As night fell, Xiang Que entered a restaurant, thinking that he wanted to order some wine and food. Although he didn't have to eat or drink at all, he could never change his diet. After a long time, he didn't eat or drink.
It will inevitably be a little itchy.
However, the restaurant in the West disappointed him. It was actually vegetarian, without any wine or meat. Only then did he notice that the diners next to him were all vegetarian. Helplessly, Xiangque had to order a few casually.
I always sit in and leave after I can’t shake my sleeves and leave.
While Xiang Que was waiting, he saw several monks sitting on a nearby table. Judging from their outfits, they should belong to the Venerable.
On the continent of the Western Heaven, the highest status are Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, followed by Arhats, and the status of the Venerable is much worse. However, in the eyes of ordinary people, they are also great figures on Lingshan. These Venerables come in.
Then I saw those people who were eating down the bowls and chopsticks and bowed to him, but these venerables were all expressionless and did not even have the minimum response. Instead, those people seemed not to
I think there is something.
What made Xiang Que feel even more confused and strange is that the tray he was holding was obviously the vegetarian rice he ordered first, but when he passed by the monks, a venerable suddenly took action.
The waiter put the tray in his hand on the table and took down the vegetarian rice. After putting it down, he turned around and left, but he didn't even say hello to Xiang Que.
Xiangque originally thought of standing up and calling the hall to go out. He was not so bad at stuttering, but he would definitely have emotions. If this kind of thing was placed in a restaurant in his previous life, he would probably have to eat.
I have to talk to the people in the hotel. Moreover, the current service industry is very particular about coming first and coming later, and no one will do this.
After waiting for nearly half an hour, he came up to the flawless vegetarian rice. After the runner put the tray on the table, he asked softly: "It was the vegetarian rice I ordered first, but why did you give it first.
What about those masters?"
The waiter looked at him with a surprised look, as if he felt that Xiang Que asked a little stupid. However, he might have reacted later and asked, "The guest official is from outside, not from the West, right?"
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Nodding to the shortcomings, the waiter said "Oh" and explained: "You may not know much about it when you are just a newcomer. If you are in the West, the masters of Lingshan enjoy priority rights no matter what they do."
"Is it a rule?" Xiang Que asked with a frown.
The second little girl shook her head and said, "It's not a rule, it's a way of respecting Master Lingshan..."
Xiang Que took the chopsticks and thought a little. At this time, the venerables had just finished their vegetarian meal. When they saw them, they stood up and didn't even say hello, and then walked out of the restaurant. After seeing this, the waiter didn't say a word.
If I paid, I naturally walked over and packed the leftovers on the table.
Leftovers mean that there are still a lot of vegetarian rice left. They didn’t eat too cleanly, and even some dishes only had a few chopsticks.
After Xiangque finished his vegetarian meal, he suddenly felt that the West Heaven was very different from the West Heaven he imagined.
Especially when walking on the street, many people and things I saw were increasingly subverting his former cognition.
For example, Xiang Que saw a simple-dressed mother holding a child in her arms, holding a stall in her hand, and accidentally knocked over the fruit basket in front of her, and a few fresh fruits were rolled out.
All over the floor, the mother was busy cleaning up because she had to take care of her two children. At this time, several monks passed by, but none of them looked down, let alone reached out to help.
Xiang Que also saw a person who was obviously terminally ill, and he was very difficult to move in his steps. He saw that the patient was caused by the passage of life, but there was a venerable from the real world passing by.
If you can take action to deal with it, you will pass by the other party without any concern.
What about my Buddha who promised to save all sentient beings with compassion?
Xiang Que was a little confused at first, but when he saw too much, he had no doubts except being confused. It seemed that the compassion of these monks was just as he wanted. If he wanted to be compassionate, he would be compassionate. If he didn't want to be thinking, he would be invisible. And those who were clearly
Ordinary people who thought they wanted to be pulled by a monk, but they never complained.
Xiang Que left the town a few days later, and then walked down. Anyway, he had no exact destination, so he casually looked at the customs and customs of the West, but after looking at it all the way, he found that he had previously
The problems I saw were found almost everywhere in the West.
Almost half of these Buddhist practitioners from the West always maintain a lofty attitude, and in their eyes, those ordinary people are like ants of all living beings.
Of course, there are many such situations, and there are many situations of compassion for heaven and sympathy for others. Some masters can also achieve the level of saving sentient beings, my Buddha is compassionate, or if I don’t go to hell, who will go to hell.
Xiang Que was quite surprised at first, but later he thought of the passage in Journey to the West where the four monks and disciples of Tang Monk and his disciples wanted to take the scriptures after they arrived at Lingshan. It was because Tang Xuanzang and Sun Wukong did not get two little Shami who was in charge of the scriptures.
Is there some blank scriptures that I was fooled by others?
In Buddhism, there are monks who can achieve perfect merits by practicing and practicing, and there are monks whose minds are impure and spoiled by the world. In general, people are good and bad, regardless of monks or ordinary people.
Half a month after reaching the West Heaven, Xiang Que was already tens of thousands of miles away from Lingshan. The place he was at this time was considered the boundary of the West Heaven. If he went a little further, he would be the outer sea area of the West Heaven.
On this day, Xiang Que walked into a remote forest. He originally wanted to take a break here and then walked back. He found a place to stay at the foot of the mountain near Lingshan. Even if he didn't show up, he could take a look.
Is the grand occasion of the Buddha’s birthday?
However, in the forest, Xiang Que suddenly heard some slight sound of reciting scriptures. There was always a temple built here, so he walked over.
Xiang Que was very curious about why there were temples in the mountains and forests, because in the West, all the temples were built in the city and looked particularly tall and outstanding.
The temple must be the brightest building in this city, and it is unique.