Master Jianyin ???? Cloth Bag Monk Restored Ear that was Pulled Afar 布袋和尚。拉耳還原

(English subtitles) Master Jianyin, 鑑因法師 (1937-2024) , Talks Dharma.
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Those who have attained the Arahant fruit can change as they wish. He can take his ears off and put them back. They are able to do that. He would take his ears off to show you and put them back later, doing all sorts of change.
The Cloth Bag Monk came to this world and manifested. Once, he was traveling and stayed in a temple for a while. During that time, he gave all the alms he begged outside to the temple,
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and he always supported that temple. In the Buddhist temple, we usually knock the board, Dong..., outside at dining time. What's the point of knocking on a board? When the wandering monks hear the knocking on the board, they know it's dining time and they can come in to eat. We monks have no home, We have homes everywhere. No matter where the temple is, we can go in and eat, and they can't refuse. Anyway, if you hear knocking the board, You can eat in as you like. Every temple is ours and not ours. Thus, he would eat in when the board is knocked.
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He didn't usually work there and had no assigned job. He didn't want to stay in one place for long, he preferred to travel around. So, the chief master disliked him very much. You only came for eating and never help with chores in the temple. Thus, the manner master had many complaints. On hearing the knock on the board, he would sit in the back corner waiting for his meal. Little did they know that he helped this temple with the alms he begged.
He usually came to eat when the board was knocked. There are many inhabitants in the Buddhist temple of the mainland. Only temples with more than a thousand people are considered large temples. It's not a temple like here, there are only one or two monks. In mainland China, even 700 people is considered a small temple. Many are above 1000. When there are many people, the manner master doesn't know everyone, but he was special.
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One day, before the meal time, he came early. The front middle seat was prepared for the abbot. Once the abbot was seated, the manner master would start to chant, and they could chant for offering. Originally, everyone was seated first, waiting the abbot to take his seat, and the chanting began. The Cloth Bag Monk used to sit at the back corner. That day, he sat in the abbot's seat beforehand. Then those inhabitants took their seat one by one, and said, Cloth Bag Monk, why are you sitting there? Not only is he sitting there,
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he's also making faces here and there. Everybody was laughing. The Cloth Bag Monk was very funny. The strict manner master saw that everybody was laughing. This was a very large temple and had strict manner. Otherwise, how did they manage this temple? He slammed the table and told them not to laugh. Why do you laugh like this today? Everybody dared not to laugh, but he made faces again. Everyone held back their laughter. The more they held back their laughter, the more they wanted to laugh. Finally, they burst out laughing. Weird, why does everyone laugh today? Then he saw someone sitting in the abbot's seat. Why was he the Cloth Bag Monk? That's why everybody is laughing. How could the Cloth Bag Monk sit on the abbot's seat? Go, don't sit there. Abbot is coming. He was unwilling to go but made faces to the manner master. Everybody laughed again. If someone doesn't behave, the abbot will knock his head later. The manner master will be beaten and accused of being unable to lead the masses.
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Since the Cloth Bag Monk wouldn't go, he came over and pulled his ear and urged him to go immediately. Then he dragged him away to where he used to sit, at the far end and far side. He kept pulling his ears, so he thought he was dragged. When reaching that position, he turned around and found out why that man was still sitting there, only his ear had been pulled far away by me. The Cloth Bag Monk's ear was quite long, but that was too much exaggerated.
Evidently, he was competent, and he had achieved the Arahant fruition. It turned out that only the ear was pulled long, but the man was still sitting. He was so shocked, he released the ear instantly, and the ear shrank back like elastic rubber band.
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When the ear shrank back, the abbot happened to walk in and saw this stunning scene. This is a large temple in mainland. It's said most the abbots of large temples have certified fruition, manifesting as monks to liberate beings, and are competent people, so they are able to manage and lead so many monks. As the proverb says, You would lead 30,000 soldiers rather than lead 3 monks. Monks seem behave well but actually not easy to lead. Because the monks look majestic, you don't know their competency.