Chapter 790: The Support of Master Huijie and Elder Li
Fang You's words calmly reverberated in the hearts of some people, Master Huijie looked at Fang You's still calm face, and couldn't help but sigh and smile, he knew Fang You's character deeply, and he was sure that Fang You really wanted to help those who were in difficulty.
Even a relic, the true body of the Buddha found by his hand, had to find a good home for it, even at any cost, such persistence, such a great good heart, even they did not have, but wanted to compromise and put the Buddha's relics in the Ten Relic Pagoda.
Thinking of this, Master Huijie smiled slightly and stood up, "Contribute to the society, to help those in need, does this need a reason, Fang Xiaoyou's words express our hearts, really do a good deed, but it will be questioned by others, it can be seen that this society is already full of interests, and it is necessary for people like Fang Xiaoyou who are not for interests, to stand alone, in this society full of interests, to develop a pure land of love, and the old man also understands the character of the other party Xiaoyou very well, Fang Xiaoyou is bound to turn the Longlin Charity Foundation into an organization only to help others, this is undoubtedly the case. ”
"Fang Xiaoyou has such a grand wish, Lao Qu and others as Buddhist disciples, naturally can not sit idly by, compassion, purifying all sentient beings, is what we should do, Lao Qu and others decided, every year from the major monasteries, extract twenty percent of incense, handed over to the Longlin Charity Fund, for charity and public welfare, the wealth of incense, is the Buddhist disciples and believers for the Buddha and other Buddhas to worship, with the wealth of incense for good deeds, the Buddha and all the Bodhisattvas Buddha heaven knows, will also gladly agree with the decision of Lao Qu and others."
Master Huijie's calm words, so that some people on the scene couldn't help but show a shocked look, everyone here is a great person, but because of these words of Master Huijie, and deeply moved, it can be seen how incredible Master Huijie's decision is.
Incense money is the fee charged by the major temples to the believers who enter the temple to make incense, and it can also be said that the worship of the Buddha and the Buddhas is the main source of income for the major temples, and all the expenses and expenses of the entire temple are obtained from the incense.
As the president of the Buddhist Association, Master Huijie is also the abbot of several famous monasteries in China, and the Buddhist masters beside him are themselves the abbots of some of the most prestigious monasteries in China.
This is equivalent to the temple in the main income of twenty percent, handed over to the Longlin Foundation, the Chinese national Buddhist believers are extremely numerous, every year to the major temples to burn incense and worship the Buddha people, is countless, a temple twenty percent of the income, may not be nothing, but the master of Huijie here, on behalf of most of the Chinese temples, the twenty percent of the incense money, is a lot of wealth.
It can even be said that the expenses and daily expenses of the major temples will be reduced in the future, just to support Fang You's Longlin Foundation to do good.
Sparing no effort in this way, it can be seen that Master Huijie has an incomparable belief in Fang You, and also witnesses the belief of Chinese Buddhism in compassion and purifying all sentient beings.
"Master Huijie, I know the current situation of Buddhist disciples, your daily use, expenses, and the use of repairing the monastery are all in the incense, and the same is true for doing good deeds in ordinary times, I have already received your wishes, but please take back this decision." Fang You's calm face showed a look of emotion, he came to Master Huijie's side and said with a solemn face.
Although in the eyes of ordinary people, the Shaolin Temple is extremely famous, and the income is also considerable, but most of its sources are ticket income, more than half of these revenues have to be handed over to the government, and the remaining maintenance expenses are not easy, and the incense money can be said to be the main source of income among the major temples.
The situation of some other temples is not as prosperous as Shaolin Temple, most of the temples, the land of the temple has been nationalized, some temples in addition to relying on some incense money, sometimes the state appropriation for relief, it can be said that the incense money is the whole temple to maintain the normal life-saving money is not exaggerated, these money, but also include good fasting, relief of the poor.
These are the things that real Buddhist disciples do, and those rumors that monks are seen in some monastery with an iPhone and a Toyota are domineering, and I have to say that these are just monks dressed up as monks in the local tourism bureau.
