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Buddhist Story: Timeless Story: Who am I

Who am I

arts /Karma Tianjin Rinpoche

One night, a ghost carried a dead man, and another ghost chased him, scolding the ghost in front, and robbing me of the dead man.The former ghost said that I got this dead man first; the latter ghost said that I discovered it first.The two ghosts each hold their own opinions and each catches and fights for the dead.It's so painful to know the dead, but then the ghost asks ︰「Who will carry you? ﹖」I'm sorry ︰「These two powerful ghosts are extremely powerful. If they are honest, they will definitely be eaten by him. If they cheat him, they will end up the same way. What should we do? Well, let him tell him that the former ghost will carry me."The ghost was furious when he heard this, and twisted his arm and threw it on the ground.The former ghost did not show weakness, and pulled out his other arm, so his whole body was gradually torn apart. The two ghosts ate big mouthfuls, licked their tongues and wiped their mouths, leaving only a pile of bones and flesh.

I'm sorry ︰「My parents were born to me and I saw that I was eaten up by two powerful ghosts, and now I am his flesh.Do I still have a body that I have attached to now ﹖」If you think there is, you still have a survivor and it is no longer the same.If you think you have nothing, you still have a disabled body after all, let alone the consciousness is still there.As I thought about it, my heart became even more misty and depressed, and I drifted with the wind of karma and went to another place.

There, I saw monks gathering in the pagoda, so I asked the monks to help them. ︰「Is my body there or not?" asked the monks. ︰「Who are you?" This person answered ︰「I don't know who I am now, it's not human."So he talked about his own experience.Some monks think ︰「This person knows that he has no self and can be easily saved."So tell him ︰「Your body has been "selfless" for a long time, not today.But only with the combination of the four elements of earth, water, fire and wind, can there be a "self". Your original "no self" is no different from now."The person who hears it opens his mind and asks the Buddha's path. All monks start the supreme path for him and eliminate all afflictions. This person will attain the Arhat fruit, understand that all "appearances" are selfless and everything is "unable to obtain".This is a story about the bardo.

As for the cause of salvation, it is because the deceased practices Buddhism before his death, but has not yet been enlightened. After his death, he holds the physical body as his own and his mind is depressed for a moment.Therefore, the two Bodhisattvas Manjushri and Guanyin appeared in two ghosts, which was skillfully inspired.The symbolic meaning of eating one's body is to break the thief of troubles and remove the demons that are attached to the body.Therefore, the person has the idea of ​​"what the body born to his parents is eaten by the two ghosts, what is the body now?"Furthermore, because of the merits of building a pagoda in the previous body, the pagoda can be seen in the Yin period.Only by respecting and believing in the Three Jewels can you obtain the teachings of monks.All monks are transformed by Bodhisattvas from the ten directions, and they offer purity and purity during their lifetime.

Everyone, everything in the cycle of reincarnation is unavailable! Although other people and other external things can also be counted as me, such as wives and daughters, houses, fields, property, gold and silver, etc., when impermanence comes, they cannot be taken away.Although people in the world understand these principles, their minds are trapped in this and they cannot extricate themselves from being attached to troubles.Having and losing are not absolute, but pain and happiness are the same.After thinking about it, you will know that all manifestations are empty in nature. In this way, what else can make you obsessed with attachments?

Who is my body? Is there or not? It is really difficult for the world to teach whether it is there or not? But if you make good use of this body to practice, my body will ultimately be the Buddha body.Good! The profound meaning of this article is worthy of your consideration.

2024-02-05 18:02
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