Chapter 72 I don't usually hold grudges and ask for a monthly ticket)
"Hurry up and finish the business with him. I don't want to see this little monk anymore."
The more I thought about it, the more depressed I felt. Mother Lishan urged her as if she was angry, and her attitude towards Guanyin became a little colder.
"Just follow what mother said."
Guanyin responded with a smile and turned around slowly, her face still showing that holy look of compassion for the world.
"Fa Hai, do you know where what happened today started?"
"The Bodhisattva enlightens me, but my disciples don't know."
Fahai agreed carefully, but he was really confused in his heart.
To be honest, he had never thought that someone would come down from Lingshan Mountain to look for him so early, let alone the Great Merciful and Great Compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva, one of the four great Bodhisattvas.
"I realize that I have always been cautious in my words and deeds, and I examine myself three times a day, but I don't know why the Bodhisattva found me as a disciple?"
"Since you have always acted carefully, why did you do such a rebellious thing as damaging the Buddha statue in Baiyan Temple that day?"
The Bodhisattva still holds the mutton-fat jade vase in one hand and holds a flower in the other, but his body is more solemn and solemn.
"Did you know that a few days ago, several Bodhisattvas reported your situation to the World Honored One, saying that you were behaving erratically, as if you had fallen into the devil's path, and that they wanted to send Dharma protectors into the mortal world to suppress you and order you to reflect on yourself for a hundred years as a punishment."
"If Lord Hui Neng had not excused you in front of the World Honored One, I would not be the one meeting you now."
"Let me ask you, do you know you were wrong?"
Guanyin just glanced at Fa Hai briefly. Although it didn't reveal any majesty, it still looked like an abyss or a prison.
Fa Hai seemed to be carrying the weight of the Five Mountains on his body, and he was so overwhelmed that he couldn't breathe.
Gritting his teeth, Fahai spoke word by word with great perseverance:
"Lord Buddha is merciful. In the past, he cut off his flesh and fed it to eagles. Now all living beings are pitiful and their lives are miserable. My disciple exchanged some wood carvings and gold sculptures for money and saved human lives, but I don't know what his fault is?"
"Since it is to save the common people, and you can donate your body, why do you pity the clay statues of Dharma?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Fa Hai felt that the majesty attached to his body suddenly disappeared, as if all the previous events were just temporary illusions.
He raised his head and saw the Bodhisattva looking at him with a half-smile.
"You understand the true meaning of this. My Buddha is compassionate and wants to teach all the people in the world who are destined to escape from the sea of suffering, but it is not for the sake of the people that I will blindly hold him high on the table and worship him day and night."
"It's just that the incident at Baiyan Temple has really damaged the devotion to Buddhism among the hundreds of thousands of believers in Xuanping City. Many of them have been doing good deeds and accumulating virtue for most of their lives, but in the end they began to doubt the meaning of what they were doing."
"Although you did it unintentionally, the cause and effect must be blamed on you."
"If that's not the case, why would Lord Buddha need to question you?"
"I realize that I was wrong and am willing to be punished by the Bodhisattva."
Fahai admitted honestly.
At that time, he only cared about the families that were destroyed by the monks of Baiyan Temple, but he never thought about the impact that Xuanping City would have on practicing Buddhism and one day the faith would suddenly collapse, which would have an impact on the believers.
"Now that you have reflected on yourself, I want you to stay until the Water and Land Dharma Assembly is over, build a Jinshan Temple on the bank of the West Lake, and ferry 100,000 believers out of the sea of suffering. Are you willing?"
Seeing Fahai's correct attitude, the Bodhisattva nodded and said with a smile.
"Amitabha and his disciples are no different..."
Fahai clasped his hands together and was about to sincerely bow to Guanyin.
Hmm? Jinshan Temple?
Why do I always feel like something is weird?
Wait, isn't that the same temple in The Legend of White Snake where the old monk Fa Hai crosses Xu Xian to escape into Buddhism?
But if I remember correctly, shouldn't Jinshan Temple stay peacefully in the Zhenjiang area? What the hell is the point of asking myself to build a temple next to the West Lake?
Fa Hai secretly complained in his heart. He had not planned to get involved in this messy dispute between Buddhism and Taoism, but now it seemed that things were not going as planned.
With a glimmer of hope, he tentatively asked Guanyin:
"Bodhisattva is merciful. I wonder if I can open a temple in another place? I don't think it's far away. I think it can be done at the old site of Xuanping City!"
"This is what the World Honored One means."
Avalokitesvara looked at Fahai compassionately, but his words clearly excluded Fahai's last thoughts.
"Disciple...remember to abide by the law."
The last bit of illusion was shattered, Fahai's eyes were blank, and he muttered, looking like he had been spoiled.
It's so difficult for me. I have been thinking hard all day long to avoid the crisis for my boss, but it is my own backer who wants me to take the lead in the charge.
"The World Honored One has his own intention for giving such an instruction. You are a born Buddha, destined to achieve fruition in the future and go to the Pure Land of Lingshan Mountain."
Seemingly sensing Fa Hai's worries, Guanyin deliberately comforted him.
"I would like to thank the Bodhisattva for his enlightenment and compassion. I wonder if you can tell me which Bodhisattvas have objections to me? I will definitely change my mind and change my past mistakes."
Fortunately, Fahai was not a self-pitying person. He cheered up again and asked the little monk with gritted teeth.
Don't get me wrong, Zen Master Fahai has never been a person who holds grudges, because he usually avenges him on the spot.
As for what to do if you can't beat it?
Naturally, he wrote it down in a small notebook. When Zen Master Lingyou attains the status of Bodhisattva, he will take it with him to the Pure Land of Lingshan and then implore his ancestor to help him find his place.
If you bully the younger ones, you will provoke the older ones; if you bully the older ones, you will provoke the older ones.
According to his master, this is the fine tradition of Weishan Temple, and it is natural that it should be inherited.
"You are quite cautious."
Feeling quite dumbfounded, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva gently tapped Fa Hai's brow with her slender jade fingers and scolded him angrily.
Even Old Mother Lishan, who said she didn't want to see Fahai again, also glanced over with interest.
"This disciple is not petty, but the Buddha saves all sentient beings, not for the sake of the prosperity of incense, but with great compassion and great enlightenment to liberate the world."
"A few Bodhisattvas have taken a narrow path, and the disciples only want to bring them back to the right path."
Fahai talked nonsense seriously.
"Buddha said, it cannot be said."
However, Guanyin Bodhisattva still smiled and declined Fahai's request.
But when Fa Hai was disappointed, he took over what he said before and said:
"But when you build Jinshan Temple in the future, I will inform you of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas that need to be worshiped in the temple. Then you can just take care of yourself."
Um?
Hearing the implication, Fahai's eyes immediately lit up and he thanked Guanyin.
"Disciple thanks Bodhisattva."
This bow was much more sincere than before.
"It doesn't matter. Some people have been enshrined in temples for too long and have not been able to transcend the Dharma for a long time. However, they have somewhat forgotten the vows they made when they attained the fruition status."
"The World Honored One is merciful and can't bear for them to make any more mistakes. If you, Fahai, can wake them up, that would be the best."