Real Buddhist disciples and practitioners can't see it at all, they don't have any income, and they don't get involved in these things at all, and sometimes they receive incense money, in addition to daily expenses, and the rest is used to print sutras and purify sentient beings.
These real Buddhist disciples can only be seen in the ancient monasteries, and most of the monasteries in the major scenic spots are just selling dog meat on the head of a sheep.
These are what Fang You saw in the Famen Temple, and some of them were told by Chu Lao for him, thinking of the tickets, Fang You suddenly remembered an incident that happened in the Famen Temple, which was mentioned when he listened to Master Huijie and others practicing in the Famen Temple, when he was a little puzzled, he opened his mouth to ask, and finally learned the ins and outs of this matter, and his heart was extremely angry, which is also the main reason why Fang You resolutely put the Buddha's relics into the ancient pagoda, and disdained the local government and the person in charge of the scenic spot.
At that time, although Famen Temple was surrounded by Famen Temple scenic spots, there were many people who went to Famen Temple to visit and pray for blessings and worship Buddha, and Famen Ancient Temple visited the ticket at the insistence of the temple, which was much lower than the scenic spot ticket, and could be purchased separately.
However, some developers of the Famen Temple Scenic Area are the visitors of the Famen Ancient Temple, and they want to circle the Famen Ancient Temple into the one-ticket system, which means that if you want to visit the Famen Ancient Temple, you must buy the tickets for all the scenic spots together.
The abbot of Famen Temple and the masters of the Buddhist Association firmly disagreed, but the local developer took advantage of the temple's knowledge to surround the Famen Ancient Temple with a wall, and after learning the news, the monks of Famen Temple, as well as some local Buddhist residents, worked together to pile down the wall in front of the mountain gate of Famen Ancient Temple, and announced the closure of the mountain gate the next day to combat the developer's bad behavior.
Some officials spread rumors that this is a conflict between Famen Temple and the scenic spot on the interests of the accident, but a master of Famen Temple shook his head peacefully, this is not a matter of money, we monks just want to be clean and harmonious.
In the end, through the government's intervention, the abbot of Famen Ancient Temple, Master Xuecheng, was forced to consider the overall situation, and finally agreed to include the temple in the scenic spot one-vote system, which was only to make the temple clean and peaceful.
Master Huijie took out half of the main income in the temple in this way, how could Fang You bear it.
"Fang Xiaoyou, what we do is a small goodness, what you do is a great good, a great good, as a Buddhist disciple, how can we not support it, the wealth of incense is taken from the people's worship of the Buddha, and now it is returned to the people, why not, does Fang Xiaoyou want to reject the good deeds of our Buddhist disciples." Master Huijie said with a firm face, and the decision he made did not change in the slightest.
If Buddhist disciples care about money, then what is the difference between them and those who are interested in profit?
Fang You's deeds are a great good, and he will definitely do what he said, wholeheartedly to help those who are suffering, not only that, Fang You is also their Buddhist benefactor, so it is reasonable that they must support Fang You's good deeds, otherwise, they will become Buddhist disciples in vain.
Hearing Master Huijie's resolute words, Fang You nodded, and said with a serious face: "Master Huijie, I will definitely not disappoint the good deeds of all the masters and Buddhist disciples, and I will definitely do my best to do a good job of the Longlin Foundation, so that those who are suffering can live a happy life." ”
Master Huijie smiled slightly, put his hands together and bowed to Fang You, "Hehe, Fang Xiaoyou, I always firmly believe that you will do a good job, because you are different from those people, if Fang Xiaoyou is in charity, if there is any difficulty, you can find Lao Wei and others, money, we can't take out a lot like others, but the major temples vacate the room, can help many people who are suffering, Lao Wei and others represent the suffering people in the world, thank Fang Xiaoyou in advance." ”
"Master Huijie, it should be the kid who thanks you." Fang You said respectfully.
Hearing the dialogue between Fang You and Master Huijie, the faces of the people at the scene rose with complete respect, Buddhist disciples are people who do good, but they donate their main income to Fang You, just for the great good, this kind of great compassion makes some people awe-inspired.
