I originally thought that the person meeting me was just a monk, but unexpectedly, more than a dozen people came in. Each of them had a calm expression, like a clay or wood sculpture.
Seeing them reminds me of Yin-Yang dolls. Perhaps every practitioner will lose their joy, anger, sorrow and joy when they reach the highest point, leaving only a body like a walking corpse.
If this is spiritual practice, then what’s the point?
Tan Xuan introduced me to them and then told me everyone's name.
Those names are very long. I'm afraid no one will mention them again in this temple. They are just symbols.
They practice here and have decided not to leave or go down the mountain. They have become part of the temple. No matter what they are called, it no longer matters.
They are another form of trapped people, just like Qin Chengpei was trapped in a big tree or on the top of a snowy mountain, or the middle-aged man was trapped in a snowy mountain. Each person drew the ground as a prison and could no longer get out.
Twelve monks stood in front of me, all with their hands clasped together and saying nothing.
Tan Xuan smiled and asked questions on their behalf.
One of the questions asked was, since we know that the end of spiritual practice is immortality and liberation, why do many people still can't see through it when they face pain? They come to the Snowy Mountains, thinking that they are living to get rid of the shadow of failure, but they are completely
Forgot the value and significance of spiritual practice.
The Buddha left so many scriptures. He has read them completely, even to the point where there is no more books to read, but he has not obtained anything. People feel extremely painful and have to fight against this painful emotion every day. Then he does not
Understand, what is the difference between practicing here and practicing at the foot of the mountain?
In fact, such a question should not be asked to me, but to the new practitioners who have just gone up the mountain and to those who have been in the Snowy Mountains all their lives.
Before I had time to answer, Tan Xuan asked a long list of questions on behalf of another person. Those questions were, if a person crosses the gap of becoming an immortal and finally reaches the other side and finds that this is not the world he wants, what should he do?
How to retreat? Because he believes that among all practitioners, not everyone may be able to achieve their wish. Even if they really become immortals, what they feel may not be the most perfect state.
Human beings are always greedy and insufficient. What kind of god can we become the greatest? This is also a question that practitioners often pay attention to.
The two questioners finally stood together, facing each other, staring into each other's eyes. Suddenly, they began to chant loudly, refusing to give in to each other, like a pair of fighting cocks, instantly fighting to the death.
I understand, they came here and stood in front of me, not to ask me questions, but to use this place as a debate hall in front of everyone, asking each other questions that they could not figure out in the past.
, trying to get the truth in the midst of a fierce argument.
I can only smile bitterly. In fact, I really don’t want to participate in temple debates. The truth they think is completely different from the truth that the world is looking for. Even if they win the debate, it will not promote the world.
The next monk asked a meaningful question: "Mr. Ye, if a person you have been thinking about suddenly appears in front of you, what would you do? Especially when you find that the person you have been thinking about is standing beside you.
Between being with a mortal, what do you want her to do? If becoming an immortal can lead to eternal life and get rid of death, but she will die at the limit of a hundred years in the mortal world, for her or for you, what choice would you make?"
I have never considered such a problem because I have never fallen in love with anyone, including Fang Xing.
I am in the Antique Investigation Bureau just to seek the truth, to uncover those incredible and strange events one by one, and to get a reasonable answer.
This is an art. For me, it is also the only way to explore the world. I use my best method to find an answer to every unsolved mystery. This is the meaning of my life.
I have never considered, if I fall in love with a girl, how to choose between work and love?
Now this monk raises the question, not just to me, but to all the lovers in the world.
Tan Xuan answered this question on behalf of another monk: "All lovers get married, but there are often many lovers in the world who go further and further down the wrong path in life and eventually become strangers. No one can solve these things. Now that we have
Entering the temple in the Snowy Mountains, the end of your practice is becoming an immortal, so why bother yourself, bring this issue up for discussion, and waste everyone's time?"
In fact, all the monks standing in front of me could be divided into two teams. Their questions were tit-for-tat and they couldn't stop at all. This was a sutra debate meeting among practitioners in the Snowy Mountains.
Perhaps they should not come to see me, but go to the Sutra Debate Hall for three days and three nights or even for months to discuss issues that cannot be explained in the Buddhist scriptures, and finally achieve a comprehensive understanding and clear the obstacles for practice.
When everyone was arguing loudly, I quietly backed out and gave my place to them.
This is what I can do, because in addition to Qin Chengpei, I also care about Fang Xing. If Fang Xing is in the middle between an immortal and a mortal, what do I want her to do? To the left or to the right, it is indeed a question worth considering.
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Tan Xuan followed me quietly, and only at this moment did he let out a long sigh: "Mr. Ye, I have tried my best for the temple, so what they are discussing now has nothing to do with us. I just thought of a question, that is
Fang Xing, a colleague from the Antique Investigation Bureau, disappeared in the Giant Wood Museum. What do you think? If she is a traitor, if she has betrayed the Antique Investigation Bureau and is standing in front of you now, what will you do? "
I have always felt that Fang Xing is definitely not a rebel. If the headquarters labeled her like this, I would be the first to object. Now that Tan Xuan has raised the same issue again, I am very disgusted.
"Fang Xing is definitely not a traitor. I dare to vouch for her with my own life. She just disappeared from the Antique Investigation Bureau. Many colleagues will encounter this situation. Do we have to label her a rebel?"
Tan Xuan smiled and shook his head: "We are just discussing various possibilities. If you think she is not a traitor, that would be the best. I hope she will appear in front of you now and hear you say this with her own ears. Maybe she feels honored,
Because I have a good friend like you."
I feel there is something in Tan Xuan's words. After all, Fang Xing has been missing for so long without any news. If an informant like Tan Xuan can find out where Fang Xing has gone and help Fang Xing, that is what I hope for.
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Suddenly, someone whispered from behind me: "Ye Kai, I'm back. Thank you for fighting for my innocence, but I have to tell you that you are wrong. I am indeed a traitor and have become the most shameful person in the Antiques Investigation Bureau."