The bigger conch replied, "I've told you before, we always feel that we are great and arrogant." Even sometimes, when we meet a kind person telling us good Dharma, we not only refuse to listen, but also shout loudly to overwhelm the other person and prevent him from continuing to talk about the good Dharma.
We also think that the louder the voice, the stronger. If we can overwhelm the opponent's momentum, we win. Who knew that if you create such bad karma, you can only be reborn in a conch? The world is miserable now! Being caught and used as food, we mistakenly believe that by growing a hard shell like a nut, we can protect ourselves and not be afraid of anyone.
But we thought wrong. The people who caught us didn't reason with us at all, just like the evil people like us in the past life didn't reason with the good people. They only came with force.
The people who capture us in this world are also very tough. They only focus on making more money. They usually do not destroy our hard shells, but throw us and the whole hard shell into boiling water to cook us, and then use a tong to dice us. Pull our flesh out of the hard shell, or simply use needle-nosed pliers to pull our flesh out of the hard shell bloody, and then make it into dishes for self-eating or selling to customers, and what is left behind is inedible. Empty shells also serve a purpose and can be kept for personal use or sold to others.
Have you ever heard of someone blowing conches? The voice was loud and high, and the hard shell that had been hollowed out of us was directly put to use. The sound that we shouted as humans in our past lives has become the sound of a special kind of shellfish in our present life - the sound of a blown conch.
After hearing this, Tan Caixing asked, what does it have to do with me if you tell me these things?
The bigger conch said, "It's none of your business!" Did you smell something on the altar table just now? Tan Caixing nodded. The larger conch continued, and one of the bowls contained conch meat. Although you couldn't eat it, you could still count yourself eating it if you smelled the conch meat. That bowl of conch meat also contains part of my meat. I am quite dissatisfied with you.
At this point, several conchs at Tan Caixing's feet rushed to shout, "You also have a piece of my flesh, I am quite dissatisfied with you..."
The sound was like the sound of several conches blowing at the same time. It was so noisy that Tan Caixing put his hands to his ears, but it didn't work. He simply stopped touching his ears, stretched out his hands and pressed down slowly, saying, "Don't make any noise, listen to me."
The shouting of the conchs suddenly stopped, thinking that Tan Caixing was letting them go, but unexpectedly Tan Caixing said, you can only be very dissatisfied, what can you do to me? Am I afraid of you?
Those conchs are going to scream again. The older Conch was more sophisticated. He jumped up from Tan Caixing's feet and said, "Brothers, don't make any noise. Let me reason with him."
Say it! If you can convince me, just listen. Seeing that they couldn't stand down, Tan Caixing had no choice but to give in and reason with them.
All right! Then let me tell you, you are very lucky. You and we both exist as souls at the moment, so we can communicate easily. said the larger conch.
Communicate about what?
Let me tell you again, you must never smell the smell of our conch meat in the future. If you smell it, treat it as if you have eaten it. If you eat it, you will be reborn as a conch in the future. Once caught, it will be cooked into conch meat and eaten by others. Are you afraid?
Is there such a thing? Then I won’t smell the smell of conch meat anymore. Can I smell the smell of other animal meat?
No, if you smell it, it will be as if you have eaten it. In the next life or the next life or the next life, you may be reincarnated as the animal you have eaten in the past life.
For example, if you eat pork, beef, horse meat, etc., you may be reborn as a pig, cow, horse, etc. in the future life, and reincarnation will continue forever. Are you afraid?
Afraid! I will never smell animal meat again.
If you are a human body and use your nose to smell the smell of animal meat, it doesn't matter if you don't eat it. Now that you have become a human soul and use your soul's nose to smell the smell of animal meat, it will be the same as if you ate it. You can't escape. Escape from future reincarnation and repay suffering.
After communicating with the larger conch for a long time, Qin Caixing understood that he was lucky because he was able to communicate with the larger conch. He understood that eating animal meat is the same as killing or helping others to kill animals. The result in the future is that you Whatever animal you eat will be reincarnated as an animal, and you will be caught, killed and eaten. This is very scary.
With this in mind, Qin Caixing looked at the larger conch and said, "According to you, as a soul, I have done such a great sin just by smelling the smell of meat. In the future, I will turn into a conch and be caught and eaten by others." So if the owner of this house - my good friend Hou Dabao and his wife eat your meat directly, and also eat the meat of other animals, won't their future reincarnations be even more miserable?
Need to say? The larger conch asked questions and answers.
Is there any solution? Get rid of the retribution of future reincarnation. Qin Caixing asked.
Yes! From now on, I will no longer eat animal meat. If I have eaten it before, if I repent and confess my sins frequently, I will be forgiven by the animal soul. When the older soul said this, he also mentioned the owner of the house, Hou Dabao, and his wife, and said something that made Tan Caixing pale in shock.