The old man surnamed Li with respect on his face, smiled slightly, he himself experienced hardships when he was a teenager, dropped out of school at the age of 15 to make a living in society, deeply understood the importance of health and knowledge, and believed that helping the helpless is the most meaningful thing in the world, but he also realized that personal strength is limited, only if the career is successful, can he make greater contributions to the society and the country, so when the career is slightly improving, he established the Li Foundation, how much money the foundation uses, Li Lao will make up for how much, and never use the existing assets of the foundation.
He himself thinks that the foundation is 100% charity and helps people in need, but he has always disliked the word charity for the foundation, and he does not allow family members and foundation directors to take a penny from the foundation.
Now he sees that there is another successful career, a young man with great fame, who has devoted himself to charity, just to do 100% charity, he feels very gratified, if every entrepreneur can have Fang You's kindness and courage, I am afraid that the current Huaxia will become a legendary harmonious society, for Fang You's Longlin Foundation, how can he not support it.
"Master Huijie's kindness is a manifestation of the Buddhist concept of great compassion, and Fang Xiaoyou's unswerving belief in wanting to help more people is even more admirable, but, Fang Xiaoyou, I want to remind you that doing charity is not just about simply giving money to those who are suffering, which not only cannot help the suffering, but on the contrary, it will also make them have the inertia of not working hard."
"The best way to help them live a happy life is to enable them to have the ability to live a happy life through labor and the knowledge they have learned, rather than simply getting donations from others, so as to help them better, so that they will not have an inferior identity and truly integrate into the society, instead of becoming a burden to the society, if Fang Xiaoyou has this need, I will teach you the charity experience I have done over the years, so that you can go further in charity and better help others."
Hearing the words of the old man surnamed Li, Fang You suddenly woke up, indeed, as Li Lao said, doing charity is not just talking, not just sending the money donated by others to the hands of the suffering people is charity, but to help them get the ability to obtain happiness, rather than directly giving them a happy life, and obtaining happiness through their own efforts, which will make them cherish it more, and after their careers are successful, they will naturally feel the same to help other people in need, which is a virtuous circle of charity.
Building schools and improving medical care is also charity and public welfare, but it can help people in distress to learn knowledge, and can help those who are sick and have no money to be cured.
The words of the old man surnamed Li made Fang You fall into a deep understanding, and it also made Xu Mengyun on the side think about it, feeling that his previous behavior was a little wrong, and he gave the money directly to the orphanage, it is far better to invite some good teachers to teach these children knowledge, so that they can be self-reliant, this kind of behavior is really to help others, so giving money directly is simply an irresponsible behavior, but in his heart he feels that if he donates money, he is doing good.
"Mr. Li, listening to your words, it is better than reading for ten years, so far, I really understand the true meaning of charity, which is to help others gain ability, rather than simply giving money to help Mr. Li, thank you." Fang You's face was solemn, he walked up to Li Lao and bowed deeply to him to express his gratitude and respect in his heart.
The old man surnamed Li smiled slightly, "Fang Xiaoyou, there is no need to be polite, I guess you have thought of these things before, I just led it out, to do charity, the most important thing is to always serve for goodness, unswerving, in order to make charity continue to do it forever, I am very pleased that you can join this ranks, as Master Huijie said, I also believe that you will be able to do a good job of the Longlin Foundation, become bigger, and help more people." ”
"Here, I announce that I will donate 200 million Hong Kong dollars to the Longlin Foundation every year, so that the Longlin Foundation can help more people, if the Longlin Foundation has better projects, such as building schools, hospitals, etc., I will make additional donations, I hope that Fang Xiaoyou's Longlin Foundation can make those who are suffering live a happy life." Li Lao said calmly.
Elder Li's words caused an uproar again, some people didn't expect that just hearing that Fang You was going to set up a foundation, without any investigation, Master Huijie and Elder Li would support Fang You so fully, this kind of trust is incredible.
(To be continued)