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Buddhism has been very popular since ancient times, penetrating deeply into the hearts of the Chinese people, and carving a deep impression in their hearts. For more than 20 years, every Spring Festival and other holidays, the temple is full of incense and crowds.
A very important reason is that Buddhism has brought spiritual comfort to the people, allowing people to find their own spiritual harbor in the ever-changing life.
Nowadays, many people do not pursue fame and profit, they give up their original life, give up high-quality education, and return to Buddhism wholeheartedly, become small monks, and practice in temples.
Of course, there must be many people who don't understand, so many people can't get a good degree no matter how hard they try? Why should they give up so easily, or even regret it?
This is a mystery, and it is what we want to do today, and what is their life like in the temple? Will there be any hardships?
Most of the spiritual intellectuals of this group of modern society come from various colleges and universities, and have rich academic qualifications and impressive minds. Among them, there are future elites such as masters and graduate studentsThese 30 graduate students are among the most outstanding talents cultivated by China's social education.
However, in the prime of their lives, they chose to become monks, and they walked together, got rid of the world's distractions, and lived the simplest life.
In reality, it is difficult for anyone to understand that they are all shrewd and are rare good seedlings in society, but why they still choose to be monks.
The thirty monks came from different places and found that they had different backgrounds, but they all shared common characteristics.
Since then, they have lived in isolation from the outside world, without mobile phones, televisions, computers and other communication electronic devices, and since then they have begun their spiritual path and integrated into the religious culture of the temple.
Wake up on time in the temple, schedule work on time, and do your part well. They will also eat together, eat vegetarian every day, meditate and chant scriptures, and the frequency of life of all people should be about the same in the temple.
In the eyes of outsiders, it may be boring, boring, and boring, but in their eyes, these are some meaningful and special value things, which seem simple, but in fact, there are hidden mysteries.
A temple teacher, he is a young man, who gave up his high-quality studies and high-paying jobs, gave up a comfortable and leisurely life, pursued his own light in the temple, and regained the peace and freedom he longed for in the world.
In the temple, we can feel the incomparable tranquility, without all worries, away from the earthly fireworks.
In that mage's heart, there was always a dream to be able to retreat to the countryside, away from the hustle and bustle of the world. And at this moment, he fulfilled his dream of enjoying the scenery alone in the temple and enjoying a quiet life.
Under the call of the temple, he felt a feeling that he had never felt before, a sense of mystery that could not be said, and since then, he has lived in the temple with the mountains and forests, and the birds have been singing in the morning, and his life has also felt calm.
Everyone should be no stranger to the fairy mountain in Sichuan, there is a temple called Yunhai Temple on it, it was once a temple with a flourishing incense, attracting many monks and tourists, but later because the temple was not repaired for a long time, resulting in gradual abandonment.
In 2014, he decided to build an ancient temple, and he gave up the hustle and bustle of the city to discover this ancient temple in disrepair when he traveled around the landscape.
Fascinated by the scenery and legends, this ancient temple has so much history that he couldn't help but explore, and with the help of local residents, he was awarded the position of abbot of Shanhai Temple.
From then on, he embarked on a journey to the temple, and his Dharma name was Renqing, and he began his own construction and abbot work.
I think the happiest thing in this life is to do my little bit to continue to shine for Buddhism." This is what Abbot Renqing wrote on his WeChat.
This story tells us that everyone has something to pursue, and there is a desire for peace and longing for freedom in our hearts, although we live in the mortal world, in the hustle and bustle, but we should have a heart that pursues freedom.
In real life, we are often detached from our own feelings, wandering back and forth between work and life, ignoring our truest feelings. However, at our age, is it better to have fun in time?
Do what you want to do, try what you want to try, don't take into account the eyes of the world, we live for ourselves, not for others, pleasing ourselves is more important than anything else
Perhaps, we should learn from the courage and self-confidence of Venerable Renqing, if we do not pursue the life we aspire to, then what is the joy of life, and what can make us happy?
So how exactly did the 30 graduate students join him?
