Treat children with a normal mind (to treat enemies and relatives as equals). There are probably four reasons for a person to have a son (daughter): one is to repay kindness (virtue), the other is to repay grievances, the other is to pay off debts, and the other is to collect debts.
You must know that we have come from innumerable kalpas, life after life, and the evil deeds we have created are immeasurable and boundless. Either I owe someone a debt, or someone owes me a debt, or I owe someone's life, or someone owes my life, because we owe each other, all kinds of children are born. There are those who pay debts, there are those who collect debts, there are those who repay the virtues, and there are those who repay the grievances.
When the Buddha was in the Jetavana-vihāra, a drunken man approached the Buddha and asked to be ordained. The Buddha asked Ananda to shave his head and put a monk's robe on him. When the man sobered up, he realized that he had become a monk, and immediately took off his robe and ran away. The bhikkhus did not understand why the Buddha agreed a drunken man to become a monk. The Buddha said, "This person has not had the desire to become a monk for innumerable kalpas. Now, because of drunkenness, the desire to become a monk has temporarily sprung up, as a karma of this, he can become a monk and obtain the Dharma later." In "Sutra of Great Compassion", It is recorded in the book that the Buddha once said to Ananda: In my teachings, anyone who wears a cassock, whether he is a real ascetic or an figurative ascetic, will enter Nirvana one after another when Maitreya Buddha and even Vairocana Buddha (that is, Adhimokṣa Buddha) are born, and there will be no one leftovers.
When Buddha Shakyamuni was in the human world, Bhikkhuni Utpala became an arahant of the six supernatural powers. She often went to wealthy people to preach the Dharma and persuaded noble women to become Bhikkhunis. The ladies replied, "We are young and beautiful now. It is very difficult to keep the precepts. We will definitely break the precepts!" Bhikkhuni Utpala replied, "As long as you become a Bhikkhuni, you can break the precepts." The ladies asked, "Doesn't breaking the precepts mean that you will fall into hell? How can you break the precepts?" Bhikkhuni Utpala said, "If you will fall into hell, then go to hell." The ladies laughed at her and said, "If you suffer all kinds of sins in hell, how can you fall into hell?" Bhikkhuni Utpala said: "I recalled my past life experience. I was a woman who acted in my whole life. I used to wear various clothes to perform. During this period, I used to wear Bhikkhuni clothes to act and laugh.Because of this karma, I was reborn as a bhikshuni when Kassapa Buddha was alive. At that time, I believed that I was of a noble birth, and arrogance arose in my heart, so I broke the precepts. And because I broke the precepts, I was reincarnated and fell into hell and suffered all kinds of sins. After the retribution of sin was over, I was reincarnated as a Bhikkhuni while Buddha Shakyamuni was alive, and became an Arahant with six supernatural powers. Because of the above, I know that if I become a Bhikkhuni and keep the precepts, even if I break the precepts later, because of the karma of the previous keeping precepts, I will eventually attain the Arahant path. If you just do evil and don't have the karma to become a Bhikkhuni and keep the precepts, you won't be able to attain Buddhahood in the end. I can recall my own past life and death. I have fallen into hell for many lifetimes, and then came out of hell and reincarnated as a wicked person, and the wicked person died and fell into hell again. I have been reincarnated like this for so many lifetimes without getting anything. Now, I finally use my own personal experience to prove that if I become a Bhikkhuni and keep the precepts, even if I break the precepts later, because of the karma of the previous keeping precepts, I can still achieve the fruit of Buddhahood. - "The Treatise on the Great Perfection of Wisdom"
Equivalence: the concept of equality of all matters. Longer Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra says, "To treat the three realms equally, there is nothing there." Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra says, "To treat all beings as equals is like treating the same child."
Those who keep the precepts have no regrets in their hearts; they have no regrets in their hearts, so they can obtain joy; when they obtain joy, they obtain one mind; when they obtain one mind, they obtain real wisdom; when they obtain real wisdom, they are disgusted with desires; when they are disgusted with desires, they are away from desires; when they are away from desires, they are liberated; when they are liberated, they attain Nirvana. Keeping the precepts in this way is the foundation of all good dharmas. "The Treatise on the Great Perfection of Wisdom"
Those who lie, have an impure mind, want to deceive others, cover up the truth, speak different words, and produce oral karma. This is called lying.
Those who speak lies have no shame in their hearts and block the door to heaven and nirvana. "The Treatise on the Great Perfection of Wisdom"
If you perform the Samadhi of Compassion, you will achieve immeasurable blessings, water and fire will not harm you, swords and weapons will not harm you, and all evil will not harm you. - "The Treatise on the Great Perfection of Wisdom"
Why do you have to work so hard in this flashy life? The grand banquet will eventually come to an end. Sadness and joy are all the same illusory, ancient and today's dreams are the same all absurd.
