A ray of sunset shines through the tile cracks on the roof of the palace and shines on the body, dyeing Wuxu who is sitting in the main hall into golden yellow.
From early morning to dusk, Wuxu sat motionless on the ground facing the statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva.
There were several crisp calls outside, and a few small brown birds with green tails flew into the hall and circled around Wuxu. There was even a bold one that landed on Wuxu's shoulder and pooped, and then he felt proud again.
The ground flapped its wings and followed its companions, flying out of the open window.
Suddenly, Wuxu opened his eyes, and his consciousness sensed that someone was approaching.
After a while, two bare heads slanted out from the door and peered into the hall. Then, a group of monks swaggered in. Wuxu turned around out of thin air and looked at these strange-looking monks.
I saw these people carrying hoes, buckets and pans, their wet trousers covered with mud, looking like they had just returned from working in the fields.
In the temple, it is common to have to work during hard times. However, at first glance, Wuxu looked like these monks were out-and-out farmers. How should I put it, they seemed like a few farmers who occasionally came to the temple to make guest appearances.
Feel like a monk.
The bald monk who seemed to be leading the group directed everyone to place hoes, barrels and other objects at Wei Tuo's feet on the left side of the Main Hall. Then he walked to Wuxu's side and saluted with one hand, "Where does this donor come from? What's the matter?
What are you doing?"
Wuxu was so angry that he almost cursed. These people actually placed the hoe and wooden barrel in the main hall. Judging from the situation, it was almost routine. What was even more disgusting was that when the leading monk asked him,
The people around him were all looking at him, their eyes were naked.
Wuxu suppressed his dissatisfaction and clasped his hands together, "Amitabha——" Just as he was about to continue speaking, he heard a crash, and the wooden barrel placed at Wei Tuo's feet fell to the ground, and the sea water covered the ground; Wuxu
When I turned around, I saw that the wooden barrel that had fallen on the ground was shaking. Several crabs crawled out of it and ran rampant in the hall.
The leading monk, not caring about the presence of outsiders, hurriedly commanded, "Hurry up, the crabs have escaped."
Wuxu's seven orifices were filled with smoke, and he couldn't bear it anymore. He jumped up and shouted, "That's enough!" After saying that, he waved his sleeves and a gust of wind swept these monks, the domineering crabs on the ground, and the hoe, wooden barrel and other objects.
They were all swept outside the Main Hall.
Then he also walked out and released the momentum of the Eighth Level of Mortal Realm, which suppressed the monks who were about to get up and were unable to move on the ground.
The leading monks felt Wuxu's pure Buddhist aura and hurriedly shouted, "Master, calm down, Master, calm down."
Wuxu said in a deep voice, "You are monks in the temple, but you behave like this. Don't you know that our Buddhist sect has both low-brow Bodhisattvas and angry-eyed Vajras?"
After saying that, he didn’t want to listen to these people’s explanations. It was such a big mistake. No matter how good the reason was, there would be cause and effect. He waved his hand and pointed at a person, “As a monk, how can you eat meat in the temple? First wait for the crabs to be sentient beings.
Let all living beings go free."
He waved his hand again and pointed at the two of them, "Clean the Mahavira Palace, add sesame oil, and light incense candles."
He waved his hand again and pointed at the four people, "Except for the Main Hall and the side halls of the temple, wherever there are offerings, they must be cleaned and incense added just like the Main Hall."
Finally, he pointed at the monk who had just asked him, "The golden bodies of the three Buddhas, and even Guanyin Master Cihang Pudu, you can wipe them clean inch by inch with cotton gauze."
The leading monk waited for Wuxu to regain his momentum, got up, walked pitifully to Wuxu, and said, "May I ask Master, where are the golden bodies of the three Buddhas?"
Wuxu's eyes seemed to be spitting out fire, and the monk felt that his whole body was burning hot. He said with a sigh, "Master, please calm down. Putuo Island is the dojo of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. Only Tathagata Buddha and Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva are respected."
