Chapter 30: The Feeding Ceremony
They read: "唵 (ong) 嘛 (m) (ni) 呗 (bi) mi (mi) 吽 (hong) .舍 (sh)."
Su Ning saw Rui Xiang again, the rice in the hands of those women would glow with golden light after reciting the mantra, and after spilling the rice, the rice that was originally only a handful would increase dozens or even hundreds of times, and it would fall into the grass like a handful of scattered gold dust.
At this time, some ghosts crouching on the ground will pounce on them, pick up the grains of rice on the ground and stuff them into their mouths.
Su Ning was amazed, and among the ghosts, she saw the mother and son who had eaten the rotten meal again, and they were also gobbling up rice to eat.
Su Ning has been watching, it is estimated that these women can't see those ghosts, because some of the ghosts inside are very scary, some only have half a pulp head, some have bloody eyes, some are crawling with maggots, some have rotten skin and flesh beyond recognition.
They eat rice in a variety of ways, either shutting like pigs, or spitting black pus and blood out of their mouths as they eat.
Seeing such a scene in such a dark forest, ordinary people would have been frightened.
However, these ghosts are very pitiful.Because most of them are physically disabled, they can only pick up a glowing rice to eat.Su Ning looked sad for a while.
The old women quickly finished the sack of rice and left together.
The mantras they had recited were quite easy to remember, and Su Ning learned them immediately, so she learned and sold them now, and took out a few wheat cakes according to the gourd and broke them open, and said in her mouth:
"Om, well, what, ah, mi, huh."
After she finished reading it, the wheat cake in her hand really glowed, Su Ning threw the wheat cake out, and the wheat cake suddenly turned into countless pieces, and the light flickered and fell.
Some ghosts hiding in the shadows then rushed out and picked up wheat cakes to eat.
And the mother and son who had not eaten her dry food before also came running.Su Ning knew that this was the effect of the spell, which not only allowed the food to be plentiful, but also allowed the ghosts to eat food that they could not see.
Originally, this mantra was called the "Six-Character Great Ming Mantra.". It is also called "Guanyin Heart Mantra", reciting this six-character Daming Mantra, and adding the blessing of the word "She", you can benefit the hungry ghosts of the Ganges River Sand.
Su Ning was overjoyed, she broke the wheat cake even more, and continued to chant the mantra until the food she had brought with her was finished, and she did not leave.
After Su Ning went down the mountain, she joined her companions, she told them that she was going to Baoling Temple tomorrow to participate in the almsgiving ceremony.
The next day, the 15th day of July, the Zhongyuan Ghost Festival, every household in the village and town, began a busy ancestor worship ceremony from the morning.
Some of the newly mourned families were busy going to the new graves, some were worshipping their ancestors at home, incense sticks were set up in front of every house, incense burners were installed, fruit steamed buns were offered, and some went to the river to put water lanterns and burned paper ingots on the roadside.
On this day, all the shops were closed, there were few pedestrians on the road, and after noon, there were more ghosts on the road.
Su Ning's hometown also has the habit of the Midyear Festival.She has known since she was a child that on the day of Halloween.Children should not go out.At night.Even adults should avoid being outdoors.So as not to provoke the wandering spirit.She used to have no eyes open.Can't see these beings who live in the same time and space as them.Now that she has seen it with her own eyes.Only then did she understand that it was really "the ancients did not deceive me".The words of the older generation always have their truth.
As the sky darkens, the ghosts on the road become more and more dense, and pedestrians will pass through their bodies if they are not careful.
As Shen approached, Su Ning wore plain clothes made of Ruyi Tianyu clothes, brought the incense candles and tributes she had prepared, said goodbye to her friends, and followed some villagers to Yuquan Mountain to participate in the puja.
When they came to Baoling Temple, the monks had set up a mage seat and Shi Gutai in front of the Jizo Temple, and the believers placed the tributes they brought on Shi Gutai, and Su Ning also put the steamed buns she brought.
The person in charge of each offering planted a pennant in blue, red, green and other colors, and wrote the words "Olan Festival" and "Manna Gate Open".
The ceremony begins with a solemn chanting of the scriptures, and Master Zhihai, wearing a Pilu hat, rings the bell and leads the monks to recite mantras and mantras.
First of all, the "small offering mantra" is recited seven times, then the "universal summoning mantra" is repeated, then the "mantra of redressing grievances" is repeated three times, and then the "throat opening mantra" is repeated seven times.
This is followed by seven recitations of the Mantra of Changing Foods and the Mantra of Nectar Water, and then seven times of reciting the Names of the Seven Buddhas, and three times of the Mantra of Universal Offerings and the Mantra of Samaya Precepts." Perform the mantra once and mantra seven times, do the dedication, and finally sprinkle the food and water all around, and the whole ritual is complete.
