Many years ago, I went to a sangha to place an order. In the past few years, I went to place an order about four or five times. Each time I went to recite the Buddha for three or five days, or played a Buddha seven.I will go there because the Taoist style there is to advertise the achievement of the four groups of disciples in chanting Buddha with one heart, referring exclusively to the West, without any other characteristics of idleness. It is similar to the nature of many Amitabha villages established by laymen today, protecting the four groups of disciples and reciting Buddha all day long. , praying for rebirth, and being able to build a sangha that can be led by the monks, this is very rare, so I have paid special attention to forging this dharma karma. Put it down, and go there to live there in the old age, specializing in reciting the Buddha and praying for rebirth.

When I went there for the first time, the host was the master. She was very attentive to me, because she hoped that I would be able to donate the net resources of the dojo I currently manage to her, just like a Qingzhong teacher who lived there. To use, to jointly achieve their Sangha, and she is also willing to give me the convenience of free entry and exit in my permanent residence.During the conversation, we learned that she was a monk and was ordained not long ago, and she was not too young when she became a monk. At home, she began to actively support the current abbot master, so she naturally became the head of the family (another abbot), and jointly managed their major. family.I don't agree with this kind of origin at all, because there are too many unfavorable structures in human affairs, and there will definitely be many problems in the future, but I saw this smart and capable teacher for the first time. I can only rejoice at her intentions. Maybe in the process of getting along with her in the future, I can gradually help her to some extent in the Fa. This is also the blessing of the public, so the first time we went, we We had a good relationship, so she would occasionally call me to say hello to me and go back to pray.Then why have I only been there a few times over the years? Of course, I have already seen many unchangeable situations in the process, so I don’t have to worry about it anymore. I just go to recite the Buddha occasionally, and play the role of a guest monk calmly and peacefully. That's all.But this time, give me a very critical reverse blessing, so I will briefly write the whole story here, so that everyone can think about and improve together.

In the past, when I was a beginner, I often heard the old monk Jingkong say to our classmates in the Dharma propaganda training class that in the future, when you go to propaganda in the future, if you don’t teach the scriptures well, people will definitely laugh at you. You can go, you have to be mentally prepared for this.For example, we have a female classmate who has been a monk in the jungle for XNUMX or XNUMX years. She is the kind of person who is honest in character and not very accommodating. She met in Malaysia once. During the conversation, she said that she She was often ridiculed by the laymen as if she re-lected the scriptures like fried rice, nothing new, she seemed to be aggrieved and helpless in every possible way, but what I experienced was the taste of the dharma, that is, at home and abroad. There is no way to go anywhere, and the end is even worse.This kind of situation really puzzled me at first. I was so motivated, shouldn't I be very popular?In the final analysis, we still have to blame ourselves for not being wise enough at the time, being too naive, not understanding the world, and causing sentient beings to be afraid of causing troubles. Just do whatever you want, nothing is forced.

When I first started my heart, I was always full of enthusiasm. As long as someone asked for the Dharma, as long as someone was willing to listen to the Dharma, I would take the trouble to form a bond with others. The mood of Honghua to follow the fate simply wants to bring the benefits of Buddhism to those who are destined, and has no concern for other interests at all, so the style is very open and open, and there will never be anyone who deliberately pulls believers under the table. It was only later that I found out that most of the resident monks and even the leaders of the lay Buddhist groups were worried that the believers would follow me, that I would affect their interests. Differences and grievances, I am really unconditional and full of enthusiasm, even with the intention of cultivating wealth and giving without fear, to help everyone according to circumstances and strengths, to a certain extent, to the permanent residence and the decision of the public, how can it be reversed Will there be such precautions and misunderstandings about me?Faced with this kind of treatment, for a long time I felt very unbalanced in my heart, I felt very wronged, and I also felt that all sentient beings were pitiful.In Mingming monasteries, no one teaches the Fa, and few people live there. The large monasteries have a cold and decaying atmosphere, except during the period when the Fa conferences are held. They still do not welcome the people who teach the Fa, and they are all monks. What is personal?What are you afraid of losing?I really don't understand.Later, I encountered many such situations at home and abroad, and I began to reflect on myself. There must be some areas in me that need to be adjusted. Finally, I finally figured out that human nature is originally like this. The persistent attachments, ego and law, are deeply ingrained, and everyone is still unable to control themselves due to the pull of karma. I can only use an understanding and tolerant mood to steadfastly obey all beings and make them happy.

