After the bells on Huanggu Mountain fell, the villagers dispersed.
As the sky turned dark, Xiang Que sat under an old tree at the entrance of the village, looking up in the direction of the top of the mountain.
Thirty-three days is indeed a very strange place. Most of the people here believe in Buddhism and worship Buddha. There are countless believers. However, there are also other immortal sects such as Lihentian and Jiuxian Mountain. But in general, these thirty-three days are still okay.
It is called the Buddha Realm.
Believers believe in Hinayana Buddhism, and the temple brings the aura of immortality to all living beings, which can prolong their lives and reduce disasters and illnesses. This is a pretty good cause-and-effect relationship.
But Xiangque always felt that there might be something else here, that is, in the hearts of the believers in the Thirty-Three Heavens, their admiration for the Hinayana Buddha has reached an incredible level of obsession, and can even be said to be blind, and they have lost their integrity as a human being.
's true face.
Isn't this just a way of brainwashing? How is it different from spreading news?
If a person lives to this level, basically 80% of the joy of being a human being is gone.
People can have faith, but don't go too crazy, otherwise you will lose yourself.
Xiang Que thought this way, but he didn't change his mind. He didn't have the persistent spirit of the old venerable Mahayana Buddha to preach and spread the ideas of Mahayana Buddha everywhere.
Xiang Que just had a sudden emotion.
As night fell, Xiang Que did not leave the old tree. It was as if there were roots under his buttocks and he did not move at all.
Because at this time, Xiang Que's mind was constantly thinking about the relationship between believers and Theravada Buddhism, and what the meaning of its existence was.
Originally, he just felt emotional occasionally.
But then after thinking about it, he got a little sidetracked.
This is how people's state of mind is. If you have a normal state of mind, you may think about something that may have nothing to do with you or even have a big impact, and it will be over without causing any ripples in your heart at all.
But if the mentality is sometimes not so normal, for example, the so-called over-the-top mentality, then another situation may occur.
It’s just that I can’t live with myself, and I have to think clearly about it.
If this situation is serious, it can also be called an obsession.
Xiang Que might not even know what was going on with him, but he just started to think about it and then started to go astray and went astray.
He was feeling sad for the villagers of Huanggu Village in this life. He felt that these people had really lived in vain and had no self. They only believed in and worshiped Buddhism all their lives, which caused other things in their hearts to be hollowed out.
It seems that the emotions that a son of man and a parent should have are not as big as the Buddha in his heart.
So tell me, is it worth it?
What should you live for? In addition to yourself, you should also live for your loved ones and friends.
But these believers live all their lives for the Buddha in their hearts.
Xiang Que had already thought of this when he was suppressed in Lingshan.
"Why……"
At this time, Xiang Que suddenly closed his eyes and sighed. He knew that he was starting to get entangled and a little upset.
He was walking towards a dead end, and all these thoughts were running through his head.
Suddenly, the old tree behind Xiang Que shook slightly, and the branches and leaves above also trembled.
Xiang Que, who was meditating with his eyes closed, suddenly had a faint halo of light appear on his body. The light was very soft, showing a milky white color. It enveloped his whole body, and then reflected the old tree behind him.
It seemed as if there was a new life.
An old tree refers to a tree that is too old and has begun to wither and wither. It may only take a few months or a year and a half for the old tree to become a dead tree.
This old tree is like this. The trunk looks dry and sallow, covered with many wormholes, the branches and leaves are also yellow, and basically more than 80% of it is bald.
The tree roots exposed outside the soil were also broken in several places, and seemed to have lost most of their vitality.
But if the people in Huanggu Village saw the old tree at this time, they might feel that the tree seemed to be ushering in a new life.
The halo around Xiang Que became thicker and thicker.
There was no talking all night, and in the early morning of the next day, before dawn, the villagers in Huanggu Village all started a new day of life.
Because there are still about two sticks of incense left, the temple on Huanggu Mountain will ring the bell to start today’s morning classes.
At this time, some villagers came out of their homes one after another, and then they discovered that there was a person sitting under the old tree in the village, who looked a bit like the guru who had passed by the village before and stayed here for three days.
Why do you say it looks a bit similar? That's because now you can only see the figure of the master. His whole body is covered with a faint halo, which envelopes his whole body and makes it impossible to see clearly.
's appearance.
When the village chief Zabu saw this, he was surprised at first and quickly walked up to Xiang Que to see if something was wrong with the master.
But at this time, as soon as he came over and got closer to the guru, he suddenly felt that his heart suddenly felt particularly peaceful, and the ancient well was no longer disturbed.
This feeling is very good, as comfortable as being blown by the spring breeze.
The sharp-eyed villagers also discovered at this time that a new bud began to sprout on the trunk of the old tree that was already withering and looking like it would not last long.
The villagers hurriedly greeted Zhabu, and when they saw it, they were shocked. They all fell to the ground and bowed respectfully to Xiang Que.
Zhabu then straightened up tremblingly and said in a trembling tone: "It is said that this Jamfu tree was planted by a Buddha at the foot of Huanggu Mountain. It is the backbone of all mountains here, but when this tree has gone through nine reincarnations,
From now on, its life-long mission will be ended, and it will eventually turn into a piece of dead wood, which will be taken to Huanggu Mountain and then refined into the most precious treasure in the temple..."
"How come this Yanfu tree is reborn again?"
Some villagers looked at Xiang Que, who was shrouded in halo under the tree, and said softly: "Is it because of this guru? The guru seems to have entered a certain state, and the Yanfu tree seems to be talking to him.
Echoing each other from afar.”
Zabu was startled, and then he realized what he was doing, so he called all the villagers to kneel down here.
Xiang Que's situation at this time seemed very sacred and solemn. To the villagers, it looked like the scene when the great Buddha in the temple on Huanggu Mountain saved all sentient beings.
Could it be that this guru is also a Buddha?
At the same time, the bells on Huanggu Mountain also ended. There were also many people in the square in front of the main hall of the temple. They sat cross-legged and waited for the landing of the Buddha's light to open the ceremony.