春夏秋冬又一春

There is an island in the center of a beautiful small lake. There is a temple on the island. An old monk and a young monk live in the temple. When spring came, the little monk tied stones to small fish and snakes with ropes when the old monk was out shopping. The old monk found all this when he came back. sympathetic. In summer, a sick girl came to the temple. The young monk fell in love with her. They ate the forbidden fruit. The old monk expelled the girl from the temple after finding out. The little monk sneaked out of the temple to find his lover. In autumn, the young monk came back. He committed murder outside and asked the old monk to take him in. The old monk ordered him to write Buddhist scriptures on the ground to resolve the sin. But the next morning, the young monk was taken away by the police. In winter, the young monk was released after serving his sentence. At this time, he was already a middle-aged man. He returned to the temple to practice, but the old monk had passed away. A middle-aged monk adopted an abandoned baby. In the spring of another year, the little monk did the same bad thing as when he was young, and the middle-aged monk punished him in the same way

This story describes the inheritance and growth among three generations of monks. The young monk was taught by the old monk from a young age, but he still made mistakes in adolescence. The appearance of the young monk shows that even a practitioner can make mistakes, but he undoes sins through austerity. The middle-aged monks showed the inheritance of tradition and concern for new life. This story teaches us to be a compassionate person, to take up our own responsibilities, to resolve sins, and that traditions need to be carried on.