In today's fast-food love, the end of the life hugging the pillar, loyalty seems to have become an untouchable myth, but there are really people who have a sincere heart and only love one person in their life.
After his girlfriend passed away, he shaved his hair and put on Buddhist beads, and since then he has regarded himself as a monk, helping the world and himself, after she left, I lived like her, and today we will tell the story of the ascetic Ma Zhijun.
Ma Zhijun was born in Tangshan in 1980, and his parents named this chubby baby Ma Zhijun, hoping that he would have great ambitions and serve the motherland in the future.
Perhaps fate decided the path of his life in this way.
When he was a child, Ma Zhijun didn't like to study, and he was a well-known trick-or-treater in class.
Because the last three generations of the family are farmers, the family does not expect Ma Zhijun to be good at reading, and thinks that it is good that he can read and write.
Although his grades are not good, Ma Zhijun's physique has been strong since he was a child, climbing trees and mountains, digging bird eggs and playing in the mud.
Ma Zhijun has always won fights among his peers, and from time to time parents bring their children to complain, which makes parents worried.
looked at Ma Zhijun, who was swimming in the mountains all day long, and thought that since this child was in good health, he would simply send him to practice martial arts, which was both Ma Zhijun's hobby and what he was good at.
So when he was in junior high school, Ma Zhijun entered a local martial arts school, because he was healthy and had a good amount of food, Ma Zhijun was very serious about learning martial arts with his teacher.
With innate physical fitness and acquired exercise, Ma Zhijun unknowingly grew into a strong and mighty man.
Even in the martial arts school, he is quite a tall existence, and he has represented the school in martial arts competitions many times with excellent results, which can be regarded as finding what he is good at.
It's just that when he grows up, Ma Zhijun no longer plays with his partners like he did when he was a child, and he has no sense of proportion.
He knew that his martial arts were not cultivated to oppress others, but to do good deeds for others with his own strength.
The prayers of his parents since he was a child, coupled with the fact that Ma Zhijun has always had a dream of military service.
In 2001, 21-year-old Ma Zhijun responded to the call of the country to sign up for the army, because of his consistently excellent physical fitness, Ma Zhijun successfully passed the assessment and physical examination, and became a glorious soldier.
Years of martial arts learning allowed Ma Zhijun to adapt well to the hard military life, and he was assigned to serve in the special forces of the armed police after the completion of recruit training, and thus began his military career for more than ten years.
In 2008, a Wenchuan big **** made every Chinese feel the pain of the heart, and also closely connected the people of the whole country.
As a soldier, at a critical moment, Ma Zhijun's unit was ordered to immediately rush to the aid of Wenchuan.
As an advance force, large rescue equipment has not yet arrived in Wenchuan in time. Faced with the devastation and the cries of refugees for help, they had to dig with simple tools like shovels and even move rocks and dig up the soil with their bare hands.
didn't dare to stop, because the compatriots under the ruins would suffer a moment later, Ma Zhijun was always on the front line, and he didn't dare to slack off until his fingers were digging blood.
After the rescue mission, many family members of the rescued people watched Ma Zhijun and his comrades leave along the road.
To be a soldier means to dedicate everything you have to the country, but it does not mean to be completely deprived of the personal aspect of your life.
Ma Zhijun naturally yearns for love, but in the army, he is surrounded by rough men like himself, and Ma Zhijun's spring heart has nowhere to put it.
It wasn't until 2012 that the comrades-in-arms arranged a sorority for their group of bachelors.
At this time, Ma Zhijun was 32 years old, but he had been living in a pile of men and had no chance to contact the opposite sex, and he was still like a shy young man.
At this blind date, he met a girl who smiled very sweetly and had two small dimples at the corners of her mouth.
After the blind date was over, he took the initiative to contact the girl and launched a clumsy and fierce pursuit.
This girl's name is Lin Peiyao, she is also a soldier, serving in Yunnan, Lin Peiyao also has a good impression of the shy man at the blind date, and the two hit it off and fell in love.
Although two people are in the south and the other in the north, their hearts are connected and they always feel that the days are indescribably sweet.
Ma Zhijun also has a plan for his future life, and after retiring, he will have a home for himself and Lin Peiyao.
But this kind of beauty didn't last long, and after three months of dating, Ma Zhijun, who was in the dormitory, received Lin Peiyao's **.
* Connected, but it was a male voice, "Hello, the owner of this mobile phone passed away because of righteousness and bravery." ”
Like Ma Zhijun, Lin Peiyao, who is also a soldier, has a chivalrous heart.
She often mentioned to Ma Zhijun that her wish is to sweep away the injustices in the world, and she has always been enthusiastic and cheerful to help the people around her.
That day, she saw a speeding car rushing straight towards the child in the middle of the road, and before she had time to think about it, Lin Peiyao immediately rushed forward and pushed the child away, but she died under the wheel.
