Chapter 434 The Incomplete Beauty
Frankly, I am not qualified to comment on a person's beliefs.
Lu Wenchang believes in the Double-Faced Buddha, it must be because the Double-Faced Buddha has helped him in some way, or saved him physically, or comforted him spiritually.
I did not rush to deny his belief, but followed his words and said, "Listen to what you mean, your wife and children are disabled. This is the result of past lives. Are they destined to have this disaster?"
"The troubles in this life are all caused by the accumulation of evil in the previous life. If you want to be free, you can only take refuge in me, the Buddha, and wash away your karma." The man's eyes were calm, and his wife Chang Feifei also had a pious face. Only the young Lu Ming listened. Not understanding what his father was talking about, he lowered his head in distress.
"Believing in the Buddha can wash away karma?" I looked at the couple in front of me, and I saw a microcosm of the entire Double Buddha District from them. At that time, I visited Li Changgui's manor at night. The home of the richest man in New Shanghai also enshrined a double-faced Buddha statue. It can be inferred that belief in the Double-Faced Buddha is a very common thing in the Double-Buddha District.
"Buddhism has endless wonderful uses. It can not only wash away sins, but also sublimate your body and mind. And because it is a dual practice of blessing and wisdom, you do things with the mentality of benefiting all living beings, and ultimately benefit yourself. Because it is not selfish, it can achieve success. It's selfish." What the man said makes some sense, but I, who know the roots of the Double-Faced Buddha, know that the Buddha they believe in is not that perfect.
The Buddha has two sides, one with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and the other with a ferocious spirit. This Buddha is not that Buddha.
I looked at the man with a smile: "Let's just talk about cleansing sins. I wonder what big mistakes your wife and children have made that led to this disaster?"
The man did not speak immediately. He paused for a while and then said: "Don't talk about my family, let's use myself as an example. When I was a child, I was naughty and fished in the water. After I caught it, I threw it on the shore and let it die in the sun. I went up the mountain to catch a bamboo rat, cut off its tail, and put it together with a domestic cat. I watched it being played to death, but I stood aside and clapped my hands in applause. Now that I think about it, this is all evil. I have committed countless crimes inadvertently in my life. These evil thoughts have been tormenting me, but since I believed in my Buddha, everything has improved greatly. I no longer feel depressed, my soul has been purified, and I have a heart for good."
"What you said sounds ridiculous to me. The Buddha you believe in must have said that all living beings are equal. In a sense, you are the same living beings as the bamboo rats and crucian carps you tortured. But you used the cruelest method to They tortured them to death, they lost their lives, but you only need to recite a few lines of Amitabha to eliminate your karma? Is this fair? Is this what the Buddha said about the equality of all living beings?" I smiled faintly: "The reason why you can believe in the Buddha, The ultimate reason for finding solace for the soul is that you are stronger than bamboo rats and crucian carps. The reason why you did not kill those who bullied you is because humans have a perfect system. The reason why you did not kill tigers and sharks is because you are weak. There is no ability to kill them. Natural selection is such a simple principle. If you have to mix it with Buddhist principles and find a high-sounding reason to excuse it, wouldn't you be the murderer of bamboo rats and crucian carp? ?”
There was anger on the man's face. I didn't give him a chance to speak and continued: "You said that the flaws in your wife and son are due to the evil accumulated in previous lives, but can you be sure that people have previous lives? That's just you. The Buddha you believe in creates an illusion for you that can never be proven. It is deliberately promoted to cater to certain needs in your heart. I do not deny that there is a real Buddha in the world, but the Buddha you believe in is just a false Buddha. "
When Lu Wenchang heard this, he clenched his fists and stood up from his seat. He pointed at me. If Chang Feifei hadn't tried to stop him, he would have punched me: "You have never believed in me, Buddha, how could you? Export slander!”