One day in 2017, Abbot Renqing found dozens of college students who hoped that he could take them in at the temple Yunhai Temple, and they also wanted to become monks in Yunhai Temple.
In fact, he didn't believe it at the time, after all, this is not a trivial matter, and he didn't expect his story to spread on the Internet, and bring a group of master's students in the new era of society, attracting so many like-minded people.
So, he quickly handled this matter and dealt with their settlement, and these 30 ** soon became monks in Yunhai Temple, and together with Renqing, they made this temple better and better.
They said that while studying and living, there was a sense of emptiness and confusion that occupied their hearts for a long time, and they felt that life lacked a little meaning and color in their hearts.
So in the end, they felt that they were going to follow the abbot and come to Yunhai Temple to become a monk. Let yourself find a little sense of security, find the direction of life, and be a young person in the new era of society with direction and goals.
One of them, Li Jun, once mentioned, "I used to work in a foreign company with an annual salary of one million. But I was very anxious and tired, and I always felt that life was boring. Now that I've finally found my faith, I feel peaceful and content. ”
This may be what everyone thinks, these 30 graduate students left their lives and work to choose to become monks here, and it is not a good choice to become a plain little monk. This place is quiet and free, so that the soul can be better comforted and experience a different life.
There are pros and cons for ordination, and there will be a lot of hardships and incomprehension in this journey, so let's talk about a few reasons for this.
1. The incomprehension of family and friends.
It was very difficult for our parents to raise us, and it was naturally unacceptable for us to become monks, after all, their minds were traditional and not as open as they are now.
Maybe you don't want to work with an annual salary of one million, go to be a small monk in a temple, there is no income, the environment is still difficult, and your education is good enough, and you can live a very good life in many cities.
Parents' expectations for their children are to study first and then start a family, but if they are told to become a monk, it is like a bolt from the blue, and they will do everything possible to make their children change their minds, stop the precipice, and turn back.
We can also understand this, for the children raised since childhood, there is naturally a lot of reluctance, in the face of this situation, we must sit down with the family and communicate well, not too eager.
2. Social pressure.
Once the monk caused a great repercussion in the society, there was an uproar, and the atmosphere was constantly oriented, some people thought that this was a good thing, a unique courage and faith, but some people thought that it was a waste of talent.
People are diverse, and naturally there is no social unity, and in this kind of **, they are very likely to be shaken and not firm in their ideas.
The above two points are the difficulties and hardships of becoming a monk in modern society, but with the passage of time, they have become indifferent to this matter.
The Internet is developing rapidly, and we will gradually forget the emergence of hot events one after another.
After many years of the Cold War, the family also began to soften and compromise, after all, it is their own daughter, every Spring Festival, they will get along with their families in harmony, reunite together, and increase family communication.
So what happened to the 30 graduate students now?
Now Yunhai Temple has become more and more prosperous, under the management of Abbot Renqing, it has gradually stepped into the right track, and high-achieving students are also working hard here to create a beautiful temple.
Yunhai Temple has also become a place for the local people's spiritual purification, and the local ** has also built a new temple building for it, and sent people to take care of it.
They dedicate all their energy to Buddhism, temples, and devote all their energy to their faith. Although they no longer live with an annual salary of one million and carry the label of high-achieving students, they are satisfied in their hearts, which is also their original intention to become monks.
Epilogue. Through the stories of these top students, we understand the profound significance of Buddhism to today's society, and also feel the unique charm and attraction of Buddhism, which enables countless people to find spiritual solace in Buddhism and find the ultimate reliance.
Of course, in modern society, everyone aspires to a different way, and we should respect and understand that any way of life, whether it is living in the chaos of the world, or practicing in the empty door, is a precious existence for us, and it is a unique meaning.
The most important thing is to have enthusiasm for life, have an attitude towards life, find ways and methods that suit you, comprehend the fun, and find the happiness in it, so that our life is perfect.
Finally, I hope that everyone can be a kind person, find their own way of life as soon as possible, and become better.