From heaven to hell in an instant, Ma Zhijun was unwilling to accept all this, and the girl with two small dimples in her eyebrows and eyes when she laughed left this world like this.
But the establishment is already the appointment, Ma Zhijun asked for leave for the first time since joining the army, he rushed to Lin Peiyao's funeral, and saw her lying there quietly, which also took away his heart.
After returning to the army, Ma Zhijun still dutifully fulfilled his obligations as a soldier, but he no longer had the same strength as before, and the whole person looked depressed.
Retired in 2013, Ma Zhijun was 33 years old at this time, and after 13 years of military career, Ma Zhijun found a job as a security guard.
It's not that no one has introduced a girlfriend to Ma Zhijun anymore, it's just that he has someone in his heart, and every time he has a short period of contact, he dies without a problem.
Over time, Ma Zhijun no longer had any thoughts about starting a family, but just did his own work, repeating it day after day.
However, Ma Zhijun did not collapse from this, he was still living seriously, because he was a soldier, he was arranged by the company to train the company's security guards.
In addition to his own work, Ma Zhijun also bought a lot of potted flowers at his own expense and put them in the security room, the windows of the security room have always been polished brightly, and the days are dull, and he does not want to make waves.
By chance, he went to the temple with his friends to pray for blessings, and listened to the sound of the bells chanting between the ancient temples, and he felt the peace that he had not seen for a long time, and a thought appeared uncontrollably in his mind.
Since no one can let yourself have the idea of starting a family, then become a monk, be an ascetic, practice the will of your girlfriend before her death, and sweep away the injustices in the world.
As soon as this thought came out, he was out of control, and he visited many ancient temples and wanted to ask the abbot to shave his head.
It's just that several abbots who have asked said that Ma Zhijun became a monk because of the fetters of earthly marriage, and he didn't cut off the earthly relationship, and he couldn't shave it.
Only one abbot of Mount Wutai saw that he was so persistent and decided to give him a chance.
He told Ma Zhijun that as long as he could persist for two years and cut off the past, he would shave his life.
Ma Zhijun was amnesty, returned to the company dormitory and was overjoyed, colleagues asked him why he was so happy, Ma Zhijun said that he was going to become a monk, this answer made colleagues stunned.
Ma Zhijun shaved his hair after that, and after getting off work, he put on a monk's robe and practiced on foot for 2 hours.
In order to sharpen himself, Ma Zhijun also cast a 62-kilogram crescent shovel and a 5-kilogram string of Buddhist beads.
The burly and sturdy Ma Zhijun's outfit is not unstriking, often attracting the attention of passers-by, and some people think that this is some kind of performance art.
Whenever someone asked, the owner of the shop that Ma Zhijun often passed by would open his mouth to answer, this is a practice.
A crescent shovel is engraved with a huge "deep" character, so some people call Ma Zhijun "contemporary Lu Zhishen".
Such ascetic practice, although it has not yet become a Buddha**, but maybe there is a Buddha in the heart** is practice.
There is a saying about asceticism that ascetics believe that they can bear the suffering of the world by enduring their own suffering experiences, so that even if they have never met, their blessings include blessings for everyone.
Ma Zhijun's penance not only honed his will, but also helped others, and in the neighborhood where Ma Zhijun often practiced on foot, people knew that seeing him meant safety and peace of mind.
After two years of penance, the abbot of Wutai Mountain witnessed Ma Zhijun's sincerity and asked him if he wanted to shave.
This time, Ma Zhijun chose to refuse, because he had comprehended the world in his own practice, and there was no difference between shaving his hair and not shaving his hair.
What's more, after finding peace in the Dharma, he began to have more time to look back and sort out his life again and again.
I have traveled and practiced for so many years, and I rarely go home to see my parents.
He has entered the age of thirty, and his parents are getting older, but they still have to worry about themselves when they are old, and Ma Zhijun can't bear to do it.
In 2021, Ma Zhijun quit his job in Taiyuan, returned to his parents to fulfill his filial piety, and found a new job in his hometown.
Some people around him recognize him, and sometimes laugh at Ma Zhijun and don't mind, in his opinion, his actions are worthy of his heart and others.
Since you are calm, what does it matter if you let others think that you are grandstanding?
It's just that Ma Zhijun has not married yet, and someone asked Ma Zhijun if he had forgotten Lin Peiyao, and Ma Zhijun replied that it was not easy to forget, maybe one day he would forget.
He is a monk, but he can't let go of the dust, he is a soldier to serve the country, but he spends the rest of his life remembering the beauty.
He hasn't read too many books, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't know the word loyalty, he is stubborn but also free and easy, in this materialistic era, it is really touching to have such a heart that insists on being true.
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