Chapter 388: Lecture to the Mouse (Part II)

Su Wen sat in the open space not far behind the hall and chanted the scriptures, and further away, seven or eight disciples also sat on the ground listening to the scriptures, and there was a black mouse in front of Su Wen. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

This kind of scene is a spectacle.

Although there is a precedent for two or three thousand birds and beasts to participate in the puja, such a sight still attracts monks who come and go.

It didn't take long for the news to spread, and even the monks who patrolled the fields on the mountain threw the fields aside and went down the mountain to see the spectacle.

As a result, not long after they arrived, they all sat down on the ground and listened to the lecture one after another, just like the people before them.

Li Tianlang, Lu Baiju, Ma Ruidong, as well as Shi Qingqing, Bada, Bodhi and others who were resting in the guest hall also heard about the abbot preaching to the rats in the back mountain, and they all went to watch it out of curiosity.

As well as Changguan in the lecture hall and the five laymen and pilgrims who went up the mountain, they also got the news.

At that time, a few disciples who were listening to the lecture apologized and hurriedly left, and the lay people who had been watching the lecture had no intention of listening, so they waved their hands and said, "Let's go and have a look." ”

Even the construction manager, who was resting on the second floor, was curious to follow him to see what was going on after seeing everyone going up the mountain.

When he went up the mountain, he saw five lay people coming out of the lecture hall, and they all went up the mountain.

"What is this for?" the construction manager wondered.

The others looked at him with a strange look: "You don't know?"

The construction manager shook his head, he was watching the people in the guest hall go up the mountain, he thought something was going on, so he came up to take a look.

The old lady was still quick to talk and said, "Oh, I heard that the abbot is teaching the rats. I've seen teaching the Fa to people, but it's the first time I've heard of teaching the Fa to mice. It is said that the cow plays the harp, and the abbot is preaching to the rat. ”

The words were full of gossip about hearing something strange.

Everyone thought it was a little funny when they heard her words, but several others disagreed.

Those people were all lay people, and they had naturally seen the scene of Su Wen preaching, and even experienced it himself, and had also seen thousands of birds and beasts participating in the puja, so they were just curious in their hearts about what it was like for the abbot to teach the Dharma to rats.

A few people walked slowly, and they walked up the 20-meter steps for a long time, and when they went up, they saw a group of people sitting on the ground in the distance.

The monks who remained in the monastery, several monks who had just taken refuge, lay disciples such as Yilong, Yihu, and Yibao, as well as Shi Qingqing and Bodhi who cleaned in the monastery every day, as well as Lu Baiju and Ma Ruidong, whom the old lady knew, were all there.

Although the posture is different, they are the same sitting on the ground, some people are slumping, some people are sitting cross-legged, and they are all closing their eyes and smiling faintly.

And Su Wen's voice came from that direction, looming and fluttering, like the sound of Dharma coming down from the clouds.

When they walked a little further, they turned around the hall and finally saw the whole picture.

Su Wen sat on the ground, reciting Buddhist scriptures with a serious face.

There are also rabbits, foxes, squirrels and the like lying on the ground. There is also the wolf called Dishui, which is also lying on the ground, and its tail is stirring from time to time behind it.

Dozens of birds also landed around, and several crows clinged to Su Wen's robe.

And in front of him, hundreds of rats, large and small, were lying there, motionless.

The sight of black oppression of a rat is unacceptable to ordinary people. Because most people have a visceral aversion to rats.

But when they saw this scene, they didn't feel any disgust in their hearts, but felt a kind of peace.

As well as moving.

When have you ever seen people and animals get along so harmoniously? Even between people, they are full of impetuousness, and no one has the patience to listen to what other people have to say.

But in front of him, hundreds of animals gathered around Su Wen without any confusion.

Even those hundreds of rats no longer feel abominable.

At this moment, they suddenly understood the meaning of Pudu sentient beings, which Buddhism had been talking about.

At the same time, Su Wen's voice was still coming into their ears one by one, but it always felt like something was separated by something, and people couldn't help but step forward and listen carefully.

