Landlord and Servant
Manager Zhang is the deputy general manager of a large state-owned enterprise, managing tens of thousands of employees. Her career success makes many people envy her. However, at home, although she is very affectionate with her husband, she is at a loss for her baby son Qiangqiang.
Qiangqiang is a very smart child. He likes reading books since he was a child and doesn’t like to talk much. In the eyes of his parents, he is a good child and a good baby. But since he went to middle school, Qiangqiang has been obsessed with computer games. From then on, he couldn’t stop playing games online day and night, and often delayed his studies. Parents, relatives, friends, teachers and classmates repeatedly dissuaded and educated him, but it was of no avail. Later, he even beat and scolded his parents.
On this day, Manager Zhang and his wife tried hard to persuade their son not to play games anymore, but Qiangqiang was irritable and rude, and even injured his father’s right eye. Manager Zhang was furious and left home with her husband and lived in a friend’s house. When I met Manager Zhang, she looked thin, her eyes were red and swollen, and she choked with tears and said: “Why did our Qiangqiang become like this? The adults kindly advised him and gave him fruits and drinks, but the child not only did not appreciate it, but also beat his father. Since he became addicted to computer games, he has dropped out of school for more than half a year. For this reason, the teacher often visited his home and even invited the police to persuade him, but it was useless. Alas…” Looking at the grief-stricken Manager Zhang, I comforted her with sympathy and told her: “The seeds of such painful retribution are because of the evil causes you planted in your previous life.”
It turned out that Manager Zhang and her husband were also husband and wife in their previous life, but the roles of man and woman were reversed. Manager Zhang was a famous landlord in the local area. Although he was rich, he was rich and unkind, and bullied others. At that time, there was a 12-year-old boy in their family. Because his parents were unable to repay their debts, he became their family’s servant to repay the debts. At that time, the two of them were resentful of the boy’s parents, so they took out their anger on the child, often beating and scolding him. One day, the little boy accidentally broke a valuable vase, which angered them even more. After beating the boy, they tied his hands and feet and threw him in the rice field. Fortunately, a kind-hearted person rescued the dying boy and saved his life. From then on, the seeds of hatred were planted in the boy’s heart. He vowed to take revenge on them and collect the blood debt when he had the chance. Time passed, and the fate of this life came together. The boy who was bullied in the past life became the beloved son of Manager Zhang and his wife. This child came to collect the debt. One day in the future, the couple might be angered to death by him.
“Woo…” After understanding this cause and effect, Manager Zhang burst into tears. Her husband beside her hurried to comfort her, “Don’t cry, don’t cry. No wonder Qiangqiang started to learn bad things when he was 12 years old. After he became addicted to computer games, he even beat us. It turned out that we had committed evil deeds in the past and hurt him. So what should we do now?”
“The best way is to start eating vegetarian food from now on, sincerely repent of the evil deeds committed in the past in front of the Buddha, and kneel down to recite at least 49 copies of the “Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Sutra” to dedicate to Qiangqiang. Only in this way can he forgive you and break his Internet addiction, and you can also benefit.”
“Okay, okay, we will do it when we go back.”
Three months later, Manager Zhang called and said excitedly: “Thank you so much, Buddhism is so magical. We eat vegetarian food, repent, and recite sutras to dedicate. Now, our son Qiangqiang has started to go to school, and his attitude towards us has changed a lot. One day he took the initiative to cook for us at home! That’s great, thank you so much.” Indeed, the best way to resolve grievances is Buddhism.
Tip: Both the examples of “bad karma” and “landlord and servant” tell us that if there are disobedient and difficult to discipline children in the family, they are mostly the reincarnation of sentient beings that were harmed in the previous life. Parents should have a deep belief in cause and effect, start with themselves, and should not blindly beat or scold their children. They should repent for their past lives and even for the actions since the beginning of time, eat vegetarian food, and recite sutras for their children. Pray for the Buddha’s power to accept and transform the bad karma between parents and children into good karma. Then, step by step, educate children to understand some principles of life such as filial piety. Over time, the behavior of children will naturally change greatly. Therefore, if you want your children to become good children, you must first change yourself, stop doing evil and cultivate good, get close to Buddhism, and then recite sutras for your children. Only in this way can you feel the Buddha’s blessing and achieve twice the result with half the effort. Therefore, if you have a rebellious child around you, if you have the opportunity to get close to Buddhism, the rebellious child will become the golden key to your own achievement. Both parties will benefit, the whole family will benefit, and troubles will be transformed into Bodhi. The same applies to children who have unkind parents.
