Chapter 18: Lei Yin Temple Meets the Elders
Leiyin Temple sits in the north and faces south, 1130 meters above sea level, from the main entrance of the temple along a north-south central axis, from south to north every certain distance to arrange a hall, apricot yellow courtyard wall, blue-gray temple ridge, pale green towering ancient trees, ancient trees towering to the sky, ancient temple bells, cigarette smoke around.
Thunder sound is one of the five sounds of the Buddha, when the Buddha speaks, its sound is like thunder, shocking and awakening, hence the name, named after it, to show the majesty of the Buddha.
Ah Lai is a frequent visitor to the temple, come and go at will, and spend one-third of his time there.
There is a grass and a tree here, all the staff are familiar with Ah Lai, and sometimes you can see Ah Lai helping outsiders as a tour guide, and occasionally you can get a little tip.
A few people walked into the mountain gate, passed through the Tianwang Palace, and after passing the Daxiong Treasure Palace, they went straight to the empty meditation room, "the winding path leads to the secluded place, the meditation room is deep and deep", "all the sounds are silent, but I hear the sound of the bell chime" here can be described as deep and secluded, and it is a rare place to cultivate.
In the meditation room, Elder Kong, dressed in a red gold silk robe, was meditating cross-legged, closing his eyes and recuperating.
Ah Lai was struck by lightning, and Grandpa Lei rushed to the temple as soon as possible and told Elder Kong.
Elder Likong learned that he gave money and wrote a letter to the director of Renxin Hospital, so that he could receive timely treatment.
Ah Lai deeply knew that if he hadn't followed the elders to meditate, meditate and pranayama since he was a child, and cultivate the kung fu of stopping breathing, he would be assassinated this time, and it would be difficult for him to escape death.
After a moment's effort, it's time to settle.
Ah Lai hurriedly stepped forward to thank him.
Elder Likong looked at Ah Lai with kind eyes, got up and said to Grandpa Lei, "You drink tea here first, I'll take Ah Lai to Pilu Pavilion for a while, and I'll be back in a while." ”
Ah Lai thought to himself that this Pilu Pavilion, ordinary monks and ordinary tourists are absolutely not allowed to approach, only the abbot and a few archdeacon monks can enter, he has not stepped into half a step for so many years, and today Elder Kong actually led himself to go, so I wondered.
Pilu Pavilion was originally the place where the Buddhist scriptures given by the emperors of the past dynasties were treasured, commonly known as the Tibetan scripture building, there is also a side building on both sides in front of the pavilion, it is the place where the imperial court gifts are treasured, so this is the most sacred place in the temple.
Elder Likong led Ah Lai to visit all the Buddhist scriptures, and said to Ah Lai: "You have grown up, if you are interested, you can come here to browse and read anytime and anywhere in the future, I have already told the next successor to preside." ”
After speaking, he handed the pass to Ah Lai and asked him to keep it well.
Ah Lai thought to himself, is the elder going to retreat, and was about to ask, the elder smiled silently, led Ah Lai to the annex building, opened the safe, took out a baggage, and said: "Ah Lai, this is your thing, I just took it for safekeeping, and now is the time to return it to its original owner." ”
Ah Lai was puzzled and looked at the elder in a daze.
The elder's eyes lit up, and he smiled and motioned for Ah Lai to open.
Ah Lai opened layer after layer of kraft paper, only to see a small pendant appear inside, the emerald green floating flowers unfolded in the belly of the laughing Buddha, moist and gorgeous, such as the fire of life burning, delicate and smooth jade is warm and soft, the smile is wide open, the ears are hanging down the shoulders, the hands are on the knees, laughing happily at the red dust, and the hands are respectfully held in the hands.
Elder Likong smiled and said, "Okay, cloth, sitting, putting down the cloth, how comfortable"
Ah Lai couplet said: "Stop with a smile, move with a smile, smile with a smile, and meet each other for a fate." ”
Likong said and continued: "It's not bad, I haven't forgotten what I taught you until now, there is a fate to meet, Ah Lai is smart." ”
Hearing the praise of the elders, Ah Lai's answer to his own understanding, his heart was happy, from childhood to adulthood to the temple, the elders were kind and pleasant, tireless to talk about the scriptures, the elder's praise is the affirmation of their own progress.
The elder stared at Ah Lai, and suddenly opened the time tunnel, and the past was vividly remembered, telling the mystery of Ah Lai's life experience.
On the way back from a cloud tour, when he came to the three-way intersection, he heard the cry of a baby in his swaddling clothes, and the elder looked left and right, and there was no one here.
He waited for several hours, no one came, at this time, it was getting late, the dark clouds in the sky were rolling, lightning and thunder, a storm was coming, the wind was whistling, the child's crying, a heart-wrenching pain, he had no choice but to take it on the road, quickly ran back to Leiyin Temple, and walked to the nearby Leijia Village, not long after, with thunder and lightning, the heavy rain came.
Although the Leiyin Temple is close at hand, it is two or three kilometers up.
Elder Likong wanted to hide from the rain as soon as possible, otherwise the baby would be in trouble if he caught a cold in the rain, and when he looked at the front, a hundred-year-old osmanthus tree was seated in the courtyard, a hundred-year-old house, the door was open, and the area was about eight hundred square meters.
At this time, an old gentleman came out of the main hall, and was about to close the door, when he saw that it was the empty elder of Leiyin Temple, and hurriedly let him into the house.
"Wow-wow," the baby's cry was heard in the swaddling clothes.
The old gentleman looked at the empty elder, and was surprised to find that he was still holding a baby, and hurriedly opened the bag to see that it was a little baby boy, with a face like a peach, and his eyes were bright.
The old gentleman's surname is Lei Zizheng.
Regarding the story of Mr. Lei, when Ah Lai was sensible, he heard Grandpa Lei mention it.
Grandpa Lei's ancestors have been scholars for generations, and several of his ancestors have been admitted to the Lifter and Gongshi.
When Grandpa Lei was young and went to college abroad, he fell in love with a classmate girl, this girl was born beautiful, intelligent, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the two people were as deep as glue, this girl was entangled by a school bully with kung fu, and used various means to take her to another country when she graduated from college.
Later, Grandpa Lei spent all the family's savings for her, and finally had to sell all the family wealth.
Since then, it has been sluggish.
Elder Likong had a good relationship with him, but he couldn't stand it, so he enlightened him with Buddhism.
That knows, Grandpa Lei is in tears, broke the strings, died of the piano, and vowed not to marry for life.
This Grandpa Lei is really a lover, there is no shortage of beautiful and virtuous women in these ten miles and eight towns, and many matchmakers have been politely rejected one by one, and they have never remarried...... Later, Grandpa Lei had a strong interest in medicine and Buddhism, and often went to the temple to talk with Elder Kong.
At this time, Lei Zheng waited to take the swaddling clothes and held them in his arms, the baby stopped crying, and his face was red and fluttering, like a blooming peach blossom, Lei Zheng couldn't help but flick his fingers on the little face, and the baby actually rattled with laughter.
Elder Likong observed the words and looks, and took in the expressions of Lei Zheng and others, and thought, what a numbness, this child is destined for Lei Zheng and others, and the elder joked: "You are almost fifty years old, you have no children under your knees, and you are waiting for a child, it is better to let this child follow you, otherwise follow me back to the temple, and I will only be a little monk in the future, but I will miss his brilliant future." ”
Ray was waiting for the hesitation and was silent.
Elder Likong smiled and said, "There is a fate to meet, this may be because you and I have a deep relationship with him in our previous lives, why don't you follow this fate?