Morning bells and evening drums, day after day, seemingly endless
Every day seems to be exactly the same as yesterday. Some people feel bored, while others feel at ease. The quiet years, whether long or short, are in the human heart.
In the blink of an eye, Gui Li had been staying in Tianyin Temple for many days. Hearing the bells in the morning and the drums in the evening, which sounded on time every day from unknown places in the temple, he spent the days in silence for some reason. In just a few days, he seemed to
I have integrated into this strange environment. I am silent every day, just lost in thought.
He is now in his prime, and his body is in excellent condition. Although he is seriously injured, he is young, and his cultivation is high. In addition, Tianyin Temple is unexpectedly generous to him, and he is not stingy with any good medicine.
They all used Tianyin Temple's status and reputation on him casually, and the good medicine in the temple was naturally the best medicine in the world. The effect of the medicine was rapid, and he recovered from his injuries very quickly.
Within a few days, he was able to get out of bed and barely walk. However, when he walked, he still felt severe pain in his chest, and he would gasp for breath after walking only a few steps. However, this made the Dharma ministers and other people who came to see him happy and praised.
I have never seen anyone recover so quickly in the past. It seems that he will be fully recovered in less than a month.
Gui Li usually got along with them indifferently, and occasionally talked with them. Both sides avoided talking about their opposing identities. It seemed that in the eyes of Fa Xiang and other monks from Tianyin Temple, Gui Li was just their good intentions.
He was just an ordinary person who was being treated, not the Demon Cult monster they were willing to risk the world's disapproval to snatch from the hands of Qingyun Sect. Gui Li never asked the question of why everyone in Tianyin Temple wanted to save him.
Time passed by like this, and Gui Li's health got better day by day. In the past few days, he was able to walk more easily. Sometimes when the morning bells and evening drums rang, he would pull up a chair, open the window, and sit by the window.
He listened carefully, and it seemed that the sound of bells and drums in Tianyin Temple had a different charm to him.
During the days when he was recuperating from his injuries, only Faxiang and Dharma Shan among the monks in Tianyin Temple came to visit him frequently, and almost no other monks came, not to mention Master Puhong and other divine monks of the Pu family.
Li had never left this room. Apart from occasionally opening the window and looking out, what he saw in front of him was just a small courtyard with red walls and blue tiles, and a few short trees planted in the courtyard.
It's just that for Gui Li, such an ordinary and simple little courtyard felt a bit familiar after a long absence. From the day he opened the window, although he didn't show it, in his heart, he immediately fell in love with it.
Got this place
Listening to morning bells in the morning and evening drums in the evening, these peaceful and leisurely years, in just a short period of time, made him unable to let go and intoxicated.
Who knows that in his heart, his greatest hope was to live such a peaceful life...
Mount Sumeru, Tianyin Temple, among the vast and magnificent palaces and pavilions, in that strange and remote corner of the small courtyard, we live like this, live, live...
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"Squeak," the wooden door was suddenly pushed open, and Fa Xiang walked in alone. He glanced at the room and then fell on Gui Li who was lying on the bed. Gui Li closed his eyes and didn't know if he was asleep.
The monk smiled slightly, turned around, closed the door, and asked the ghost sharply: "How do you feel today? Does your chest still hurt?"
Gui Li moved his body, slowly opened his eyes, glanced at the Faxiang, and said calmly: "Don't you find it annoying that you have to ask this question every time you come here?"
The Dharma Minister smiled and shook his head. He turned his eyes and walked to the wall on the other side, in front of the picture enshrining the statue of Guanyin. He picked up three fine sandalwood sticks from the altar table and placed them next to a thin candle to light them. , and then inserted it into the copper incense burner
Light smoke curled up and floated into the air. The statue of Guanyin suddenly became a little hazy, and the air gradually began to smell of fine sandalwood scent.
He put his hands together and bowed three times to the image of Guanyin. Then he turned around, looked at Gui Li for a long time, and suddenly said: "Why don't you come over and bow?"
Gui Li was startled for a moment and looked at the portrait involuntarily. In the image, Master Guanyin had a compassionate face, dignified and beautiful face, and a pair of slender eyes that seemed to be looking at all the mortals in the world. At this moment, he was... Look at yourself with compassion
His heart moved, but then he sneered: "Why do I worship her? If she really has a spirit, I don't know how many times I have prayed to God and the gods and Buddhas in the past, and I have never seen them show mercy."
