In December 2009, a news about a 29-year-old civil servant in Zhejiang Province who gave up his iron job and became a monk quickly spread on the Internet.
At the same time, everyone also attached the handsome ** of this monk. Jin Hanjie, known as "China's most handsome monk", has a legal name of Shi Mingxin. He is sunny and handsome, very handsome, and the most striking thing is his plump earlobes and compassionate appearance, he is known as a person who was born with the appearance of a Buddha.
After Jin Hanjie escaped into the empty door, he did not get peace of mind, but attracted countless female pilgrims to take a group photo. There is even a rich woman who publicly shows her love, saying that as long as Jin Hanjie is willing to be with her, she is willing to give away a Ferrari supercar worth 4 million.
So, how is Jin Hanjie doing 15 years later?
In 1980, Jin Han was born in a small town in Yongjia, Zhejiang. Thanks to the inheritance of his parents' excellent genes, he appeared clean and neat from an early age, and his grades in school have always been at the top. His parents were very proud of him, and he became the child of the family. Jin Hanjie, who has a privileged family, lived up to his parents' expectations.
Growing up, he was always at the top of his class. Not only that, but because of his tall and handsome appearance, he is very attractive to girls, and love letters are also coming one after another.
After entering the university, Jin Hanjie's charm is even more prominent, with a height of 190cm, clean sunshine, and a smile that can fascinate girls. In addition, he also has good basketball skills, and the number of people who please girls is too numerous to mention. However, Jin Hanjie didn't plan to fall in love so early, so he politely rejected all the girls' overtures.
In 1999, Jin Hanjie returned to his hometown to participate in the public service according to the arrangement of his parents, and among the 140 positions in the fierce competition, he successfully went ashore and became a civil servant in a government unit in Yongjia County. He embarked on the road of an iron rice bowl, which naturally made his parents very proud, and also added face to his relatives and friends.
After stabilizing his job in the agency, Jin Hanjie reached the age of marriage, and his parents began to urge him to marry and arrange a blind date. Every time they met, the girl was very satisfied with him. But Jin Hanjie didn't want to get married, and told the girl in person every time. This led to every blind date ending in nothing, and his parents kept arranging blind dates, which made Jin Hanjie feel annoyed.
In addition, the work of the agency is boring and boring, and he lives a repetitive life every day, and Jin Hanjie often asks himself: Is this kind of life what I want? Whether it is at home or at work, Jin Hanjie feels very uneasy and depressed. However, he was unable to confide in his parents, which made him even more distressed.
Until one day in 2006, Jin Hanjie heard a Buddhist song called "Reincarnation" on the Internet. This piece gave a touch of peace to his sad and decadent heart, as if he felt the harmony and unity of nature. It was as if he had experienced the purification and baptism of nature, and his mind had been cleared and relaxed for a long time.
At this moment, Jin Hanjie realized that the life of obedience and obedience to his parents' arrangements in the past was not what he really wanted. He felt as if he was living for someone else, not for himself. So, he was determined to make a change.
From that day on, Kim Hanjie began to change his past decadent attitude to life. He took the initiative to cultivate his self-cultivation and study the Buddhist scriptures. In the ocean of Dharma, he felt familiar and intimate, as if he had already intertwined with the Dharma. As he got deeper, he gradually discovered the profundity of the Dharma, and burying himself in the Buddhist scriptures and delving into the Dharma was what he should really be looking for.
In December 2006, Jin Hanjie resigned from the civil service iron job without telling his parents, and planned to become a monk. However, in his traditional family, it was a bolt from the blue. As the only son of the Kim family, this means that their family will be cut off from incense. Therefore, his parents strongly objected, and Kim Hanjie tried every possible way to make them understand, telling them that only in the Dharma could he find peace of mind, but his parents never listened.
So, Jin Hanjie packed his bags and went to Tiantai Guoqing Temple, after the temple owner saw him, he sighed at his Buddha fate and decided to let him stay in the temple for a period of time to see if he could really cut off the world and purify the six roots. If he can do it, he can be ordained.
However, three days later, Kim's parents found him. In the face of his parents' pleading and opposition, Jin Hanjie realized that his fate was not over and he could not purify his heart and meditate in the temple. So, he decided to leave with his parents.
After returning home, his parents persuaded him many times, telling him that there are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is the greatest. He reproached Kim Hanjie with a high degree of morality, while he responded to his parents' persuasion with Buddhism. Neither side could convince the other. In order to let his son give up the idea of becoming a monk as soon as possible, Jin's father and Jin's mother kept arranging blind dates, hoping that he could get married and have children as soon as possible.
However, Jin Hanjie perfunctory them, no matter which girl it is, he is not interested.
This made the old father very angry, and the two quarreled many times, feeling like enemies to each other. After three years of tugging, the parents finally relented.
