There is a villager named Zhang Wu in Xiuning County who makes a living by hunting. Zhang Wu once chased a doe. The female deer was walking with two young deer, unable to escape quickly, and was about to be chased by Zhang Wusuo. The doe knew that she could not survive the disaster, so she turned her head and saw a mound of earth next to it, so she took the young deer to the mound, covered the fawn with soil, and threw herself into Zhang Wu's net. Just in time for Zhang Wu's mother to go out, she saw this scene from a distance, so she ran to the place where the net was laid and told her son all the details she saw. She immediately cut the net and released the doe, along with the two calves. Zhang Wu's mother said: "Humans have a mother-child relationship, and so do livestock. I couldn't bear to see the mother deer killed and the two deer cubs become orphans, so I cut the hunting net and released the young deer." Zhang Wu was moved by his mother's words. So he burn the hunting nets and never hunt again.
Chenzhou's adjutant, Lu, raised two cranes, one of which died due to trauma, and the other went on a hunger strike and whined. Lu persuaded him to eat, but He reluctantly ate. One morning, the crane croaked around Lu, and Lu said, "If you want to fly away, go away, I won't keep you anymore." The crane flew into the sky and circled around Lu for a long time before leaving. When Lu was old and had no children, he returned to his hometown of Huangpuxi. In late autumn, when the autumn wind was rustling, Lu was walking in the woods with a cane, when he suddenly saw a crane hovering in the air, and the sound of its chirping was very sad. Lu raised his head and said to the crane, "Could it be that you were my partner when I was in Chenzhou? If it is true, you should come down!" The crane actually fell down, plunged into Lu's arms, and pulled Lu’s clothes with his mouth, dancing around Lu. So Lu took him home. Later, Lu died, and the crane died of hunger strike. Lu's family buried the crane on the left side of Lu's grave. - "Yu Chu Xin Zhi"
Practicing more "thinking of impermanence" can cut off all desires and loves, all kinds of visible desires, invisible desires, slowness, and ignorance. "Thinking of impermanence" can establish "thinking of no self". Live "no self-thinking", keep your mind away from self-slowness, and you can smoothly reach Nirvana.
△Those who cherish life, if they want to end their killing karma, they should first meditate on other sentient beings. When their mothers and children get together, they will be attached to each other, which is no different from the inseparable love between mothers and children of human beings. If you think about it, you will have compassion.
△Look quietly at the different kinds of living beings. They don't have enough food, they seek food everywhere, and they are in great distress. We should think that we human beings are no different from them when we encounter famine. If you think about it, you will have compassion.
△Looking quietly at the alien beings, when they are captured, they either startled away, or wailed, or even climbed over the house and fled to the wild. It is no different from the horror and panic when human beings are suddenly arrested. If you think about it, you will have compassion.
△Looking quietly at different kinds of living beings, when they are slaughtered, some of their five internal organs have been ripped off, but their eyes are still open, and some have their throats cut off, but their feet are still stretched out. It is no different from the various desperate states that humans show when they are sick and dying. If you think about it, you will have compassion.
△Look quietly at different kinds of living beings. When they are slaughtered, if you kill a sheep, the rest of the sheep will be afraid; if you catch a bird, the flock of birds will fly away. When humans encounter disasters, some see their parents dripping with blood, while others see their wives and children dismembered step by step, there is no difference. If you think about it, you will have compassion.
- "An Shi Quan Shu"
Ask for nothing in the world
Meng Zhaoxiang, a native of Jiaohe, passed the provincial examination in the year of Wanli Renzi. He has spleen disease. One day he dreamed that he was in the underworld. The King of Hades said to him, "You originally had a great career, but killing too many lives will shorten your lifespan. From now on, you should abstain from killing and release lives, and engrave what I said to you in my dream to persuade the world, so that you can atone for your sins." Meng nodded in agreement, but he forgot all about it when he woke up. One night, he had another dream like the one before, and he was taken aback. At that time, he was taking part in the examination in the capital, and he failed the ranking, so he hurriedly packed his luggage, checked out and went home to complete the publication of good words. That night, the beams of the hotel where he was staying broke and collapsed, just smashing the bed he had slept in. Later, because of printing and distributing good words to exhort the world, he was admitted as a Jinshi, and his official position was Liqing.
[Press] People in the world are muddling along because of unchanging routines, and their lives are wasted. If Meng had thought of not repenting at that time, he would have turned into dust along with the hotel bed. How can he enjoy the blessing again. The dream awakening good words he engraved is really a veritable dream awakening article. - "A reference book for all kindness. Persuading others to do good deeds and completing one's own salary"