LiuZhiYu before becoming a monk's letter to his parents

Dad, mom,

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That he had been to some of the truth, said to your parents, now via E-mail sent to dad, please dad will be careless, or print out to mom.

Although sometimes will tell you something about Buddhism.But in addition to contact with me, you seldom come into contact with other buddhist, neither/nor has really like meditation temple, so there are a lot of misunderstanding and prejudice to Buddhism.And I grew up watching you, natural not many really believe what I said, even though you don't want to admit it, but I think this is a fact.Because I didn't do a lot of things before, natural you don't have complete trust on my words.This words is hurt, but it is true that - you don't trust me.Even so, I still want to be in here and you can explain to the best of my efforts.You don't understand to Buddhism, so you have some mind dare not said to you before.Mama always said I speak an awkward, it is for this reason.Because you know that spoken words, you don't understand, can only burn some misunderstanding.This yearThe Spring FestivalPeriod, I and a friend in Hong Kong through SMS made contact, I was very happy, show smiling face, mom kept asking why so happy, share with her.I dare not say, because the friend told me that he had become practice in Tibet, doctoral studies from the university of Hong Kong has dropped out.I am deeply pleased for him, also in exclamation oneself when can have the opportunity?So dare not to mama said at the time.So after I returned home, the heart is lonely.

Buddhism is not as mom want to seetempleWent in, regardless of what, as long as have a mud like or like they worshiped;Not only to burn incense for bodhisattva bless family peace.My mother said that before, because mom is interested in this comparison, said other mom may not accept it.Nor as dad thought, the buddhist is do well good, bless peace temple or corrupt officials, a kind of feudal superstition, and * * *, monks do nothing, to escape the world, the only hit to becoming a monk.It is not.

What is the dharma?Is the Buddha thoroughly after enlightenment, found him tell us the truth of the universe, the existing problems in the human body and mind and the ways to solve these problems, also tell us all.All of these truth and method, is the Buddhism.To know the truth, to master these methods, and then with his own body and mind as a laboratory, to practice and verify the dharma, through long-term repeated smoked, can put himself free from worry, free from confusion, free from pain.This is to learn the Buddha.Learn the Buddha can completely solve all trouble and pain of the mind, the heart changed, the fate of the external world and themselves has also changed.This is true facts, is also a feasible way to go.Anyone who is willing to, he can do a good job in this matter in person.

The Buddha had told us six metempsychosis, karmic retribution, bitter truth from empty impermanence, and so on.For example: from the bureaucratic rich, down to the beggar migrant workers, which one is not bitter?Who has cheated?To carefully observe the people around you, which one is not trouble, a lot of problem?More bitter than the work to be an official, rich more tired than no money!Committed suicide by jumping off a building every year tens of thousands of bureaucrats and rich, but never see a beggar to commit suicide.Everyone wants to escape the pain for a pleasure, but I haven't seen a person truly.Is like the Spring Festival this year, a day before bed when it comes to aunt, dad exclamatory sentence "what is life.Some down to suffer in life, some born to live."Dad said on the one hand, a lot of people are suffering, but on the other hand, all the people are suffering.We can only see their scenery.In June this year, I saw a young female is predestined friends the householder, in their early 30 s, she have a background at the top.We were in an upscale restaurant a Tibetan monk, pleaseHave a meal.The woman lay just from zhongnanhai, she mentioned that she knew many friends, have everything, power, money, career, family, and even a variety of material enjoyment, but still feel emptiness and pain.Only after contact with Buddhism, the person's heart to change, really have the motivation and the direction of life.So, all people in the suffering, sometimes the heart is more let a person feel unbearable.Dharma is not official aristocrat in a conversation, dinner is really for the interests of the people have.Just like our body sick to take medicine, we also need to take medicine, heart disease is the dharma!

