From ancient times to the present, senior monks have been the object of admiration in many people's hearts, and their contribution to the spread of Buddhism is greater than that of ordinary monks. In the "Weeping Baiyan Monk", it is said: "Write and leave a shadow of the path, but burn the sitting meditation body." It can be seen that if you want to become a truly enlightened monk, you have to go through a lot of tribulations.
After understanding the cause of religious development in Chinese society, it can be found that although Buddhism is a religion introduced to China from abroad compared with other religions, in the subsequent development process, Buddhism occupies the mainstream position of Chinese religion. Under the influence of Buddhism, many well-known monks have also appeared throughout the country, and based on the leadership of these senior monks, the development of Buddhist culture in our society has also achieved a new round of breakthroughs.
Once upon a time, there was such a high monk, unlike ordinary monks, who sat around countless women, and at the time of his death, his tongue was not burned, but turned into a relic. So, who is this strange monk? Why did he receive such a precious relic at the time of his death?
This monk was Kumarosh. As a post-Qin monk during the Sixteen Kingdoms period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Kumarosh was also one of the four major Buddhist translators of Chinese Chinese Buddhism. Kumarosh's father was born into the Tenzhu clan, and when he was seven years old, he also became a monk with his mother.
In the beginning, Kumarosh studied Hinayana Buddhism, and then in the course of traveling to various countries, he also changed to Mahayana Buddhism. In the eighteenth year of the Former Qin Dynasty, Kumarosh was taken to the Liangzhou region and became an object of great use by the rulers.
During his life in pre-Qin, Kumarosh became a thorn in the side of many ministers, and in order to be able to sabotage his practice, some people also found many beautiful women to seduce Kumarosh. However, due to the firm belief in Buddhism in Kumarosh's heart, he remained indifferent in the face of such temptations.
However, under duress, Kumarosh broke his drinking vows, and later, he was forced to marry the daughter of King Kamezi. Although Kumarosh had broken the precepts of purity at that time, he did not have any doubts about the buddha's thoughts. In the days that followed, he also struggled to make up for his mistakes and provide greater help for the development of Buddhism.
After the fall of Former Qin, Kumarosh remained in Liangzhou for sixteen or seventeen years. However, in the Later Qin period, Kumarosh was also welcomed into the Chang'an region and became a national teacher of Later Qin. During his life in Chang'an, Kumarosh participated in the translation of Buddhist scriptures, and for more than ten years, Kumarosh also worked on the development of Sinicization of Buddhism.
At that time, although the rulers of Later Qin greatly respected Kumarosh, he did not understand the true aspirations of the Buddhist people. Later, the emperor saw that Kumarosh was very lonely, so he gave him many beautiful women as wives. Since in ancient society, the emperor's orders were beyond the control of ordinary people, in this case Kumarosh also had to marry these beautiful women into the door as wives.
Perhaps in the eyes of many Buddhist disciples, this kind of behavior of Kumarosh is already a kind of contempt for the Buddhist precepts, but in the process of the development of the Buddhist cause, the achievements made by Kumarosh are also difficult for ordinary monks to reach.
In the year 413 A.D., Kumarosh officially died. Before his death, Kumarosh said that if the scriptures he had translated throughout his life were all without problems, then his tongue would have transformed into a relic. At the time of its cremation, it was also discovered that there was no way for Kumarosh's tongue to burn. In this way, this inburned tongue became a very precious relic, and to this day, this relic is still stored in the temple of Kumarosh.
For Buddhist disciples, the appearance of the relic represents the profundity of a person's cultivation level, and it can be felt from this ending of Kumarosh that although he has broken the female commandment many times in his life and is surrounded by countless beautiful women, in the process of the development of the Buddhist cause, Kumarosh is also an uncompromising enlightened monk.
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After understanding the story of Kumarosh, it can be seen that the reason why there are so many beautiful women around him is not his spontaneous and heartfelt desire, and for the dissemination of Buddhist scriptures, Kumarosh also played a very important role in it.
Perhaps in the eyes of many people, a high-ranking monk like him who married and had children could not be an example for others at all, but it can also be seen from the translations of Kumarosh that he also has his own profound understanding of the teachings of Buddhism.
Based on the leadership of senior monks such as Kumarosh, the spread of Buddhism in our society has become more and more extensive, and it is believed that in the days to come, Buddhism can also be integrated into new modern ideas and carry out corresponding development and changes.
Reference: "New Testimony of the Life story of Kumarosh"