"Are you ready? "Well, I'm ready! ”With an affirmative answer, a strand of long hair fell with the sound of the bell.
This is the green silk of a 19-year-old girl, and it is also the beginning of her practice in Buddhism.
In 2008, in Tiantai Temple, there was actually a placeThe 19-year-old 985 female high-achieving student (Shi Zheng Xiaotong),Under the gaze of parentsresolutely shaved off his hair,chose Buddhism, even if everyone dissuaded her, she also decided to accompany the green lantern.
What is the reason for her to give up her good future, give up her family and relatives, and escape into the empty door?
The flowers bloom and fall, and the flowers fall and bloom ......”I tried to chase the traces of my dreams, but I didn't know that I had been brought into reality by my dreams.
I had a dream,A dream that allowed me to find the direction of my life!
Shi Zhengxiao said happily to her mother.
The mother felt very strange why her daughter, who had always been calm, was so excited today.
She had never been so excited when she was admitted to college, so the mother held Shi Zheng Xiaotong's hands and asked, "What kind of dream did you have?" I am so happy to be able to make my daughter! ”
Shi Zhengxiao said with a smile on his face"Mom, I dreamed of the Buddha, and I was a little boy beside the Buddha, holding a golden egg in my hand. ”
After saying this, Shi Zheng Xiaotong suddenly lowered his head, and his voice gradually became lower.
The mother watched her daughter's mood change so quickly, and asked, "What's wrong, is there something on your mind?" ”
Sure enough, nothing about the child can escape the eyes of the mother, Shi Zheng Xiaotong slowly raised his head, and his eyes revealed a clear and longing light: "Mom, I want to shave and become a monk."The dream that the Buddha gave me last night was guiding me
Hearing this information, the mother was stunned at first, not knowing how to reply to her daughter's request, but after thinking about it carefully, she is also a believer in Buddhism, if her daughter makes up her mind,I still have to support my daughter's decision.
But my mother was still very confusedWould a daughter make such a big decision just because of a dream?
Faced with the mother's doubts,Shi Zheng Xiaotong still truthfully told her mental journey.
Since my mother is a Buddhist person,Therefore, Shi Zheng Xiaotong has been bathed in Sanskrit sound since he was a child, the scriptures she read by chance also made her quite interested.
She likes to appreciate the great truths in the scriptures, likes to listen to the quiet Sanskrit sounds, likes the tranquility of meditating with her mother, and likes all the ...... of Buddhism
So the experience when she was a child planted a seed of Buddhism in her young heartAs the years passed, she kept watering this seed, and finally, by chance, this seed germinated!
One year off, she came to Tiantai Mountain with her father to play, and the easy-going Shi Zhengxiao rarely put forward her own suggestionsMost of them follow everyone's opinions, and this time she took the initiative to propose the address of the play.
When Shi Zhengxiao first came to the temple, he did not feel unfamiliar with the environment here, but had a sense of familiarityIt's like returning to my hometown after a long absence.
She was in awe of every step of the temple, and she walked slowly and steadily at every step, as if she was afraid of walking too fast and did not feel it well.
When she knocked lightly on the door of the temple,The smell of cigarettes made her find a homeFollowing the sound of Sanskrit, she walked straight to the meditating monk, folded her hands, and bowed to the Buddha in front of her with high respect.
Seeing his daughter so pious, the father was also very pleased, but when night fell, the father proposed that he could go home, but Shi Zheng Xiaotong's answer surprised the father.
"Let's stay a few more days! ”Shi Zheng Xiaotong said.
Shi Zhengxiaotong, who usually rarely makes requests, now boldly makes a request to his parents, so her father readily agreed to her.
But happy times are always short-lived, the holiday is over, and they have to leave here, but Shi Zheng Xiaotong shows nostalgia for this place that he has never seen beforeWhen I first transferred to school and left home, I didn't have such a look.
She touched the walls of the temple and whispered, "When is the next time you come?" ”
Since that time, Shi Zheng Xiaotong feels that his heart has stayed in Tiantai Temple, and now she is like a shell, walking in the lively city, but her heart is very lonelyShe didn't feel like she belonged here, the excitement here made her uneasy.
Her heart is anxious all the time, like in the dark night, there is no light ahead, so she can only walk aimlessly in the night.
After listening to Shi Zheng's filial piety, her parents also felt her helplessnessSo I can only respect her ideas, after all, the path of life is chosen and walked by herself.
So after obtaining the consent of her parents, she went to Tendaiji Temple. Later, some netizens asked her parents why they agreed to such an abnormal request.
The two were very calm, saying that they had always strongly supported what their daughter did, so their daughter could be admitted to 985 University.
Presumably, she will also have a different scenery in the future.
At the shaving ceremony, Shi Zheng Xiaotong gently closed her eyes, the corners of her mouth raised slightly, and everything in the first half of her life seemed to fall little by little with her long hair.
It was her hair that was shaved away, and what was taken away was her confusion and sorrow, and this time she finally followed her heart and fulfilled her wishI found my home.
How can parents in the world be willing to let their daughters leave them, in a corner of the shaving ceremony, her father saw his daughter's shaved hair from a distance, and tears fell along with the falling hairAfter all, his dear daughter was going to be far away from them.
In the face of Shi Zheng Xiaotong's decision to become a monk, even though she was understood by her parents, her relatives and classmates were also surprised.
After all, before this, she studied in a 985 school, had a rich and excellent resume background, and usually participated in many club activities and had many skills.
In the evaluation of classmates, Shi Zheng Xiaotong has always been a very good person, and in the mouth of relatives, he is also a very filial and polite good child.
Such excellent people will definitely find good jobs after graduationNow he is willing to leave everything behind and escape into the empty door.
