Was there a broken finger Buddha in ancient times? those days

There is no broken finger Buddha, but there is a story of finding a way to find it.

Finger-cutting method (Zen case-solving 5 1)

The Tang Dynasty Yangshan Huiji Zen Master, known as the "Little Monk", was sent to the temple by his parents at the age of nine. At the age of sixteen, his parents tried their best to take him home and get married.

Hui Ji was surprised to ask why. My father said, "I sent you to become a monk because the fortune teller said that you are a murderer. Only when you enter the Buddha and seek the protection of the Bodhisattva can you be raised.

Now that your bad luck is over, you can go back to the customs and inherit our family's incense, so you don't have to live in poverty in the temple. "

Hui Ji felt very uncomfortable after hearing this: on the one hand, she felt that her parents had good intentions and deep kindness; On the other hand, I am very sad that my parents believe in fallacies and take sacred Buddhism as an available springboard.

Then I thought, I have converted to Buddhism now. If you marry according to your parents' wishes, it will lead to doomed love, but if you refuse directly, I am afraid it will not help. What should I do? After careful consideration, he came up with a unique trick: when his family was not looking, he cut off the ring finger and little finger of his left hand, put them on a plate dripping with blood, held them to see his parents, and knelt down to beg: "My child has fled to Buddhism. As a disciple of the true faith, I swear that I must ask for supreme enlightenment in this life. My parents are very kind, but I prayed for something in return, but I will never return to the secular world and re-form a family. " Today, I will break my finger to show my determination. Please ask my parents to fulfill my wish! "

When parents saw two broken fingers stained with blood in Huiji cuisine, they knew that their will was firm and hard to change, so they had to let Huiji return to Buddhism.

There are two "signs" in this case of Huishan Huiji Zen Master.

One is implicit:

That is, the case-solving first leads to Hui Ji's parents' motivation to send their children to Buddha-seeking fart protection-which is the epitome of many passive worshippers in the world escaping from suffering.

The motive of concealing responsibility is only a blasphemy against the Buddhist spirit of compassion.

In fact, the eminent monks of all ages were ascetic monks, and they all went through hardships to prove their supreme consciousness. How can they protect all beings from evil regardless of cause and effect?

The second is to express:

Ordinary people have a shallow understanding of the meaning of becoming a monk. Some people don't want to become monks because their lives are hard. Some people think that most monks are stimulated to see through the world of mortals and escape into Buddhism.

In order to refuse to return to the secular world, Master Huishan Huiji did not hesitate to cut off his fingers and cut off his parents' hope that he would continue to burn incense. Without this great wish, he can't become a monk, how can he become a master?