? Master Miaolian was sickly, emaciated and sentimental since childhood. Born in a remote mountain village in childhood, the traffic was blocked, but she was determined. With her firm will, she became a female college student in the late 1980s and worked in a state-owned enterprise after graduation. Three years ago, she resolutely resigned and embarked on the road of converting to Buddhism and giving lectures. Many people think that she is deviant and contrary to human relations. Everyone in this world has the right to choose the lifestyle they want. You don't understand her difficulties. How to attack each other maliciously? A few days ago, I was lucky enough to walk with Master Miaolian. Along the way, she told me about her mental journey of learning Buddhism. Speaking of the depths, I am in awe. The wisdom of the Buddha is immeasurable. Man is just a drop in the ocean in the universe. And individuals are fresh, long and short. Whether life is happy or not, individuals have full choices. Youth is fleeting, life is short, birth and death, can Buddha cross life? The following is a conversation with Master Miaolian during the trip.
Me: Why did you quit your job and convert to Buddhism?
Master Miaolian: I am now old enough to know my destiny. I have been studying hard since I was a student. After graduating from college, I was assigned to a state-owned enterprise with superior conditions. Three years ago, I applied for internal retirement. If you retire normally, you will have to work for more than ten years, and you will probably get 800 thousand more. But it doesn't make me happy. At that time, I will experience the pain of an old illness like ordinary people, and my body will cross over. Although work brings money, in the end, the money is not necessarily my own. Money can't solve my troubles. What is life for? I want everything, I have everything in my life, but I'm still unhappy. How can I get permanent happiness and how can I get rid of my troubles? Years of insomnia made me even think of suicide. So, I embarked on the road of seeking liberation. After many twists and turns, I finally met the wonderful lotus sutra. Hokkekyo's wisdom made me understand that the six paths are impermanent, and no matter how hard we try, we will suffer from ignorance and stupidity in the six paths. Everyone in the world will be born and die, love and hate to leave, complain about others, complain about others, and be dissatisfied with the ups and downs of the five yin. Only by relying on the wisdom of Hokkekyo can we understand the cause and effect and get rid of bad karma.
Me: Do you think life is bitter?
Master Miao Lian: Bitter. I have suffered from physical illness since I was a child. I often have a stomachache. Teenagers study hard. Young people get married and have children. Middle-aged people are thrifty at home. More importantly, they are dragged down by karma because of ignorance, insatiable and ignorant. Faced with hard work, they can't escape. The shackles of fame and fortune, feelings and diseases, if you don't learn Buddhism, you will face the pain of the old disease in the future. My sister died of brain cancer a year ago, and my mother is now in bed for more than a year. Although she is taken care of by her family, it can't replace her pain. Seeing the impermanence of life, I am fortunate to meet Buddhism, so I wish to reach Dharma, carry forward a journey and free myself. I can also help all sentient beings who are destined to take a ride in Buddhism, and I can bless and grow wisdom with wisdom.
? Me: Why do you preach Buddhism to people who have an intersection with you, almost to the point of telling everyone?
? Master Miaolian: (She points to the river outside the window) "Did you see someone fall into the water?" Of course, this will save all beings who fall into the water. Struggling in the water, fighting for fame and fortune every day, for money, for lust, for fame and fortune. But in the end, what did you get? When you die of old age, you kick your feet and everything leaves you. If you were given another choice before you die, would you still be so fascinated by these things? You fall into lust, and your time and body are occupied by lust and become shackles. You have money, but you will use it to indulge in the five desires and enjoy the blessings of heaven, and soon you will fall. Knowing cause and effect is wisdom. Only with wisdom can we talk about goodness, do good things for ourselves, and do nothing wrong, which is higher wisdom. Hokkekyo has unparalleled wisdom and can save people from suffering, so I want to promote it.
The car is driving on the endless Yuan Ye. Under the dim light of night, the mountains rush by, and the hum under the wheels is getting quieter and quieter. I suddenly feel that I have entered the realm of Buddha. There are thousands of images and clouds. There is no obstacle to talking to the mage.
Me: Is the Lotus Sutra different from other Buddhist sutras?
Master Miaolian: That's for sure. The Lotus Sutra, a wonderful method, was finally spoken by Sakyamuni Buddha after 49 years of showing people the convenient method. Really the king of classics. We must conform to this sutra, such as the mother of a child, crossing a boat, extinguishing darkness with a torch, and curing diseases ... whoever meets is a blessed person. This sutra is the elixir of life for all living beings, which has caused millions of disasters. This sutra is mysterious and profound because of its wonderful fruit and wonderful teaching. Those who learn this scripture must have wisdom. If you can learn the law, you will have boundless merits. In many temples outside, good men and women burn incense and pound garlic frequently, and the merit box is wide open just to collect money. This is the illusion of worshipping Buddha. Completely commercialized, losing the original meaning of Buddhism. Believers do good deeds and pay tribute with utilitarian heart for their own windfall or the rise of officialdom. The contractor or the host took the opportunity to make a fortune. This is the confusion of unknown cause and effect. We teach the Lotus Sutra in the White School, and the believers try to figure out the essence of the Sutra, learn to let go, know how to choose, spread the teachings and pursue a simple life.
