This Jie Zen monk once entered the dilapidated thatched hut, but did not leave the door and the door was not open. He practiced with this for a full 9 years. The Mantra of Guanyin is integrated into one's own mind, becoming the way of practice throughout one's life and being praised by all sentient beings. However, under these Buddhas' fate, they have the ultimate test of the world. They have been suffering for half of their lives, starving and freezing, and have no money in their bodies, and have suffered the bitter fruit of the unming prison. This worldly real makes sentient beings unable to bear it: Such suffering is difficult for gods and Buddhas to practice, which is a heavenly disaster. How could he know that this Zen monk's practice of sitting and lying down, and he finally told all the things he did to all sentient beings. He ended up over the tribulation and finally achieved the right result: He experienced all the real sufferings in the world, realized the sufferings, and saved all sentient beings. He showed the truest appearance of a Zen monk.
He is an Zen monk, Elder Bai Guang. In my opinion, he is a Zen monk who truly comes from the sufferings of the world, and is a living Buddha on earth. Perhaps, only by coming from the common people can we truly realize the sufferings in the world and save all sentient beings.
Next, let us enter the long path of Elder Bai Guang’s practice and realize his lifelong character of saving all living beings throughout his life.
1926, in Xinjin County, Chengdu, a child was born in his ancestral home, commonly known as Hu Jilin. Originally, the birth of a child indicates a good fortune, and the future life must be full of hope. However, since he was born, God has brought the ultimate test, just as the child's suffering fate had already begun early at this time of childhood, which is really sad.
The child's mother unfortunately passed away due to illness, like a bolt from the blue. Once it fell, it shattered the hearts of the whole family. In this way, the child has lost the flesh and blood that he should have before he feels his mother's careful care and has not yet taken a good look at her mother's appearance. The thought of impermanence in life has taken root in my heart so early.
Then, the child had to rely on the raising of his grandfather and gradually grew up. Composition of a childhood like my own incomplete love.
However, God may not bear the suffering of children in this world, but there is more cause and effect in their destiny. My grandfather's walking and sitting in the bedroom, and the child was influenced by his eyes and saw this pain.
Grandfather believed in Buddhism devoutly, murmured the Buddha's voice, and said the Guanyin mantra, lingering in the house. All of this, like the seeds of Buddha nature, instantly resonate with children and are kept in mind. Since then, since childhood, children have often recited this scripture, and thus became a beacon in their hearts. Just wait for one day to illuminate all living beings.
s few scriptures are in my heart, step by step, and it has been several years since the child has grown up slowly and has reached the age of studying. My grandfather is gradually getting older. My grandfather knew that children must grow up and like other peers, read and write, create their own life path, and change their destiny. And I am getting older and following myself, the future will be foggy.
A thought in my heart arose in my grandfather's heart, which can be said to have expressed the last truth of this only relative.
The child’s eldest uncle has no descendants and the only asset in the family is only 20 acres of rice fields. Immediately, after taking the lead, he adopted the child to his eldest uncle.
One, children can accompany their uncles to live in their old age and see them off. Secondly, in the future, these 20 acres of fertile land can also become the last straw for children to settle down.
This became the only hope for the child’s future and the last thought of the grandfather. How could I know that this decision completely changed the fate of a child in his life.
Everything is like the will of God in the dark, and it is like the two elders who have already laid bricks and tiles for it, and have long known their fate in the future.
Shortly after adoption, a double bad news was merciless, sweeping over again like a storm, without a trace of breathing.
Uncle, grandfathers died of illness one after another, which is so sad...
These 20 acres of fertile land have become their greatest ambition: Use fertile land to provide children with school and study.
All of this seems to be like God testing young children with a sad life. Like family members, they take their lives as the price, and they do not hesitate to save this child and change their fate.
Perhaps, his future is already doomed to be extraordinary.Perhaps, at this moment, the wheel of destiny opened, officially opening the curtain of his life.
Then, according to the wishes of the two elders, the relatives at home used the income obtained from 20 acres of rice fields to provide children with the income obtained from their children to school.
