Chapter 94 Merit

Hongyi advocated the law study at home.The Buddhist system requires all disciples to learn the precepts, keep the precepts, and act in accordance with the law. Therefore, not only monks and nuns must do this, but lay people should also do the same.But many lay Buddhists in the Buddhist circle know very little about the precepts.In response to this situation, Hongyi specially recorded the part about lay etiquette from the three major volumes of Nanshan, and compiled it into "Nanshan Law at Home Notes", which is convenient for lay scholars to learn the law.Since then, Hongyi has successively compiled the Table of the Five Precepts, Brief Introduction to the Three Refuges, Brief Introduction to the Eight Precepts, General Ideas for the Three Refuges, Opening Articles of the Precepts at Home, New Collection of Receiving the Three Refuges and the Five Precepts. Bajie French Rules and Regulations" and other lay law works.

Daoxuan once wrote "Four-Part Rhythm, Delete Complex and Bu Que Acting Notes", "Four-Part Rhythm, Delete and Complement Random Karma", "Four-Part Rhythm Bhikkus Food Notes and Precepts", which constituted the Vinaya system of Nanshan School, called Nanshan Three mostly.After Daoxuan, there were a lot of rhymes annotating the three major volumes. Unfortunately, after the Southern Song Dynasty, they were all lost, and they were not found overseas until the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China.In order to carry forward the Nanshan Law Shu, Hongyi sorted out the Law Shu, punctuated, expressed, and collected interpretations, etc., trying to be clear and easy to understand, and used the form of a list to artisticize the monk's precepts.

Hongyi also paid attention to cultivating legal talents. In 1931, he cooperated with Yi Huan, Qi Lian and other masters to establish Nanshan Law School in Wulei Temple in Cixi. stop.Two years later, when Hongyi gave a lecture on "Four Fen Precepts" at Miaoshi Temple in Xiamen, he announced that the method of promoting law was "no name, no funding, no gathering, no fixed address", and it was only for cultivating legal talents.Later, Hongyi moved to Wanshou Temple with more than ten law students and gave lectures on "Random Karma".Later, at the invitation of the monk Zhuanwu of Kaiyuan Temple in Quanzhou, Hongyi went to Kaiyuan Temple to settle down for summer. finished.Sometimes he also talks about Gude's maxims to encourage the body and mind with resources.During the lecture, students can ask questions for discussion, or ask for instructions in writing, and they can get satisfactory answers.In addition to listening to the law, students read and mark the three major volumes for in-depth research.

Hong Yi often went to give lectures on the law at the invitation of various places.Nanshan Vinaya, which has been forgotten by people for more than 800 years, only attracted the attention of Buddhist circles after Master Hongyi promoted it. When Master Hongyi lived in Hupao Temple for the summer holidays, a little yellow dog in the temple was seriously ill. Master Hongyi asked Hongxiang and other seven monks to pray for the dog together.The puppy finally passed away peacefully, with nothing to worry about.Master Hongyi and others buried him at the foot of Qinglong Mountain. Afterwards, they wrote a diary of salvation for the puppy, and their compassion was beyond words.

In the autumn of 1928, Master Hongyi went to Feng Zikai's home. Seeing that his master was in a heavy mood, Feng asked him what his wish was recently. Master Hongyi said that the word "precept" shown by Sakyamuni was actually abstaining from violence and killing.Master Shi Hongyi was 49 years old. Feng Feng had previously negotiated with Li Yuanjing to publish a set of paintings to congratulate his master on his fiftieth birthday. He planned to publish fifty paintings when his master was fifty and sixty when he was sixty. .Feng Zikai listened to his teacher's words and decided to name the painting collection "The Painting Collection of Quitting Killing".Hongyi suggested changing "abstinence from killing" to "protection of life".Therefore, this painting collection was named "Husheng Painting Collection". In February 1929, "Husheng Painting Collection" was published by Shanghai Kaiming Bookstore. In 1942, Master Hongyi passed away, but Feng Zikai's collection of paintings continued.On the 70th, 80th, 90th, and 100th birthdays of Master Hongyi, Feng Zikai commemorated them with a collection of paintings.When the last episode of the album was published, Feng Zikai had passed away the year before.

In 1927, there was a proposal to exterminate Buddhism, and the authorities advocated the demolition of the temple. Master Hongyi once said to his disciple Xuan Zhonghua: "The way of monks should be preserved." Ma Yifu wrote in the preface of "Husheng Painting Collection": "Fake kindness and ingenuity to express his compassion; I will rely on my kindness to eliminate the other's rough heart. It can be said that there is no hindrance to the origin, and the one who talks about it with paintings... I would like to read it as a painting. Those who are good at protecting their hearts!"

