【Comics] Reciting Buddha's name and selling hardships, sitting upright and rebirth

During the Republic of China, there was a peasant woman in Cixi, Zhejiang. Her family was very poor and she could barely survive in a small and dilapidated house with her son.

My son has a bad temper and is very unfilial to her, so he often scolds her.

One day, she was scolded by her son again and felt very uncomfortable, so she came to a nearby temple and told the monks about her difficulties.

The monk told her: Since you already know the suffering, why not sell it?The peasant woman looked puzzled: How to sell the hardship?The monk said: If you recite Amitabha Buddha with all your heart, you will be reborn in the Pure Land after your death. From then on, there will be no suffering, and you will sell the suffering.

The peasant woman still has doubts: My family is very poor, and the mother and mother eat, drink, defecate, urinate and sleep in a small dilapidated house, and there is a pigpen under the bed. She is so sloppy, how can she be qualified to chant Buddha's name?The monk told her that it was okay to recite.

After returning home, the peasant woman kept chanting Buddha's name every day, thinking about selling her hardships.

Two or three years later, suddenly one day, she said to her son: I will be reborn in the West on a certain day of a certain month. Don’t go out on this day, and help me with my funeral at home.I said it again a few days later, but my son didn't believe it.

When the date was almost the agreed date, my son smelled a strange fragrance at home, but he could not find the source of the fragrance. Then he remembered what his mother said before, and was shocked and puzzled.

On that day, after taking a bath and changing clothes, the peasant woman really sat upright and chanted the Buddha's name and passed away.

original:

A poor woman in Cixi, Zhejiang, has unknown surname.The family is very poor, and his son is unfilial and often scolds him.One day I was scolded by a quilt and felt sad, so I told the monks of the neighboring temple.The monk said, you already know the suffering, why not sell it?The woman said, how can she sell it?The monk said, "You should recite Amitabha Buddha in order to be reborn in the West. When the Buddha comes and goes to the death, you will be free from all sufferings forever. Only by suffering all kinds of happiness will you sell the suffering."The wife said, "My mother and son share the room, the bed and stove are both in the same room, and there is still a pigpen under the bed. How can you recite the Buddha's name so sloppy?"The monk said, it’s okay. When you are at home, just recite it often and you can come to the temple to worship Buddha in your spare time.

The woman follows the teachings and seeks to escape from suffering and recites the Buddha's name in an endless way.Two or three years later, a few months before the death, it indicates that his son said that on a certain month and day, I should be born in the West. Don’t go out, you should cook for me and do your best to do the mother and son.His son did not believe it, and soon he made such a statement.A few days before the date, his son suddenly heard a strange fragrance and didn't know where it came from. He searched everywhere and could not see where the burning incense was. He remembered his mother's words, which was true.At that time, he waited at home and saw that his mother was clean and dressed in clean clothes. She finally sat upright and recited the Buddha's name and passed away. It was around the tenth year of the Republic of China.Such a poor woman knew nothing and could predict the time when she was coming, and the strange fragrance came first and went west safely.It can be seen that everyone is truly unable to practice the Pure Land Dharma.

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