The old monk, dressed in a cold face, smiled and said, "The monks don't say anything, saying that three questions are three questions, as long as all three questions are answered, I can not only let you go in now, but also fulfill your wish." ”

"Really? Don't lie to me! Tan Yun's eyes were filled with excitement, and he said happily.

"In front of the mountain gate of the holy land of Buddhism, how can the old man be untrustworthy."

"Okay, Grandpa Monk, you ask." Tan Yun looked at the old monk expectantly, waiting for him to come up with a question.

"Female benefactor, listen well, in the Buddhist scriptures, great importance is attached to saving others and oneself. On the one hand, you can save and educate people outside the world spiritually and spiritually, and use your wisdom to guide others; Self-cultivation is to accumulate virtue through one's own cultivation in order to achieve harmony with the Buddha. So is it to save others before oneself or to save oneself before others? The old monk said slowly, speaking very slowly and softly when he asked questions, but there was a special magic that allowed people to gather and listen to him.

When the old monk asked a question, the iron pillar on the side was also listening carefully, before listening to it, he hoped that Miss Tan Yun could answer, but he was worried that Tan Yun was too young, in case the old monk asked too difficult questions, then Miss Tan Yun would most likely not be able to answer, so he had to listen carefully and think about how to answer, after all, one more person would be one more possibility, if the old monk asked a question that he could answer, it would be the best.

The fantasy is beautiful, first after the iron pillar listened, he had to touch the back of his head, and then looked at Tan Yun with a confused face, it was up to her to answer or not, as for the questions and answers, ...... I didn't even understand the question, let alone the answer, neither of these two had anything to do with him......

But at this time, Tan Yun was also frowning, and she was still thinking about the old monk's question in her mind, "Is it to save yourself first or to save others first", and then "save people" and "save yourself" in her mind have been spinning around, turning her little head is a little dizzy, and then suddenly thought of last autumn when it was raining for a while near winter, Gongzi was reading Buddhist scriptures in the Cultivating Heart Hall, and he seemed to have said similar things at that time, what is it? Hey, I blame myself for being too greedy at the beginning, and I only cared about eating preserved fruits, and I can't remember what Childe said......

At this moment, she pursed her mouth and said indignantly: "What kind of problem are you, what is the difference between saving people and saving yourself, saving others is degree, isn't saving yourself a degree?" Since it's all degrees, why care so much about yourself and others, first and last! Didn't you just say that all beings are equal...... So what's the difference between oneself and others...... Oh, by the way, our son said, saving others is cultivating the mind, and saving oneself is acting, although the two seem to be different on the outside, but they are essentially the same, they are both ...... It's all about the heart, yes, it's all the heart, and instead of dwelling on this meaningless question here, it's better to take advantage of this time to do more good and persuade evil. Speaking of the back, Tan Yun finally sounded, and Cao Yi's self-question and answer at the beginning.

"Fortunately, I am smart and clever, so I can remember what Childe once said at a critical moment, hum......" At this moment, she was secretly proud in her heart.

As soon as Tan Yun finished speaking, the old monk changed color, his face was dark and difficult to see, he was silent for a long time, suddenly clasped his hands together, sang a long Buddha horn in his mouth, bowed to Tan Yun, and said gratefully: "What the female donor taught is that crossing people and crossing oneself is a heart, entangled with others and oneself, before and after, and it has already fallen into obsession...... The old man has been entangled in this for more than ten years, and he is really ashamed to read many Buddhist scriptures in vain. After finishing speaking, he bowed to Tan Yun again.

Tie Zhu opened his mouth wide, and looked at the old monk and Tan Yun with a shocked expression, this ...... What's going on, Miss Tan Yun...... At last...... Answered?

Tan Yun herself was also confused by the old monk's actions, but since she couldn't figure it out, she simply didn't think about it, and being able to go in was the most important thing, so she came to the old monk and asked with a smile: "Grandpa monk, I answered the first question, right?" ”

"Donor, you've answered ......"

Tan Yun squinted his crescent-like eyes, exhaled a long breath, and said, "That's good, then Grandpa Monk hurry up and ask the next two questions, I still have to be in a hurry."

