Chapter 6 Longevity Temple
What is your impression of the monk?
Li Chen got the answer, a monk is a deceitful profession. Before Li Chen crossed over, he had never treated a monk as a great thing. Because as soon as the head is shaved and the robe is draped, he is a monk, which is too easy to be.
Of course, a professional monk needs to burn a few scars. This will be more credible, otherwise people who are picky will say, you monk has no scars, fake.
Although it is said, if it is hot, it is not necessarily a true monk, and even if it is a true monk, it is not necessarily a monk of wine and meat. It's just that you have to take rice to steal chickens, and if you want to be a monk to cheat money, you always have to endure a few scars. And then, you can be the kind of person who has a bald head or a hat and a robe and begs on the streets, wrong, and becomes a person who is married on the street.
Like that kind of person, Li Chen didn't bother to look at it at all, God knows where they got all the money. I don't have enough tweed myself, so I'll give you back the flowers. You don't know what they're going to do as soon as they take off their robes and get off work.
Li Chen has heard a lot about the kind of professional beggars who look pitiful, and they are very pitiful and humble to beg in the underground tunnels or markets. Some just sat there, got a small scooter professionally, pretended to be disabled, and crawled all the way to ask for money.
If you think they're pathetic, you're wrong. It's not good that people get off work, change their bodies, and they are so glamorous that they will go around freely, take your charity money, and change places to be a money uncle. Otherwise, it will be taken by those above them, and then the winners above will also take your money and go to the limelight.
Of course, Li Chen did not compare the monk with that kind of beggar, in fact, Li Chen felt that being a monk was easier and more decent than being a beggar. The monk just stood there, pretending to recite some sutra, and then someone gave money to recite a sentence of Amitabha. Those who beg are not able to stand as loudly as they do, and they have to crawl on the ground, or they will keep prostrating, and they seem to be more vigorous when they stand in comparison.
Moreover, that's still a bad mix. Those monks who are so good at mixing can be unengaged all day long, and then they are picked up and dropped off by famous cars when they come and go, and they eat fat and have fat brains, and they frequently appear on television, and many politicians will also visit religious figures for votes. There is a lot of status.
These are still on the surface, but they are even more unsightly in private. Aren't the monks supposed to be pure? As a result, it was still revealed that the monk married a wife and had children, and married more than one. Privately living in a mansion.
Taiwan once broke out that it was like the child was obviously going to participate in a Buddhist summer camp, but it didn't take long for him to become a monk, and the child knew something, and now he abducted people into it, but of course the result was that the news media made trouble, and the Buddhist college could only let those children return to the vulgar.
Taiwan once made a lot of noise for a while, relying on some synthetic avatars or Buddha photos, deceived many celebrities to take refuge, when the master was prosecuted by the prosecutor, many people cried and shouted that he was innocent, he was really a master. This includes a lawyer background, and the green camp is famous for being a heavyweight political figure surnamed Xie.
Of course, we can't overturn a boatload of people with a rod, and there are still a few monks or nuns, which is really respectable. For example, Venerable Zheng Yan founded Tzu Chi. From an organization with only a few housewives participating, it has grown into a large global charity.
Although he had a little accident before he traveled to the Tang Dynasty, his image score was greatly damaged, and even before that, many people were dissatisfied with Tzu Chi, but it did not affect the personal image of Venerable Zhengyan, after all, the organization is big, and Venerable Zhengyan is not young. She's just the founder, not really the manager.
"I rub, it turns out that in the Tang Dynasty, even if you want to be a monk, it's not easy." , Li Chen complained. Li Chen looks down on monks, but in the Tang Dynasty, people still don't look down on you. The problem is that in the Tang Dynasty, you didn't want to be a monk, you could become a monk, and if you wanted to become a monk, you had to spend money to buy a monk.
"Great monk, I'm here. This Langjun is Li Shisanlang, and he will stay with you for a few days." , The two saw the temple, walked for a long time, and finally arrived at the location, a huge wooden archway, a few words on the book, longevity temple.
Then, Wang Erniang took Li Chen and skillfully walked through some buildings. She obviously came a lot, not just to get acquainted with the layout of the temple. After entering the temple, I saw that several monks seemed to know her, and they couldn't stop joining together, calling Wang Dade or Wang Shanxin.
Wang Erniang, one by one, returned the salute one by one, and kept taking Li Chen with her footsteps, and found a slightly remote Zen room that was very secluded around.
This meditation room has a very good environment, with a path in front of the door that extends to a row of side rooms. The meditation room is blocked by the wing room, and the path is not obvious, so it is not very familiar and will not disturb the people in the meditation room. As soon as she came here, Wang Erniang didn't see anything outside, so she said hello from afar, and then pushed the door in.
