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Escaping from the Cage
Bodhidharma is Shakyamuni's disciple of the 28th generation. It was very difficult for him when he came to China to spread the Shakyamuni's Fa to save people. People didn't believe his Buddha Fa. One day when walking, Bodhidharma heard a caged parrot call out to him: “Ah, from the West, from the West! Please, sir, release me from this cage!” Bodhidharma glanced at the parrot and replied, “Emerge from the cage, emerge from the cage! Close your eyes, stretch your legs and hold your breath. Do so, and you'll emerge from the cage.” The parrot did as instructed. When the parrot's owner returned, he wondered how his parrot had died! It seemed like the parrot had only just died as its body was still warm. He took the parrot out of its cage and placed it on the grass.

This story tells cultivators a principle: If you want to leave the cage, which is the Three Realms, it's necessary to achieve these three things:

• Close your eyes: Don't be deluded by the false impressions of this world. Don't look outwardly, but rather look within oneself. Search within oneself.
• Stretch your legs: Stop rushing about pursuing lust and personal benefits. Relinquish the 7 emotions and 6 desires.
• Hold your breath: Not allowing anger to arise is to harbour no complaint nor hate. Achieving the standard for the cultivation of speech effectively closes Hell's Gate.

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Music in the video:
Solo of Pipa (A Chinese Music Instrument): See You in Spring
Music by Da Xiong, Remix by Ge Jia, Pipa Solo by Ge Jia
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The script reference: https://www.pureinsight.org/node/7703

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