Amidst the buzzing sound of the Taoist boys chanting sutras, Zhao Ran looked down at the precepts one by one. At the beginning, he couldn't keep up with the speed of the Taoist boys' chanting. How should I put it?
Their voice is called "chanting", it is more accurate to say it is "rapping", but this kind of "rapping" ignores the changes in rhythm and keeps running towards the fast words.
Often, as soon as Zhao Ran opened his mouth to read two or three words, someone else would finish singing a precept, which made him feel very uncomfortable. It was so-called "like a lump in the throat", and he would be so depressed that he wanted to shout out, that is, "If you don't spit it out, you won't be happy!" He peeked at it.
He looked at Zhu Meng beside him, and saw that Zhu Meng had a calm expression on his face, and his chanting was much lighter than his.
He couldn't help but poked Zhumeng's arm. Zhumeng ignored him. Zhao Ran simply tugged on Zhumeng's sleeve. Zhumeng frowned and turned around. Zhao Ran asked in a low voice: "Junior brothers, what are you doing?"
Have you ever recited this commandment before?"
Zhu gave him a roll of his eyes: "No, what do you mean?"
"They read so fast, how do you keep up?"
Zhumeng said in confusion: "It's such a simple thing, just keep reading."
"Why 'just follow'? Why can't I keep up?"
"Just follow it. It's your problem that you can't keep up. Why are you asking me? Do you need me to tell you why? That's just you being stupid."
Zhu Meng's disdain made Zhao Ran feel deeply puzzled and ashamed. He looked at the other person up and down and thought to himself, could this be the legendary "Gen Gu"?
Since he couldn't keep up, Zhao Ran simply stopped following and read the "Precepts and Codes" carefully one by one. When he was halfway through, he suddenly heard the sound of a drum in the hall, but it was Liu Jingzhu who beat the drum.
The wooden drum is used to indicate the end of the recital and allows everyone to recite it a second time.
It turns out that this guy is awake, but the "rap" of the Taoist boys is so unclear, how can this guy distinguish it clearly? Zhao Ran secretly cursed, anyway, he would never be able to hear the words of the Taoist boys, let alone distinguish the beginning and the end.
It's over.
After Zhao Ran read the "Precepts and Codes", he was suddenly shocked to realize that something was wrong. What was wrong? He actually memorized the entire book clearly, and every sentence and word was exactly the same.
came to mind, and not a single sentence was missed from beginning to end!
Zhao Ran couldn't help but his heart beat faster. Could this be the effect of the change in the string last night? Could it be that he also has the so-called "qualification"?
Amidst the chanting, Zhao Ran had no time to think carefully, but because he had memorized the entire "Precepts and Regulations", he gradually caught up with the Taoist boys. After catching up, he discovered that in fact, as long as he adjusted his breathing
, if you chant sutras in this way, the breath in the chest and abdomen will flow very smoothly, and you will feel very refreshed.
While following the Taoist boys humming and groaning, Zhao Ran observed that others were doing the hand gestures, so he pretended to imitate the Zhu Meng beside him and followed suit. In fact, he didn't know that he
The Mongols who imitated him also had wrong postures. This was part of the Taoist rituals, and they had not yet had time to learn it.
Taoist manuals are a complex system, mainly used in fasting rituals, chanting sutras, chanting mantras, walking, forming altars, summoning generals, restraining Qi, collecting evil spirits, curing diseases, praying for blessings, etc.
Taoism believes that the human body and the heaven and earth are coincidentally connected. Specifically, the reflection of stars and celestial phenomena can be found on the palms of hands. As the "Yin Fu Jing" says, "The universe depends on the hands, and everything is born from the body." Therefore, every
Each trick represents a special meaning.
Of course Zhao Ran didn't understand, but it didn't stop him from randomly pinching his "orchid fingers".
After the Taoist boys recited the "Precepts and Standards" nine times, Master Liu sounded the gong to signal the end of the morning class. The Taoist boys left their seats one after another and rushed to the dining hall to have breakfast.
Zhao Ran and Zhu Meng were stopped by Liu Jingzhu and explained to them the requirements for studying in the Sutra Hall. The Sutra Hall does not teach scriptures on the spot because each Taoist boy has a different learning level and cannot teach at the same time.
Some Taoist boys are lazy and have not even read the "Nanhua Sutra" for more than ten years; some Taoist boys are more enterprising, not only "Tao De Zhen", "Nan Hua Sutra", "Chongxu Zhi De Zhen Jing", "Laozi"
"Xisheng Jing", "Tongxuan Zhen Jing", "Huang Di Yin Fu Jing", "Zhou Yi Shen Tong Qi", "Huang Ji Jing", "Tai Xuan Jing", "Baopu Zi Shen Xian Jing", "Tai Shang Huang"
I have read both "The Jade Sutra of Inner Scenery" and "The Jade Sutra of Outer Scenery", and even read a lot of annotations, commentaries, compilations, etc., and even read large books such as "Supreme Huang Lu Dazhai Li Cheng Ritual"
All over the place. The Taoist boys’ learning differs greatly, and even the professors in the Sutra Hall cannot explain it at the same time.
