Jingzhou Li Qingruo: Liu Shengxun was in the ancient temple. One night, under the moon, smell the cold sound outside the window. From the perspective of the gap, the wall lacks the appearance of two figures, anxious to steal. Suddenly the wall said: “My generation is not a stolen person, but also the one who asks for the king.” Haw asked: “Why do you ask?” said: “Yu Yilong fell into the hungry ghost path, it has been a hundred years. Cooking, the hunger is burning like a fire. Looking at the king seems to have compassion, the cold soup is cold, and it is a good thing to give it a pour?” Q: “Why don’t you ask the monk for superiority?” : “Ghost meets superiority, and it is also an antecedent. In the past in my life, when we were in the camp, we were more prosperous, but when we were defeated, we lost our arms like passers-by. When we were successful, we did not help the poor and save us, and we created good causes. Today’s defeat, and is it good for An Nengyu? Fortunately, the abundance of merchandise is abundant, not very cherished, lonely and cold, old, and small. There is a lot of trouble. Qianlian mother in the big hell, eating to the mouth, all turned fierce fire, although the Buddha’s power is not so good.” Health side feels merciful, Xu as requested, the ghost gratefully whimpered. Since every time I poured the leftover wine out of the wall, it also seemed to have gnats, but it was not visible, and I didn’t hear words. Over the age of the year, Ye Wen outside the wall said: “Jiu Nai Jia Hui, don’t come here now.” Sheng asked: “Where to go?” Said: “The two of me have no plans to escape, but I want to do something good to extricate myself. This There are at most wild birds in the forest, there are catapults, the first to make Gao Fei. There are nets, the pioneers do not enter. So a thought, moved the gods, now have to pay the runner.” : “Sinking ghosts, their power can still be used to save things, but who can thank them?”
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【Translation】
Jingqing Li, a native of Jingzhou, said: There is a Mr. Liu who teaches children to read in an ancient temple. One night, the moonlight is twilight. He heard cold and cold sounds outside the window. Looking out from the gap in the window, there are two figures in the gap in the wall. Mr. Liu hurriedly shouted: “There are thieves!” Suddenly heard someone whispering next to the wall: “We are not thieves, there is something special to ask you.” Liu asked with surprise: “What are you doing?” answered outside the wall : “Because we created a bad karma before we died, and fell into the path of hungry ghosts after death, it has been almost a hundred years now. When we smell the smell of rice floating from the monk’s kitchen, we are hungry and watched in secret, Seeing that you are a compassionate person, so please give us some cold soup to relieve the hunger and thirst, is it okay?” Liu said, “Buddhist rituals are often held in Buddhist temples, this kind of merit is enough to relieve The hungry ghosts in the underworld, why don’t you beg the monks in the temple for overgrowth?” The hungry ghost replied, “The ghost generation can meet the overgrowth, and it has to rely on previous generations to have good causes. Like us two, the previous life was busy busy camping at the official The way. To see who has the most power, we will stick to him. If this person loses, we will turn away from us and treat them as strangers. When we are proud, we have never done some good things to help the poor. There is no good cause in the previous life, but now it falls into the path of hungry ghosts, how can it encounter excessive goodness? Fortunately, the ill-gotten wealth we got at the time did not have excessive greed and misery, and relatives and friends are old. Among those who are hungry, cold, and widowed, they can also help Zhou Ji. So nowCan get some small pity from time to time, and eat a bite of leftovers. Otherwise, you have to be put in a big hell like the mother of Mu Qianlian. Even if food is delivered to your mouth, it will also become a coke of fiery fire. Even if you have the great power of Buddha and Bodhisattva, you can’t do your karma. what! “Mr. Liu listened and felt compassionate, so he agreed to their request. The hungry ghost was grateful, sobbing and weeping away. Since then, Mr. Liu often spilled the leftover wine out of the wall, and the hungry ghost seemed to feel like I came to enjoy it, but I couldn’t see any tracks, and I couldn’t hear anything.
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After more than a year, one night, I heard a call outside the wall. : “Mr. Liu! Thanks to your long-term hospitality, I will say goodbye to you today! Mr. Liu asked, “Where are you going?” “The ghost said:” The two of us have no other way to achieve detachment, we can only do something good within our ability to extricate ourselves. There are a lot of wild birds in this wood. If someone wants to shoot them, we will startle them and let them fly away. Someone went off the net to catch the fish in the lake, and we drove them in advance so that the escape would not happen and we wouldn’t get into the net. Because of this kindness, he moved the gods and forgave our sins. Now that he is free from ghosts, he is going to reincarnate. “
Mr. Liu often tells this story to others, and says: “Those hungry ghosts that have fallen can still rescue animals with their weak power, and people are good for many good deeds. Why do you always use excuses to say that you can’t do it? “.