However, everyone is too superficial, and no one will know Shi Zhengxiaotong's true pursuit.
In her eyes, these labels such as graduation from prestigious schools, excellent grades, excellent resumes, good personalities, outstanding abilities, etc., are all floating clouds, all of which are experiences in life, and cannot bring her any sense of pride and satisfaction.
And these worldly labels will also make her unsettled and empty.
How many nights did she hear the traffic outside the window and the noise of the city and couldn't sleep, only the beautiful Sanskrit sound could calm her mind and find herself.
Why don't you dream of picking up stars and dare to hold a mulberry bow and shoot Yuheng. ”
Leaving the hustle and bustle of the world, breaking free from the shackles of mortalsShi Zheng Xiaotong found a spiritual belonging.
Here, she can get up early every day and chant with everyone with the sound of wooden fish; Here, she can eat at regular intervals and enjoy the tranquility of her meals alone; Here she can follow her own rhythm and be in the courtyard with the fallen leaves.
Here, in addition to living a quiet life as a monk, she also actively participated in the composition of monksArt TroupeGuangxuan Art Troupe.
* is the universal languageThe main purpose of this art troupe is to help people who do not understand the Dharma scriptures to understand these difficult scriptures.
The Guangxuan Art Troupe performed at the Tiantai Temple Small Theater.
And it just so happens that Shi Zhengxiao loves **, and also wants to bear the burden of inheriting and carrying forward the Buddhist classics, so she is not afraid of hard workResolutely join them.
However, it was not so easy to learn these instruments, because there were no people in the temple who knew these instruments, so they had to go down the mountain to learn from them.
That's all,Shi Zhengxiao went down the mountain to study with the large army every day, and after studying, he went up the mountain to restAfter many hours of travel, she finally learned the violin and piano, and thanks to her diligence and talent, she soon found a place in the art troupe.
Moreover, his rich experience in the community allowed Shi Zhengxiao to quickly organize the art troupe, and assign everyone's positioning clearly, and a complete and harmonious art troupe was born.
And in the art troupe, she took on multiple roles, and because of her outstanding ability,In the end, he successfully became the host.
But by chance, she instantly became popular on the Internet.
The blessing of these three keywords makes her the reason why everyone comes here.
"The most beautiful nun".It has also become synonymous with her, especially outstanding among the monks. At this moment, she is like a living signboard.
And this has also become an opportunity for Tiantai Temple to explode, due to the flow of Shi Zheng Xiaotong, which makes the temple full every dayMoreover, the incense money alone has grown by 20 million yuan a year.
The world thinks that Tiantai Temple has picked up a treasure, which is a nun, it is simply a cornucopia!
But in the eyes of Shi Zheng Xiaotong, all this is floating cloudsAs a monk, they have long since left money behind, and in the interview, she simply expressed her gratitude to the temple and the idea of promoting Buddhism through her shallow strength.
Her language is gentle and firm, gentleness is an innate temperament, and firmness is a belief in the Dharma.
However, the Internet is like a double-edged sword, it can lift you high or throw you down.
One second ago, everyone was still praising Shi Zhengxiaotong's open-mindedness, but the next second, some people began to slander Shi Zhengxiaotong's Buddha heart.
Because of the huge benefits that Shi Zhengxiao has brought to the temple, seeing such a large amount of money and seeing such a popular temple, the trolls on the Internet began to be unable to hold back, so they began to attack the text.
Do you really believe in Buddhism? When the nun still has intimate contact with so many men, is it really no **? As a ...... in Buddhism, he still shows his face outside all day long”
Controversy began to spread on the web, every word, every word, every sentence is like a knife, constantly cutting a kind and simple girl.
And if it were an ordinary girl, she would definitely not be able to stand such an attack for a long time, but Shi Zhengxiao is different, at this moment, she has already looked down on everything and understood the true meaning of Buddhism.
When she saw these comments, she just smiled indifferently, and then said, "It's okay!" "Such courage can only be possessed by Buddhists who are indifferent to fame and fortune and have precepts and precepts!
Originally, she just thought that this was her own business, and as long as it didn't concern others, it didn't matter if it didn't affect other people, so she didn't want to explain too much.
But things got worse and worse, and gradually threatened the reputation of the temple and destroyed the purity of BuddhismShe began to realize that it wasn't just her own business, she should stand up bravely, solve these things, and give the temple a clean and the Buddhist door a clean.
So she boldly stood in front of the camera and responded to these questions one by one.
I have always been a noble believer in Buddhism, I would like to dedicate myself to Buddhism for the rest of my life, 30 years old I am still too young, I still have a lot of uninformed,So I will never return to the world, the Buddhist scriptures are still very profound, and I need to spend my whole life to understand them
Facing the camera, Shi Zhengxiao said a lotIt was the first time she had said so much in front of the cameraEvery one of her explanations shows us the power that Buddhism has given her and how she has grown here.
Indifferent to fame and fortune, comfortable and natural, an immature girl has grown up now.
There are many paths in life, each of which has its own meaning, and we should not judge others on their own chosen paths, because,Only she herself will know how comfortable she is on the path she has chosen for herself.
The road of Buddhism, Shi Zhengxiao and the same were very resolute in their choiceBecause she has found her goal, followed her heart, pursued her own light, and also received the unconditional support of her parents, so on this path, she can go long and walk with peace of mind.
So, for your own sake, choose your own path!
Now, 15 years have passed, and I can still occasionally see about her on the Internet.
In recent years, temples and nunnery have become popular among young peopleThere are also many netizens who went to her to take photos.
Perhaps, her persistence has brought new inspiration and life direction to many netizens, which is the reason for her popularity.
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