Selfishness

Legend has it that in a small village, there lived a child—the child of Buddha.It is rumored that he has the ability to call wind and rain.His name is Miao Sheng.

In the early spring, the weather was still slightly cool, and everyone in the village breathed white air and walked towards the fields.

To go to the fields, you have to pass through the temple in the village.This small temple is already very dilapidated, because the last monk who was here has long since passed away, and it has been too long, and people have forgotten it.

On this day, strange to say, the good weather suddenly started to rain.Rain in the early morning is rare in the village.But it was supposed to be a thunderstorm, so the villagers went to the temple to rest for a while.

"Huh? Why is there a child here?" The person who entered first greeted the descendants in surprise.

"Look, there is a child on the Buddha statue." There was a few-month-old baby in the arms of the Buddha statue, sleeping soundly, unaware that he was being surrounded by so many people.

"Oh, why is this child wrapped in a ragged cotton coat?"

One of the older men held the child in his arms.He was a little surprised. Logically speaking, a child would cry. If he didn't cry, he would probably die soon.But not only did the child not cry, but his complexion was rosy, and he didn't look frostbitten.

"It's all right? It seems to be blessed by the Buddha."

"He sleeps peacefully in the arms of the Buddha, is it the child of the Buddha?"

Buddha's child?The people in the village began to chatter, with surprise and fear.

"Stop making trouble. I don't know where the children came from. There must be none in our village, and there are not many people from outside." Before the elders finished speaking, the temple exploded again, and everyone said it must be The Buddha's child, no one has had a child in our village recently.The older man looked at the people who were yelling and said, "Let's put the child here first. Let's call him Miaosheng."

Since then, there have been more children in the temple.This child really looks divine, he never cries, sometimes he giggles by himself in the temple, and he also giggles when he sees people coming, his crescent-like eyes make the women who come to take care of him very fond of it.

Time doesn't go fast, because there are still stories to come.

One day, a wandering monk came to the village.When the old monk was in the village for alms, he heard the villagers mentioned Xiaomiaosheng, so he went to see it out of curiosity.

Walking into the temple, the monk saw that Xiaomiaosheng was alone in the arms of the Buddha statue, playing with his fingers and giggling.The monk immediately bowed down in reverence.He said to the villagers who followed him, this is the reincarnation of the Buddha, and I want to serve him here.

So in the small village, there are two more monks, one old and one young.

Xiao Miaosheng grew up slowly, he no longer likes to play with his fingers, he fell in love with butterflies, so he chased her tirelessly.He also fell in love with swimming fish, so he dived underwater to play with them.He fell in love with the pastoral, so he dozed off in her arms.He has someone he likes called "Natural".

The little temple student is very happy every day, but the old monk is not happy.The old monk brought a lot of Buddhism, and he gave lectures to the students of the small temple every day.Xiao Miaosheng listened carefully, because he was also very interested in the little stories of Buddhism, but what he loved most was everything outside, so he always ran out secretly to meet his "little lover".

The old monk was really angry.The old monk called the little Miaosheng in front of him, "Miaosheng, you are a child of the Buddha, how can you not know his words? How can you not know the wisdom in his words? He asked you to come here for Convey his wisdom and promote his Dharma. How can such a stubborn person be saved?"

Xiao Miaosheng didn't really understand what the old monk said, but he knew that the old monk was very kind to him, and now that he made him angry, it was his fault.Xiaomiaosheng began to study Buddhist scriptures hard, but he would still slip out to the river to play when he had the chance.

One day, when the old monk was sitting in meditation, the temple student sneaked away to the river.There are a few children catching fish by the river.It is difficult for Xiaomiaosheng to see others when he is playing. Today, he saw someone of the same age, so he hurried over.

"What are you doing?"

The children who were stopped suddenly turned their heads and saw that it was Xiaomiaosheng who came, and immediately put the fish back into the river in panic.

"Don't blame me, little master. We didn't come here on purpose, and we didn't catch any fish. We'll leave right away!" In a blink of an eye, the children ran away.Xiaomiaosheng was a little strange, and he was a little puzzled, not understanding their behavior, not understanding his own heart.

Back in the temple, Xiao Miaosheng went to the old monk, hoping that the old monk could solve the problem.

