"It's going to be very lively these days, huh?" "These are the most lively days of the year." Lifan definitely nodded, "You didn't see, these days, the temple is busy with this." "Why the fish basket basin?" Is it possible to put the fish basket in a basin? It's not strange that there are fish baskets and multiple pots.'" "Strange?

There was originally a basin, oops, no, Thirteen Lang, you love to talk nonsense, it's not that fish basket."

Today is Obon, the 15th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, which is one of the three major festivals of Buddhism, and it is usually the most lively.

Of course, Li Chen was joking, how could he not know about Obon. In later generations, this festival was also very lively. However, no one shouted this on Obon, and most people said that it was the Midyear Festival.

In the seventh month of the lunar calendar, the ghost door is opened, and the big ghosts and small ghosts will come to the yang world on vacation. The sun will prepare a grand festival to make a sacrifice to them.

By the way, you can't say big ghosts and small ghosts, you have to say good brothers. Of course, not all of them are brothers, and the people also believe that their relatives will also return to Yang.

From the first day of the seventh lunar month, there will be many activities. There are thirty ghost gates, and the grandest is still July 15. On the first and thirtieth days of the new year, not every place will worship, but the fifteenth must be worshipped. What do you want to worship? In fact, you can worship anything, worship good brothers in the middle of July, there is no taboo, people worship whatever they eat.

Usually this month, everything is not appropriate. Whatever you do, it's better not to. Of course, in modern times, there are not so many taboos. For example, when it comes to the transfer of ownership, the market in the seventh month of the lunar calendar will be relatively bleak in the past. However, there are also some real estate agents who operate in reverse, and some people who don't believe in this house buyer will also take action.

"You can't say that the midyear festival is the middle of the year, and the abbot of the middle year will be angry." "Why are you angry?" "Because the Midyear Festival is a Taoist festival." , Fan Fan said without care. Taoism is a religion native to China, and there is a three-yuan festival in it.

"The so-called three yuan are the upper, middle, and lower days, which are in the first month, the seventh month, and the tenth month of the lunar calendar, respectively, and the fifteenth day of these three months." , Regarding religious matters, Li Chen's eyes were dark, and he could only look at half a bottle of fan, which jingled over there.

"These days are the birthdays of the Emperor of Taoism. The Emperor of the Three Officials is the Three Officials. They are, the heavenly rulers and the earthly officials.'" "I know, the human official is right, heaven and earth. The three brothers of Zhang Jiao rebelled, aren't they the princes of heaven, the gods of the earth and the fathers of people?" , Li Chen interjected, saying that we also asked.

"Hmm... You're a big man.'" Fan has to look at Li Chen like an idiot, and spit out a sentence learned from Li Chen, "It is the three officials of heaven, earth and water. These three officials have a very high divine personality, second only to the Jade Emperor of Taoism. Master Heaven, Earth, and Ocean. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, please bless the heavenly officials."

It turned out that there was such a reason, Li Chen was ashamed, he was such a big person, and he had to let a little novice tell him that Taoism has three major festivals. It can't be helped, although he seems to have heard of these festivals, but modern people have long paid less attention to those folk beliefs.

"On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, I ask the magistrate of the land to forgive my sins, and on the fifteenth day of the tenth month, I ask the ruler of the water to go to calamity." "How did it become a Buddhist festival?" "This... Because Mulian saves her mother. Have you heard of Muren saving her mother?" Fan continued,

"Mulian saves her mother..." "Wait, I know that Mulian saves the mother."

It seems that native Indian Buddhism does not have this festival, and I don't know if it is influenced by Taoism. Anyway, if you don't care about the Buddha, you have to ask for forgiveness for your deceased family members on this day.

And the allusion to Mu Lian's saving her mother is that Mu Lian has a biological father and is very sincere in supporting her family. It will provide the monks with the stuffing. The so-called Tiantian gluttonous stuffing is actually a vegetarian bun. The Buddha took pity on him and took him to the Western Bliss early.

However, Mu Liande's mother couldn't understand it. She was very angry, so she deliberately wrapped the vegetarian vegetables and made them into meat filling, which made the monks practice, and as a result, after the death of Mulian's mother, she was beaten into the path of hungry ghosts..., you know, the crime of killing monks is very serious. And bad people have to cultivate, and this sin can be even more serious.

"Silence, Fan, you're getting more and more unruly." Li Chen and Lifan were talking happily when a voice came, interrupting them rudely, "And Shisanlang, today is an important Obon Festival, even if you are watching the ceremony, you shouldn't talk nonsense like this.

Li Chen obediently stopped talking, retreated to the back, and immediately straightened his clothes, because Zen Master Hui Lin entered the door.

After Master Hui Lin came in, he said "ascend to the seat" and the bells and drums rang in unison. Zen Master Hui Lin first bowed to the Buddha, and then sat down in the middle of the Buddha hall, which was specially set up on a high seat for preaching. When he sat down, the bells and drums stopped, and Master Hui Lin recited the number of the Buddha, and began to speak... That's all I said.

