Chapter 13: The Five Precepts

The afternoon sun is lazy, sprinkled at will, always makes people tired, and wants to meet with that Zhou Gong, a dream in the mountains, thousands of years. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The monks of Shaolin Temple, because of the closure of the mountain, have not interacted with the outside world for decades, so over the years, the daily life is the same, the same over the years.

On weekdays, the monks in the temple are in the afternoon when they are full of food and tea, or chanting, or practicing martial arts, or meditating, or participating in Zen, or with the riverside Panasonic, busy and leisurely, take a break.

It's just that the Shaolin Temple in the afternoon today is very different from the past.

Outside the Daxiong Treasure Hall, just after the meal, the only more than 1,000 monks in the temple have gathered together as if they had made an appointment, talking to each other, and looking forward to communication.

After all, the mountain has been closed for decades, and during this period, there has basically been no one outside the temple to go up the mountain, so the news of the arrival of the young man, but overnight, has spread throughout the entire Shaolin Temple.

And during today's lunch, Abbot Wubai announced the three major tests for the teenager, if the teenager passes, he will be accepted to get started, this is a big news, for the Shaolin Temple that has not had any waves for decades, the teenager is like a stone thrown into the lake, although the waves of surprise are not big, but in the lake surface of the original level like a mirror, it is already particularly conspicuous.

In the hall of the Great Hung Treasure, the gold is splendid, the Buddha statue stands solemnly, and the incense of the Buddha surrounds the beams of the house.

Originally, I felt that I could look down on everything and make an indifferent appearance of fame and fortune, but when I walked into the main hall and faced the old monks sitting cross-legged on both sides of the hall, in this slightly solidified atmosphere, Dusk's heart, which was not strong, became nervous.

There is no detailed number, but at a glance, there are no less than 100 monks in the hall, and after a simple sweep, basically the monks who can enter the hall are all over the age of the sixtieth birthday, or they are older, but the twilight is mortal with the naked eye, and it can't be seen.

Even if it is after years of practicing martial arts and Zen, the old monks in the temple are still tough, but along the way, even if it is dusk, you can feel that Shaolin at this time is really a bit of a sunset in the west mountains and rivers in the sunset.

Especially standing in this hall, although in the solemn atmosphere, the old monks did not feel that old, but, to be honest, dusk did not feel angry at all. There's no way, who makes Shaolin not a young man now, no wonder he can easily get the opportunity to get started, the feeling is to see that he is young!

When dusk carefully looked around, the old monks in the hall were also looking at this Shaolin rarity, and everyone's eyes were charitable, sighing, hopeful, and indifferent.

"Amitabha!" The abbot sitting in the first place saw that the time was almost up, so he whispered a Buddha horn to attract the attention of everyone in the main hall.

"This little donor, today's matter, the second senior brother has already told the donor in detail!" Looking at the young man with a kind face, the abbot said softly like a kind elder.

"Master Abbot!" After a slight salute, Dusk smiled and said, "Indeed, this..."

I went... When I came to the temple, I seemed to know the name of Master Wujing, as for this fat monk, well, I don't know the name of Wuneng anyway! Dusk has a heartbeat.

"This master has indeed explained it to the boy!" If you don't know the Dharma name, you can call it a master, this can't be wrong, after praising your wit, Dusk said: "The kid also intends to worship in Shaolin, become a lay disciple, and under the guidance of my Buddha, practice martial arts and Zen!" ”

Although I don't know if what Dusk said is true or not, but everyone wants to listen to good words, isn't it, when Dusk's words were just finished, I obviously felt that the atmosphere in the hall suddenly relaxed, not as tense as just now.

"Amitabha..." nodded, and the abbot said, "Since this is the case, then you are also willing to accept the three tests that the second senior brother told you!" ”

"The kid is ready!" Dusk nodded, and said with a positive color.

"Okay, don't be nervous, let's get started!" The abbot clasped his hands together, the smile on his face narrowed slightly, and said.

"Master Abbot, please!" Sitting cross-legged on a futon, under the gaze of the monks in the hall at dusk, he smiled slightly, stretched out his hand, and said.

Your sister, how can you not be nervous, this place, this kind of scene, even if you know that it is a game, but you really want to correct your mentality, it's not easy to say! At dusk, I felt that the smile I had managed to squeeze out was extremely stiff.

Feeling the nervousness of the young man, the abbot didn't care, and with a wave of his hand, a younger monk entered the hall with a set of tea sets and put it in front of the abbot, and then secretly glanced at the young man before slowly exiting the hall.

Feeling the kindness of the monk who led him up the mountain yesterday, Dusk exhaled softly, and the tension in his heart dissipated a little.

Boiling water boils tea, and the tea is fragrant.

Casually poured two cups of tea, put down the teapot, the abbot waved his long sleeves, did not listen to the wind, only smelled the fragrance of tea, only saw a teacup as if it was picked up, leisurely spinning, passing through the air, gently falling in front of dusk.

"Please..." the abbot gestured.

"Thank you, Abbot!" After saying thank you at dusk, he picked up the cup, it didn't feel hot, and in surprise in his heart, he took a sip gently, full of tea fragrance.

Even if you don't understand tea at dusk, you can clearly feel that this tea is really good, not to mention the quality of the tea, it is this taste, and you can casually kill the so-called black tea and green tea for three yuan a bottle.

"I don't know how much the little donor knows about my Buddha's five precepts!" When the abbot saw that dusk put down the teacup, he went straight to the point and spoke.

Although it is about Buddhism, but the abbot also knows that if it is really about Buddhist scriptures, this young man has a great possibility of being blind and does not understand anything, so he started with the five precepts of Buddhism, which ordinary people can also say one or two points, and when the time comes, in the process of debate, it will not make the young man so ugly.

"The kid is a little dabbling!" Hearing the abbot's question, Dusk breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he had read so many TV series and novels in his previous life, and he still knew this kind of simple question.

"Please!"

"One is not to kill, two is not to steal, three is not to commit adultery, four is not to lie, and five is not to drink!" Dusk nodded and smiled.

Hearing the young man's answer, the people in the hall all smiled slightly, no matter what, this kid still knows something about the precepts of Buddhism, even Master Wujing, who was sitting next to the abbot, nodded at this time, and a trace of kindness flashed in his eyes.

"Since the little donor knows something about the five precepts of my Buddhism..." ”

"It's alright!" Twilight shrugged and replied softly.

Feeling the perfunctory of dusk, the abbot did not move, after all, this is a debate, there must be different points of view, and dusk's answer is also expected by the abbot.

So the abbot still said calmly: "Today you and I have talked about the Buddha, since the little donor has thoughts and feelings about the five precepts, then today we will ignore the Buddhist scriptures, only the five precepts!" ”

"Oh...・" I originally knew very little about the Buddhist scriptures, in addition to knowing Amitabha Buddha, I also knew the sentence "color is emptiness, emptiness is color", dusk heard this, smiled and said: "What the abbot master said is true!" ”

"Seriously!"