The Faxiang looked at him for a long time. Gui Li looked at him calmly, with a sneer still hanging on the corner of his mouth, showing no sign of regret. After a long while, the Faxiang sighed, turned around, and bowed his head to the statue of Guanyin, speaking softly. I mutter something to myself, but I don’t know what to say.
Gui Li looked at him from behind and sneered.
After the Dharma Minister finished saluting, he turned around. The compassionate look on his face gradually disappeared, replaced by a peaceful smile, and said: "I think you look good today, and your health has generally recovered recently, but let's go out."
Gui Li was startled when he heard this and said: "Go out, where are you going?"
The Dharma Prime Minister smiled and said: "Go where you want to go and meet the people you want to see."
Gui Li frowned, then raised his eyebrows and said, "Why, could it be Master Pu Hong..."
The Dharma Prime Minister nodded and said: "Exactly, my teacher was very happy to hear that you have recovered. He asked me to come over today and have a look. If you are not tired, I can meet you. What do you think?"
Gui Li stared at the Dharma image for a long time, then suddenly smiled and said: "Okay, okay, okay, I have been waiting for this day for a long time. Of course I want to see him. Not to mention that he is well, but he was seriously injured that day. As long as he is willing , I will crawl to see him."
The Dharma Xiang joined his hands and said: "The donor is serious, please come with me."
After that, he led the way, walked to the door first, opened the door and walked out. Gui Li followed him immediately, but when he was about to walk out of the room, for some reason, he suddenly looked back at the hanging The picture of the statue of Guanyin on the wall, surrounded by the curls of light smoke, shows Guanyin with kind eyes and kind eyes, smiling slightly, and seems to be staring at him.
Gui Li frowned and snorted, but immediately turned around and went straight away without looking back, leaving only the thin sandalwood scent floating gently in the empty room behind him.
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Walking out of the courtyard, there is a passage about two feet long and four feet wide, with red walls on both sides, as high as two people, and the top is usually covered with green glazed tiles. At the end of the passage is a circular arch. As I approached the arch, I heard a faint sound coming from outside.
The sound was quite strange. At first glance, it seemed to be the sound of monks in the temple chanting scriptures, but it was also mixed with other strange sounds, some of which should not appear here in Gui Li's imagination, such as villages
Women gathered together to chat, or believers worshiped Buddha loudly, and there were faint sounds of children crying.
How could such strange noises appear in Tianyin Temple, which is known as one of the three major sects of righteousness in the world?
Gui Li was startled and doubtful. He looked towards Faxiang, but saw that Faxiang's face remained unchanged. He was leading the way and walked out toward the arch. Gui Li frowned, calmed down, and walked out.
The door suddenly opened up, but I saw white jade as the stone, the pavement as the field, the stone layers stacked in groups of nine, connecting up to the main hall, there are ninety-nine and eighty-one groups high, and between the jade railings, there are only
Seeing the majestic palace, it is extremely tall. In front of the palace, thirteen huge stone pillars rise to the sky, more than ten feet high. The golden wall on the roof of the palace is brilliant. Eight roof ridges are equally divided on it, carved in the shape of a dragon's head. Each roof ridge has eaves in front of the dragon's head.
, each of them is impressively carved with ten auspicious beasts, in different shapes and lifelike. Note 1
His Highness's various carvings are gorgeous and exquisite, far beyond the imagination of the world. No one can create them. Behind the Main Hall, on both sides and in front, there are towering halls connected to each other, with squares or squares in between.
The paths are winding and connected, and some are directly connected together, layer upon layer, which is very spectacular.
It's just that although this building is majestic and gorgeous, and it is indeed more than awe-inspiring, at this moment, what makes Gui Li the most shocked is not these, but the fact that there are countless mortals running through this majestic holy land of Buddhism at this moment.
People hold incense and kneel down to worship the Buddha. On the steps, in the square, inside and outside the temple, the incense is so abundant that it is unimaginable.
The huge Tianyin Temple, which has a high status in the world of righteousness, is like an ordinary temple in the world, open to countless secular people to burn incense and worship Buddha.
Gui Li had never thought of this. He understood the strange noises just now, but he was confused by everything he saw in front of him. Growing up on Qingyun Mountain, he had long been accustomed to the so-called fairy style, fairyland and fairyland.
