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As eternal as the earth
In the Tang Dynasty, there lived a young monk named Qi Ben in Tianhua Temple. One day, I was in a hurry to go to the toilet. No sooner had he squatted down than a pool of cow dung flew in from outside the wall and landed squarely on his head. This is not the first time that I have been insulted by my classmates. Because of some misunderstandings, he is often laughed at, satirized and sarcastic by his classmates. His inner pain is so painful that there is really nowhere to tell it. Helpless, he returned to his residence, cleaned the dirt and changed his clothes.

? Just as he scraped cow dung off his frock with a wooden stick, an old monk came in and asked him, "Why is there cow dung on your clothes?" Tears flowed first and said nothing.

? After the contract tells the story. The old monk asked him, "If you caught the man who threw cow dung at you red-handed, would you hit him?" Ben shook his head. "The old monk asked again," Will you scold him? " This pull shook his head again. The old monk asked him for the third time, "Will you hate him?" Qi said, "I hate it, I hate it very much!" "I hate people who insult others indiscriminately!"

? The old monk shook his head gently: "Say, you are wrong. You know, the idea of hatred will set Kutokuhayashi on fire. You hold a grudge against all beings, how can you increase your happiness? How can a man of practice reach his destination without fuhui capital, just like a traveler without drinking water and dry food?

? The deed says:? "However, they are honest and treacherous, and they don't distinguish good from evil. They are willing to insult others. What should I do in the face of other people's bad words? How to get rid of this embarrassing situation?

? The old monk said seriously, "Getting rid of it is to escape." In life, everything has to face the opposite and accept it directly! Therefore, not only can we not hate all sentient beings, but we should also have compassion and tolerance for all sentient beings from the heart. In the face of resentment and injury, smile sincerely. "

? Che Chi said with a wry smile, "Is it too difficult? How can we do it? "

? Csi didn't answer the rhetorical question: "Well, where did you put the cow dung scraped off the frock?"

? "On the ground." "What about the sewage from your shampoo?" ? "I spilled it on the ground."

? At this time, the old monk pointed to the earth under his feet and said, "The earth is generous and can accommodate any dirt." Even if you impose the dirtiest things on it, such as cow dung, excrement and urine, pus and blood, it will accept it calmly and will not resist. Therefore, our hearts should be as patient as the earth and as generous as the earth. It is heavy, loaded with mountains, rivers, plants and everything, regardless of flowers and weeds, regardless of insects and fleas, it silently accepts; It is generous, so you can kill chickens, plane cattle and sheep, step on it, spit, shit and pee, but it doesn't move.

? I suddenly understood this point: the key to enduring humiliation and being insulted and hurt by others without feeling resentment is to be self-centered! In other words, if you live with a clear conscience in jurisprudence, you will have perseverance and will not be shaken by foreign invasion.

? Endurance, seemingly weak, is actually strong, and infinite patience is infinite power. If you can't bear it, experience all kinds of troubles, and don't change your original intention, you can get happiness and success, and you can realize the supreme bodhi!