Arhat’s Wisdom Question Answer: Since you have attained enlightenment as much as you become a monk, why should you become a monk?

What are the differences in merits of becoming a monk at home?

After reading the "Biography of Sakyamuni Buddha", we can know what Sakyamuni Buddha was? Sakyamuni Buddha let go of his glory and wealth, and then went to the deep mountains to practice, and he succeeded.If he says, "I will wait twenty years, wait thirty years, be king first, taste the taste, and then I will practice."That won't work, it's just a little bit.What's the difference in this?

It is just like telling a story. There is a "Naxian Bhikkhu Sutra", which translates "Naxian" into Chinese into the dragon army, dragons and snakes, and army.In the works of the ancestors of China, he was called the Dragon Army. In fact, the Dragon Army was a great Arhat. There was a man named King Milan at the same time, who was a king. In the northern part of India, at that time, he was a Greek, and now Greek. He was not an Indian, so this king was also a very smart person.This king is a very smart and eloquent person. He discusses things with the ministers around him. Everyone feels that this king is a wise, smart and eloquent person.

But one day his minister said to him, "There is a monk named Longjun monk. This man is very eloquent, so the king might as well meet him."King Milan was originally very conceited, "My eloquence is the best, no one is as good as me, and now there is still someone who has eloquence." It was very attractive to him, so he sent someone to invite this monk.The Dragon Army is a great Arhat, so it comes.A wise man is different from us stupid man. We just do whatever we do. If the king is not, he will prepare meals for him when he comes. The preparations are very bad. The rice is very bad, so I will invite this Longjun scholar to eat.But the Longjun Master ate a little bit, then put it down and said, "I'm full of this meal"; then the king brought very good food and invited him to eat it again, and the Dragon Army monk ate it, and the king said, "Didn't you say you're full of food, why did you eat it again?" The Longjun Master said, "I'm full of food, but this fine one is not full yet.”This is eloquence.

If we stupid people are not talking, they will say, "The coarse ones are full, and the fine ones are not full yet." This is what it means.After saying this, after the meal, he raised a question, which was intentional debate, but there was a reason. The king raised a question: "There are monks and lay people. The lay people can also become Buddhists, and monks can also become Buddhists. Can you also be Buddhists at home and become Buddhists? Can you also be Buddhists? "Are you also a monk Buddhist?" Then at this time, Master Long Jun replied: "Yes, you can also achieve enlightenment at home and you can also achieve the first fruit, the second fruit, the third fruit, the Arhat fruit, and the Arhat fruit. You must practice well and you can also achieve the first fruit, the second fruit, the third fruit, the fourth fruit, and the Arhat fruit.

I think you will soon say something: "Then why do you have to become a monk?" That's it, then the king asked this question: "Then you don't have to become a monk! You just practice at home, and on the one hand, you can also achieve enlightenment at home, and on the other hand, you can also enjoy the affairs of lay people. Isn't that okay?" Then the Long Jun Master said, "I'll ask you a question." What question should I ask? It said: "What's the place three thousand miles away from you? What's the matter? You send a young man, a young and strong man, to ride a very good horse, with food, sword, and horse to do that.This young man can get there because the horse is good and has food to bring. He can still eat when walking, and can protect the safety with a sword, so you can get there. If you send an elderly person who is very old and cannot walk by himself, then give him a very thin and weak horse without bringing dry food and ask him to take the horse to a place three thousand miles away to do something. Can he get there? This is unreliable, and it may or may not be able to get there.”

Then the monk Longjun said, "Practicing in a layperson is like the situation where the elderly ride this thin horse three thousand miles away to do things.If a monk becomes a monk and practices, it is like a young man riding this strong horse three thousand miles away.It is easier for monks to become monks, but the difficulty of becoming monks is that it is difficult to become monks. You have to let go of the five desires of your color, sound, smell, taste and touch at home. This is a difficult problem. After that, when you become a monk, you can practice the four mindfulnesses and the eight righteous paths in a day, and you will be able to achieve liberation and the holy path.If you don’t become a monk, you have to work at home, you have parents, wives and children. If you have to be responsible for all these things, you will spend a lot of your spirit and financial resources on it. When you practice the remaining spirit, you may succeed, or you may not succeed, and it is unreliable.”

;So this "How can we preach to sentient beings?" requires us to practice hard, and this is the problem.When practicing, you have to let go so that you can practice. If you don’t let go, you cannot practice.