Chapter 69 The dead are no different from the living
Chapter 69 The dead are no different from the living
"Junior Brother Daoji, isn't this... too good?"
Lin Ye took Dao Hai to the house. Dao Hai looked at the wing where he lived, the exquisite furniture and the luxurious wooden bed, and was a little overwhelmed.
The living environment of the monks in Miaoying Temple is actually not bad. Compared with the monks in many temples, it is already very good.
After all, Miaoying Temple’s incense money income is there.
But even so, Dao Hai felt that what he saw in front of him was too luxurious. He was a monk sleeping on such a good bed, especially those bed quilts, and his bones felt a little crisp just looking at him.
"Senior Brother Daohai, please listen to me. Senior Brother Daoyuan also said that what you are refining in the world of mortals is your own Buddha's heart. It has nothing to do with external objects."
Lin Ye glanced at the bed quilt. He had brought it from the real world. The quality and softness were undeniable.
"But……"
"Just listen to me, junior brother, as the saying goes, after wine and meat pass through the intestines, the Buddha sits in the heart... As long as there is Buddha in the heart, why bother about these external things."
Dao Hai's body was shaken.
"Food and wine have gone through the intestines...Junior Brother Daoji, you are destined to be a great Buddha."
Lin Ye was a little embarrassed. Daoji must be related to the great Buddha, but this Daoji is not that Daoji.
"Senior brother, let's not call him by his dharma title. It seems unfamiliar. Let's address him as a senior brother."
I originally chose such a dharma name because I learned that there was no such legendary Arhat like Daoji in the other world, so I chose it casually. However, now that I heard Daohai shouting out Daoji's junior brother, I felt a little weird.
"Okay, you are a lay disciple. If there are outsiders, I will call you Junior Brother Lin. If there are no outsiders, I will just call you Junior Brother."
After changing his title, Lin Ye asked with a smile: "Brother, I have a question. After someone dies, can the soul still be the same as a normal person?"
"Of course not. Ghosts are ghosts and people are people. How can they be the same?"
"Are there no special circumstances? Not only is this ghost just like an ordinary person, but the living people around him don't notice anything unusual."
Dao Hai fell into thinking, and after a while he shook his head: "Junior brother, regarding ghosts, we don't actually do much research in Buddhism. Taoists know more about ghosts, and senior brother, I only know how to practice, and I won't ask about ghosts when I meet them.
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Lin Ye looked at Dao Hai's embarrassed look and twitched the corner of his mouth. His senior brother only knew how to practice. As for meeting ghosts, he would be saved by a Zen staff.
"But I once heard my master say that there is no final answer to anything in this world, and everything has its own particularity."
"Senior brother, if you have time, you might as well come with me to meet someone."
"good."
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Ye Zhiyuan said goodbye to his friends and drove the carriage back home.
After being away from home for six years, Ye Zhiyuan is eager to return home.
When he was young and successful, he offended the rich gentry in the city and was rescued by the magistrate of Ding County, so he was safe. After a serious illness, he received a letter from the magistrate of Ding and came to Shangyang County to teach and educate people in order to repay this kindness.
I live up to my benefactor, but I am ashamed of my wife and children.
"Brother Ye!"
"Who are you?"
Looking at the two figures at the intersection, one of them greeted him like a noble man. Ye Zhiyuan was a little confused. He didn't seem to recognize this person.
"Brother Ye is a noble man who often forgets things. I was the one who helped Brother Ye back that night."
Lin Ye knew at a glance that Ye Zhiyuan drank too much last time and wanted to break up.
"Oh...oh...I remember, it's Mr. Lin. I really thanked Mr. Lin last time. Mr. Lin is entering the city?"
"Leave the city."
"Is that so, where is Mr. Lin going?"
"Where are you going, Brother Ye?" Lin Ye asked with a smile.
"Go back to Poyang County."
"Coincidentally, we are also going to Poyang County. I wonder if we can be together."
Ye Zhiyuan glanced at Dao Hai. In his impression, Mr. Lin looked like a noble son. How could he be with a monk?
However, what he cares most about is repaying kindness. That day Mr. Lin helped him go home, but now they just ask for companionship, so naturally he will not refuse.
"Master Lin, it's great if he wants to travel together. But my carriage is full of things, so I'm afraid I won't be able to seat anyone."
"It doesn't matter, we prepared our own horses."
Lin Ye waved to the side of the road, and Uncle Xu led two horses out. Looking at this scene, Ye Zhiyuan felt that Mr. Lin was waiting for him here specially.
But when he thought about it, it was impossible. He had only met Mr. Lin once. As for whether he had malicious intentions, Ye Zhiyuan was not worried anymore. As far as the value of the silk clothes Mr. Lin was wearing, he had spent a year
I'm afraid even Shu Xiu can't afford it.
Three people traveling together.
But it was said that the three of them were traveling together. In fact, Ye Zhiyuan was driving a carriage in front, and Lin Ye and Dao Hai were following behind on horses.
"Senior brother, what did you see?"
"No." Dao Hai was very honest and said: "If you hadn't reminded me, junior brother, and just glanced at me briefly, I probably wouldn't have noticed that this person turned out to be a ghost. It's really weird."
"Yes, this Ye Zhiyuan is obviously a ghost, but he is no different from a living person. I was very curious when I met him that day, so I decided to follow this Ye Zhiyuan so that I can know the reason."
"There is something strange about this person, and you can learn a lot if you follow him."
Lin Ye smiled slightly. If he was alone, he would not take the risk, but with his senior brother and a thug beside him, he dared to follow Ye Zhiyuan.
It was a thousand miles from Shangyang County to Poyang County. It took three days for Ye Zhiyuan to arrive in a carriage.
"This ghost is really interesting. Except that it doesn't get tired, it is just like a living person."
For three days, Lin Ye and Dao Hai watched Ye Zhiyuan eat, drink, and have diarrhea along the way, and found that Ye Zhiyuan's eating, drinking, and diarrhea were very precise. He ate, drank, and had diarrhea at a fixed time every day, as if he was completing a fixed task.
Poyang County!
Perhaps due to the timidity of being close to home, Ye Zhiyuan's body trembled slightly. After entering the city, he said: "Master Lin and Master Dao Hai, Poyang County has arrived. Why don't you two sit down at my house?"
"OK."
Lin Ye readily agreed.
Ye family!
Ye Zhiyuan was very excited. As soon as he arrived at the door and stopped the carriage, he shouted loudly: "Mother Yun, I'm back!"
Lin Ye and Dao Hai stood behind, and they looked at each other with a strange look in their eyes.
After a while, footsteps were heard from inside the door. A middle-aged woman came out. When she saw Ye Zhiyuan, she was stunned. After a while, she suddenly turned around and ran. She was just too excited and didn't pay attention to the threshold under her feet.
Stumbled.
Seeing this, Ye Zhiyuan hurriedly stepped forward to help the woman up and said dissatisfiedly: "Mother Yun, my husband has been away from home for six years. Even if you have resentment in your heart, you shouldn't turn around and run away."
What's more, let alone two friends.
"You...you have been dead for six years. You are a ghost. I am afraid!"
Ye Zhiyuan was stunned by Yun Niang's answer.
Dao Hai stared at the boss with a look of disbelief.