How to write a story about cause and effect

In a friend's bookstore, I happened to get a copy of Mr. Wang Dao Ding of the Qing Dynasty, an anthology of stories of cause and effect, "sitting in the flower Zhiguo", was attracted by the refreshing simplicity of the book's title, could not help but to take the book down, sit quietly and read. I couldn't help but take the book down and sit down to read it. I was so mesmerized that I couldn't close it. Sitting in the bookstore until late at night, until the night falls, the handwriting on the book can not see clearly, only with a friend borrowed the book home, continue to read by candlelight. I'm not sure how much I'm going to be able to do, but I'm sure I'll be able to do it again, and I'm sure I'll be able to do it again.

I love books, but not all books can make me so obsessed. In fact, this book is a collection of ancient karma stories of the essence, give a person a refreshing feeling, the book must be extremely hard work, so read the book of people also love. The whole book *** collection of ancient 87 real cause and effect stories, the content is different, the plot is wonderful, the scope of which is nothing more than loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith of the typical stories of positive and negative, and all the stories all show an unchanging truth: no good has a good, evil has a bad, karma, as the shadow follows the shadow.

There are many stories in the book, but after reading it, I am most impressed by the positive and negative stories. Positive story called "ten gold easy life", about a scholar Wang A extremely poor, often a few days without rice under the pot, the year of the examination, a fortune-teller on the street told him that before the festival of the White Dew he was going to meet with the death of a disaster, Wang A heart is very melancholy. Trial period is approaching, he was persuaded by a few classmates together to Jinling (Jiangning Province), I heard that a local fortune teller to look at the fortunes and misfortunes of the surprisingly accurate, to come to look at the endless stream of people. Wang A and his classmates went to see six people, the photographer accurately and accurately say that the other five people's family background and the things they have experienced, everyone wondered. When he saw Wang A, he sighed and said, "Your son will die within five days, you should go home quickly, but according to the face reader, you should die on the way, even if you leave immediately, I'm afraid it's too late!" The people were surprised and asked if there was a way to save him. The fortune teller said, "Life and death are great numbers, and if there is no great virtue, it is not enough to return to heaven." Returning to his apartment, Wang Jia said goodbye to the people and prepared to return to his village. A rich and generous classmate took pity on him, hired a boat for him, gave him money for the journey, and gave him another ten gold for emergency use. After traveling more than ten miles on the Yangtze River, he could not go any further because of the wind, so he tied the boat to the shore and waited. Seeing that the five-day deadline, the boat still can not go, "death on the road" language seems to be fulfilled. Wang A was waiting for death, all his worries were gone, so he went ashore to loiter. Suddenly saw a middle-aged woman with three small children to the water's edge, the left hand to hold a, the right hand to pull a, followed by a, walking and crying, very sad, and Wang A rub shoulders. Already out of a dozen steps, Wang A rushed to catch up with the woman, asked what was crying? The woman ignored him. Wang A followed her, and the woman turned back to scold her. Wang A eagerly asked, "If you really have an emergency, please tell me, maybe I can help!" The woman had no choice but to say, "I am unfortunate enough to have married a butcher with a violent temperament, who is often beaten and scolded to the bone. Before he went out today, he instructed me to sell the two pigs in my house for ten gold pieces. Then someone came to buy them, and they did get ten gold; and after the pig-buyer left, a neighbor came to my house and saw the silver, and said it was false silver. I went out to look for the pig buyer, but he had already disappeared. Quickly get to the silver store test, said it was copper, a series of several said it was copper. I thought, by this great deception, my husband will come back to beat me to death, anyway, it is death, death under the whip is better than death in the water. The three children are all born by me, mother and child die together, so that they will not be subjected to the poisonous whipping of that bad father. Wang A heard very hard, asked for the silver to see, really is copper. At this time, the silver gifted by his classmates happened to be in his sleeve, thinking that he was about to die, what is the use of this money? So when the woman did not notice, the silver in the sleeve quietly switched, said to the woman: "You almost made a big mistake! This is real silver, why is it copper?" The woman did not believe, Wang A then asked to go to the silver store test, a series of several, go said it is real silver. The woman rejoiced and said, "Luckily I met Mr. Wang, otherwise I almost made a big mistake!" She took the money and bowed and thanked her.

