"Oh, don't you have to keep the precepts of the Buddha Sect?" Ouyang Ke asked again. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Oh Mituo Buddha, the Buddhist precepts are only set up for those disciples who are not strong enough to restrain themselves, and it is inevitable that the disciples will have resentful thoughts of injustice, so they just require all the disciples who are ordained to abide by them."

"Therefore, since the donor is practicing at home, there is naturally no need to abide by it." He lowered his eyebrows and said: "But my Buddha is merciful, if the donor wants to practice Buddhism to see through the red dust and dry bones, he must also be benevolent and kind to others!" ”

"Okay, Master Abbot's Buddhism is really thorough, unlike those foolish monks who only know how to adhere to the temple precepts, and there is no difference between them and those nerdy scholars and old masters who can only die reading in the red dust." Ouyang Ke applauded: "Although I have never practiced Buddhism, I also know that the Buddha meditated under the Bodhi tree for seven days, and then left home to become a Buddha. ”

"This Buddha is also the lord of a country before his enlightenment, not to mention the color of men and women, the love of wife, son and daughter, even if it is the great precept of killing, it must not be less, if you really want to look at everything precepts, the first thing to be investigated is the Buddha himself."

"It's a pity that there are too few people who understand the difference between practicing the Dharma and the precepts, otherwise Buddhism in the world would have flourished a long time ago."

"Oh Mituo Buddha, the little monk has only practiced meditation for many years, and he has some understanding in his heart, and those senior brothers and disciples also have their own understanding of the Buddha, how can they talk about it." Hearing Ouyang Ke's words, he was not very happy, anyway, his face was calm and muddy.

Otherwise, if today's words are spread, even if he is the abbot of Shaolin, he may be asked to come to the door to ask for Buddhism.

Moreover, the Dharma monks just mentioned are the same at home, but in fact, it is just an improvement after the eastward spread of Buddhism hit a wall, which can be regarded as a tacit compromise between Buddhists and dignitaries.

After all, when people live a happy life and are happy, it is better to let people believe in Buddhism and do good deeds, let people become monks, go to be monks with pure hearts and few desires, chant scriptures with tea and light rice every day, and are not allowed to do this, not allowed to do that, except for fools, no one will agree to come down at all.

Therefore, for dignitaries, Buddhism will only give basic Buddhist scriptures, saying that it is enough to do good deeds and accumulate virtue.

If it is ordinary people who practice Buddhism. In addition to doing good deeds and accumulating virtue and donating more sesame oil money, the best thing is to escape into the empty door and serve my Buddha for the rest of your life.

Although Ouyang Ke was not very clear about this unspoken rule of Buddhism in the Central Plains, this did not prevent him from appreciating the monk in front of him.

"This is a monk who knows how to be flexible, and he deserves to be the abbot of a temple." Ouyang Ke thought in his heart:

"Oh, hehe, the abbot thinks it's good to read that Buddhist scripture below!"

"The donor has never studied Buddhism before, and although there are many scriptures in my Buddhist sect, except for my Buddha, each sutra corresponds to a Bodhisattva, Arhat or Buddha."

"Since the donor wants to be in a state of mind, let's rest the Diamond Sutra and the Prajna Sutra!" Quit Anger suggested in a low voice.

"Oh, that's good, since the abbot said so, it's not bad to think about it, since it's like this, I'll practice two scriptures." Ouyang Ke nodded and said: "In addition, since I plan to practice and participate in the Dharma, I want to see the original scriptures, I don't know how many original scriptures brought by Tianzhu in Shaolin Temple, or the original scriptures when Bodhidharma was alive!" ”

"This, why did the donor look for the original of the ancient book! The Buddhist scriptures are all the same! Quan said with a little anger mixed with incomprehension: "The younger generations have never changed the thoughts and wisdom of the sages. ”

"The abbot misunderstood, it's not that the ancestors misinterpreted the Dharma." Ouyang Ke explained softly: "It's just that as the abbot said, the Buddha is in his heart, although the Buddha is compassionate and the Dharma also teaches people to do good deeds and accumulate virtues, but after I am familiar with the Confucian classics, I understand that just like there are no exactly the same people in the world, no one sees a thing exactly the same." ”

"In the same way, I believe that there is no monk who will fully understand the Dharma, because in my heart, no matter how high or low the Dharma is, at least the Buddhist scriptures have their own deep understanding and understanding, so this Buddhism has been transmitted to the East for nearly a thousand years, and various Buddhist temples have often flourished."

"Because the sages passed on the scriptures in a few words, so that the same scripture, interpreted in different thoughts, it may come out with two or more meanings, so the younger generation wants to read the most primitive scriptures directly, only in this way can they feel the true meaning of the Buddha at the beginning before they come into contact with the Dharma, instead of directly learning the thoughts of those later eminent monks."

