Chapter 19 Entering Fahua Temple
Fahai grabbed Ning Caichen, and it took half a month to fly, except for and peeing, there was no stop at all. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Fahai completely fell into an inexplicable joy, excited and full of red light. The scarecrow is miserable, his adult routine has been completely disrupted, he has lost a lot of weight these days, his face looks pale, he doesn't even want to waste the strength of scolding Fahai, he silently recites the "Song of Righteousness" in his heart, closes his eyes and recuperates. The two of them had nothing to say, and they encountered some demons and monsters along the way, whether they were doing bad things or not or swallowing and cultivating, as long as they were touched, then Fahai would be knocked to death with a Zen staff, and those who were a little more difficult to kill were also tempered by him in the golden pot, and there was death and no life.
I flew westward, and on the eighteenth day, I finally arrived at the foot of the mountain where the Hokke Temple is located. This mountain stretches for three thousand miles, many strange peaks and different stones, strange birds and spirit beasts, it is rumored that there is a spiritual vein of the earth hidden in this mountain, which is a good place for cultivation. Among the mountains and rivers, there are five peaks that are the most peculiar, from a distance it looks like the palm of a person's hand, it stands straight and straight, it is the residence of the five halls of Fahua Temple, from the thumb down to the row, respectively, the precept hall, the law enforcement hall, the Bodhi temple, the ascetic hall and the Tibetan scripture pavilion. Three thousand miles of mountains and rivers, three thousand miles of temples, all of them are the scope of Fahua Temple, there are many disciples in the temple, the strength is amazing, and there are countless masters. As soon as I arrived at the foot of the mountain and river, I heard the sound of chanting, and I couldn't help but feel a sense of piety in my heart. Ning Caichen had no heart, so this emotion was not amplified, and he died in the runes left by the black crow.
Freed from the confinement of Fahai, the scarecrow was finally relaxed and free, happily jumped on the ground a few times, and finally found the feeling of the earth. However, before he could stretch his body, he heard the urging sound of Fahai's old bald donkey
"Ning Gongzi, don't stay too long, the presiding abbot has been waiting in Bodhi Temple for a long time, let's hurry up the mountain."
"Up the mountain? Wouldn't it be okay to just fly up, do you want to climb up this step? Ning Caichen looked at the endless steps in front of him and felt bitter for a while, and the mortal body didn't know if he could climb up.
Nafahai didn't answer at all, and craned his neck and climbed up the steps. With the attitude of being at peace when you come, Ning Caichen also began to climb, this step is slightly higher than the ordinary staircase, and each step has to be bigger. The strength of the scarecrow has dropped to the junior level of a second-rate master, and his strength has already decreased a lot, and the energy in his body naturally cannot keep up. In addition, he has been tortured enough by Fahai for more than ten days, and he has just climbed less than three hundred steps before he is as tired as a dead dog, and he doesn't want to move.
Fahai, who had been leading the way unhurriedly in front of him, was gone, and a word came from afar
"This step is the road to heaven of my Fahua Temple, people who are not great perseverance can not climb up, although you have the appearance of the country's color and fragrance, but you also need to have perseverance and perseverance. Come on, walk through this path, you are the introductory disciple of my Fahua Temple, and you will become a true Buddha in the future. This voice has a strong ability to bewitch, the firmer the will, the more I am afraid that it will be affected, the scarecrow knows it, and he does not break it, he originally wanted to worship the Buddha to study, the play has been almost done, and now he will simply plan it, regain his body, and climb up step by step.
The road to heaven really leads to the sky, the scarecrow climbs up step by step, already numb, the muscles of the whole body are sore and protesting, trembling with every step, but looking up, there is still no end. It stands to reason that this has been climbing for almost a day, and it has to be a thousand meters high, and it has already arrived, but right now this situation is wrong. He inadvertently looked down and oh my God! There was no road behind him, and it turned out to be an abyss, dark and bottomless. The scarecrow's heart was also taken aback, his head was dizzy, and he almost didn't fall into it. It turns out that this road to heaven is not only difficult to walk, but also a one-way street, and there is no return. The scarecrow was so tired that he couldn't laugh if he wanted to sneer, so he kept walking.