Besides, impermanence is said in the world all people and things no fixity, immutability.Everything with the certain conditions of karma, and along with the disappearance of these conditions of karma, always in a never-ending changes and the process of birth and death.For example, our body, at the outset doomed to toward aging, disease and death.From the perspective of the change, everything in the world just like TV and movie screen appeared constantly, everything just short and unreal existence;In this kind of turbulence and change, we can't pursue to the real thing.So the Buddha said, "all for method, such as illusory, like dew or like electricity, should be done that way".Unfortunately, all of us have been blinded by false like things, be fooled around.

Are truth already present in front of everyone, but we would not go to face and admit it.Every day we hear this person is sick, that onePeople died, and had an accident or disaster, how many people die die...Television and newspapers every day a lot of coverage of the disaster, uncertainty in under the nose of each of us, but we always hold a fluky psychology, thought that evil is other people's things, has nothing to do with me, thought their turn can't be so early death, his or her own life also is very long;Even if disaster really comes into his head, and sometimes also blind optimism that it will still come, also can have all kinds of good hope in the future.Small yue of the death of his father, is a good example.A few days ago, how he plans in the future for small yueTo get marriedFor instance, and so on.But fickle, he go, as his family how to cry, he couldn't wake up, this is the truth of the world.

And iii causal and rebirth after death.This is so-called "modern scientific knowledge" of people, feel is the feudal superstition, or a kind of comfort and regulating psychological theory.But death is like the lights went out.We don't have any experience in things, it is hard to believe.Like a colour-blind man, how is it possible to understand the world is colorful?Explain a color-blind people color, it is very difficult.And through the ages, many monks, through diligence, the practice to break through the limitations of his naked eye, to see the rebirth and causal real.Mom and dad, do you think about it, Buddhism to now has more than two thousand five hundred years, and spread to many countries and peoples.So many theories in history, theory, imperial scholar's comments, which can withstand the test of time and space?If a deceptive doctrine, then over the years, so many people, including a lot of good people, very smart people, don't they cheated, too?Must be really get in the dharma to benefit, or else how can Buddhism spread for so long, so widely?

After contact with Buddhism, I have a yearning heart on becoming a monk.This paragraph of time is becoming more intense, because feel Buddhism said it is correct.Not as mother, is hit by what and think of home, of course this time experience is a little more, but this is not to let my decadent, but let me see the truth.Or so many people in the world, is not each becoming a monk!I again, I think of home, not because of school, poor body or failure in love.I now the body is very poor, but poor health let me realized that a man's life is impermanent, if you don't take the time to realize his wish, may cannot be realized tomorrow or even next year.Even now I various aspects condition is very good, I am willing to become.

Becoming a monk is not a shame.Were mentioned become very embarrassed now, only the five hundred and sixty things.Because traditional culture has fast break in China, combined with the materialistic society, some negative news cause everybody impression of family is very bad.But as long as is true for Buddhism, the truth, in the pursuit of the world and life for the masses to the interests of the family, is a very respected.Such as the ancient times, many monks are buddhist, worship and respect by emperors and officials.Modern society culture relatively developed areas, such as Taiwan, Singapore, and Europe and the United States and other places, family is very respected.This dad watch the news should be able to know, understand the real dojo, is backed by all levels of government.And * * * this is not the same as the cult, or what the news said the monk involved.Parents think about it, you true buddhist practice, stick to the commandments, do not kill, do not lust, how is it possible to make illegal things?You afraid I cheated, then had the opportunity to observe conclusions when you personally.

