Huguo Temple.

Tan Zong personally stewed chicken for Du He, and in order not to pollute the pot stove in the temple, he made an earthen stove in the courtyard.

Du He was holding a big chicken leg and gnawing on it, shook it in front of Tanzong, and asked, "Abbot Tanzong, you really don't eat it?" ”

Tan Zong shook his head, a look of disgust.

Du He said while eating: "I know a high-ranking monk with a ...... level How to say it, much taller than you, the monk said: Wine and meat have passed through the intestines, and the Buddha has left in his heart! You see, this mind is several levels higher than yours, right? ”

When Tan Zong heard this, he was shocked and said: "The wine and meat have passed through the intestines, and the Buddha has left it in his heart!" However, I am different from the monks, when I was young, I became a bandit in the mountains, killed a lot of living beings, and now I have taken refuge in Buddhism, which is atoning for my sins, and I only hope that I can go to Elysium in the future, so as not to fall into hell. ”

Du He sneered: "It's not bullshit, just like you, go into Elysium, dream about you!" ”

Tan Zong looked displeased and said: "The Buddha said that put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the ground, everyone has Buddha nature, why can't you enter the Elysian World?" ”

Du He quickly finished nibbling on a chicken leg, picked up a bowl of chicken soup, and asked with a smile: "Do you really believe in the saying that you put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot?" ”

Tan Zong nodded convincingly.

Du He asked: "Then why do ordinary people still practice all their lives, why don't everyone go to be butchers, and one day they don't want to be butchers, just put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha immediately?" ”

Tan Zong was stunned.

This is sophistry...... But he couldn't refute it.

Du He asked again: "A woman who is a scholar has gone to work as a prostitute, what do you think of the abbot?" ”

Tan Zong thought about it and said seriously: "The world is declining, corrupting customs!" ”

Du He smiled and continued to ask, "What about that prostitute who suddenly went to study from her conscience?" ”

Tan Zong said: "Of course it is commendable, I am in prison and not degenerate." ”

Du He put down the bowl, touched his mouth, and finally asked, "What is the difference between these two women?" ”

Tan Zong: "......"

The guy was speechless.

Du He stood up, patted Tan Zong's shoulder, and said, "So, you can't become a Buddha, and you can't go to Elysium, because Buddhas don't exist, and Elysium doesn't exist!" ”

Rumble!

Tan Zong seemed to have suffered a thunderbolt from the sky.

So, does a Buddha really not exist?

And Elysium, which does not exist?

What he has believed in for many years, is it ...... Is it really unreal?

Looking at Tanzong's stupid appearance, Du He patted his ass and said, "Look, I will blind you in a few words, it seems that your Buddha heart is unstable." For the sake of you not embarrassing me, I have a gift for you. ”

Tan Zong hurriedly got up, took a deep look, and said: "Please give advice to Gongzi Du, Lao Wei has practiced for many years, but I didn't expect that I would not be as good as Gongzi in a few words, I am really ashamed!" ”

"Brush and ink!"

Tan Zong hurriedly waited for the pen and ink.

Under the moonlight, Duhe swiped his pen and ink, and first wrote down the words "Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra".

Tan Zong looked at it and asked curiously, "What Buddhist scripture is this?" Why has the old man never heard of it? ”

Du He smiled: "Of course you haven't heard of it, this Heart Sutra is thousands of miles away in India." ”

Historically, the "Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra" was taken by the monk Xuanzang to the west and translated into Sanskrit.

But in this era, Du He has never heard of Xuanzang's name, and he doesn't know whether this person exists, so the "Heart Sutra" naturally does not exist.

It took more than 20 minutes for the 260-word "Heart Sutra" to be written down by Du He word for word.

When the original Du He was in school, he met a very strange teacher who asked everyone to copy the Heart Sutra, and also made the last question of the final exam into a silent Heart Sutra.

"When contemplating the bodhisattva of self-reliance, when he walks deep in Prajnaparamita, he sees that the five aggregates are empty, and he overcomes all suffering......

Tan Zong's eyes widened as soon as he read a few words.

This Heart Sutra, just over 200 words, actually contains the supreme Buddha's truth!

In particular, the sentence "no thoughts, no knowledge, no eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind, no color, sound, fragrance, touch, no vision, no consciousness, no ignorance, no ignorance, no old death, no old age, no old age, no old age, no suffering, no wisdom, no gain", all at once, solves the problem that Tanzong has not understood for many years.

Holding the handwritten "Heart Sutra", Tan Zong was so excited that he grabbed Du He's sleeve and asked, "Du Gongzi, may I ask if this Heart Sutra was really written by yourself?" ”

Du He smiled: "Didn't I write it?" You go to Chang'an...... No, you can find the second Heart Sutra in the entire Tang Dynasty, and I, Du He, will immediately worship you as a teacher and shave my hair and practice! ”

Tan Zong shook his head like a rattle: "No, no, no, no, you can't worship me as a teacher, I want to worship you as a teacher......"

Tanzong is not joking, just with this "Heart Sutra", Du He is qualified to hold the bull's ear of Buddhism in the world. Even the most prestigious monks today may not be able to write sutras that contain such profound Buddhist teachings.

Du He was taken aback: "Don't be kidding, I'm not interested in becoming a monk!" ”

Tan Zong also knew that it was unrealistic to let Du He become a monk, so he gritted his teeth and said: "Du Gongzi, this Huguo Temple, there is still a lack of an honorary leader, Lao Wei intends to ask Du Gongzi to be the honorary head of the class, what do you think?" ”

Du He looked confused: "What is the wrench for?" Screw-turning? ”

Tan Zong couldn't cry and laughed: "No, no, no, the head of the class is to guide the monks of our temple to recite the Buddha and practice, and the honorary class leader is just to hang a name and answer questions for everyone when they have time." ”

"What's the benefit?" Du He can't afford to be early, and he can't do anything for nothing.

Tan Zong said: "The status of the head of the class in the temple is second only to the abbot, you become the honorary head of the temple, no matter which Buddhist temple you go to in the future, you will be received by the highest standard!" ”

"That's right, okay, then I'll agree!" Du He said disappreciatively.

Tan Zong's heart is happy.

Without further ado, Tanzong hurriedly arranged for someone to give Du He a name, and also set up an ancestral hall, which is equivalent to the monk's ID card, and only needs to be filed with the ancestral hall of Chaozhong Shangshu Province.

Then, Tanzong summoned a total of more than 30 monks of Huguo Temple to gather in the main hall and announced the news that Du He was the honorary head of the temple.

Many people strongly opposed it at first, but when Tanzong took out the Heart Sutra, everyone shut up.

But all monks with a bit of realm know the weight of this "Heart Sutra", but what they can't understand is that Du He, one of the famous four evils of Chang'an, is actually gifted with Buddha nature, and it is incredible that he can write such a powerful classic.

After meeting everyone, Du He lazily returned to the room. At this time, I didn't live in a guest room, but I lived in the same courtyard with Tanzong, which was one of the highest standard rooms in the temple.