(a) Release is the greatest advantage of good law.
Now it's a world of five evils. Most people's blessings are shallow and their karma is deep, such as poor health, short life span and many disasters. It is quite difficult to practice Buddhism. Is there any way out of this dilemma? Yes! That's release. Among all good laws, the greatest advantage is to make them free. Dragon Tree Bodhisattva said in "On Great Wisdom": "Among the remaining crimes, killing karma is the most serious. Among the merits, interpretation is the first. " Master Gensang Quza of Tibet also said: "Killing should stop, but freeing should be done. Of all the good methods of body language, the merit of release is the greatest. " The ninth ancestor of Pure Land Sect, You Yi, said, "The only way to prove the Buddha's heart is to release it." Therefore, the best way to turn a bad mortal heart into a compassionate Buddha heart and a filthy dirt into a pure and solemn pure land is to free it.
(2) Release is the key to accumulating happiness.
There is such a case-solving in the golden light classic. When Baoji Tathagata was born, Sakyamuni Buddha was a living water elder at that time. He used an elephant to transport water to a dying pool and saved 10 thousand fish in the pool. But also read the Buddha's name and bless them to return to the fish pie. To this end, 10,000 fish were reincarnated as sons of heaven after death. In order to repay the kindness, 40,000 pearls were sown in the home of Elder Liushui.
(3) release is the best guarantee of life.
Today, people are looking for ways to protect themselves, especially in such a turbulent era. People may suffer from natural and man-made disasters from time to time, such as air crashes, car accidents, infectious diseases, fires and floods, violent attacks and wars. People who live in big cities, in particular, feel insecure even when they go out at night. How can we guarantee life? Is to do more release, the more merits you accumulate, the more you will be protected by good laws and light, and naturally stay away from disasters. Liu, a pharmacist, said in The Classic of the Original Wish for Merits and Virtues: "Interpreting the blessings ... makes you suffer, and all kinds of sufferings will not be bitter." Therefore, release is the best guarantee for our life.
There is such a case-solving in Buddhist scriptures:
Once upon a time, there was a man in the sky. He was born in a donor's home. When he grew up, he wanted to be a monk, but his parents refused. The child thought: people are so precious. What's the point of this person if he can't become a monk? So he wanted to kill himself, but when he jumped into the river, the river actually went backwards. He jumped off the cliff without any harm. At that time, the king's laws were very strict. He deliberately became a robber and tried to put himself to death, but when he was executed, all the bows and arrows he shot were automatically returned. The king was surprised and apologized to him. Later, with the help of the king, his family finally allowed him to become a monk, which proved that he was Luo Han Guo.
What good did this man do in his last life, and his life span was so long?
Buddha said, "He saved a man who was about to be killed before. Because of this, he was fearless in his heart for 500 years, and external fire, water and wind could not hurt him. In this life, he was awarded the status of Arahant grosvenor. "
Therefore, releasing is a fearless act of kindness, which can keep all beings away from fear and reap fearless fruits. If we are timid and afraid, we can gradually become stable and calm.
(4) Release is a wonderful way to prolong life.
According to Zabao Jing, once upon a time there was a novice monk who took care of an elder. The elder observed that Shami had seven days to live, so he sent him home to visit his mother. When he left, tell him to come back on the eighth day, which means to let him die at home. I didn't expect novice monk to come back on the eighth day. The master thought it was very strange, so he went into meditation to observe. It turned out that little novice monk saw a group of ants trapped in the water on his way home. He built a small bridge to lead ants to a place without water. With this merit of saving ants, life expectancy will be extended.
(5) Release is a good medicine.
Guang Liu, a pharmacist, said: "Let all beings go ... If you get sick, you will get rid of all difficulties."
Lin Zexu once told a story about his friend. He has a friend, a native of Hangzhou, named Tu, who was seriously ill and dying before becoming an official. So I made a wish in my illness, hoping to help others and things to repent my karma. One night, Avalokitesvara fell asleep and told him that when he was an official in Hubei, his life span was short because he was too harsh and often killed people. Now, only release can prolong life, increase happiness and encourage him to work harder to benefit others and things. After Tu Qin woke up, his family stopped killing and often bought things and set them free. This winter, he was appointed as the Jiujiang satrap, and the next winter, he recovered.