The crowd took a few more steps forward, and when they came to the crowd, the scripture in Su Wen's mouth was finally able to truly reach their ears and imprint it into their minds.

"Ananda, you know, the body is the fate, and the body is born from the body. This consciousness is born from the complex cause of the body, and the body is boundary?

Born by touch, bounded by touch?

Ananda, if you are born because of your body, you will have no separation, and if you look at the fate of the two senses, what does the body know?

If you are born because of touching, you will not have a body, who has a non-body, and knows the one who is separated from you?

Ananda, things don't know things, but things know things that touch ......"

In a trance, everyone saw that the surrounding scene was covered with a layer of gold, as if it was said in the scriptures, and everywhere was made of gold and jade, and the Buddha was sitting in front of him to explain the teachings to his great disciple Ananda, and many Arhats and Bodhisattvas were listening to the Buddha's teachings.

A kind of excitement and joy of being able to hear the Great Dao filled the hearts of several people, and they subconsciously sat on the ground and listened carefully to the Buddha's teachings on the Great Dao.

Except for the monks below, no one in the temple walked from the second floor.

Even the birds and beasts are extinct and gather in the four layers.

Dao Ji shook his pu fan in the distance and looked at this scene with a smile on his face, if ordinary people did this, they would be playing the piano to the cow, and it would be a joke. But Su Wen is like this, it has become a miracle, and later generations can be recorded in the biography of high monks.

However, people at that time were probably as skeptical of the deeds recorded in it as they are today, believing that most of them were fabricated and exaggerated.

Therefore, every few years, there are always some people who are born to preach the Dharma and set things right, so that the great ways of this world can be passed on.

As for how many people can attain enlightenment, it depends on personal chance.

The people of the world are endless, and the Dharma will never end.

For a whole afternoon, he passed by in the midst of Su Wen's lecture and the people and beasts listening.

I don't know how long it took, but as the last sentence landed, Su Wen opened his eyes and said to many mice:

"Ring gives birth to determination, and determination gives birth to wisdom. I will talk about the "Lengyan Sutra" for you, which is not only to open the wisdom of you, but also to pass on the method of you. Now that you have wisdom, you should know the truth, know what to do, and hold on to something from your heart.

From now on, the temple will prepare food for you on a regular basis, but you don't need to steal anymore. Although it is for survival, it is also inconsistent with the law.

And you don't have to worry about food, and there are no natural enemies in the temple, I'm afraid that it will be all over the mountains and fields in a few years. At that time, it was also a disaster.

Therefore, you should reduce fertility and control the population.

Another point is that you and other people are far more intelligent than ordinary animals, and if you go down the mountain, you will inevitably cause chaos. If there is nothing to do, you can't go down the mountain, the scope is limited to the area of the temple and Baiyun Mountain, and then you can rest in peace.

I also allow you to sit in and listen while you are preaching, so that you can reduce your sinful karma and be reborn as a human in your next life. ”

As soon as Su Wen's voice fell, led by the largest mouse, hundreds of mice bowed to Su Wen three times.

Although it was hundreds of mice, they raised their heads and put them on the ground during the three worships, and everyone in the audience felt extremely shocked when they looked at them.

Su Wen said to the other little beasts around him: "The same is true for you and others, you need to remember." ”

The foxes, rabbits and other small beasts around them were also like those mice, and they bowed to Su Wen three times.

"Let's disperse. Su Wen then waved his hand. Many rats lined up to burrow into the hole without any disorder, and the largest rat stood up and squeaked at Su Wen a few times, and a pair of front paws came together and bowed to Su Wen again before turning around and returning to the cave.

The surrounding beasts also returned to the mountain, and many birds also fluttered their wings.

Although these birds and beasts were gone, the many monks, lay disciples, and lay people around them were also in extreme shock, and they were motionless for a while, wanting to listen to Su Wen say something.

"These animals used to listen to lectures on the mountain, so they opened up a little bit of their senses. Just wait for you to know, don't spread the word. Su Wen said to everyone.

Everyone nodded yes, and their voices were uniform.