For small sins, we must also see the cause and effect brought about by it, and develop a very fearful heart for it.
When Buddha Shakyamuni was in the world, King Bosni led his troops to pass by the place where the Buddha was. He heard a bhikkhu chanting the sutra very beautifully, so he bowed to the Buddha and wanted to meet the bhikkhu who was chanting sutras, and he also want to donate one hundred thousand dollars. The Buddha said: "King should give money first, and then he can see this bhikkhu. If the king sees this bhikkhu first, the king will not give money." The king gave money first. So he met the monk. He saw that the monk was extremely ugly and short in stature, and he regretted it. The king asked the Buddha why. The Buddha said: "In the past, after Kassapa Buddha Nirvana, there was a king who wanted to build a tower and temple. The king sent four ministers to supervise. One of them was slack, and the king blamed him. The minister said angrily:'This tower is too big. When will it be completed?' Because of this complaint, the minister was extremely short in the five hundred reincarnations afterwards. And because after the pagoda was built, the minister gave a treasure bell to the pagoda and hung the bell on the pagoda, so In five hundred lifetimes, his voice is very beautiful." [Press] The cause and effect created by the six sense organs, such as eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and thoughts, are often the alternating effects of good and evil, so the results received are also both bitter and happy. Once upon a time, someone stayed in the mountains on an island in the sea, and saw a man with a radiant face and a good face, playing music in paradise for self-entertainment. Only that man's mouth looks like a pig's mouth. So the traveler asked him why. It turned out that the man was a cultivator in his previous life and did a lot of good deeds, but because of his verbal fault that he often said filthy and profanity, so he had a mouth like a pig in this life. So, you must be cautious about what you say!
Excerpt from "An Shi Book" "Wenchang Emperor Silently Doing Good Virtue" Generalized Excerpts: A short stature with a beautiful voice
If a person, whether walking, staying, sitting, or lying down, can eliminate sinful thoughts and keep his mind on the right Dharma, then this person can realize the highest wisdom.
In 《Dīrgha Āgama·Mahanidana Sutta》, there is an important interpretation of the key link "because of vijñāna, the name and image exist":
"Ananda! ‘Because of vijñāna (eighth consciousness), there is a name and an image’, what does this mean?
If vijñāna does not enter the mother's fetus, then does the name and image exist? Venerable Ananda replied: It does not exist.
If this vijñāna never leaves the womb after entering the womb, does the name and image exist? Venerable Ananda replied: It does not exist.
If this vijñāna comes out of the fetus, the baby's body is destroyed and corrupted, can the name and image that the baby feels grow? Venerable Ananda replied: No.
Ananda! If there is no vijñāna, is there a name and image? Venerable Ananda replied: No.
Ananda! From this I know that ‘name and image are born from vijñāna’. This is what I mean.
Ananda! ‘Vijñāna exists because of a name and an image’. What does this mean?
If vijñāna does not stay in name and image, vijñāna has nowhere to stay. If vijñāna has no place to stay, is there life, old age, sickness, death, sorrow, sorrow, distress, and annoyance? Venerable Ananda replied: No.
Ananda! If there is no name and image, is there a vijñāna? Venerable Ananda replied: No.
Ananda! From this I can know that ‘vijñāna is produced by name and image’, which is what I mean.
Ananda! From this we can know that the name and image produced vijñāna. vijñāna produces names and images. The name and image lead to the following: Eye: the organ of vision. Ear: Auditory organ. Nose: olfactory organ. Tongue: organ of taste. Body: tactile organs. Meaning: The heart is the sense organ. The six feelings are accepted by people, with love and hatred, with choice, with existence and non-existence, with life and death, and with sorrow. Ananda! So far we can see the root cause of the matter. If everyone has a correct view of these contents, there will be no lack of cognition, and the mind will be liberated. This is liberation because of wisdom.
The Buddha talked with Venerable Ananda, saying: The mind's recognition of things is the reason for the existence of all things. Recognition produces the names and appearances of things, which leads to various cognitions, joys, angers, sorrows and happiness, and then birth, old age, sickness and death. So "recognition" is the root of all this.
When this exists, that comes to be. With the arising (uppada) of this, that arises. When this does not exist, that does not come to be. With the cessation (nirodha) of this, that ceases.
— Samyutta Nikaya 12.61.
Because the mind recognizes things, it has various names and their corresponding things, and even has feelings, emotions, birth and death, and joy.
Parents are the child’s heaven, and respecting and supporting parents means offering to heaven.
With craving as a friend, people will flow forever, and cannot go beyond the cycle of life and death. Craving is the cause of suffering. If a person has no craving, no attachment, and lives in righteous thoughts, there is no reincarnation. -"Craving Sutra"
Craving, a powerful desire for something.
synonyms: longing, yearning, hankering, hunger, hungering, thirst, pining, desire, want, wish, fancy, urge, need, appetite, greed, lust, ache, burning, addiction, aspiration, aim, goal, yen, itch, cacoethes
Ten Commandments:
The first commandment is not to kill. That is not to kill all sentient beings.
The second precept is not to steal. That is, not stealing for yourself without the permission of the owner.
The third precept is not to have sex. It is also called not non-Brahma, that is, to completely cut off adultery, not to commit adultery with humans, non-humans, etc., which is different from the five precepts.
The fourth commandment, don't lie. That is to say not to say vain things, liars including verbal abuse (swearing), two tongues (telling right and wrong), silly words (fancy rhetoric), especially big liars-"I have not yet awakened to say that I have awakened) is a great sin.
The fifth precept is not to drink alcohol. That is to say, it is not contaminated with narcotic objects, and it is not allowed to drink alcohol in the early stage of ordination. Modern eminent monks believe that it also contains cigarettes and drugs.
The sixth precept is not to wear the Huahua (huahua), good fragrance to coat the body. That is, do not dress up, do not apply high-grade sesame oil, perfume, essential oils, etc., and do not wear ornaments such as flower decorations.
The seventh commandment, don’t watch singing and dancing. That is, it is not allowed to watch or listen to similar audio-visual entertainment such as singing, dancing, and drama.
The eighth commandment, don't sit on a tall bed. This bed is not a sleeping bed. It was originally a "Hu bed", that is, a seat for sitting and meditation. However, Handi generally expands its connotation to include large and comfortable beds and chairs for sitting and sleeping.
The ninth commandment, do not eat after noon. "Don't eat after lunch", you can only eat from sunrise to midday, and stop eating after noon.
The tenth commandment is not to hold money, gold and silver treasures. That is to say, do not own, pursue, or hide money and treasures and other properties, and traditional Buddhist monks are not allowed to hold property.