He immediately expressed his position to the larger conch and a few small conchs crawling by his feet. From now on, I, Qin, will not only stop smelling the smell of your conch meat, but also the smell of all other animal meat. I will also fight for your permission. The owner Hou Dabao and his wife do not eat meat and only eat vegetarian food.
That's good, that's good. Your merits are immeasurable! The larger conch and several smaller conchs all praised Tan Caixing like this and crawled away from his feet.
Tan Caixing immediately left Hou Dabao's house and came to a casino in Macau to meet a depressed Hou Dabao. It turned out that Hou Dabao played dice with several gamblers that day and lost 1 million (Pu coins) from day to night. He muttered secretly: These days, I have been making good offerings to the God of Wealth every day. Why doesn't he help me today?
After practicing Avalokitesvara for many years, Tan Caixing's soul left the body and he had other mental abilities. Now he was in front of Hou Dabao again, and he could sense Hou Dabao's thoughts. He looked at Hou Dabao and said with a smile, "You already regard me, Qin, as the God of Wealth?" How could Hou Dabao hear or see Tan Caixing's soul talking to him?
At this moment, it was too late. Several gamblers had left the game, and Hou Dabao also left with him. After returning home, he still brought the fragrant dishes at home to Hou Dabao's offering table in the inner room, and lit a stick of sandalwood incense. Then he bowed to the altar table and the sandalwood, and then said, Qin God of Wealth, Dabao treats you well, why don't you protect me today? Let me lose 1 million (Pu coins) in the casino.
After Tan Caixing found Hou Dabao in the casino, he never left him and followed him home. Currently, he is enjoying the food and the lit sandalwood provided by Hou Dabao by smelling it.
Hearing Hou Dabao say such words, he smiled lightly and remained silent. He knew very well that even if he spoke to Hou Dabao, how could Hou Dabao hear him?
Hou Dabao could also hear him sometimes. It was late that night, Hou Dabao fell into a deep sleep, and his soul left his body. As soon as he saw Tan Caixing, he asked, "Why don't you help me today?"
Qin Caixing replied, can I help you every day? If you win money every day, your gambling friends will be jealous of you and hate you. If you let them lose too much, they will join forces to scheme against you, trap you, and even kill you.
I didn’t go to the casino with you today. Even if I went to the casino, in order to protect you and maintain a long-term gambling relationship with your fellow gamblers and maintain a balanced relationship of winning and losing, even if I, Qin, went to the casino with you today, I would still be there. It won't help you win money.
The money you lost today is only a small part of the amount of money you won last time. How many of your fellow gamblers are still not convinced? If you only win but don't lose again today, so that those few gambling friends can't see the hope of getting their money back, will they let you go? Although you lost money today, you feel more secure. Do you understand?
As long as I, Qin, the so-called God of Wealth, follow you and help you secretly, you can rest assured that you will not lose completely. It will only allow you to win money, but not too much. The amount of money you win should be based on your It is better if the opponent can bear it. You have to be content, but if you are dissatisfied, you will get into trouble if you act willfully.
Qin Caishen, I understand. After Hou Dabao said this, he bowed to Tan Caixing again.
After Tan Caixing returned the gift, he vividly recounted what he said to Hou Dabao when he encountered several conchs crawling to his feet at his home today. He also told Hou Dabao that from now on the food provided to me must be vegetarian and not meaty.
Hou Dabao just listened and didn't care much. Tan Caixing said in a commanding tone, when you wake up tonight, you must remember to remove the conch meat from the table.
Hou Dabao asked why, and Qin Caixing told him the topic about Hou Dabao's wife that the bigger conch had told him, and then told it to Hou Dabao. After hearing this, he was particularly sensitive, concerned, and frightened.
When he woke up that night, he hurriedly removed the conch meat from the table, went back to bed and couldn't sleep anymore. Then he woke up his wife in her sleep and said, I had a bad dream, and the God of Wealth was dreaming. Zhong told me.
What's wrong? asked the wife.
It's early in the morning, so it's hard to tell. Anyway, I'll take you to the most authoritative hospital in Macau for a check-up after dawn.
What should I check for? I dont go. The wife said unhappily.
Let’s talk until dawn! Hou Dabao said.
Upon hearing this, my wife felt like she had a knot in her heart that could not be untied. She was very unhappy, could not speak, and could not sleep. At dawn, when she got up and washed herself, she saw the bowl of conch meat removed from the altar table in the inner room, and said, "Husband, why don't you take such good meat away from the altar table?" Could it be that you lost money at the casino yesterday, and seeing that the God of Wealth didn't help you, you didn't even provide meat, and instead provided you with vegetarian food?
At this time, Hou Dabao, who had already gotten up but had not yet finished washing, spat out the toothpaste foam in his mouth and said, "Qin Caishen will not allow me to offer meat."
Later, after Hou Dabao finished washing, his wife asked again, Dabao, why did you say you wanted me to go to the hospital for a check-up?
It's morning now. If I say it's unlucky, I'll tell you in the middle of the morning. Hou Dabao shook his hand and spoke reservedly.
