Enlightenment from master lianchi's life: If you want to live and die freely, you can only honestly recite the Buddha.

On the evening of July 2nd, Wanli was in the Yun Qi Temple. Eighty-one-year-old master lianchi lay facing the west and was about to die.

The master predicted the time as early as half a month ago. At that time, Hang Cheng was full of disciples of the master. When he got to the city, he told his disciples, "I'm going somewhere else." The disciples looked at each other in disbelief, wondering where Master was going.

At this point, a bit of oblique light came in from the window, just hanging over master lianchi on the low couch, gently soothing like Amitabha's golden arm. The master looked serene, but his lips moved slightly, as if he were chanting the name of Buddha. There are many monks and nuns kneeling or standing around, and they are full of deep sorrow and disappointment for their parents' good knowledge. So, everyone looks dignified.

Soon, the footsteps outside were mixed, and the last batch of disciples joined in. The sudden increase in the number of people made this small room more crowded.

Everyone in the room held their breath and stood respectfully, as if waiting for an extremely important thing to happen.

Seeing that people had almost arrived, a disciple at the front came forward to ask, knelt down and folded his hands and asked, "Monk, I only want to have mercy on us and stay in the world for a long time!" The disciples around knelt down together and said earnestly, "Monk, I just want to have mercy on us and stay in the world for a long time!" " 」

But on the couch, the sleepy old monk didn't respond at all.

Everyone knows that the old monk has made up his mind that he won't live in the world for long. I had to beg again: "since the monk has decided to go west, please make a final gesture." At this time, the old monk slowly opened his eyes and wanted to get up. The disciple next to him immediately helped to straighten the old monk. At this time, many disciples kneeling on their heads heard a merciful and stern voice overhead: "Everyone should honestly recite the Buddha, don't pretend, and don't break my rules! " 」

After the opening ceremony, the master stopped talking and just recited the seal of Buddha. After several urgent chanting, the old man's breath gradually faded and disappeared. ...

They hurriedly looked up and saw that the old man on the low couch was hanging with jade tendons and died in print.

At that time, people inside and outside the room were crying out loud, some were beating their chests, some were kowtowing, some were silent, and some kept helping to recite the Buddha's name. ...

This heartbreaking scene will probably only appear when you lose your loved ones.

After master lianchi died in the west, his disciples buried him under Zuo Ling in Yun Qi Temple according to the master's wishes.

Throughout his old man's life, as Master Hanshan praised, "it is enough for the world; Enlightenment is enough to convey the heart; Teaching is enough to be an opportunity; Ring, enough to protect; Fuck, enough to inspire the world; Rules are enough to save disadvantages. Spare no effort to promote pure land Sect, which has far-reaching influence. Therefore, he was honored as the eighth generation founder of Pure Land Sect by later disciples.

Look at what master lianchi has done for us all his life:

First, becoming a monk is life and death.

Master lianchi was born in the 14th year of Jiajing (1535), Renhe, Gu Wu (now a native of renhe town, Hangzhou). His common surname is Shen, his father's name is Zhai, and his mother's name is Zhou.

This master was the first to learn Confucian books, and he is famous for his erudition and filial piety. At the age of seventeen, there was an old woman in the neighborhood who read thousands of Buddhist names every day for several years. The master felt very strange and asked her why she did it. The old woman sincerely replied, "My dead husband often recited Buddhism, and he was free from illness all his life.". He said goodbye to others calmly. From then on, I knew that the merits of chanting Buddha were incredible. Inspired by the old woman's answer, the master lived a pure land life and wrote the words "life and death are important" on the console table to warn himself.

At the age of 27, my father died, and at the age of 32, my mother died suddenly. The death of his parents made him extremely sad. "Poetry" says: I am sad that my parents gave birth to me ... If I want to repay my kindness, I will be extremely confused. From then on, the master decided to become a monk, study life and death and repay his parents' kindness.

Master once married his wife Zhang and gave birth to a son. Unfortunately, he died early, and Zhang died soon after. On the New Year's Eve of Jiajing Ugly Year, a bowl of tea soup was served by Tang Jiaduan. Unexpectedly, the tea bowl suddenly broke. The master said with a smile, what goes around comes around really exists, and there is no reason not to leave.

The next year, he said goodbye to Tang: "Love in the world is impermanent, and no one can replace life and death. I'm leaving. Make your own plans. Faced with this situation, Tang is very free and easy. She said to her husband, "You go first, and I'll go later. (The heroine later lost her hair and built a filial piety buddhist nun, whose dharma name is Jin Shu, who is also a female jungle master. The year before master lianchi, the tower was built on Siyou Mountain in Yun Qi.

