Wherever I go, the worker who feeds the dog has already made a dress. Sometimes, even if I see skinny dogs on the street, I used to buy them from a nearby bakery and feed them. One day, a friend asked me a question about this dog feeding.
He asked me what is Tan La Nam, and my friend said it was Silver Nam. Then he realized that it was not because of Tan La Nam.
I told my friend that he had read a Korean novel, and he told me about it. The friend replied, “Oh, so I believe it.” I still remember it.
I would like to tell my religious friends about the story I told my friend. Once upon a time there was a monk in Ceylon named “Lord Sulanaga”.
In Anuradha, Ceylon, the Buddha’s collarbone is enshrined. There is a Pagoda, which is also the blessing of King Dewa Nampiya Tissa.
The big school near the Pagoda Pagoda is also called the Pagoda Monastery. Lord Sulanaga was a monk living in the Pagoda Monastery with other monks.
One day, when Lord Sula was washing his mouth after eating alms, he saw a female dog with puppies. When he looked carefully at the female dog, he was emaciated and very hungry.
When he saw the dog that looked hungry, Lord Sulunaga was very understanding. But after eating and washing the food, there is no food left to feed.
So, what did I do? Although I had already eaten the food, I vomited on the dog.
Lord Sulanaga not only fed the dog vomit, Put water in a broken pot and beat the water. Watching the dog gain enough weight to eat, Lord Sulanaga became thrilled like never before.
That’s why he asked for a reward. His prayer was… “I want to reach Nirvana because of the healing goodness that I fed this dog without disrespecting my own body.”
Even though he has not attained Nirvana yet, he is going through the cycle, but he wants to get a lot of material rewards.”
On the evening of Lord Sulunaga’s prayer, many laymen were selling butter, Hard to load, Shadows, They brought honey and asked where Lord Sulanaga lived.
Lord Sulunaga is also surprised to himself. Lord Sulunaga has distributed the offerings to his fellow monks.
Soon after, the Daka Daka came again. They brought medicines such as native phoenix flowers that were used in the Seyhol era and offered them again.
It is said that Lord Sulanaga distributed the donation to his friends in the same way as in the old days. When the alms were received in the morning, the poor people began to pour out a lot of alms dishes that could not be counted.
As for how much food they get, it is said that it is too much for all the monks who are staying at the school.
So, Lord Sulunaga played the stone drum and poured it back to the monks staying at the monastery. In the following days, Lord Sulunaga played the stone drum and gave it back to the monks every day.
One day, Lord Sulanagara became elated as he reflected on the charity he had done. Feeling the joy that had arisen, he became an arahant when he tried his best to practice meditation on the side of Vipassana.
Active and strong “philanthropy” is not only beneficial for the present but also for the future. One long time after Lord Sulnaga became an arahant, one day, five hundred monks came to the monastery.
They begged me to send them to the Great Bodhi tree in India. Lord Sulnaga also admitted that he would send them. The main reason for asking Lord Sulnaga to send them was so that there would be no difficulty in getting alms along the way.
As Lord Sulanaga had promised, he sent five hundred monks to the Great Bodhi Tree. Along the way, the gods and goddesses helped them along the way, and the poor women of the area also poured out an abundance of food and sweets.
On the way back after visiting the Great Bodhi Tree, Lord Sulanagara began to suffer from flatulence. Therefore, the monks who were with him were very sad.
The reason they were upset was that if Lord Sulunaga had passed away on the way, they would have had difficulty in providing food for them.
Knowing this, Lord Sulanaga said to his five hundred fellow monks, Lords, Don’t worry too much. If the disciple passes away, the rest of the disciple
Either in Mather’s water filter, which is the first one, If it’s a strike, join together and enter the city and village. So… I’m not tired of the four items on the road for the Rabbis.
He advised that it would be tiresome.
Lord Sulnaga Thera also passed away shortly after giving such advice. The rest of the monks buried Lord Sulnaga’s body properly and took his body as Lord Sulnaga had instructed.
It is said that he came back to the Ceylon Monastery with his three hundred and three hundredths of his life, without having to pay for the four things he had on his way. Even though the common charity was no longer a beneficiary, it is a small book of Ceylon Dharma.
I also realized that it was a small piece of clothing that revealed the nature of charity. As long as I remember the novel by Lord Sula Naga, I was still feeding the dogs. As long as I am feeding the dogs, I am reminded of Lord Sulanaga’s novel.
Credit – Lord Razinda (Rawawi Inma)