After a period of time, the eminent monk preached the scriptures through visible and even tangible cause-and-effect examples that appeared in real life, and achieved good results. In the village near the temple for dozens of miles, there was no case of murder, robbery or prostitution. .
Both adults and children are highly "cautious about independence". When they are together, they often exchange and discuss their experiences of listening to eminent monks' sermons. They even associate and recall some of the things that do evil things and get bad rewards and do good things and get good rewards. Tell a variety of other people's stories and your own experiences.
Yi Jueshan, a villager in Group 4 of Bamao Village, said that a strange thing happened in his group. Two children came home from school for lunch. At first, the eldest son went to lift the lid of the rice cooker but couldn't, so he called the grandmother next door to come and help. Revealed, still can’t be uncovered.
The old woman went back and asked her daughter-in-law to help her uncover it, but she still couldn't. This was strange and suspicious, but since she couldn't clear up the suspicion, she called the police. When the police came, the boss was still trying to lift the lid, but he still couldn't.
The second brother sitting in the room kept watching and suddenly said, brother, how can you uncover it? Mom was sitting down on the rice cooker lid unless she walked away.
When the policeman heard what the second child said, he saw that no one was sitting on the rice cooker lid, so he approached and asked, "Child, why can't I see your mother sitting on it?" The second child suddenly said, my mother walked away, now it can be revealed.
At this time, the boss glared at the second brother, looked at the policeman and said, "Uncle policeman, my mother has been dead for half a year. My brother is wondering, where can I see my mother?"
The police were alerted and asked, then who cooked this pot of rice? The boss replied that it was cooked by the aunt. The policeman didn't say anything, so he walked over and opened the lid of the rice cooker. A cloud of hot steam came out of the pot. The second child who was sitting on the chair stood up, walked to the cupboard, reached out and opened the cupboard door and took out a bowl. He looked at the eldest brother and said, Brother, you can serve rice now. The police suddenly said, kid, you can’t eat, I have to check.
I saw the policeman using a spoon to scoop up a lump of rice grains in the rice cooker, walked out of the door, and threw it towards a white dog in the yard. The white dog grabbed it in one gulp and swallowed it whole.
After a while, the white dog lost its energy and wilted. Then it foamed at the mouth, could no longer support its body, fell to the ground, convulsed, rolled its eyes, and died. Obviously, anyone can see that the rice in the rice cooker has been poisoned and cannot be eaten.
The police called some villagers to dig a hole in the mountain, dumped the pot of rice and buried it. Later, the stepmother of the two children (that is, their aunt) who was picking vegetables in the vegetable garden was taken to the police station for interrogation. Only then did she learn that the stepmother had long wanted to poison the two children to reduce their pain when she saw that she was not the one to give birth to them. financial burden on the family.
Because her husband is under great pressure to have these two children, he is now working outside and does not earn much. This stepmother with a dark conscience put poisonous SQ powder into the rice cooker this time, just to make the two children poisoned and die after eating.
Unexpectedly, after the death of the mother of two children, her ghost still protected the two children and tried to oppose her, causing her plot to murder the two children to be exposed. In the end, although the two children were not poisoned to death, the criminal behavior she had planned for a long time and carried out had become a fact. As a result, she was imprisoned and was criticized by the world. This is in line with the old saying: harming others will ultimately harm yourself.
After Yi Jueshan finished telling this story and sighed with emotion, he also praised the benefits of the eminent monk's sermons and said that now in the village, both adults and children abide by the rules and only do good deeds and dare not do bad deeds. Even if they do not do good deeds, they will never do it. Don't do bad things.
They all know that if someone does bad things secretly, although no one else will know, there will be negative beings who know, because there are gods above their heads! If the gods remember someone's evil deeds and report them to the underworld, the underworld will, depending on the severity of the person's evildoings, cut off the person's fortune, shorten his life span, prevent illness or disaster, or inflict misfortune, etc. .
Only when a person has a sense of reverence for justice and the gods of heaven and earth who protect justice, will he not secretly do evil or act recklessly for his own selfish desires. In this regard, the local people have reached a consensus, and they all respect the eminent monk who is willing to go out, is not afraid of hardships, travels across mountains and rivers to preach to everyone, and persuades people to change their evil ways and do good. It was unanimously recognized that the temple played a role. If it had not been for the construction of a temple, the eminent monk would not have come here.
As more people do good deeds and fewer commit crimes, the crime rate has dropped significantly in the past few years. Therefore, there is a generally accepted saying in the local area: One more temple can be built, one less prison can be built.
At that time, the cadres and masses of the Lijiawan Village Committee discussed together that a banner should be made to give to Boss Zhong who funded the temple construction. A decision follows.
Three days later, Boss Zhong, who was working in his construction company, received a banner from the Lijiawan Village Committee embroidered with the words "Noble moral conduct, blessing the common people". He felt baffled and asked, What good thing have I done? The visitor asked, "Didn't you donate money to build a temple in our village?" That's a good thing.
Boss Zhong raised his Chinese character and smiled slightly, saying that I built a temple just for Li Lamei's sake. Li Lamei said that her mother was suffering from madness and it would be better to build a temple. It was for this reason that I built it. .
