Chapter 973 Demi-god and half-demon

The popularity of Dape Temple is not because of its great reputation and great things. On the contrary, it is because it is too ordinary and too ordinary, but it is becoming more and more famous.

Through the precepts of Dafeng Temple, you can see the status of these great monks.

Don’t catch money, eat one meal a day, sleep four hours a night, ten times of magical mantras, stay away from women, pay attention to precepts, live in peace and fight for seven days, do not go to the dormitory, travel regularly, do not receive private gifts, be equal to the same profit, and be with you...

In other words, I never touch money in my life, only eat one meal a day, and only sleep four hours a day...

Ascetic monk!

In this increasingly glitzy world, who can always stick to such beliefs? Don’t talk about how perseverance you have, even if you just barely fulfill the above precepts, it is already worthy of respect.

Moreover, these precepts are not for outsiders, but are always engraved in the souls of the group of monks. For example, the precept of "not catching money" has been adhered to until now. Even in front of the temple, a sign is actively established to "No money is allowed"! All pilgrims and believers can come here to burn incense and worship Buddha, but please do not put a penny in the Great Compassion Temple, otherwise it will be an insult to the temple. Moreover, there is no merit box for collecting money in the entire temple.

Even the monks of Dape Temple went out to beg for food and insisted on the rule of begging for only seven families. Even if they did not ask for a grain of rice in the seven families, they had to return to the temple and could not be driven by such external objects. Moreover, even if the other party did not give a grain of rice, the monks should never speak ill of each other, and should not show their faces to each other, and should leave calmly. Everything is a Buddha's fate.

The monks in Dape Temple built their own roads and bridges.

The monks of Dabei Temple have to be traveling monks after the Mid-Autumn Festival every year. They measure the world with their feet, travel thousands of miles, spread thousands of volumes of Buddhism, and save thousands of people in the world. They walk thousands of miles with their scriptures on their backs, sleep in open houses every night, do not stay in inns, and beg for alms and food.

In today's society, who can persist? Who can tolerate it? Who can be willing to keep this loneliness in the midst of glitz?

Therefore, the monks of Dape Temple are highly respected by the local people in the Bohai Sea. With the acceleration of information dissemination, more people now know and gradually admire this respectable temple. Here, there are true Buddhism, true Buddha nature, and true Buddha sounds.

It is said that an old monk from Dabei Temple went out to beg for food. After a family arrived, the man took out money directly, which was normal in society. However, the old monk shook his head: Don’t touch money, just ask for a meal. Suddenly, the family respected him very much and hurried back to the room to get the prepared food, and he would take as much as he could. Because in this glitzy world, it is rare to meet such a true arhat.

Although the matter is small, it shows that this temple is indeed adhering to the rules and regulations from top to bottom.

Because, this old monk who begs for food is Master Miaoxiang, abbot of Dafeng Temple!

That is, in the meditation room, I just discussed Buddhism with Master Huijue, a great monk in a ragged cloth!

...

Zhou Dongfei occasionally heard of the Dafeng Temple and also accidentally heard of the title of Master Miaoxiang. But when he first came in front of him, he sighed for the unsightly worn out clothes, but he did not contact the four words "Miaoxiang" for a while. Now that he learned that this great monk was the abbot of Dafeng Temple, Zhou Dongfei was shocked and met a great monk!

Just now, I didn’t say anything rudely, and I didn’t even pay much respect to me when I met!

Zhou Dongfei's face changed slightly and he quickly turned around. At this time, Master Miaoxiang had already left the backyard. When Zhou Dongfei wanted to chase him, Master Huijue's voice came from the Zen room: "Meeting is fate, and parting is no fate; if you have fate, you will meet again; if you have no fate, what's the benefit of chasing him?"

Uh... Zhou Dongfei was stunned. Yes, just passing by was a period of fate. Now that it really passed, the fate was gone.

At this time, Miss Guo patted him on the back: "I'm not going to apologize to Master yet! I didn't blame you or drove you out, it's just fine, I still don't know what to do."

Yes. Zhou Dongfei nodded and walked in solemnly. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Master Huijue still sitting cross-legged on the futon on the ground, holding Buddhist beads.

"Disciple, pay homage to the master." Zhou Dongfei really didn't dare to joke, so he bowed honestly and said, "Junior Sister Mengsha passed on your words and said she would not see us again. But disciple..."

"Sit. I don't want to see you, but you insist on coming. This is also fate. You insist on coming, but I have never avoided it. It is also fate." said Master Huijue.

Zhou Dongfei: "Yeah. I really said nothing just now, so please punish me."

"The words are unrestrained, and they are true. Although they are vulgar, they are open and honest, and the thought of being better than ** is hidden in their hearts." Master Huijue's determination made Zhou Dongfei feel very cramped. It seemed that he was sitting in front of him, and he was really a Bodhisattva. "You have any requests when you come to Shanjue Temple?"

