A 19-year-old 985 beautiful student at school resolutely chose to become a nun after a trip to Tiantai Temple.
When the people around them learned of this, they were shocked: the good youth was wasted in vain, was it that something bad had happened?
She didn't explain too much, the green lantern ancient Buddha, meditation practice.
Now, 14 years later, she is still smiling, eating fast and praying to the Buddha, unwilling to return to the world.
She is the bhikshuni known as the "most beautiful nun", Shizheng Xiaotong.
What exactly made her decide to always accompany the green light? What is the reason that she has insisted on 14 years and is still unwilling to pay it back?
Listen to the eyes, and associate with the Buddha
Shi Zheng Xiaotong, formerly known as Shi Zheng Xiao, was born in 1989 in rural Henan, and his family is ordinary. My mother was a Dharma lover, just as some people like philosophy, history, and inspirational books, and her mother loves Buddhist scriptures.
When she was a child, Shi Zhengxiao's favorite thing to do was to listen to her mother's chanting, she held a well-behaved little face, listened quietly, and did not understand the Buddhist scriptures, like a children's song, in her heart began to ripple. When she grew up, she was no longer satisfied with listening, but picked up the book and read it with her mother, there was no entanglement of talented and beautiful people in the book, but there was great compassion in the world, and whenever she read it, she always seemed to have some understanding, and then worked day and night.
Every night before going to bed, Shi Zhengxiao would fall asleep in the company of the Buddha, and in the quiet, long night, the sutras were her closest friends.
Such an experience laid the groundwork for a major turning point in her later life.
Shi Zhengxiao is very spiritual.
In junior high school, because there was no urban hukou, the expensive borrowing fee became a problem, so Shi Zhengxiao considered transferring schools and came to the railway middle school. Junior high school transfer, many people feel: must be in the original school can not be mixed up before the transfer.
But reality hit them in the face, and Shi Zhengxiao was admitted to the local key high school, Anyang Experimental High School, with the first place in the whole school, so that everyone closed their mouths and gave her a thumbs up.
In high school, she doubled her efforts, and when others were still sleeping, Shi Zhengxiao had already gotten up to read in the morning, and in addition to going to the toilet between classes, she stayed in her seat to brush up on the questions. Heaven rewards hard work, and Shi Zhengxiao's academic performance has always been among the best.
In addition to studying, Shi Zheng is filial to people and kind, and is deeply loved by his classmates. In addition, she also has a calm and indifferent that her peers do not have. Many teachers have predicted that this child is quick and intelligent, and the future must be different.
Once the "seed" of excellence falls, flowering and bearing fruit become inevitable. In the end, Shi Zhengxiao was admitted to Shandong University, a key university of 985, with excellent results.
One trip, firm conviction
One year during the holidays, his father asked Shi Zhengxiao where he wanted to play, and his father thought it would be a playground, a park, etc., but he did not expect that Shi Zhengxiao responded: "Tiantai Temple in Hong'an, Hubei Province," she said with a serious face.
The father was surprised at first, but then he figured out that the child, influenced by her mother, also fell in love with the Buddhist scriptures and fell in love with the temple.
Tiantai Temple, a thousand-year-old temple, quiet and elegant, Sanskrit sound around the beam, Shi Zhengxiao entered the ancient temple, he felt unprecedented freedom and calm.
Red dust and many trivia, ancient temples for a hundred years. Shi Zhengxiao liked it here, she touched the thick wall of the ancient temple, listened to the rustling of leaves, and there was a voice in her heart that was about to come out.
When her father offered to go back, she hesitantly said, "Stay a few more days?" ”
After that, Shi Zhengxiao, like other monks, drummed the morning bell at dusk, knelt on the futon, straightened his waist, folded his hands, and meditated and chanted.
When she was fine, she slowly walked into the mountains, meditating in a daze and listening to the sounds of nature.
The good times are always short, the holidays are coming to an end, and the parents urge them over and over again until an ultimatum is given, and Shi Zhengxiao turns around and leaves step by step: When will you wait until the next time you come again?
