Chapter 9 Chapter 6 Advise to launch a death-bed service

This is the most important thing.It should be set up in urban and rural areas. There are detailed regulations in "Ordinance at the end of Jinliang", which should be reviewed. Chapter 7 Conclusion The dying year is coming to an end, and soon it will be the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, which is the last of the year.If the money is not prepared securely, the creditors will come one after another, how to resist.When we are dying, it is the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, which is the last day of our life.If you don't prepare the merits for your death properly, you will be in a hurry and call your father and mother, and many bad karma will appear in front of you, how to get rid of it.Although at the end of life, relying on the help of others to recite, everything is in accordance with the Dharma, but you must also practice it on a daily basis, so that you can die at ease.Advice to all benevolent people, always prepare early.

A page from Wenmei magazine edited by Li Shutong This article was given by Master Hongyi at Miaoshi Temple in Xiamen in January 1933. Respect Three Treasures The Three Jewels are the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha.Its meaning is very broad, and now we only cite a few of its meanings. Speaking of Buddha today, let’s talk about Buddha statues, such as wood, stone, etc. sculptures and paper paintings. Those who talk about the law today, as far as books such as scriptures, laws, and treatises are concerned, they may be printed or written. Speaking of monks today, let’s talk about ordinary monks in the world, because Bodhisattvas, Arhats, etc. have attached themselves to the door of worshiping Buddhism.

The first worship Buddha (a few items that ordinary people should pay attention to) When worshiping the Buddha, it is advisable to wash your hands and rinse your mouth, sincerely and respectfully, and worship slowly, not in a hurry, and it is better to worship less than rashly. The Buddha is clean and the incense is upright.The food offered to the Buddha should be well-cooked and edible by humans.Nowadays, it is disrespectful for those who use food raw materials and canned food to worship the Buddha.In Master Yi's "The Practice of the Great Compassion Mantra", he once denounced it.It is also appropriate to worship the Buddha before noon, not after noon.It is also advisable to offer fruit in the morning.The water supply should be held in the form of worship.For flowers, the water in vases should be changed frequently.

Buddha statues painted on paper should not only be mounted with silk, as they may be stained with fly droppings and other filth (those with few flies may be acceptable).It should be placed in a glass mirror. For wood, stone and other sculptures, the small ones should be placed in glass niches, and the large ones should be covered with treasure covers, and must be wiped frequently. , 44 pages of pictures, 23 pages of Li Shutong (word Xishuang) handwritten four screens (excerpted from the Huaiyuan Temple Stele) like dust on top. In the main hall and the room where the Buddha is worshiped, it is not suitable to sit and laugh.For example, one should respect the king, ministers, and even guests, and guard the dignity carefully, let alone the Buddha statues?Do not dry clothes in front of the Buddha, it should be sideways.It is not allowed to water flowers with chamber pot water in front of the main hall.If there is a Buddha statue in the bedroom, it should be covered with a clean cloth when sleeping.

The second law of respect (a few items that ordinary people should pay attention to) When reading the scriptures, you must wash your hands, rinse your mouth, and wipe your face. Clothes should be neat and dignified, just like when you worship the Buddha.Master Yi said: "Unfolding the scroll is like looking at the living Buddha, and closing the scroll is like being in front of the present, thousands of times, and you will never forget it when you sleep." If this is the case, you can get the benefits of reading the scriptures. For the classics, they should be very respectful and protected, and they must not be defaced.When turning a chapter, it is advisable to turn it gently with the pulp of the fingers, not to scratch with fingers or claws, and not to bend the corners.If you want to record your will, you can put it in with a piece of paper.

If the classics are incomplete, they cannot be burned.If there are several classics in the bedroom, they should be covered with a clean cloth when sleeping.Attachment: When chanting sutras every day, there is no limit to the number of rituals and worships to the Buddha. Praise Buddha scriptures or "There is nothing like Buddha in the sky and in the world", etc., "Amitabha The Buddha's body is golden", etc. "The incense in the furnace is hot" is not a praise of the Buddha. Make offerings such as "May this incense and Huayun". The third reverence for monks (a few items that ordinary people should pay attention to)

The original picture on page 216 shows Master Hongyi taking photos in Shaoxing on page 24 All those who shaved their hair and put on cassocks are all disciples of Sakyamuni Buddha. When laymen see them, they should be respectful, and they should not observe or break the precepts separately. If you take refuge in the Triple Gem, if you are a monk who is a teacher and certifies, you should not say "to take refuge with someone".Because the person who takes refuge is a monk, it is not a person who takes refuge.As for all monks, if they are virtuous or foolish, have an equal heart, be sincere and respectful, respect them as teachers, and call themselves disciples, then it is in line with the meaning of taking refuge in the Sangha.

Those who make offerings to the monks are also Er.It should not be exclusively offered to those who are virtuous, but should be offered to all monks with an equal heart, and they will be offered universally, and great merit will be obtained.The merit of giving it to one person is small, and the merit of offering it to others is great. If a monk has made a mistake, the lay family will hear it, and must not speak lightly.This is what the Buddha admonishes, and it is most appropriate to be cautious. The above has briefly stated the meaning of respecting the Three Jewels.It is hereby attached that there are many temples in Xiamen and Quanzhou, and the lay people worship the gods, and pigs and chickens are often used.Did you know that all gods love good and hate killing, but today they kill pigs, chickens and other things as offerings to gods, and gods don't enjoy them, so they can bless them and eliminate disasters?I only hope that from now on, this habit will be eradicated, and every time we worship God, we will also switch to vegetarianism, which is the best.This article was given by Master Hongyi at Dakaiyuan Temple in Quanzhou on June 7, 1933.

