Anathapindika was born into a wealthy merchant family in Savatthi with the birth name Sudatta, and was a relative of Subhūti, one of the Buddha's principal disciples. He became widely known by the nickname Anathapindika, literally "one who gives alms (piṇḍa) to the unprotected (anātha)", due to his reputation of loving to give to those in need. Anathapindika met the Buddha while on a business trip in Rājagaha after being told about him by his brother-in-law. He reached sotapanna, a stage of enlightenment, after listening to the Buddha preach. Following the encounter, Anathapindika became a devoted lay follower and purchased land to build the Jetavana Monastery from the prince of Kosala by covering the park grounds with coins. After building Jetavana Monastery, Anathapindika continued to generously support the Buddha and his monastic community throughout his life and became known as the Buddha's greatest patron and benefactor along with his female counterpart, Visakha.
As chief patron, Anathapindika fed large numbers of the Buddha's monks daily and regularly maintained and supplied Jetavana Monastery, as well as served as one of the Buddha's primary aides in dealing with the general public. He is known as the male lay disciple of the Buddha who was foremost in generosity. Anathapindika is frequently referred to as Anathapindika-setthi (setthi meaning "wealthy person" or "millionaire"),and is sometimes referred to as Mahā Anāthapindika to distinguish him from Cūla Anāthapindika, another disciple of the Buddha.
The Bodhisattva Never Despise is a Bodhisattva who never despises others and practices respectful conduct. He is the previous life of Sakyamuni Buddha. This is from the Lotus Sutra, Chapter on the Bodhisattva Never Despise. The Lotus Sutra records that countless kalpas ago, there was a Buddha named Bhīṣma-garjitasvara-rāja Tathagata, whose life span and Dharma-preserving time were very long. At that time, it was the past life of Sakyamuni Buddha. At that time, when he was practicing the Bodhisattva path, he would bow down to people and say, "I do not despise you, you will all become Buddhas." Seeing this, the monks and nuns called him "Never Despise".
Everything is often destined by fate, isn't it? In the spring of the Wu Zi year of the Qianlong reign, Ji Xiaolan wrote a poem for someone else titled "Picture of Hunting by Barbarian Cavalry": "White grass sticks to the sky, wild beasts are fat, curved bows love your horses like flying. When will I drink the blood of yellow sheep and hunt in the snow on Tianshan Mountain?" In August of that year, Ji Xiaolan actually joined the army and went to the Western Regions. In addition, Dong Wenke once painted a picture of "Picture of Searching for Verses in Autumn Forest" for Ji Xiaolan. When Ji Xiaolan arrived in Urumqi, there was a dense forest in the west of the city, with ancient trees towering into the clouds and stretching for dozens of miles. The former general Wu Mitai built a pavilion in it and named it "Xiu Ye". Ji Xiaolan strolled in it, which was very similar to the scenery in the painting "Picture of Searching for Verses in Autumn Forest". When Ji Xiaolan returned to the capital in the Xin Mao year, he wrote a quatrain himself: "The frost leaves are slightly yellow and the stone bones are green, and I sing alone and feel sad that I am too lonely. Who knew that I had already predicted my journey to the west, and the old trees, cold clouds and Xiu Ye Pavilion."
The light of the Dharma shines upon the world, just like the sun breaking through the clouds.
Question: I am Angie Meikes. If you could spend one more day with Mr. Charlie Munger, what would you like to do with him?
Warren Buffett: An interesting question. I do have one more day, but it may not be a full day.
The way we live is to make ourselves as happy as possible. Charlie likes to learn very much. We heard it in the short film just now. He is interested in many things. His interests are much broader than mine. He is not like me, and I don’t want to be like him, but we are very like-minded when we are together. We do a lot of things together, play tennis together, play golf together, and do a lot of things together. The time we spend together is even happier than when we are alone, but we still have to work and overcome difficulties together when we encounter them. So, having a partner like Charlie to help us get rid of various difficulties together has really made me very happy over the past few decades. And many of the ideas he gave us ten years ago are still making us profits. So, he lived to be 99.9 years old. Did he mention it? Except when he was in the military, he never went out to exercise on his own. He never thought about what he wanted to eat. He never thought about whether he ate nutritiously or not, but he still lived to be 99.9 years old. Charlie has more interests than I do, but when we are together, we never doubt each other. If I spend another day with him, I believe it will not be much different from all the days we have spent together before, but I don’t know when we will leave, which is also a great blessing. Charlie always says, "I will die soon, I don’t want to go to that place." He never said such a thing. He still went to many places with such a curious mentality. So, he is not only interested in the world, I think the whole world has begun to be curious about him, and I think this is really unparalleled.
I have mentioned this to him in the past few years. I said that I have never seen anyone who has reached the peak of his life at the age of 99. At the age of 99, the whole world wants to come to you.
There is no perfect answer to this question, but I think Charlie and I will spend time together in the same way as before. I asked Charlie about some books, and he always said "I've read them". He usually went to restaurants to read books. He was really an incomparable and outstanding person. He basically met all the people he should meet. There is definitely a lot to learn from Franklin.
This question is very interesting. I think you should ask yourself a question. Who do you think you would like to spend the last day of your life with? If you think of such a person, go meet him now, go to him tomorrow, and meet him often, don't wait until the last day of your life.
During the reign of King Ajatasatru, there was a man named "Lamp Finger". He was born into a wealthy family. When he was born, his fingers could emit light, and he lived a rich and comfortable life since childhood. Later, he indulged in worldly pleasures, and his family wealth was robbed by thieves. He became penniless, and not only did the light from his fingers disappear, but his wife and all his relatives and friends left him. The poor and destitute "Lamp Finger" had to work as a carrier of dead bodies to make a living, but the bodies he carried were stuck to his back and could not be pulled off. The bodies he carried eventually turned into gold, which was inexhaustible. "Lamp Finger" resumed his former wealthy life. But his change from rich to poor and then to rich again made him realize the illusion of the world, so he donated all his property and became a monk to study Buddhism, and became an Arhat. "Lamp Finger" had spoken rudely to his mother in his previous life, so he was rewarded with poverty in this life. And because he had repaired the fingers of Buddha statues in his previous life, he was rewarded with glowing fingers and wealth in this life. -The book "The Lamp Finger Sutra" also says: If a piece of clothing has a thread cut in one place, the whole piece of clothing will be damaged; if a large ship has a crack in one place, the whole ship will sink. A person who does a small evil will have a very serious retribution. Therefore, we should strive to prevent ourselves from doing evil deeds from the beginning.