Therefore, it is of great benefit to patients to release relatives and friends when they are sick.
(6) Releasing energy can accumulate capital and clear obstacles.
If we can try our best to release the accumulated capital and purify the crime, we can accumulate excellent pure land resources. Master Hanshan once said, "Release unjust, false and wrong cases, release crimes and sins, and ... release the Buddha and make thousands of witnesses." Master Yin Guang said in "Ten Exercises of Releasing": "Those who abstain from killing and releasing people can be born in four celestial realms in the afterlife and enjoy boundless blessings. If they practice pure land, they can go directly to the western paradise. "
(7) Release can promote social stability and world peace.
The root of social unrest and the outbreak of war lies in the mistakes made by all living beings from the beginning. To achieve real peace and tranquility and stay away from war and violence, the fundamental solution is to urge people to stop killing and set free, and establish the concept of respecting life. The direct result of release is to reduce the number of slaughtered creatures and reduce the source of future unrest; The indirect result of release is to increase people's blessings, increase the power of goodness, and reduce the chances of past mistakes maturing. Master Yin Guang said in "Ten Merits of Release": "Anyone who wants to live a peaceful life, be healthy physically and mentally, be at peace with the world and enjoy the well-being of the people, please stop killing and release, and seek it from vegetarianism and chanting Buddha." Therefore, as a Mahayana Buddha, we should start from ourselves, take compassion home to work, influence a family, a unit, a region, a country and even the whole world, arouse people's kindness to cherish life, and promote social stability and world peace.
(eight) released as a happy pearl.
Release is as wonderful as wishful beads, and you will gain different wishes. If you want to be happy and happy, you will be blessed by human beings and nature; If you want your own death, you will get the fruit of arhat; If you can hold and release with bodhicitta, you will become the karma of Buddha and fruit; If you pray for a master to live in the world, you will feel that you will live in the world for a long time; If you want to live a long life, you will become a very successful long-term method. Therefore, there is unparalleled merit in releasing. As a Mahayana practitioner, of course, you can't just give yourself a reward when you are relieved, but even if you don't ask for a reward, good results will automatically appear. This is the law that cause and effect do not waste.
Everyone can spare his own money and give generously to save lives. In fact, such extraordinary charity is equivalent to transforming unstable wealth into stable wealth, which is a practice of giving up small and taking big. Why is it not a solid wealth? Because money is an impermanent and unstable law, it will be burned or stolen by Shui Piao. If money is used to save all sentient beings, then no one can take away the merits generated by constant heart, so this is the most solid wealth. In fact, the release is to accumulate food for yourself. At the same time of altruism, it is you who get the greatest benefit.
Some people will think: What if I don't have a lot of wealth? It doesn't matter, Ford mainly relies on kindness, and the pure pleasure of releasing is a great blessing, so the most important thing is to initiate compassion for all beings and participate in releasing with this compassion, even if a small fish is released, it is also a very unique blessing. In addition to releasing yourself, persuading others to release in good faith, or admiring and rejoicing when seeing it, are all accumulating the merits of releasing. But if you have the ability, do your best and don't spare your wealth and energy.
The Buddha told us that any behavior that hurts all beings will only make him suffer, while any behavior that benefits all beings will definitely make him happy. Moreover, if you give happiness to all beings, your happiness will be even greater, and the giver is often happier than the receiver. In fact, when you are born with compassion and liberation, you will get peace of mind, and whenever you think of saving countless lives with your own hands, let them return to their homes and regain their freedom of life, your heart will be filled with joy and satisfaction.
From a longer-term perspective, release will bring great blessings to your future self. Buddhist scriptures say that sending a fruit to a sick monk will make you feel healthy and disease-free in many robberies. Now, we are working together to help so many lives with the joy and behavior of justice. Our merits are certainly incredible.
According to the secular law of cause and effect, today you help them with compassion. In the future, you will encounter these reincarnation of life, and they will come to help you achieve your good deeds. The more lives you kill, the more good karma you will get in the future. When you become a Buddha, they will become your family and get rid of your teaching method, so releasing them is also a kind of good deed and has all kinds of feelings.