Outside Sanguang Temple, the head monk of the temple, who is already more than 50 years old, is waiting for Tuoba Shen and his party outside the temple gate with a large group of monks wearing red robes and more than a dozen novices wearing black and gray monk robes.

As the only monk temple in Zhao County, Sanguang Temple is well-known in Zhao County, and the believers who come and go in the temple are not only the people in the county, but also the believers of the surrounding counties and counties will also come to worship and make wishes. Ever since it was rumored that the Sanguang Temple was going to hold a puja, many believers had come to Pingjian City to wait.

The old monk monk Xian pinched the Buddha beads in his hand, looked at the surrounding support of the old and the young, coming and going, holding bamboo baskets and other containers in their hands in and out of the temple gate, with a smile on their faces, even their eyebrows and beards were with a sense of joy, these believers are men, women and children, but they are their food and clothing parents! The old monk is preparing to wait for the opening dinner during today's puja, and he wants to save more money to make offerings to the Buddha and Arhats!

"Fa Zhi, you send someone to take a look, when will His Royal Highness the Prince arrive?"

"Yes, Master"

The monk named Fazhi pointed to a novice behind him and said, "You go and see it again, and if you come, come back and inform the temple master." ”

The old monk looked at the little novice who was running quickly, and his mind was a little anxious, he had been waiting for two or three moments, why hadn't he come yet.

After waiting for a while, the old monk didn't come back, and the old monk stopped pinching the Buddha beads, turned to a monk of about forty, and whispered: "Huizheng, Fa Ming, you can be appeased, but don't have an accident, if something goes wrong, you and I can ......" looked left and right, and then said sharply: "If something goes wrong, you and I can't afford to be guilty." ”

"Don't worry, Fa Ming's side, I have arranged for a disciple to be there for him for half a month, enlightening him day and night, and now he has already figured it out, if not, how could he be willing to plead with the temple master himself the day before yesterday? But please rest assured, there is no mistake. ”

The old monk listened to the words of the middle-aged monk, only then closed his eyes slightly, pinched the Buddha beads in his hand, and after reciting a few words of Buddha's verse, he said: "It's not that I have a lot of heart, but this festival, many scholars from near and far, many officials in the county came, and more princes came here to watch the ceremony, what a glory this is, if the matter of Fa Ming is done well, it will be very famous in my Sanguang Temple!" ”

"In this way, you go to see Fa Ming again now," the old monk said, motioning to Monk Huizheng to come over, and said, "You go and serve a pot now...... Got it? I made it clear to Fa Ming that as long as he doesn't have an accident here, his lay parents and brothers, my Sanguang Temple will be kind to him for life. ”

Hui Zheng squinted, glanced at the old monk, nodded and said, "I'll do it." ”

"Hmmm! The monk elephant is old, and he wants to worship the world lord in a few years, so you have to encourage yourself! ”

"Ahh Huizheng listened to the old monk's words, and his eyes were a little red: "Yes, yes, temple master"

Hui Zheng suddenly felt full of strength, and entered the temple gate with brisk steps.

The monk elephant is more than 70 years old, and he has been sitting in this position for decades, so it is time to give up his position to future generations.

After the old monk smiled and saw that Huizheng entered the temple gate, he turned around and stood upright, closed his eyes, pinched the Buddhist beads in his hand, and recited the scriptures silently in his heart.

The old monk has been preparing for this festival for half a month, and it has been passed on by word of mouth for so many days, and he already knows it outside Zhao County. Originally, the meaning of the old monk was to hold a large-scale lecture and debate conference, so as to mention the reputation of Sanguang Temple.

It's just that he didn't expect that a monk named Fa Ming in the temple came to see him two days ago, and then he planned to add a big meal to this Buddhist meeting to preach and debate the scriptures, a big meal that can not only make Sanguang Temple famous Wei, but also get more almsgiving.

And last night, he got a message from the Li family, saying that there would be a prince coming to watch the meeting today, which made him feel that this must be the grace of the world-honored person, and he should be famous in the Great Wei, and he will be able to go to Pingcheng to be the emperor's guest in the future?