"No matter what kind of scripture it is, even if it is copied word for word, the slight changes between the lines will invisibly affect the reader's understanding and thoughts, and these invisible subtle changes are caused by the writer's own inner understanding."

"Although they are also great monks who write, I don't want to be limited by anyone's thoughts in terms of knowledge." Ouyang Ke said confidently and proudly.

"The donor is kind." Jie looked at Ouyang Ke in shock.

This remark that he didn't want to be influenced by the sages clearly expressed Ouyang Ke's ambition that he thought he could be comparable to or even surpass the sages of Buddhism in the future, because sooner or later he would surpass, so he didn't want to be affected at the beginning.

If this is in Buddhism, it is simply a great rebellion, although the Buddhist scriptures are important, but the patriarch's remarks are equally important, whether it is in that temple, if there are disciples who dare to come out and say that they can't look down on the patriarch's understanding of Buddhism, they are only willing to read the Buddha's scriptures, even if they are not driven out of the mountain gate, they must face the wall for at least three or five years, supplemented by scriptures.

"I don't know if the abbot is willing to do it." Ouyang Ke said sincerely: "The younger generation is willing to give two boxes of gold as a thanks-gratitude, so that the masters of Shaolin Temple can be less troubled by red dust and mundane things." ”

"Oh Mituo Buddha, since the donor sincerely worships the Buddha, the poor monk will naturally not refuse, but it is just a mere scroll, the donor can rest in my Shaolin Temple for a few days, and all the scriptures of my Shaolin Temple can be read one or two." He was overjoyed in his heart, and said with a slightly moved face.

Two boxes of gold, there are no thousands of gold, and there are thousands of catties, which is definitely the largest income for Shaolin Temple in the past few decades.

Don't think that the temple doesn't need money, in fact, people who know know that the bigger the temple, the more money is needed, otherwise the Buddha's golden body should not be plated, the main hall of the Buddha should not be repaired, and so many monks in the temple who are basically completely unproductive do not need money to eat, drink, and Lazar.

And that's just an ordinary temple! In this world where martial arts are everywhere and masters of the rivers and lakes are often haunted, Shaolin Temple, as the first sect of Buddhism in the past, is absolutely impossible to let go of the cultivation of warrior monks even if the mountain is closed.

And the ordinary way is poor and rich in martial arts, practicing martial arts is the process of refining and refining qi, which lays the foundation is to strengthen the body, only when the body is strong can you practice the advanced martial arts of Shaolin Temple, and the daily food needs of the martial artist are very amazing, otherwise the practice is slow, not to mention, if you can't make up for the need to practice martial arts, there is a danger of practicing yourself.

Therefore, generally speaking, ordinary martial arts practitioners have to be served by big fish and meat every day, supplemented by occasional medicine and food nourishment in order to maintain the cultivation of martial arts normally, and it will definitely be better if there are conditions.

The monks of Shaolin Temple themselves have precepts to abide by, although not everyone has not violated the precepts, but most people still abide by them, and even if they do, it is impossible to make up for the loss of practicing martial arts by eating twice occasionally, so the monks can only use more expensive medicinal materials instead of fish and meat to nourish when laying the foundation, so as to maintain the progress of martial arts.

Otherwise, it's really a life of coarse tea and light rice every day, not to mention practicing martial arts, it's good to be able to maintain a strong body.

Therefore, the Shaolin Temple, which has been closed for decades, has actually begun to make ends meet now, according to the estimation of abstinence, at most it will last for about ten years, and the Shaolin Temple will have to prepare for the mountain, otherwise everyone in the whole temple will really have to eat coarse tea and light rice.

And this is also one of the reasons why Quan Anger now attaches great importance to Ouyang Ke.

"Oh Mituo Buddha, these two boxes of gold should be enough for the temple to last another one or two decades." Jie Ji thought happily in his heart: "However, the scale of the returning warrior monks still has to be reduced further, and the plan to realize elite education and training must be implemented first." ”

Originally, the state of mind of abstaining from anger would not be moved by these mundane things, but because the army was too brutal when the Jin Kingdom was in power, the previous Shaolin abbot was afraid that the Shaolin Temple in its territory and a big business would be implicated, and at the same time, according to the law that the Hu people have always been no more than a hundred years of dynasty, the power of the Jin people is estimated to be less than a hundred years, so the previous abbot chose to close the mountain and close the temple, intending to survive this hundred years.

But I didn't expect that because of the lack of experience, the reserve of materials, money and food was not enough, and there were still more than ten or twenty years of supplies.

