Fachang is an ordinary monk at Famen Temple in Fufeng County, Fengxiang Prefecture. But now this monk is ordinary, but he is not so ordinary. Of course!
Ever since the official government decided to designate temples in various places to be responsible for young crops loans during the Yuetai Festival, the status of serious temples has improved. And as this official pacified the north and unified China, and promoted Liaodong, its prestige was even greater.
Unsurprisingly, the policy of these young crops loaned to the officials and gentry--their grains were distributed to the gentry--was quickly implemented throughout the country, with little apparent resistance. The status of these Arhat temples - the common name for the temples designated by the common people to bear the green crop loans of the Secret Pavilion - was even more important.
With the continuous improvement, the monk's post also became more and more valuable.
Before Fa Chang became a monk, his common name was Li. Perhaps Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, who was always compared with today's official family thousands of years ago, was also from this family. He failed to pass the imperial examination for many years, so he became a monk in anger. Because he was a literate person.
, Today’s temples are also lacking such talents, so taking advantage of the "Regulations on the Introduction of Talents with High Literacy in Famen Temple in the 16th Year of Jianyan", after entering the temple, they actually skipped what ordinary monks would have to endure for many years.
, novices, Moro and other Buddhist positions are directly made monks. Yes, before Fa Chang became a monk, he didn’t know that not just any bald person in the temple can be called a monk, and the titles such as great monk and old monk are even more special.
No, there are not many in the temple. The great monk is one step further and is the most popular four-character Zen master today. In addition to the only six-character Zen master in the country, that is, after Zen Master Dahui spread the Dharma in Eastern and Western Mongolia, the official
Apart from the golden-bodied Zen Master Pudu Dahui whom my family calls me, this four-character Zen Master is the most valuable in the temple industry.
When Dharma Chang was in the middle of the year, he was awakened by the bangs in the temple. He hurriedly put on his monk's robes, fetched some well water and washed himself, then put his hands together and recited the Buddha's name while walking slowly towards the Buddhist hall to chant sutras. Although it was summer
The weather was still a bit hot at the end of the day, but the well water was still cold. The sky had just become clear, and apart from the occasional chirping of birds, the temple was filled with a sparse flow of people gathering in twos and twos towards the Buddhist hall. The path leading to the Buddhist hall was spotless, and
However, there are several large spider webs hanging out of season in the flowerbeds on the roadside. In the corners of each web, there are fat old spiders waiting quietly for food. Fa Chang once wanted to rescue the butterflies that unfortunately fell into the net. He was the master of the temple.
But he said, can the beautiful butterfly be saved, but can the mosquito and fly be saved? It depends on life or death. He doesn't quite understand.
Fachang thought that he would be done with it once he came to the temple and become a monk, but he found that things were contrary to his expectations. There were indeed some monks in the temple who were just waiting to die. Not only did they have nothing to do, but they were rewarded with a few coins as long as they went to the temple on time to chant sutras every day.
But this is not possible for a monk like him. Now the old monk who is the abbot of Famen Temple is from a local. His Fengxiang accent occasionally pops up the phrase "Hungry Buddha", and he has a gentle temperament and is not too busy;
The supervisor of the temple is a serious eminent monk who graduated from Tokyo Daxiangkuni Buddhist Academy. He has also traveled to Tokyo Daxiangguo Temple, Luoyang Shaolin Temple, and Yanjiuquan Temple. He has always been very strict. They are designated as abbots, temple supervisors, and discipline disciples.
Every day, monks who are even slightly lazy will be severely reprimanded by the supervisor for not being diligent, and each reprimand will not be less than half a stick of incense.
Brother Fade, who presided over the morning class, was an interesting monk. He had traveled to Japan on a ship of a maritime trading company in his early years, and he was very capable of accepting new things. After the morning class, it was originally time for serious meditation. When he was presiding,
After changing his habit, the meditation time was abruptly divided into two halves. One half was still for serious meditation, and the other half was for practicing the secret technique of Xitian physical training that he learned from Shaolin Temple. Those who do Yi Jin Gong are very particular about their body.
Flexible, stretched into various strange postures. The temple supervisor had come to see it earlier, but what he saw was not very indecent, and it was also good for the health of young disciples. He just shook his head and left without further care. Morning class
After finishing the meal, they went to the Zhaitang to have a fast meal. They recited scriptures and walked to the entrance of the Zhaitang to wait. The brothers in the Zhaitang were ready to greet them. When they first entered the temple, the Fa Chang also had several temperaments.
The brothers who were jumping around were joking around. After walking to the dining hall, if the inside was not ready yet, a few people got together at the door and loudly recited the Buddha's name "Namo's Master Sakyamuni Buddha" over and over again.
