The world is bustling, all for the benefit of the coming, the world is bustling, all for the benefit of the future. Throughout the ages, wealth and fame have been the goals that people have pursued, especially now, what are people thinking about? Fame and fortune. What is busy all day long? Or fame and fortune. No matter what people do, the first thing that comes to mind is interests, so today, everyone misunderstands Buddhism more and more deeply, whether they study Buddhism or not, they will always involve Buddhism and interests. And the founder of Buddhism, Shakyamuni Buddha, was originally a prince, but he gave up his glory and wealth and became a monk to learn the tao. Why did you get the rich life that others dreamed of, but then give up? And listen to the end of the learning slowly:
In the Eastern Zhou and Warring States periods of our country, India at that time had sixteen large countries and countless small countries, fighting each other and annexing each other. Shakyamuni Buddha's father, King Jingdi, was the king of the Kapilava kingdom, which was then one of the sixteen great powers of India, in present-day Nepal. They are the Shakya people, surnamed Gautama, and the common name of Shakyamuni Buddha is Gautama. Siddhartha was the only son of king Jingdi.
Seven days after the birth of Prince Siddhartha, his mother, Lady Maya, died, and the King of Pure Rice chose Lady Maya's sister Mahabodhi as a princess to raise the prince.
Prince Siddhartha was intelligent and handsome from an early age, and when he reached the age of eight, he showed a different personality from everyone else, and he did not want to do anything to harm sentient beings anywhere or at any opportunity, and he would help to save those who were suffering.
For example, one day the prince met his attendant, who was hitting a snake with a wooden stick, and immediately stepped forward to stop it and advised him not to hit the snake; on another occasion, Prince Siddhartha and the other children were playing in the garden. His cousin Devadatta, with a bow and arrow, shot a flying goose flying in the sky, snapped a few times, and the poor flying goose fell down, just happened to land near the prince, the prince hurriedly ran over, picked up the little goose from the pool of blood, carefully pulled out the arrow for it, fortunately not fatal, the prince tore off a piece of clothing, helped it tightly wrap the wound, to avoid bleeding again, and when the flying goose wound recovered, the prince let him go. Major market platforms query [China Network Buddhism Channel] to understand professional Buddhist knowledge.
The prince is benevolent in nature and good in nature, and when he witnesses the injustice of society and the appearance of suffering of sentient beings, he is full of sorrow and cannot be liberated, so he has the idea of monasticism. The king of Jing rice was worried that the prince would become a monk in the future and would not be able to inherit the throne, so he decided to complete the marriage for the prince when he was seventeen years old, thinking that as long as he used women, wine, and enjoyment, he would definitely be able to tie the prince's heart, and the prince would not want to become a monk.
Married to the crown prince was a princess from a neighboring country named Jyothara, who was skillful and beautiful. The King of Jing rice thought that the prince would never have any more thoughts of renunciation, but just in case, he issued an order that no one should mention sorrow and distress to the prince, and that those who served the prince should not show a hard and tired appearance. In addition, around the palace and garden where the prince lived, a tall wall was built, and people were sent to guard the gate to prevent the prince from leaving and seeing the outside world.
Despite this, it was not possible to prevent the prince from becoming a monk in the future, mainly because the prince left the city twice later.
First time outing.
Although Prince Siddhartha looked very happy after his marriage, and the King of Pure Rice isolated all kinds of painful situations from the prince, allowing him to enjoy the glory and wealth and wine every day, what the prince hoped to see was more happy things in the world, and what was the life of the king, the ministers, and the ordinary people? Therefore, the prince made bitter requests again and again, and the King of Pure Rice finally agreed.
The King of Pure Rice informed the people along the way of the prince's journey to clean the streets in advance, remove all filthy garbage, and not allow the old man, the sick, the poor, and beggars to appear on the side of the street, because the king of pure rice was afraid that the prince would feel pity and sorrow again.