This time he walked until late at night, and at the end, it was difficult to lift his feet, and he was unconscious on the steps, the fatigue of his body was uncontrollable, although he didn't want to lose his perception of the outside world, but he couldn't do it.
When the scarecrow woke up, the man was lying on the bed, and he just wanted to turn his body and sit up, but the soreness in his whole body immediately made him grin and give up the idea of getting up. You can only move your head and eyes slightly to observe your surroundings. It is a splendid room, and the furnishings are all inlaid with gold and silver, and the gold is splendid. The bed he is on now is extremely soft, the bedding on the bed is soft and lingering, and it is not much more than Bai Suzhen's hand, and at this moment the scarecrow thought in his heart that it would be very happy to be able to sleep on such a bed all the time.
The footsteps sounded at the door, and the scarecrow didn't need to look at it at all, just by listening to the sound, he knew that it must be Nafa Hai, this rhythm was too familiar.
Sure enough, Fahai appeared in the room with a red face, a brand-new robe and cloth shoes, the beard on his face was also very finely combed, the golden pot and Zen staff in his hand were still in his hand, with the Buddha's light behind his head, he looked at Ning Caichen, who had woken up, and said
"Congratulations to Ning Gongzi for passing the test of my Buddha, as long as your body recovers, you can hold an apprenticeship ceremony, and then the two of us will be commensurate with brothers!"
When the scarecrow heard this, his brows furrowed, and he was very puzzled, and asked
"Didn't I pass out? How to pass the test! It's also commensurate with brothers, and you old bald donkey are brothers, don't make me sick, okay! "Ning Caichen and Bai Suzhen have been together for two years, and their personalities have changed a lot, although they still maintain the integrity and uprightness of a scholar, they are a lot more lively and sleek.
After saying that, he didn't turn his head and ignored Fahai. Fahai was still smiling, not angry or angry, and opened his mouth to explain
"Senior brother doesn't know, although you finally fell into a coma, but you have already walked the road to heaven thoroughly, and the presiding abbot has doubts about your identity, so he will open my Buddha's heart appreciation technique, so that you can keep walking and walking. Don't you know, after opening the art of connoisseurship, I found that your entire body exuded a dazzling Buddha light, which was more amazing than me and the abbot. After discussing with the presiding abbot, I decided that neither of us is qualified to take you as an apprentice, but can only use secret techniques to ask the master in a distant land, and take you under his disciple instead of his old man, and then pay homage to the master when you see him in the future. β
The more the scarecrow listened, the more bizarre it became, and he didn't believe what Fahai said at all
"I don't care what your idea is, I'm a scholar, as long as I can keep studying, everything is fine. But there is one thing, if you want me to call you senior brother, don't even think about it. β
"Hahaha......" Fahai laughed out loud and went out, he was very happy, he didn't expect this little junior brother to be so naΓ―ve, it was really interesting.
The scarecrow thought about it, this Fahua Temple's Mind Appreciation Dafa did not discover his true identity, it seems that after the "Red Face and White Bone Dao" is reshaped into a human, it is really a normal human being, and there is no need to worry about the identity being recognized. It's no wonder that this anti-heaven exercise requires the use of Buddhist exercises to quench the body, so it is, with this signboard of the genius of cultivating Buddhism, it shouldn't be a problem to get the Diamond Sutra.
In the room of the abbot of Bodhi Temple, Fahai and the host sat around a round table, not knowing what to talk about, and laughing non-stop. The place where the scarecrow lived was not far from the two of them, less than ten zhang away, so their laughter made the scarecrow feel irritable. He immediately shouted
"Old monk, get some food and drink for my son, I'm going to starve to death soon!" He originally wanted to call the old bald donkey, but he always felt that it was a little inconsistent with his identity as a scholar, and he was still an old monk and more elegant.