Wuxu laughed angrily, stretched out his hand, took the monk to his side, took his hand, turned to face the Main Hall, smiled bitterly and said to him, "In the middle is the living Buddha Sakyamuni Buddha, and on the left is
The Buddha in the past life is the Lantern Buddha, and on the right is the future Buddha Maitreya Buddha."
When the monk saw that Wuxu had finished speaking, he became angry again, and in a hurry, he said, "Amitabha, the young monk will go find some cotton yarn and clear water." After saying that, he ran away in a hurry.
Wuxu sat in the main hall and released his spiritual consciousness, covering the entire temple and allowing these monks to sense it.
None of these monks dared to cheat and play tricks, so they worked very hard. In the middle of the night, they were all so tired that they were hunched over. Wuxu visited one place after another, and every time he nodded reservedly, the people in charge felt relieved.
Take a breath of air.
When Wuxu walked to the front of Guanshiyin Master Cihang Pudu, he looked at the incomplete place at the bottom of the pure vase, frowned and asked the leading monk, "Why is this incomplete place not repaired? Do you have to let the young monk treat you?"
Angry eyes?"
The leading monk, with a mournful face, knelt down on the futon and bowed to Guanyin Bodhisattva with clasped hands, "Bodhisattva is above, I am a good monk. How dare you not repair the broken bottle in Bodhisattva's hand? It took a lot of effort to repair it, but it won't be repaired for a few days."
, then it split open again. Could it be that the Bodhisattva has some enlightenment?"
Wuxu's heart moved. He raised his head and looked at Guanyin Bodhisattva on top of the turtle among the blue waves.
"Could Guanyin Bodhisattva really show that there are leaks to all living beings? But what does this teaching refer to specifically?" Wuxu thought about it carefully, and couldn't help but feel trance.
He also remembered that he secretly drank and ate meat with Zhu Yuanzhang at Miaofa Peak in Lushan Mountain, and that he transformed into a wolf demon in Wuxi City to assassinate Xue Mingming, and even performed the Heavenly Demon Dance with Zhao Tong in Anfeng City. Finally, there was the mysterious encounter last night.
elder.
When he came back to his senses, Wuxu saw a group of monks surrounding him, looking at him. One of them was bold and asked, "Master, what does Guanyin Bodhisattva have to say?"
Wuxu shook his head.
Na Yao Shan, with a thunder in his stomach, said cautiously, "Master, you haven't had dinner yet, have you?"
Wuxu took a closer look and saw that the monks around him were all looking at him blankly, and then said, "I don't care. You have had a hard day, so hurry up and eat."
Yao Shan immediately admired him and said, "It turns out that the master can already eat the wind and drink the dew, and the golden elixir can be achieved."
Wuxu smiled bitterly and waved his hand. He was obviously a member of the Buddhist sect, so how could he achieve the golden elixir?
When Yao Shan saw Wuxu waving his hand, he greeted everyone and filed out. Outside the main hall, he surrounded several basins, carefully divided the food, sat on the ground, and devoured it.
Wuxu took a look and saw that there were no crabs or other meat in those pots, but some unknown wild vegetables.
Just as he was about to meditate on the ground, a young monk suddenly burst into tears, and his voice became louder and louder. Yao Shan and others saw that Wuxu was disturbed in the hall, and hurriedly stepped forward to coax him. One person
He even covered his mouth with his hand.
Wuxu came out, looked at the young monk with tears streaming down his face, and asked softly, "Junior brother, why are you crying in grief? Could it be that the young monk scared you during the day?"
The young monk, who was only thirteen or fourteen years old, was crying, wiping the tears on his face, and said vaguely, "I want to eat crabs."
A monk next to him said, "Xiao Liu, as a monk, you cannot kill or eat meat. This is the rule of the temple."
The young monk cried loudly, "If I don't become a monk, my home will be at Baotuo Guanyin Temple."
Wuxu said to Yao Shan, "He is a little baby. He doesn't want to become a monk. It is also the time when he is growing up. Why not place him outside the temple, take care of him every day, and let him arrange his own diet?"
Yao Shan was submissive and did not dare to respond. However, there was a person next to him who seemed to be closer to Xiao Liu and said, "Master, I don't know something. There is an order on Dongji Island. If you don't become a monk, you can't stay on the island."