So the master wrote the word "seven ticks", and one of them said: When will love stop? The ghost Joe stays together, and the fate is still divided. Oh! Wear a cangue rafter for your protection. Fight your enemies and find your own way. Therefore, the fish-water couple took the bait.

After leaving home, the master quickly went to Xishan field in Hangzhou for a haircut, and then was ordained under the lawyer's seat of Wuqing Temple.

Second, after enlightenment, we must recite Buddha.

After the master rounded up his tools, he learned knowledge in all directions. When Quan Rong visited the Zen master, the Zen master said to him, "Don't covet fame and fortune, don't climb, concentrate on the Tao and honestly observe the precepts and recite the Buddha." The master was deeply moved and thought he had come from afar. The old Zen master didn't talk about mystery, but only told the ins and outs of the kung fu he really realized, so he was convinced.

Later, when I passed by Dongchangfu, I suddenly realized when I heard the drums on the firewood floor. I wrote a song: Twenty years ago, something was strange, and an affair thousands of miles away was really strange. Burning incense and throwing halberds like a dream, the magic Buddha fights for right and wrong in vain.

After six years of ups and downs, mango shoes have been trampled all over, and now the bottom of the bucket has finally fallen off. When I swam to Yun Qi in the south, I saw the beautiful scenery here and had the idea of dying here. The laity Yang, Yang, Yang and others built three small huts for Master, in which Master practiced Samadhi.

Master is alone in the mountains, accompanied by cold rocks. His practice is very clean and he has no idea of building a temple. But there are many tigers in this mountain, which often hurt people, so the master chanted scriptures and gave food, which wiped out the tigers and restored the peace in the mountain.

Another year of drought, the villagers asked the master to pray for rain. The master said, "I can only recite Buddha and have no other spells." But the villagers refused to give up, saying that no matter what you read, just get the rain for us anyway. The master had to knock on the wooden fish and recite the Buddha around the ridge. Strangely, with the master's footsteps, in an instant, the rain poured down. The villagers were amazed, and through these things, they had a strong confidence in Buddhism.

To thank the master, they built a temple for him with wood and hoes. While I was digging, I dug up an old thing from Yun Qi Temple. This time, everyone is more determined to build a temple. After the completion of Yun Qi Temple, the master made the rules himself, and the wind spread far and wide, and the children in the sea returned to their hearts, so it became a big jungle.

Third, a bodhisattva who is self-interested and altruistic.

The master thought that we should learn from the Buddha's "Three Knows" to guide all beings, and the precepts were fundamental, so he decided to revise them. The master once organized monasteries to recite Sanskrit, Bodhisattva amulet and Bhikkhu amulet every half month. For the convenience of scholars, he personally wrote the Outline of Misha. With the precepts, I was enlightened and the Sanskrit was hidden.

At that time, although there were many monks in Yun Qi Temple, the rules were serious. In order to tidy up the jungle, the owner divided them into several halls, such as Jinjing Hall, Veterans Hall and Shifang Hall. Each guild hall has a special deacon management and has formulated a charter. There is time to open and close the door, and there are warning signs at the entrance of each hall, which are preached regularly. Send someone to patrol at night. In Busan, rewards and punishments are given according to merits, which is very strict. Can be said to be "methodical, everything depends on it, deacons perform their duties, and each has its own way of doing research. If it is delayed, it will be fined. Rewards and punishments are clear. 」

Yun Qi Temple has survived for hundreds of years because of its "strict discipline, respect for chanting, clear cause and effect, knowledge of sin and joy, strict arrangement and true practice".

The master opened a door of pure land here, vigorously advocated the concept of pure land, and wrote Tommy's Book Nest with as many as100000 words, which integrated things.

During his stay in Yun Qi, the master strongly advocated release. Wangong Pool, Shangchi Pool and Changshou Pool are purchased as discharge pools. It costs more than 100 yuan a year to go to the upper and longevity discharge pool alone. Also set up a release house on the mountain to save birds and animals and raise them. The monks in the temple saved the rations and took them out for food.

The master preached Buddhism to them regularly. Even if the birds keep singing, as long as the master's wooden fish rings, they all become silent and listen respectfully. Say so, and then fly. It can be seen that all living beings have Buddha nature. At the same time, he also wrote articles such as Stop Killing and Release, Kill Crime, Stop Killing by Medicine, and Kill the Great Evil in the World. He used many vivid stories, examples and popular language to discuss why killing and release should be stopped, which was published many times and spread widely, with great influence and far-reaching reputation.

