The Sixth Patriarch, Master Huineng, looked around the hall with his torch-like eyes. When he saw the eyes of the monks showing doubts, he promptly cut into his key point of "all living beings have Buddha nature".
In the silence, the Sixth Patriarch Huineng's voice sounded like the sound of nature coming from the Buddhist kingdom again in the hall -
At that time, after hearing everyone's discussion, I pointed at the tigress and said confidently, "Everyone needs to know that it is also an emotional creature. As long as we treat it sincerely and use strategies skillfully, it can also Gradually being influenced and turning evil into good, of course, this requires a process."
Wang Tianbao asked, "What is the most urgent matter, what should we do?"
I said, "You go to the tiger's den and get those tiger cubs here too."
"Okay." Wang Tianlei responded, pulling a strong villager beside him and heading towards the end of the pit.
I turned sideways and said to Liang Jinhui, "Ah Hui, your hunting dog A Wang just gave birth to three paparazzi. You brought A Wang here too."
"Okay." Liang Jinhui turned around and headed home.
In less than half a pack of cigarettes, Ah Fai returned to the scene holding the big hunting dog Ah Wang. Not long after, Wang Tianlei and Asheng returned to the scene each holding a tiger cub.
The two little tiger cubs were just waiting to be fed. When they first saw the tiger mother standing over there, they screamed loudly like a conditioned reflex.
This call is serious! The tigress saw her children falling into people's hands and thought that people were going to hurt them. Her maternal nature drove her to struggle desperately and roar wildly. The sound was like rolling thunder, shaking the heaven and the earth. Its right hind leg was firmly clamped by the iron clamp, but its two forelimbs could still move freely. It extended its forelimbs and clawed at the ground with its sharp claws. The dirt on the ground was caught and splashed in all directions.
As a result, the villagers who were close to the tigress were so frightened that they panicked and ran away, far away.
Facing this scene, I asked Liang Jinhui to press the hunting dog Awang on the ground about seven or eight feet away from the tigress. I personally held the two tiger cubs in my hands and placed them next to the bitch Awang.
The two tiger cubs had been without milk for most of the day, and were starving and very uncomfortable. For example, today I saw a place with the smell of milk right in front of me, no matter whether it was tiger milk or dog milk, I stretched my neck, took the swollen nipples of the bitch in my mouth, and sucked the dog milk hard. . This scene made the surrounding villagers stunned.
After a struggle, the tigress's wound became more painful. She knew that she was in jail and could do nothing. She stared at Huineng's every move and saw her newborn children eating dog milk with relish. Not only did people not By hurting them, I was so kind to them. I stopped struggling and roaring in vain. I calmed down and became well-behaved. Instead, I looked at me with grateful eyes.
Seeing that the two little tiger cubs were full of dog milk, I picked them up with both hands, held them in my arms, and played with them in front of the tigress.
The fully fed tiger cub shook its head proudly towards me and waggled its tail, looking very lively and cute.
After I played with the tiger cubs for a while, I told Wang Tianlei: You can put them back into the tiger den over there. When the tigress saw people taking her children away from her, she did not become restless or roar this time, as if she knew people would not harm her children.
The setting sun has sunk from the Western Mountain, and the vast evening mist is floating on Tianlu Mountain. The birds returning to their nests in the forest gradually became quiet. Wang Tianbao pointed to the tigress that had become slightly more restrained and asked me, "How should we deal with this guy now?"
I confidently said, "As the saying goes, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. You can only educate it slowly. Now that the fire has not come, let's let time wear away its viciousness. Now it is still full of evil, and we can only play hard to get." This move."
Wang Tianbao looked at me confused and asked, "Play hard to get?"
I told him: "The nature of a tiger is animal nature, without human nature, but it also has spirituality. It will only recognize food that can sustain its life, so let's let it suffer more first, so that when it is desperate and helpless, we can Let’s concoct it again.”
When Wang Tianbao heard what I said, he immediately understood the meaning: "Do you want to starve it for a few days first?"
"That's right!" I nodded, "We don't need to pay attention to it anymore tonight. Let it starve for a while, and then we will take care of it." I waved my hand outward and signaled: "It's getting late, everyone. Go home. Let the tiger spend the night here."
Seeing that it was getting late, the people in the four villages dispersed in twos and threes.
The next afternoon, Uncle Cheng, Ah Hui and I came to the tigress with the hunting dog Awang in our arms as we did yesterday.
