Lin Kun continued walking up the mountain. At the entrance of the temple halfway up the mountain, the red door was open. It was not the tourist season, and the incense in the temple was somewhat deserted.
Lin Kun walked into the door. A big yellow dog lying at the door lazily raised its head, glanced at him with squinted eyes, opened its big mouth and yawned lazily, and continued to sleep with its head hanging down.
Lin Kun took a look at this big yellow dog, whose lazy and comfortable lifestyle made people envious.
There are not many monks in the temple. Two young monks with shaved heads are cleaning the courtyard. There are many trees on the mountain, and the dead leaves will always blow into the courtyard with the wind. They can't clean them all.
Hearing that someone was approaching, the two young monks stopped and looked towards Lin Kun.
Both of them were dressed the same, with warm smiles on their faces. One of the slightly taller monks bowed to Lin Kun and asked, "Hello, donor."
Lin Kun followed suit and returned the gift, saying: "Little master, I'm looking for Master Jingkong."
Another monk, who was slightly shorter, said, "Does the donor know our master?"
Lin Kun said with a smile: "Master Jingkong's name is almost unknown in the entire Liaojiang Province. I came here to visit because of his reputation. If I have something to ask Master Jingkong for help, I also bothered the two young masters to inform them." After saying that, he clasped his hands together.
Gave a salute.
The two young monks looked at each other and replied with a smile: "Donor, please wait a moment."
After saying that, the two of them looked at the wall behind them at the same time, but they looked at each other again.
The tall young monk smiled and said to Lin Kun: "Donor, my master was standing on the wall behind just now. He may enter the main hall now. Please wait here."
"Thanks!"
"It should be..."
The tall monk turned around and walked towards the main hall. After a while, he returned and said to Lin Kun with a smile: "Donor, my master asked you to come into the main hall to speak. Please..."
The tall monk led the way, followed by Lin Kun. The sound of chanting came from the door of the main hall. An old monk in cassock faced the Buddha statue and knocked the wooden fish in his hand.
"Master, the donor is here." The tall monk bowed and said with a respectful expression.
After saying that, the tall monk turned and left. Lin Kun stood at the door and did not come forward to disturb him.
After waiting for almost five minutes, the sound of chanting stopped. The old monk stood up calmly and turned around to look at Lin Kun. His face was all white, his beard and hair were white, his smile was charitable, and he looked like an expert in Buddhism and Taoism.
"Donor, come in and pay homage." Master Jingkong said with a smile.
"Um."
Lin Kun responded, walked in, knelt down in front of the Buddha statue and worshiped devoutly.
"No, no, the correct posture for worshiping Buddha is like this..." Master Jingkong gave Lin Kun a look and asked with a smile: "Donor, do you understand?"
"Um."
Lin Kun responded with a smile, knelt down in the correct posture, and kowtowed devoutly.
The sound of chanting resounded in his ears again, and the wooden fish was tapping. Lin Kun turned around, and Master Jingkong sat on his futon again, closing his eyes and tapping the wooden fish.
After bowing three times, Lin Kun stood up. Master Jingkong also stopped, stood up and said, "Donor, please come with me. Let's go to the guest room next to us to talk."
Following Master Jingkong to the guest room, Lin Kun sat at a simple table. Master Jingkong personally made tea and served it. The tea was rich in fragrance, making people want to taste it.
"Donor, please have some tea." Master Jingkong made a gesture of invitation to Lin Kun.
"Thank you, master!" Lin Kun said with a smile, picked up the teacup and took a sip.
Master Jingkong also picked it up and took a sip, then put down the tea cup and said slowly and kindly: "Donor, do you know why I asked you to worship Buddha just now?"
Lin Kun did not dare to speak without permission. The kind-looking old monk in front of him was the most famous Master Jingkong in Liaojiang Province. He thought for a while and said: "Since you have entered Buddhism, you should worship Buddha."
Master Jingkong smiled and shook his head and said: "The donor is only half right. Buddhism has a heart of compassion, consideration for all living beings, and good thoughts in the heart. It should have the roots of Buddha. If the Buddha saves all living beings, it is not necessary to kneel down.
The Buddha's heart can save all sentient beings in the world."
After hearing this, Lin Kun thought about it carefully and said with a smile: "Thank you, master, for your guidance."
Master Jingkong said with a smile: "When the donor was climbing the mountain, two old men were quarreling at the spring. The donor stepped forward to stop them with good intentions. Can you tell the old man why?"
Lin Kun said with a smile: "I'm not afraid of Master's jokes. I didn't want to meddle in other people's business. I just felt that the quarrel between the two old men disturbed the tranquility of this mountain stream and shouldn't."
"Ha ha!"
Master Jingkong laughed loudly, stroking his silver-white beard, and said: "Good thoughts can be divided into small kindness and great kindness. The donor is a person with great kindness in mind, and deserves admiration."
Lin Kun immediately panicked and said: "Master's words are serious, how can I have any great kindness in my heart?"
Master Jingkong smiled and said: "My benefactor, you have unified the underground world of Zhonghong City and ordered gangs of all sizes to ban pornography, gambling and drugs. This is your great kindness. You discouraged two old men from quarreling, just because you don't want them to destroy it."
The tranquility of this mountain stream is also a great kindness. Any of us living in the universe is a tiny element, and the carrier of the world itself, the world where I live, is the true self."
Lin Kun was confused when he heard this, but he did not insist on being serious. Master Jingkong had been in Buddhism for decades, and his understanding of all aspects of life was not easy for ordinary people to understand.
Lin Kun smiled modestly and said: "Master, thank you. I, Lin Kun, am just a mortal. I just did what I thought was right. I came here today to ask Master for help."
