Did the "most handsome monk" give up his iron rice bowl and become a monk just to stick to a Buddhist heart?

"This has been away from the world since becoming a monk. Not greedy for human glory. "

Once you enter an empty door, there is no dust outside your heart. No matter how prosperous you are in the world of mortals, it has nothing to do with yourself. If ordinary people can do this, they will be as pure as the Tang Priest in The Journey to the West and devote themselves to Buddhism.

But now most people no longer regard the way of God and Buddha as a major event in their lives. Monks don't have to learn to serve the motherland with knowledge, nor do they have to serve their parents with their wives and children.

In the eyes of people who have no Buddha's nature in the world of mortals, this is just escaping from reality and shirking responsibility. If a young talent like Tang Yan becomes a monk, it will be incredible: does he really yearn for Buddhism and Taoism, or is there something hard to let go?

Handsome living Buddha

A few years ago, Tianya Forum was a common communication platform. People often share their daily lives, write posts and send photos on it, even monks are no exception.

A post called "Three Thousand Old Pines" posted some photos of himself after becoming a monk. The photos were taken at random. One of them is a snow scene, in which a young man is wearing a monk's robe, with heavy eyebrows and eyes, and a very handsome white face.

These photos, which seemed ordinary to him, caused an unexpected sensation. The photos went viral, and the names of "a handsome living Buddha" and "the most handsome monk in China" immediately became popular all over the world. And the hero in the photo, the monk who released his heart with his dharma number, became "red" at once.

Shi Mingxin once said in his post that he had never met a girl he liked since he was a child, and he is still a boy. This year, he finally became a monk and fulfilled his wish.

This "abstinence-oriented" handsome monk immediately attracted the love of a large number of "patronesses", and even many successful women showed different interests in him, hoping to persuade him to leave the so-called Buddhist quiet place and return to his world of mortals through his appearance and family wealth.

From this point of view, it seems that it is not difficult to understand that the Tang Priest has always been contested by the diners incarnated by goblins and even the king of the daughter country.

The handsome face has brought an unexpected fame to Shi Mingxin, and his daily life has also attracted much attention.

Buddhism has often been stigmatized in recent years, and the masses naturally think that a handsome guy like him has nothing to "endure" and wants to become a monk. Don't, he met what goes wrong in my life?

But in fact, for these temptations and disputes in front of us, the Buddha's heart of letting go is firm. His previous life was also very smooth, and the biggest confusion and incomprehension after becoming a monk was solved.

Waiting for the fate of the Buddha

Shi Mingxin was born on198065438+February 29th. According to his childhood performance, if he was born in a place where Buddhism flourished, he might be chosen as a spiritual child and inherit the mantle of Buddhism. However, he was born in a small town near a stream in the south of Yongjia County, Zhejiang Province.

In remote towns, most people believe in Taoism and Christ, but Buddhism has declined. Where Shi Mingxin grew up, there was no Buddha incense and no wooden fish sutra. All, just the bright moon, mountains and rivers, the stars all over the sky.

However, young minds seem to be born with Zen. He often looks at people and things flowing around him and thinks quietly. Most children are fun-loving, like rolling, or greedy to buy some snacks.

Shi Mingxin is introverted, not so playful, and quiet like a little novice monk. If there is anything new, he will stare at it with lovely big eyes and ask curiously.

This character naturally caused him some problems in communication with his peers. His ideas sometimes make parents who love him unable to understand, and they don't know why there are such complicated problems without explaining a little.

In a word, Shi Mingxin has shown the nature of Buddha since he was a child, but he has always lacked opportunities. 1999, Shi Mingxin, who graduated from university, was admitted to the civil service under the expectation of his parents, and had an "iron rice bowl" at that time.

However, for Shi Mingxin, this kind of life that many people yearn for is always like something missing, from which they can't realize the pursuit of life that they don't even know.

Of course, Shi Mingxin is not completely without hobbies. Animation and photography, the hobbies of young people, are also his favorite, and he has invested a lot of enthusiasm in these aspects.

