Old Monk Xuyun 06

Old Monk Xuyun 06

Afterwards, we asked the old monk, "You are so old, but those sweet potato skins are so bitter!

How can you still eat them?" The old monk sighed and said to us,

"This is food. ! You can only eat it, don’t waste it."

Another time, Mr. Zhang Jianming, director of the Religious Affairs Department of Jiangxi Province, came to the mountain to visit the old monk.

The old monk added some dishes himself and invited him to lunch.

Director Zhang has always been a layman and does not know how to cherish blessings.

While he was eating, he dropped several grains of rice on the ground.

The old monk didn't say anything when he saw it.

After finishing the meal, he bent down, picked up the rice from the ground one by one, put it into his mouth and ate it.

Director Zhang blushed and felt very uncomfortable.

 He repeatedly advised the old monk: "Old monk, those rice have fallen to the ground and are dirty. You can't eat them."

The old monk said, "It doesn't matter! These are grains, and you can't waste them."

The director continued. Said: "Your old man's life needs to be improved!" The old monk replied: "That's it, I'm already very good."

事後，我們問老和尚說：「您老人家都這麼大年紀了，而那些紅薯皮好苦啊！你怎麼還吃得下去呢？」

老和尚嘆了一口氣，對我們說：「這是糧食啊！只可以吃，不可以糟蹋呀。」

又有一次，江西省宗教事務處處長張建明先生，到山上來探望老和尚。

老和尚自己加了幾道菜，請他吃午飯。

。當他在張處長始終是個在家人，不懂得惜福

吃飯時，掉了好幾粒米飯在地上，老和尚看見了也不說話。等吃完飯後，他才自己彎下腰來，一粒粒地把那些米飯從地上撿起來，放進口裡吃下去。使得那位張處長面紅耳赤，很不自在。

他一再勸老和尚說：「老和尚，那些米飯已掉在地上弄髒了，不能吃了。」

老和尚說：「不要緊啊！這些都是糧食，一粒也不能糟蹋的。」

處長又說： 「你老人家的生活要改善一下啊！」老和尚答：「就是這樣，我已經很好了。」