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"The chief monk of Sanguang Temple and all the monks in the temple greet His Royal Highness the prince!"

Seng Xian and other monks stepped forward a few steps, and the Buddha saluted in front of Tuoba Shen's car

Tuoba Shen and the Li couple got out of the car together, looked at the monks and other monks who bowed down on the side of the car, folded their hands, nodded, and said with a slight smile: "Master Seng Xian has been polite, and he passed through Zhao County alone, and heard that there will be a Dharma meeting in your temple, so he took the liberty to come to watch the ceremony." ”

"Your Royal Highness comes to the Dharma to add color to the temple, and today's monks will be able to speak and worship the Buddha, and they will be able to be clear and bright, and they will be very beneficial."

This monk is very good at talking!

"The mage is overrated. The master opened the altar to preach, so that the people of Zhaojun were given the gift of ears and eyes, and they could hear the Buddha's true words, and the merit was not great! ”

After casually praising a few words against his will, Tuoba Shen looked at the people of Zhao County inside and outside the temple gate, who were all looking at him, and turned his head to Zhongdao: "Yu Qing, today is the grand ceremony of Buddhism, and the county sergeants and women are gathered here. ”

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Seeing Yu Zhong leading two hundred soldiers into several teams to enter the Sanguang Temple to set up control, Tuoba Shen stepped up the stone steps of the temple gate and said, "I don't know what method is passed on by your temple today? Lonely in Beijing has also seen some Buddhist scriptures, and has gained a lot in this way. ”

"Today's talk includes the Vimala Sutra, the Nirvana Sutra, the Ten Lands Sutra and so on."

These are all popular scriptures of the time!

"In addition to preaching and preaching the Dharma, a month ago there was a monk in the temple Fa Ming, because the lay parents were seriously ill and difficult to get up, the day before yesterday came to the poor Tao, said that he voluntarily burned himself for the secular parents to pray for blessings, the monks in the temple could not persuade him, and he was determined to do so. Ay! The old monk sighed, and then said: "Poor Dao had to agree to his request, but because of the suddenness of the incident, the poor Dao could not spread it to the outside world, so I didn't know outside the temple." Today, His Royal Highness is here in person, and he dare not tell him. ”

Tuoba Shen listened to the old monk's words, stopped, looked back at the old monk's eyes, and then looked at Li Yuezu and the others who followed behind him, all of them were surprised and couldn't believe it. Li Yuezu and others are not ignorant of the burning of monks, but because there are very few people in the world who can endure the suffering of burning their bodies, and there may not be one in more than ten years. I didn't expect that there would be a person with such great perseverance in this Sanguang Temple who volunteered to commit his own karmic fire!

The monk was unnatural by Tuoba's cautious and sharp gaze, and said with a slight sadness: "The poor Tao and the monks have been dissuaded in many ways, but Fa Ming feels that he has no pious heart, which is not enough to pay tribute to the Buddha, so he insists on burning his body, and wants to go to Bliss to ask for the World Venerable and send blessings." Just because his ambition is unwinnable, the poor road has to follow his wishes. ”

Tuoba Shen looked at the monk for a long time before retracting his gaze and continuing to walk towards the temple, saying: "Since this monk is a filial son, why did he abandon his parents and return to this empty door?" Today, although it is said to pray for the blessing of his parents, in the end, it is the blood and bones given by his parents, how can he be so cheap? Even if his parents are healthy on another day, how can they not regret this bad news? ”

Fa Ming lay family was originally born in the south of the city, his parents have three sons and one daughter, weekdays to farming and weaving wood picking for a living, only because the family is poor, so when Fa Ming was nine years old to send him into the temple as a novice, three years ago received full ordination as a monk. Fa Ming was only poor in his childhood, hungry and impermanent, even a single piece of clothing was passed down from brother to sister, so there were many old diseases, and since the beginning of this year, they have been frequent, and they often have the feeling of staying up all night and not sleeping peacefully. It was also because he couldn't bear the pain, so he had to use his crippled body as a use. ”