This journey has never stopped from elementary school to junior high school, and until high school graduation. The child naturally carried the great wishes of the two elders and their biological mothers. He studied hard and achieved remarkable results.
1945, finally, with his own strength, he was admitted to the Chinese Department of Sichuan University in one fell swoop. He also became a work-study student, half-working and half-study. Reduced a burden to the family's economy.
As Bai Guang recalled : People should be diligent and have great ambitions. Only by studying hard can they achieve themselves. This is to be diligent and determined.
In this way, the long life is finally filled with joy at the moment of clearing the clouds and fog to see the bright moon. It seems that the pain of life since childhood has been gone.
In the future, with such high talent and knowledge, there is finally a way out, not to mention a bright future. But it can be considered that knowledge has changed destiny.
However, no one expected that a situation would cause the wheel of destiny to deflect quietly, as if God deliberately arranged an elder would encounter it unexpectedly... The legendary life of Elder Bai Guang came as scheduled... And this old man came down to earth like a Buddha himself, and with this guidance, it was extremely special.
1950, this year, the child is at least 23 years old. I was just having fun and relaxing in Nanyue alone, perhaps, I was full of confidence in the future secular road. How could I know that when I passed by Nanyue Shizi Rock, a small temple with only three rooms stood in front of me. An old monk, who looks more than 80 years old, has a kind heart, a kind heart, a strong character, and a Buddha-nature aura that makes the young man feel very intimate. It seemed that it reminded him of his grandfather and uncle at that time.
The boy then felt happy and took out 5 cents coins to support the old monk with his weak power. At this time, the sky was getting darker, and the young man could only stay in a small temple with the old monk for one night.
The young man himself never thought that this night would become the intersection of his life.
The old monk's words are all the methods of becoming, abode and destroying emptiness, and the wonderful principles of Buddha. At this moment, the few Buddhist chants of Guanyin as a boy came to my heart again, and the impermanence of life that had been since childhood seemed to have an answer.
This time, it was natural, let it go. The old monk gave a brief advice and said: You have a destiny to be a monk.
This sentence seems to penetrate the deepest part of the boy's heart and become the sweet rain of the lotus seeds. The seed of Buddha nature finally opened up at this moment.
The intersection of life is the secular future on one side and the Buddhist path is pious. He resolutely chose the way of retreat, converted to the old monk, and once entered the empty sect, he took the Dharma name: Bai Guang. Being influenced by this.
This way, Hu Jilin's life was eliminated for more than 20 years, and since then he embarked on the long Buddhist road like a legendary white light.
Until 1951, the young man bid farewell to the old monk and rushed to Yunmen Temple in Ruyuan to receive the full precepts, and finally became an Zen monk. When the old monk who took the precepts for him saw his young man, he said he was even more happy: Such a great talent, he is willing to become a Buddha, which is wonderful. And this monk who was being precepted is the legendary monk Xuyun of a generation.
However, it was the winter of this year that the young Bai Guang's practice showed his practice in the world and became the cause of his own sudden enlightenment of Buddha nature. This extraordinary act made Xuyun amazed and even more amazed by all living beings: This is the character of a true Zen monk.
I can only see that Bai Guang went to Zhongnan Mountain in the winter of 1951 just to realize the truth and achieve the right result. Choose a dilapidated thatched hut to live in.
Since then, I have been alone, diligent in Buddhism, strictly abide by the precepts, meditate and recite the Buddha's name, and go deep into the sutras. The murmuring of Buddha echoed in the mountains of Zhongnan, and it was endless. Usually, the door did not come out and the door did not open. I focused on chanting Buddha's name. The mantra of Guanyin in childhood became a wish.
If you are hungry, you will feed on the mountains, forests, fruits and vegetables and vegetables. If you are thirsty, you can drink the clear springs in the mountain stream.
Day after day, never fell down, and thus became his own ultimate practice.
This practice continues until the concentration and wisdom are complete, and the mind reaches enlightenment, and lasts for a full 9 years.
9 years later, after a sudden enlightenment, Bai Guang's heart has all kinds of faith, and he will take it as his mission to promote Buddhism for the rest of his life.
Little did I know that God seemed to be making a big joke for him. Even though he entered the long Buddhist road, the bad news never spared him.
