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In ancient times, water Benares had a very ham gold. Each day has dawn sky, he immediately went everywhere diligent work to make money, not daring to rest. All money earned misery are things he used to buy gold is the most popular. Earning much more and more and more gold. Small pieces of gold can not satisfy desires, so he brought all the gold molded into a pot of gold, each day brings a golden vase watching, not to leave hands.

Every day spent so much time watching the pot of gold to the golden mean craving for more and more deep. Gradually, the mind enjoy gold per turn into anxiety - fear of the average gold theft. So he went in the house secretly dug a secret tunnel hides gold in there does not mean anyone's knowledge. After getting a golden mean, he wants to have more vessels of gold, so as to bring their best to work to make money, not daring to rest a minute, the fastings wear, a trend also could not spend it. Money have been taken gold exchange, re-molded into a pot of gold. So, forget forget eat sleep work, gradually increasing the seven vessels of gold, but day labor force, his health is increasingly weak. Weakness of his health can not afford such hard work, he finally died after a severe illness.

Because the average craving gold, so death came after reincarnated as a snake around gold in the vault. Daily average seven gold attachment does not leave, so the attachment as deep golden mean. When the public network, the transfer student-friendly solid snake, just like life after life are reincarnating themselves to guard seven solid gold bottle cellar arise without warning labels.

Tens of thousands of years, people in mind gold because gold bottle attachment that forever reborn as solid body, day after day, every snake around in the cache of gold.

One day, last for life and solid body keep on changing not extremely tired, feel disgusted living, thinking: "Did we keep on lifetimes are few solid body guard vessels of gold This star? I can not be like that forever. Because the average craving seven gold, preceptors lifetimes as poisonous snakes. I do not want to live the days of solid body like that! We must change our lives. "

So poisonous snakes came out of the tunnel they were guarding thousands of years, crawled out of the road, hidden in the grass. It detects someone nearby grass stems sound came to elicit the attention of passers-by. The sound that the road stood still and looked around the sound came from, but not overlooking the whereabouts go off again, see how impatient solid crawled out of the grass, tell pedestrians that:

- Can you come a little close, I asked him to want to help.

Road users say viper heard startled question:

- You call me almost want to hurt me?

- If I wanted to hurt him, he just could not hurt to close it? Bothered me a little closer to him.

Listen viper say so, but fear pedestrians but also to go to almost solid. Snake then said his intention is to bring a pot of gold offerings to the Sangha, expect pedestrians to help it achieve this merit. Listen to the wishes of the snakes, so pedestrians praise praise, he agreed to help.

Pedestrians promise to burden the place of snakes and snake with yellow bottle go to the temple. Between the lines have seen the burden snake scene should feel the burden he asked curiously solid going? But the arrogant pedestrians did not answer.

Snakes see the arrogant attitude of road users, not happy, start to feel anger, poison center as outbreaks, the release of this deadly poison spray, but then thought: "The pride that though there but there is grace for me, because I can not bring resentment and anger that favor a ". So angry ballast to fire. People do not come to a solid, strict liability came pedestrians:

- Long and his arrogance has opposed direct compassion.

Pedestrians listening deeply regret, vow to leave immediately interested arrogant, humble compassionate treatment to people.

After the temple, and brought pedestrians wishes of the white solid with the shaman in the temple, and praise you immensely, not only receiving but also reveal the offerings for solid Dharma hear:

- Giving offerings are blessed wealth, stingy four species of lotus is threatened as hungry ghosts. Precept is born into pure heaven, human beings enjoy all the good. Seeing the Buddha and the Sangha beings admire joy worshiping the idols pretty strict radical.

Snakes seen Sangha purity, to hear the Dharma nectar, open the solution center, very cool inside, joy, generosity born diligent attention and decision offered the remaining vessels of gold, should Visiting a monk follows his secret bunker to retrieve the remaining six vessels of gold and increase our offerings.

Because of chastity Sangha wins offerings, so solid dies after being born to heaven Trayastrimsa.

Word of the Buddha's doctrine as:

Just because the attachment of gold, which makes thousands of poisonous snakes, because an enlightened concept, starting pure heart, repent sincerely, to increase their offerings of gold per my previous attachment not leave. Due to this merit based charity that kill guilty targets shields, super Trayastrimsa born to heaven. Two different result so far is due to the attitude towards gold different form: it threatened to crush attachment, detachment is the detachment. This story teaches us lesson may renounce the peace, liberated.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=THE EIGHTFOLD PATH.NAM MO SAKYA MUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.8/6/2014.