Maybe you will say it is good practice at home, why don't want to become?Indeed can also get married at home, but I think to learn dharma practice, focus on fully into, then all the time to help others, not only for a small family supposed to get relief can better and faster.You want sons have fame fortune, this is all teachers, I think you experienced so many things, must know fame born don't bring it.And mom wants to have grandchildren, I think it will make you feel some happy might temporarily, but it will continue to be happy?Mom, think about the process of raising my you, don't you think a very worrying thing I am?That you once said, don't want to take grandchildren in the future.Even you find it hard to take grandson, this suggests that the family has too many troubles.A temporary happiness, bring a lot of sorrow and quarrel, think this will really happy?I recently saw classmate little temperature, plums, just didn't take long time, they changed a lot, is very old and tired.Plum sorrow house, worry about lack of money;But rich, small temperature have a house, but they take care of the family because it is over, no time to myself, become very tired.Even if there is a successful person in the world, they won't turn around family, moreover is in pursuit of the Buddha dharma, pursue the true meaning of life and even relief, interests more sentient beings?And family, really is just an illusion, because there is no experience true joy, so can to this constant pursuit, unable to extricate themselves.Dad wants me to go one billion three hundred million Chinese "normal" way, what is "normal"?In order to pursue the meaning of life and relief, this is not normal?In this era, corrupt officials instead, let a person feel normal.I don't think it is because the normal things become normal, thus become the normal is not normal!

I also not not filial piety, marriage idea on his wife and children, how to the filial piety parents?You have already get married, I think you must have experience in this field.Dad used to say, to marry the daughter-in-law forget niang, I suppose it is.I don't marry monks practice, thoughts can have on your body, you can through the practice, the merit to give you, let you increase elongating life, the future can to end well.Maybe you think the cheating, but there are a lot of case has happened, some family parents, are all very happy life, and died peacefully at last.Mama is not want to be able to go no disease no disaster, life and death is indeed great ah, I am not for you to consider the event, how could be true filial piety?I really hope that my efforts, can let you in this life, and even the life can be happy!Sometimes you scold me on the phone or sad, I know you don't understand, hung up the phone, I flow tears for you to back, hope you are safe and happy.I believe that my prayer.Last summer, mom,Have loose bowelsProblem has a lot to improve, isn't it?This is because the whole August, I am chanting a spell, for you every day in the back.Is really have this effect.I see what a good health care knowledge, all want to tell you, is for the sake of your health and happiness, including monks practice, I also is not not filial piety you.

Life is a lot of things can flexibly the?You'll be angry I becoming a monk, can feel ashamed in front of the relatives and friends, don't think this gave birth to my son is not as good as raw.If I die suddenly, what of you?Will become angry to me?This Spring Festival I send a high fever, nearly 40 degrees for several days.I a person a day in the middle of the dormitory, suddenly paralyzed in bed unable to move.Mobile phone on the pillow at the time, but his is not taken, finally, a lot of effort, finally called the 120 ambulance.A later study medicine friends said my situation is very dangerous, a'll get leukemia.I think about death when I was small.Later after contact with Buddhism, very happiness, this is the result of my previous practice, you may not believe, but I believe that my life mission, and is becoming a monk, to quote the grace of the parents, living beings, society, and the grace of the nation.Early I and you mentioned, I attended a psychological potential training activities, was excavated from my inner wish - his dedication to the country and people.

I have already quit his job, is now in Beijing longquan temple, ready to becoming a monk, the cellphone is zhengzhou, have no money.In the temple, are not allowed to use mobile phone, cell phone can only be used for official business, cannot be used for private chat, and I can't make a long distance.So I can't call you.If you plan to come to temple to play, I welcome very much.Temple in haidian district, phoenix valley.Dad can go online search "Beijing longquan temple", or "learn the mage's blog,".Yes, that's when dad winter vacation mentioned the master, he is my teacher.Hear dad would judge him at that time, I was very sad, so much so that a few days at home, the body has no better (can't afford to the medicine effect), here is not to blame dad, but want to say, hear dad said one of the monks, the in the mind very afflictive, very distressed dad says so, think dad do not understand the dharma.I'm sorry, also feel very lonely.Because since the childhood, I was willing to share with you my heart now, I grew up, but now what I say, you can easily rejected, or laugh at opposition, suspicion.So I slowly learned to a person to face things independently.This is also I need experience.

Say so many, just want you to telephone, could agree to that child, child kneel for you here.This is one of the largest a request to the child, is also the hope and pillar of my life, I hope you can let the child to full, can live happily.

I wish you good luck.

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