One day, a young man told his father, "Dad, I'd like to be a buddhist monk. Please..." His father looked at him, "Well, you can be a monk only if you work hard and give me NT$1,000,000; you have my word!" The young man was a nice son who respected his father, he agreed and worked had to fullfil his dharmma dream. Then, after a while, when he got NT$100,000, he met a girl. After that, when he got NT$500,000, he got a promotion, the girl became his girlfriend. Finally, when he got $1000,000, at hand, he was happy for his business and the future-wife. Did he mention his wish to his father again? No. Of course not. He gave NT$100,000 to his father and decided to be a husband instead of a monk. Did his father remind him of his dharmma dream again? No. Of course not. This was exactly what his father wanted in the first place: He wanted to trap his son with money and lust; he never wanted him to be a buddhist monk.
Lesson? Oh, if you want to be a buddhist monk, discuss this issue with an experienced buddhist monk; if you want to be a buddhist nun, discuss this issue with an experienced buddhist nun. Ask someone who understands your goal and purpose very well; ask someone who is and will be walking on the dharmma road.
有一天，單純的年輕人求爸爸：「爸，我想出家。」爸爸看看兒子，回答：「好啊，不過，你要先工作賺一百萬給我，我就放你出家。我保證！」兒子很孝順，也就勤奮上班存錢，日復一日。過一陣子，存了十萬，他認識了一個女孩。再一陣子，存了五十萬，公司讓他升官，女孩成為他的固定女朋友。又再努力一陣子，忙到他昏天暗地，終於存到一百萬。此時，他對工作職位與未來的太太都很滿意；於是，一百萬給了爸爸之後，婚事也決定了，他即將成家。他再也沒提起當初賺一百萬的初發心：出家。爸爸也沒再提起當年的保證：錢拿到手就放他出家。因為兒子「現在的樣子」就是他真正的目的：他內心深處根本從不打算放他出家！所謂「一百萬放出家」的條件純粹只是一種手段、一種拖延戰術、一種轉彎抹角的
謊話。道心不堅的年輕人最後在金錢與美色中迷失了。時間一拖，隨業流轉，他將當年的出離心與初發心全部忘得精光；慢慢的，當年的持戒精進也隨著年歲增長與妻子的不信佛法而一一散光。
教訓？想出家成道的話，還是找法師請法，請問法師吧！
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