Because he is tall, Shi Mingxin plays basketball well. Moreover, the young Shi Mingxin is handsome and promising, and many girls with good conditions secretly promised his heart.

But Shi Mingxin himself said that he had never been tempted by others and lacked interest in such things as love. He likes to be carefree and comfortable when he is alone.

After work, the problems of life can't be answered. For a time, he was addicted to video games and immersed in the virtual world.

This is also a way to clear his mind and escape from reality, because at that time he couldn't find a way to redeem himself and make his soul perfect.

Seek Buddha's enlightenment.

In the novel Blade by British writer Mao Mu, Larry, a young man who suffered from war, almost went against everyone's expectations, left the readily available wealth and love, deviated from the road of starting a business to support his family, and looked for relief everywhere.

In the end, he accidentally met a religion in the east, and Larry stopped and finally got the redemption he had been longing for.

The way to explain your heart is to bump into him inadvertently. In 2006, Shi Mingxin overheard a Buddhist song called Samsara.

One Buddha's name after another, "Amitabha Buddha in the south", quietly rippled into Shi Mingxin's heart with the sound of wooden fish.

In an instant, the traces of ancient temples, Zen shadows and monks in the mountains came to mind. The music fluttered, and in an instant, I saw the destination I was looking for: becoming a Buddha.

Although their beliefs are different from Larry's, they also need to get rid of too many secular shackles and have not been shaken.

In 2009, Shi Mingxin was shaved at Miaozhi Temple in Zhejiang, and since then he has escaped into an empty door. It took several years to become a monk, because when he first went, Shi Mingxin was dragged home by his angry parents and took turns to educate him.

In his hometown where he has no Buddhist concept at all, his becoming a monk will only attract incomprehension and ridicule.

Although I expressed my understanding and guilt for my parents' worries and pains, I finally met the Buddha and refused to return to the world of mortals.

He never showed his desire so firmly, and finally he gradually moved his parents who shook their heads and sighed.

Shi Mingxin officially became a monk, and it is very satisfying to learn Buddhism every day. Clear-headed is also his real idea.

He will abandon all worldly distractions and fully understand the lost nature of previous distractions, that is, the Buddha nature in his heart.

However, his life is different from others, and he is destined to be concerned. A few photos of Tianya have pushed him to the upsurge of discussion. He also proposed to make a movie, and people often questioned that this was his hype.

Some people speculate that the Buddhist mind will not be reduced to vulgarity. Shi Mingxin smiled and said frankly, "I am a very simple person. I don't have much desire for those temptations, so why not let go? "

Facing the fame that followed, Shi Ming kept a clear mind and continued to concentrate on Buddhism. After entering the temple, Shi Mingxin taught himself Buddhist knowledge to make up for his ignorance of Buddhism since childhood.

Shi Mingxin studied in China Buddhist College for several years. Besides, he also studied secular courses such as calligraphy, tea ceremony and even English. It can be seen that Buddhism is not divorced from society, but keeps pace with the times, and Buddhism has become a monk in the new era.

The Buddhist constraint that others think is too bitter is a kind of enjoyment for Shi Mingxin. Later, Shi Mingxin became the abbot of Pu 'an Temple.

If a person has never seen prosperity and directly entered Buddhism, it may be said that he may go back on his word in the future. On the way to fetch Buddhist scriptures, Tang Priest met a tree spirit and chatted with him about poems and songs. At one time, his heart was shaken, and he returned to be a scholar who was never old and was not proficient in classics.

But Buddha's heart gained the upper hand and continued westward. So is Shi Mingxin. Even with worldly fetters, he finally pursued what he longed for most.

For example, Shi Mingxin, who already has enviable capital in the world of mortals, is devoted to Buddhism, which shows his sincerity. When I entered Buddhism, I occasionally got a lot of attention, but I still brushed away the fallen leaves in autumn and abandoned the dust that fell on my body.

For him, although he gave up the real part, he got more wonderful mysteries in the world. How happy I am!