Mr. He is in his forties, gentle and works in a joint venture. One day in 1995, he was dragged by his Buddhist sister to see the old monk Miaofa. The younger sister wants to use Buddhism to educate her disobedient nephew and help her brother relieve his worries.
Mr. He’s son is twelve years old this year. He has been a naughty boy since he was a child, and has always caused his parents trouble. After going to school, he not only loves to play but does not study well, he often gets into fights and skips school. The school invites parents every day. No matter how hard his teachers, parents, grandfather, grandmother, aunts, and uncles tried to educate him, he would never be honest for two days and would still make a fuss. Mr. He’s sister knew that it was a karmic debt that came to her door, so she took her brother to seek advice from the old monk Miaofa. She also hoped that her brother would become a Buddhist after hearing the master’s wisdom.
“Have you ever killed a dog before?” The master looked solemn.
“No, I’ve never killed a dog.”
“The dog is yellow, with a bit of black hair on its back, and its body is about one meter long. You were probably less than 20 years old at the time, and you were wearing a green military uniform without a collar or cap badge.”
“Oh, I remembered. I was in the Heilongjiang Corps at that time. Because I couldn’t eat meat for a long time, some young men in our company stole a big yellow dog in a neighboring village. When I saw it, they had hung the killed dog on a tree. , I just peeled off their skin and cleaned up the mess. (When he said these words, he was not surprised at all that Master knew what happened to him twenty years ago.) “
“Have you eaten a bowl of meat?” Master asked again.
“Of course, I’m going to help, just to satisfy my greed!…” He laughed.
“You peeled off the dog’s skin and disemboweled it, as if you were killing it. Now this dog has been reincarnated as your son and is causing trouble for you.”
“That’s not right. It should first find the person who caught it and killed it. Besides, they eat a lot of meat!”
“It has been more than twenty years now, and I may have caused trouble for a few of them, but not necessarily all of them are sons. Anyone who participated in catching dogs, killing animals, or even just eating a piece of meat and drinking a sip of soup, Sooner or later there will be retribution. As for who will receive retribution first and who will receive retribution last, there is no certainty.
“For example, you and several other young people once bullied a child. Because he was young and powerless, he could only bear the grudge. Now he has grown up to be a young and strong boy, and you are old, but he alone can’t He is no match for a few of you, so he will retaliate one by one, or seek revenge on the one with the weakest constitution first, not necessarily the person who bullied him first. It’s not that he won’t retaliate, the time will come. ‘Is that so? What I want to say is that everyone’s karma is different, and the time for receiving retribution is also different. It is also possible that among those who participate in killing and eating meat, some have greater blessings and will not receive retribution in this life or even the next life. It is not certain that one has to wait many lives and many calamities before receiving retribution.
“I also know that it is difficult for you to believe what I say, but since you are here, even though the time is not yet ripe, you are always destined to be a Buddha. I hope that your family can be freed from troubles, so I will explain the cause and effect to you. The fate of a person and the fate of his family is in his own hands and can be changed. If you can repent of the sin of killing a dog and recite “Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva’s Universal Door Chapter” every day to dedicate it to the dog, then cooperate with the other party. If you educate your child patiently, your son will slowly develop for the better. The more sincere your heart is, the faster your child will change. If you can’t do what I say, when your son is seventeen years old, your family will Something big will happen. From now on, your son will probably go to jail. Don’t take it lightly!”
Mr. He didn’t say a word, didn’t raise his eyelids, and looked disapproving…
This year is the year 2000. In the past five years, the school has asked Mr. He’s son to drop out of school for fear of affecting his enrollment rate. Mr. He spent a lot of money to keep his son’s school status. There are other small mistakes and big mistakes that are too big to list. For the sake of this child, Mr. He and his wife went from quarreling to fighting. In the past five years, the family has been like a battlefield with no peace.
One day before the Spring Festival this year, the couple started fighting again in the middle of the night. The mother called her son to help. The son was just seventeen years old this year and grew to a height of 1.8 meters. Although he looked like a “bean sprout”, he was very strong. Listen When mom called, she ran over and hugged dad’s legs, threw him to the ground, held down his legs again, and asked mom to hit dad randomly until he was knocked unconscious, and then hurriedly called an ambulance. Hospital emergency.
In the end, Mr. He had to divorce and the child followed his mother. What will happen in the future is unknown. I really feel sorry for Mr. He. If I had believed in the words of the old monk Miaofa, perhaps all this could have been avoided.