There is an example on the back cover of the English version of "Husheng Huaji": One day in the eleventh month of the lunar calendar in 1928, Master Hongyi saw an old duck locked in a cage on the boat. According to the owner of the duck, the old duck meat can cure diseases. This duck is given to the sick in the country.After listening to Master Hongyi, he felt very unfortunate about the old duck, and he expressed his willingness to redeem the old duck with three gold.With his help, the old duck finally escaped his bad luck and disembarked with the master.Afterwards, Master Hongyi specially asked Feng Zikai to draw the shape of the old duck, and included it in the "Husheng Painting Collection".Master Hongyi’s inscription for this painting is: "The first crime is to kill, and the great virtue of heaven and earth is to live. The old duck slaps and stretches his neck and mourns; I am a redemption, and the animal is in the spirit. The merits and virtues will be given to all living beings, and I hope they will be free from disease." longevity."

Xia Mianzun recalled: "I still recall that a monk (Li Shutong) came to Shanghai by chance ten years ago and bought classics imitating Song Dynasty movable type. He was sick with uneven fonts and uneven rows. Because he made a vow to close-up the type models, he made large and small movable types to print Buddhist scriptures. Huanshan wrote one by one according to the radicals of the dictionary, concentrating on it, counting the number of crosses every day, but the size of the fat and thin is slightly inappropriate, so it is easy to change. After a month, the book reaches the knife part, and it stops suddenly. Ask the reason, and it is said: the word of the knife part , There are so many murderous intentions, I can't bear to write. His compassion and compassion, there are people like this."

Master Hongyi came to Feng Zikai's house, and Feng asked Master to sit down.The mage first shook the wicker chair gently, and then sat down slowly, like this every time.Feng asked why, and the mage replied: "In this chair, between the two vines, there may be insects lurking. If you sit down suddenly, you will crush them to death, so shake it first, and sit down slowly so that they will be able to move." run away." Feng Zikai wrote in his essay "The Taste of Fa": "The seven-year-old P came in from the outer room, leaning against me, biting her nails and paying attention to the clothes of the two monks. Master Hongyi said that her eyes were very far apart. It's very special, he said: "It's very beautiful!" He heard me say that she likes calligraphy and painting, and likes to carve stone seals, and the second master asked her to carve two for them. Master Hongyi wrote a word "moon" on the stone ( Master Hongyi (nearly known as Lunyue) has a character for 'umbrella', which is called P'er Ke. When she turned her head sideways and hugged the printing bed with sweat dripping to play the knife, Master Hongyi stared at her without blinking, while gently facing Hongyi. Master Umbrella said, "Look, you are very focused!" Then he turned to me and said, "It must be good to teach her to recite the Buddha at her age. You can tell her the story of karma first." I said, "Kill her." I was afraid of doing it at first.' Master Hong Yi praised it, and said: 'There are a lot of ants on this floor!' After all, his attention is more thoughtful than ours.'

In the spring of 1940, Master Hongyi wrote to Master Miaohui, saying: "I intend to make a large water bag, and I will send you a bamboo circle, which is sewn on it with white cloth. This bamboo circle is a property of the lay people in the forest. I beg for it. Tell me, that is, to give away the rest as a thank you. Send a foreign dollar, and beg to buy white cloth. It is better to use the one that can soak in water, but the bugs can't get out. It takes effort, and I feel grateful." Master Hongyi once suggested that we should use Buge instead of Qiluo, and use camel hair instead of silk for warmth in winter, so as to prevent killing.

Master Hongyi once planned to prick blood to write scriptures, but was dissuaded by Master Yinguang.He likes to copy the scriptures with the above vehicle calligraphy, and collected the verses in the "Hua Yan Jing" into three hundred couplets. Anyone who asks for calligraphy will write them as gifts, and give them to those who are destined to make people happy with the Buddhist scriptures. It is regarded as a convenient way to save all living beings. Master Hongyi once wrote a verse: "Do not seek happiness for yourself, but hope that all living beings will be free from suffering." Master Hongyi settled in southern Fujian in his later years, and he mainly preached the Dharma in Quanzhou.He carried forward the law, cultivated a large number of outstanding monks, and taught them to "cherish blessings, practice hard work, keep precepts, and respect themselves", so that the Nanshan Law Sect, which had been lost for eight hundred years in the East, could be revived.At the same time, he also brought a new look to the relatively closed humanities in southern Fujian.