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 恒均師從小住在一座觀音廟附近，懂得拜觀世音菩薩。長大後奉父母之命結婚，公婆對她很好，丈夫事業順利，生活原應過得美滿幸福。但是不知為什麼她卻常常生病，醫生也看不出什麼病，癥狀就是發燒，吃藥也沒效。
恒均師婚後脾氣變得特別大，經常罵人打人，看什麼人都不順眼，常常少鬧不休，無可理喻，弄得家裡雞犬不寧，家人背後都叫她「瘋子」。全家人曾數度離家出走，她自己也離家出走過。
最後家人忍無可忍，到附近一座廟裡向住持尼師投訴，後來也帶她一塊去。那位尼師一見她就責備她，恒均師受責備後趴在牆上號啕大哭，哭完病也好了。因此以後她就常常上廟去住，因為一住進廟裡，什麼病都沒了。不但沒病還特別能幹活，什麼粗活細活都能幹。跟在家裡病得連飯都煮不成，完全判若兩人。因此家人都說：「我們看妳的病是假的。上廟裡妳精神就來了；在家就病。」
恒均師自己也解釋不上是什麼原因。但是她自結婚以來，就在心底有一種感覺。她覺得自己到這個世界上來，不是來做家庭主婦的。總覺得自己有要緊的事要做，但又不知道是什麼事，心裡常覺得很委屈。只有在廟裡時，心裏才舒暢，好像回到了老家一樣。
在各處走廟時，她也參加了幾次精進佛七。每次打完佛七後，就有一種說不出的境界，使她在回家的路上哭個不停。因為她覺得家庭與廟外的世界，與她的感受完全不合，適應起來很痛苦。最後實在不能忍受，只有搬到廟裡住。最後到了萬佛城剃度出家，身心才覺得安樂。
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Heng Jun Shi lived next to a Guanyin temple and learned
to worship Guanyin Bodhisattva when she was young. After
she grew up, her parents arranged her marriage. Her
in-laws were kind to her and her husband's business was
successful, so her life should have been happy. But for
some reason, she often got sick. The doctors could not
diagnose her illness. Her only symptom was fever.
Although they gave her medication, it was of no use.
After she got married, she developed a huge temper. She
often scolded and even hit people. Just about everyone
irritated her. She constantly argued with people and was
totally unreasonable. There was not a single day of
peace in her house. Her family called her "the lunatic"
behind her back. Several times her whole family cleared
out of the house; sometimes she herself walked out.
Finally, her family couldn't take it anymore and
complained to the abbess of a nearby temple. They took
her to see the abbess, who reproached her. Heng Jun Shi
reacted by having a good cry against the wall. After
that, she got well. She started staying in temples,
because she found that all illnesses would go away, and
she could do all kinds of chores with great energy
there. She was a totally different person compared to
when she was at home-sick to the point that she couldn't
even cook. Her family said, "You must be faking illness.
As soon as you go to the temple, you have all this
energy. But at home, you say you're sick."
Heng Jun Shi herself couldn't explain why this was. But
ever since she got married, there was a nagging feeling
in the back of her mind that she didn't come to this
world to be a housewife. She felt there was something
very important she had to do, but she didn't know what
it was, so she often felt very frustrated. She only
experienced relief when she went to a temple; it was as
if the temple were her home.
In the course of visiting various temples, she took part
in several Buddha-recitation sessions. After each
session, she experienced an indescribable state.
Sometimes it made her cry all the way home. She found
the outside world and her home totally at odds with her
experience in the temple, and it was difficult for her
to go back to that environment. Finally, she moved to
City of Ten Thousand Buddhas and became a nun, and felt
a great sense of peace and happiness.
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