Long ago, in a remote region of China, there lived a solitary old woman. Having endured a lifetime of hardship, she only wished to live a peaceful and stable life.
One day, a kind-hearted stranger taught her a mantra, telling her that if she recited it diligently every day, she could purify her past karmic transgressions. From then on, the old woman recited the mantra with sincere devotion every day. Being illiterate, she inadvertently mispronounced one of the words.
Whether she was doing household chores, tending to her crops, or preparing for bed, she recited the mantra with joyful enthusiasm. To encourage herself to remain diligent in her practice, she placed two large bowls on her table — one empty, and the other filled with beans. Each time she completed a full recitation, she would pick up a single bean and transfer it into the other bowl. She continued reciting the mantra for a full 30 years.
Although she mispronounced a word, her profound sincerity moved both heaven and earth. It even touched the beans in her bowls, which remained remarkably plump and lustrous. As her spiritual cultivation deepened, a miraculous phenomenon occurred: whenever she finished reciting the mantra, a bean would spontaneously leap from one bowl into the other.
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