At this moment, I don't know who recited Amitabha, which surprised the hunter and then calmed him down. It turned out that there was a monk standing in front of him with his palms folded. He looked at him and said, why are you doing evil again? The monk actually recognized him. He was Pi Shuang, who had served for several years and was demobilized. No, he was not demobilized, he was fired from the army. He was guilty of playing with women. In the army, he sneaked into the widow's cave and was escorted out by a righteous female soldier. As a result, he was naturally expelled from the army.
After returning to her hometown, she found her former lover Xu Yu. After Xu Yu found out that he betrayed her in the army, she angrily broke up with him and fell in love with another man who was taller than Pi Shuang. Pi Shuang once wanted to provoke the man, but when she saw that she was no match for him, she reluctantly gave up. But Pi Shuang's lustful nature never changed, and he would flirt with women of some color wherever he went.
After he was expelled from the army and returned home, he wanted to return to his old profession of hunting. However, the New Zealand government prohibited the hunting of wild animals, so he learned carpentry from a master. However, wherever he went, he couldn't help but fall in love with women, and sometimes they would embrace each other. There are some benefits to the carpentry business, but if you get involved with some women, you will get into a lot of trouble.
Some women saw that this young man was quite handsome, so they were willing to linger with him, but he was just playing for fun, not sincerely. The woman who fell in love with him pursued him relentlessly, but he kept hiding, which affected the workmanship and sometimes caused trouble for the carpenter.
That time, he fell in love with another woman and avoided the previous woman. The former woman found out that he liked the new and disliked the old, so she ran to the place where he was working in anger, but she didn't see him, so she took the ax and the ax and the carpentry tools that he and the master were using. Saws, ink lines, etc. were picked up and dropped, leaving a mess. The master was very angry and refused to accept Pi Shuang as his apprentice again, and resolutely drew a clear line with him.
Later, something happened. Two women who had been played by Pi Shuang were keen on pursuing him, but he always avoided them, so they drowned themselves in the river one after another. Pi Shuang was horrified by the heroic sacrifice of the two women and did not dare to show his face for a while, fearing that the relatives of the deceased would take violent revenge on him. Because it is not appropriate to prosecute cases of suicide, the guilty can go unpunished and will only be morally condemned or attacked by the family members, relatives and friends of the victim. Like a shelter from the limelight, Pi Shuang's only way is to hide. When I was bored, I secretly picked up a shotgun and hunted in the forest.
There were often police patrols in the forest, so he couldn't do it, so he hid the shotgun near the temple because this was a Buddhist pure land and few people came here to kill animals. Anyone with a little religious knowledge knew that killing animals in or near a temple was a sin. Far more serious than killing elsewhere. It is said that after the person who kills in such a place dies, his soul will be sent to the eternal hell, and he will never be reincarnated forever. Pi Shuang didn't believe this. Seeing that there were no police patrols near the temple, he actually shot a squirrel listening to the scriptures with his gun.
The monk was very angry and pointed at him and scolded him: You deserve to go to hell, put down the squirrel body quickly, otherwise I will report it to the police immediately. Pi Shuang was frightened. He understood that if the police caught him, he could be held criminally responsible for the crime of illegal hunting of wild animals, and he would lose his freedom. The seriousness of the problem frightened him. He knelt in front of the monk, kowtowed repeatedly, and said, "Please, Master, don't report it to the police, otherwise I will be finished."
If we had known today, why bother in the beginning? Amitabha. When the monk saw him putting down the bloody and stiff squirrel, he said, if you really want to repent, just dig a big hole and bury the squirrel's body. Pi Shuang stood up, pretending to be respectful and said to the monk, Master, I will go down the mountain to get a hoe to dig a hole. If I go and fail to come, you can report the case.
Amitabha, you will suffer the consequences of your own sins. The only way to survive is to sincerely repent and reform. The sighing monk watched Pi Shuang's back disappear on the distant mountain road, and his eyes fell on the stiff body of the squirrel.
The squirrel, who loved listening to scriptures, seemed to feel no pain at the moment of being shot, but felt extremely relaxed. Why is this? The Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva who came to greet it used magic power to cause the bullet that penetrated its body to release an anesthetic effect like an anesthetic. When its soul left the body, it was like people taking off their bloated cotton clothes on a warm spring day. I feel extremely relaxed.
When it saw its own body falling from a nearly 20-meter-high pine tree due to being shot, it was like seeing a branch falling. It seemed to have nothing to do with it. It should have hated the person who killed it with a shotgun. The hunter, at this moment, because there was no pain and because he was immersed in the joy of listening to the chanting of scriptures, he did not have a trace of resentment against the hateful hunter, and did not have a trace of revenge. It felt like it was floating more freely, guided by a sound of chanting that was clearer, more solemn, and more joyful than the chanting in the temple.
Suddenly, a tall pine tree appeared in front of it, which was taller and greener than the one next to the temple. It kicked off its legs and jumped onto the branches coiled like a tray. It unexpectedly found that the pine tree was being held up by a Bodhisattva. He is Wei Tuo Bodhisattva. In front of it is a cluster of colorful clouds. Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva sits cross-legged on top of the clouds, clasping his hands and reciting scriptures. The soul of the squirrel squatting on the pine tree is still listening attentively to the divine sound of the Dharma.
Suddenly Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva paused, and the squirrel's soul went wild. He found that his body was not skinned and cooked by the worldly people, but was buried in the mountains at the urging of the monk and repaired by the repentant hunter. They dug a new grave and knelt down in front of it to worship. The squirrel felt that the hunter was not only not hateful, but rather pitiful and even cute. This thought lasted only a moment, and the sound of Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva's chanting came again, and the cluster of colorful clouds and even the pine tree were drifting in the wind, drifting towards the pure land in the west...
The monk standing in front of the squirrel's grave felt it. He said to Pi Shuang, who was worshiping: Donor, this squirrel actually died in no pain at all, because it passed away happily after listening to sutras for many years. Because to believe in Buddha is to believe in compassion, and to believe in compassion is to generate bodhicitta and selflessly love all living beings in the world. This little squirrel has great enlightenment, how can humans be embarrassed? Amitabha, I hope the donor will find his way back.
Pi Shuang does not actually believe in Buddha. He is just afraid that the monk will report his hunting of wild animals to the police, so he has to do what the monk says. The monk had already sensed Pi Shuang's stubbornness, so he said sincerely: Donor, the sea of suffering is boundless, but when you turn around, you will find the shore. A few days ago, your old mother came to the temple to repent for all the sins you had committed. She burned incense and worshiped Buddha so devoutly. If you don't change your ways and continue to sink, the consequences will be terrible. Amitabha! May the donor wake up soon.