Let's go inside! ”

"This donor, you have solved the puzzle that has plagued me for more than ten years, as the donor said, I have been imprisoned by this problem for more than ten years, and this problem itself has become my obsession and karma...... So there is no need to answer the remaining questions, the donor can go in now, but I don't know why the donor is in a hurry to enter the Jiming Temple late at night......" the old monk said gratefully.

Tan Yun listened to it in his ears, and at this moment he also felt that this old monk looked more and more kind, although he didn't know what he said about the maze of more than ten years, but since he talked nonsense, and then brought out what Gongzi had said, he could help him solve his doubts for more than ten years, then he could also let him ask the rest of the questions, it didn't matter if he couldn't answer it, maybe it would be more helpful to him if he answered it.

So Tan Yun also folded his hands in front of the old monk in style, then bowed, and said crisply: "Monk Grandpa, if you have any questions that you still don't understand, just ask, if I can't answer, I'll tell you some of what Gongzi said, and see if it can inspire you, our Gongzi was the same as you before, always saying something that we don't understand very well, but it seems that everyone else says that Gongzi is a person of great wisdom, and what he said was later proved to be right, or I can't answer your question." I'll pick out some of what he said and tell you, in case it helps you...... But since you have already agreed to let me in, old man, if I can't answer your other questions, you can't regret it then......"

The old monk shook his head with a smile, and didn't speak, just thinking about letting Tan Yun and Tie Zhu go in, when he suddenly thought of something, as if he had thought of something, the figure stopped again, with a contemplative look, and Tan Yun looked at him with a wary face, afraid that the old monk would suddenly open his mouth and regret it.

The old monk looked at the expression on Tan Yun's face, knowing what she was thinking, and didn't explain much at the moment, but just welcomed Tan Yun and Tie Zhu into the mountain gate, and the little novice who originally stopped Tan Yun from entering at the door was now bowing to the old monk with a respectful face: "Abbot Master!" The old monk sang the Buddha number in return, but stopped in the mountain gate, did not continue to go up, turned his head, and asked Tan Yun: "Female benefactor, have you ever heard the poem 'Watching the mountains from afar, listening to the water silently, the spring flowers are still there, the people and birds are not surprised, the heads are revealed, the objects are flat, how can you say that you can't, just for too clear'?" ”

Tan Yun's eyes widened, and his mind quickly turned, he really hadn't heard of it, so he shook his head. Tie Zhu this time simply looked up at the sky, pretending to be admiring the moon and stargazing, but it has been raining during the day today, and it will stop at night.

"What does the donor think of this poem?" Seeing Tan Yun shaking his head, the old monk was not in a hurry, and still asked slowly.

"Opinion......" Tan Yun turned her head to look at Tie Zhu, she didn't have any opinion, so she had to see if Tie Zhu understood, but when she saw that Tie Zhu was still looking up at the night sky, she must be unreliable, and she thought anxiously in her heart, "What do you think?" Hurry up and think about whether Childe has said something similar to himself but feels inexplicable, maybe it will be useful...... Well, the mountains are colored from afar, and the water is silent when you hear it up close, what mountains and waters, and it is far and near and sound, and so on...... Childe seems to have really said about landscapes! When Sister Youwei came back from Grandpa Lu's mansion before, when she chatted with us, she said what Gongzi said to Grandpa Lu at that time, and what else did she say that she had great talent and big pattern, but anyway, she didn't know what it meant at that time, she only knew how to go around...... Well, I don't understand it now, but I think I should be able to bluff the monk's grandfather. ”

Tan Yun straightened his expression, looked at the old monk, the old monk's way of speaking, and said slowly and methodically: "Look at the mountain is the mountain, and the water is the water......"

The old monk also kept looking at Tan Yun, and after listening to the first two sentences, his face was calm and there was no expression, he knew that this should be more than that, so he didn't interject and waited for Tan Yun to continue.

"Look at the mountain is not a mountain, look at the water is not ...... water" As soon as Tan Yun's words fell, the old monk instantly squinted his eyes, as if he was chewing this sentence in his heart

Gradually, he increased his voice: "Look at the mountain or the mountain, look at the water or the water." After speaking, he stared at the old monk intently, seeing how he reacted and what he would say in the end.

