甲魚的報恩
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「種善因，得善果。」
是天地間的自然法則，想收穫生命甜美的果實，就需要先播下好的種籽，當時機成熟，自然會收穫累累甜美的果實。
無論你現在過得是否幸福，聽我來說個令人感動的故事吧。。。
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我姓李，我的丈夫是當地農業局局長。
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有一年過年，先生收到一位客人送來一隻大甲魚。我記得菩提弟子有個戒律，師父要求我們不能吃龜、蛇、狗，所以我們夫妻就不吃養著。養了幾個月，甲魚生了五粒可愛的小魚蛋，經常來串門子的客人就說，這甲魚湯喝起來可特別鮮美，若能和著魚蛋一起熬煮，那可真是人間美味啊，他們就想著要喝魚湯，我和先生聽了卻只是笑笑說：「還是養著好。」
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那一年，咱們地區發生嚴重的大旱，好幾個月不下雨，田裡種的麥子、禾苗，都黃了，地也都裂了。有一天傍晚，我跟老公出門散步時，看到災情慘重，都很難過，我就向先生提議說：「咱們可不可以把甲魚放生了，咱們啥也不求，就求牠給咱們下一場雨吧。」先生想想：「也沒別的辦法了，就試試看吧！」
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第二天一大早，天還沒亮，我們就把把那條甲魚，和五顆甲魚蛋，用大手絹給包起來兜著，去附近的一個水庫放生，因為白天放的話，怕被人家給抓了去。我們將甲魚放生後，因為擔心魚蛋會被其他的魚兒吃掉，就在水庫旁找了一塊沙地，把魚蛋埋到沙地裡等待孵化。完事之後，夫妻倆高高興興地就回家了。
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沒有多久，也就幾天的時間，大家猜怎麼了？下雨了，傾盆大雨啊，大雨紮紮實實地下了一場，下的透透的。非常奇妙的是，這場傾盆大雨，就只下在老公作為局長管轄的區域內，其他鄰村，鄰旁的縣城照樣乾旱沒有一滴雨。
還有更好玩的是，沒過幾天，我就做了個夢。夢到甲魚媽媽帶著她的五個小寶寶來感謝我，跳舞給我看，感謝我的不殺之恩。夢醒之後，我覺得怎麼這麼真實呢，就好像真的發生在我眼前一樣，我看看表，時間還不到五點，天已經開始濛濛地亮起來了，我起身走出院子想做早課，大門一打開，很驚奇地發現，在家大門前的沙地上，有很多的小腳印，一個一個的，好像真有小動物在那裡跳舞留下的痕跡。信不信由你！
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大家看完這個故事，是不是覺得很神奇呢？其實，這些因果故事太多了，在咱們師兄姐自己身上的就有很多。這就是所謂的因果自然法則，萬物皆有情，種善因得善果的道理。這位同修救了甲魚全家的性命，甲魚也用這樣奇特的方式來回報、感謝她。
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My family name is Li. The story below happened a few years ago.
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I used to suffer from serious mental illness. Just how serious was it? My husband is the Director of Agriculture here, and often holds meetings. I would often sit naked outside the steps to his office to wait for him, without the slightest bit of embarrassment. My husband was totally embarrassed, but could do nothing despite trying all means to help me seek treatment for many years. Thus, so long as there’s a slight lapse in attention, I’d run about the streets in the buff, causing much distress to my husband.
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Fortunately, my husband was introduced to Bodhi Meditation through a friend. Without much initial thought, I started the guided meditation practices. Remarkably, I gradually regained my sanity after practicing the methods and am now just like a normal person.
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During a new year, my husband was gifted a large turtle by a visiting guest. I remembered that Bodhi Meditation disciples have a precept – master asked that we do not eat turtles, snakes and dogs. So we kept the turtle and did not eat it. After some months, the turtle laid five cute little eggs. The regular visitors all remarked that this turtle would serve as excellent and delicious fresh soup, especially with the eggs cooked together. They were all preoccupied thinking about the turtle soup while my husband and I only smiled and responded with “.. it’s better to just breed it.”
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There was a serious drought in our area that year, with no rainfall for several months, causing the wheat and seedlings in the field to all turn yellow. Even the ground cracked. One evening, as I went out for a stroll with my husband, I witnessed the severity of the crisis. Saddened, I turned to suggest to him, “.. shall we free the turtle? Let’s seek nothing in return, just pray that it brings us rain.” My husband thought, “Since there isn’t any other way, let’s just try it!”
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The next morning before day break, we placed the turtle and its five eggs in a large handkerchief, wrapped them carefully and moved them to a nearby reservoir to release. We were concerned that the turtle would be captured if this was done in broad daylight. After releasing the turtle, we buried the turtle eggs at a sandy pit by the bank for fear that the eggs would be eaten by fishes. After that, we left for home happily.
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Not long after, within the next few days, can any one guess what happened? Rain! Torrential rain poured for a solid session. It was a truly thorough downpour. The remarkable sight was the downpour occurred only within the jurisdiction managed by my husband. The other neighboring villages including those adjacent to the county remained dry with nary a drop of rain.
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To add to the fun, I had a dream a few days after. In it, the turtle mother brought her five little babies to thank me. They even danced in a show of gratitude for not killing them. I awoke from the dream, marveling at how surreal it was, as if it happened before my eyes. Glancing at the time, I realized it was barely 5am, and the day had just begun to brighten hazily. I got up to go out to the yard for my early practice. As I opened the door, I was very surprised to find that there were many small footprints in the sand pit at the front of the house. Well-spaced out, they resembled the prints left by little animals which had been dancing there. Believe it or not, I’ll leave that to you!
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In fact, there are countless cause-and-effect stories. They all happened in the lives of our fellow Dharma brothers and sisters. This is the typical causal law of nature. All sentient beings are inherently kind, and the principle that one reaps benevolence with the planting of a benevolent seed holds true. This fellow practitioner had saved the lives of a family and in return, experienced the miraculous events which followed, due to the turtles being grateful and repaying their gratitude.
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If you’ve enjoyed the story, please feel free to share it with more friends, and enjoy the blessings!!
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