In fact, if Ouyang Ke didn't show up, he would already have a plan to find an opportunity to send a few masters down the mountain in the past few years.

Therefore, although he was a little unhappy with Ouyang Ke's behavior of looking down on the sages and monks, he was still full of good feelings towards Ouyang Ke at this time for the sake of generosity.

"Rich children, talented, young, it's normal to be arrogant." Jie Yi thought in his heart: "Anyway, Shaolin Temple is not suitable for going out of the mountain at present, and there is no need to develop the other party into a believer, let him be!" ”

"Then thank you, Master Abbot." Although he didn't know the thoughts and joy in his heart, Ouyang Ke still thanked him with joy after hearing that the other party agreed to stay for a few days.

"So the poor monk arranged for the benefactor to go to the guest room to rest, and then the sutra book would be delivered to the novice." Quit said with a low brow.

Then I saw him shouting out. "Hue."

"Yes, Uncle Abbot, you call me." The prefect, monk, and steward, who had been guarding not far away since leaving, heard the call of the abstinence and immediately walked back quickly.

"Well, this, oh, the poor monk has lost and has not asked the name of the donor so far, what a sin." Quit said with a low brow.

"The younger generation has the surname Ouyang, and the single name is a gram character, and the abbot calls me Ouyang Gongzi in a big way." Ouyang Ke replied in a timely manner.

"Oh, Mituo Buddha, it turned out to be Ouyang Gongzi." He nodded and replied: "Hue, this Ouyang Gongzi wants to live in our temple for some time so that he can study the Buddhist scriptures, so you can take him to the guest room to rest first!" ”

"Yes, Uncle Abbot." Although he wondered why the abbot would take people into accommodation, he didn't hesitate much, but he was slightly stunned and immediately said to Ouyang Ke respectfully: "Oh, Mituo Buddha, Ouyang Gongzi, please come with the poor monk!" ”

"Then there's the Master of Lust." Ouyang said with a slight arch.

"Don't dare, don't dare." After Hu gave way to the other party's bow, he immediately led Ouyang Ke to walk out.

"So, Gram is waiting in the room, and the abbot takes his leave." Ouyang Ke said goodbye to the abstinence for the time being.

"Ouyang donor, please." Quit said with a low brow and a hand.

"Hmm." Immediately, Ouyang Ke nodded and followed Hue's footsteps and walked out.

After a while, after hearing Ouyang Ke and Hue and Ouyang Ke's two guards leaving, he suddenly shouted, "Juexin." ”

"Yes, Abbot." The young prefect monk before hurriedly ran into the Daxiong Treasure Hall.

"Well, you immediately go to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion to find it, and Jueyuan, who is responsible for cleaning up the scriptures and Buddhist scriptures in the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, and ask him to send all the ancient scrolls in the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion when Patriarch Bodhidharma was alive, and even the ancient scrolls and scriptures brought by Tianzhu to the No. 1 guest room, where there is a need to study for the benefactor."

"Remember, as long as the original authentic ancient scriptures." He instructed, "In addition to this, bring him two more ordinary Diamond Sutras and Prajna Sutras." ”

"Yes, Abbot." Juexin nodded in response.

He immediately turned around and ran out.

Rushing all the way, Juexin went straight to the back mountain around the multi-heavy palace.

"Senior brother, senior brother Jueyuan." Far away, Juexin called while running.

"Who is it?" In the secluded courtyard of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, a young monk who was also young heard the call and pushed open the courtyard door to look.

This is the little novice who is responsible for sorting out the scriptures on the first floor of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, Jueyuan and Juexin are considered to be brothers of the same generation, but the miscellaneous items in the temple that the two are responsible for are different.

Normally, no one will come to him, after all, the person who comes to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion must not be looking for Buddhist scriptures or looking through martial arts cheats, who will find an ordinary little novice!

Therefore, after hearing some familiar calls, Jueyuan immediately walked out of the courtyard to see who was looking for him.

"Oh! It's Juexin! Why did you have time to come to me today, didn't you go to be a governor monk? Seeing Juexin rushing over, Jueyuan asked curiously.

"Oh, that's right, a distinguished guest came to the temple today, and it seems that he has donated a lot of sesame oil money! And it seems that there is also a meaning to learn the Dharma, the abbot has already left him in the guest room to rest, and specially asked me to inform you, senior brother, to take all the original scrolls and scriptures of the Bodhidharma Patriarch period in our scripture pavilion, as well as a Diamond Sutra and a Step Prajna Sutra, to the first room for the donor to see. "Thinking of the two boxes of gold that I had glimpsed when I came, I told the abbot's order with the understanding of the truth that I had guessed in my heart."