Chapter 5 One Zen
The Main Hall worships Sakyamuni, so it naturally needs to be solemn and solemn. The Main Hall of Donglin Temple is particularly impressive. Although the temple is a bit dilapidated, and even the walls of some temple walls fall off, the Main Hall is very unusual.
Then he said that it was so big that it was dozens of feet in square meters, and there were also Venerables of Kashyapa and Venerable Ananda beside Sakyamuni Buddha. The eighteen arhats were on both sides, while Sakyamuni Buddha in Donglin Temple was a reclining Buddha. He was even more spacious. The eighteen arhats in Donglin Temple were also interesting. The bodies of the dragon and the tiger were one tall and one short, but the people here were about the same size, but their postures were different.
Of course, this is not the first time that the young monk has come here, and it is not the first time he has come back tonight. But today's atmosphere is a bit strange, but he can't say which one is strange.
"Master."
As soon as he entered, he saw Master Huitong sitting cross-legged in the center of Sakyamuni's lying posture. The Buddha made him look short. But there was more than Master Huitong in this hall. On both sides were Huiku and Huinan. Looking again, there were different senior brothers next to Muyu. Then there were four monks of Master Hui, the name of Master Jie, and four monks, who were named Jie, were listed on both sides, namely, Avoid greed, Anger, Ignorance, and Regret.
There are five generations of disciples in Donglin Temple now. The highest one is the Hui generation, then the Jie generation, and then the Bu generation, and there is also the Ding generation. The latest disciples are from the Xuan generation, which are originally sorted according to Hui, Jie, Wu, Ding, Xuan, Tong, and Dharma.
He was in the temple when he was infancy. So he was a third senior brother of the Bud generation at such a age. His senior brother was very high and was not commensurate with his age. Therefore, most monks in the temple called him Xiao Bud, and only Senior Brother Fu Er called him a fool.
When he saw the little monk Bucheng, Abbot Huitong interrupted and asked, "Xiao Bucheng, why are you here?"
By the way, all the monks in the hall are unsuccessful elders, and it is really troublesome to see each other. The master asked this question, which made him less trouble.
Unable to walk a few steps closer, he said, "I want to leave Donglin Temple today, but I have some concerns in my heart, so I think..."
"I can't do it." Abbot Huitong interrupted again, "If you want to leave, leave. Buddhism is vast and free to come and go. My Donglin Temple has always been like this. I have never forced anyone to get started, nor have anyone stayed. There is no need to think too much, just leave quickly."
As soon as these words were said, the other monks in Donglin Temple thought about it in their hearts. If they were in the secular world, they would have been in the temple since childhood, and they would eat Donglin Temple and use Donglin Temple. But today, they would have to leave if they were in trouble. It seems that there is something wrong with the secular world, but everyone is monk, monk, and they jump out of the world. Therefore, as the abbot said, it contains Buddhist principles.
"Amitabha, Master Uncle has a profound Buddhist teachings, and his disciples have received the teachings." As a young master, Jiechen has learned a lot.
I don’t know much about the worldly ways of the world. Although I feel that I have been in Donglin Temple for 19 years and have indeed received favors, I will leave today. It is indeed wrong, but all the brothers and brothers don’t say this. When they arrive in the Main Hall, the master also said this. Then, it seems that Brother Buer just did it.
I am worthy of being a senior brother...
Unexpectedly, he took out a book from his arms with one hand. The book seemed a little worn. He took a few steps forward and handed the scripture to Master Huitong.
It turned out that all I had thought was that I would leave by myself, but I could not take the things in the temple anymore. He could not take off the blue-gray monk's robe. After all, I could not do the shamefulness of Yu Xuanji, but I must not take this scripture again. Keep it, and have no worries anymore.
It was a few steps away from the master, but suddenly, a breeze blew by. The old book originally had three words, which was called "Speaking Nirvana". However, the old cover could not resist the breeze. It flipped openly and revealed a page inside. This page seemed to be a cover, with a few big characters written on it, Nirvana Sutra, and there was a line of small characters under these words.
