Chapter 21: The Bitter Life of the Monastery
Several monks next to him nodded frequently, looked at Lin Yi with envy, and looked at Lin Yi with envy in their eyes, as if to say: "Boy, there is really you, how dare you do something?" Why can't this kind of good thing happen to us? “
Jingkong heard this, and said with a puzzled face: "Jingxin, do you really have to do something?" When Master and I found you, we heard that you had lived in the famous Qinglou Yihong Courtyard in Yangzhou City for more than ten days, and when you just came out of it, you spent money to ransom an Oiran lady and her maid ring? Is this all true? ”
Wow! That's big news! How many days does a monk live in a brothel? And spent money to ransom two women? The monks in the dining hall were all stunned, and they looked at Lin Yi together, many people's eyes were full of envy and jealousy, and of course there were six or seven defenders glaring at him angrily!
If we make a living in the monastery, we can't leave a bad impression that we don't abide by the rules and precepts, otherwise how will the master and the master see themselves when they know about it? Lin Yi thought about it for a while, and when he had an idea, he put the bowl under his ribs, and said with his palms: "Amitabha!" The Buddha said: If I don't go to hell, who will go to hell? Only when we have truly seen the evil of hell can we understand the goodness of heaven? Senior brother I have always participated in Zen and Buddha in Yihong Courtyard, regarded women as flowers and plants, abandoned the disturbances in my heart every day, and worked hard to participate in Zen, but I was like a jade, and I did not leak any Yuanyang. The two girls in the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info were redeemed by me, and that was because I saw that they were going to be forced by the bustard to pick up customers, so I couldn't bear it, and I had the heart to fulfill their reputations and spend all my life savings to redeem them both. Immediately after the fact, I returned the deed of sale to them, and let them marry themselves, but this is a good thought in my heart, seeking the great realm of Buddhism? This is true! But I can swear to the golden body of the Buddha, the disciple is indeed half a point of Zen nature, if there is half a lie, it will be called the meditation heaven to hit five thunders, fall into the hell of the nose, and never be reborn! ”
The righteousness of what he said was awe-inspiring, and when he swore an oath, he pointed to the sky and the earth, gritted his teeth, and couldn't help but make people disbelieve. At that time, the monks in the dining hall believed seven or eight times out of ten, and several old monks nodded to him frequently, casting praise. Jingkong clasped his palms together and said, "Amitabha!" I didn't expect that after my brother lost his memory, he didn't have a Zen heart at all, and he sought to prove the Dharma, and I sighed to myself, brother! In the future, I must learn from my disciples and reach the great realm of enlightenment of Buddhism as soon as possible! ”
The monks watched Lin Yi's performance, and a few of them had a good impression of him, and immediately came over to bow to him and exchanged Dharma names with each other. After a while, Lin Yi and the monks lined up to go to eat together, and many monks had already begun to talk to him enthusiastically!
"The monks in the temple are so nice! It's much better than many unqualified people in later generations! Lin Yi felt something in his heart, and felt that he had begun to integrate into the life of the monks of Baolin Temple.