Paintings and seals published in Wenmei magazine edited by Li Shutong The retribution of releasing and killing See you today.Let me ask you first: (1) Do you want to prolong your life? (2) Do you want to recover from illness? (3) Is it inevitable? (4) Do you want to have a son? (5) Do you want to be born? If you wish, here is the simplest and easiest method to tell you, which is to release life. From ancient to modern times, there are many deeds about the retribution of releasing animals and prolonging life.Today, each sect raises a matter, and it is for the kings to say. 1. Life extension

Zhang Congshan, when he was young, tried to hold a live fish, and his fingers were very painful.I thought to myself: "I hurt a finger, and the pain is like this. A group of fish plucked their gills and cut their stomachs, cut off their tails and cut their scales. How does it hurt? I can't tell my ears." Then he put them all in the stream, and never hurt a thing again. He died at the age of nine. Eight out of ten. 2. Recovery When Ye Hong from Hangzhou was five or nine years old, he had nightmares, convulsions, vomiting blood all over the bed, and he could not be cured for a long time.First of all, he is very intelligent, and his family loves him, and he has given him a lot of money, which has accumulated thousands of coins.As a result, his grandmother pointed to Qian and said: "It's too sick. Li Shutong wrote the cartoon "Collecting the Faces of Wu Family"

The picture on page 125 of the original page was placed on page 27 after Feng Zikai inscribed a portrait of Master Hongyi in 1933, preserved by Guangqia Master Why do you want to do this? "Do everything you have, buy things and release animals, and use up all your money, and the disease will be cured. Three, avoiding difficulties Kong X, Jiaxing, went to a relative's house.Save lunch and kill chickens for food.Kong Li stopped it, followed by an oath, and stopped.It was evening at his home, pounding rice, hanging a stone pestle over a decayed beam.The hole lies under it.More than that, I have fallen asleep.Suddenly a chicken came and pecked at its head, drove it away and came back again, like this three.Kong was too disturbed by it, so he started looking for fire to chase it away.As soon as he left the table, the pestle fell, and he was lying on his head.Kong Sui realized that the chicken repays kindness.Every time I tell people, I advise them not to kill. Four, get a son Yangshu Temple in Hangzhou is very inspirational.Ni Yushu, a native of Shaoxing, went to the temple to ask for a son.May the day of the child be slaughtered, pigs, sheep, chickens, geese, etc. to thank God.Ye Mengshen said: "If you want to have a son, why would you kill him immediately?" Ni kowtowed and begged.The god said: "If you want to have children, things also want to have children. Things with many children are like fish, shrimp and snails. You let them go!" Ni Zi bought fish, shrimp and snails and threw them into the river.As a result, five children were born in a row. 5. Shengxi Layman Zhang in Hunan Province, Jiuyetu slaughtered pigs every morning, and listened to the dawn bell of the neighboring temple.There was no sound for a day.Zhang asked, and the monk said: "Eleven people begged for their lives in the night dream, so it is inevitable if the bell does not ring." The pig that Zhang Nian wanted to slaughter had eleven sons.So it is a feeling.Abandon the slaughter industry and convert to Buddhism.After practicing diligently for more than ten years, he has obtained supernatural powers and knows the past and the future.Foretell the day of the end of life, sit upright and die.According to the scriptures, one must be compassionate and not kill when one is reborn in the top grade.There is no doubt that Zhang Jushi was reborn in the West because of his abstinence from killing. What has been said above is based on the retribution of the life-released person in this life.Ultimately, one should decide to become a Buddha.Those who have the heart of the Buddha are of great compassion. If they are able to release lives today, they have a heart of compassion and can plant the cause of Buddhahood. Such is the merit of releasing life.Then the evil retribution for killing a living being can be imagined, and there is no need to mention it again.Those who kill because of their current life will be short-lived, sickly, difficult, childless, and unable to give birth.After the end of life, first fall into hell, hungry ghosts, and animals. After countless kalpas, they will suffer from all kinds of suffering.Everyone knows the sufferings of hell and hungry ghosts.As for being born among animals, there are often retributions and retributions.People who killed cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks, fishes and shrimps in the past have become cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks, fishes and shrimps.The cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks, fish and shrimps that were killed in the past may turn into human beings and return to kill them.This is the principle of karma, there is no doubt about it, and those who cannot be spared. After immeasurable kalpas, born in the three evil ways, the retribution is gradually completed.Among the reborn human beings, they are still short-lived, sickly, difficult, childless and barren.After many kalpas, one must gradually plant good roots, be able to perform good deeds such as releasing lives, precepts and killings, and be brave and diligent, repenting of past karma, and then one will be able to gradually escape from all sufferings. Yu Yu is also the one who speaks for the kings.The above-mentioned killing of cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks, fish and shrimps is the largest one.Even the smallest flies, mosquitoes, bugs, fleas, centipedes, geckos, ants, etc., must not be harmed.If one intentionally kills a mosquito, one will also be determined to receive the above-mentioned various bitter retributions.It must not be trivial and neglected. When I met you today, I have already said that the rewards of releasing life and killing life are so different.I only hope that from now on, all the lords will do their best to release lives and change the practice of killing lives.Yu Chang heard people say: Quanzhou has recently released many rituals, but there are still many families who kill animals.Maybe one person is a vegetarian, but the men and women in the family still buy chickens, ducks, fish and shrimps and kill them at will.May you all pay more attention to this matter.If you don't kill yourself, you should also persuade everyone not to kill.The men and women in the Kuang family are all dear ones, how can you bear to see them deliberately killing karma, and they are about to suffer greatly, and not advise and stop them?All the gentlemen Mianzhan are willing to listen to and accept Yu's faithful words.This article was given by Master Hongyi at Dakaiyuan Temple in Quanzhou on June 7, 1933. 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