Chen Yuan's current situation is getting worse and worse.
When I started to kowtow, I realized that I had forgotten to make a wish, so I kowtowed to the Bodhisattva inexplicably. I even forgot to tell him what I had entrusted him to do. I only remembered that my mind went blank when I kowtowed.
Just as he was about to leave, he heard a dull voice, "Donor, please do whatever you want to do."
I looked sideways and found a monk in the darkness on the right. He was holding a gavel. Under the gavel was a huge wooden fish. I was stunned, and then I found that the man who had kowtowed just now was pointing towards me.
Fifty yuan was put into the merit box, and the monk immediately knocked the wooden fish three times. The next pilgrim put 100 yuan into the merit box, and the monk knocked six times!
I couldn't help but laugh and said, "Master, how much merit do I need to be able to meet your abbot?"
"Donor, just let it happen." The monk said with an expression on his face.
"Can two thousand people see your abbot?" I asked.
He was silent.
"What about five thousand? Is that okay?" I continued to ask.
He then recited: "Amitabha, donor, come with me."
I was overjoyed, but also shocked: Isn’t this too cheap?
The monk took me to a secluded place, which was a row of low buildings. He knocked on the door, and an old voice immediately came from inside, "What's the matter?"
The monk said: "Uncle Abbot, there is a donor who wants to see you."
"Oh, please invite him in." The voice inside said in a calm voice.
The monk turned to look at me, and his eyes immediately moved to my waist. Of course I understood what he meant, so I smiled at him and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely make a lot of merits."
He left. I entered the house, and at the same time I felt a little emotional: Although this place is just as secular, it is a little more trustworthy than the secular place.
After entering, I found that the furnishings in the house were simple and spotless. There was a bed, a bookcase, a coffee table, a few futons, and a pot of tea on the coffee table. That was all.
Of course, there was an old monk sitting cross-legged on a futon inside. He was looking at me kindly.
"Master." I went to him and said respectfully. At this moment, I suddenly felt the same kind of awe that I had when I was in the main hall just now.
"Donor, please sit down." He smiled at me.
I went to the futon and sat down cross-legged, imitating his example, and then looked at him, only to find that his eyes had been closed, as if he had taken a seat.[
There was a sudden silence in the room. I thought to myself, I can't meditate like him, right? I didn't come here to meditate. After thinking about it, I took out all the cash and put it on the coffee table in front of me.
There was about more than 10,000 yuan, "Master Abbot, this is my merit. I came in a hurry today and didn't prepare too much cash. Please forgive me."
"It's better to take these vulgar things outside. What does the donor want from me?" he finally spoke.
I hurriedly said: "One of my elders met an eminent monk when she came to your temple to offer incense. The eminent monk determined her fate as soon as he saw her. I heard this elder say that
I was very shocked after the incident, so I came here specifically to visit the master. Master Abbot, please tell me if I can meet with the master. I will definitely do more good deeds to repay my wish."
He suddenly opened his eyes, "It turns out that the donor didn't come to discuss Zen principles with the poor monk."
I suddenly became anxious and said, "I'm sorry, I don't know anything about Zen. I just want to meet the master."
"Our temple is in dilapidated condition. Where did the master come from?" He smiled faintly.
His words immediately made me embarrassed, and at the same time I seemed to understand what he meant, so I said: "Master Fang is of course a master, but you have profound Buddhist knowledge and may not be involved in things like life prediction. I am very ashamed."
, my heart is dedicated to the Buddha, and I just want to ask for one thing, Master Abbot, please forgive me. I am a doctor, and I also have the heart to save the world, but my heart to save the world is different from that of Buddhism. Master Abbot, please see how many people I save.
For your sake, please grant my request. Although I am not very wealthy, I still have a small amount of assets. I said that I will definitely donate money to your temple to fulfill my wish after the project is completed."
"The donor is too worldly. Although our temple is in dilapidated condition, it only accepts people who are destined for it." He smiled faintly.
I was very dissatisfied. From the moment the monk asked me to make merit, I knew that this place was just a vulgar place after all. So I said calmly: "The Buddha said that all living beings can be saved. The Buddha also said that Buddha has a destiny to save all sentient beings.
Master, wouldn’t it mean that people who are destined for salvation will not be saved? In this case, how can we talk about saving all sentient beings?”
But he was still smiling faintly, "The donor also said he didn't understand Zen. This is a very good question. The Buddha is compassionate, and he is willing to use his compassion to save all living beings, but there is a problem that the Buddha cannot solve.
Whatever sentient beings do, the Buddha can only tell every sentient being the truth without reservation and equally. The key depends on whether the sentient beings do it or not. If the sentient beings have a relationship with the Buddha and do not listen to or believe in Buddhist principles, there is nothing the Buddha can do. So,
It is said that the Buddha saves people who are destined to be saved. In fact, the real salvation is not the Buddha's salvation, but the application of Buddhist principles to save oneself. The Buddha is willing to save all sentient beings, but it still depends on whether the sentient beings are willing to be saved."