The winds of the Yangtze River still do not stop, five days have long passed Wang A is still not dead. He returned to Jinling, his classmates saw him back, all dragged him back to find the fortune-teller, want to taunt the fortune-teller nonsense. The fortune-teller was talking with others, and saw Wang Jia, took a closer look, and said with a smile: "Mr. Wang will not die now, and he will surely win the first place in this year's imperial examination! Next year, you will be admitted to Hanlin, and your life expectancy will be increased to eighty!" Wang A laughed and said, "Your words are inconsistent, just to cover up your inaccuracy." The physiognomist said, "It's not that my physiognomy is inaccurate, but you must have done extraordinary and great good deeds within these few days, saving several lives, so that you can salvage the power of creation." Wang A thought to himself, "If the ten gold I sent to that woman can really save several lives, it is also the credit of my classmate, because the money was sent by him, what has it got to do with me? This year, the examination, Wang A and the funding of his classmates really in the understanding of the first year, the next year, the two together into the Hanlin, the official ranked first grade, and get the blessing of longevity.

After reading the story, I felt a lot of feelings. Looking at the world, all beings, there are indeed many people with good intentions, often willing to help the poor, and even save people from fire. However, when doing good, did not really do willingly and do not ask for return, and even to tell others: "This is what I brought to send you." Afterwards, but also often remembered in the heart, encountered their own help people, the heart of the rise in vain pride in the air, and even complained that the other side do not know how to be grateful. What's more, some people do good is in order to win the praise of the crowd, to win a "good man" reputation, do a little bit of good things on the publicity, running around, lest the world have a person does not know. All of these, although they have also been pouring money to do good, but because of the heart is not pure, and did not achieve perfection. Wang A good deeds, the gift of ten gold, although not much, but willing and do not ask for return, and even do not let the other side know, and afterward do not take credit for themselves, but also attribute the credit to others. He had accumulated great virtue in the underworld, and the heavenly rewards for him were naturally abundant. Doing good and giving, should have Wang A such a bosom, before not see the giving of their own, not see the giving of property, after not see the people being helped, such as white clouds drifting across the clear sky, although had given a person the beauty, but no coloring, do not leave traces. As the Vajra Sutra says, "The Bodhisattva's blessings are immeasurable when he gives without dwelling."

The reverse story is called "A Stepmother Hurts Her Son," about a man whose wife died, leaving behind a son. The man took another wife, who was sinister by nature, and after the stepmother gave birth to a son, the man died. Before his death, he explained that he would divide the family property equally between the two sons. After the death of the man, the wife of the latter sudden evil thoughts, no scruples, the son of his ex-wife as a slave treatment, clothing and food and biological son of separate treatment, the most abusive thing. The son of his ex-wife to the age of fourteen, five years old to work in the town of money, all the money to the stepmother, but the stepmother is still evil thoughts. One day, the stepmother steamed rice cakes and sent her own son to the store to ask her eldest son to come back to eat. When the son heard that there was rice cake, he quietly ran to the kitchen and ate it, but he did not expect to die of poisoning after eating it. It turned out that the stepmother had put poison in the rice cakes, wanting to poison her ex-wife's son, not realizing that she had harmed herself and others, but ended up killing her own son.

After reading the story, my heart is very heavy. Such a stepmother should be remorseful for the rest of her life, right? The world is so big that it is as common as fallen leaves on the street to see children not being filial to their parents, mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law not getting along, and stepmothers harming their children. All this is because people do not believe in karma. If the world gets wealth, if it is not taken in the right way, then it is bad wealth, not only can't keep it, but also has bad disasters attached to it; the world's heart is evil, or secretly harms others, not realizing that harming others will ultimately harm oneself. If the world's mothers are good, kind and gentle, will be the son of his ex-wife as his own, and even all the children of the world as their own children, with such a broad mind, even if your food and clothing used and have not benefited the world's children, but the mind has been a good karma, the seeds of goodness is like a flower, no matter whether it will bear fruit, will be able to feel the fragrance of the overflowing.