I was also happy to hear that Li Lamei's mother, who was suffering from madness, has really recovered. But what I don't understand is that if I want to give me a banner, it should be given by Li Lamei or her family, not by the village.
The person who came was the village clerk. He knew etiquette. He bowed his hands politely and said, "Boss Zhong, if you build a temple on the mountain in the village, it will be of great help. Not only did Li Lamei's mother who was suffering from madness recover and benefit from it, but we also benefited from it." The whole village and houses within dozens of miles have benefited.
Does building a temple have such a big impact? Boss Zhong asked puzzledly.
Yes! After the temple was built, an eminent monk came from Wutai Mountain in Shanxi Province. He often went down to the villages to preach on the topic of cause and effect examples in real life. Many villagers were convinced. Convinced was a good thing and they no longer dared to sow evil karma. .
Half a year ago, there were many hunters in the village, but now almost all the hunters have given up. They are afraid of committing murder. The better situation is that there is no longer any thief or adultery in the village. . The people's hearts are becoming increasingly pure and the folk customs are becoming more and more simple. Even people who used to be impulsive are no longer impulsive.
A man who said this sneezed and then continued, "Everyone knows my past temper. If anyone offends me, I will hit them with a bench."
Not long ago, the cattle of the Zhang family in the upper house invaded the Li family in the lower house, which is our vegetable garden. The Zhang family did not apologize, but their attitude was very bad. If it had been in the past, I would have had a bad fight with the Zhang family. But after listening to the eminent monk's sermons and the theory of cause and effect, I no longer felt angry and felt much calmer, so I did not make trouble with the Zhang family.
At this point, the village clerk kept praising Boss Zhong, saying that if you hadn't built a temple, the eminent monk from Wutai Mountain in Shanxi would not have come. He would not have come. Naturally, our villagers would not have the opportunity to listen to the scriptures and listen to the Dharma. Without enlightenment, there will still be many people who hunt and kill; there will still be many people who stalk chickens and dogs; and there will still be many people who commit adultery. From this point of view, we, the Lijiawan Village Committee, have no reason not to be grateful to you, Boss Zhong, for sending us this banner, and you, Boss Zhong, should do your part.
Where where? This banner should be given to Li Lamei, who is studying at the Medical University in the provincial capital. If her noble behavior of collecting money had not moved me, Zhong, how would I, Zhong, have thought of it and how could I have the consciousness to fund the construction of a temple?
You and Li Lamei are both noble. Since you funded the temple, this banner should be given to you. Not bad! The village clerk said for sure.
Then I will accept it and thank you village committee. Boss Zhong said while receiving the banner, but he had other plans in mind.
Two days later, Li Lamei, who was listening to Shi Zaitian's lecture on the relationship between traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine in the classroom of the Provincial Medical University, like other students, heard the sound of gongs and drums outside. It was faint at first, and gradually became louder and louder. The bigger it gets, the more it stops. Shi Zaitian, who had been lecturing, also stopped abruptly.
He suddenly walked off the podium and went straight to where Li Lamei was sitting in the middle of the class. He lowered his voice and said, "Classmate Li Lamei, go to the school gate."
Li Lamei asked in surprise, Professor Shi, what's the matter?
You'll know when you go out. After Shi Zaitian finished speaking, he returned to the podium and continued his lecture.
Li Lamei walked out of the classroom, feeling uneasy. What happened? she does not know. So how did Shi Zaitian know? She remembered that Shi Zaitian had magical powers. What is his magical power? Of course Li Lamei didn't know. When Shi Zaitian was giving a lecture just now, a doorman on duty in front of the school came to Shi Zaitian's classroom and approached him to talk about some situations.
The door god belongs to the underworld and is invisible to all mortal students. Only Shi Zaitian can see it. He ordered Li Lamei to leave the classroom early as the door god said.
Li Lamei walked to the school gate and saw a group of people gathered around, like a guard of honor. They were all wearing red clothes and red trousers, with a blue cloth belt tied around their waists, and they all looked in high spirits.
The one at the front of this group of people is a big guy, he is Zhong Boss Zhong Huimin. He was holding a banner with both hands, with a smile on his face. And he recognized Li Lamei at a glance and said to her, "Classmate Li Lamei, we have sent you a banner."
Li Lamei was surprised for a while and said, I haven't done anything extraordinary, why should I send the banner? Could it be that he sent it to the wrong person? Boss Zhong, what’s going on?
Yes, this banner should be given to you. As Zhong Huimin spoke, he stretched out the banner in his hand toward her, and then said the reason why he wanted to give her the banner, that is, you, Li Lamei, did a good deed, and asked me, Zhong, to fund the construction of a temple. , after the temple was built, an eminent monk came from Wutai Mountain in Shanxi Province to preach in the village and persuade the world with the help of stories of cause and effect.
Now there are not only no bad people in the village, but also a good atmosphere of doing good deeds and helping each other. This makes you people in Lijiawan Village very grateful. The village committee discussed and decided to give me Zhong a banner. They didn’t know that the credit was all yours. But I know, so I gathered a few brothers to form a team and beat gongs and drums to send you the banner.
I don’t dare to take it seriously, I feel ashamed of it. When Li Lamei said this, she shook her hands as if to block the sent banner.
