One day, Emperor Yao was walking on the road and saw two people being arrested for crimes. After Emperor Yao saw it, he was very anxious. Why are my people imprisoned? Is it illegal? He hurriedly stepped forward to understand the matter clearly. When he asked, it was because they stole something from others.
Emperor Yao then asked, "Why are you stealing things from others?" The two prisoners said, "Because the ground has been too drought to grow anything and it has not raining for a long time, we have nothing to eat, so we have to steal things from others."
Emperor Yao was very uncomfortable when he heard that, he said to the soldiers escorting the prisoners: "You release the two of them, and arrest me!" The people present at the time were very surprised. How could the Emperor be arrested?
Emperor Yao said: "I committed two big mistakes. First, because I had no virtue, it’s the reason for the weather to be drought for a long time without rain. Second, because I didn't educate my people well, it’s the reason that they steal."
Emperor Yao was sincerely introspecting and repenting. This kind of sincerity moved the world. The dark clouds immediately filled the sky, lowering the nectar, and irrigating the dry land.
When the earth became the sea, there was a blind tortoise in the sea, which only surfaced once in a hundred years. There is a section of driftwood on the sea, with only one hole in the driftwood. This driftwood drifts around in the wind and waves all year round. The blind tortoise has to encounter this driftwood hole, which is very difficult because of the limitation of time and space, but It's harder to get a human life than the chance of the blind tortoise to encounter the driftwood.
An embroidery needle is placed under Mount Xumi, and a thread hangs down from the mountain. The chance of getting a human life is like the thread falling down just to penetrate the needle hole.
The "Nirvana Sutra" says that the human life is rare to have. It is like throwing beans on a smooth wall. The chance of beans sticking to the wall is very small. The scripture also said that the human life is rare, like piled beans on the tip of a needle, it is more difficult.
At the time when Buddha Shakyamuni was in Jetavana in the city of Shravasti, he grabbed a handful of soil from the ground and scattered it. There was still a little bit on his nails. One of his students asked: “Teacher, what do you mean? “ Because the Buddha has no drama, every move is inspiring. The Buddha in turn asked the students: "Is there a lot of soil on my nails or on the ground?" Of course, there is a lot of soil on the ground. The Buddha said: "The number of people who are alive today and will have a human life in the next life after death, is like the soil on my nails; the number of people who could not have a human life after death just like the soil of the earth."
The human life is hard to have. You should not waste time in the attachment of "Self". Instead, you should study the Dharma hard and be free from the suffering of reincarnation.
When the Buddha Shakyamuni was in Jetavana in the city of Shravasti, the Buddha was sitting outdoors at night. There was a flax oil lamp inside the house. Many moths fell into the fire. When the Buddha saw it, he said: Some practitioners, excessively studying Dharam, will add new attachments, and will be obsessed with the knowledge, like moths rush to a fire, falling by the lamp. -The Sutra tells us that : Even if you are studying Buddhism, you can't cling to the Dharma, otherwise you will be bound by the Dharma and cannot be freed.
Buddha Shakyamuni said that if a person is caught by a robber, he should not feel resentful and vengeful. Instead, he should have compassion and mercy and help the robber to become a better man. Compassion should be filled with all directions in his heart, not angry. It follows from this that if you encounter a person who is irritating and troublesome, you should use compassion to transform your hard-hearted mind and turn your troubles into nectar. Over time, you will be able to regenerate the unattached mind and achieve unobstructed wisdom.
Original: If one captured by the robbers, don't think badly. Fill your mind with compassion and mercy.
If the mind is not attached, you can get rid of troubles.