What is the monk's talk? A monk's lecture is a lecture, but it is relatively accessible to the secular people. The monk's lecture is specially spoken to the monks.

『… Seeing his dead mother, among the evil spirits, he did not see food and drink, skin and bones. Mulian was sad, that is, she served rice in a bowl and fed her mother. When the mother gets the bowl of rice, she uses her left hand to block the bowl, and her right hand to eat, and before she eats it, it turns into coals, and she cannot eat it when she is old.'"

Zen Master Hui Lin preached the scriptures, it is lt; lt; The Buddha said that the Bon Sutra gt; gt; , the content is that I didn't finish talking about saving my mother just now.

Hungry ghosts are very pitiful, these images of hungry ghosts, if you have seen the picture of the victims, you will know. They are hungry and poopy, but their bodies are not as thin as they can be.

They can't eat at all, they have big bellies and big heads, but their throats are very thin. It doesn't matter if the throat is thin, they can't even eat, in the scriptures, Mulian's mother eats, that's called a ferocious, the left hand has to protect the food, and the right hand is desperately trying to get it, Boa, desperately trying to put things in her mouth. As a result, not to mention that if you eat it, the thing will become charcoal in your hand.

"On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, with rice and five fruits, pots, sesame oil ingots and candles, beds and bedding, the world is sweet, and in the basins, offering to the monks of the ten directions."

This is the origin of the Obon Festival, in order to save his mother, according to the Buddha's instructions, to make offerings to the ten great virtues and eliminate the sins of his mother. Eventually, it became Obon. However, this name is really a pass, so the folk habit has to call it the Midyear Festival. It's the same thing anyway.

"Poor Dao wants to remind Senior Brother XX..." , Li Chen was drowsy when he heard it, and a big gate woke him up. There is no way, if you want to use modern times to compare jade, as the saying goes, if it is a high school level text, the monk pays attention to the research institute.

On the one hand, Li Chen is not familiar with Buddhist scriptures, and on the other hand, the scriptures are not like thousand-character texts, and he has to worry about what rhymes. How can there be Buddhist scriptures...

So when those monks closed their eyes and followed the Zen Master Hui Lin on the high seat to shake their heads and recite it, Li Chen could only be a lullaby. Don't say it, it's really like, the rhythm is rigid and fixed, and it is not divided into paragraphs, and the preface and afterword are continuous.

People who are not familiar with the scriptures can't understand it at all, so they can only hear a piece of wah-la-wah, which is best used for hypnosis.

"Thank you for your teachings, you will definitely improve." , The junior brother who was just criticized by the major voices humbly accepted the guidance. Then he criticized others. Well? Today's Criticism Bucket Conference is held.

Of course not, if it is, Li Chen must be as far away as he can to hide. So what are you doing today? In Buddhism, Obon also has a function, which is called Buddha Joy Day.

Rejoice? If you smell it, you'll be happy..., of course not. Because today the Buddha told the monks of the Ten Directions that on the 15th day of the seventh month, reciting sutras will help the deceased parents and the parents of the past seven lives to get out of the sea of suffering and go to the Western Paradise.

On this day, because the parents are out of the sea of suffering, all sentient beings rejoice, and the Buddha also rejoices, so it is called the Buddha's Joy Day...

What does that have to do with the criticism conference, being criticized has to accept it with a smile, and then turning his head to criticize others, it is too inefficient, since the criticism is going to beat him to the end, strip him of his monk's clothes, take back his double mussels, and drive him out of the temple.

Don't think too much, today is also the Buddhist Self-Reliance Day, the main thing is to let everyone criticize and reflect on themselves, and at the same time to accept criticism and criticism from others, this is an annual event, held after the summer retreat. The purpose is not to let people criticize each other, but to understand their own shortcomings and improve their Dharma.

That's why Li Chen said something, and he was happy when he heard it. Since it is for everyone to move towards better, more perfect, and more sound Buddhist disciples, to build a perfect Buddhist society, and to realize Buddhism in China, those who are criticized must not be angry, and they must accept it with an open mind.

"I can't imagine that these monks, than those who read the Confucian classics, know better what it means to be happy when they hear it, and when they hear people criticize their shortcomings, ordinary people don't look for bricks to smash back, even if they are cultivated." Li Chen watched the play with a smile and commented messily.

He had to endure boredom and be hypnotized by Buddhist scriptures for half a day, and even his feet were numb. He was already sitting cross-legged, more relaxed than those monks who knelt down for eight hundred years, but he was still hypnotized by the Buddhist scriptures, and after sleeping for a long time, his legs and feet were numb, and he almost couldn't feel the presence of his feet.

If it weren't for listening to Fan talk about this self-indulgent conference, Li Chen wouldn't have come. Li Chen now has the attitude of watching a good show, and it is very easy to watch this Tang Buddhism disciple self-harm..., wrong, self-indulgent conference.

It's just that he never thought that the fire would burn on him. After a few monks had passed the round, Zen Master Wuming spoke..., "Poor Dao wants to criticize it today..." Li Chen didn't expect that even he would have a share in naming and criticizing.

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