Just now descended from Mount Zhongnan, I should have spread the Dharma and benefited sentient beings, and I have achieved my half-life self-nature. But who knew that Bai Guang was actually charged with false charges and was arrested and imprisoned. This year, August 1960. Inexplicably, the tragedy of prison was already full of grief, crying for my parents. However, Bai Guang walked and sat in the bedroom, which surprised everyone.
In his eyes, this prison room has just become another thatched hut. Bai Guang always adheres to the Buddha's belief in his heart and never loses a single point. It was meditation and worshiping Buddha again. The Buddha's name echoed in the mountains of Zhongnan for 9 years, but now it resounds in a few prison cells, with no distinction.
It was also from this year that a series of hardships have become the 81 difficulties on the White Light Buddha Road, and they have come one after another.
6 years have passed since 1966. This year, no one had ever thought that the Cultural Revolution broke out and the law-destroying action unexpectedly encountered...
A series of criticisms and criticisms came overwhelmingly. All kinds of difficulties have become a disaster for monks : forcing monks to eat meat, return to the secular world and destroy Buddha, otherwise they will starve and freeze, and will die from now on. At this time, Master Bai Guang always sticks to his original intention and never takes off his monk's robes. He is forced to work with several masters to carry out labor reform. There was a master who gave Bai Guang a few peanuts to satisfy his hunger during his labor period. How could I know that these few peanuts were the food that sustained life at that time.
Because of this situation, Bai Guang's heart felt grateful for his blessings and gratitude. It will affect the rest of life.
stick to one's original heart and firmly uphold the Buddha's beliefs. It took decades to come, everything finally got the truth. The Cultural Revolution ended.
Along the way, Bai Guang's half-life action has won thousands of honors. This firm thought has long been spread to the Buddhist world. Everything seems to have broken through the last difficulty of this ninety-ninety-one difficulties. Bai Guang's new Buddha nature life kicked off again.
Since then, Bai Guang went to Beijing Fayuan Temple , and finally took the position of Chinese Buddhist education, and cultivated monks with his own mind's method.
16 years have passed. A group of monks and talents were cultivated by him and promoted them throughout the country. There are also many famous monks and disciples: Jiqun, Jieli, study sincerity, and be open to the public. At this point, we continue the style of white light and spread the Dharma and benefit sentient beings.
Up to the old age, the white light could have been peaceful and family joy and was blessed by thousands of sentient beings. However, his actions in his later years spared no effort and his feelings moved.
wears a simple monk's robe. Even if the brand new monk's robe is willing to contribute to his disciples, he actually gave it to others and never wore it. In the cold winter, a worn cotton jacket with a belt around your waist is very simple. His monks need to wear new clothes, wear warmth and eat fullness. But he, the worn monk's robe, has been sewn and repaired for more than ten years. This dress seems to not belong to this era, showing the truest appearance of an old practitioner.
Have a daily meal, and you can eat whatever you want. Even though the monks couldn't bear it, they asked him to choose food for free and arranged for him to be the first to serve the meal. But he got his earnest teachings: is not needed, I will give it to you later. I immediately bought a meal ticket and arranged it after the monk.
Bai Guang is even more concerned about the monks and often cares about the life of learning monks. I was originally a waste of hardship and had no savings, but I resolutely supported poor monks to study. In addition to the money for buying medicines by yourself, the rest will be donated in total. He cares more about the people. Whenever he goes out, he brings more money on his body just to donate to beggars along the street. The beggar knew it and laughed at him: This silly monk is here again, go and ask for it.
It turns out that these beggars are all liars. But Bai Guang had already known that he still gave as usual every time.
as he said : "There are many suffering people in the world, and if they can help, they will help. This money is given to me by Buddhism, so I should spread it out to save all sentient beings.
This is the character of Master Bai Guang. He has been jailed, suffered hardships, and was hungry. It can be said that he has suffered all his life. That's how he realized the sufferings of sentient beings in the world and save all sentient beings. In the eyes of everyone, he has long been the living Buddha of the human world who has come from the sufferings in the world.
bows with this.