Leaving the Tendaiji Temple, Shi Zhengxiao's life was all in chaos.
In life, she has insomnia several times, and her mind is full of Buddhist scriptures and Sanskrit.
In studying, she and her classmates learn to play together, and there will always be inexplicable sadness: "Is this what she wants?" Despite the variety of college life, she couldn't get any interest and felt like she didn't belong here.
The most amazing thing is that one night, Shi Zhengxiao had a strange dream. In the dream, she was the little boy of the Buddha with an egg in her hand.
Most people think it's just a dream, and when the dream wakes up, everything is back to normal. She felt that it was her fate with the Buddha, and it was the Buddha who guided her forward.
Therefore, Shi Zhengxiao made an amazing decision: to cut his hair and become a nun, accompanied by the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha.
The forward movement is hindered, and the original intention is not changed
If you want to become a monk, Shi Zhengxiao also needs to get the consent of his parents.
The Buddhist precepts state that "when a monk receives the ten precepts, he must be free of sixteen kinds of difficulties," and "parents do not allow it" is one of the sixteen kinds.
That is to say, if parents do not agree to their children's renunciation, they may not be ordained even if they are reluctantly ordained.
Shi Zhengxiao told his parents about his thoughts, and his mother did not stop him, but affirmed it: "Follow your heart in everything." ”
In just nine words, the stone in Shi Zhengxiao's heart fell by half.
On the other hand, his father, who is not obsessed with Buddhism, has been persuading his daughter to have a good youth and a great future. But all this, Shi Zhengxiao let go, as his mother said, people live a lifetime, live is to follow the heart.
Seeing Shi Zhengxiao's firmness, his father compromised and chose to support him.
At the shaving ceremony, when he saw his daughter's long hair falling a little bit, his daughter's past, and the joy of the world flashed in front of his eyes, his father still did not hold back, and he shed tears several times.
And Shi Zhengxiao reached out and touched his bare head, and there was some discomfort, and it didn't take long to restore calm.
At this moment, the red dust no longer has Shizheng filial piety, and the Buddhist family has Shizheng filial piety.
The news of Shi Zhengxiao's renunciation soon spread to relatives and friends, and someone asked, "Is there something going on?" Let's figure out how to do it together. ”
Some people also denounced Shi Zhengxiaotong's mother: "Is there something wrong with your child?" ”
Obviously, he has a good youth and a bright future, but he chooses to become a nun, and many people say that they cannot understand.
In the face of all kinds of speculation and accusations, Shi Zhengxiao's parents will say plainly every time: "Children like it." After all, there is nothing more important than seeing a child happy and happy."
"The Most Beautiful Nun", practicing on the mountain
Shi Zheng Xiaotong officially began his spiritual life. Practicing on the mountain is not what we think, just collect some incense money at the temple every day and clean up.
The practice is far more arduous than we think.
Shi Zhengxiao ate lightly. Mantou, green vegetables, eat every day, eat every day, ordinary people can't stand it, but Shi Zheng Xiaotong eats happily, and also eats his rice bowl "polished". In the face of questions from other monks and nuns, she calmly responded: "I just wiped the soup from the bowl with the steamed buns." ”
Shi Zhengxiao dressed simply. In the same quarter, only one monk's robe was worn, and when it was torn, he put on a patch and continued to wear it. Socks are sewn and patched, not without new, but feel no need to change.
Shi Zhengxiao's residence was extremely simple. A wooden bed, just a few books.
Shi Zhengxiaotong traveled empty-handed every time, and the use of mobile phones, computers, and networks in the temple was strictly regulated. Going out without a mobile phone, it is estimated that many people will feel very strange, but Shi Zheng Xiaotong is smiling, climbing to the top of the mountain step by step, walking easily: like a frightening dragon, graceful like a dragon, not affected at all.
Sweating, simply wipe with your hands, and every time you go to a place, stop, fold your hands, and bow your head slightly.
