In the dead of night, everything is silent.

Chunting and I came to this Thousand Buddha Temple to find his past memories, but because of the importance of the matter, we secretly came here to investigate when no one was around.

And this was something we did secretly, but unexpectedly, in the place where Chunting and I had already checked, a great monk who didn't know the root suddenly appeared.

Seeing this scene, Chunting and I did not dare to act rashly, because the person who came looked old, the two of us hurriedly gave a deep salute, and respectfully shouted the Buddha name to the person in front of them.

"Amitabha, the master is polite."

The person in front of him bowed slightly, but his footsteps did not stop, and he slowly spoke until he walked steadily to our side.

"Amitabha, the two laymen came uninvited late at night, I don't know what happened?"

Chunting because of his high position, so he has always been the identity of the superior, his temperament is too straightforward and does not understand twists and turns, and he didn't know what to say for a while, so I hurriedly pulled him secretly, and at the same time took a step forward, folded his hands, and spoke respectfully to the monk in front of him.

"Amitabha, dare to ask Master, how up and down are you?"

No matter who comes, first of all, the etiquette should not be faulty for the other party, as the old saying goes, don't hit the smiling person, which is exactly what it means.

Generally speaking, the title of a monk should not be called by a single name, but an older bhikshu should be called an elder, a teacher, a great monk, a master, a master, etc., and if you want to know the name of the master, you should first put your palms together and then ask, "Master, are you up and down?" Or, "May I ask Master's number?" ”

Sure enough, the ancients did not deceive me, and the so-called etiquette is not to blame, this great monk saw my respectful attitude, nodded with satisfaction, and reported to his home.

"The layman is polite, and the poor monk is called Faru."

It turns out that the Dharma name of this great monk is Faru.

Wait, Faru?

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This is known as the Shaolin Temple in the revival of the master of the Fuyu Zen Master, in the later years left by the sect master inheritance generation, commonly known as the seven cross poems, Shaolin Temple monks from all over the world, seven cross poems inheritance lineage, monks go out to study, as soon as they say their own name, they know which generation of which sect he is, naturally close to each other.

But this Fuyu Zen master for the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, this word generation is naturally used by later generations, before the Yuan Dynasty is not in the word generation, but the great monk in front of him said that his law name is Faru, and there is no such word in the Seven Cross poems, but if I remember correctly, there was a Taoist monk in the Tang Dynasty, and his law name was called Faru.

Fa Ru, Shangdang, common surname Wang, the leader of Zen Buddhism in the north of the early Tang Dynasty, followed his uncle to Fengyang when he was a child, first served Qing Bu Ming as a teacher, and resolutely became a monk at the age of nineteen, through Qing Bu Ming's guidance, he also voted for the five ancestors of Zen Buddhism Hong Ren as a teacher, and won the purpose of Hong Ren for the high foot of Hong Ren, serving Hong Ren for a total of 16 years, until Hong Ren extinguished.

After the extinction of Hongren, the law such as the north tour of Songyue, living in Shaolin Temple for six years, and the vertical arch two years to open the law, after three years of passing on the law here, during which the Xuangang was revitalized, the revival of Zhenghua, became the head of the Dingmen of Zen Buddhism in the north, it is considered to be another Zen six ancestors from Hongren, in the first year of Tang Yongchang, the law passed away in Shaolin Temple, the life expectancy was fifty-two years old, and the disciples built a tower in the west of the temple for it.

There are many rules in Buddhism, and the Dharma name is even more so, I have never heard of someone using the same Dharma name, is it that the great monk who suddenly appeared in front of him is a monk who has attained the Tao in the Tang Dynasty?

Although the great monk who called himself Faru looked old, he was really delicate in his thoughts, and he looked at my expression and guessed why I was surprised, he smiled lightly, and then explained to me unhurriedly.