The food in the Zen temple is very light, and the meat is not half seen, Lin Yi made a bowl of white rice, a green vegetable tofu and ate it, and went to the Daxiong Treasure Hall with Jingkong to go to the evening class. The Daxiong Hall of Baoling Temple is very large, and it can seat almost seventy or eighty people. The monks sat side by side on the futon, facing the solemn treasure of the Buddha, reciting the scriptures aloud one by one, and the thought was more than half an hour. Lin Yi also mixed in and filled the numbers, and after reading it for a while, it was so boring, but his heart thought of Sister Yang. Now I don't know if Sister Yang has arrived in the capital, tsk! It's a pity, I'm almost one step away from becoming my beautiful daughter-in-law, and when she returns to the capital, I don't know if she will remember us? Considering the huge gap between herself and her identity, being a husband and wife in this life, it is estimated that there is no drama in nine times out of ten, and she will definitely marry her prince and brother! Thinking of this, I was so annoyed in my heart that I simply didn't think about her. A heart turned to Li Xuebing, the first prostitute in the capital, wow! Which chick is so beautiful! What kind of slender figure is it, but it's a pity that she's a prostitute, otherwise it's not bad to marry a wife? Ay! It's just that she gave me a string of agate bracelets before leaving, and asked me to go to the capital to meet her at the Oiran Contest in the capital on the fifth day of the fourth month, but I want to stay in this damn Baolin Temple and participate in the debate with the Northern Sect? This time, I'm going to break my trust in her! When we meet again, I will definitely be reprimanded by her? In my heart, I turned to hate the hateful debate and competition, and discussed the Buddhist scriptures with a few nuns, can I compare with the colorful Oiran contest? Where are there so many beautiful women? Thinking that he had lost this big opportunity in vain, Lin Yi sighed unconsciously, gritted his teeth on his face, and made various expressions. When he was in a trance, he suddenly heard Yuan Jue, who was sitting opposite, ask loudly: "Meditation, what scripture did we just recite?" ”
Lin Yi woke up in shock, he was thinking about the two big beauties, so he naturally didn't pay attention to what the monks were reciting, and even if they read it, he didn't understand it. He stammered at the moment: "Master...... Probably...... Diamond Sutra now! ”
In the hall of the Great Hung Treasure, there was immediately a laugh of shame from the monks below, and someone whispered: "Obviously reciting the Lengyan Sutra, but he said what is the Diamond Sutra, it seems that the head has been beaten lightly, and the mind is still unconscious?" How can you represent the debate between Baolin Temple and the Qing Yin Shitai of the Northern Sect? ”
The monk next to him sighed and said, "This time, our Baolin Temple is bound to lose!" Shizu is really, why send this waste? ”
Lin Yi could hear it, his face was red and white, and he scolded in his heart: "Lao Tzu has never read any Buddhist scriptures, so naturally I don't know what scriptures you read?" Besides, I don't have to go to the debate, but Yuanjue forced me to go, can you blame me? ”
Yuan Jue let out a heavy breath in his nose, and said with a calm face: "Meditation, just now your uncles and brothers have recited the Sutra, and you have forgotten it when you think about it!" ......Turning to Dao Yuan, he said, "From tomorrow onwards, you must strictly supervise the meditation and ask him to learn the Buddhist scriptures as soon as possible!" ”
Dao Yuan bowed down and replied, "It's Master!" The disciples will teach him well! ”
Yuan Jue nodded with satisfaction, closed his eyes, and continued to recite the scriptures, and the other monks saw this, and also recited it together, and for a while, the sound of Buddha singing filled the entire Daxiong Treasure Hall. Lin Yi barely survived until the end of the evening class, got up and was about to leave, but was stopped by the Dao Yuan behind him.
Lin Yi bowed down and said, "Uncle, I don't know what to advise?" ”
Dao Yuan looked at him for a moment and said solemnly: "Since you can't remember your scriptures, from tomorrow, I will re-teach it to you." Remember, the scriptures explained that day must be copied twice and memorized in full, and I check every day, if there is any error in half a sentence? Speaking of this, he snorted heavily in his nose, stretched out his hand under the table, picked up a big ring ruler that he found out of nowhere, gestured at him twice, and said threateningly: "If you make a mistake, hit it, if it's too wrong?" Hum! If your hands can still hold the bowl for eating, think about it yourself! "With that, Yang Chang went.
"Do you think that I have only been putting down my university books for a few days, and I am about to become a student of the Buddhist Academy again?" Lin Yi looked up at the stars in the sky, his face showed a bitter look, and this night he walked back to his meditation room and slept with Jingkong.
On the second day, before dawn and still asleep, he was woken up by Jingkong's hand. Lin Yi rubbed his loose eyes and sat up, and said in a daze: "Why did Jingkong get up early?" No, it's still dark? Sleep again! With that, he rolled over and fell asleep again!
Jingkong said eagerly: "Senior brother, do we still have to attend the morning class?" It's almost late now! If you go late, you will definitely be punished by the Master! "Then put on the monk's robe and go outside.
