Suning raised his eyebrows and said, "Unreasonable?"
The young monk's eyes sparkled and he said: "If you were reasonable, you wouldn't appear in the Buddhist forbidden area."
"Logically speaking, for the sake of Buddhism's safety, I should kill you quickly."
"Isn't it?"
Suning was wrong and speechless.
The young monk was not in a hurry and waited calmly.
Suning found an open space and sat down, thinking carefully about the sentence "What is Buddha?"
After a long time, he spoke with difficulty: "Buddha is the collective name of Sakyamuni, and he is the source of good deeds in people."
"It is the spiritual pillar compiled by faith for Buddhists, and it is also the spiritual world they yearn for."
The little monk asked expectantly: "What else?"
Suning added: "Buddha is cause and effect, reincarnation. What you cultivate is your heart, and what you worship is yourself."
"Buddha must be enlightened and tolerate all things. He must not be attached to or have delusional thoughts."
"Buddha......"
It’s eloquent and pieced together.
Any stories from classics and books that Suning thought were related to Buddha were quoted by him like a fish.
He talks like a river and keeps talking until his mouth is dry.
The young monk smiled and said nothing, sometimes nodding, sometimes shaking his head.
Sometimes he lowers his head in thought, sometimes opens his mouth and sighs.
When Suning finished speaking, he puffed up his chest and said, "There is right and there is wrong. Right outweighs wrong, so I will reluctantly give you a pass for this first question."
"To put it simply, you are lucky."
"Because after more than two thousand years of meditation, I have already figured out what a Buddha is."
As he spoke, he clasped his hands and recited the Buddha's name: "All living beings are equal, and all living beings are Buddhas."
"Some people wake up first, and some people are so calm that they can't extricate themselves from the world."
"But sooner or later, they will open up their own wisdom and become Buddhas immediately."
Suning rubbed his neck and coughed dryly: "It's a waste of time."
The young monk slowly raised his right hand, touched the void in front of him with his fingertips and said, "Second question, what is kindness?"
Suning glared: "Are you kidding me?"
"Buddha leads people to do good, and what they cultivate is good."
"How is this different from the first question?"
The young monk said seriously: "There is a difference, it's a big difference."
“Have you ever heard the story about Buddha cutting off his flesh and feeding it to the eagles?”
Suning was confused and said: "I heard it said that Sakyamuni went through a period of ascetic cultivation before he became a Buddha."
"It is said that one day he was meditating in the forest when an eagle was chasing a dove in the sky."
"The pigeon saw Sakyamuni when he was desperate and flew into his sleeve in an attempt to escape."
"Sakyamuni understood the dove's desire to live, so he said to the eagle: "God is good at saving lives. I hope you will let this dove go."
"The eagle replied: "If I release this dove, the dove will survive, but I will starve to death. How can I have the virtue of a good life?"
"Sakyamuni said: "I am willing to exchange the same weight of meat for the life of a dove."
"So, he found a steelyard, put the pigeon on the other side of the scale, and then began to cut his own flesh."
"But a strange thing happened. The pigeon was originally not heavy. Sakyamuni cut off a lot of meat, but he still couldn't balance the scale."
"Finally, he jumped into the scale himself, and the weight finally balanced."
"He closed his eyes and said, "If I don't go to hell, who will?" The sky and the earth changed color, and he became enlightened.
The young monk praised: "That's right."
Suning did not express his position and looked on with cold eyes.
The young monk changed his gentleness like a spring breeze and said in a sharp voice: "The Sutra of Filial Piety says: The body, hair and skin are received by the parents, and they dare not damage them. This is the beginning of filial piety."
"Many Buddhist scriptures even say: Those who are unfilial will fall into the endless hell for thousands of billions of kalpas, with no hope of escape."
"Sakyamuni cut his flesh to feed the eagles, which seems to be a great kindness, but is actually unfilial."
"If you are not filial, how can you awaken to the state of enlightenment?"
"Wouldn't this go against the original meaning of Buddhism passed down by him?"
