"Can I testify on behalf of this Chinese gentleman?" A clear, high-pitched baritone voice came from the back seat of the lecture hall, and everyone involuntarily turned their heads for prestige, and then let out a cry of surprise. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

It turned out that in the last row, I don't know when a person was already sitting upright, I saw him standing up at this time, tall, wearing a yellow monk's robe, a robe, holding a black bowl, bare feet, and behaving solemnly.

"Aren't you Dr. Berkson whom you haven't seen in years? After publishing "New Treatise on Philosophy" five years ago, it has been gone, why is he a monk now? Do you play the world, or do you want to make people laugh? Immediately someone recognized him.

Don't underestimate this Berkson, he is a famous British philosopher. In 1956, Berkson monographed A Study of Materialist Philosophy, which was printed in 17 consecutive editions, all of which were sold out, and translated into French, German and other languages. It was once a sensation and almost shocked the whole world.

I saw this Indian monk Birksen Bhikkhu say with a serious attitude: "Old friend! Dr. Madison! I'm Berkson. My renunciation has great causes, and it is also the great benefit I have gained from my travels in the East. However, my experience is not easy for you to understand. ”

The man known as Dr. Madison was stunned for a moment, and said, "Why do you speak strangely and your personality has completely changed now?" In any case, today is the annual meeting of international academic research, and you have participated many times before to share your research experience that has shaken the world. Many of your old friends from the past are also here, and I dare say they miss you too, so let's talk about the years of parting today. ”

Berkson was only in his early 40s, Madison was in his 50s, and the attendees were already gray-haired. Five years ago, they were friends with each other. Today's Berkson has suddenly become the focus. More than 100 great doctors were attracted to it.

Berkson's "A Study of Materialist Philosophy" is a monograph that rejects theology and dispels superstition, which is very valuable in philosophical science and is respected by the academic community.

However, only five years later, Berkson made a 180-degree turn, not only completely repudiating his philosophical ideas, but also becoming a monk. Everyone was pleasantly surprised and couldn't accept the fact.

Today's Berkson is graceful, smiling, and saluting the public.

When the crowd sat down again, the host Asai Dott announced: "Dr. Berkson has returned from a long trip and has become a monk." Why don't you ask him to tell us about his travels? The crowd applauded.

Asaidot continued, "Dr. Pak has traveled east from you, and we know nothing about you. Your "Study of Materialist Philosophy", the first edition was all the rage, and it has been reprinted seventeen times, which is really expensive Luoyang paper. Later, it was translated into French and German, and your reputation grew. We are looking forward to you becoming the second Darwin of our country and bringing glory to our country. Now you are a beggar monk in India. Are you nervous? Such a fact is something that we cannot accept in any way. ”

"Thank you, old doctor," said Berkson. You say I'm nervous, because my words, deeds, actions, thoughts, like nerves? Or do I look like a nervous guy in my clothes and appearance? ”

Dr. Ya added: "You are calm and calm, calm and unified in spirit, and speak in a well-organized manner, and you are obviously a great wisdom, and you are by no means nervous. But why be a beggar? ”

Berkson replied, "I'm definitely not a psychopath!" All my life, I pursued facts and truth. I am not hypocritical, I am not deceitful, I am not grandstanding, I am not unconventional, nor am I afraid of myself with my false title or academic achievements, and you can all testify to this. I am also confident that I am an ambitious person, and you have unanimously praised me for being unique in the academic world. And when my career was in full swing, why would I give up everything to become a monk? Let me tell you that I have spent many years studying the Dharma in depth, and I have decided to become a monk after careful consideration, not on the spur of the moment, but in fact for the peace of mind of my own mind. What I have cultivated and proven today is that 'like a man drinking water, he knows his own warmth and coldness', and that I have the master of my heart and can enjoy myself.

As the Chinese gentleman said, studying Buddhism is the only way to solve life's problems once and for all.

The academic world's doctrine of chasing things and keeping pace with the times can never shake my confidence, nor can it shake it in the slightest! Why am I so desperate? If you think about it for a while, you will know that there must be a deep reason. ”

One of them, Dr. Winter Cell, interjected: "We are strong advocates of freedom of thought, and Dr. Berkson has always been a lover of freedom and a lover of truth. He resolutely became a monk, and there must be a reason for him. Or maybe that's the highest level of freedom. I would very much like to hear what he has seen and heard in the past five years, the reasons why he became a monk, the process of seeking the Dharma, and the truths he has cultivated and proven. All of these are things we want to know about, and we will never hear of them. ”

Unconsciously, everyone has been conquered by Berkson's Taoist energy, subdued by his Zen style, and imperceptibly. Everyone applauded.

Berkson continued, "What a Dr. Wen, what a heart. When I returned to China this time, I vowed to pass on the supreme wonderful Dharma I gained from my travels to the east to the people of my country, and spread it all over the world, so that everyone in the world could hear the Dharma and share this supreme true way. If you want me to talk about it, that's exactly what I want to say!

Before I set out on my journey to the East, I had studied a little bit of Indian Sanskrit and Pali. When I arrived in India, I devoted myself to studying for another year. Immersed in the ancient and modern texts of India, he got a glimpse of the four Vedic texts of Brahmanism, as well as the philosophies of the Sutra, the Theory of Separation and the Vedanta of Shunshi, and finally entered the Buddhist Dharma Collection.

In the beginning, I compared Buddhism with matter, philosophy, and science, but I felt out of place. This is because the inherent ideas of the Dharma, when compared to the Dharma, will be dwarfed! I gradually lost my self-confidence, and even the basic ideas of my own materialism were completely shattered. Suddenly, he became an ownerless and lonely soul at a loss, dazed and melancholy, hoping to find another place to settle down immediately.

Therefore, I listed all the ancient and modern, Eastern and Western religious and philosophical thoughts, carefully selected them, and finally categorically chose Buddhism created by Shakyamuni as my place of refuge.

At the beginning of my arrival in India, my attitude was: I am a civilized man, they are savages; I am the masters, they are slaves. And I feel that Indians are inferior to us Caucasians in terms of work ability and thinking ability, and I feel that they are dwarfed by everything. So, I despised them, despised them, and saw them as just a swarm of ants. Although I am learning their language, I actually disdain to be with them.

But as time went on, I gradually discovered that the people of India are kind, easy to get along with, calm and generous, and not aggressive. This is far beyond the reach of our Caucasians. After that, I felt a sense of admiration and admiration for the Indians. Later, when he traveled in the mountains and forests, he saw ascetics who did not have enough food and no clothes, and his thoughts were profound, his divine sense was leisurely, and his energy was abundant, which was simply incomparable to that of European and American scholars, who were deeply disturbed by the external environment. ”