Amitabha, the poor monk has long hands and short sleeves, and the two donors ask others to save themselves, it is better to save themselves. Master Huineng patted his cassock and wanted to walk away. Ma Ming didn't understand what Master Huineng meant by "self-saving", so he asked him if he could explain it clearly so that he could "self-liberate".
Amitabha, the benefactor had faith and sincerity, so the poor monk taught him. Master Huineng told Ma Ming that if the donor wanted to have another baby, he should remember two things to ensure safety.
Which two? Ma Ming asked impatiently.
Donor, please listen carefully. The first rule is to abstain from killing. The reason why your 4-year-old son died prematurely was because of your excessive killing karma. As the saying goes: Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha immediately. As long as you put down the shotgun, stay safe.
Hearing this, Ma Ming was horrified. He couldn't even remember how many wild animals he had hunted. Master Huineng also said that the reason why Ma Ming's son died of a sudden illness was because Ma Ming had hunted a pheasant that had just hatched a clutch of cubs in the spring of that year. There was no one to take care of or feed them, so they all starved to death...
For Ma Ming, the scene of hunting pheasants was vivid in his mind. It was in the forest on the mountain opposite the lake area. He heard the cries of pheasants, so he sneaked over with a shotgun and found a soap tree in front of him. There was a bird's nest on the jue tree, and a colorful pheasant squatted in the bird's nest. He wanted to fire a shot, but he was worried that it would not hit, so he picked up a stone and threw it at the bird's nest. The colorful pheasant was frightened and flew up. , caught Ma Ming's expectant eyes, he raised his gun, a ball of sparks spurted out, and there was a loud noise. In the blink of an eye, the colorful pheasant fell from the crown of the tree, and even the bird's nest and even the The hatched brood of pheasants was also overturned. Thinking of this scene, Ma Ming felt guilty.
Master Huineng said that the ancient saying goes: I advise you not to kill the spring bird, because the son is in the nest looking forward to the mother's return. It is a sin to kill an adult pheasant, especially a pheasant that has just become a mother. It bears the heavy responsibility of feeding its children. Because of its death, the whole brood of young will freeze to death or starve to death. Being swallowed by worms and snakes, your sins are so grave that they will affect your descendants.
Ma Ming opened his eyes wide and looked at Master Huineng's manner of speaking and the frequency with which the corners of his mouth moved, for fear that he might not hear a certain keyword.
At this point, Master Huineng, with his hands clasped together, recited another line of Amitabha, and then said to Ma Ming, Donor, whether you hunt two-legged animals, four-legged animals, many-legged animals, or even legless animals, as long as the animal is in the state of lactation. Or during the nurturing period, if it is hunted, it will cause the immature direct offspring to die. This is very unfavorable to the hunter who hunts the animal. It will definitely lead to the death of the hunter's children and the loss of heirs.
At this time, Ma Ming's wife raised her hand and pulled Ma Ming, and said through his ear: You can't hunt wild animals anymore, you are committing a sin. Ma Ming replied with a heavy heart: I will quit hunting in the future. He then asked Master Huineng doubtfully: I have never understood how, after I killed the mother pheasant, it took revenge on my 4-year-old son?
Amitabha. Huineng breaks it down one by one. If you hunted and killed the mother pheasant, your 4-year-old son would not die. The problem is that the brood of pheasants died, and their scattered spirits gathered together and were captured. The underworld inhaled it and complained to the underworld, saying that they were unwilling to reincarnate into flying beasts because they died after breaking out of eggs and surviving only a few days.
The underworld ordered them to continue to transform into flying animals to complete a bad relationship. They protested, insisting on taking revenge on you as a hunter, or killing you before they would transform into flying beasts.
The Yin Si Shen looked through your records and found that your life span has not expired and you cannot make mistakes. The scattered spirits of this nest of pheasants gathered together and continued to protest. They could not subdue the hunter Ma Ming, but they could kill his descendants. In this way, the God of Yins sent the God of Plague to your house to make your 4-year-old son contract bird flu and die suddenly. Amitabha, human beings have committed serious sins by killing animals, and they are repaying each other unjustly. The wars and resentments continue from generation to generation and will never end.
Ma Ming immediately told Master Huineng that I would no longer be a hunter and would no longer create killing karma.
How good! How good! Master Huineng said: The sea of suffering is boundless, but when you turn around, you will reach the shore! It is not too late for the donor to look back.
At this moment, the bell of Qinglong Temple rang, and Master Huineng went to perform rituals at the right time. Before leaving, he told Ma Ming and his wife: The second rule is to release the animals. Releasing animals can reduce crimes and reduce disasters.
Wang Fu understood that the reason why Ma Ming vowed to help him protect birds and ban hunting was because he was enlightened by Master Huineng of Qinglong Temple. Wangfu was excited, took Ma Ming's hand and said: Thank you for becoming my ally in protecting birds.
Ma Ming was actually happy. He patted Wang Fu on the shoulder with one hand and expressed his inner feelings: After Master Huineng's enlightenment, I understood a truth. Protecting wild animals means protecting human beings; killing wild animals means protecting ourselves. Killing humans themselves. If I hadn't been a hunter and caused too much killing, maybe my 4-year-old son wouldn't have died suddenly of illness.
Ma Ming's wife interjected sadly: Not only can you not be a hunter, Master Huineng has said that you must insist on releasing animals, so that you can offset the killing karma you have created.
Finally, we had an ally to protect the birds and ban hunting. Wangfu was also a kind person. He stood up and took the wooden sign placed by the wall and handed it to Ma Ming: Village Chief Ma, find the most eye-catching sign in the lake area. Insert it in the right position and do more publicity, which is actually accumulating merit, and the merit is immeasurable.
Ma Ming took the wooden sign and looked at it again and again, and said it was no problem, it could be done. Ma Ming's wife is a careful person. When she saw a thin layer of dust accumulated on the wooden sign, she took a rag from the kitchen and wiped it. Stain, let's start all over again.
Thanks to the support of Village Chief Ma and his wife, the Wangfu Bird Protection and Hunting Ban has received more support from the masses. The wooden sign was inserted at the intersection into the lake area. In front of it is the lake and behind it are mountains. Ma Ming also held a village mass meeting in the name of the village chief, advocating that everyone consciously protect wild animals, not only to protect the birds in the lake area, but also to protect the mountains. birds and other wildlife. If someone is found hunting wild animals, the shotgun will be confiscated and a fine of 500 yuan will be imposed. If there is dissatisfaction, the person will be handed over to the judicial department for punishment.
Wang Fu protected the birds and banned hunting, which may have been a sign of his true virtue. His red, swollen and itchy arms miraculously healed.
There was a reason for this. Wangfu didn't know that his firm action of protecting birds and banning hunting moved the Animal God. The God of Animals played the role of Medicine Buddha in the Oriental Glazed Light World and praised his merits.
Medicine Buddha has great supernatural powers. Opening his palms is like opening a TV screen. His mentality of hoping for wealth and his behavior of holding up the wooden sign are all vivid in his mind. He also looked very carefully at the symptoms of Wangfu's left and right arms, ranging from redness and swelling to chronic ulcers. In order to relieve Wangfu from the pain of being poisoned by scorpion poison, he immediately dispatched a team of magical medicine workers to quickly remove the lesions that produced the itchy toxin for Wangfu.
At that time, Wangfu was on an island in the lake area. He found a chick that was not yet full of feathers and could not fly, rolling down from a tree. He carefully picked it up, put it back into the nest in the tree, and found out A vine binds the shaking nest firmly to prevent the chicks from falling off again.