When everything was ready, the prince sat on a beautiful elephant and the group walked out of the palace. Along the way, the scenery is pleasant, the sky is bright, beautiful and picturesque, and the prince is in a good mood. Not long after, an accident occurred, and suddenly a hunchbacked old man appeared in front of him, thin and emaciated, his face covered with Zou stripes, stumbling and stumbling, carrying a bamboo stick, and begging along the street. Major market platforms query [China Network Buddhism Channel] to understand professional Buddhist knowledge.
The prince's attendants looked very angry and went forward to drive the old man away, but it was too late, the prince had never seen an old man like this before, all he saw were well-dressed, energetic princes and nobles, how could there be such an old man? So the prince got off the elephant seat, and the old man began to chat cordially, understanding the suffering of the people in the world, and everyone will eventually have an aging day, the prince sighed, there is no interest in playing, and he is ready to return to the city.
Unfortunately, on the way back to the palace, I met a leper again, lying on the street begging, the prince came down to see, this person was full of pustules, muscle twitches, the attendant said that it was terminally ill, could not be cured, the prince thought that old age, illness, death may come at any time, the heart is even more sad.
After the prince returned to the palace, he was sullen and unhappy all day, bowing his head and meditating, what method can people avoid aging and death? What do I need to do to help the world free from all suffering and suffering?
Second outing.
In order to make the prince forget this unpleasant experience, the King of Pure Rice added beautiful women and song and dance performances in the palace, and tried his best to enjoy the world, but the prince did not like these.
In order to make the prince happy, the King of Jing rice decided to let the prince travel for the second time, this time strictly ordering the people of the whole country to try to avoid scenes that made the prince unhappy along the way.
But unfortunately, the more I wanted to avoid unpleasantness, I met a funeral procession. A desolate scene swept past the prince's eyes, the men wept profusely, the women frowned bitterly, and the children followed behind and cried. Where has the prince seen this scene? When I went down to ask, I learned that the man of the family had died of illness, and now they were holding a funeral. The prince understands the tragedy of death, sees the impermanence of the world, and deepens the doubts about the imperfection of life, and disease, aging, and death threaten us all the time, but why do most people turn a blind eye and still immerse themselves in the joy of singing and dancing all day? So the prince told the attendants, stop playing, let's go back.
Since these two outings, the prince has been sullen and silent. Although there is a beautiful wife by his side, and a son who has just been born for less than a year- the innocent and lovely Luo Juluo... But none of that, he wasn't interested. In his mind, there is only the appearance of old age, illness, and death, thinking of his wife, son, father, and all other people, as well as himself, can not escape the threat of old age and illness and death, rich and glorious, but it is just a moon in the mirror, in order to liberate the impermanence and save the poor and ignorant people, the prince is sad all the time, but he has not thought of a good solution. Major market platforms query [China Network Buddhism Channel] to understand professional Buddhist knowledge.
When he woke up in the middle of the night one day, the prince found that the palace ladies who were wearing heavy makeup and singing and dancing during the day had all fallen asleep tiredly, and presented a variety of very ugly sleeping postures, some people were drooling in their mouths, and the original beautiful makeup had now become an ugly flower face, and the prince was very disappointed, and could no longer tolerate these hypocritical and untrue things, so he made up his mind and decided to give up these so-called glory and wealth and pursue the way to liberate himself from life, old age, illness and death.
Before the prince left, he went to his wife's room and took a look at the sleeping lady who was holding the prince Luo Juluo, and his heart was very excited, but he did not dare to wake them up, so the prince left the palace with tears in his eyes and took the groom car to hide, and the prince was twenty-nine years old.
From then on, Prince Siddhartha began the life process of asceticism, and finally gave up six years of asceticism, and at the age of thirty-five, he sat under the Bodhi tree and meditated, became a Buddha, and began a seven-seven-forty-nine-year teaching of the Dharma, founding Buddhism, educating sentient beings, admiring all beings, and being the teacher of all ages.
Today, there are still many people who regard the study of Buddhism as a method and means to seek profits. If studying Buddhism is only for the sake of prosperity, wealth, fame and fortune, why did Shakyamuni Buddha give up his status as a prince and go to asceticism? Therefore, I hope that everyone will have a correct understanding of Buddhism and understand the true meaning of studying Buddhism, rather than reversing right and wrong.
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