Master Hai Tao - Mouse Repays Gratitude 老鼠報恩
(English subtitles) 真愛人生由家開始 Buddhist Master Hai Tao (海濤法師, born in 1958) talks dharma.
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I will tell you a story. There is a woman. Her husband was deeply in debt and died of a serious illness. She owed a lot of money, and even the government was urging her to pay it back.
She didn't know what to do. One day, she felt desperate and couldn't live further, so she closed the door, tied a rope under the beam and committed suicide. The next day, neighbors felt strange why she didn't open the door. She usually open the door every day. Is she in trouble? When they broke in, she was lying on the floor with a rope around her neck. She's still breathing, not dead. They noticed the rope was broken. It turns out that it was bitten by a mouse on the beam. Why? People usually raised cats to catch mice. She doesn't have a cat on purpose to protect the mice. In addition, she also fed the rats uneaten food. So when she committed suicide, the mouse chewed through the rope to prevent her from dying. After being rescued, she was inspired. Even a mouse wanted her alive. Even mice cherish life.
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How could I take life lightly? Hence, her outlook on life has changed. Owing money to others is a trivial matter, pay it back slowly, life is more important. So, everything you do, every life you help, you will see, the good have good reward, the evil have bad retribution.
Subtitles:
I will tell you a story. There is a woman. Her husband was deeply in debt and died of a serious illness. She owed a lot of money, and even the government was urging her to pay it back.
She didn't know what to do. One day, she felt desperate and couldn't live further, so she closed the door, tied a rope under the beam and committed suicide. The next day, neighbors felt strange why she didn't open the door. She usually open the door every day. Is she in trouble? When they broke in, she was lying on the floor with a rope around her neck. She's still breathing, not dead. They noticed the rope was broken. It turns out that it was bitten by a mouse on the beam. Why? People usually raised cats to catch mice. She doesn't have a cat on purpose to protect the mice. In addition, she also fed the rats uneaten food. So when she committed suicide, the mouse chewed through the rope to prevent her from dying. After being rescued, she was inspired. Even a mouse wanted her alive. Even mice cherish life.
1:00
How could I take life lightly? Hence, her outlook on life has changed. Owing money to others is a trivial matter, pay it back slowly, life is more important. So, everything you do, every life you help, you will see, the good have good reward, the evil have bad retribution.