He spoke for such a long time, and I was confused, but I understood his last sentence clearly, and I immediately knew that my understanding was indeed biased. But I didn't want to discuss the so-called Zen theory with him, because
I found that what he just said drew me to Zen philosophy again, and I immediately thought of the female police officer, so I thought to myself: It seems that the old abbot is also very lonely. He finally caught me today and not only accepted me
Money, and also want to talk about addiction.
"Master Abbot, can you let that master meet with me?" I still went straight to the topic.
"The donor is impetuous and too realistic. No wonder he only looks at the present and ignores the long term when doing things. It's sad, pathetic. Hey! Tell me, what does the master you mentioned look like?" He asked me with a sigh.
I hurriedly repeated to him the words described by Sun Lulu's mother.
He suddenly became thoughtful, and after a while he said: "There seems to be such a monk in our temple, but he is not a master, he is just a sweeping monk."
I suddenly thought of the sweeping monk in Jin Yong's novel "The Eight Parts of the Dragon". You must know that that monk is a real eminent monk who hides his secrets and listens silently. So I smiled and said: "Master Abbot, there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers in your temple.
It’s hard to say that he’s not necessarily hiding it.”
He suddenly laughed and said, "Maybe the donor has read too many martial arts novels? The monk you mentioned is a beggar and was taken in by our temple not long ago. He told nonsense and the elder of the donor believed it.
Already?"
I was very surprised, but I didn't want to miss this opportunity, so I hurriedly said: "Master Abbot, please let me see him."
He shook his head and said: "The donor came late. He left our temple privately a few days ago. Because the poor monk found him cheating in the temple, he scolded him severely, so he left in shame.
"
"But, according to my elder, what he said is very accurate." I was even more surprised, and I didn't quite believe what he said.
"Monks don't lie. If the donor doesn't believe it, there's nothing a monk can do." He shook his head and said.
I was stunned for a moment, "Since Master Fang Abbot said this, of course I believe it. Then, I will not disturb Master Fang Abbot anymore. I am here today and have affected Master Fang Abbot's Qing cultivation. I am very sorry. I will say goodbye."
"The poor monk has a message for the donor," he said.
I hurriedly said: "You said."
"Everything has a cause and an effect. The cause and effect may seem simple, but it is not so clear to ordinary people. Therefore, please don't believe in those fortune-telling words in the world. The benefactor is a doctor, so he should understand better.
That’s the way things are in the world,” he said.
I suddenly laughed, "If you put it this way, wouldn't cause and effect be an illusory word?"
"No!" He immediately said solemnly, "Buddha explained the reason for reincarnation in the Surangama Sutra: You bear my fate, and I will repay your debt. Due to this cause and condition, through hundreds and thousands of kalpas, I will always be in life and death.
.It means that if you owe me your life, you will have to repay your life in the future; if I owe you a debt, I will have to repay my debt in the future. All living beings are born in this way, and in the calamity, those who owe life will repay their lives, and those who owe debts will repay their money, reincarnation.
Endless. Every time you owe something to the other party, you will definitely ask for a little more. Asking for a little more is equivalent to owing it again, and you will continue to repay your karma forever. If you understand this truth, you will not dare to do evil again.
Karma to avoid suffering bad retribution in the future. The donor is a doctor, so you should know that although the reasons for headaches are different for everyone, there must be a reason for the headache, and it is absolutely impossible to have a headache for a reason. Anyone, no matter what kind of disease he suffers from
Disease, any disease has a reason, and congenital diseases also have a reason. Do you think this is the case? In layman's terms, if you sow melons, you will reap melons, and if you sow beans, you will reap beans. The flowers that bloom when you sow the seeds are called karma.
This is a very simple truth."
I couldn't help laughing in my heart, because I felt that he still hadn't explained the problem clearly after talking for a long time. In fact, it's not his fault. You must know that it is difficult to find a realistic basis for the Buddhist theory of reincarnation. In the final analysis, the so-called cause and effect, reincarnation
Anyway, it's just a religious theory.
So, I didn’t want to talk to him any more, so I stood up without caring about etiquette, “Master Abbot, next time I come here to talk about Zen principles with you. Kuchan Temple, this is a good name, in
If you practice Zen in such a not-secluded place, you will have to put in more hard work. By the way, is the plaque in your temple written by a man who committed suicide for half his life and then prayed to the Buddha?"
Originally I was just asking casually, hoping to slow down my rudeness just now, but I didn't expect that after my words came out, he was so stunned that his eyes immediately shot two rays of light at me.
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