"The True Interpretation of Great Nirvana"!
"Oh~" Abbot Huitong sighed at this time.
With a whoosh, there was no pain. A bead-like thing hit his wrist, and the scripture fell to the ground.
But at this moment, the sound of wind waving the clothes suddenly rose, and a few more people came to the main hall.
"Hahaha……"
"Old Monk Huitong! You are indeed a powerful figure!"
"I said why did this old monk hurry to call the little monk away! It turns out that this true scripture is hidden in the little monk!"
“Funny, interesting…”
There were suddenly six people in the hall, each occupying a position. It seemed that they had been hiding behind six of the eighteen Arhat statues before. These six people were also very interesting. One monk, the other monk looked very fierce, and looked like a butcher, the Taoist man was sloppy and tight, with many patches on the Taoist robe. In addition, there was a blue shirt and a scholar's scarf but a sword behind his back. Saying that scholars could be said to be a knight, and there was also a holding an abacus in his hand and dressed as a rich man.
The other two are women, one of whom is outstanding in appearance, the most important thing is that one, the one that should be big and small, and a gorgeous big-sleeved shirt makes her look even more beautiful. The other woman is just the opposite, she doesn't look old, but her clothes are like the laundry woman in the village of Shanxia Village, and there are many black patches on her face and even a long scar, which makes people not want to take a second look.
As soon as these six people appeared, Xiao Bucheng naturally understood that they must have all come to seize this scripture.
"You're a little bit." But at this time, Abbot Huitong didn't read the six people at all. He didn't care about the scriptures, but said, "Come to tell the master in the temple, why do you have to leave this scripture?"
As soon as Abbot Huitong finished speaking, he had no time to answer. Among the six people, the one who had the abacus said, "Hey! This little monk is so smart. He knows the reason for the crime of possessing a treasure. This scripture is so expensive, how dare he carry it with him?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the ugly girl interrupted, "Ghost Abacus, what you said is unreasonable. There are probably not many people who know that the scriptures are on this little monk. Huitong calculates one. The little monk master may know that neither of them should tell this secret. So, no one knows what crimes are there for this treasure? I dare say that if you were this little monk, you would have run away long ago, right?"
The ugly girl said something reasonable, but at this time she couldn't do it clearly. The one who was about to hit her wrist was the abacus bead on the hand that was called a ghost abacus.
"Amitabha." Huitong called the Buddha's name and no one spoke. Then Huitong still smiled and said to Bucheng: "Xiao Bucheng, just say whatever you think."
"Master." He felt a little embarrassed, but since Master asked, he said, so he said, "I don't have much thoughts. I heard from my senior brother that our Donglin Temple is about to be in trouble. The disciple didn't want to leave, but the senior brother's reason is very right. The disciples can't help much, so they may cause trouble. In addition, they all said that this sutra is so good. The disciples think that this is from Donglin Temple. No matter how good they are, they can't take it away, so they come and return it."
"Haha..." Huitong smiled and then asked, "Then the monk's robe on you is also from Donglin Temple, why are you still wearing it?"
"Master, I really can't do anything to go out without wearing clothes. It's too embarrassing." He blushed, but he immediately said: "Oh, I understand. This monk's robe is more important to me than that scripture."
"Hahaha...that's the reason." Huitong laughed loudly, and then said to everyone: "There are people in the world that scriptures are expensive, but Xiao Bucheng thinks they are not as useful as the monk's robes on him. Do you understand?"
"Amitabha."
"Senior brother, the Buddhist teachings are profound."
"Thank you for your advice."
All the monks clasped their hands together, as if they had realized something.
Huitong said to him again: "You little one, you have another meditation."
"Disciple..." At this time, I wanted to say, 'I really don't understand what Zen is or not', but since it was said by the master and everyone was so happy, it was Zen.
But at this moment, the woman wearing big sleeves spoke.
Chapter completed!