"Allowing women to become monks will lead to the decline of Buddhism 500 years earlier." This sentence did appear in the biography of the Buddha, and it was also said by the Buddha himself. But interestingly, the author Jakucho Setouchi is a Buddhist monk. She is the host of Tiantai Temple, a thousand-year-old temple, and also a writer with many works.
Setouchi Jiuxiong's life was tortuous and magnificent. Her common name is Setouchi Harumi. In her early years, she abandoned her husband and daughter and ran away from home. She also had an extramarital affair with a married man for eight years, and at the same time, she created a pink love novel that is homophonic with her own name. At the age of 50, I had my hair cut and listened to the dharma number silently-those who left listened to Sanskrit silently, fled into an empty door and devoted themselves to writing and preaching. This monk is the highest-ranking monk at present, equivalent to the archbishop of Christianity, and is considered as the best Buddhist master in Japan.
The treasure is solemn-this may be the image of all the silent masters we can think of, but it is wrong. The master who appears in people's sight is not only kind-hearted, but also full of smiles and spirits. In 2008, the 86-year-old listening master wrote a mobile phone novel under the pen name Zi, which not only imitated the style of young people nowadays, but also used a lot of brushstrokes, creating 6.5438+0.2 million hits on the novel, which is probably the real "follow one's inclinations without overstepping the bounds".
Buddhist Biography is one of the masterpieces of Master Ji. It was also written by her in her eighties. At this time, she has already read all the vicissitudes of life and is well versed in Buddhism. The Buddha died at the age of eighty. She reviewed 12 stories of Buddha's life, just to explain everyone's life, simple and warm, heal the body and mind, and gradually awaken the inner consciousness and mind.
The book is narrated and recalled from the perspective of the Buddha's waiter, Elder Ananda. The journey of this book is that Ananda accompanied the Buddha to the south and finally reached Naro, the place of death chosen by the Buddha. At the beginning, the Buddha was an old man in his twilight years: "His thin cheeks were yellow, his cheekbones were high, his eyes were sunken like a knife, and the eyelashes on his narrow eyes cast a shadow. Only from here can he vaguely distinguish the elegance of his youth. The once glorious and elastic golden skin is relaxed, and brown age spots emerge on it like the broken skin of beans. " This book is not about a fairy in a whisper, but about Gautama Siddharta. Like you and me, he was born and raised on earth, and became a Buddha by strict cultivation and diligence, so we will be surprised and sigh that the Buddha is old, sick and emaciated, and one day his body will be disillusioned.
Looking at this Buddha, I felt "feelings".
Buddha seldom smiles on weekdays, and he can hardly laugh clearly. But when walking on the road, young children are attracted by Buddha's natural tenderness and stagger to grab their skirts. The Buddha will squat down, touch the child's face and smile back. When walking, the Buddha will also look at the flowers with a bright smile, because he said, "The life of all things is beautiful. Look at this flower that just bloomed. Every little petal contains and shines with the brilliance of life. Whether it is a human child or a small egg, all life is lovely. "
In his later years, he recalled the past days more and more, and his hometown had already been annihilated by fly ash. When he recalled leaving the palace, his young wife and newborn son went to practice alone, he said: "At that time, although I had understood that' desire' actually brought people little happiness, accompanied by pain, trouble and disaster, I had never experienced happiness except desire, and I didn't know there was anything more attractive than desire. Therefore, I can't completely escape the temptation of desire. " Having become the supreme and respected Great Awakener, there is no need to deliberately expose the young and immature self to the world, but the Buddha told Ananda calmly and peacefully. These words can be written down and let the world know publicly.
When Ananda asked about his brother devadatta's leaving the cult, the Buddha said that he regretted insulting devadatta, who had a high opinion of himself and a strong heart, in public, which led to a series of tragedies in King Snake City. Every time he thought about it, his heart was twisted. Will Buddha regret it? Yes, the Buddha said, "I often feel sorry." The more I regret it, the more I regret it. " Everyone thought Siddhartha's heart was clear, his heart was clear, and he devoted himself to teaching Buddhism and benefiting all sentient beings. But where did he expect the great sage to have such a deep regret on his deathbed?
In his later years, the Buddha saw his father, foster mother, wife and disciples leave. Although he is always calm and calm, there is still loneliness and gloom in his vicissitudes. "The so-called longevity is actually watching the person you love leave, leaving you alone. For enlightened saints, can we conclude that they have no loneliness of love and parting? The Buddha only has the power to endure all loneliness and sadness. " This is all the secrets of the Buddha. If things are impermanent, the way to cross these rapids is to be patient with a peaceful mind, because the world will not be in a static state, and becoming an inactive person is just compassion for yourself. This kind of waiting is transformation, and will eventually reach a calm state.
The Buddha himself sat quietly under the bodhi tree, awakened from the confusion of ordinary people and gained peace of mind. He once issued a declaration that shocked the ancient and modern times: "Great! It's amazing! All beings in the world have the wisdom and virtue of Tathagata, but they cannot prove it because of delusion. " Since then, great compassion and great equality have emerged. In the forty-five years after attaining the Tao, they gave up all their personal lives, walked on the land of India with their own feet and insisted on sacrificing all sentient beings. As for the persistence and preaching of Buddhism all the year round, on his deathbed, the Buddha only said this sentence lightly: "When you face thousands of audiences and spend thousands of words, even if only one person remembers one sentence in thousands of words when you go back, it should be a surprise. If I don't think so, how can I stick to my 45-year journey of promoting Buddhism? "
In Jakucho Setouchi's book, there is no mention of Buddhism and Buddhism, and there is no specific precept for Buddha's disciples. It is about the meeting and parting between people, the attachment and respect between people and Buddhism. It seems that Zen uses cases to present truth, and silence uses stories to reveal truth. It was warm all the way. What we need is to listen, understand and trust the inspiration and touch in our hearts-the wisdom of the Buddha.
Born as a man, he is always troubled by life. The first doctrine of Buddha's life is suffering. The reason for the pain is that the heart is too persistent. In addition to the inevitable physical pain of birth, illness and death, there is also the "separation of love and suffering" that has to be separated from the person you love. Have to meet the haters "resentment will be bitter"; "I can't get what I want, but I can't get it", and the pain of struggling in the desires generated by the five human bodies. The radical method of the Buddha is to break the desire for absolute love, meditate and walk alone. "I don't use violence against all beings, I don't hurt any of them, I don't want children, I don't want friends, I wander alone like a rhinoceros horn." This change should not be an escape, but a face-up; It should not be a struggle, but a relaxation; It should not be taking, but giving.
In fact, when we talk about the Buddha, we all think he is familiar, but this only shows that we know something about him, including his stories, legends, thoughts and philosophy. These are mostly abstract and empty concepts, but we don't really know him. Jakucho Setouchi himself played Ananda, the Buddha's waiter. Through years of practice and understanding, he never doubted himself, denied himself and changed himself. It seems that he walked beside the Buddha more than 2000 years ago. He not only understood that his teachings were as majestic as mountains and as broad as the sea, but also realized the exemplary power of the Buddha's personality behind these words and expressions. The Buddha lived, lived vividly and lived abundantly, which is a powerful life experience and existence state. Compared with his rich life, the crystallization of those thoughts is just one of the expressions, and this kind of entry and sharing naturally flows out under the pen of the listening master.
What crosses the world is right and wrong, and it is a grudge. The master of silence in his later years, like the Buddha looking back at the world for the last time before his death, has been surpassed. Everyone should be himself, and what he has experienced is exactly this sentence-the world is beautiful and human life is sweet!