old child, which can be said to be self-learning and self-enlightening.

At this time, although all signs indicate that the child has formed an indissoluble bond with the Buddha and has the idea of ​​becoming a monk, after all, the child is still young and has no ability to become a monk.Naturally, it only became a thought in Laiguo's mind, without any action. In the eyes of outsiders, he just felt that he was interested in scriptures.

However, this trace of action finally came as scheduled, becoming a fate under cause and effect, and it could not escape...

This year, when I was 12 years old, the idea of ​​becoming a monk in my heart could no longer be held back. Then I resolutely went to Guiyuan Temple in Hanyang to become a monk and fulfill my wish.

However, everything is not the only way to come. The first time, it completely failed.

Before he arrived at the temple gate, his cousin who rushed to the scene was discovered and dragged it home.

He himself did not expect that at this moment, what he was about to wait for was the endless persuasion for the rest of his life.

The original concern of his parents instantly turned into anger, worried that he would become a monk again, and a series of words and deeds followed one after another. It seems that this time, parents will inevitably dispel all their children's desire to become monks and completely kill the Buddhist connection in their hearts in the cradle.

After all, such a talented child will surely be a brilliant future whether he is an official or a businessman in the future. It is impossible to tolerate him becoming a monk, and he has been buried for a lifetime since then.

I only see a stick around the child. "Kneel down!" A shout shocked everyone.

0 The child kneels at the table. I originally thought that my parents would use sticks as a method to break the fate of becoming a Buddha. How could I think that my parents' obstruction this time was extremely extreme. Parents have long known that purely fighting cannot solve the fundamental problem, nor can they eliminate the thoughts in their children's hearts.

Then, he put the fish in front of the fruit, and said everything with just a few words:

"After eating these meats, I will give up this matter. If you don't eat them, you and I will no longer have the affection of father and son. The Liu family is in my generation. If you are in this life, you will be beaten to death within three sticks, and clean up the portal to eliminate the harm." The father used this to force the child to eat meat, and used his powerful words to make the child feel wide open.

Now 12 years old Lai Guo, although her milk is not dry, she also knows that : Even if this food of meat has been completely eliminated, she has also eliminated the piety accumulated by her own heart. Then, in this life, there will naturally be no longer the face of becoming a monk. "At this moment, it was also seen that his parents didn't want to beat him, but they just wanted to make him stop the Buddhist chant in his heart and return to the secular world.

can only be reborn by compromise.

But no one would have thought that Laiguo, who was only 12 years old, would shock his parents.

only had only 8 sentences, saying everything, and decisively : "Please beat my father to death, and swear not to eat meat! "

, closed his eyes tightly, and his mind to die was determined. , this Buddha, he was determined.

, in my opinion, it seems that the Buddha and Bodhisattva deliberately came here just to test his determination to become a Buddha. It also seems that it was the good intentions of the parents in their hearts. This was not to make him return to secular life and eliminate the Buddha's thoughts. But to verify his wish to become a Buddha.

can parents truly let go of their worries.

, and they will no longer compete with Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and they will no longer stop you. " sticks were naturally not knocked down.

In the future, his parents did not stop him from eating vegetarian food and chanting scriptures. He had already passed this first test.

However, to be filial to his parents, he naturally had to bear the responsibility of the world.

In order to be full, Laiguo did not become a monk for the time being, but in the name of a lay Buddhist, he converted to the monk Dazhi.

Monster Dazhi gave him the method, which became his lifelong practice, that is, to ask "Who is the one who recites the Buddha's name? "

Ask who chants Buddha's name, it is a famous Zen case. Through continuous calculating one's mind, one can make one's doubts and guesses in the heart, which instantly eliminates the thoughts in the mind and achieve enlightenment.

The Buddha's name has been continuously doubts and guesses, never interrupted, until it was in a dream, and never forgets to recite.

Until 1905, he fulfilled his filial piety, and Zen Master Laiguo's official Buddhist path finally arrived as scheduled. Originally, the future Buddhist path could be counted as a wish that came from childhood.

This year, Laiguo went to Putuo Mountain to sing incense. Along the way, he met 5 ascetic monks and walked towards him.Looking at the monk's character, this is naturally very respectful. After a thought, I felt aroused from my heart again: This time, I must become a monk.

This time, there is no obstruction. Laiguo then fell into a monk and became a monk like an ascetic monk. He practiced and bowed three steps at a time. After 13 days of hardships along the way, he did not eat much food. Just those few words that are always in mind means constantly asking: Who is chanting Buddha’s name?

Finally, after a hard journey, I visited Baohua Mountain to take the ordination. But I never expected that a series of tests had just begun... It seemed that in this life, he had to understand the nature and become a Buddha through the ultimate tests.

Even Laiguo himself never thought that after entering Buddhism, he could still experience the troubles of the world.

As soon as I entered the temple, as a new monk who entered the temple for the first time, he naturally did not understand the rules of the temple. If it were a secular place, it would inevitably make jokes and even sarcastic. But the temple is also a peaceful place, so it can naturally be understood. However, Laiguo still couldn't escape this trouble. When the Zen monks in the temple saw the new monk making frequent mistakes, they actually humiliated and tortured him in various ways.

