Chapter 57: The First Entry into the Treasure Temple
"Ruoruo, I have gained a lot from my recent study tour, but if we want to get a more perfect realm, let's hurry up to Shaolin."
So, the sisters spent 450 copper money to rent a fast horse, and soon arrived at the holy land of martial arts - Songshan Shaolin, and followed the neat stone steps to the treasure temple.
When he came to the mountain gate, Jiashu asked the doorman curiously, "Master, why is this place called Shaolin Temple?" ”
"Little brother, if you don't understand, just ask, it is a human virtue, because the Shaolin Temple was built in the dense forest under the Shaolin Mountain, so it got its name."
"Thank you so much, I heard that it is known as the 'first brake in the world', and I would like to hear about it." Kashu asks and asks.
"Because Shaolin Temple is the ancestral garden of Zen Buddhism in China, the birthplace of Shaolin martial arts, and a prestigious temple in China, it is famous." After thanking them, the sisters asked the new students how to enter the monastery.
Coming to the "five aggregates are empty" Zen monastery, the pine trees stand on all sides, the ancient cypress towers to the sky, the air is fresh, and the birds can't bear to return to the nest.
When the doorman saw that the sisters were knowledgeable, he asked another doorman to take him to the abbot and ask him what he meant, and then the abbot gave the sisters their names.
The abbot stroked the silver beard and said slowly: "The Buddha said: 'Purify your heart and keep your will.'" But you can do it. For example, grinding mirrors, dirt is removed and stored. Nothing to desire. Deserve fate. 'Bai Qingqing, the old man gave you the Dharma name 'Pure Heart', and Wang Ling'er, gave you the Dharma name 'Ming Cun'. The sisters thanked the abbot.
The little novice took the sisters to the cafeteria for dinner.
Eating green vegetable porridge and steamed buns, Ming Cun frowned, remembering the happy days of studying with his sister, thinking about the consequences of not eating well, and then looking at Sister Jingxin's sweet eating appearance, he had no choice but to do it.
When he came to the simple meditation room, Mingcun pestered his sister to tell jokes and stories, and thought that tomorrow would start the arduous experience, so he had to agree.
Jingxin took a sip of boiled water, thinking that this is the state of Zen, and must not make loud noises, so he preached: "Once upon a time, there was a widower, and when he was having lunch, he saw a ghost wife dressed in white and pale, and at this time, the ghost spoke: 'The slave family has not seen you for a long time, I want to see you...... The man did not put down his chopsticks, stared at his wife and said, 'Since you are a ghost, you should come out at night, and now it is daytime, what are you doing when you come out?' When the ghost heard this, he said with tears in his eyes: "It's easy for you to talk about a big man, but in the night there is a black hole, and I am a woman's family, so afraid!" 'Mingcun, have you ever seen such a shy and lovely ghost? ”
"I haven't seen it, and if I did, I would have been terrified." After saying that, I couldn't help but tremble.
"Don't be afraid, it's just a joke story, look at you and my sword and you won't be afraid!" Pure heart encouragement.
Then, Jingxin told another joke: a fortune teller said to a customer: "You are really a fool, you want to leave without giving money, come back!" The customer replied, "Didn't you calculate that I am now penniless?" Didn't you calculate that I would be in debt? ”
Hahaha! Ming Cun was amused, and the fear just now was gone.
Pure Heart went on to say, "Here's a joke story that illustrates the importance of physical exercise and love. ”
Legend has it that a husband in the Tang Dynasty made a table of delicacies for his wife, and after his wife sat down, she sprinkled coquettishly: "Xianggong, you cook so many delicious foods for others every day, and you wash clothes and sometimes cook, so won't I become a vase at home?" ”
The husband looked up at his wife and said solemnly, "Like a vase?" You're just a jar at best. ”
Provoked Mingcun to laugh again.
"Let's have a more interesting one, Brother Pure Heart." Mingcun felt that it was not enough.
The wife asked her husband, "If I fall into the river at the same time as your mother, who will you save first?" ”
The husband replied, "My mother had expected you to ask this difficult question, for the sake of everyone's happiness, no one should be offended, she is in her fifties, she has learned to swim, you say, is such a mother great?" ”
"It's great!" Mingcun replied happily.
Jingxin found a book on Zen on the desk, and the sisters read it.
When they encountered a beautiful poem expressing Zen, the sisters couldn't help but recite it.
"Ask Liu Nineteen Bai Juyi Green Ant New Brew Wine, Red Clay Small Stove. If you want snow in the evening, you can drink a glass of nothing! The monk of the fishing boat is a thousand feet of silk and sags, and it is only one wave to move with ten thousand waves. The cold fish in the still water at night do not eat, and the boat is full of empty moon and bright return; Wang Wei is quite good at the middle age, and his home is in the south of the mountains. Every time you go alone, you know what you are winning. Go to the poor place of the water, and sit and watch the clouds rise. Occasionally, Lin Suo, talking and laughing has no repayment date; Mengchengkou, the new home of Mengchengao, the ancient trees and the decaying willows. Who is coming? Empty sorrow in the past; Xinyiwu wood powder hibiscus flowers, red calyx in the mountains. The stream is lonely, and they open and fall. ”
After the sisters washed up, they checked the meditation room again, closed the doors and windows, and fell asleep sweetly thinking about "Zen Zen Zen Zen ......".