, originally only available to monks. On Qingyun Mountain, where have you ever seen an ordinary person come up to the mountain to burn incense and pray for wishes?
He turned to look at the Dharma Minister and asked in astonishment: "This..."
The Dharma Minister smiled slightly and said: "Today happens to be the first day of the Lunar New Year, so there are more people. Although the temple is very popular, there are not so many people on weekdays. But every first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, people from hundreds of miles around come here.
It’s a custom to worship Buddha.” Note 2
Gui Li shook his head, hesitated, and finally asked: "No, I just feel strange, why do you let people come in to burn incense and worship Buddha?"
It seemed that it was expected that Gui Li would ask this question. He nodded, made a gesture of walking this way, and then led Gui Li to the back of the main hall. As he walked, he said: "Actually, Tianyin Temple was also with me earlier.
The Qingyun Sect and other sects are not open to the secular world. However, after my mentor Master Puhong took over as abbot, he and three other masters and uncles meditated on Buddhism and made a great vow, saying: Buddha is the Buddha of all living beings, not just me.
Foye then decided to open the mountain gate to accept the people."
Having said this, the Dharma Minister stopped, turned around and pointed at the countless steps leading to the Mahavira Palace, and said, "Have you seen that long stone step?"
Gui Li nodded and said, "What?"
The Dharma Xiang said: "That was when an uncle saw that the mountain road was steep and that although the people were determined to worship the Buddha, many were weak and had difficulty moving, so they could not go up the mountain to fulfill their vows. So he used his great supernatural power to spend ten years with one person's strength.
Thanks to this, I forcibly opened up this smooth road to the Buddha Sea on the originally steep mountain road, and did such a great deed of immeasurable merit."
Gui Li couldn't help but be in awe, his face became serious, and he said: "There is such an amazing senior, may I ask his name?"
The Dharma Minister glanced at him, and after a moment of unexpected silence, he whispered: "That uncle's name was Puzhi, and he has been dead for more than ten years."
Gui Li's body suddenly stiffened, as the words "Puzhi" struck him like thunder from a clear sky, shaking him to pieces.
The Dharma Minister looked at Gui Li's face, which was changing from sadness to anger. He sighed and said in a low voice: "That's it, let's go. The abbot is still waiting for us."
Gui Li followed the Faxiang blankly and walked over, but his originally relatively relaxed pace had now become extremely heavy. After walking a few feet, he suddenly turned back with a complex expression and saw a crowd of people in the distance. Countless people.
Walking on the stone steps, old people, men, women, and children all walked past the stone steps with pious expressions on their faces, chanting the Buddha's name in their mouths, as if they were getting closer to the Buddha by walking this way.
The expression on Gui Li's face was complicated and difficult to understand. He clenched his hands into fists and slowly released them. After a while, he finally slowly turned his head and walked forward to the Dharma Xiang who was waiting in front.
The two of them went together, leaving only the countless believers and the silent Buddhist path behind them, in the human world.
This place was originally a human world, no longer a fairyland or a Buddhist realm.
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After passing the Main Hall, there is still a long string of palaces and temples behind it. After all, Tianyin Temple is a famous sect, and its magnificence is not comparable to that of ordinary temples. However, the Dharma Prime Minister led Gui Li all the way back, but there was no temple in any of them.
We stayed at Yulou Pavilion and just walked towards the back mountain.
Gui Li just followed Fa Xiang all the way without saying a word, his face was full of thoughts, and he turned a blind eye to the gorgeous and exquisite buildings around him.
It was only at the end that the Dharma Minister led him out of the back door of Tianyin Temple and walked on a small mountain road to the top of Mount Sumeru. Gui Li frowned and said, "Why, isn't Master Puhong in the temple?
"
The Dharma Minister nodded and said: "Yes, although the opening of this temple to the secular world is an act of immeasurable merit, monks need to be pure after all. My mentor and several uncles are all people who love purity, and they have always lived in the small temple on the top of the mountain.
We also generally call it 'Little Tianyin Temple'." After that, he smiled slightly, showing two white teeth.
Gui Li nodded silently, said nothing more, and followed the Dharma image to the top of Mount Sumeru.
Although Mount Sumeru is not as towering as the Qingyunmen Tongtian Peak, it is definitely not lower than the Tianyin Temple they came out of just now. It is already in the middle of the mountain, but they went up this time and walked for half an hour.