Song of Good and End
Everyone in the world knows that immortals are good, but only the fame can never be forgotten!
Where are the generals and prime ministers of the past? A pile of deserted tombs was covered by grass.
Everyone in the world knows that immortals are good, but only gold and silver can never be forgotten!
People feel that there is not enough gold and silver every day, and their eyes are closed when there is too much. .
Everyone in the world knows that immortals are good, but only the beautiful wife can never be forgotten!
When the lover is alive, she expresses her kindness every day, and when the lover dies, she will live with others.
Everyone in the world knows that immortals are good, but only children and grandchildren can never be forgotten!
There have been many parents with infatuation since ancient times. Who has ever seen filial sons and grandchildren?
---Wind and Moon Mirror
If someone takes the precepts, he thinks in his heart or says in his mouth: From this day on, I will never kill any sentient beings. This is in immeasurable sentient beings, giving the things that are loved and important, and the merits obtained are immeasurable. - "The Treatise on the Great Perfection of Wisdom）" (the things that are loved and important" refers to life)
To stop doing bad things is to keep the precepts. Whether it is what is in the heart, what is said in the mouth, or is influenced by others, the cessation of sin in deeds and words is to keep the precepts.
There are about eight precepts for good nature: not to make other living beings angry, not to rob, not to commit sexual misconduct, not to lie, not to provoke alienation, not to speak dirty words, not to speak frivolous and rude words, not to drink alcohol, and to purify one’s life. Those who break the precepts fall into the three evil realms (the realm of animals, the realm of hungry ghosts, and the realm of hell). Those who keep the lower precepts are born in the human beings, those who keep the precepts in the middle are born in the heaven of six desires, those who keep the precepts above while able to practice the four meditations and the four emptiness are born in the pure heaven of the form and formless realms. There is also: If one seeks great benefit, one should adhere to the precepts, such as cherishing precious treasures, such as protecting one's life. Just like the earth, all things that have form live on the ground; the same is true of precepts, which are the abodes of all good dharmas. - - "Great Treatise on the Perfection of Wisdom"
Zhongtai College lectures on "Sutra of Forty-two Chapters- Chapter 22"
"People are reluctant to throw away property and beautiful women. These are like honey on the edge of a knife, not enough for a meal. Just like a child licking it, it is easy to cut his tongue." - "Sutra of Forty-two Chapters- Chapter 22"
Property is a blessing, don't be greedy. What is not greedy? Not being greedy does not mean not wanting anything, but that you can get what you deserve within your duty; absolutely do not want anything outside your duty. The wealth obtained in this way is right and proper, and it is one's own blessing; other than that, it is greed. Greed for money and sex will bring bitter fruit, suffering now and suffering in the future. Only when you can see through wealth and sex can you know the truth of the Buddhadharma.
In the time of the Buddha, one day the Buddha and his disciples were traveling on alms and they saw a large sack of gold in the ditch beside the road. The Buddha said to Ananda, "This is a poisonous snake, have you seen it?" Ananda replied, "I have seen it, World Honored One. It is indeed a poisonous snake!"
Not long after, a passerby passed by and saw these bags of gold in the ditch. He thought, "This is really a fortune, it's a gift from God!" He transported the gold back to his home, bought fields, Real estate, ask workers to build construction. Neighbors, relatives and friends found out and thought it was very strange. People who were very poor now bought so much land and must have made a fortune, so they all borrowed money from him. This rich man is very greedy and never lends money. Relatives and friends became angry and went to sue him, saying that this man used to be a poor man, and now everyone does not know where he stole money, bought a lot of land, and is building a lot of land, so the government should hurry up and arrest him.
The government received this tip and sent people to search, and found a lot of gold bars with royal fire seals. It turned out that the treasure of the royal treasury was stolen, and the thieves dropped several bags of gold bars on the road, which is the gold. The government arrested the man and sent him to the palace. When the emperor saw that the criminal and the stolen goods were together, he ordered all the money to be confiscated, and the man beheaded and executed. From this, it can be seen that gold is really a poisonous snake. Therefore, if the property is not within one's own duty, no matter how much it is, one must not ask for it, otherwise it will surely bring bitter consequences. Buddhism tells us to keep the "precept of not stealing", which is exactly the reason.
Xuanzang, the Chinese pilgrim to India, describes many "Punya-śālās" (houses of goodness, merit, charity) in his 7th-century CE memoir. He mentions these Punyasalas and Dharmasalas in Takka (Punjab) and other north Indian places such as near the Deva temples of Haridwar at the mouth of river Ganges and eight Deva temples in Mulasthanapura. These, recorded Xuanzang, served the poor and the unfortunate, providing them food, clothing and medicine, also welcoming travelers and the destitute. So common were these, he wrote, that "travelers [like him] were never badly off."