Therefore, every morning class consists of reciting the "Precepts and Codes" nine times, and then going to have breakfast. In the early years, the Taoist boys of Wujiyuan had to study by themselves after breakfast, and then after dinner, they went to the sutra hall for evening classes.
Ask the professors at the Sutra Hall about the doubts and difficulties encountered in reading the sutras. As for the reading of Taoist classics, Taoists need to use the time in between to study consciously.
Later, the time for evening classes was changed to after breakfast. The ostensible reason was that he would be clear-headed in the morning. However, Zhao Ran did not hesitate to speculate maliciously. He felt that after such a change, it would actually mean that there would be nothing to do after noon. What would he do?
All convenient.
Liu Jingzhu asked Zhao Ran and Zhu Meng to study hard and use their spare time to read in the Sutra Library in order to catch up with the progress of their homework as soon as possible. Of course, the two of them Weiwei agreed.
After breakfast, we returned to the Sutra Hall and continued the day's homework, that is, the "evening class." During the evening class, Jiang Gaogong came out to show his face, and then Liu Jingzhu and Chen Jing sat in the hall to answer questions on the spot. Liu Jingzhu was responsible for explaining the rituals and precepts.
Regarding issues in this area, Chen Jingzhu is responsible for explaining the subtle meanings in the scriptures.
Zhao Ran was confused by the Taoist boys' questions, and he couldn't understand the answers given by Liu Jingzhu and Chen Jingzhu at all. This was normal. He had only read the Tao Te Ching and a few "Lao Zi Xiang Er Zhu" and "Lao Zi Xiang Er Zhu".
"Xisheng Jing", I have never read other scriptures, and it belongs to the most elementary level of study.
As for Zhu Meng, Zhao Ran felt that this guy was shaking his head and looked like he was listening with gusto, but in fact he was quite pretending. Is the "root bone" so magical? You are just here like me. Why can't I understand it? You can
Do you understand?
Judging from the performance in the evening class, Zhao Ran quickly distinguished the learning levels of the Taoist boys. Among them, the one named Ma Zhili studied the hardest. He asked about one out of every three questions.
And every time he answered his questions, Liu Jingzhu and Chen Jingzhu took the longest to answer.
The worst ones were a young fat man and a skinny old man. Zhao Ran didn't know their names yet. The two people sat on the futon without saying a word, and seemed to be understanding the content of answering questions.
He kept nodding his head, but actually looked at it carefully - he must be dozing off!
After the evening classes were over, Zhao Ran hurriedly ran back to his room, closed the door curtain and blocked it with a stool, then unfastened his belt and took out the string again.
The thin rope was still dim and motionless. No matter how much Zhao Ran tried, it did not change at all. Zhao Ran thought about yesterday's situation, unfolded the ultimatum, and brought it to the thin rope, but it was still useless. Zhao Ran looked carefully.
I read the entire ultimatum, reading every word from beginning to end, but there was still no change.
What are you doing? Zhao Ran was very depressed and speechless, so he had to sew the string into the belt again.
There is no need to clean the toilet or cook, Zhao Ran has a lot of time from today on. The so-called return home in fine clothes, and now that he has a different status, he can't help but feel good about it.
First, I went to the small courtyard where the pyrotechnical laymen of the clean room and the private room lived, spanked a lot with Brother Guan and the others, and enjoyed the flattery of all the pyrotechnical laymen; then I went to the living room to meet Jian Yumen.
After that, he called "Senior Brother Yu" a few times with great comfort; then he went to see "Senior Brother Song" in Song Zhiyuan's dormitory, and Senior Brother Ren Song patted him on the shoulder a few times and said a few words of encouragement.
Finally, he took the old donkey who was fostered in the trough house and went up to the cloud viewing platform on the back mountain to look at the mountain scenery of Wuji Mountain. He roared loudly at the valley for a while, and then went to the green lawn beside the pond where Zhang Laodao lived to take a nap.
After half an hour, he returned to the courtyard with great satisfaction.
Returning to his house, Zhao Ran picked up his pen and started writing a letter. After he finished writing, he deliberately left the sealed letter on his desk in the main room - don't rush to send this letter, I'll let you know how disgusting it is!
Thanks to yangzhigang and Brother Laishoujiengeng for the reward!