After listening to Xiao Miaosheng's narration, the old monk touched his head and said, "They spared a life, and you made a good relationship for them. Miaosheng, this is the reason for our existence, to persuade people to be kind. In the future, you You should study Buddhist scriptures more, to take care of your villagers, and also for more people in the world, to form good karma and Buddha karma, and may they go to the Land of Ultimate Bliss to avoid suffering after death.”

Xiao Miaosheng understands that everyone in the village takes good care of him, and he wants to form a good relationship for them, accept the Buddha relationship, and save them from suffering.

Since then, temple students have been studying Buddhist scriptures harder.

"Sure enough, he is a child of the Buddha, and he will be a master in a short time."

The temple has grown up, and it has the posture of a Buddha smiling.And the time has come for the people in the village to need his help.

There was a severe drought in the village, and there was no harvest. The poorer families have been forced to eat bark.All the people in the village prayed outside the temple, hoping that he would pray to the Buddha so that the Dragon King could make it rain and save the crops in the village.

Seeing the situation in the village, the temple student was very sad, so he chanted sutras in the temple for three consecutive days.When the three days were about to pass, the sky suddenly became cloudy.One drop, two drops, three drops, more and more.The rain and dew sprinkled the land that was about to dry up.

The temple student is indeed a child of the Buddha.

People in the village repaired the small temple wantonly, and even people from neighboring villages came to contribute money and efforts.People say that temple students are the children of Buddha.

More and more people come to the temple to pray and make friends with the temple students.Outsiders came here to listen to the lectures of the temple students, and they all temporarily stayed in the villagers' homes. For this reason, people rushed to expand the land and opened inns, and the village became lively and gradually became richer.

The name of Miaosheng spread farther and farther. Everyone said that Miaosheng was a child of Buddha, and all wishes made to him would come true.And it is.

Maybe the Buddha wants to test the students in the temple.

Another year of drought, the few mu of land in the village had no harvest, and the few mu of land in the neighboring villages also had no harvest.Temple students prayed for rain for the villagers as usual.

Maybe the pigeons that were passed to the west got lost, and the rain didn't come down for a long time.The people in the village were in a hurry.The temple student was still chanting scriptures in front of the Buddha until he fainted.

A guess gradually spread among people.If it doesn't rain, it's because of anger!Because we chained his children to the village.

More and more people feel that they should send temple students back to the Buddha.

"Miaosheng, the Buddha once threw himself on a cliff just to save hungry tiger cubs; the Buddha once cut meat and fed it to eagles just to save helpless pigeons. It is the Buddha's original vow to sacrifice himself to save others."

"I understand. Going to the Western Paradise, I can better pray for the world."

The village has begun to prepare for the "farewell banquet" for temple students with great fanfare.A lot of people came here admiringly, crowded the inns in the village.No way, the people in the village had no choice but to continue to expand.

It's today, and the temple students are leaving.People watched the sacrificial performance, sat under the altar and chatted about the miracles of the temple students.

When the time came, the temple student walked slowly towards the woodpile.He sat cross-legged, holding the fearless seal.He glanced at the people below—the people he had been guarding.Seeing the tears in their eyes, Miao Sheng just smiled and took off his dharma body, wishing them well.Miaosheng closed his eyes, and he was going back to the Buddha.

People in the audience did not dare to cry, fearing that their tears would become an obstacle for Miao Sheng to return to the Western world, so they wiped away their tears silently.

There is no monument to the temple students in the village, and there is no talk about the temple students anymore.Because they are afraid that the memory will be to persuade them to stay, blocking the way for the temple students to go back to the west, and the temple students are the children of the Buddha.The villagers also believe that even if there is no stele or incense, the temple students will always pray for them.

There is an old monk in the temple who often preaches the greatness of Buddha.One day he will leave too.The old monk left very at ease. He thought to himself that he had served the Buddha's children well, and he helped the Buddha's children to promote Buddhism. For this reason, he can go to the Western world to see the Buddha with a clear conscience.

There is a small temple in the village, which is already a bit dilapidated, because the old monk who was here has passed away for a long time, and people gradually forget it.But there is a legend in the city that there used to be a child of Buddha in this land, named Miaosheng.

The author has something to say:

A little story I wrote before.Happened.put it here.Just treat it as a joke.Just look at it.