Lou Xiaoyi knew that this was her mother being polite. When she was a young lady in the General's Mansion, her mother was also a talented woman. She couldn't even write a couplet. Besides, it wasn't a literary test, but she could write well in a small town.
It doesn't really matter what is bad, so who can really find fault with it?
"What subject? Which aspect? Do you have any requirements?"
Lou Xiaoyi was not polite, and it was not a big deal. Whatever his mother said, it would be done.
Lou Yao thought for a while, "Well, this time Master Kongfang came to the house, he mainly talked about the Buddhist teaching of accumulating good deeds and not caring about gains and losses. I think it is better to follow what he said and write a poem with the title "Suffering a loss is a blessing".
A pair, right?"
Lou Xiaoyi nodded, not caring about anything. He accidentally glanced around and suddenly found a string of Buddhist beads on his mother's wrist. They were black and translucent, with a hint of brilliance. It was very unusual. Ordinary mortals couldn't see this kind of strangeness, but for him, it was considered real.
In the eyes of the practitioners who entered the door, it was like a bright light in a dark room, very eye-catching.
"Mother, where did you get these beads? They look very unusual. I have never seen you wearing them before!"
Lou Yao laughed and said, "This is exactly what Master Kongfang gave me just now. It is said to be enlightened by the Buddha's light. If you always carry it with you, it will bring good luck and avoid evil, and keep you healthy! If Xiao Yi likes it, just take it..."
As she spoke, she took off her prayer beads and handed them to her son. She knew her son's character and was not very interested in such things, and she would never ask for her mother's belongings. But as a mother, what good could she have in her hands?
I always think about my son when I give him things. Even if my son has rejected me countless times before, I will still hand over the good things as soon as possible.
What surprised her was that, for the first time, her son actually took it.
"This string of beads is interesting. My son will play with it for a few days. When he has had enough, he will return it to his mother!
By the way, I heard that there was a severe drought in Pucheng last year, and the harvest in the fields was only 50% or 60% of what it used to be. Many farmers faced the dilemma of insufficient sowing in the spring and struggling to feed themselves?"
Mrs. Lou Yao sighed, "Isn't it? The weather has been unfavorable in the past two years, either severe drought or severe floods, so many wealthy families in Pucheng often offer incense and pray for blessings. The government also provides relief, but it is a drop in the bucket.
The harvests in several of our farms are also not good. I have ordered people to reduce their land rent for the year. I think there will be no problem in maintaining it. What does Xiao Yi mean...?"
Lou Xiaoyi smiled and said, "Mother is compassionate and has kind thoughts. It goes without saying that the tenants will be grateful to you!"
But in Xiao Yi’s opinion, happiness alone is not as good as happiness among everyone. The vast majority of tenants or homesteaders may not have such luck. For spring sowing, it is difficult to have both seeds and grain storage.
Since the Jokhang Temple is holding a spring Dharma assembly to bring salvation to all sentient beings, why not take this opportunity to turn the sesame oil money collected by wives and girls from every family in Pucheng into seeds, and have the government count them and distribute them on site, and each family can collect it themselves. Wouldn't it be nice?
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In this way, it not only fulfills the original intention of good people from all walks of life to worship the Buddha, but also fulfills the compassionate mind of the Jokhang Temple. It is the best of both worlds and everyone is happy..."
Mrs. Lou Yao's eyes shone, her son's idea was really great. She always felt that she was powerless to deal with the victims. She seemed to be unable to do anything except contribute some sesame oil money. In Zhaoye Kingdom, opening warehouses for relief was the responsibility of the government.
, if other people open a granary privately, it will be suspected of inviting people to gather together, and it cannot be done easily!
But if according to the son's idea, there is a Buddhist temple in the front and official statistics and arrangements behind it, then there will be no problem.
Although she is very devout to the Buddha, she is not stupid. She knows that her sesame oil money has gone into the pockets of the monks, and there are only one out of ten that can be used to help the people. It is not as direct as this!
So he praised: "My son is smart, kind and has a good plan! You are right. I will contact the ladies and matrons of each family to make sure this is done. This is a great merit. The Buddha will definitely be moved. It is better than usual
It would be much more meaningful to recite Buddha ten thousand times and donate ten thousand dollars!"
Will the government help? This is not a problem at all! These ladies and wives include officials at all levels from large and small yamen in Pucheng. In a sense, they nodded, which is more effective than the order of the Lord.
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... Back in his study, Lou Xiaoyi's face looked a little gloomy. He never participated in his mother's Buddhist affairs, but today he made an exception and spoke out. He ruined the Jokhang Temple and made money while benefiting ordinary people. These methods all had his own intentions!
It’s not about losing money, it’s about stringing Buddhist beads!
There is something weird about this string of Buddhist beads!
It’s not that wearing this thing will attract evil and shorten your life, but it has a power that has been blessed by Buddhist practitioners!
If this kind of power comes into daily contact with ordinary believers for a long time, it is very inappropriate; simply put, over time, it will make ordinary believers develop into deep worshipers of Buddha, or even fanatical believers!
The final result is, at the least, to become a monk or to become a monk, at worst, to spend all the family wealth to worship the Buddha, and to destroy the whole family with just one person. Is this what a truly famous Buddhist temple should do?
There is a limit to everything, and too much is too much! If the believers study Buddhism more deeply and sincerely follow the Buddha, then no one is to blame; but if the believers don’t have this intention, you use external objects and external forces to influence, destroy people’s families, and take away their lives.
People's property, what's the difference between this and a cult?
That was what Monk Kongfang gave to his mother! Can you say it was unintentional?
This is why Lou Xiaoyi is angry!
But he knew very well that it was not the time to break up, and he could not judge whether this was the overall behavior of the Jokhang Temple, or it might be the intention of an individual or a faction?
Once something involves cultivation, you have to be careful, because you don't know the depth of the pool of water. Who is behind it? What kind of cultivation level?
With Lou Xiaoyi's current ability with two swords, he is far from being able to do whatever he wants.
Therefore, the Jokhang Temple could not tell anything in the image of all the noble ladies in Pucheng, but the secrets in the temple could only be solved by Lou Xiaoyi himself. This kind of thing could not be expected from the government.
Playing with the Buddhist beads in his hand and carefully appreciating the spiritual power that had been transformed by Buddhism, he discovered that the application of the spiritual power in the Buddhist beads to Buddhist teachings was actually very rough, so rough that even a new practitioner like him could easily discover and eliminate it.
At least it shows one thing, the level of the person who makes the beads is about the same as him.
Such a discovery will help him determine what kind of revenge he will adopt next!