The suffering of practice is more than that. Although Shi Zhengxiaotong is a woman, she is full of energy, carrying water, chopping firewood, these heavy tasks, she is scrambling to do, even the temple cleaning, she took the initiative to take the most painful and tiring work - cleaning the toilet.
Day after day, Shi Zheng Xiaotong did it for 14 years.
Some people think that this kind of life is too bitter, but she enjoys it and finds a new pleasure in the process of practicing: Zen music.
The study of Zen music is not easy, Shi Zheng Xiaotong once said: "At that time, the piano was 20 years old, the learning conditions were very difficult, there was no teacher on the mountain, they all sat in the car, went down the mountain to Wuhan to study, and the way back and forth was six or seven hours." Many people do not understand this practice and choose to leave. ”
And she persevered.
Subsequently, Shi Zheng Xiaotong relied on his clever mind to practice day after day and joined the Guangxuan Art Troupe. It is a special Zen team of young people who host and star.
At a temple event, visitors posted photos of Shi Zhengxiaotong online. With his outstanding appearance and sweet smile, Shi Zheng Xiaotong instantly won the hearts of many netizens and was called "the most beautiful nun in China." ”
After Shi Zhengxiaotong became popular, more and more people came to admire him.
Some tourists watched the performance and sighed: "When I once learned about the Guangxuan Art Troupe, I didn't have much expectations, in my opinion, as long as the performance is almost fun, but after watching, their performance really shocked me, which I didn't expect at all." ”
Someone else said, "After coming here, I felt a sudden sense of enlightenment when I heard the music." ”
Where there is praise, there will be doubt.
"Monks, men and women should be shunned, but you rehearse together and perform on the same stage, is it not appropriate?"
Shi Zheng Xiaotong responded: "The precepts are the foundation of our existence. During the performance, the program list is written on the blackboard, there will be no communication between men and women, there is indeed a need for communication, more than 3 people must be present, the eyes are down, and the matter is simply made clear. ”
Some people also said: "This world is crazy, and monks and nuns are also crazy, forgetting their identities!" ”
"The monks still dance, play some folk songs, sing Christian songs, aren't they six pure roots?" This is not as good as vulgarity! ”
In the face of doubts, Shi Zheng Xiaotong once said: "Zen music is the performance of Zen people, very inclusive, there are no borders and religions, everything in the world, as long as it is good and beautiful, we will praise." ”
As the abbot of Tendaiji Temple said, "This is a world view, and Zen music is also a way of practicing." ”
Because of the dream of becoming a monk, there is no complaint or regret
Now, 14 years later, many people are looking forward to the girl who left the house because of her dream to wake up one day, but the reality is that she "mixes" in Tiantai Temple.
Shi Zheng Xiaotong not only became the "pillar" of the orchestra, but also became well known to everyone and became an Internet celebrity.
Compared with the complicated life outside, Shi Zheng Xiaotong prefers a pure and peaceful life in the temple, immersed in the Buddhist path, and doing what he loves, which is very comfortable.
She once said: "In fact, our life is nothing more than to pursue a happy, happy, here, there is fresh air, you can learn Zen music, self-cultivation, such a life is simple and natural, I think this is my happy life." ”
What is a happy life?
Everyone's answer is different: some people like to pursue wealth, some people like to be plain, some people like to live a colorful life, some people like excitement, some people want to succeed in their careers...
The writer Maugham once said: We are actually living like everyone else.
Whether it is success or wealth, it is the so-called happiness of worldly people, and for such happiness, grow up under the expectations of others, and quietly go through the rest of life according to the wishes of others. But I never thought that the current life is what I want?
But Shi Zhengxiao is not the same, in order to pursue the dream in his heart, silently insisted, did not flinch, and frankly said: do not regret the original decision, but still willing to accompany the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha.
Even now, many people still do not understand why Shi Zheng Xiaotong would rather give up the university and bright future that others can hope for, and choose to become a nun, but she still has the same original intention and continues to practice.
For the dream, it is easy to work hard for a while, and it is very difficult to exhaust the dream of a lifetime. Are you ready?
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Author: Birds
Editor: Daniel Lee
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