Practitioners should not bathe often. The body of a yogi is fragrant.

Girls like to wear perfume. Do you know the origin of perfume? It is French aristocratic women who are too lazy to take a bath, so they stink, so they wear perfume every day. That's how perfume comes from. Does the human body stink? The human body doesn't stink, but we stink. Anatomists should know that the inside of the human body is not smelly, but the inside of the stomach. A yogi can make his body not smelly or fragrant.

Nan huaijin told a story before. When he was a child, he met a yogi who was quite mysterious and never took a bath. Once Nan Huai Jin went to his house, and he hid in a mosquito net. He told nan huaijin to stick his head in his mosquito net. Nan huaijin refused, he thought, and it must be smelly. Later, he pressed in. Nan huaijin found it not only smelly, but also fragrant. It's incredible. You know the old monk Xu Yun, right? Our master, whose legal name is Yaozidai, is an old monk Xu Yun. His disciples recalled that Xu Yun, an old monk, said that he bathed twice a year and cut his hair twice because Xu Yun was good at practicing Buddhism. But the body never stinks. Washing socks once a month doesn't stink. These are practitioners.

Generally speaking, some practitioners will rot and stink within a few days after our death, but practitioners are not like this. Isn't it a miracle that the sixth ancestor Huineng's body can persist for more than 1000 years in a humid and sultry place like Lingnan? Why, this is the power of practice.

As we all know, the body of heaven and man is actually fragrant, and it is called Xiang Jie, because he keeps precepts when practicing. Enjoy the blessing of heaven and man, and your body stinks. If a person's body is born with a bad smell, it is because his predecessors broke the precepts. If you are diligent in self-discipline, you will naturally smell. If you break the rules, you will naturally smell.

How can I make my body not stink? First of all, you must be a vegetarian, you can't kill anything. Meat is the corpse of an animal. You see, carnivores actually eat animal carcasses, such as vultures, that is, human carcasses and carrion of animals. This is a carnivore. When animals die, they will panic and produce toxins. When you eat its meat, the toxin will be transferred to your body. So people who eat too much meat smell like corpses. I have been a vegetarian for a long time. I can smell whether others are vegetarian, especially in summer.

Second, be merciful, not bear grudges, and have a peaceful mind. Anger for ten minutes consumes the energy equivalent to running three kilometers. You have to think about it. When you are angry, the human body naturally secretes toxins. These toxins enter the blood and destroy our cells. The cell is much more corrupt, like garbage in the sewer, and naturally it stinks. What kind of person is the ugliest? You know, angry people are the ugliest. When you are angry, look in the mirror. So don't get angry. When you are angry, others will remember your ugly appearance. The human body is made up of countless cells, so if there is rubbish in these cells, it must be discharged, and it is not excluded that diseases, cancers and cancerous tumors will occur. So why worship Buddha and recite Buddha? In other words, we should read out our sympathy, gratitude and respect. If your heart is compassionate, grateful and respectful, the cells in your body will be very active, very good, and will not be sick, so they will smell naturally.

Nowadays, people have to take a bath every day, and bathing can't wash away the odor of the human body, even if you wear a lot of perfume. The Buddha has a classic metaphor that our bodies can't be cleaned with water from all over the world. Why? Because for a long time, we ate meat, drank wine, chewed garlic and so on, and these smells entered our blood and cells. Under no circumstances can it be washed clean with water. Let's adjust our diet first. The Spring Festival is coming. Although all kinds of fish, meat and hot pot stimulate our taste, they are very harmful to our health. So be a vegetarian and try to be a vegetarian. At the same time, we should keep joy, peace and compassion in our hearts, and read and worship Buddha more. Why can a yogi look younger than a secular person? Because they did it, vegetarian and compassionate. If you do, perfume is already redundant. You smell good.

Transferred from Fu 'an Ancient Guanyin Pavilion.