(This chapter is a bit boring, but it sets the general direction for future development, so it must be written.) Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info)

After the two sides finished speaking, the Fa Xiang asked the people of the Pure Heart Temple about the situation of the Pure Heart Temple. After all, the other party had no contact with the Pure Heart Temple before, and only learned about it after Xinghui notified him, and checked the situation of the Pure Heart Temple on the Internet. Nowadays, many situations of the Pure Heart Temple have been disclosed on the Internet, and Su Wen and others can see the things on foot in the south, but these news are okay for outsiders to see, and the people in the Buddhist sect still have to ask the people in the Pure Heart Temple.

What's more, there are all kinds of remarks on the Internet, so that the people of Qixia Temple are also quite interested in the various situations of the Pure Heart Temple.

Su Wen listened to the inquiry of the Fa Xiang and said frankly: "This temple is a Zen tradition, and the poor monks and others from north to south are also to welcome back the tokens of the sect's inheritance, and they travel all the way to show their sincerity." ”

After a pause, he said: "It's a shame to say that this sect has passed from the first ancestor of the Venerable Jiaye to the Patriarch of Bodhidharma in the twenty-eighth, and Bodhidharma crossed to China in the east, and he is the first ancestor of Zen Buddhism in China." However, this sect only talks about insight, that is, the mind is the Buddha, and it is difficult to find a successor. Bodhidharma passed on to the second ancestor Hui Ke Zen Master, Hui Ke passed on to the third ancestor monk Chan Zen Master, after the three ancestors, there was no disciple who had a clear mind and could inherit the position of the ancestor, so it declined. The disciples are scattered, and now few people in the Buddhist world have heard the name of Zen Buddhism, and this is the case in my Buddhism, not to mention the world.

Most of the temples and temples that have barely survived are small temples that are poor and unrecognized. My Jingxin Temple is already quite large-scale among Zen temples, but when the poor monk took over as the abbot, it was only a small temple of three people on Baiyun Mountain. After the poor monk took over the throne, he tried his best to maintain the monastery, but fortunately, many of the other senior brothers of the sect came to help. When the affairs of the temple were slightly stable, the poor monk went to the Southern Dharma Temple to welcome the sect's token kapok robe and the posthumous works of the Bodhidharma Patriarch and others in accordance with the master's testament. ”

The people in Qixia Temple were surprised when they heard this, and they checked it on the Internet yesterday, and now the prestige of the Jingxin Temple is extremely high in the world, and news about the Jingxin Temple can be found everywhere, but they didn't expect it to be developed in the hands of the young abbot in front of them. It's no wonder that I hadn't heard of the name of the Pure Heart Temple before.

As Su Wen said, there were only three people when he took over, but now he can have such a reputation, and the other party's means are really amazing, amazing.

Thinking of this, the Fa Xiang was amazed: "Su Wen's means are far beyond the reach of people, just looking at the current prestige of the Pure Heart Temple, how can you imagine that the Pure Heart Temple was also defeated like this before." Such a method made the poor monk ashamed, and he had been in charge of Qixia Temple for many years, and he could only maintain the current situation. ”

I think he has been in charge of the abbot for more than ten years, and the situation in the temple can only be said to maintain the current situation, which is not bad, but listening to Su Wen say this, and then looking at Su Wen's age, I know that in just a few years, the Pure Heart Temple has developed to such a momentum, and I suddenly feel that what I am doing as an abbot is far from others. If you change yourself to the position of Su Wen, I am afraid that the Pure Heart Temple is still the same as it was at the beginning, at most a little bit of progress, and it will definitely not be able to compare with the present.

After listening to the words of Faxiang, the monks around him comforted: "Now the development of Qixia Temple is like this, thanks to the abbot's hard work for many years. Before the abbot accepted, Qixia Temple was declining, and the poor monks and others were also anxious, but there was no way, and it was the abbot's work to restore the current situation after the abbot took over. ”

Su Wen continued: "The poor monk is probably a bit wise, and he has some understanding of the method of this sect and understands the law of this sect. He also observed the cause and effect of today's season, the opening of people's wisdom, the great prosperity of culture and education, and the peace of the country, which is the time when the Dharma is flourishing, so it is not disdainful, and intends to revitalize Zen Buddhism, and live up to the trust of the ancestors as it has been passed on. ”

Fa Xiang also nodded, with a sigh on his face: "The circulation of the Fa-rectification is very difficult." It is not easy for your sect to inherit, and my sect is not it. My Buddhism has never been revived since Tang Wuzong and Zhou Shizong had two successive Dharma tribulations. Nowadays, Confucianism is respected as orthodoxy and controls national politics, and Taoism is also the national religion and the general religion, but my Buddhism is too bad. ”

At this point, everyone was embarrassed.