The old monk had words in his mouth, and kept repeating what Tan Yun had just said, "Look at the mountain is the mountain, look at the water is the water, see the mountain is not the mountain, see the water is not the water, look at the mountain is still the mountain, look at the water is still the water...... Every time he repeated, the look of his eyes lit up......

"Self-nature sees the mountain, although there is a hue, there is a color is also no phase; Self-nature listens to water, the sound is not real, and the sound is also silent; Self-nature view of flowers, there is no trade-off, self-nature is not extinguished; The bird is delusional and frightened, but its nature is not disturbed, everything and everything should be clear! The older monk spoke, the louder he became, and the more excited his tone became.

Tie Zhu looked at the old monk with a foolish look, and he didn't know why he suddenly started to get excited and crazy, and it didn't look like he had epilepsy and epilepsy. Tan Yun pursed his lips and muttered, "Sure enough, like Childe, he said some nonsense that people couldn't understand." ”

Tan Yun is still complaining here, and the old monk over there has already straightened up his shabby robe, bowed to Tan Yun solemnly and solemnly, and said respectfully: "The words of the donor, like Huang Zhong Da Lu, directly point to the heart of the Buddha, so that the old man hears it as if it is exposed into his heart, and thinks about it like an initiation......

Tan Yun was a little embarrassed by the old monk's actions, and explained shyly: "No...... I didn't say these words, but my son-in-law said them......"

Hearing this, the old monk showed admiration and admiration, and said slowly: "Female benefactor, I don't know who the son you are talking about?" ”

"My son-in-law is my son-in-law!" Tan Yun said seriously.

"......" The old monk drooped, and the white and long eyebrows on both sides shook quickly at this moment.

"Hehe, my son-in-law is the first genius in Jiangning, his name is Cao Yi, he is smart and talented, but he is amazing, I don't know if you know the monk grandpa......" Tan Yun said with a smile at this time, his face revealed a trace of innocence and naughtiness, a quirky look.

The old monk nodded with a smile and said: "Cao Gongzi's name, Lao Gong has already heard of it, but he has never met, I can't imagine that Cao Gongzi is not only famous, but even the Buddha and Buddha nature are worshipped, if he has the opportunity in the future, Lao Qu will definitely discuss Buddhism with Cao Gongzi......

The old monk paused, and then spoke again: "The old monk's name is clear, I don't know the names of the two donors? ”

"Grandpa monk, my name is Tanyun, Sandalwood's Sandalwood, Xiangyun's Cloud."

"My name is the pillar of iron, the pillar of iron, the pillar of the pillar."

"Tanyun donor, iron pillar donor, I don't know what is important for the two of them to come to Jiming Temple late at night and insist on entering, the two of you might as well say it directly, since the old man has let the two donors in, he will definitely satisfy the two donors as much as possible." Master Qingyang asked.

Tie Zhu looked at Tan Yun, in fact, he didn't know the purpose of Miss Tan Yun's coming to Jiming Temple until now, he just said that he was doing things for his son, but he didn't know what he was doing.

Tan Yun took out a sachet from the embroidery bag he was carrying, took out a wooden statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva from it, showed it to the old monk, and said: "My son-in-law will set off to Yangzhou the day after tomorrow, but I can't go together, so I embroidered a sachet for my son, and put a statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva I bought a few days ago, it is said that this is still carved from the old mountain sandalwood transported from Tianzhu, so I thought about coming to the Guanyin Hall in Jiming Temple, and chanting and praying for the son in front of the statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva......"

Then Tan Yun approached Master Qingyang and said in a low voice: "I heard that the consecration of the senior monks of Jiming Temple is particularly effective, Grandpa Monk, do you know any senior monks in the temple...... Can you let them give me this statue of Guanyin and consecrate it...... But I don't know if it's expensive or not, I didn't have much money after I bought this statue for Childe...... Can it be cheaper? Or I'll owe it first, and next time I'll come over and give more money for incense when I have money......" After saying that, Tan Yun became shy, and lowered his head a little embarrassed, after all, he didn't have enough money...... It is said that a hero can't die for a penny, but now he is not it, Tan Yun thought so.

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