After leaving Sanqing Hall, I saw Li Dayin greeting one by one on the roadside outside: "Abbot Li, are you okay with your visit... Abbot Zheng, I will have a drink with you soon..."
Zhao Ran turned around, but Li Dayin came over with a smile behind him: "Oh, Abbot Zhao, we left Yuanfu Palace six years ago, but now we can get together and have a banquet together?"
Zhao Ran didn't mention the awkwardness, but he had a smile on his face: "Li Fuyin, I haven't seen you for many years, how are you always? I still have something to do here, so I can only forgive you. Let's meet again someday!"
Li Dayin laughed: "Okay, then let's do it another day and Li will be the host!"
The four palms were clasped together enthusiastically and shook vigorously. Zhao Ran solemnly nodded: "That's great, I will definitely make the appointment then!"
Returning to Jingyang Tower, I watched the lake view for a while on the platform, thinking that it would be better to ask Miss Ninth about it. There were many things I couldn’t figure out. Maybe Miss Ninth has the answer here?
When he arrived at the south room, Zhao Ran knocked on the door: "Miss Ninth..."
The door opened slightly, and Miss Ninth was sitting on a chair. White light hovered above her head from time to time, and she was flying talismans back and forth.
Miss Ninth motioned Zhao Ran to sit down and asked him to wait for a moment. Zhao Ran waited patiently. After waiting for a stick of incense, Miss Ninth finished her work and said to Zhao Ran: "Ask whatever you want to ask. I will tell you what I want."
To answer you, if I can’t answer you, either I don’t know or I don’t want to tell you, do you understand?”
Zhao Ran became angry as soon as he heard this. What kind of attitude is this? Did you, girl, suffer from someone's fault? There was no place to vent your anger, so you vented it on me?
I couldn't bear it, so I immediately asked: "Are you hungry?"
Miss Jiu was startled: "I'm not hungry."
Zhao Ran stood up and said, "After asking questions, I'll take my leave."
While walking in the cock-crowding mountains, Zhao Ran was thinking about who would be better to ask. The question he wanted to ask was too big and too high. Even his teacher Jiang Tenghe didn't know it, so he could only ask a few real teachers he knew for advice. But so quickly
Fu used to ask tough questions, which were extremely lofty and perhaps even the most important questions in Taoism, but it always felt inappropriate. This was because his status and realm were too low.
A flying talisman was sent to Lu Xixing: "How are you doing, senior brother?"
Lu Xixing replied: "I am catching up on chapters, and readers are urging me to update them. What's going on?"
Zhao Ran couldn't help but want to laugh. This senior brother had almost become a slave to words, and he didn't know if it would delay his practice, so he asked: "Is Master Xu free recently? I would like to ask some questions."
Lu Xixing said: "I heard that Zhiran is in the capital? Are you attending some kind of lecture hall? My master will return from Shandong in a few days. When passing through the capital, he may stay in Yeye, the capital, for a day or two. If there is no rush, Zhiran will be there.
You can have an interview with my teacher when the time comes, and I will report it to my teacher later."
This is really good news! Helin Pavilion has a villa in the capital. Xu Zhenren would stay there for two days every time he passed by Nanzhili. Zhao Ran also stayed there for a few days to help Xu Zhenren take care of it.
When we came out of a training ground, we found the place very familiar, right on the shore of Mochou Lake.
So Zhao Ran patiently waited for Master Xu and at the same time started studying in the lecture hall.
Starting from the second day of July, the lecture hall began to immerse itself in ascetic practice. What was placed in front of the monks was a large number of Taoist scriptures handed out.
The abbot’s class of the palace and classes A and B of the Taoist Academy attended the lecture together, and the temporarily converted sutra hall of Cock Cing Temple was packed. The huge "Supreme Yellow Lu Dazhai Establishment Ceremony" is the main course, and the lecturer
He is the sutra collector from Jianji Guanxia Guanjing Hall. He is a lay Taoist and is said to be a descendant of Mr. Chongjing, the master of Sandong. He left a message by his name.
"I am a layman with no talent for cultivation." The Sutra Master said straight to the point on the stage in front of him: "Logically speaking, I am not qualified to teach you, but Guanli still sent me here. I was very surprised at the time.
, I asked Cheng Gaogong and then Sheng Sheng and they told me that although you are all monks of our Taoist sect, most people really don’t understand the rituals of fasting and offering sacrifices. They said that if you don’t believe it, just ask.
, let’s see if they can.”
After a pause, the Sutra Master held up the first volume of the Great Zhai Ceremony on the desk in his hand: "So I want to ask today, is there any of you who can recite the Great Zhai Ceremony in class? If so, my
You don’t have to listen to the class.”
More than a hundred monks looked at each other, but no one answered for a long time.
Zhao Ran thought about it and felt that he should be able to recite it. He memorized it by heart when he was in Wuji Academy fifteen years ago. Maybe many years later, some sentences and words in certain chapters will be vague in memory, but he should be able to recite it.
Meet the requirements of the scripture study master.
However, he would definitely not recite it in front of the audience like Leng Touqing. He did not want to bring shame on the sutra master, because he also recognized the other party's judgment that most monks could not recite it.
No one in the hall answered, and the sutra master continued: "If anyone can memorize the first volume, you don't have to come to my classes for the first seven days."
There was still silence, and the Sutra Master sighed: "The requirements I just mentioned are compulsory lessons for every Taoist priest in the Shifang Jungle Sutra Hall. Without this ability, we cannot be Taoist priests. As a person without qualifications
I sometimes wonder if the current situation of my Taoist sect has been reversed. The Taoist priests who are unable to practice the Dharma are painstakingly studying fasting and learning, while the monks who are capable of practicing the Dharma are not interested in these things.
, many people have never even touched it..."
Following the sutra scribe's sigh, the more than a hundred monks in the hall began to think deeply.
Suddenly, the Sutra Master raised his tone and said loudly: "But today I want to boldly say something in front of all the immortal masters and abbots. Although I can't cultivate the small path to become an immortal, I know a little bit about it. As my cultivation level increases,
As your realm improves, sooner or later you will understand how important the fasting rituals that you looked down on in the past and thought were useless are to monks. Without them, not only would you not be able to endure the priesthood, but you would not even be able to ascend at all! Maybe!
Some people will say, what does this have to do with me? When I am punished and ascend in the future, others will worry about it, so I can just wait. But I want to tell you, if everyone is waiting for others to worry about it,
Then when it’s your turn, you really have nothing to worry about!”
The sutra reviewer paused for a moment, waited for everyone to reflect for a while, and then said: "In the 20th year of Jiajing, when I was a Tico Taoist priest who had just come out of the Xuanyuan Guan Sutra Hall, I heard four words - no
I forgot my original intention. After hearing it at that time, I thought about it seriously for a long time. These four words were said by one of the abbots here at Ye Xueguan. He loudly questioned all the Taoist priests who participated in the big meeting at that time. He said
, have you forgotten the vows you made under the throne of Taoist Sanqing? Therefore, I also want to share these four words with all the abbots today!"
Zhao Ran looked at the message in the lecture hall with some surprise, and his favorable impression of him suddenly rose sharply.