The master's reputation is prosperous, and he is noble at home, regardless of the ruling or opposition. At that time, the Empress Dowager Cixi, after seeing "Don't kill and let go", specially sent the purple and gold cassock and the supporting chamberlain to ask for instructions from her master in order to show her respect for the three treasures. But master doesn't accept Zijin cassock. Empress Cisheng worships the master even more. She draws portraits of the master in the palace for worship every day, which is particularly respectful.

Fourth, the first person after Yongming

Due to the great influence of the masters at that time, Yun Qi Temple finally became a pure land Dojo specialized for hundreds of years and the center of Southern Buddhism.

Master "Buddha doesn't say anything, Buddha doesn't do it, Buddha doesn't do it, Buddha doesn't do it." The cost of Taoism is increasing, and people who ask questions can't win. Master Hanshan spoke highly of master lianchi. He praised the master for "looking at the ancestors from above, only mentioning the correct order and not doing everything." If the husband does everything to show his mind, that is, through efforts to see the Buddha's nature, there is only one person except Yongming in ancient and modern times. 」

Isn't it one of the strengths to observe the teacher's movements, use secret spirits, and be patient and diligent? Suppression from the pure land? "There is a myth that the Zen master called master lianchi" the true King Kong ".

In addition, there are more than 30 kinds of master lianchi's works, * * *, compiled by disciple Daxian, Buddhist Li Shouyi and others into "Yun Qi Fa Hui", with 3 letters and 34 volumes. Now, for the sake of friendship, I'd like to record a few words in French (from the book of reading classics by bailiffs):

( 1)

When you enter the Tao, you have to enter the door. Faith comes first. Bad things can't be achieved without being believed, but good things have been done. For example, if a thief in the world is exposed, the government must not put him to death, and he will still not regret it after he is released. So what? But he believed it, never earned a penny, so he suffered a lot and never regretted it.

Nowadays, Buddhists refuse to really add merit, but they have never thought deeply about the truth. Don't say that you don't believe in pure land. Just like the Buddha said, "Man's life is in the breath", it is not difficult for Yi Li to say. You saw it with your own eyes, heard it with your own ears, and passed many examples. Now, if you want to believe this sentence, you can't hook it. If you really believe this sentence, then you should study Buddhism. I don't have to go to great lengths to tell you that I am like water, and a thousand cows can't pull it.

That is to say, when a monk died in Tianjin the day before yesterday, you saw this example. When you are sad, you warn each other: Volkswagen, I will send a monk today and a monk tomorrow. Before you know it, it's your turn At this time, you regret it. Be sure to be busy chanting Buddha, don't let go. I see you say it's a pity at home, but also to others, and you are still talking and laughing freely in the hall. You just don't believe that life is in the breathing room!

(2)

Nowadays, people refuse to recite Buddha, but despise the West. I don't know that giving birth to the west is an activity of great virtue, great joy, great wisdom and great sage. Turning a nun into a pure land is not the same as small karma. But look at how many people died in this city one day and one night. Don't say that you were born in the west, you are born in heaven. There's not a single person among thousands of people. There are conceited practitioners, but they do not lose their personal characteristics. Therefore, I show this method with great kindness and compassion, which is more good than what my parents have done, and broken bones are not enough to repay you.

(3)

There is meditation, chanting loudly, and chanting by King Kong. But it's too hard to speak loudly, and it's easy to get dizzy in meditation. It's just continuous and dense, and the sound is between the lips and teeth, which is called Jin Gangzhi. If you can't hold on, or feel tired, you might as well hold on silently. Or feel groggy, you might as well speak loudly. Nowadays, Buddhists just play fishing and shout, and they can't benefit. Listen to every word, and the sound wakes up the heart. For example, if a person sleeps deeply and calls someone to the clouds, then he will wake up, so chanting Buddha can capture people's hearts best.

(4)

I don't think about a Buddha until I meet new students, and the more I think about it, the more I feel boiling, which means I can't take care of my heart when I read Buddha. I don't know the root cause of your infinite robbery. How can you get it and break it? And when all thoughts are flying, it is time to work. Screw in, screw out, screw out, screw in, after a long time, I can't remember it naturally. And if you can feel that you think too much, you will lose this Buddha's ear. You can't feel it without chanting Buddha and stopping for a while.