Master Jingkong smiled and said, "Please speak."
Lin Kun said: "An old senior of mine has passed away, and his family hopes to ask the Master to save him. This old senior's hands were stained with blood during his lifetime. After he retired to seclusion in his later years, he devoted himself to doing good. I beg the Master to give the old man a chance to help him."
He ascended to Elysium."
Master Jingkong smiled and shook his head: "Donor Lin, you think too highly of old age. Transcendence can save people's souls and make their souls purer after death, but it cannot reduce the sin of killing during life. It all depends on whether you are in bliss or hell.
A person’s cultivation during his lifetime.”
Lin Kun nodded and said: "Even so, I still hope that the mage can help with this, just as fulfilling the wishes of the old man's family and purifying the old man's soul, so that even if he enters hell, he can be young."
Take some pain."
Master Jingkong did not hesitate and nodded directly in agreement, which made Lin Kun a little inexplicably excited.
Master Jingkong is an expert in Buddhism and Taoism in Liaojiang Province, and many people come to ask him to be their master every year. Everyone outside knows that Master Jingkong never charges for his practice, but he never does it lightly. Master claims to the outside world that everything depends on fate, but this
What is the meaning of the word Yuan? People in the world can only be confused.
Master Jingkong smiled and said, "I don't know if Donor Lin has any impression, but we once had a close relationship."
"oh?"
Lin Kun smiled apologetically and said, "I'm really sorry, I really don't remember."
Master Jingkong said with a smile: "Three years ago, I went to Mobei to attend a Buddhist association. On the way, I encountered a group of Mobei robbers. When my life was in danger, Donor Lin showed up with a group of soldiers."
Lin Kun immediately thought of it and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that the Master was among them at that time."
Master Jingkong smiled and said: "This is the so-called fate. There is no need to force it. Let it take its course. Those who should meet will eventually meet again. However, I also have a request."
Lin Kun said: "Master, just tell me."
Master Jingkong said with a smile: "This temple is located in the mountains, and a park has been built on the mountain. The relevant departments have set up card fees, which has increased the expenses of many devout Buddhist believers. In addition, the incense in my temple has also been used as a means of profit by the relevant departments.
, This is really not what a temple should do, it is disrespectful to the Buddha and must be banned."
"well……"
After saying that, Master Jingkong sighed and said: "I have approached many government departments hoping to get some adjustment, but I have never been able to get a reasonable solution. So I hope that Donor Lin can help me by canceling the card setting fee at the foot of the mountain.
The profit-making operation of incense has been cancelled, so that the temple in the deep mountains can be more 'pure'."
Lin Kun said: "Master, please rest assured, Lin Kun will do his best to handle this matter."
Master Jingkong stood up and was about to salute and thank Lin Kun. Lin Kun quickly stopped him and said: "Master, please don't be so polite. It is also an honor for me to do my part for Buddhism."
Lin Kun didn't stay in the mountain for long. He made an appointment with Master Jingkong for tomorrow, drank all the tea in his cup and went down the mountain. Lin Kun originally wanted to send a car to pick up Master Jingkong tomorrow, but the master refused.
At the gate of the temple, Master Jingkong said with a smile: "We Buddhist disciples give alms to enlightenment. If we are accustomed to opening our mouths with our hands for food and clothes, and regard the respect of the world for ourselves as vanity, then what is the meaning of the Buddhism we have learned throughout our lives?
"
Lin Kun admired him in his heart and resigned. Compared with the masters from all over the country who are often seen in the news, Master Jingkong in front of him is the one who truly understands Buddhism.
Those nominal masters, relying on the respect of the world for them, put on more airs than anyone else. They have a lot of greed and desire of ordinary people, and they wear cassocks as if they are masters.
He is aloof, but he has a lot of scandals in private. He buys luxury houses overseas and has an illegitimate child...
Walking down the mountain to the door of the ticket booth, Lin Kun suddenly stopped, turned around and walked towards the booth.
Sitting in the guard box was a woman in her forties with fair skin and heavy makeup. When Lin Kun knocked on the door, she was chatting animatedly with a man in security uniform next to her.
Dong dong dong...
Hearing the knock on the door, the woman turned around and looked Lin Kun up and down. Seeing that he was wearing ordinary clothes, a flash of contempt flashed in her eyes and she said, "What's the matter?"
Lin Kun smiled and said: "Sister, I want to ask you something."
The woman said impatiently: "What's the matter?"
Lin Kun smiled and said: "I just want to ask, which relevant department is responsible for this?"
A flash of vigilance immediately flashed in the woman's eyes, and she said, "What do you mean?"
This woman is a long-term employee here and has a formal contract. A reporter came to make an unannounced visit two years ago and felt that the fees charged by this natural mountain park were unreasonable. As soon as the report came out, it was blocked by the relevant departments. At that time, there was no
As a precaution, the employee who revealed the information to the undercover reporter was also directly fired from the company.
Lin Kun smiled and said: "It's not interesting, I just want to know more."
The woman snorted coldly: "Young man, don't act with me here, you are a reporter!"
"reporter?"
Lin Kun laughed and said, "Sister, do you think I look like a reporter?"
The woman said impatiently: "Reporters don't know how to write on their faces. I don't know what you want to ask, and I'm not responsible for answering it here. You go away quickly."
Lin Kun smiled and said: "Sister, with your attitude, is there something fishy here?"
The woman stopped answering and handed a message to the security guard next to her. This security guard was also a middle-aged man in his thirties with a rather rugged build. It was estimated that the woman had just had such a lively chat with him that she probably had a crush on him.
This is a big body with a strong back and a strong waist.
The security guard suddenly stood up, his aura was really majestic, and he walked over to Lin Kun with his eyes wide open...