"Bell!"

A bell rang and spread throughout the Golden Bull Temple.

Chen Yang, who was eating chicken with him, looked up and asked, "Why did you ring the bell?"

The monk on the side said: "It's early, don't bother, it's probably knocking and playing." ”

"The bell can still be struck?"

Vacuum shouted: "Xuanyang, run away, the poison is coming." ”

"Oooh. ”

When Chen Yang was playing happily with them, the Daxiong Treasure Hall, the monks from all over the world, gathered in one hall.

At this moment, these monks were all looking at the temple gate.

Outside the temple gate, there is a bronze bell.

A young monk who looked like he was twenty-three or fourteen years old put down the bell pestle in his hand.

The bell rang just now, and he hit it.

This bronze bell is also exquisite.

For any large-scale exchange meeting, a bronze bell must always be placed outside the Daxiong Treasure Palace.

This is for the purpose of replying.

Once the bell is struck, it means that the bell striker has to make a defense.

Any senior monk in the main hall can defend the Dharma with the person who strikes the bell.

This is also one of the highlights of the temple's large and small exchange meetings.

For example, in a large-scale exchange meeting such as the Chinese Sangha Association, the bell defense is a very attractive flashpoint.

Local journalists and media will record all this and use it to promote the Chinese Sangha Association.

Otherwise, if it is just an ordinary conference exchange, in the current ever-changing network, few people want to watch it.

"Senior Brother Huineng, come on!"

"Senior Brother Huineng, win glory for our Malay monks!"

Behind the monk, seven or eight monks cheered and shouted 666.

Monk Huineng, who hit the bell, turned around and smiled confidently at them: "Wait and see." ”

The defense is also exquisite.

According to the customary rules, each senior monk cannot ask more than nine questions.

And the defense hall, the so-called defense, is not a question asked by a monk, and the bell striker answers.

It's mutual, a question and an answer.

Whoever can't answer is over.

If you answer the nine questions, you can stay in the main hall and be qualified to answer questions of the monks who come in to answer the defense, which is a symbol of honor.

"Somebody struck the bell. ”

An elderly monk in the hall said with a smile.

In the main hall, there are as many as 23 monks.

These twenty-three people, all of them are seated.

The so-called Theravada is a monk who has been abstaining from Lap for more than 20 years.

Among them, there are many temple masters, venas, chiefs, and supervisors of temples in various countries.

The monk who spoke was about seventy or eighty years old, and his eyebrows were white, and he dragged down long.

And when he sat on the top position, he could see that this monk, even among this group of high monks, had a very extraordinary status.

He is the master of Yiqing that Jingchen said earlier.

"Dada~"

Huineng walked into the main hall, folded his hands, and saluted the monks: "The first big disciple of the Malay Qinglong Temple, Huineng, please give advice." ”

Yiqing smiled, and didn't mean to speak.

Some of the other monks closed their eyes as if they were immersed in the Dharma, while others looked but did not speak.

One of the chubby monks is the first of Qinglong Temple, the master of Huineng.

It's hard for him to open his mouth and defend Huineng.

There are many monks gathered outside the door, in addition to Huineng's disciples, there are also monks from other monasteries.

At this moment, they are all standing outside the door, watching the first defense of the day.

"I don't know how many mages Senior Brother Huineng can survive. ”

"How many are you dreaming? A mage has nine questions and nine answers, and it is already very good to be able to answer two or three questions. ”

"I remember that in the last session of the Chinese Sangha Conference, there was a person on Hong Kong Island, who broke three monks in a row, and in the end, it was the abbot of Lingyin Temple who asked that person. ”

Behind the crowd, there was also a line of about twenty monks.

They looked at the monks crowded outside the door and chuckled: "Do you really think that the defense is easy? Although this time it is the Xiaohua Sangha Association, there is a Qing Master in charge. Several mages from our academy have also entered the temple, and those who can go to the first seat, which one can be an ordinary person. Three years ago, I was embarrassed to bring it up. ”

A monk said: "Senior Brother Zhenxuan, you also go up to hit the bell and give our Jinniu Temple a boost in momentum." ”

"Yes, Senior Brother Zhenxuan, let them see the strength of our Jinniu Temple. ”

The monks chattered and said to one of the extraordinary-looking monks.

Zhenxuan smiled: "Don't worry, let them go first." ”

Then he looked left and right: "What about the vacuum? Why can't you see them?"

"Who knows where they went. ”

"That guy in the vacuum has always been unreliable, such a big event can slip away, if Uncle Pure Heart knows, he will have to break his legs. ”

The liveliness here also attracted many pilgrims.

After inquiry, I learned that a grand event was actually being held here, and I couldn't help but lean over curiously.

Fortunately, the Daxiong Treasure Hall is spacious enough and the gate is big enough, otherwise it would not be able to accommodate so many people.

Also at this time.

In the main hall, a deep voice suddenly sounded.

"Burn incense!"

The person who spoke was a sturdy monk, and even if he sat there, he could make people feel his sturdiness.

Immediately someone recognized the man.

"It's Vena of the Man Mo Temple on Hong Kong Island, Master Pu Guang. ”

Vena, under the head of the monastery, mainly manages the miscellaneous affairs of the monks, is responsible for the discipline of the first house, and is one of the eight deacons, and his status is quite high.

And occasionally need to deal with disputes with monks, it is difficult for ordinary people to cope with this position.

This Master Puguang is tall, civil and military are extraordinary, in the Wenwu Temple, the majesty almost exceeds the abbot, and most of the monks dare not look directly when they see it.

At this moment, after Venerable Puguang spoke, a monk immediately lit a stick of Buddha incense and inserted it into the incense burner.

There are rules for the defense, but there are not many rules.

Nine questions and nine answers, end within a stick of incense.

After the end, you are free to choose whether to continue or end.

The incense of the Buddha lingers and wafts towards the sky.

Venerable Pu Guang's voice rang out almost at the same time as the Buddha statue burned.

"What is a Buddha?"

The voice was indifferent and calm, in stark contrast to his rough appearance, which made people a little unable to react for a while.

However, just after Venerable Pu Guang asked this question, all the monks outside the door opened their mouths and looked at Hui Neng in the main hall with pity and sympathy.

If you come up, you can make a big move, who can stand it!

Huineng lost the calm confidence when he hit the clock, and sweat condensed on his bald head, flowing down the sides of his cheeks.

The fat abbot of Qinglong Temple, who was sitting in the hall, glanced at Pu Guang with a somewhat gloomy face.

In general, the first question will be simple.

This is also an unwritten rule that everyone generally agrees on and abides by.

After all, it is really embarrassing to magnify the tricks when you come up, so that people can't answer, and everyone's faces are disgraced.

The Buddha statue was burning, but Huineng still didn't speak.

The sweat on his face was getting bigger and bigger, and there was panic in his eyes.

even looked at the master sitting firmly in the hall for help.

What is Buddha?

This question, too big.

He was worried that he would not answer well and cause dissatisfaction among the mages in the hall.

The disciple couldn't answer. ”

Huineng clenched his fists tightly and said with his head bowed.

Pu Guang said lightly: "I can't answer, what are you still standing here for?" ”