After reading the whole book, and then looking at the title, "Sitting on Flowers and Fruit," I had to marvel at Mr. Wang Dao Ding's good intentions in writing this book, his understanding of the cause and effect of good and evil, and his earnest exhortation to all beings, all concentrated in the "sitting on flowers and fruit" in the words, sitting on flowers, harvesting the fruit, a metaphor for the back of it is the silent cultivation. As the saying goes, "You reap what you sow, and you reap what you sow", God is fair to everyone, and everything without exception is intricate karma. The Buddha said: "All the blessings of the field, not away from the square inch. Our hearts are originally empty, good and evil are all up to us. Planting flowers is the cause, harvesting is the effect. To think a good thought is to plant a flower in the field of our heart, and after being nourished by sunlight, air, soil and water, it will bear fruits that we can enjoy ourselves. Even if the flower does not bear fruit after it has bloomed, the field of our heart becomes infinitely pleasurable and perfumed by the fragrance of the flower. In the planting of flowers, we can "only ask for cultivation, do not ask for harvest", do not have to force a certain harvest of fruit, we plant flowers in the process of physical and mental relaxation, forget about the troubles, is not a kind of harvest? That kind of peace and pleasure, and when Mr. Tao Yuanming "pick chrysanthemums under the East Fence, leisurely see the South Mountain" when the state of mind should be very similar to it?

If we are in the daily life, if we can be everywhere in the good heart, say good things, do good things, do good, that is every day in the heart of the field of planting flowers, a good idea is a flower, an evil idea is a thorn. If you plant more flowers, the garden of your heart will be beautiful and fragrant, and you can even harvest sweet fruits without realizing it; if you plant more thorns, you will not only hinder yourself from moving forward, but also injure yourself in the end. Speaking of planting flowers, suddenly remembered my sister recently told me a small thing. Sister one day to a unit to do business, because there is no familiar people, do not know where to go, up and down a few times, see the end of the day, she was sweating. Being anxious, a young girl came over with a smile on her face, kindly called my sister's name, pulled her to the office to sit down, but also made tea for her, and then took my sister to do things to handle. Sister is very grateful, constantly thanked the girl, and then asked curiously: "We do not know each other, why you not only know my name, but also so warm to me?" The girl said in surprise, "Oops, you don't remember me?" I went to the hospital last winter alone to see a doctor, cold and hungry, you lend me a hot water bag to cover my hands, but also to help me go to the cafeteria to buy food!" Only then did my sister vaguely remember, as if there really was such a thing. Sister said that the incident was so small that she had forgotten about it, but others remembered it and somehow got help when they needed it. It was like sowing a seed with one's own hands, and without realizing it, it blossomed. One's own accidental small goodness can get such a good return, not to mention the heart of goodness, do more good deeds?

Doing good deeds, like planting flowers, should also follow the destiny and do not climb the destiny. In the Internet to see a small story, quite touching. A young man heard that doing good will have a good reward, every day to think of doing good, but he felt that he did not meet can help people. One day on the subway, saw a girl carrying a large bag, then smilingly went up and said he wanted to help the girl carry the bag, the girl was very wary, said: "No, I carry my own." The boy insisted again and again, and even reached out to grab the girl's bag, while grabbing it, said: "I'm a good person, to do good, you let me help you carry it!" Who knows the girl was frightened, immediately took out his cell phone and reported to the police. As a result, the young man "good deeds" to the Public Security Bureau. I think, this guy's original intention can not say bad, originally good intentions are good, but only because I do not know how to follow the fate, but instead of making a mess. In fact, when you think about it, life, for the good way a lot of many, afraid of not for the good heart. From saving a life to giving up your seat, there are so many good things to do. Doing good and virtue, do not necessarily want to think that Wang A, you have to give people money to be considered good, the poor can also do good charity, because in addition to money, there are heart charity, face charity, eye charity, word charity and other seven kinds of charity. Always thinking good thoughts, wearing a smile, looking at people with kind eyes, speaking gently, seeing people's gains as if they were my gains, seeing people's losses as if they were my losses, giving people a warm smile, or a word of encouragement and consolation, these are all kinds of giving, which do not require spending money, but are equally capable of planting the field of blessings.

The old saying goes: "When the mind moves, disaster and happiness are already determined, not to mention the implementation. It is believed that in life, the mind accompanies us at all times. Our good thoughts and good deeds are like planting a fragrant and beautiful flower, so that we can walk faithfully among the flowers and enjoy the fruits of happiness; evil thoughts and evil deeds are like sharp and incomparable thorns, and when one day the field of your heart is full of thorns, you realize that you can't move an inch, and you are bruised and battered. Since it is so good to plant flowers, why not plant flowers as they are?