"Why do you come here to be a Zen monk? Go back to secular life."

"This is not the place you stay." The monks were merciless and criticized, and they became like childhood resignation to secular life.

This time, Lai Fruit was defeated. In anger, he resolutely left the temple. This moment became the doomsday in his heart.

In my heart, the ancient Buddha in the temple, the peaceful realm, the beautiful vision that has been preserved since childhood has suddenly turned into a bubble. The meaning of life also completely fell at this moment. Self-doubt filled the heart and swallowed the last trace of Buddha nature: It turns out that the so-called Buddhism is like the world, without any hope, and everything that you must pursue even when you were beaten to death in childhood is really worth it?

Leaving the temple, the fruit is like a walking corpse, and it has not eaten for several days. I was really hungry and had to look for garbage on the roadside to get some rotten fruits to fill my hunger. It's really cold, and it's lying on the same place as the wild dog . Even the beggars along the street couldn't bear to see this situation. It can be said that you can experience all the warmth and coldness of the world.

Laiguo was already discouraged at this moment, and the only remaining Buddha light seemed to have been destroyed.

At this moment, he could have chosen to return to his hometown, after all, his parents are still alive. However, he chose a completely wrong path.

committed suicide by jumping into the river.

Fortunately, his life should not be lost. When he jumped into the river, he was rescued by a monk.

"The monk is originally a human being, and becoming a Buddha is in his own heart." After the monk's advice, with just a word, like this last life-saving straw, a glimmer of hope arises from the fruit that has long been trapped in the quagmire.

This monk seemed to have become a Bodhisattva who enlightened the fruit, just to break the last obsession of the fruit in the extreme despair. In one thought, the Buddha nature of the fruit will eventually rekindle. It's like rebirth after putting it to death.

That’s right, why do you care about whether the monks in the temple are as compassionate as the Buddha, why do you care about whether the temple is pure and inaction, and why even becoming a Buddha requires others to come and pass on.

I want to be my own Buddha! Suddenly, the sentences "Who is reciting the Buddha's name?" came to my mind again. This time, Laiguo seemed to understand the true meaning of this sentence again. The Zen monks humiliated one by one, but it proved that Laiguo Zen skills were not enough. It turns out that they were here to save me.

All of this reminds me of the current sentence : There is no purity in my heart, even when I arrive in Tibet, there will be all kinds of troubles. If my heart is pure, then there will be Pure Land around me.

In this way, Laiguo immediately reached the Kingsoft to take the precepts. It is still the Zen monk who does not understand any temple rules, and it is still the countless tests. But this time, he held it.

Because he didn't understand the rules, he got countless incense boards every day, and the highest record was as high as more than 400 beats.

, it seems that I don’t care at all, but still “Who is chanting Buddha?” never interrupted.

When you recite it deep, you will make a vow.You should recite not only in the temple, but also in the world.

Then, begging for food and traveling around the world, regardless of the severe cold and heat, mountains, forests and fields. or between fields, by streams, or between graves. Along the way, you don’t beg for alms, don’t turn over, don’t ask for directions, and don’t close the store.

is just a thought in my mind, and it is endless. : "Who is reciting the Buddha's name?" If you have a little thought, you will start from the beginning. I recite it at sunrise, I recite it at sunset, I recite it in my dreams.

Wherever you go, it doesn’t matter where you go, just chanting the Buddha’s name. I wandered all the way, and I had endless guesses, and it took me two full years.

1907, when I returned to my hometown, met my parents, I finally returned to Kingsoft. Staying in the meditation hall and continuing to practice, the last wish among the Buddha's lords has already arisen.

"This time, we have the opportunity to enlightenment. This time, if we don't become enlightened, we won't leave the meditation hall."

is another sentence "Who is reciting the Buddha's name?" He does not speak, and does not care about external circumstances.

Even the monk came to serve the rice, but when I came to recite it, I forgot to raise the bowl. As soon as he saw this, the monk next to him immediately slapped the fruit, the bowls and chopsticks fell all over the floor, and the vegetable soup was sprinkled all over his body, but he still shouted the Buddha's name.

Here is a result of reciting the Buddha's name and entering into samadhi.

,000 sounds of Buddha's name eliminate the thoughts, and a sound of briskly awakens one's own nature.

On the evening of September 26, 34th year of the Guangxu period, a wooden fish sounded, and it seemed as if the last trace of desire was broken.

Laiguo... I suddenly realized cheerfulness, and he... had an epiphany. Suddenly, my body and mind were happy and realized the principles of thousands of Buddhas. The vision of this life has finally been fulfilled. The difficulties of life are like heavy burdens. In an instant, I cry endlessly, for joy.

hurriedly found a monk to verify it, and countless Buddhas' questions answered in a scattered manner.

"Who is chanting Buddha's name?" The inner feeling was immediately revealed. I sighed, it turns out that chanting Buddha's name is this .

1915, shortly after Zen Master Laiguo realized the truth, he was invited by the old monk Yuezu of Gaohao Temple to take over as the Dharma table of Zen Master Mingxuan, the former abbot of Gaohao Temple. Until 1953, he passed away in Shanghai.

This is the lifelong life of Zen Master Laiguo, and he bows to him.