, then I saw the plaque of Xiaotianyin Temple
From the outside, Xiao Tianyin Temple can really be called a small word. The courtyard can only be entered and exited three times, which is far different from the actually magnificent Tianyin Temple halfway up the mountain. However, this place is far away from the world, but only the green surroundings can be seen.
Pines and bamboos form a dense forest. The mountain wind blows and the loose bamboos sway. It is indescribably quiet and elegant. Compared with the bustle at the foot of the mountain, it is a different feeling.
Gui Li had just recovered from his serious injury. After walking for a long time, his forehead was already slightly sweaty. He stopped and took a rest. Looking back, he saw in the distance the incense in Tianyin Temple in the middle of the mountain.
Even though it was far away, I could actually see clearly. There were faint human voices in the distance, with an indescribable sense of piety and solemnity.
Gui Li stared into the distance for a long time, in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking. After a long time, he turned around and the Dharma Minister nodded and led him into Xiaotianyin Temple.
It was much simpler here than at the bottom of the mountain. The two of them passed through the central Buddhist hall, turned two turns to the right, and walked into the back hall. There were three pure Zen rooms. The Buddha walked forward and walked towards the door of the middle Zen room.
, said loudly: "Master, donor Zhang Xiaofan has arrived."
An old but kind voice immediately sounded in the Zen room, saying: "Please come in."
The Prime Minister turned around and made an invitation gesture to Gui Li. Gui Li hesitated for a moment and then walked into the house. He just wanted to see the Prime Minister but stopped outside, as if he had no intention of going in together.
Walking into the Zen room, Gui Li glanced around, only to see that the Zen room was simple and unpretentious. All the furnishings were almost exactly the same as the Zen room where he was recuperating at the foot of the mountain. Nowadays, the world's great righteousness, the abbot of Tianyin Temple
Master Puhong was sitting cross-legged on the Zen bed, holding a string of rosary beads in his hand and looking at him with a smile.
"You're here," Master Pu Hong said with a calm voice and a smile.
Somehow, facing this divine monk, Gui Li's initially turbulent mood quickly calmed down. He took a deep breath, nodded and said, "Yes."
Master Puhong looked at him carefully, from top to bottom, with strange compassion and light shining in his eyes. He turned the rosary beads in his hand gently and said for a long time: "You must have something to ask me?"
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Gui Li nodded immediately and said: "Yes, I am very strange, why Tianyin Temple took the risk of falling out with the Qingyun Sect to save me, and why do you..."
He asked the question in a hurry and spoke very fast, but he only asked half of the question, but he stopped involuntarily. Master Puhong stretched out his right hand and stopped in the air, blocking him from continuing.
Gui Li was puzzled and looked at Master Puhong with some confusion. Master Puhong lowered his head and chanted a Buddha's name, then got off the Zen bed, stood up, and said to Gui Li: "Before you ask me,
Let me take you to meet someone first."
Gui Li was startled and said, "Who is this person?"
Pu Hong didn't answer, just walked towards the outsider, and said slowly: "This man has wanted to see you for a long time, and I know that you must also want to see him."
Gui Li was stunned, but subconsciously followed him. For some reason, his palms became sweaty and his heartbeat suddenly jumped up. It seemed that there was something that frightened him in front of him.
Faxiang had been standing quietly outside the meditation room. When he saw Master Puhong walking out with Gui Li so quickly, his expression did not change. He only took a step back and stood aside. Master Puhong looked at him.
He glanced at it, nodded, and without saying a word, he took Gui Li and walked in another direction. It was the last small courtyard among the three courtyards, leaning against a mountain wall.
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Note 1: Carving auspicious animals on the eaves of palaces is a unique architectural regulation in ancient China. There are extremely detailed rules. The number ranges from emperors to officials to ordinary people. There are detailed regulations and cannot be exceeded. Otherwise, it will be disrespectful and punished.
Since ancient times, there has been only one building with ten auspicious beasts on the roof that is capable of killing people and exterminating a whole family. It is the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City. It is the only one in the world. This is a fiction. Everyone - < Please search Piaotian Literature, novels are better
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Note 2: Burning incense and worshiping Buddha on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month is quite popular in China where Buddhism is widely spread. It is also called rituals or Buddhist meetings. From the Yonghe Temple in Beijing to the small temples in rural Fujian in the south, most people have watched their grandmothers burn incense for a long time.
Great, it is still the same now. When I write this, I can’t help but sigh when I think of this place.