a thought of lustfulness becomes a pig's body, and a thought of anger turns into a red snake!

when master huiyi was not yet a monk, there was a good friend named huang hongjiang. because he had personally experienced the fact that he was reincarnated, he began to study buddhism. this incident has many twists and turns, and it is deeply touching, so master hui included it in "records of views and experiences".

on nanhao street, suzhou, jiangsu province, there is a man who often goes to the underworld to work as a servant. every few days, he has to go on duty. one day, a neighbor asked him with curiosity, "can you take me to wander around when you go to the underworld?"

the officer replied, "yes! just lie quietly in the room and tell your family not to open the door. i can take you with you and then send you back."

the neighbors then lie in the room and wait in a quiet place as they say something. yin chai took his soul and came to the county town temple together, telling him to wait under the stone archway in front of the temple, and then he took the documents into the atrium.

the neighbor waited outside for too long and began to get tired of it. at this time, he happened to see a carriage running from west to east, carrying four prostitutes and two men. among them, a prostitute had a good relationship with his neighbor, so he waved to him. seeing this, the neighbor immediately got on the bus and followed him.

after finishing his business, he left the temple gate and looked for neighbors. he quickly turned to others and found out that he had just gotten into the car and left. so he returned to the living room and rushed to a house outside the city wall. he found that the sow of the family had just given birth to seven piglets, one of which was reincarnated by the neighbor.

yin crazy stepped forward and grabbed it and threw it away. the pig was killed immediately, but his soul suddenly disappeared. yin mai hurriedly searched everywhere again. on the bank of the field, he saw a huge red snake lying on his head, and knew that it was the transformation of his neighbor.

yin chai stepped forward and killed him with another blow, then took his soul back to his neighbor's room and threw it at the neighbor who was lying in the bedroom. the neighbor finally woke up.

the inmate asked him, "you travel to the underworld with me, are you satisfied with the game?"

the neighbor replied, "you put me under the stone archway in front of the city god temple. you haven't come out for a long time. when i was tired of it, i happened to meet a familiar brothel girl and invited me to a family outside the city gate. everyone was eating and drinking, and when they were having fun, someone suddenly took my food and hit me on the neck."

“i rushed out in anger, ran for a while, feeling exhausted, and fell to the ground to rest, but heard someone shouting, 'red snake! red snake! 'then someone twisted me hard with his hands, and i woke up in pain. after this trip, how can there be any happiness? ”

yinchai couldn't help laughing at his neighbor's pitiful look, so he explained the horror of how he took the soul of his neighbor, how he later turned into a pig and a snake, and how he recovered his soul.

after hearing this with his own ears, mr. huang hongjiang became determined to learn buddhism. because what? look, the soul of this neighbor is ignorant, and he follows habits, transforms into appearance, and reincarnates life and death, and is invincible at all. a thought of greed and desire will almost become a pig's body, and a thought of anger will turn into a red snake. at the time of life and death, isn’t this thought the key to life and death?

people's thoughts are nothing more than seven emotions and six desires. among them, "anger" and "desire" bring the most troubles. therefore, confucius said in "the book of changes: the saint kong said: "a gentleman punishes anger and suffocates desires." a gentleman with taoism must be able to reduce anger and greed to avoid misfortune and turn danger into a barbarity.

poor people in the world are mostly used to "anger and desire". if they let their worries be disturbed and confused, they will disturb the physical and mental world and will not be at ease! this neighbor was infected with lustful habits because he went to and from the prostitute. he followed him as soon as he saw the prostitute. his mind was involuntarily led by the habit.

therefore, the buddha earnestly advised sentient beings to say: if the lustful mind is not removed, the dust cannot be released! after hearing this, mr. huang hongjiang was experiencing many risks on the road to reincarnation. he thought about how he would get out of this vast road of life and death? so i looked for a way to escape from buddhism.

“if you have no heavy love, you will not be born in the saha world, and if you have no single thoughts, you will not be born in the pure land." if you want to be free from the suffering of life and death, you should turn the love of the saha world and achieve the wish of pure land. pay attention to the present thought, and you will be awakened when you have any distracted thoughts. once you have distracted thoughts, you will use the buddha's name to purify your thoughts. if you can use this skill, you will naturally "the sea of ​​suffering in the saha world is quiet, and you will be able to enjoy the red lotus boat."