From reading through the Buddhist scriptures one day, coupled with Yang Tao's reminder to understand the truth of letting go, Chen Chufan let go of the fact that he had become a little different from ordinary people in his heart, and his thoughts became detached. But when the opportunity to study abroad was in front of him, Chen Chufan hesitated again, should he go? Or stay? It's a multiple-choice question, and it doesn't matter which side to put down, or rather, which side to put on?

The topic is difficult, and it is difficult to give up on both sides. On the one hand, it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but on the other hand, it is a friendship that is difficult for teenagers to give up. If Chen Chufan is still an ordinary teenager who has no ambitions and is willing to be plain, or Chen Chufan has a ruthless and ruthless character, then this question is not a problem. It's easy to make a choice.

But now Chen Chufan is neither, so he has to be troubled, difficult to choose, and even toss and turn, unable to sleep at night. As soon as the morning dawned, Chen Chufan, who had basically not slept all night, got up, changed into more formal clothes and left the bedroom alone.

More than an hour later, there was an extra teenager at the gate of the Guiyuan Temple in W City. The young man was of course Chen Chufan, who was looking at the solemn and solemn temple gate in a daze. Coming to Guiyuan Temple is what Chen Chufan has long had. I chose to come here today, on the one hand, to seek theoretical support and comfort for the changes in my body, and on the other hand, to seek peace of mind.

This is the first time Chen Chufan has come to this thousand-year-old temple, so he didn't know that this thousand-year-old temple was actually located in the most secular block of W City. After getting off the bus, I walked all the way, walked through the noisy fresh market, passed the flower market where the crowd gathered, passed by a row of lively breakfast shops, as well as elementary schools, bookstores, grocery stores, barber shops, etc., etc., just when Chen Chufan even thought that he was looking for the wrong place and was about to find someone to ask for directions, the solemn Guiyuan Temple suddenly appeared in front of him.

On one side is the chaotic market, and on the other side is the pure Buddha gate. This is too different from the ancient temple he imagined, so the boy is inevitably shocked. In the simple consciousness of the youth, the location of the Buddhist temple is, of course, the quieter the better, even if there are no famous mountains and rivers in W City to choose from, but you can't find an alley at will, just settle down, right?

After the shock, Chen Chufan still honestly went to the ticket office next to the gate and exchanged 20 yuan for a paper ticket.

As soon as you enter the temple gate, you will be clean.

A simple door, is really the prosperity of the world and the pure Buddha door separated, it is the early days, the monk's morning class chanting sound in the temple around, to this thousand-year-old temple to add a solemn temperament. It also made the young man's mood calm for no reason. Or am I really related to the Buddha? The boy laughed at himself, but he didn't stop, and wandered around the temple.

Perhaps because of the body of the Buddhist's King Kong, Chen Chufan, who was strolling in the temple, smelled the sandalwood in the temple and listened to the Zen sound in the temple, he felt inexplicably cordial, and the contradictory mood seemed to have become calm.

What attracted him was the couplet posted in front of the door of this Buddhist hall. Shanglian is "do it when you see it, put it down when you do it, why not?" The next link is "Wisdom is born in consciousness, consciousness is born in freedom, and life is born or non-life." ”

It seems to be easy to understand, partial and obscure, it seems to mean something, and it seems to have nothing to say, which makes Chen Chufan think a little stupid, he actually stood at the door of the Buddha hall and didn't move his steps for a long time.

"Amitabha, I wonder what the donor is thinking?" After Master Longyuan's morning class, when he returned to the meditation room, he saw the young man standing silently in front of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, and he had read the Buddhist scriptures in the meditation room for nearly an hour, and was about to inspect the temple, but he saw that the young man was still in front of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, as if he had not moved at all, and he couldn't help but be quite curious, and it was rare to take the initiative to come forward and talk.

Speaking of this Master Longyuan 30 years ago was still a small fire monk in the Guiyuan Temple, but now he is the leader of the entire Guiyuan Temple, of course, the number one is the secular saying, here should be called the abbot. Since he has become the abbot, the identity of the abbot is definitely only one of them, for example, Master Longyuan is still a member of the ZH Buddhist Society, the secretary general of the W City Buddhist Association, or a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, etc. In short, it is definitely respectable. Therefore, it should be an honor for the young man to be asked by Master Longyuan in person.

"I'm wondering what this coupling means." Hearing someone asking, the young man seemed to be still thinking about it, without looking back, without thinking, and directly blurted out the doubts in his mind.

"When we see something, we do it, and when we do it, we put it down, which means that when we see something, we have to do it! If you can do it, you will keep improving, and if you can't, you can learn and do it, what can't you do, but after you finish it, whether you succeed or fail, you should let it go, just because the things in this world are between what you can and can't, we see, do, what else is there but can't, and it's worth worrying about? This is the meaning of Shanglian! Abbot Longyuan didn't know why today, as if he saw that the young man was divided into fate, and actually took the initiative to answer the young man's question.

