Lightening forever Yangqi’s lamp; Hotting eternally Baoshou’s ginger
Here are 2 stories of moral monks. Yangqi means a Chan master of Yangqi Order. In order to avoid violating Five Precepts of stealing, he bought oil with his own money for reading scriptures in the evening.
Baoshou is an administrator of a temple, and Jie Chan master is the abbot of this temple. Jie has an ill for a long time, and often needs some ginger and brown sugar. One day, after Baoshou began his work in temple, a waiter of Jie came into storage, and asked Baoshou for some ginger and sugar. Baoshou replied, these things are property of temple, and temple built from donation of multitudes must be used for multitudes. How can property of a temple be used by private? At last, Jie Chan master heeded the advisement of Baoshou, and bought them with his own money.
Because these two masters are carefully obeying Five Precepts, futurity looks up them with great respect forever.
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