"Don't be surprised, the patriarch of Faru is the ancestor of my generation, how dare the poor monk compare himself with his ancestors, in fact, there have been ancestral teachings in my lineage, but all the people in this vein, the Dharma name is Faru, and the inheritance from generation to generation cannot be changed."

I let out a sigh of relief after listening to this, and said secretly.

You can't blame me for being too whimsical, it's really that I have been exposed to too many secrets recently, so I will start to associate unconsciously, especially this great monk's name is so weird, how can I not think about it secretly.

Before I could ask him why he was here, the great monk named Faru spoke before I did, his expression full of seriousness.

"I wonder if there is a token on the second layman?"

Token?

Chunting and I were worried about being discovered, so when we came out, everything was simple, and we didn't carry anything, and we didn't know that someone would suddenly appear here, how could we prepare any tokens in advance?

I was about to open my mouth to deny it, but Chunting seemed to think of something, stretched out his right hand, and pointed his right index finger straight at my chest, but did not open his mouth to explain. Excellent reading books

I followed the direction of his finger and reached into my arms, only to remember that I did have a token on me.

Or rather, a token that someone gave me.

Guigu Order.

I tentatively took it out and handed it to the great monk in front of me, while observing his reaction to the Guigu Ling.

The great monk took the Guigu Order with both hands, and his expression was unprecedentedly pious, as if his eyes were not an ordinary token, but the Buddha himself.

After he had taken a closer look, he handed the Guigu Order back to my hand, then folded his hands together and whispered the Buddha's name.

"Amitabha, I already know the intention of the two laymen, but the time is not right, please go back."

Listening to what Fa Ru said, I couldn't help but feel anxious, and hurriedly spoke, trying to get something out of him.

"Master Faru, it's not that we are deliberately making things difficult, but it's really a big deal......

Fa Ru smiled faintly and interrupted the unfinished words in my mouth, but did not explain to me, but looked at the Spring Pavilion.

"This must be the Spring Pavilion Layman?"

Although Chunting is not good at socializing, but seeing that Faru has a good attitude, he will not make an enemy, seeing that Faru took the initiative to ask, he also folded his hands and looked puzzled.

"Exactly, I have never met the master, I don't know where the master learned my name?"

Faru did not answer directly, but held a Zen staff in his hand, walked to the ancient tree, he looked up at the branches and buds of the ancient tree, and opened his mouth faintly.

"Before you came tonight, the Night White Monk also came here to look for me."

It turns out that Yebai has already come.

But from my several contacts with Yebai, it is not difficult to find that he wants me to retrieve my past memories, even if he has been here before, he has definitely not let this great monk stop me and Chunting.

Faru seemed to have made up his mind, and he stopped looking at the ancient tree, turned and walked out, and at the same time motioned for us to follow in his footsteps and enter the Arhat Hall where he had just lived.

When we entered the temple, he closed the door and watched us ask two questions.

"Two laymen, can you be curious about why my vein is all the Dharma and the Faru?"

"Have the two laymen ever thought about why there are Thousand Buddha Temples and Thousand Buddha Caves in Liyang?"

As the saying goes, curiosity kills cats, not to mention that this great monk looks kind and kind, not like a villain, since he has taken the initiative to speak, how can we not be curious about what the two riddles he said are.

Fa Ru sighed and looked at me and Chunting, his words were sincere.

"I do have an old story in this vein, the successive generations of people obey the orders of the ancestors, do not dare to talk to others, now the two of you come late at night, I finally have the opportunity to vomit, if you are interested in this, you might as well sit down and listen to me tell a story."

I glanced at Chunting and it was clear that this was another secret story from a thousand years ago.

It's just that I don't know why this great monk has never dared to tell the story to others, why can I make an exception because of Chunting and me.

It's still early, and the two of us haven't thought of any other way, so it's better to listen to him finish this story with peace of mind, and maybe there will be something to be found in this story.

Thinking of this, I looked at Faru, who was kind but worried, and folded my hands with sincerity.

"Master, I'd like to hear about it."