There were two old monks in the meditation room, sitting on the bed, as if they were talking something. One monk was younger, about fifty. One of them, who was older, in his sixties, was looking at the two of them carefully before laughing.
"Erniang, let's find the abbot again." The older monk turned to the other monk and said, "Abbot, I won't bother you. I have said that, please ask the abbot to hurry up.'" With that, he got off his jacket and put on his shoes and went out.
At this time, the abbot of Youshang greeted the second lady with a smile, "Second lady, I haven't been here for a while. This Tan Yue has not yet consulted."
Li Chen hesitated for a moment, not knowing what to call it. According to his impression before the crossing, it would be better to call him a master or an abbot. But just now Wang Erniang was called, which reminded him of some memories.
In later generations, monk is a general term. As I said at the beginning, everyone calls those who have shaved their heads, eaten fasting and recited Buddha, monks. In the face of monks, there are many names, some are called masters, masters... And so on and so forth. Like Wang Erniang, it seems a bit vulgar to call someone a monk directly. Of course, it's not as bad as calling someone a bald donkey. It's just that calling someone a monk like this is too direct.
But a little residual impression in the original owner's body made him feel that it was not wrong to be called a monk. Therefore, he still said, "This great monk, a certain family with a common name surnamed Li, Xing 13."
"The surname is Li, but the surname of the country is Ah. Thirteen Lang, our place is shabby, and if you are sluggish, please do more Haihan." The great monk didn't seem to be unhappy, and only said, "Our temple is simple, it doesn't hurt to entertain good believers for two days, the Buddha gate is vast, and good believers from all over the world are welcome."
Maybe you will say that people are well-cultivated, and they have a bit of Taoism to get their families, and if you scold other people's bald asses in front of you, people will not argue with you on the spot like ordinary people.
In fact, in the Tang Dynasty, if you can't meet each other, you call other monks indiscriminately. To be precise, a monk in the Tang Dynasty could be called "Sangha", "Bhikshu (Nun)", "Shami (Nun)", and "Yang Li". If you call him a monk, a great monk, in fact, there is a self-proclaimed disciple, worship others as a teacher, simply put, you plan to become a monk.
In the Tang Dynasty, or in ancient times, it was not possible to become a monk if you wanted to. It's useless for you to worship the teacher.
So the old monk was pretending to be stupid, and he had to pretend to be stupid. only said that the place is simple, but you can recruit Li Chen to live for two days, which is in response to Wang Erniang's words just now, and I will entertain you for two days.
This means that Li Chen is confused and doesn't understand, and understands that the two of them didn't say anything. Wang Erniang thought that Li Chen had suffered a great change and planned to become a monk to avoid trouble.
Then, the second lady Wang spoke to the great monk, "I haven't come to see you for a long time, and your health is fine." "Haha, the old monk's body and bones are still passable, and the Buddha has not recruited the old monk to go to the Western Elysium to enjoy happiness in the past few years."
"Wasn't it Master Jueyuan just now? Is his eyes better?' The second lady asked, "Old, just now Senior Brother Jueyuan came to hand over the things in the account room to the old man, saying that he is old and frail, his old eyes are dizzy, and he is overwhelmed, so he wants the old man to ask Gao Ming."
"Great monk, you call a little novice and lead Thirteen Lang to look around." By the way, settle him down.'" The second lady said, "Yes, yes, you have worked hard all the way." With that, the old monk stood up and went out to the door and shouted.
"Fan, Fan." This old monk's voice was not small, and after a while, a little novice came running, "Abbot. What commanded me?' "You take this Li Tanyue to settle down, and the Zhai Hall and the Cloud Hall will introduce this Tan Yue." "Yes, abbot."
Li Chen saw that Wang Erniang stayed, as if he wanted to talk to the abbot. Seeing that the two had something to say, they went out directly with Xiao Shami.
"Dare to ask the little master's number." "Don't dare, the little monk doesn't dare to call him the master, the little monk has a name." This is another modern man's mistake, this master is not just anyone can shout nonsense.
Along the way, the little novice gave a little pointer around, where the thatched hut was, and where to take a bath. Then he pointed to a place and said that from there he could go to the hall.
Zhaitang? As the name suggests, Li Chen thinks it should be a dining room. This is a place to remember.'" Then he took him to the west side of the temple, pointed to a longhouse, and said, "This is it. This is the Cloud Hall, where outsiders and wandering monks all live here." After finishing speaking, he pushed the door with Li Chen and entered.
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