Master, I Understand

One night, when Zen Master Qi Li was reciting sutras, a robber broke into the door and threatened Qi Li with a sharp knife: "Get the money out quickly, or I will kill you!" Qili looked at the young robber in front of him and said calmly: "Please don't disturb me from reciting sutras. The money is in the drawer of the table opposite. Go get it yourself." After that, he continued to chant sutras. After he finished reciting the sutra, he warned: "Young man, don't take all the money, I have to pay some taxes tomorrow." The robber left a little money in the drawer as he was told, picked up most of the money and was about to leave. Monk Qili confessed: "Young man, you should say thank you for accepting gifts." The robber thanked him and left. The robber was arrested a few days later, confessed his crime, and told about the homes he had robbed, including Qili. When Qili was called, he said: "This young man is not a robber, at least as far as I know, that is true. I gave him the money, and he has thanked me." The robber was eventually sentenced, and in prison he deeply reflected on his sins. After he was released from prison, he immediately came to see Zen Master Qili and asked to accept him as his disciple. The second story: A long time ago, in the south of ancient India, there was the Kingdom of Chaosaro. Five hundred bandits appeared in the country, occupying mountains and forts, blocking roads and robbing, looting homes, killing people and setting fires. They committed all kinds of evil, causing serious harm to merchants, tourists and local people. Local officials used troops many times but failed to win. I had no choice but to inform the king, who sent elite soldiers and generals to conquer them. After a fierce battle, the five hundred bandits were defeated and all became prisoners. The king decided to torture the five hundred robbers whose human bones were hated by the people. On this day, the execution ground was heavily guarded and murderous. The soldiers held sharp knives and dug out the eyes of the naked, disheveled robbers who were tied to the execution stake. Some even cut off their noses and ears, and then banished them to the deserted mountains and forests. This valley is full of green trees, howling wolves and tigers, eerie and scary, with no food or clothing. The robbers were filled with grief and anger, howling in heart-breaking despair.           ， Knowing that this was the five hundred bandits struggling on the line of life and death, he used his divine power to send the fragrant mountain elixir and blew it into the eyes of the five hundred bandits. Suddenly, everyone's eyes saw light again. Sakyamuni came to the valley in person and preached to the five hundred bandits: "It is precisely because of your many evil deeds in the past that you are suffering today. As long as you change your mind, abandon evil and do good, and take refuge in Feimen, you can atone for your sins, achieve righteousness, escape from the sea of ​​suffering, and enter the world of bliss." After listening to the Buddha's teachings, the bandits bowed their heads and repented, called themselves respected masters, and became Buddhist disciples. From then on, the forest in the valley was called "Deyan Forest". Many years later, the Five Hundred Bandits finally achieved enlightenment and became the Five Hundred Arhats. This story is painted on the south wall of Cave 285. It is the largest story painting in the Mogao Grottoes during the Western Wei Dynasty and the earliest story painting about fate. The technique adopts horizontal scrolling linear composition and uses eight juxtaposed pictures to show the entire story from its occurrence, development to the end. There is a fierce war scene at the beginning, with five people representing the five hundred robbers. The officers and soldiers rode armored horses, wore helmets and armor, and held spears in their hands to fight with the bandits wearing cloth trousers and linen shoes. This picture is valuable information for studying ancient military history. Then the pictures unfold layer by layer, the structure is compact, the plots are coherent, and the scenes are blended, making the story interlocking and fascinating. The many detailed depictions show the painter's profound artistic skills. For example, five hundred robbers were tortured in the mountains and forests. All of them had hair standing on end and were as skinny as wood. They were mourning and howling, which showed their unfortunate experiences.，         ， The young man saw the monk and said: "Monk, how about we make a bet?" The monk asked: "How to bet?" The young man said: "You said the butterfly in my hand is dead or alive? You are wrong, your load of firewood belongs to me." The monk agreed, so he guessed: "The butterfly in your hand is dead." The young man laughed and said, "You are wrong." The young man opened his hand and the butterfly flew away from his hand. The monk said, "Okay! This load of firewood belongs to you." After saying that, the monk put down the firewood and left happily. The young man didn't know why the monk was so happy, but when he saw the load of firewood in front of him, he didn't think twice about it, so he happily took the firewood back home. The father asked about the origin of this load of firewood. The young man told the truth. After hearing what his son said, the father suddenly reached out and slapped his son, and said angrily: "You, you! You are so stupid! Do you really think you won? I think you lost, but I don't know how you lost!" The young man was confused. The father ordered the young man to pick up the firewood, and the father and son took the firewood back to the temple together. The boy's father saw the monk and said, "Master, my child has offended you, please forgive me." The monk nodded and smiled without saying a word. On the way home, the boy expressed his doubts. The father sighed and said: If the master says that the butterfly is dead, you will release the butterfly and win a load of firewood; if the master says that the butterfly is alive, you will crush the butterfly to death and win a load of firewood. Do you think Master doesn't know your plan? What people lose is a load of firewood, but what they win is compassion. Losing, winning, earning, and losing often torture ourselves throughout our lives. Often when we think we are winning, we may actually be losing more. This passage is very interesting: When you have the ability, do something big; when you have no ability, do something small; if you have the power, do something good; if you don't have the power, do something serious; if you have spare money, do something good; if you don't have money, do some housework. We will all do wrong things. We should try to avoid doing stupid things and never do immoral things.

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