Chapter 83 what you have is the most precious

Once upon a time, there was a temple where many people came to offer incense and worship Buddha, and the incense was very prosperous.On the beam of the temple gate, there is a spider with a web, because it is infected by incense and devout worship every day.The spider has Buddha nature.After more than a thousand years of practice, the spider's Buddha nature has increased a lot. Suddenly one day, the Buddha visited this temple and was very happy to see that there was a lot of incense here.When leaving the temple, I inadvertently looked up and saw the spider on the beam. Buddha stopped and asked only Spider: You and I are destined to meet you finally, let me ask you a question, to see if you have any insights after practicing for more than a thousand years, how about it?

The spider was very happy to meet the Buddha, so he agreed quickly. The Buddha asked: What is the most precious thing in the world? The spider thought for a while, and replied: The most precious thing in the world is the unobtainable and the lost. Buddha left without speaking. In this way, another thousand years have passed, and the spider is still practicing on the beams of the temple, and its Buddha nature has greatly increased. One day, the Buddha came to the temple again, and said to the spider: "You are okay, do you have any deeper understanding of the question a thousand years ago?"

Spider said: I think the most precious thing in the world is still unobtainable and lost. Buddha said: If you think about it again, I will come to you again. After another thousand years, one day, there was a strong wind, and the wind blew a drop of nectar onto the spider's web.The spider looked at the sweet dew, and saw it was shining brilliantly, very beautiful, and instantly fell in love with it.The spider is very happy looking at the nectar every day, and it thinks this is the happiest few days in three thousand years.Suddenly, they have whipped up strong winds, swept away the dew.The spider felt that what had been lost all of a sudden, was very lonely and sad.

At this time, the Buddha came again and asked the spider: In the past thousand years, have you thought about this question carefully: what is the most precious in this world? The spider thought of nectar, and said to the Buddha: The most precious thing in the world must be unobtainable and lost. Buddha said: Well, since you have such an understanding, I will let you go to the world for a while. In this way, the spider was reborn into a family of officials and became a rich young lady. Her parents named her Pearl.In a flash, Zhu'er was sixteen years old, and she had become a very graceful and charming girl, very beautiful and charming.

On this day, the emperor held a celebration banquet for the new champion Lang Ganlu in the back garden.Many young girls came, as well as the emperor's little princess, Princess Changfeng.Zhuangyuan Lang performed poems and songs during the banquet, showing off his talents, and all the girls present fell in love with him.But Pearl was not nervous or jealous at all, because she knew that this was the marriage bestowed on her by the Buddha. After some days, to say very coincidentally, when Zhu Er Buddhist temple, accompanied by her mother, the deer were just willing to come, accompanied by her mother.

After worshiping the Buddha, the two elders were talking.Zhu Er and Gan Lu came to chat in the corridor, Zhu Er was very happy, and finally could be with the person she likes, but Gan Lu did not show her love for her. Pearl said to Ganlu: Don't you remember what happened on the spider web in front of this temple sixteen years ago? Gan Lu was very surprised and said: Miss Zhu Er, you are beautiful and very lovable, but your imagination is too rich. After all, I left with my mother.Zhu Er returned home and thought, since the Buddha arranged this marriage, why didn't he let him remember that matter, why didn't Ganlu have any feelings for me?

A few days later, the emperor issued an imperial edict ordering the new champion Ganlu to marry Princess Changfeng; and Zhuer to marry Prince Zhicao.This news was like a bolt from the blue to Zhu Er, and she couldn't figure out how the Buddha treated her like this. For several days, she neither ate nor drank, and was anxious to think. Her soul was about to leave her body, and her life was at stake. Prince Zhicao knew about it, rushed over, threw himself on the bedside, and said to the dying Zhu'er: That day, among the girls in the back garden, I fell in love with you at first sight, and I begged my father so hard that he agreed.If you are dead, then I am not alive.Then he picked up the sword and prepared to kill himself.

At this moment, the Buddha came, and he said to Pearl, who was about to leave his body, "Spider, have you ever thought about who brought the nectar (the deer) here?"It was brought by the wind (Princess Changfeng), and finally the wind took it away.Ganlu belongs to Princess Changfeng, he is just an episode in your life to you. And Prince Zhicao was a small grass in front of the temple gate. He watched you for three thousand years and admired you for three thousand years, but you never lowered your head to look at it.Spider, let me ask you again, what is the most precious thing in the world?After the spider heard these truths, she suddenly became enlightened. She said to the Buddha: The most precious thing in the world is not the unobtainable and lost, but the happiness that can be grasped now.

As soon as he finished speaking, the Buddha left, and the spider's soul also returned to its place. When she opened her eyes, she saw the prince Zhicao who was about to commit suicide. She immediately threw down the sword and hugged the prince deeply. In everyone's life, there have been many beautiful yearnings, and these fantasies may not be realized even after a lifetime of hard work. Perhaps because of this, people always think that what they can't get is the best in their minds, and what has been lost is worth remembering forever, so they ignore what they have. ★Life is delicious★

No amount of gain is more than nothing. What you have now must be better than what you can't get and what you have lost. Hold on to what you have. Don't wait until what you have is lost in indifference to feel precious. I regret my mistake.What you can't get and what you have lost don't belong to you. You must grasp what you have.