Chapter 82: Dare to ask where the road is
"Master!"
"Amitabha!"
The Li family is more familiar with Chen Yi.
This is the monk who helped the Li family.
In the concept of Li Baoguo and others, Chen Yi is a good monk, while Night Demon Yan is an evil monk.
But Li Baoguo and others didn't know that Chen Yi had become the emperor's younger brother.
In the rumors of Chang'an City, the emperor's royal brother is called 'Xuanzang Holy Monk'.
But fasting is no problem.
At this time, the moon is bright and the stars are scarce, and there are few pedestrians on the streets, and there are no shops to operate.
Lee's Cloth Shop is one of the few shops in the East City that is lit up.
When Li Hongru went downstairs, the Hakka family had already made up some fine rice and boiled it in the pot.
"How did you get to this point?" Li Hongru went downstairs and was puzzled.
He lowered his voice and added, 'I saw you at the gala.'
"Poor Monk~"
Chen Yi opened his mouth, only to feel that the life of the past few days was like a dream.
He had the intention to make a name for Hongfu Temple, but he didn't expect to be famous to such an extent.
The emperor never said that he would draw one of the winners as a royal brother.
It's a great honor, but it's also a great trouble.
Chen Yi's eyes were a little dazed, he only felt that his life had completely changed.
The palace is full of feasts, and the temple is full of onlookers.
Although Chang'an City is large, Chen Yi feels that it is still too small, and it is difficult to have a place for him.
He is now famous all over the Tang Kingdom, but anyone who identifies it will trigger countless onlookers.
The food in the palace is very exquisite, and most of it is meat, and the monks of Hongfu Temple can hardly stop the onlookers, and it is difficult to have many opportunities to eat.
In the past few days, he has eaten a little here and drank saliva there, and he has long been hungry, and he can only rely on his will to support his body.
It wasn't until late at night that he broke free and walked out.
At this time, Chen Yi took off the robe rewarded by the current emperor, put on a monk's hat again, and turned into an ordinary member again.
But Chen Yi was also very confused.
He walked out, but he had to walk back eventually.
If he walked back and forth between the palace and Hongfu Temple, he felt that he might probably become a starving royal brother in a few days, and then be used by Hongfu Temple to make a golden body.
His fate couldn't be more obvious.
But at this time, how could Datang have a place for him.
Accepting the meat of the palace, it broke the monk's vows, and also broke the aura of the holy monk, and became a monk of wine and meat.
Although Emperor Tang was persuading him to eat, Chen Yi knew very well that once he really swallowed the meat, he might not be useful.
At that time, it was not only him who suffered, but perhaps even Hongfuji Temple.
Chen Yi felt that the people around him needed an imaginary perfect Buddha who could accept all kinds of sad prayers.
But he was just an ordinary monk.
Even if the Dharma is excellent, there are still too many people in this world who are better than him.
He always felt that there was too much vanity in this world, and it was so false that it was difficult for him to see the truth clearly.
He opened his mouth, not knowing how to answer Li Hongru's question for a while.
In the eyes of the world, he should be clothed and fed, he should be the highest Buddhist monk in the Tang Dynasty, he has countless glories, and he stands at the apex of the Tang Empire......
Why did he fall to such a state, with unbearable hunger?
This is a question that Chen Yi can hardly understand.
The great glory given by the big man is unbearable for him, who is just an ordinary person.
He didn't know what Emperor Tang wanted now.
He also didn't understand why when he prayed for the Dharma, his power suddenly increased and the avatar of Avalokiteshvara came.
He didn't know if it was all accidental or intentional.
If it was accidental, what should he do?
If so, what is the purpose behind it.
A true monk is not afraid to fall into hell, but he does not want to die an unexplained and worthless death.
"Master Li, do you believe that there is a past in this world?" Chen Yi asked.
"Yesterday is the past, of course I believe that there is a past, does the master feel that yesterday is gone, and what we did in the past does not exist," Li Hongru replied.
"I'm talking about the past life of life," Chen Yi said with a solemn face: "I always feel that I have existed before, as if I have been heard under the Buddha, but it is difficult for me to remember clearly, and sometimes I even feel that this is a delusion that belongs to me." ”
Chen Yi touched on a more interesting topic.
Li Hongru feels that this is a common topic.
If it needs to be discussed, there is no lack of concepts of past lives in his head, and even he has been stimulated and has some memories.
A long time ago, Li Hongru defined this kind of memory as the traces left over from dreams.
But with the birth of scientific concepts, he has another set of theories, and he feels that he should have the remnants of his previous life.
Otherwise, where did the poems he borrowed come from?
He can't be a little prodigy who writes poetry in his dreams.
"If you believe it, then the past life existed, and if you don't believe it, it can also be regarded as a dream."
Li Hongru doesn't know how to teach others, but based on his own experience, there is nothing wrong with saying this.
"If a past life exists, will we slowly become what we were like in a previous life?" Chen Yi said.
"You are asking the right person, I tell you, that is impossible" Li Hongru smiled: "The environment is changed, the relationship is changed, people cannot live the same, and our lives are impossible to repeat." ”
"What if the memories of my past life are completely awakened, and everything is not dominated by me?"
Chen Yi asked a very philosophical question.
Li Hongru didn't think that he would encounter this situation.
In his understanding, whether it is the past life or the present, this is his memory.
It's okay to compare your past life to yesterday.
It's just that yesterday in the previous life is a little bit old.
He was also deeply influenced by his previous life, and he initially looked at the world with scientific concepts, until the concepts he had adhered to in the past were shattered.
But it's not a big deal.
People will always move forward and will constantly adapt to the development and changes of society.
Li Hongru felt that he was doing very well now.
"In my previous life, I should have great powers, maybe when he wakes up, it will be the moment when I am erased."
"I have a Buddha in my heart, but I also feel that there is a demon growing."
"One of us is likely to die."
"I move forward step by step, as if I am only influenced by my past life, like a puppet pulling the strings."
"If it weren't for him, I might have been a beggar, or I might have worked as a laborer in a shop, or I might have married a daughter-in-law as a farmer, or maybe I would have ......."
"Maybe it's hard to get to where you are now."
Chen Yi muttered to himself and said a lot of words.
"Is this a delusion in my heart, or is it a real feeling."
has always been a monk to explain, Li Hongru didn't expect that he would have the moment when he was questioned by monks.
This is probably a monk looking for a Taoist priest to tell fortunes, and they need to find comfort in each other's hearts.
"What should I do if it's delusional?"
"If it's true, what should I do?"
Chen Yi looked at Li Hongru, and also looked at Li Baoguo and Li Dan, who were inexplicably listening.
After the Keshi served the green vegetable porridge and meat porridge, his eyes fell on the bowl in front of him.
"Master, if it's delusional, you should focus on the present moment and drink this bowl of porridge to fill yourself."
"If it's true, you should focus on the present moment and try to make yourself stronger."
Li Hongru took a sip of porridge and answered the previous two questions, and then he asked Chen Yi.
"You have a lot of time to cultivate now, why can't you erase him and find your true self."