1In the summer of 996, a rich woman in Taiwan Province Province, who had suffered from sinusitis for decades, made a special trip to Wutai Mountain and asked the old monk for advice on the cause.
Master asked her, "When you got married, wasn't your husband's family very good?"
"yes."
"There are more children after marriage, your family is worse, and life is very hard. Occasionally buy a few fish, reluctant to eat by yourself. Always give the best meat to your parents-in-law, and share it with your children. If you don't want to throw away fishbones, just put them in your mouth and chew them up. Later, although the family was rich, the old habits continued. So far, I still chew fish bones and eat bone marrow when eating fish, right? "
"Yes, master. Because I'm used to it, I think fishbone smells good. But I ate three gold meats, didn't I say I could eat them? " "Eating three lean meats is a method for people who have just entered Buddhism. Because I'm afraid most people can't cut their meat at once. Not killing is just a convenient way to eat' three clean meats'. With the continuous improvement of the level of chanting Buddha, I naturally don't want to eat meat. After all, eating meat is killing life and should be quit as soon as possible. "
"Master, eating fishbone is also a crime?"
"Meat and bones are part of an animal's body. Don't we describe people's hatred with words like' cramping and skinning' and' knocking on the bone to get the marrow'? When all animals are killed, they are full of fear of death and hatred for those who kill and eat them. Because the god of all beings is obsessed with his own body and thinks that the body you eat is yourself, he has always refused to leave his own body. Whether it is cut, fried, fried or chewed, animal gods will feel pain. Therefore, animals that eat meat cramps and skin can't even kill animals with one knife, which increases the pain of animals and makes them hate you more. Because of this, it will make your illness worse. Therefore, people who believe in Buddhism should not eat animals such as heart, liver, stomach, lungs, brain, eyes, tongue and marrow if they eat three golden meats. When you eat these internal organs, it may have a nourishing effect at that time, but the more you eat these' supplements', the deeper your resentment against these animals will be, and over time it will cause lesions in some parts of your body. "
"Teacher, this is terrible! Can my sinusitis be cured? "
"Sincerely repent, cut off livestock production and do more good deeds. If you can read a Tibetan sutra every day and return to all beings in the dharma world, you will certainly feel something. Those fish that are alive should be released. Don't put it back in the fish pond, but in the rivers, lakes and seas, so that it can really escape. Sparrows, pigeons and all kinds of birds can also be released. "
"If you have money at home, you can release turtles and all kinds of wild animals, which is even more meritorious. It is often reported that the most spiritual of them will repay your kindness even in this life. Well, do you have faith and abstain from meat? "
"Ok, I'll do as Master says when I get back!"
The first time I heard the truth that "crushing bone and squeezing pulp can cause disease", I also made a special record. I hope fellow initiates will pay attention to and benefit from it. As for the rich woman, her sinusitis was completely cured, and later she made a special trip to Wutai Mountain to make a wish.