When Su Ning recited the mantra, he saw auspicious signs, first he saw many unknown bodhisattvas, and then there were hundreds of millions of hungry ghosts like stars.
Su Ning thought that there were enough unjust souls she saw in the Hou Mansion last time, but she didn't expect that compared to this time, it was just a small thing. Those strange hungry ghosts were all over the ground and the void in the blink of an eye.
Su Ning thought to herself, I am afraid that the number of people in the entire Daxing Kingdom is not so large, so it is rare to say that human beings are rare, and it is really rare for beings to be reincarnated as adults, and it is even more difficult to be born in the "Demon Realm" or the "Heavenly Realm".
The most important part of giving is not just to let the hungry ghosts eat, but to give them the Buddha name while they are eating, so as to alleviate their sins and free them from the evil path as soon as possible.
When the devotees followed the master and recited the Buddha's name, many of the hungry ghosts who described horror became beautiful, and some of the hungry ghosts with mutilated limbs were restored to their full bodies in the glory.
Su Ning felt that her trip to send a letter this time was in vain. She used to seek Taoism and cultivate immortals in Datong Mountain, mainly to improve her spiritual power and cultivate martial arts.
Later, she thought that she should not only repay others, but also those who had nothing to do with her and encountered difficulties, and she should also help them.
It turns out that as a spiritual cultivator with divine powers, not only do you have to help people who are in the same time and space as yourself, but also people who live in other time and space, and you have a way to save them.
After Su Ning participated in the almsgiving, she felt suddenly brighter, and she returned to the bottom of the mountain like a spring breeze, and joined Bai Xian and other partners.
The group discussed the destination of the next stop.Su Ning took out the map and spread it out on the small wooden table in the inn.
Yuquan Mountain is in the suburbs of Jingshi, and the fox fairies of Tushan have come from afar, and they want to go to Jingshi to have a look.
Su Ning asked Bai Xian: "Childe, are you going back to Tushan?"
Bai Xian and the others have been down the mountain for more than four months since March, although Su Ning has been using the sound transmission stone to keep in touch with Bai Ying, but Bai Xiangui is a prince, and it is not appropriate to wander outside for too long.
Bai Xian said reluctantly: "No need...... There are no major incidents happening in Tushanli at the moment......"
He wished he could always stick to Su Ning's side.Unless Su Ning was with him.However.The current relationship between the two can only be regarded as good partners.Su Ning doesn't seem to be very interested in him.
After all, Su Ning is still young, and it is not yet time to talk about marriage.
Bai Xian has already decided.He must make the first move.Treat Su Ning as his own as soon as possible.Don't let others have room for coveting.So.Before he and Su Ning cultivate to a positive fruit.He will definitely not be separated from her.
However, there is a proverb called "come ashore first if you are late", and Bai Xian never dreamed that he would be "overtaken by the latecomer" in the future.
Bai Xian's words have tactfully stated his position.Su Ning is not easy to force him.So he turned to ask Qianwa and Hai'e:
"What do you think?"
The quality baby is still in thought, Hai'e stretched out her slender jade hand, pointed to a mountain range on the map, and said:
"I still want to go to Odori Mountain......"
Su Ning took a look, it turned out that walking southeast from Jingshi could lead to Datong Mountain, and two hundred miles northeast of Datong Mountain was Tu Mountain.
It is equivalent to saying that Su Ning left from Tu Mountain, passed Ludi Mountain and Jingshi, returned to Datong Mountain, and then returned to Tu Mountain.
Su Ning remembered that Hai'e's wish was to apprentice at Datong Mountain, and she nodded: "Yes, the tenth day of October is the day when Datong Mountain receives apprentices.
Hai'e asked the baby: "Sister, do you want to go to Datong Mountain with me?"
The two sisters' spiritual cultivation is now the same.Hai'e hopes that her sister can also advance and retreat with her.Qianwa is not as motivated as her.She hesitated:
"I still have to think about ......"
Hai'e reminded: "You have to think clearly, if you go back to Tushan now, your father will definitely arrange for you to marry immediately."
Awakened by her so pointedly, the quality baby is even more swaying, although she doesn't have many grand ambitions, but she is really unwilling to marry someone else's wife from today on.
They are thinking hard about their own boundless future.Qingtong and Huan'er are idle.The two of them are holding a handful of melon seeds in their hands.Eating on the side.
Su Ning heard that Hai'e was going to Datong Mountain, so she looked at the map carefully.