Since the enlightenment of wisdom, when I go to any monastery, I will be very low-key. I will not open my mouth if I can. I will listen to the greetings of the permanent residents, and try my best to advance and retreat. No matter how deep or shallow the dharma is, it is better to be able to steadfastly obey sentient beings, to rejoice in the merits and virtues, to do what I need to do, and to do my best. I also know how to avoid ridicule as much as possible when I don’t want to do it.Like this head teacher, she hopes that I can support and stay there. Every time I go, I will support it as I can. She hopes that I will just recite the Buddha, and I will not interact with anyone. , so I also thanked her face to face, only under her special care, I can recite the Buddha here without any external factors, and I will not be disturbed by anyone, so I prefer to come.In fact, I have something to say in my words, which is to explain that her blockade policy is first-rate. On the surface, it is to protect the public who can recite the Buddha honestly, but the motivation is not the same.She usually adopts this style to everyone, not to mention me, a Dharma preacher.When I first went there, because I already knew how to be a guest monk, I was always welcomed by her. In the past few years, I have also seen many excellent monks being forced to leave. If you die in battle, you can at least retain the qualifications to place orders.Recently, when I went to place an order, I unexpectedly learned that the situation was serious. It used to be a very large and solemn monastery, and there should be hundreds of disciples from the four groups who have come in and out in the past few years. The teachers and fathers of the three or five Daliao have also been complaining all the time, grievances and grievances, and they have reached a level of tension. Everyone is secretly planning to collectively overthrow her autocratic regime, and what they did not expect is The backer behind the scenes turned out to be the abbot!This is really surprising to me, maybe the abbot is already very troubled by this personnel problem.It took only a few years to build a solemn monastery, and it can harm people's hearts to such an extent.There is always a bit of kindness in the heart, but in just a few short years, facing the position of power, the three poisons of greed, hatred, ignorance and ignorance in people's hearts can be so vigorously triggered.After fighting back and forth, after fighting all the outsiders, now it's my family's turnHe fought so hard that he wanted to be the abbot or deputy abbot, and even negotiated the division of the temple property...And the construction of this monastery has only been completed in just a few years, and the retribution in the future is really terrifying.What makes me most reluctant is the few teachers and fathers (cheap labor) who are still holding on until now. Although they have rarely greeted me because they are afraid of being blacklisted, they still work hard when they see them. The appearance of grievance and seeking perfection, a powerful force suddenly arises in my heart, I can no longer sit idly by, I have to stand up and do something for the Buddhist Sangha, and I can no longer let these ignorant foreign monks and laymen and laymen in Buddhism. This is the key blessing I mentioned earlier. If I hadn't seen such a serious situation, I would have been advancing and retreating, and I would not be able to express my desire to come forward. .

What to do after the heartbreak?Of course, it's not about getting involved in other people's homes to be troubled, isn't that just the same as them?On the contrary, I have to stay away from the place of right and wrong, because the karma of sentient beings is not something we can control or change. What I can do is to show the right side more actively, so that sentient beings can have a clear comparison between positive and negative. Naturally, the wrong side cannot develop.At the end of the Dharma era, the law is weak and the devil is strong, the wicked are in power, and the good teachers will naturally disappear. If the earth corrupts the way of Buddhism, it is also a loss of the precepts that Mahayana Bodhisattvas should do.

For this (old) head teacher who has just been ordained as a foreign monk and a layman, I have always looked at her with sympathy, even though she always took her personal worldly point of view and tried to save her with false enthusiasm As a relatively young mage who has been ordained for more than ten years, my purpose is to convince me to hand over my existing permanent resources to her for management and use. She doesn't follow or oppose it, and she doesn't take it to heart. Anyway, she always has a good intention and wants to do something good in Buddhism, but she doesn't understand that once this intention is added to the three poisons, and it does not follow If the precepts of monks come to lead people, no matter how great the good deeds are, the best good dharmas will be polluted, and the karma created will never be less than in the world.As a head abbot, it’s not like an ordinary person has some money to build a temple, shaved his head and doesn’t need to learn precepts, he can honestly recite the holy name of Amitabha, and he can start to make his own family rules and open the door to do so-called charitable business. Rather, it is necessary to have a certain accumulation in one's own virtues, and all the Dharma directors have reached a certain level of skill. More importantly, the precepts of monks must be implemented, and they must lead the Sangha according to the precepts, not according to their own preferences. Only by making family rules with interests can we be qualified to play the role of leader, otherwise this position will be easy to go up and down!

I believe that everyone has seen a lot of the various chaos in Buddhism today. In the Dharma-ending period, the same is true for Buddhism, and even for all religions, not to mention in society. This problem lies in the human heart. If people are not sanctified, there will be three poisons, so where there are people, there will definitely be right and wrong, and the chaos we see in Buddhism can at least make us reflect on it.I am very fortunate that this reversal of the ascendant has pushed me again, making me sway all the time, and my heart to take up the practice of leading people has been completely settled. Changzhu has never been open to the outside world, and only has a simple style of meditation. He immediately arranged activities to teach the eight-pass fasting in Changzhu. During the three or five years when it is convenient to abstain from speaking and chanting Buddha, he will also start to open the predestined relationship from time to time. Through the teaching of precepts Introducing some new blood of Buddhism, I hope that the next generation will be able to establish a fresh vision of the Sangha with right view and right conduct, so as to replace these unreasonable temples that cannot afford food, so that the Dharma can truly live in the world for a long time.No matter what the future dharma conditions are, I just do what I can and do what I can, and the merits of this motivation will be complete.