Uncle Cheng and Ah Hui took the two tiger cubs out of the tiger's den and fed them dog milk again in front of the tigress. When this tigress was first trapped in a trap and caught in a trap, she struggled and roared desperately, consuming a lot of energy. In broad daylight, exposed to an unobstructed place and exposed to the scorching sun in the sky, my whole body was hot and sweaty. At night, the mountain breeze is chilly, shooting into the tigress's body like a cold arrow from her pores, making her shiver constantly.
In this way, for several days, the tigress had nothing to eat and no water to drink. Her originally bulging belly was deeply sunk, and her thick ribs were exposed under the colorful tiger skin.
This ferocious tiger, which had always dominated the mountains and rivers, was so weak from hunger that its whole body was weak and limp.
Over the past few days, I have been observing the tigress’s expression while doing this.
The eyes are the windows of the soul. I found that the ferocious light and murderous intent in the tigress's green eyes had disappeared, revealing a strong desire to survive. At this time, I knew that this trick had begun to bear fruit.
The next day, I took half of my meal from home, put it in a basin, and came to the almost dying tiger.
At first, I didn't dare to approach the tigress. I just used a wooden stick to slowly push the basin with food in front of the tigress.
There is a saying that when you are hungry, you will not choose what to eat. The tigress smelled the fragrant food right in front of her, lowered her head and ate it in big mouthfuls, and finally licked up the remaining juice on the pelvic floor with her wide red tongue.
For several days, I used this method to control this tigress. When I realized that the tigress had no ill intentions towards me, I bravely walked closer to it, gently stroked its fur, and caught lice for it. Then I stroked its forelimbs and saw that it It will not attack people with its claws. Finally, it can walk up to the tigress, directly touch its forehead in a friendly manner, and communicate silently with it through practical actions.
Faith will move mountains to open. As the days passed, influenced by my sincerity, the tigress became more and more fond of me. Her copper bell-like eyes showed gratitude, and she would gently lick my hand with her tongue from time to time. , conveying the message that it communicates with my heart.
Wang Tianbao, Wang Tianlei and some villagers came every day to watch how I got along with the tigress. They were a little worried about me at first, but later they saw that things were developing step by step in a good direction and they were happy for me.
In this way, I moved the tigress with my kindness, and she and I became good friends who we could play with.
Wang Tianbao witnessed the development of the entire incident from beginning to end and said to me with admiration: "Aneng, you are really amazing! Such a ferocious tiger has been tamed so obediently by you."
I said meaningfully: "The way of getting along with all things in the world is the same. If there is a tiger in your heart, it will always be a tiger. If this tiger is no longer a man-eating tiger in your heart, then it will no longer be a man-eating tiger. A human tiger.”
Wang Tianbao pondered my words and understood something from them: "You are right, what is your secret weapon?"
I pointed to my chest: "If you have a clear mind and act with kindness, everything will be possible."
After a few days, I saw that the time was ripe, so I untied the trap myself, applied the collected Chinese herbal medicine to the wound on the tigress's right hind leg, and then bandaged it with a strip of cloth.
Having been trapped in a trap for more than half a month, with her own tiger's den so close and unable to return, one can imagine the tigress' joy at being freed and reunited with her growing sons and daughters.
The tigress circled around me three times, then lay down on her forelimbs as if kneeling down, and then she went back "home" wagging her tail.
From then on, I became good friends with this tigress and her two tiger cubs.
I also use leaves to make whistles to connect with them in this special way. I often play with them and tame them.
This tigress is also very sensible and no longer does the evil deeds of killing villagers in Tianlu Mountain.
When the surrounding villagers saw the tiger, they would not be frightened out of their wits and run away like before. This is because when the tiger is looking for food, it often goes to distant mountains and forests to catch ferocious animals.
Those evil thieves who once came to Tianlu Mountain to steal chickens and dogs saw big tigers often patrolling around the tiger pit. How could they dare to come and do evil again?
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I Tamed the Tiger, at first glance, seems absurd.
From a historical perspective, in the Western Regions, some people were able to tame tigers and lions and bring them to Chang'an to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty, and even took them up and down the thoroughfares.
There are eighteen Arhats who protect the Buddha under Sakyamuni. One of them is the Dragon-subduing Arhat Qingyou, who has subdued the demon dragon, and the other is the Tiger-subduing Arhat Venerable Maitreya, who has subdued the tiger.
In this regard, it is not surprising that I tamed the tiger.
The Sixth Patriarch Huineng used his own experience to vividly explain the unique saying that "all living beings have Buddha nature", which won warm applause from the audience. Zen Master Kongji said with admiration: "The Sixth Patriarch Huineng's Sudden Enlightenment Zen is rooted in the fertile soil of the people. It is truly a Buddhist scripture for the working people!"