Zhou Dongfei nodded and said, "The disciple's state of mind is a little uneasy. Even if there is a master (Miniu Gong) by his side, it is difficult to calm down. Therefore, I came to ask Master Yu for advice."

"All external forces are just auxiliary forces, and in the end they are still your original heart." Master Huijue said calmly, "You are talented and intelligent, but you have been disturbed by dust for a long time, so you will naturally not be able to understand them. If you can live in this ancient temple in the deep mountains for three or five years, with my help, you will naturally have the opportunity to understand them again. But can you do it?"

After three or five years, it is possible to go further?! Although it is only "possible", it is enough to shock the world! Because Zhou Dongfei is now at the peak of the half-step Tianyuan!

But Zhou Dongfei knew that he really could not live in an ancient temple in the deep mountains for three or five years and could not even be able to do it for three or five months.

"So, I can't help you," said Master Huijue. "What I practice is 'avoiding the world', and what you practice is 'birth', which is originally two paths facing north and south."

Zhou Dongfei was a little sad, but not discouraged. Yes, the path is different, but it doesn’t matter whether it is right or wrong. The path he took was the one from his master Jinghu Gong. And that road has been proved by Jinghu Gong and is absolutely feasible. Since that is the case, then I will continue to sharpen my skills. If I am eager to achieve success, I will often achieve nothing. So Zhou Dongfei stood up and smiled and said, "Thank you for your enlightenment by Master."

Master Huijue nodded, closed his eyes and twisted the Buddhist beads lightly.

After Zhou Dong's flying ceremony, he slowly turned around and left the meditation room. But when his foot was raised and he had not yet stepped out of the threshold, he suddenly stopped. Even the foot was hanging in the air, but his body twisted and said, "Master, you said that this 'birth' and 'entering the world' is like taking or retracting this foot? Although it is completely opposite, it is only a matter of being a thought. So, whether it is 'out' or 'entering', it is not so irreconcilable in essence, right?"

Master Huijue opened his eyes gently, stared at a Buddha statue in front of him, and pondered for a long time. After a long time, he nodded slowly and said, "A road, even if you overcome all obstacles and perseverance, you may not be able to reach the end. But you have to walk two at the same time?"

"I didn't dare to have such great ambitions, nor did I have such great confidence. The disciple just felt something and asked casually."

"Since that's the case, you can ask Master Miaoxiang if you two are still destined to do so." After saying that, Master Huijue closed his eyes again. Zhou Dongfei knew that even if he asked a thousand words today, the master would definitely not say a word to him.

"Thank you, Master." Zhou Dongfei smiled and finally stepped out.

As soon as he left the Zen room with his feet, Zhou Dongfei vaguely heard a vague sound of Buddha in the Zen room, or Master Huijue was sighing, but it seemed like his own mistaken illusion, which was quite mysterious. "Half is a god and a Buddha, half a demon."

Demigod and half demon?

Could it be that the powerful "Heaven Demon" has gradually washed away half of the demonic aura and thus possessed the Buddha nature of half of the body?

Who knows, it's mysterious.

...

The one who entered was Miss Guo. I didn't know what the master and apprentice said, Miss Guo walked out in a tangled way. She looked at Zhou Dongfei quietly with resentment, but her eyes flashed and it was difficult to capture her true thoughts. Zhou Dongfei wanted to ask, but the girl had already left, sitting under a tree, quietly dazed and dazed. Zhou Dongfei felt that this girl might have had some insights, so she didn't dare to interrupt her. The Jianjiazi had a rare opportunity to have an epiphany, and it would be a pity that she would interrupt her.

Then, it was Qingfang and Sister Mei, and then Yin Yan, and finally Zhou Xin. A few women came in and out, which was like a lantern. I thought Master Huijue, a paradise who focused on pure cultivation, would be tireless, but the result was not like that. In the master's later words, everywhere was practice, and saving others was also saving oneself, etc.

After the women came out, their emotions were different. Some were happy and happy, such as Qingfang and Mei Jie; some were a great enlightenment that seemed like a different world, like Yin Yan; some were confused but ecstatic, such as Zhou Xin.

While several women were coming and going back and forth, Zhou Dongfei was also thinking quietly. Especially the simple and weird monk, Master Miaoxiang, was the object of his attention. Such a master can be met but hard to come by. I remember that Master Miaoxiang said to Master Huijue just now, "Come and ask for advice next day." Since that's the case, as long as I stay next to Shanjue Temple, I should always meet him.

Moreover, Zhou Dongfei also heard of the rules of monks in Dabei Temple. They usually start their life ascetic monks after the Mid-Autumn Festival and start traveling from Dabei Temple. According to the Gregorian calendar, this year's Mid-Autumn Festival came early, nearly a month has passed. Since Master Miaoxiang came here from Bohai Province thousands of miles away, he would not return easily. Because the monks in Dabei Temple have a rule: when traveling outside Yunjiao, they cannot take a car or plane and can only travel with a pair of fleshy feet. Therefore, it is not easy for him to come here, and after being interrupted, he will definitely come here again.
Chapter completed!