Su Wen saw that everyone in the audience was a little depressed when he said this, and comforted: "Old mage doesn't need to be so pessimistic. Before the destruction of the World-Honored One, he left behind a posthumous teaching, saying that the Dharma of Shakyamuni Buddha is 1,000 years of Dharma rectification, 1,000 years of Dharma imagery, and 10,000 years of Dharma ending. Extrapolating the time, the end of the Tang Dynasty will enter the end of the law period. Of course, it is complicated to investigate the causes of Fa difficulties, but it is probably because of the common karma of all sentient beings, and the decline of the Dharma is inevitable.

However, the World-Honored One also said that there are ups and downs in the end of the Dharma, not all of them to the end. In the humble opinion of the little monks, the revival of the Dharma is only at hand, and it depends on how we monks do it. In terms of the scattering of classics, in recent years, with the power of many lay people and many neon monks, a large number of classics of Chinese Buddhism have been brought back from neon, and your sect must have added a lot.

Judging from the reaction of the people, Taoism cultivates itself and keeps itself, and turns the virtuous into foolishness, and the spread of doctrine is limited after all; Confucianism, on the other hand, has joined the WTO and participated in politics, focusing on promoting human ethics and transforming people's livelihood, and has given up its religious function. Therefore, neither religion can meet the needs of the Chinese people for religious beliefs, nor can they satisfy the intellectuals' exploration of metaphysics.

So you see, over the years, foreign Christianity has developed greatly in China, and Buddhism has flourished a lot compared to before. Many good believers have found Buddhist scriptures to study and study, and they have righteous beliefs.

On the other hand, when we are monks, we first lose our faith, and over the years, there have been fewer and fewer Dharma teachers who have preached the scriptures. Southern Buddhism is better, our northern Buddhism is to rush to the field to chant sutras and pray for blessings, who still delves into righteousness, preaching the scriptures? There are also those who get married and have children, and those who swagger and cheat, not to mention these. ”

When everyone in the audience heard Su Wen's words, they all nodded in response: "That's true, Su Wen's remarks are transparent. ”

Su Wen looked around at the audience and also expressed his thoughts: "Therefore, the little monk thinks that the revival of Buddhism should start with the rectification of the monks, and reintroduce the idea of the six harmony and respect, and the rectification of the monks must start with serious precepts. In addition, Buddhism has declined to this point, and all sects should unite and help each other in harmony in order to cope with the current situation and promote the Fa-rectification.

Although the Fa Xiang also thinks that it makes sense, it is easier said than done. "The Master's words are for enlightenment, but both of these things are difficult and difficult. With all due respect, the abolition of the precepts is not overnight, it can be described as three feet of ice, and it is difficult to return. Buddhism, on the other hand, has always held its own doctrines, scattered sand, and attacked each other, but sincere unity is rare. Just like the Wisdom Sect and my Three Treatise Sect, they have debated hundreds of times, and the grievances have deepened, and they have become almost a family feud. If you say that it is not easy to shake hands and make peace. ”

Su Wen said with a serious face: "Of course, it is difficult, but I will wait for the burden to come to the family business, so that the Fa-rectification can live for a long time and benefit the masses, I must not be afraid of difficulties.

Needless to say, we should start with ourselves in the rectification of the precepts. The purpose of uniting Buddhism needs to be propagated. Because although there are many Buddhist methods, there is one return to the sect, all with the goal of becoming a Buddha. There is no definite law in Buddhism, but it is just that the world-honored person should respond to illness and medicine, and he will be round according to the prescription and say it at the right time. If you enforce the law and become angry, praise and destroy him, break the precepts of the Brahman, and lose great interests, it is not ridiculous and pitiful.

The poor monks have the ambition of revitalizing Zen Buddhism and reviving Buddhism, and even if there are thousands of difficulties and dangers, this ambition cannot be dispelled. I hope that in the future, when the karma is ripe, I beg your sect to help you. ”

When the Fa Xiang heard this, his face turned full, and he said solemnly: "Where is this talk, Master!" Revitalizing Buddhism is the mission of every Buddha disciple, and the old man does not want to boost the sect and revive the teachings of Rulai, but he is powerless. Master, since you have this grand wish, if there is a need in the future, I Qixia Temple will call on the disciples of the sect to accompany Jiwei and drive willingly. One is to repay the great grace of the Master, and the other is to participate in the grand event of Buddhism! ”

Su Wen solemnly bowed: "The master is merciful, and the poor monk has thanked him first!" (To be continued.) )