In 2009, Jin Hanjie was admitted to the Buddhist College of China. In December of the same year, he was ordained as a monk at the Myochi Temple in his hometown and became a Shimingxin. After that, Jin Hanjie said goodbye to his parents and went to study at the Buddhist College of China in Beijing. Located in Fayuan Temple in Beijing's Xuanwu District, the Buddhist College of China is a university that focuses on Buddhism and also offers other specialized courses.
Jin Hanjie had a fulfilling life at the Buddhist College. In addition to studying his professional courses, he also took courses to cultivate his body and mind, such as Japanese, English, calligraphy, and tea ceremony. In his spare time, Jin Hanjie likes to play basketball with his classmates, surf the Internet, and share his experiences online.
But Jin Hanjie didn't know that his sharing had caused an uproar on the Internet. On December 21, 2009, a post about Jin Hanjie on the "Tianya Forum" quickly became popular. The post details his three-year struggle to give up his job as a civil servant in order to become a monk, and the story of how he finally realized his dream of becoming a monk.
For Jin Hanjie's story, some people admire his persistence and courage, giving up a stable job to follow his dreams; Some people envy his appearance and handsome appearance, and are curious about why he chose to become a monk; There were also people who admired his spiritual attitude and wanted to visit him in person. Regardless of whether the comments are good or bad, it cannot be ignored that Jin Hanjie was rated as "the most handsome monk in China" by netizens.
However, these did not affect Jin Hanjie's studies. In 2013, after graduating from the Buddhist Academy of China, he returned to Pu'an Monastery, a small dilapidated temple in his hometown. Jin Hanjie often came here with his grandfather since he was a child, but after many years, the temple has become dilapidated and no monks live there.
Faced with this dilemma, Jin Hanjie did not flinch. He actively raised funds to renovate the temple and invited his fellow students from the Buddhist Academy to increase his popularity. Once the personnel and funds were ready, Jin Hanjie worked with them to carry out the renovation work.
They carried out a complete renovation and renovation of the temple, and replanned the landscape of the temple. In addition, Kim Hanjie also bought many succulents and planted them in the open space of the temple.
With the popularity of short **, Jin Hanjie, as an Internet expert, once again seized the current trend. He shared the beautiful scenery and daily life in the temple to the short ** platform, and Jin Hanjie's handsome image once again attracted a lot of attention.
Many women came on pilgrimage to take a photo with him and witness the demeanor of "the most handsome monk in China". After a winter snowfall, Jin Hanjie stood inside the temple, the white snowflakes on the roof covered a piece of purity, and a mysterious atmosphere permeated the distance. He stood there, looking into the distance, as if he were the king of the snowy land in Cangyang Gyatso's writing.
In addition to female pilgrims, there is also a rich woman who shows her love for Jin Hanjie in an eye-catching way. She directly bought a Ferrari supercar worth 4 million and parked it in front of the temple to express her love to Kim Hanjie. As long as Jin Hanjie is willing to be with her, this luxury car will become a gift from him.
But Kim Hanjie tactfully rejected her kindness. He only wants to live a pure life and immerse himself in the practice of Buddhism. However, as soon as this news spread to the Internet, it once again brought more attention and heat to Jin Hanjie.
Although Jin Hanjie rejected the female pilgrims' behavior of throwing a lot of money to show his love, it does not mean that he can stay away from the trouble.
After that, female pilgrims still appeared from time to time, trying to show him affection or openly harassing him.
In the face of the harassment of these female pilgrims, Jin Hanjie and the monks in the temple were helpless and could only call the police. Conduct criticism and educate them and warn them not to harass the monks again.
Jin Hanjie abides by the precepts of a monk, and usually acts like an ordinary person only when communicating with small animals or playing basketball. He loved to play basketball and often played with the monks in the temple, or organized games between the monks and the basketball enthusiasts around him.
He also likes to listen to **, practice calligraphy, and even go to an Internet café to play games. However, no matter whether he received praise or criticism, Jin Hanjie never wavered in his inner Zen, nor did he respond to the outside world's explanation.
Today, at the age of 43, he grew a mustache to avoid further harassment and became the abbot of Pu'an Temple. Jin Hanjie's father died a few years ago, and he can't handle his father's funeral himself, nor can he comfort his mother all the time. The only thing he could do was to go home every once in a while to visit his elderly mother. He has never been able to truly let go of the distractions of the world.
However, this path was chosen by himself and pursued by him. He had no complaints. Since Jin Hanjie saw through the chaos of the world and devoted himself to Zen Buddhism, he had to let go of many emotions. In fact, whether it is Jin Hanjie, who had a stable job before, or the monk Shi Mingxin, who now understands him with peace of mind, he is the same person, but one is the self of the confused era, and the other is the self of the current enlightenment.
Whether it is earthly or Buddhism, it is a way of life, and there is no fixed rule about how people must live.
Jin Hanjie lived his true self, he was able to see through the chaos of the world and realize the essence of the soul. We should congratulate him and although many people can't do it, we should respect the path that everyone has chosen.
What do you think of Jin Hanjie's behavior of leaving his parents and leaving home?