For normal people, "Who am I?" is not a question at all. If you ask it in public, you are likely to be arrested as a lunatic.
But for one, this is the first of the three ultimate philosophical problems in the world.
This small group of people includes philosophers and monks, especially eminent monks and eminent monks.
Who am I? Where do I come from? Where do I go?
This question has troubled philosophers for thousands of years without a final conclusion. How can it be answered by just any monk?
"Who am I?" Li Yi smiled and said, "I am just an ordinary citizen of Jingguo."
At this time, Li Yi had replaced Master Tan Yin and became the focus of the scene.
Therefore, every word he said attracted everyone's attention.
"An ordinary Jingguo citizen..., what Buddhist principles does this sentence contain?"
"I don't know, but it's definitely not as simple as we thought."
"Master, please explain, what does this sentence mean?"
The old monk from Hanshan Temple who acted as a temporary translator shook his head helplessly. Regarding the question just now, the young benefactor obviously had a different concept and did not respond directly.
Or maybe he hasn't understood the deeper meaning?
He sighed secretly in his heart, thinking that his attainments in Buddhism were not enough after all, so the old monk simply kept silent.
The old monk Zhixin sighed and said: "An ordinary Jingguo citizen has such attainments. This Kyoto is indeed a land of hidden dragons and crouching tigers."
Li Yi ignored the old monk, picked up the cakes on the ground, wrapped them in paper, and threw them into a wooden bucket for garbage nearby. He patted the little maid who was obviously frightened on the shoulder and asked: "Are you okay?
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"Uncle, I'm fine." Xiaohuan looked up at Li Yi and said with a smile.
"No matter which country you are monks from, if you dare to cause trouble again, you will be dragged out and beaten to death with sticks. No one will help you." Li Yi looked at this group of foreign monks and said coldly.
Aren’t all monks supposed to practice Buddhism diligently and save all sentient beings? Instead of fighting for power and profit, going to other temples to make trouble, do you really think that you can become a master just by shaving your head?
Master Tanyin took a step forward, stood side by side with Li Yi, and said: "Everyone who comes to the Hanshan Temple Shuilu Dharma Assembly is a guest. If you have other thoughts, you should go back to where you came from."
Even Master Tanyin stood up, so there was no need for everyone to be patient.
"That is, foreign monks who dare to run wild on our land of Jingguo are seeking death?"
"You can't compare to the master when it comes to Zen, so you still have the nerve to stand here?"
"If you know what's going on, hurry up and get out of here, otherwise you won't blame us for being rude!"
The foreign monk who came to cause trouble, Lun Buddha, not only did not talk about Master Tanyin, he was not even as good as an ordinary young man from Jingguo. If there were any more outrageous actions, the dignitaries present might really do something.
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"We're here to talk about Zen Buddhism. Is this the attitude of your Hanshan Temple? It's just a famous temple in Jingguo." A young monk behind the old monk Zhixin said angrily.
"The Buddha is not broken, cultivate yourselves first!" Li Yi said lightly.
He was the one who would talk useless words with these monks here. If it were Miss Liu Er, just based on the behavior of the iron rod monk just now, she would have cut off his head with a sword and used it as a ball.
One sentence made the young monk choke and speechless.
Master Tanyin and the old monk from Hanshan Temple had strange expressions in their eyes, and everyone around them was stunned for a moment. After coming back to their senses, they all exclaimed in surprise.
"The Buddha is not broken, so you need to cultivate yourself first?"
"Wonderful, really wonderful!"
"This young man's Buddhist attainments are indeed profound!"
"Well said, foreign monks, go back and cultivate yourself first!"
As soon as Li Yi said this, everyone applauded. The other party talked about meditating on the Buddha, but the next moment he was pulled back by the sentence "The Buddha is not broken, you must cultivate yourself first." Seeing the foreign monks deflated, everyone felt very happy.
What kind of eminent monks from other countries want to come to Hanshan Temple to cause trouble? Master Tanyin and those real eminent monks didn't take any action, but they were all lost in the hands of a young man who is not even a monk. How can he be called a monk?
Eminent monk?
"Practice Buddhism, practice Buddhism, this practice is not that practice, the little donor is obsessed with it." Monk Zhixin said still kindly and kindly.
"The master keeps talking about cultivating Buddhism, but what do you mean by Buddha?" Li Yi looked at him and asked.
They were the ones who started the provocation. This group of monks really thought they were easy to bully if they didn't give them any color.
Everyone secretly applauded in their hearts. This was a way of giving back to the other side, and the old monk's problem just now was also kicked to him.
"What is a Buddha?" Let's see how the old monk will answer.
"Amitabha..." Monk Zhixin uttered the Buddha's name and said: "Buddha is wisdom, virtue, and compassion. You are Buddha, I am Buddha, all living beings are Buddhas, Buddha is everywhere, and Buddha is omnipotent."
"Bah! Shameless!"
"Isn't this what this young man said just now?"
"Plagiarism, this is naked plagiarism, the old monk is too shameless!"
After hearing Monk Zhixin's answer, everyone was filled with indignation and spoke one after another, condemning their consciences for this shameless plagiarism.
"Buddha is everywhere?" Li Yi suddenly asked.
"Buddha is everywhere." The old monk replied.
"Buddha is omnipotent?" Li Yi asked again.
"Buddha is omnipotent," the old monk replied again.
"In that case..." Li Yi crossed his arms, looked at him, and said slowly: "Can your Buddha create a stone that he cannot move by himself?"
Old monk Zhixin moved his lips as if he wanted to speak, but then fell silent.
Master Tanyin frowned deeply and seemed to be deep in thought, leaving everyone confused.
"Then why didn't the monk speak?"
"Is he also demonstrating Buddhism invisibly?"
"Can Buddha create rocks that he cannot move? Of course he can, Buddha is omnipotent!"
"Idiot, since Buddha is omnipotent, why can't he move a stone?"
"Oh, got it, Buddha couldn't create rocks he couldn't move."
"Idiot, since Buddha is omnipotent, why can't he create a stone that he cannot move."
"Who are you calling stupid? Try saying it again!"
"idiot!"
Ignoring the two people fighting outside, everyone looked shocked. When they looked at the young man inside, they suddenly had a feeling of admiration.
How on earth did he come up with this question? This is simply not giving this old monk a way to survive!
Whatever he says is wrong unless he takes back what he just said and admits that Buddha is not omnipotent, but is this what a monk can say?
He actually sent all the foreign monks to death with just one mouth.
This is the master, the real master!
While everyone was thinking about how the Buddha moved the stone, Li Yi had already walked through the crowd with the little maid and walked away.
The question "Can the Buddha create a stone that he cannot move?" is adapted from a well-known paradox in another world called the "God Paradox".
The God Paradox means "God is not omnipotent." The Holy See in another world published a book, which used the most popular mathematical inferences at the time to derive the conclusion "God is omnipotent." At this time, a wise man tit for tat
Question: “Can God create a rock that He cannot lift?”
So this wise man was in bad luck...
Regardless of whether this story is true or false, and regardless of whether the wise man was tied to a pillar and burned to death in the end, the reason why a paradox is a paradox is because it can never have an answer unless the original hypothesis is overturned.
Obviously, that is an assumption that old monk Zhixin cannot overturn.
Therefore, for a long time to come, he will be trapped in this paradox and unable to extricate himself.
[PS: As the plot requires, I made everything up, kids, don’t take it seriously.] 8
