The master's talk stopped abruptly, and the little novice monk and the thin monk, who were listening to it with great interest, still didn't understand the reason. The master continued: The dead cat in the past life has been reborn as a human being, and is the female donor sitting in the melon shed now.
The master then pointed at the little novice and said: In the past life, you were the old monk. When you saw the dead cat, you stunk it. So today, when you walk into the female donor's melon garden, she stinks you. The thin monk was a young monk in his past life. Not only did he not hate the dead cat, but he also had compassion for the dead cat and performed good deeds towards the dead cat. Therefore, the female donor who was entrusted by the dead cat in this life was very polite to him. Karma is not happy at all, Amitabha! We Buddhists should do more good deeds and set an example for all sentient beings in the world.
Liu Mei stood under the shade of a tree not far from the three monks. She was touched by their words and deeds. She even realized that her itching all over was due to sin, so she was a little scared and hoped that the fat monk called Master would give her some help. She enlightens.
So she mustered up the courage to go under the shade of a tree where three monks were gathered. When the master saw a sweaty woman, he stopped eating a piece of watermelon that was about to be eaten and handed it to her: "I will quench your thirst." Liu Mei waved her hand and said that she was not here to ask for watermelon, but to ask for her teacher. The master very enthusiastically asked her to eat the watermelon and said that she would talk about the matter after the tooth ceremony.
Liu Mei saw the monk for the first time. Unexpectedly, the monk treated her like a relative, so she had to obey. Instead of asking for the watermelon handed over by the master, she took the watermelon given to her by the thin monk. She was indeed thirsty. After eating, the master had just finished eating, so she went around to ask him something. The master looked at her expression, but before she could speak, the master said: I know you want to ask me. what's up.
Yeah? Liu Mei was surprised and asked: Please tell me, what exactly am I asking you?
Are you itchy all over? You want to know why. Seeing Liu Mei nodding her head, the master continued: Your itching cannot be cured by any medicine. It is a sin caused by a sin.
What's my fault? Liu Mei looked at Master with great fear. The master asked: Did you pour vegetable oil on a gray-haired rat a year ago, nail its tail, and then light it on fire and burn it alive?
Gosh! How do you know about this? I did, how does this relate to my itching?
Relatedly, after death, the gray-haired rat gave birth to a hedgehog to take revenge on you. When you touch it, it will itch all over your body and make you feel hot and uncomfortable. The pain is no less painful than when you were drenched in oil and burned. The gray-haired rat is in pain, and now the gray-haired rat has passed on its original pain to you in another form, so you suffer this misfortune.
Liu Mei was silent. She suddenly recalled that the disabled man was so rude to her when she was selling hedgehogs, so she told her the reason and asked about the cause and effect. Master recited a scripture silently with his eyes slightly closed, then half-opened his eyelids and said to her: Hundreds of lifetimes ago, the disabled man was a healthy man. He caught a thief and was so angry that he cut off the thief's feet with a knife. , the thief bled excessively and died. Before his death, he vowed to make the person who cut off his feet disabled.
This thought becomes a toxin that adheres to that person along with the karma and chance encounters throughout the void and throughout the Dharma Realm, causing his lower limbs to become diseased, atrophic and disabled when he is reincarnated in later lives.
Liu Mei asked who the thief was now, and the master told her: Far away in the horizon, but close in front of you. Hundreds of lives ago, you were in the body of a man, a cunning and weird thief, and later you were transformed into a female body by karma. Now that disabled person has had a calamity with you hundreds of lives ago, so he hates you when he sees you, let alone help you. 's busy.
Liu Mei felt her body was itching again and asked if there was any way to relieve the pain of my itching. Master said it is true, but you have to act accordingly.
Liu Mei said she was willing to listen to Master's advice. The master immediately taught her how to treat itchiness. She kept it in mind, and she actually felt that her body was no longer itchy.
At this time, she said goodbye to the three masters and apprentices. She actually forgot to go to the melon garden to get watermelons. Instead, she ran downhill to her husband and came to a shallow lake covered with reeds and calamus. Under the scorching sunshine, Wang Meng had pulled out a large pile of irises, which were green and faint.
Liu Mei said: Brother Wang Meng, there is no need to talk about it. All the herbs on my body can only be used as auxiliary treatment for the itching. These calamus are enough. Wang Meng was a little confused and looked at Liu Mei with wide eyes: What can I use to cure your itching? Liu Mei told him what the master said. Wang Meng seemed to believe it but not believe it. He climbed ashore from the shallow lake, picked up a small bundle of calamus, and returned with Liu Mei.
Their hometown is surrounded by large mountains and jungles. Walking to the village, Liu Mei found a shepherd boy catching a bird. She couldn't name it, but she saw the bird's gray-brown wings flapping non-stop. No matter how hard he couldn't break free, the shepherd boy was tying a rope to its iron-green paws. Liu Mei walked over and wanted to tell him, let this poor bird go! But considering that the shepherd boy would not agree, he changed his approach and said in a negotiating tone: My little friend, sell me this little bird! The shepherd boy looked at Liu Mei: Okay! Can you afford the price?
Just quote a price. Liu Mei only had some change on her, so she was really worried that he had raised the price.
Auntie, do you want to buy it for 10 yuan? As the shepherd boy spoke, he glanced at the men beside Liu Mei and thought that they would not have less than 10 yuan, so he insisted: I will sell you this little bird for only 10 yuan.
Wang Meng said somewhat unhappily: Is this little bird worth 10 yuan? When I weigh it on a scale, I don’t know if it’s two taels. A chicken weighs one or two catties. We haven’t sold it for 10 yuan yet. You’re not a big man, and your heart is quite dark.
Forget it if you don’t buy it. I’m not begging you to buy it, and I don’t want to sell it either. The shepherd boy looked sideways and retorted: If you want to buy chicken, just buy J! Chickens are everywhere and you can catch them with your hand. Although this little bird can be seen everywhere, can you reach out and catch it? The harder it is, the rarer it is, and the rarer it is, the more expensive it is. This little bird is more expensive than a chicken weighing several kilograms. You are a grown man, and you don't understand this.
Wang Meng was ridiculed by the shepherd boy, and when he was about to have a fit, Liu Mei grabbed his sleeve and whispered: Just think of it as me buying medicine with 10 yuan! Wang Meng held back, but glared at the shepherd boy.
The shepherd boy twisted his neck and did not look at him at all. As he was starting to walk away, Liu Mei stopped the shepherd boy and asked for 10 yuan from Wang Meng. She took it and rushed to the shepherd boy and waved it in front of him: I will buy this bird. The shepherd boy looked at her for a moment and felt that this was not coaxing, saying, "Give me the money." Liu Mei handed him the money and said: I know how to pay with one hand and deliver the goods with the other.
The shepherd boy took the money and handed the bird to Liu Mei, saying that you must tighten the rope that tied the bird. I don't care if it runs away.
It's none of your business. Liu Mei grabbed the bird, carefully loosened the rope tied to its toes, then pulled the rope and threw it away. She looked at the mountains in the distance, released the bird in her hand into the sky, and said, "Little bird, little bird, I will give you your freedom."
The shepherd boy hadn't gone far, so he looked back and was surprised. Liu Mei looked at the shepherd boy and said: I bought this little bird for 10 yuan just to let it fly. The shepherd boy turned and walked away silently. He never understood why the strange woman wanted to spend money to let the birds fly.
