Chapter 8 What is Buddhism?
"It's really hateful, the local officials are really a bunch of mediocre people, have they forgotten the education-based national policy?"
Huoju sat in the car and cursed loudly. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Central and South Province is a large agricultural province since ancient times, farmers account for the majority, they have worked diligently in the fields all their lives, and the same is true after the founding of the People's Republic of China, it can be said that they are a group of the most simple people, but in the current society, the income of farmers is getting less and less, many young people have gone out to work, leaving their children and parents in their hometowns, this small village is just a microcosm, children like Xiwazi can't be counted at all, if a few people can't go to school that's his own business, If thousands of children can't go to school, there's something wrong with the local government.
"Boss, this central and southern province is indeed backward, and once it is backward, it will not be able to keep up, but this kind of thing is not a common phenomenon, you must know that there are many migrant workers in our capital, and the government has built a lot of schools for them, and a large number of migrant workers' children can study for free or for very little money."
Song Wen on the side comforted.
"Hey, now the country is developing rapidly, but there are a lot of unfair phenomena, some provinces and cities have made great contributions to the country decades ago, but now they are far behind other places, such as Central South Province, and Liaobei Province are the same, there are national problems, but more is the problem of human consciousness."
Liu Hongyang, who was on the side, expressed his opinion.
"Central South Province has a long history and is the birthplace of national culture, but now the culture is not taken seriously, what Yin Ruins and what oracle bone inscriptions have become old antiques and have been thrown aside, in fact, this is the biggest problem, the country does not pay attention to it, I am afraid there will be problems."
Huoju shook his head, they couldn't control these things.
The two cars drove along a small road, which was a shortcut, and if nothing else, they could enter the closed gate territory after four or five hours, but at this moment, the dark clouds in the sky became denser and denser, and there was a loud "boom", and a downpour followed.
"Oops."
Everyone frowned, they took the side road, most of it was dirt road, the rain was not small, the ground immediately began to muddy, and the speed of the car immediately slowed down.
"Boss, we have to get on the highway, but if we get on the highway, I'm afraid we will have to walk four or five hundred kilometers more, and I'm afraid we won't be able to reach it until midnight."
Song Wen and Liu Hongyang have already replaced Gao Huan Qian Hao to drive the car, and they can't take the road anymore on this rainy day.
"Well, okay, let's get on the highway."
There is no way to do it, the rain is getting heavier and heavier, and the road has begun to be muddy.
The two cars quickly drove up the highway, and the speed along the highway was of course much faster, but it took more than 400 kilometers to make a big detour.
The car was driving rapidly, and soon entered the territory of Songshan, and at the same time, a large number of cars appeared on both sides, and the signs were all over the country, and the originally smooth road gradually became a little congested.
"Why are there so many cars?"
Huoju asked with a frown.
"Boss, you forget, this road is a Buddhist holy place leading to Songshan, now the incense there is very good, every year there are countless people to burn incense and worship the Buddha, these cars are probably the cars going up the mountain."
Song Wen replied.
"Don't ask the common people to ask the ghosts and gods, these people are really ......."
Oni Chengfeng shook his head.
"Lao Huo, let's follow these cars to have a look."
Ghost Chengfeng suddenly spoke.
"Oh? What to see? ”
"There's a problem with the ghost domain of the closed door, I always feel that it has something to do with this Songshan, since we are passing by, let's go and see it."
The ghost replied.
"Okay, Old Song, let's go down and have a look, Songshan...... I haven't been here for five or six years. ”
Two cars followed the traffic soon down the highway, head-on to see a huge stone platform built on a vacant lot in the distance, this stone platform is the size of four or five basketball courts, a Buddha more than 30 meters high sits on it, all the people who pass by can see clearly, this Buddha statue above the head is a large sign of hundreds of square meters, the sign reads: Songshan Holy Land.
There are no less than hundreds of people gathered under this Buddha statue, even if it is raining now, but the rain cannot stop the thick incense smoke at all, and the Buddha is shrouded in a smoke and mist.
"This is a sitting Buddha built in Central South Province three years ago, the body is more than 30 meters long, the whole body is made of fine granite, and the cost is nearly 10 million."
Song Wen explained on the side.
"It's a big deal, just by building such a big Buddha statue on the side of the road, I don't know how big the main Buddha is on the Song Mountain."
The ghost rode the wind and looked at the people who were burning incense and worshipping the Buddha in the rain and asked.
"Hehe, Lord Buddha? Ghost boss, the main Buddha body is forty meters long, and a treasure hall built is more than seventy meters high, and this Buddha is made of bronze, and three hundred kilograms of pure gold are added, which is really brilliant. ”
Song Wen said with a smile.
"Three hundred kilograms of gold? How much does that cost? ”
Ghost Chengfeng asked in surprise.
"Money? Ghost boss, don't you know, there are as many as 10 million pilgrims from all over the world on this Songshan Mountain every year, and each one consumes 1,000 yuan. That's hundreds or even hundreds of billions of income, what is this money? ”
"Alas, thousands of pilgrims have come to make wishes, even if the Buddha really has a thousand parts, he can't cope with it."
Huoju shook his head and said.
"Stop by the side of the road, I'll go down and have a look."
Ghost Chengfeng suddenly said to Song Wen who was looking at the car, and the car stopped on the side of the road, and Ghost Chengfeng and everyone got out of the car to look at the big Buddha in the distance.
Others only felt a little emotional when they watched countless people kneeling down beside the Buddha and worshipping piously, but in the eyes of the ghost, a very strange scene appeared.
I saw a faint breath rising above the heads of those who knelt on the ground, which was invisible to the naked eye, and this breath condensed together to form a momentum, which was the qi of obsession.
Obsession is the amount of food for ghosts, people's fear of life, old age, sickness, death, and suffering can become obsessions, and the same is true of love, hate, sorrow, joy, and anger, these people kneel in front of the Buddha statue naturally to make a wish, in fact, they want the Buddha to satisfy their obsessions, but obsession is the biggest obstacle to cultivating Buddhism.
In Buddhism, there is an obsession disorder, which refers to the delusion that arises from the attachment that everything is real, and this delusion can hinder the true nature of sentient beings and prevent them from becoming a Buddha. Also known as "ego" and "dharma"
"Self-grasping" is believed by Buddhists to be the root cause of suffering. Including arrogance, complacency, low self-esteem, greed, etc., unable to let go of oneself, having a very big, very coarse, and very heavy self in one's heart, clinging to one's own ideas, practices, personality, etc., unable to lift the obligations and responsibilities of oneself and others, too strong self-consciousness and lack of collective consciousness and dedication, or paying too much attention to oneself and ignoring others, etc.
"Dharma-grasping" is to take everything external things seriously, which gives rise to discrimination, love and hatred, greed when it is in line with one's own mind, and hatred when it is not in line with one's own mind.
And there is a cloud in the Buddhist scriptures: "By adhering to the law, two obstacles are born." "To study Buddhism is to get rid of these two attachments
Not being greedy is immeasurable, this is the true meaning of Buddhism
This is the problem, these people kneel to the Buddha to satisfy their own obsessions, but the Buddhists require the elimination of their own obsessions in order to reach the state of Dacheng, the two are fundamentally contradictory.
Of course, there is also an epiphany in Buddhism, after all, the realm of all living beings is too low, and they can't be able to rise to the height of the Buddha all at once, and it is also called a way of practice in the obsession Buddhism, which is the so-called entry into the world, and finally born to attain the Tao, so it is understandable for these people to make a wish to the Buddha, but what are these wishes?