Cause is a natural law, and cause and effect are often similar, which is also the embodiment of causal mobility. Similarly, there are not only good karma, but also bad karma. If a person does evil, he will try his best to do evil, then the evil in the future will be very terrible. This is also the saying that "the depth of the machine is deep." If he tries his best to do evil, the future disaster will be very strange and incredible.
The Buddha opened a passage in the Sutra of the Wandering Woman, which impressed me deeply: "Why do you want to reward your name?" Always making regrets. Focus on your career. Be happy and make mistakes. Make an oath. I'm glad to have done it. Therefore, karma will be rewarded. I don't know the name except yes. 」
Although this sentence of Buddha is very simple, it has great practical significance for a Buddhist practitioner. If a person is determined to do good and tries his best to do good, then good deeds in the future will be strong. On the other hand, if the power to cultivate goodness is very weak and you give up when you encounter some obstacles, then the good industry in the future will be very weak and will become an uncertain industry.
The same is true of creating evil. If you work hard and try to create evil when you are building a business, then you will also form a fixed business, that is, basically this bad business will appear at some time. Yuewei Caotang Notes records an example of retribution for some reason:
In the early years of Qing Qianlong, there was a large family named Hu in xian county, Hebei Province, which was considered a rich man. Let's call it Hu's. There is an old Confucian scholar named Zhang Yueping in the neighboring village, and his eldest daughter is as beautiful as flowers and jade, "almost called national color." Hu fell in love at first sight and never forgot it.
Scholars at that time attached great importance to fame and honor, but Zhang Yueping was "stubborn", so she would never allow her daughter to be a concubine. Hu is a man with a deep heart and can hide things. He asked Zhang Yueping to be a private school teacher at home and teach his children to read. Zhang Yueping's parents' coffins are in Liaodong. Due to economic conditions, it has been impossible to transport it back, which is a long-term heart disease for him. In the chat between the host and the guests, it is occasionally mentioned that Hu's extended family generously helped to transport the coffin back and sent a piece of land to his parents who buried him. Later, another great event happened in Zhang Yueping's home. Someone died suddenly in his home, and the deceased had a grudge against Zhang Yueping. The government initially suspected that it was Zhang Yueping.
At a critical juncture, Hu stepped forward, spent money and left, and finally solved the matter. On one occasion, Zhang Yueping's wife took her daughter back to her parents' home for a few days, and Zhang Yueping took a vacation to take care of her three young sons. At this time, I don't know whether Hu Dajia had a whim or had been waiting for this opportunity. He arranged people secretly. In the dead of night, he locked Zhang Yueping's house from the outside and set it on fire. Zhang Yue Ping and his three sons were all burned alive in the house. Afterwards, Hu pretended to be shocked and helped arrange the funeral, bury the dead and take in orphans. It was done in a watertight way. At that time, everyone thought it was a fire
Zhang Yueping's wife and daughter are of course grateful to Hu Dajia and "live by it". When someone comes to talk about marriage, he must consult with Hu first, and Hu helps to give advice by stealth. After a long time, I gradually revealed the meaning of wanting this daughter to be a concubine. Although my daughter didn't want to, she was heavily in debt and helpless, so she agreed.
Hu married a concubine for more than a year and gave birth to a son named Hu. Zhang's daughter fell ill and died soon after giving birth. The youngest son born is clever and brave. Many years have passed, and everything in those years is attributed to the dust of the years. This matter can be said to be a foregone conclusion. The word "what goes around comes around", like the clouds that day, seems to have nothing to do with this family. As mentioned earlier, the son born to Hu Dajia and Zhang Jia's daughter is Hu. People who know history of qing dynasty should be familiar with this name. He united against the cult. Assemble troops in xian county, Hebei Province, and prepare to divide the troops into two ways, all the way to Beijing and all the way to Tianjin. If you succeed, you will be the emperor and sit in the world. If it fails, return to Tianjin and go to sea by boat. At this time, the news leaked, and then the court sent troops to encircle it.
Raising the flag to rebel was a felony in ancient times? I don't need to tell you what happened to Hu. In those days, Hu worked so hard and planned so carefully that he didn't show any trace. Just hide the sky from the sea, not the cause and effect. At that time, in order to get their daughter, they tried their best to create a tragedy for the Zhang family. Now it is the child born to the daughter of the Zhang family, which has brought him genocide. "A large quantity is a blessing, and a deep machine is also a curse." Trust me!
