Master Hai Tao - Bad Monk in Past Life Became a Rascal This Life and Bullied Me

(English subtitles) Master Hai Tao 海濤法師 talks dharma. 連續三年欺負法師 前世的惡和尚轉世到今生做了黑社會
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Two years ago, I had been bullied badly by one person for 3 years in a row. He is a rascal and has good relationships
with both black and white. When I went to preach, he could ask the government to cancel the assembly. Sometimes, he brought gangsters to make trouble. I was preaching up there, He said beneath: “Hai Tao, get down, stop talking.” He dropped black leaflets, saying bad things about me. I was very confused, there were policemen and gangsters standing aside. We couldn't scold him, I won't. I was worried about devotees: “Don't scold him.” If scold him, he will take a video for you: “Look, monks bully people.” I really have no way. Once, I was determined to ignore him. He actually took a bucket of filth, ran over to our office and dumped it. Everyone inside was frightened. You see, he bullied people to such an extent.
Besides, he shaves his head, and he is really macho, looks like a monk, also like a gangster.
He has his head shaved, and is grumpy. Later, do you know the reason? I went find out the reason. So when I encounter these things, I try my best to bear it: “Sorry...” Thus, I back off as much as possible. Injustice has its cause, debt has its owner. A devotee gave us a land just next to his house. He was not happy no matter what we did. He was unhappy with the water. He was unhappy with the mosquito either. This is my causal relationship with him, which is a debt. What's the debt? Let me explain to you. In my past life, I was also an abbot of a temple, and he was a monk, a little dharma master. A devotee gave me an offering. He was not available to come to me in the mountain and handed the money to the monk. Then he put the money into his own pocket and didn't tell me. Later the rich devotee came up to the mountain. “3 months ago, I handed some money to your disciple so-and-so. Did you get it?” No.
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Later I checked, it turns out that he spent it. I was so angry and went to reprimand him and kicked him out. In fact, though he was wrong, I shouldn't scold him. It's wrong to scold like that. I should say I pity you. You committed sin out of greed, you must repent. This is how we should handle it. But I lost my temper at that moment, I scolded him. As a result, he was kicked out. Then he was that monk. So, he scolded me when he saw me because I scolded him in the past. How was this matter resolved? Later, I held a dharma assembly in southern Taiwan. There was a benefactor specializing in butchering pigs who was more of a gangster than he was. He asked me to liberate those pigs, and I promised. Others said: “Master, don't go, he is butchering pigs. We are busy, why do you go?” But I thought it's more pitiful for him to be a butcher. Fortunately, I went with a thought of compassion. Though it's troublesome, I still went. The butcher happened to bring gangsters that day. He is even more powerful than him.
“Don't you know I am the chairman of the Pig Butchery Union?” And he was with a city councilor. Then that man behaved well. Then the butcher went to his home in person. What do you need from my master? Nothing...Butcher pinned him down, and that's ok then. The man came over and apologized, he was afraid of offending the butcher. Do you know who this butcher is ? That is the benefactor who gave him money. Only he can deal with that man, no one else can. He is in debt to his benefactor, and I am in debt to him. Because of my compassionate thought, I promised him to do the dharma assembly. Because we were too busy to do it during those days. But I said: “It's a rare chance the butchers were willing to do it, and we should go. Hope these pigs are liberated, though they cannot avoid slaughter. His business is booming, but we let him amass a merit. Hence, it solved my problem. Understand? Now when that man sees me, he runs away fast. From then, no trouble at all.
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But I still repent to him via butcher's word. I passed this story on to him, and he said: “I don't blame you.” Because I don't want him to feel guilty, I just said: “You have predestined affinity with Buddhism. Otherwise, you wouldn't shave your head, wear rosary beads and curse. “It's because you love me so that you hate me,” that's all I can say. Indeed, I hurt you because I did this thing. I didn't mention he corrupted and I scolded him badly. I just said: Back then, he was a monk and I fired him. He was upset for this reason. So you used to be a Buddhist too. I sent him many things like rosary beads and books as a token of goodwill. I think when he is old in the future, one day he will study Buddhism seriously.
I tell you my real experience is that when encountering any adversity, don't blame the other party first. We could have a bad causal connection in the past. Things of one kind come together. So if your son is not filial to you, your husband cheats on you, your friend betrays you, There must be causal connections.