When Wuxu heard this, he asked angrily, "Why is this? Dongji Island is so overbearing, so it must be too lenient!"
Everyone did not dare to answer the conversation and looked at each other, as if they were very afraid.
Wuxu pointed at Yaoshan and said, "You answer."
The medicine is good, but he just kowtows to the ground and dare not say a word.
Wuxu even said angrily, "How can people like you who are greedy for life and afraid of death practice Buddhism, end life and death, realize Nirvana, and gain great freedom!?"
Seeing that everyone was still silent, he was so angry that he took out a piece of salted crab he had just bought from the dock from his Xumijie and handed it to the doll named Xiaoliu. "Here is one. The young monk got it from somewhere else."
Come, it’s the three pure meats of ‘neither seeing nor hearing nor doubting’, you can eat it first.”
But Xiao Liu didn't reach out to take it. He sobbed and said to Wuxu, "Master, are you going to drive Xiao Liu out of the temple?"
Wu Xu was stunned for a moment, and then he said warmly, "Monks are not allowed to eat meat in temples. This is a commandment."
Xiaoliu pursed his lips and said, "My parents never left Baotuo Temple before they were alive. I am also the one watched by Guanyin Bodhisattva when I was born from my mother's womb. I won't leave."
Wuxu looked at Xiaoliu who had runny nose and tears on his face, but he didn't know what to say for a moment. Buddhism has clear rules and precepts. It would be better if you are a layman, but if you are in a temple and you still want to eat crabs, then
How did it happen? I think about myself, I also secretly ate and drank with Zhu Yuanzhang, and I belittled Buddhism. After being expelled from the disciples, I still held myself to the standards of an idle Buddhist cultivator and a layman. I can drink and eat meat in normal times, but when I go to a temple, it must be
Be observant of the rules.
This Xiaoliu is an ordinary secular child who has made the temple his home since he was a child. Not to mention why Dongji Island has made a rule of "leave the island if you don't become a monk or leave the island" and how his parents are in the temple. They just follow Buddhism.
From a doctrinal point of view, it is not suitable to stay at Baotuo Guanyin Temple.
Just as I was thinking and feeling embarrassed, a vague voice suddenly came from the Mandala Dharma Realm, "Wuxu, should this crab-eating Xiaoliu stay in Baotuo Temple?"
Wuxu was startled, and his consciousness entered the Dharma Realm. He saw Guanyin in the mural on the left side of the Buddhist hall, holding blue sea beads and counting them leisurely. Wuxu immediately put his palms together and bowed, "What do you think, Bodhisattva?"
In the mural, Guanyin Bodhisattva lowered his eyebrows and counted beads, and his expression could not be seen clearly. Wuxu only heard a voice ringing in his ears, "Your cause and effect, your merit."
At this time, suddenly, unexpectedly, Xiao Liu's cry was heard in the Dharma Realm. As he heard, Xiao Liu wiped his tears and said to the people around him, "Xiao Liu will not dare to eat crabs again in the future."
Now, please don’t drive me out of Baotuo Temple, okay?”
Wuxu was in a trance for a while, as if he had returned to Miaofa Peak in Lushan Mountain. His master, Elder Miaoyin, was sitting on the meditation couch in a quiet room shrouded in mist, and told himself that the pure land of Buddhism was not suitable for him, and it was best to go down the mountain. After that, the world was spinning,
Following the blue sea pearl, I fell from the Sandie Spring.
Everyone was gathering around Xiaoliu, trying to persuade each other, when suddenly they saw Wuxu with a solemn face, standing there with tears streaming down his face, speechless and at a loss.
Then he saw Wuxu walking up to Xiaoliu, staring at Xiaoliu for a moment, then turning to look at Guanyin Bodhisattva Cihang Pudu, and said softly, "I won't drive you away, little monk, because you are the first person to eat crabs."
As the saying goes
When I first arrived at your temple, the monks were busy, and Wei Tuo was carrying a hoe and a wooden bucket beside him.
Wuxu was so angry that he cleared the Taoist temple and tasted crabs in front of the Bodhisattva's seat.