After explaining, after a pause, Abbot Longyuan continued to explain the following couplet: "Wisdom is born in Jue, and Jue is born in freedom." This wisdom is wisdom, we read books, study, we have wisdom, and wisdom comes from enlightenment, enlightenment comes from our desire to know, that is, the natural desire and state, we continue to doubt, continue to solve doubts, is the process of learning, so to be born or not to be born? In fact, there is no future, there is no life, as the so-called giving will be gained, more giving will be more, and not giving will not be. Can the benefactor be enlightened? ”

Chen Chufan shook his head with some annoyance, turned around, and glanced at the monk who had explained to him in vain, only to feel that this monk had a square head and big ears, and there was nothing surprising about it. In fact, although he had read through the Buddhist scriptures, he had no understanding of the meaning of the monk's clothing, so he didn't realize what a noble identity the master in front of him was.

If you don't know, you don't have reverence. So the boy's tone was very casual.

"I talked for a long time, but it's still two words, put it down! But how can the things of the world be explained clearly with these two words? You say that you are willing, you are willing, you are willing to give, I have to say that you are reluctant, you are reluctant, you may not get if you give up, how can the monk explain it? The words were a little polite, but the young man was already annoyed and wanted to come to the Buddha to solve his doubts, but he listened to an old monk still talking there, of course, he was inevitably more annoyed.

The abbot of Longyuan was not annoyed, and still asked gently: "It seems that the little benefactor is difficult to decide something, which makes the fire in his heart difficult to dissipate, but the monk is still the same sentence, it should be put or it must be released, because it must be released after all." ”

Chen Chufan looked blankly at the monk in front of him who was still pleasant, knowing that the complaint he had just made was really unreasonable, and he couldn't help but feel ashamed, so he said with a bitter face: "Monk, you are good-tempered, and what you say is also a big truth, but how can you let it go?" As the couplet says, when you see it, you do it, and when you do it, you put it down. But if I want to do it now, I need to give it up first, and I don't know how long I will do it, if I spend a few years doing it, but I am reluctant to let it go, what should I do? Listen to what you say, just as the Heart Sutra says, the heart is not hindered. No obstruction. There is no terror. Stay away from upside-down dreams. Nirvana exactly! It sounds beautiful, but it doesn't make any sense! Because my mind cannot be free from obstacles, so I can't stay away from terror, so how can I attain nirvana? ”

"Seeing that the little donor is so old, the Buddha is actually a mouthful, could it be that he has also studied my Buddhism?" Master Long Yuan didn't care about the young man's snatching of the white, but was surprised that Chen Chufan could speak Buddhist scriptures when he opened his mouth. Now is not the past, for a teenager, I am afraid that it is rare to look at the Buddhist scriptures, let alone be able to come casually.

"I've learned, of course I've learned, there are 3,927 classics of the Chinese Tripitaka, I can memorize it backwards, and the monk is credible?" Chen Chufan Tian said shamelessly, and then sighed and sighed: "If you know the Buddhist scriptures, you can learn the truth of Buddhism, and I am afraid that I can also become a Buddha on the ground!" ”

The donor laughed! But lying in front of the Buddha is ultimately inappropriate, sin, sin! "Abbot Longyuan is finally a little displeased, the first time he saw this young man standing in front of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, he was silent in thought, as if he was suspicious, he was kind enough to mention something, and he didn't have to say anything to each other. He respected himself as the abbot of a temple, and was called by this young man as a monk, but he could not care about him. But in front of this Buddha, he spoke falsely, but Master Longyuan was quite displeased.

In other words, bragging B in front of the monk made the monk a little unhappy.

"I know you don't believe it, but that's what it is! Are you that boring person to me? Specially run to the temple to brag with you, a monk? Chen Chufan said helplessly.

"Amitabha, since this is the case, Long Yuan wants to test the donor, if the donor really knows the Buddhist scriptures, it is the monk I have offended!" Abbot Longyuan was really a little angry, and he was really compared with the kid in front of him.

"You monk is so boring, you said to test me, I didn't pass the test, you just brushed your sleeves away, I passed, but you only offended one sentence and didn't follow, so why do you say I want you to take the test? What's in it for me? Chen Chufan pouted and said.

"This?" The abbot of Longyuan has a transcendent status, where can anyone be so lazy to talk to him about the conditions, he was actually stabbed by Chen Chufan and didn't know what to say, shook his head, and felt that his behavior today seemed to be a little funny, and he couldn't help but shake his head, laughed at himself, and said: "Hey, it really doesn't make sense for a monk to come here!" Don't blame the donor, the poor monk won't disturb the donor's tour, farewell, farewell! ”

After speaking, he was ready to turn around and leave, and continue to go around the temple.

"Hey, monk, wait, I haven't finished yet!" This time, it was Chen Chufan who took the initiative and the monk stopped.

"What else is the matter with the benefactor?" Abbot Long Yuan looked at the young man in front of him with some displeasure.

"That's the case, I'll let you take the test, if I can pass the test, you will take me to see the abbot in this temple, what do you think?" Chen Chufan actually said something that made Abbot Longyuan laugh.