A student asked: Teacher, those who are near are pleased with those who are far away. How does a man of great virtue like Master Hongyi explain this? For this great love, he put all the relatives around him at risk, so I have never understood his approach. Can we learn from it?
Professor Kang: You can’t learn it even if you want to. If one person becomes a Buddha and the Nine Patriarchs ascend to heaven, can you learn it? If there is a monk in your family, and nine generations can ascend to heaven, can you learn from it? If you don’t have such a marriage, can you become a monk? If you don’t have such a marriage, how can you have such great love? You can't love it more. Therefore, Chinese culture only has a big character in front of it, so be careful.
I will continue to tell you the words of Confucius . Suppose your father stole a sheep from a neighbor's house and came back. You clearly knew that your father stole the sheep from someone else's house. Your father went out to work the next day, and the neighbor's house was looking for sheep everywhere. Hey, did you see my sheep? Our sheep has been lost. Do you want to report it? He said that my dad brought your sheep back last night. Do you want to report it?
Student: I will not report
Professor Kang: Typical Chinese, that’s right.
Confucius thinks it is impossible to report, so let me ask you now, if your father is a traitor, he colluded with the Japanese last night, and today he is going to lure the Japanese over and massacre the entire village. Now that you know the news, do you want to report to the Eighth Route Army that my father has become a traitor? Do you want to? This is necessary. Why do you report your father for stealing a sheep? Yours is called Xiaoyi. This one is a traitor and he wants to wipe out the whole village. This one is called Dayi. As long as it is justice, you can kill your parents. Xiaoyi, you can't report your parents.
So what you just talked about Master Hongyi , that is called great love. Great love can sacrifice a small family for everyone. Can you reach that level? If you can't reach that level, you are not qualified to learn, you can't learn, and you can't learn. So you see, without him, there would be no Vinaya Sect today. Others just want to succeed and continue their unique learning. So after a few years, the relatives in his family will slowly understand why he became a monk and did a big thing.
So not every family can have such a great person, and not everyone in every family can become his relatives. This is all fate, do you understand? Others say that the purpose of becoming a monk is to spread the Dharma and treat all sentient beings with courtesy. Then your family must understand them, so they are called Gu Dayi. People who are Gu Dayi can abandon their small family. The key is that if you become a monk to escape reality for yourself, then you are a very sinful person.
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