At this time, Brother Zhaitang would run out in a hurry: "Stop howling, I'm urging you to die, I know you are hungry." There are some things to pay attention to when eating Zhaitang, and you are not allowed to talk. Thanks to the government's efforts in recent years,
Weird water conservancy facilities and the best seeds produced by the Agricultural Affairs Department of Taixueyuan College. Although the weather is not as smooth as in previous years, the grain production is increasing year by year, and there is no shortage of food in the temple.
, if the bowl of rice is not full and you see the senior brother who is patrolling the meal coming over, you just use your chopsticks to scratch the place where the rice needs to be added to the bowl, and the senior brother will take the bowl away and return it with more rice.
They, the disciples and monks, have serious things to do after fasting, which is to go to the Shanmiao Hall to help. Since the year before last, the Qingmiao Loan has not been fully left to the monks. The temple is more of a hangar.
Name, and then explain the current secret government seedling loan policy to the farmers. In addition, those who encountered injustice and did not dare to go to the government to file a complaint were mostly appeased and sent home as gifts. If they were really justified,
Those who were less involved would also select the information and give it to the temple supervisor, who would then compile and select it and report it to the Military Command. The serious seedling loan business was handled by the Shanmiao Hall next to the temple. In fact, it was modeled after the sea trade company that had become popular in recent years.
The seedling service company recruits some serious lay people who understand accounting, and is supervised by the local Fufeng County-level government. The supervisory temple also often tells these disciples and monks to help keep an eye on anything illegal. After all, they are hanging
The name of the temple will be destroyed if a major accident is discovered by the Military Control Bureau, and the consequences will not be as simple as losing money for incense.
Fa Chang never did this kind of secular work before he became a monk. This is normal, of course. Because in addition to reading the officially designated scientific textbooks every day, he also reviews the scientific textbooks of the past years over and over again.
Examination questions, and then going to various famous teacher classes to inquire about the test questions, there is no other time. One of these famous teachers said that they were related to a minister in the Secret Pavilion, and the other said that they had been familiar with the official routines for many years.
It means that the questions I bet on are accurate. In the end, not to mention all the effort and money, I would not have become a monk otherwise. I just didn’t expect that I would be even busier after becoming a monk. I went to Shanmiaodai to help out on this day.
In just half a day, I received and persuaded seven or eight farmers, and then I was dragged to the reception department for single monks to help. Even lunch was just a makeshift fast food. Nowadays, serious government offices and directors all over the country are copying the same.
There is a nice saying about Tokyo's fast food system called "Tokyo Efficiency". It was mentioned by a current official once when he was studying politics, and it suddenly became popular throughout the country.
Famen Temple is not only the official Arhat temple designated by the Qingmiao Temple, but also because it houses the finger relics of the Buddha. It is the most popular temple in the Guanzhong area. There are many monks visiting the temple from all over the world, so you should check and inquire about the monks’ resumes.
In view of the purpose of this trip, not all wandering monks are welcome to exclude those who are dishonest. Since it was the time to return the seedling loan after the wheat harvest, there were too few monks in charge of the reception, so they were busy until nearly dusk, and there were still many monks.
Monks gathered in front of the door.
Fa Chang saw a tall, dusty old monk wearing ordinary monk robes and carrying a large bundle on his shoulders. He had been waiting silently in the queue since the afternoon. He did not do anything when someone jumped in the queue. The thin disciple behind him had a worried expression, but
Seeing that the old monk didn't move, he didn't go forward to stop him, so he was still in the team until dusk. Fa Chang felt slightly moved, got up and squeezed towards the old monk from the side. When he got closer, he didn't ask anything, but
I heard the young novice nagging and complaining at the side: "Master refuses to stay in the hotel again. He hasn't slept for a few good nights since coming here from Datong Mansion. It's getting late. Do you want to sleep in a ruined temple outside the city again tonight?"
Why don't you take out the gold-rimmed purple cassock given by the official and put it on the master? Since the official said that the master can control all the lawless monks in the world, isn't it illegal to jump in line? After hearing this, the old monk just smiled:
"This is not illegal. The city gate is about to be closed. Let's go." After saying that, he just turned around and left. The little novice monk had no choice but to quickly follow. Fa Chang raised his hand to persuade him to stay, but for some reason, he was speechless and couldn't speak.
He lowered his hand again.
The old monk hasn't done the talk for a long time.
The time before going to bed after finishing evening classes was Fa Chang's own. Fa Chang was good at painting, and he often painted during his early breaks in studies, but he was often scolded for not doing his job properly, but no one cared about his painting at this time. What he saw and felt during the day,