Lin Yi had no choice but to get up from the bed, put his clothes on his body indiscriminately, and followed Jingkong to morning class. Looking at the dark night sky, Lin Yi yawned loudly and asked, "Senior brother, when will our morning class be held in Baolin Temple?" Ten days or half a month? ”
Jingkong's eyes widened, and he said in surprise: "Jingxin, are you really confused, or are you pretending to be confused, our monk's morning class is naturally held every day?" Ten days or half a month? Isn't it a joke to spread it? ”
Lin Yi has been in the Great Zhou Dynasty for many days, and he also has a general understanding of the time keeping system of the ancients, knowing that ancient times were divided into twelve hours, and this Yin Mao hour was about three to six o'clock in the morning.
On this day, after a long and boring morning class, the sky was also bright, Lin Yi was called by Jingkong to chop firewood again, and chopped firewood for half an hour with an axe, and the sky finally brightened!
It seems that the ascetic life of the monks told in "Wise Rest" is true! Lin Yi sighed a few words, dragged his tired body and walked back with Jingkong, but saw that the monks in Baolin Temple were practicing martial arts in the temple in groups of three or five. ”
Jingkong said with a smile: "Our Southern Sect is handed down by Master Hui Ke, and the ancestral court of Zen Buddhism in Songshan Shaolin Temple naturally often interacted, under the influence of the monks of Shaolin Temple, the monks of all sizes in the temple practice martial arts to strengthen their bodies. When you go out like this, you won't be bullied when you meet a strong person, I don't know my junior brother, but I can follow the Taoist master to practice martial arts? ”
Lin Yi shook his head and said, "My master never taught me martial arts, so I don't know any martial arts until now." ”
Jingkong smiled: "Wait for you to chop firewood for a few days, and your body is stronger, I will teach you personally!" ”
Lin Yi hurriedly thanked Jingkong, walked back to the meditation room with him to rest, sat for a while, but heard the bell ringing, it turned out that it was time for the monks in the temple to have breakfast again, and he walked to the dining hall with Jingkong to eat breakfast, and after the meal, he walked to the Daoyuan meditation room to listen to him preach Buddhist scriptures.
Most of the Buddhist scriptures are boring and difficult to understand, but fortunately, Lin Yi is intelligent and has advanced cultural knowledge as the foundation, and for a whole morning, Lin Yi actually learned the commentary of more than 1,000 words of the Diamond Sutra, and his heart was overjoyed. Because he was afraid of Daoyuan's big precept ruler punishment, in the afternoon, Lin Yi got up from a nap, asked someone for pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and copied the Diamond Sutra scriptures taught by Daoyuan today, and memorized the scriptures with his heart.
On the morning of the second day, Dao Yuan first checked the scriptures he had written, and saw that he wrote them beautifully, and the words on the paper were also very neat, and praised him a few words, and then he checked his commentary on the scriptures yesterday, and wrote down all the rest except for a single sentence. Dao Yuan lowered his face, scolded him a few words, then took the big ring ruler next to him, and slapped it in the palm of his hand, which immediately made Lin Yi grin his teeth, and when he looked down, the palm was already blue and slightly swollen.
No way! What a hit! It seems that it is not possible to study hard in the future, hey! That kind of dream of being a comfortable monk is completely ruined! Lin Yi sighed helplessly, and since then he has left his heart and read the Bible by heart every day! Chopping wood in the morning to exercise, and following Jingkong to play two trips in the temple, the life is also full. Time flies, I don't feel that there is more than a month, this day because of something, I want to go to Fucheng to do a ****, before leaving, I called him over, assigned him homework, and then got up and left with the other monks. Lin Yi pretended to be reluctant to give up, sent him away, and after returning to the meditation room, he jumped to his feet and cheered. It's been more than a month, and today we are finally free, taking advantage of the absence of the master and uncle, no one is in charge, just sneaking out of the temple and relaxing to play.
Lin Yi then told Jingkong that he wanted to go out to play, Jingkong was originally a young monk, and his playfulness was naturally heavy, so he agreed with it, so the two quietly slipped out of the temple and walked to the market.