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There were hundreds of heads growing on the fish!

Buddhist fables 2024-12-24

There were hundreds of heads growing on the fish!

Early in the morning, when the Buddha and his disciples passed by the Liyue River and were about to go to the city of Visheli, they found a fishing boat caught a big fish, but they could not pull it up... Finally, the five hundred fishermen gathered 500 cattle herders, and the animals, trying their best and panting, and finally pulled the big fish ashore.When we saw it, everyone couldn't help but take several steps back, and their hair stood up because there were hundreds of heads growing on the fish!Some are like donkeys, some are like horses, camels, tigers, wolves, apes, foxes, pig heads, dog faces... all the things that can be named and have never seen before.

The Buddha walked alone and peacefully to the hundred fish and asked carefully three times: "Are you Kapili?"Yes," Yu Ji replied, "Yes."The Buddha asked again: "Where are the people who taught you now?""The fish said, "She fell into the Avici Hell, and she was suffering so much..." When the hundreds of fish could speak, the public's doubts became deeper, so Ananda, who was the most knowledgeable person, walked forward respectfully and asked the Buddha to teach the public the cause and effect of the hundreds of fish...

In the time of Kashyapa Buddha, there was a Brahmin son named Kapiri.Kapili was very smart and studious. From childhood to adulthood, he performed very well in any group and never disappointed his parents who had children in old age.Soon after, Kapili's father passed away, and the old mother had deeper hopes for Kapili.Once, she asked Kapili, "Child, you are so smart, no one in the world can compare to you, right?

」Kapili answered honestly: "Mother, Kashyapa's wisdom is too great, I really can't catch up with him!Anyone who has questions and asks Kashyapa will get a satisfactory answer;However, I can't answer these questions."

My mother said, "Then why don't you study Buddhism?In this way, you won't lose to him."Mother, you don't understand that all Buddhist teachings are based on respect.In order to achieve the supreme path, one must be respectful and become a monk, seek the Buddha's path and transform sentient beings, in order to truly understand the mystery of Buddhism.” Kapili replied.Kapili's mother was a little hesitant because she only had such a son, so how could she bear to let him become a monk?But she couldn't bear this tone, so she gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, let you become a monk and study Buddhism, but we agreed to be the first. Once you have learned it well, you must come back quickly and be filial to me."

The simple Kapili entered the monastic community and began to study Buddhism. With his intelligence and talent, he could quickly understand the principles of the scriptures.His mother also often visits him. Every once in a while, her mother would ask expectantly: "Child, how are you studying now? You can surpass Kashyapa Buddha, right?"But Kapili shook his head and answered again and again, causing her mood to fall to the bottom...

Finally, Kapili's mother couldn't help but say to him, "I will teach you, whenever someone preaches better than you in the future, you will scold him in a disdainful tone: "You are so stupid and have no knowledge!"It's worse than a pig's head...' In this way, no one dares to continue talking or ridicule you."

Although Kapili knew that it was wrong to be angry and curse people, he couldn't help but feel impatient when he thought that he had always won the first place, but now he could not catch up with Kasyapa Buddha.So he really started to use swearing to hide his shortcomings.As the days passed, the originally kind Kapili became more and more arrogant, and became more and more unscrupulous, using all the animals he could think of to curse people, such as pig's head, dog's face, donkey's head, horse's face, monkey's face... etc. to insult one saint after another.

「Such a profound evil karma made Kapili suffer the consequences of falling into the aquatic race, and his body was covered with more than a hundred animal heads, like countless cancers."The Buddha's voice showed infinite compassion, and he taught the public who were listening to the Dharma.

Reflect on

Intelligence may bring temporary glory, but it cannot overcome the evil thoughts that erode reason;The wisdom of clear mind is the bright lamp in the dark house of troubles and can break evil views.Right knowledge and correct views are like good medicine, while good teachers are like doctors who prepare prescriptions. If you want to eliminate the poison of troubles in your heart, you must first know a good doctor and take the medicine step by step.Don’t believe in the “secret recipe” of unknown origin, otherwise, it will not only fail to detoxify, but will aggravate the condition.Walker!We should purify the Dharma with respectful heart ──Take refuge in the Buddha and respect the Buddha nature that is inherent in all sentient beings;Take refuge in the Dharma, practice countless Dharmas with humility, and deeply believe in cause and effect;Take refuge in the Sangha, reflect and review, purify one's own mind, and constantly practice the three non-leakage studies of precepts, concentration, and wisdom.Believe that if you transform your mind's greed, anger, ignorance, arrogance and doubt, pure wisdom will surely appear.

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