Don't Push Luck Away

In the Buddha era, every disciple respected and respected the Buddha, but there was one person who often made mischief in the monk's team. Although he was a monk, he was jealous of the Buddha, so he often deliberately created the separation of emotions between people, and even slandered the Buddha's words. If he heard someone praise the Buddha, he would try his best to sow dissension between them,This was the habit of being talkative.

The disciples of the celestial college gathered together and discussed, "Why are you so dissatisfied with the Buddha?Why did he spread so many rumors? "

The Buddha just walked over and asked, "what are you talking about?"

One of them replied, "Buddha, we are all confused. He is your cousin and your disciple. Why does he always obstruct the Buddha in everything? When he heard someone praise you, he tried his best to spread rumors and slander the Buddha. What kind of relationship did he have with you?"

The Buddha said, "he not only slandered me in this life, but also in the past life. He has always been jealous and often tried to harm me with a sinister heart."The Buddha continued, "sit down. I'll tell you a lot in your previous life.In the past, there was a kingdom called the Maha kingdom. The king raised an elephant, which was a pure white elephant. It was a good choice whether it walked or looked.The king had hired a beast tamer to tame it. This white elephant was very smart and everyone liked it very much.Once at the worship ceremony, the king rode this white elephant to inspect the team of worship in the crowd. As soon as the white elephant came out, the people all over the country opened their eyes and praised it, because its movements were elegant and steady, making people happy at the first sight. "

When the king saw so many people praise the white elephant, he was very unhappy. Everyone only appreciated the white elephant that I rode, but no one appreciated my beauty.So the king tried his best to kill it.

The king asked the trainer, "how is this elephant tamed?"

The trainer said, "very good. This elephant is smart and easy to teach."

The king said, "if it stands on the highest cliff, can it perform the skills that have been taught?"

The trainer said, "no problem, because it's very smart."

The king said, "Okay, I want to see the white elephant make a show."

Therefore, the king designated the mountain to be on the top of the highest mountain of the ogre kingdom. There was a very dangerous cliff between the mountains, and the king wanted elephants to be there to serve.The beast tamer followed the king to lead the elephant there. The king and many ministers and people were waiting to watch the elephant show. The king ordered the beast tamer to command on the back of the elephant.The king ordered, "you want it to shrink one foot and stand on the top of the mountain with three feet."The trainer told the elephant to stand with three feet, and the elephant began to perform. The posture of the elephant was really beautiful, and the people present praised the white elephant;The King became more and more angry when he heard this. He said, "let the elephant retract its legs and stand with them."The elephant really did it, and the exclamation became louder.The king was even more jealous. He wanted the elephant to stand on one foot, and the other three feet were shrinking. He didn't expect the big white elephant to do it. At this time, the sound of appreciation really shocked the heaven and earth!

At that time, the king was not only jealous, but also hateful. He gritted his teeth and told the beast tamer unreasonable, "ask it to shrink its four feet and hang them on the top of the mountain!"

At that time, the beast tamer got close to the ear of the elephant and said, "the king wants to kill you. An unearthly king like him doesn't deserve to be served. Can you show your great strength to shrink your four feet and fly to the country of Nora?"As a result, the elephant flew across the cliff with its four legs hanging in the air and its body carrying the beast tamer to the sky above the city gate of the country.

The people of Nora looked up and suddenly saw a white elephant carrying a person flying in the sky. Everyone shouted, "ah!What a miraculous white elephant! It's a good omen that it's lucky to come to the country of Nora! "The people there all knelt down and shouted.The king heard it in the palace, so he came out with the ministers to watch. Seeing that the big white elephant was really a good elephant, the king said, "I don't know if it is destined to come here. I hope the big white elephant can come here."

The elephant landed on the side of the palace of the country. The king asked the beast tamer, "where did you come from?"

The beast tamer said, "we're from the Maha kingdom."

The king said, "this elephant will bring good luck to my country. I hope it can stay."

The trainer said to the elephant, "this is a hearty king. We should rely on him and serve him."So they stayed.The king was very happy. He made the big white elephant the elephant king, and built a good room for it to live, and fed it the best food.

After the Buddha finished speaking, he said to the others, "do you know?The king who was full of resentment and jealousy was now Bodhisattva. The king of the Perrin kingdom was Harrison. The elephant tamer was Paul in front of him, and the big white elephant was me, [释迦牟尼].For many generations, he has been using jealousy and resentment to hold grudges against others, and now he is still forcing others to harm him. This is the accumulated jealousy before the immeasurable tribulation. "

The Buddha continued, "when we cultivate, we have to remove all the resentment and jealousy in our hearts. Only when we can remove these indistinct and black shadows in our hearts can we completely understand the true nature."