Chapter 19: The Three Old Monks
In the unpretentious room, an old monk sits.
The old monk was dressed in a brown monk's robe, and his bare head was marked with nine ring scars.
In front of him, an unpretentious wooden fish was placed.
The wooden fish is in the shape of a clump fish, with a hollow abdomen, a central opening of the head, a coiled tail, a head and a shrunken tail, a slope-shaped back, triangular on both sides, and an oval bottom; Wooden gas, olive-shaped head, shaped like a fish.
In the hands of the old monk, he held a string of Buddhist beads.
The corners of the old monk's mouth moved slightly, and he was reciting a certain passage of scripture in an inaudible voice.
Suddenly, there was an orderly knock on the closed wooden door.
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
The old monk slowly opened his eyes, stood up while kneeling, and bowed to the Buddha inside, then turned around and walked in the direction of the door.
"Squeak......
When the wooden door was opened, a toothache sound was heard.
The old monk looked up, and an old monk in a robe stood at the door.
The robed old monk had white hair, a long beard that stretched to his chest, and pale eyebrows hanging above his cheeks.
Seeing this, the old monk in the room immediately folded his hands and said, "Senior brother abbot." ”
The old monk in the robe at the door is the abbot of the temple and the younger brother of the old monk in the house.
The abbot also returned the salute and said, "Senior Brother Qingneng." ”
After the two of them saw each other, the old monk Qingneng let go of half of his position and invited the old abbot and his younger brother into the house.
took out a futon and placed it in front of the Buddha statue, and the old monk Qingneng knelt down face to face with the abbot.
"Senior Abbot, I don't know if there is anything important about coming to me at this time?"
Now is the time for daily practice, in the past, the old monks, who were abbots, practiced meditation in their own meditation rooms, and if there was nothing important, they would not come out and move around at will.
The abbot was called Qingquan, he raised his head, and his wrinkled face showed a look of surprise.
"Senior Brother Qingneng, don't you feel abnormal?" Abbot Qingquan asked in surprise.
When Abbot Fang Qingquan was meditating and practicing in the meditation room, he suddenly felt that there was something unusual in the temple, and when he was about to investigate, a huge energy appeared in the entire temple, and he directly drove away the mysterious person who wanted to peek into the secrets of the temple.
This power is very pure, and the abbot of Qingquan can clearly feel the profound Dharma contained in it.
Before the abbot of Qingquan could answer, a dull knock on the door continued to sound.
Qingquan Qingneng glanced at each other, and both saw a trace of affirmation in each other's eyes.
Qingneng took the initiative to get up and opened the door again.
Sure enough, another old monk stood outside the door.
After inviting Qing Shui in, in the small meditation room, there were actually the three monks with the highest status in the entire temple.
Qingquan, the current abbot of Wanshou Cihua Temple, is in charge of everything in the temple, big and small.
Qing Neng, who is Qingquan's senior brother, is responsible for the security of the temple.
Qing Shui is the earliest of the three of them, and he is currently not doing anything, just burying his head in cultivation.
"Senior Brother Qingshui, it was ...... just now" Before the abbot of Qingquan finished asking, the old monk Qingshui nodded.
The cloudy eyes stared at Qingquan, and said: "Senior abbot, I just felt that someone was spying on our Wanshou Cihua Temple, so I was ready to take action and expel it, but I didn't expect ......"
Unlike the temples in ancient times, there are no messy regulations in the Wanshou Cihua Temple.
Except for the abbot in the temple, everyone else is commensurate with their seniority.
There is no messy post.
After all, the burden on them is very heavy, and there is no time for intrigue.
"Senior Brother Qing Shui, you also feel it?" The abbot of Qingquan and the old monk of Qingneng both looked at Qing Shui, and their faces were very ugly.
Qing Shui took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "That's right, the vast Dharma, the pure Buddha light, not only felt it, but also saw it. ”
"It's only for a moment, though." Qing Shui also added. "Moreover, I can feel that the person who snooped on our temple also has abilities that can be matched!"
Qingquan and Qingneng gasped, and both of them looked shocked.
Qing Neng tugged at his beard and asked tentatively, "Senior Brother Qing Shui, are you sure?" ”
Qing Neng's questioning was a big risk.
The three people here are all high monks who are dedicated to the Buddha and do not lie, if anyone doubts the authenticity of their words, it can be regarded as humiliation!
However, Qing Shui was surprisingly not angry, but nodded indifferently and said, "Yes, I can swear to the Buddha that the power of the temple can definitely compete with the power of the Buddha in the temple." ”
Among the three of them, Qing Shui was the earliest to get started, and his Buddhist practice was the most profound.
At the beginning, Shimizu was a candidate for this abbot, and Kiyozumi was just a candidate.
It's just that the old monk Qingshui is dedicated to the Buddha and is unwilling to meddle in secular affairs, so this abbot position will fall on Qingquan.
As Qing Shui uttered the words of the gambling curse and oath, there was silence in the hut.
The faces of the three old monks twitched slightly, and no one knew what they were thinking in their hearts at the moment.
Since taking refuge in Buddhism, the three of them have been carefully taught by their masters.
At an early age, they have already mastered abilities that are unimaginable to ordinary people.
Those abilities that ordinary people dream of.
But for them, every time they take a step forward, they know how small they are.
Qing Shui, the three of them, under the guidance of the master, took one step at a time, facing forward, and worked hard to bury them.
But they don't know, what exactly is the master asking them to do?
The rumors are basically groundless.
Out of ten sentences, there are often nine rounds that are false.
Under the Wanshou Cihua Temple, what kind of secrets are buried.
The three old monks are also unknown.
It's just that from the day they took refuge in Buddhism, they accepted the master's teachings to protect this temple with their lives.
As for why?
No one knows.
Not only did they not know about Qing Shui, but even their master did not know.
This is not only a word-of-mouth entrustment, but also a responsibility.
Like Tarzan, it pressed on the three of them.
"Amitabha, two junior disciples, don't bother to think about it." Qing Shui, who was still the first to get started, reacted, stood up, bowed to the Buddha statue in the room, and said, "Concentrate on the Buddha and never look back." ”
"No matter who the other party is, as long as Qing Shui is still alive, he will definitely keep his original oath."