The two old monks not far away heard Ning Caichen's voice, and couldn't help laughing again, for this little junior brother, the two of them chose to be more tolerant. After laughing, a few little monks were called to take care of the scarecrow's daily life and daily life. Ning Caichen was the abbot's junior brother, in the eyes of these little monks, that was the existence of the ancestor, and they treated him politely one by one, shushing the cold and asking for warmth, for fear that there would be a trace of inadequate care. However, the scarecrow has just entered the WTO, and he can't adapt to this situation the most, and he is very flustered in his heart, and he doesn't know how to react. The expression on this anxious face became more and more stiff, and those little monks were so frightened that they didn't dare to speak.
The days of being served by people have been like this, and the scarecrow has also fulfilled his wish, and has been sleeping on that luxurious soft bed, he muttered to himself
"It is recorded in the books that monks are not all poor cultivators? I usually don't care about food and drink, and I don't care about accommodation, why this Bodhi Temple is so luxurious, it is not at all different from the description in the book. β
After more than ten days, the muscles of the scarecrow's whole body finally regained their original ability, no longer sore, and the motivation was much easier. These days, he has walked all over the Bodhi Temple, which is located on the top of the highest middle finger peak of the Five Finger Peak, where the presiding officers and elders of the past generations have lived, and each house is very grandly built, and the decoration is also particularly luxurious. Because he was the abbot's younger brother, even some elders had to salute when they saw him, at first he was very unaccustomed to it, and he saluted one by one, but he was so shocked that others saluted again, back and forth, so gradually he got used to his identity.
It's just that more than ten days have passed, and Nafahai has not appeared again, and the abbot has come and gone in a hurry, not teaching him Buddhism at all, which makes the scarecrow a little anxious. All the scriptures and cheats of Fahua Temple are basically placed in the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion on the Little Finger Peak, and now the scarecrow's ability to control the sky cannot be used, and he cannot go to check and study. After more than ten days of delicious food and drink, he finally couldn't help it, and insisted on the habit of reading every day for several years. So he found the abbot who lived not far from him.
"Senior Brother Abbot, that Fahai caught me on this mountain, although I eat and drink well every day, but I really can't adapt to it, I am a scholar, it is better to let me die if I don't have a book to read."
When the abbot heard this, he was a little angry at the moment, and drank lightly
"Ridiculous, Fahai is your senior brother, how can you call him by his name? Pay attention in the future, otherwise even if you are my junior brother, you will still be punished by the Discipline Hall! β
When the scarecrow heard this, he quickly lowered his head and admitted his mistake.
The abbot continued
"Since you want to start studying, senior brother, let me ask you, what are the gains from those Buddhist scriptures you recited in Lanruo Temple before?"
"Uh...... Buddhist scriptures are difficult to understand, the Buddhist scriptures I read before, the understanding is ambiguous, but I have a general understanding of Sanskrit and tadpole text, and I don't have much understanding. β
When the abbot heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, stroked his snow-white beard, and pondered for a moment
"In that case, I'll start all over again. My Fahua Temple is orthodox Buddhism, practicing the supreme Dharma of Buddhism - the Great Brahma Prajna Sutra, relying on the Dharma to purify all sentient beings, although the Great Brahma Prajna Sutra is only a fragment, but it is broad and profound, straight to the road of heavenly immortals. The monks of Fahua Temple pay attention to their own practice, with the Buddhist exercises to strengthen the body, the silence into the concentration, the daily practice of the exercises include "Diamond Sutra", "Dharma Boxing", "Prajna Palm", "Wanxiang Gong" and other exercises, you are just a scholar before you get started, the physique is slightly weak, start with the physical fitness, and then practice the orthodox method. Tomorrow I will send you to the ascetic hall to study with the elders there. Remember, although you have the appearance of the country that is unique in ten thousand, it still takes a lot of hard work to be able to achieve the true fruit. β
As soon as the scarecrow heard that there was a Diamond Sutra in the exercises, he was overjoyed and agreed to the abbot's arrangement.