Me: How do you understand that everything in the world is empty?
Master Miao Lian: Everything in the world, people and the world, including people's five connotations (color, acceptance, thinking, behavior and knowledge) are often fickle. All laws are born of reason and have no fixed place, so there is nothing, because all beings are ignorant and confused, thinking that there is, clinging to sorrow and distress. Buddhism teaches us that if we don't look at foreign ministers, there will be differences, stains, troubles and no appearances, so that we can be clean and worry-free. Buddha said: If you come to see me by name and sound, you are doing evil. If you want to see me, Hokkekyo has my whole body. If you read and explain Hokkekyo, you can always see me. If you see my morality, my wisdom and my compassion, you can see me. All sentient beings, without the wisdom of Buddhism, are led by the nose by bad karma and don't know the truth. They are always confused by appearances and bound by fame and fortune. I don't know whether he is handsome or not, but he can't stand the vicissitudes of time and the washing of years and has become a rickety old woman and old man. Therefore, we were taught early to be wise, to see through the vanity of the world, to let go of the persistence of the world, and to make a blessing for ourselves in the goblet of fire as soon as possible. The merits and demerits of the Buddha always live in the world, not as good as the three realms. All beings are robbed and burned by fire, and we are stable, and there is no life and no extinction. I am happy and clean, and I teach in menstruation. If I can get close to Buddhism as soon as possible, it will be our happiness.
Me: How do you understand the reincarnation of Buddhism? If there is reincarnation, where is my past life? Why can't I see it?
Master Miao Lian: When people hear reincarnation, they all think it's physical reincarnation. We can look at the cycle of our lives, but we can't see it. For example, a businessman will have very similar success and failure events, and they are so similar every time. For example, the contradiction between a husband and wife, you will find that it is similar every time, and the root causes all appear at the same point, but without this wisdom, we may not be able to break it. For example, our mood in this world is good and bad, and our fortune is good and bad. Good is the same factor, and bad is the same reason, but without the wisdom of Buddhism, we can't reverse it. When it comes to reincarnation, we must put aside the body, but in the long run, this body is also a karmic reincarnation, a product of karma and combination. Past lives and afterlife cannot be seen from the six realms, but should be judged from the realm of foreign ministers. One minute, the next second can be understood as the next life, and the day before can also be said to be the past life. The world is impermanent, and all material realms are changeable. There is no need to cling to who you were in your last life, and it is meaningless to look at who you were in your last life. The most important thing is that we can understand our karma according to Hokkekyo, from no wisdom to wisdom, from no happiness to happiness, from no liberation to liberation, from no strength to strength. ...
? Me: Can you get rid of the bondage of birth, illness, death or achieve nirvana when you die? Master Miaolian: Don't stay in the body of the world. The body is a kind of material in the world, and it is bound to succeed and fail. The life of birth, aging, illness and death in Yicheng Buddhism refers to the six principles of greed, anger, stupidity, slowness, doubt, physique, seeing, taking and abstaining from taking ten envoys. This life is impermanent and bound by shackles, so it is always in life and death. This kind of birth and death refers to the change of a different realm as life and death. From a microscopic point of view, the life and death of an idea can also be said to be a life and death. In the long run, the transformation of the body is also life and death. Nirvana means eternal happiness and liberation. We can get rid of impermanence, shackles, shackles, teaching methods and classics as long as we cut off the ten ambassadors and make a blessing, and then we can be satisfied with a blessing in one sea and a blessing in one joy. Hokkekyo can cure mental and physical diseases, cure the degeneration of Bodhisattva, and be satisfied with riding the dust. Without depravity, there is no disease, no disease and no death. However, no pains, no gains. Therefore, we should be diligent in learning from the scriptures and concentrate on seeking Buddha and Tao. As long as we bless in Buddhism and Taoism, we don't have to worry about the blessings in the world, and our body and mind are naturally comfortable.
? Me: Excuse me, are you a mage now? Do you think you deserve this title?
? Master Miaolian: I take Yicheng as my teacher and the Buddha's four boundless merits as my teacher. As long as I am educated by Hokkekyo, I can be called a master when I ride. I am a true disciple of Buddha, riding a bodhisattva. Every disciple who has been educated by Hokkekyo is worthwhile. Now I'm back to riding a bodhisattva. A mage needs ten dharma circles to support him. If you support me with a bowl of rice and an apple, you will be blessed. Of course, it is even more blessed to be able to listen to the classics and smell the law.
Me: Do you find it difficult to practice?
Master Miao Lian: It seems that people outside are suffering, but because a bodhisattva has no world, no time and no space restrictions, she is actually very happy inside. I constantly increase my wisdom and merit by practicing the wonderful Lotus Sutra. Sakyamuni is our disciple's teacher. He has kindness and wisdom. Now I am educated by Sakyamuni Buddha, born from Buddha's mouth and Buddhism. As long as I am blessed more and more, I will be happier and happier.
Me: Well, if you are happy, I am happy. I wish you early success and early diligence!