Here is a case to illustrate the difference between good deeds and good results:
"When the Buddha was alive, we just talked about Elder Da, and we talked about another protector, the King of Persia, who was also the great protector of the Buddha. The king of Persia has three princesses, one of whom is called Princess Shanguang. The most solemn, likable and virtuous princess, the most famous princess among his three daughters.
Therefore, Princess Shanguang is of course solemn and considerate, so she is favored by the Persian king. King Jing of Persia often goes for a walk in her garden after finishing her business, so Princess Song will chat with him. Then on this day, when the king of Persia was finished, he went to the princess of the Song Dynasty and took her to chat in the garden. The king of Persia said, "Daughter, you look so solemn and praised by others today because of your father's love and blessing." So Princess Shanguang is generally obedient to her father, but suddenly she said, "Father, this sentence is not right. My happiness in this life is the result of my past good deeds. " Then the king of Persia was unhappy and left. The day after he left, he mentioned it again. He said, I bless you for your good deeds. As a result, Princess Shan Guang's answer is still the same. She said, this is my sense of good career. This was the answer for three days in a row, which angered the Persian king.
The king of Persia was angered and said, Well, I think your good deeds are stronger or my Wang Cao is stronger. He called his waiter, and you went to the street to find beggars. When you found him, he said to the beggar, can I marry my daughter to you? The beggar said: Of course. After marrying him, Xin Jingguang was appointed to know life, so people living in Taoism are different from ordinary people. She will not change her understanding of Taoism and her conversion. So after she married him, she asked the beggar, "Where do you live?" He said: I have no home, I am a beggar. So where did you live when you were a child? He said: when we were young, we used to be rich and old, but then a fire killed our parents and our brothers and sisters had to wander and beg outside. She said, well, let's go to your hometown.
Then the beggar took Princess Song Wang back to his hometown to see the wilderness, and the house was burned to death. Princess Song Wang said: Never mind, let's settle down first. When two people grow vegetables, they begin to farm. When two people were farming, suddenly, the hoe went down and there was something in it. As a result, they dug up the treasures left by their ancestors in the past. He took it out and built a palace bigger than her previous one, with more luxurious equipment.
Of course, the king of Persia was angry at that time. As soon as he got angry, he sent someone to say, go and see how the princess is now. As a result, the waiter took a look and said that the palace where the princess lives now is more beautiful than the palace where she used to live. The king of Persia was very surprised, so he took his attendants to see it. Then Princess Song was very happy to invite her father in. As soon as he saw it, the equipment inside was better than before.
At this time, the king of Persia took the princess to see the Buddha and asked the Buddha to explain what caused this result. Buddha said: Xin Jingguang is a generation who likes giving, and this kind of giving has formed a good root. The fruit of her wealth in this life is in a certain life, that is, the last Buddha of Sakyamuni-the era of Gaya Buddha. In the time of Kaya Buddha, the Buddha had four disciples, so the light provided for four disciples on average. Of course, at that time, she was a woman. She didn't have a job, and ancient women didn't have a job. Her husband made money. In addition to her daily life, she also saved a little money to support Kayafo's four disciples. At first, her husband objected. He said: We can use the money for ourselves. Why should we support this yogi? But later, Princess Shanguang urged her husband again and again that we should provide for it, so that there would be rich results in the afterlife. Then her husband reluctantly agreed. 」
Where does the woman's money come from in the support case? Of course, my husband earned it, so of course, my husband has a share of merits and blessings. But why is Princess Song's reward so firm and indestructible, and her husband, that is, his reward, will only appear when he meets Princess Song in this life, because he was timid and narrow-minded when he gave alms in his last life. Therefore, his karma, although he and Princess Shan Guang were given at the same time, was very different after the fruit matured.
The above-mentioned example of good and evil karma is the concrete embodiment of the truth revealed by the Buddha in the Sutra of Youposai. I hope that every Buddhist friend can be brave in difficulties and hardships, actively insist on doing good deeds and repairing newspapers.
"What karma hence the name. Always making regrets. Focus on your career. Be happy and make mistakes. Make an oath. I'm glad to have done it. Therefore, karma will be rewarded. I don't know the name except yes. 」
May you always think of this revelation from the Buddha. Doing good deeds means becoming a permanent occupation. If you do evil, you have to repent and become an indefinite career.