"I have never seen the Buddha you believe in, but I know that a belief that takes advantage of disabled people to seek comfort is despicable! He seems to have found a reason to numb himself for your shortcomings, but in fact he is just Treat you as a tool. The Buddha you believe in is not tall, and he will not really help you. Only you are the master of your inner life. Everyone's life is firmly in their own hands, and their disabilities do not actually matter. It’s not scary, what’s scary is the betrayal and compromise of the soul.” I tried my best to make them wake up, because I knew very well that the proportion of disabled people in Shuangfo District was ten to twenty times that of other urban areas. This is extremely Abnormal, their appearance is probably not accidental, but part of the Double-Faced Buddha plan.
"Ignorant person, talking nonsense, if you continue to slander me, don't blame me for being rude." Lu Wenchang's hand was held by Chang Feifei, and his pale face looked a little ferocious at this time.
"Didn't your Buddha tell you to be kind to others and not to be brave and aggressive? Sit down, you and I are just discussing, and I'm not completely denying what you mean." I was afraid that Lu Wenchang would attract the flight attendants, so I tried to persuade him. I breathed a sigh of relief after he sat down.
"I don't care about you. Buddha is in my heart. No matter how you slander, you can't change my heart to worship Buddha." Lu Wenchang said firmly. He seemed very pitiful to me. According to my guess, what really caused the disability of his wife and children The murderer may be the Two-Faced Buddha, and his devout belief is the real culprit who caused the disaster.
Seeing that the man and I were still quarreling, Chang Feifei quickly grabbed her husband and started gesturing at me in sign language.
I didn’t understand sign language, so I was confused, but the eyes of father and son Lu Wenchang and Lu Ming became gentle after seeing the gestures.
"What do these gestures mean?"
Realizing that I was a little confused, Lu Wenchang was not prepared to talk to me. He snorted coldly, hugged Chang Feifei gently, and started communicating in sign language as well.
"So vindictive?" I still underestimated the influence of faith on a person. Lu Wenchang was unwilling to talk to me. I turned to look at his child, reached out and patted Lu Ming on the shoulder: "Little guy, your mother just said What?"
The little boy shrank his neck, glanced at his father timidly, and then whispered: "Mom is apologizing to you on behalf of dad. I hope you won't hurt the peace."
He raised his round face and said, "Actually, my father is a very kind person. He has never lost his temper because of these little problems that my mother and I have. He has always taken good care of my mother and me..."
I learned everything about this family from the children.
Chang Feifei lost her speech function due to acquired nerve compression, while Lu Ming's right arm was amputated because she accidentally fell when she was playing with a friend on the roof of a bungalow when she was five years old. Her right forearm was penetrated by a steel bar, causing a severe tearing wound. , and due to the issue of treatment costs, the optimal treatment time was delayed, and finally he was forced to have his leg amputated.
Lu Ming's incident has always been a pain in his father's heart. It was precisely because of Lu Ming's accident that Lu Wenchang began to believe in the Double-Faced Buddha, trying to use the illusory Buddha to forgive himself and let the guilt in his heart dissipate.
Through Lu Ming's narration, the life of this family of three was presented to me. Only the person involved knew the ups and downs, but there were also some parts that moved me.
For example, Lu Ming had his right arm amputated and used his left hand to practice writing and eating. In order to accompany him and not harm this young child, Lu Wenchang and Chang Feifei, the parents, began to exercise their left hands since then. Every time they eat, the family of three uses their left hand. Pick up food with chopsticks.
There are many details of life like this, and every bit of warmth combined together constitutes their life.
This is an optimistic and strong family. I didn’t want to hurt them anymore, but my conscience told me that they shouldn’t be like this. They should enjoy a better life instead of sitting with me in this car leading to the underworld. On the train.
I sighed, got rid of distracting thoughts, put myself in the calmest state, and analyzed the situation of this family from beginning to end.
Lu Wenchang and Chang Feifei are loyal believers in the Double-Faced Buddha, and the turning point in their belief in the Double-Faced Buddha came from Lu Ming. If Lu Ming had not had an accident, their family's living situation would definitely be much better than it is now.
"A five-year-old child was playing with his friends on the roof of a bungalow, and then he accidentally fell and his right arm was penetrated by a steel bar. No matter how you think about it, there is a smell of conspiracy."