Chapter 38: The Immortal and Living Buddhas
Lu Yan still had a very determined expression.
"Everyone in the world has left countless meat relics behind the master, and his body has turned into the light, but I didn't expect you to be here!"
The old monk stood solemnly with one palm, unmoved.
"Who is this?" I finally couldn't help but ask.
"Guru Duchen Somppa, the Living Buddha of the Karmapa himself." Lu Yan didn't look at me and explained in a low voice.
I didn't understand at all, and I didn't even know if these two awkward names were the same person, and when I asked again, the old monk spoke.
"I don't want anyone to recognize the old monk, what advice do you have for coming here?"
The old monk's voice was indescribably unpleasant, like a broken wooden reed, and with its strange accent and diction, it was difficult to understand.
"Of course I know you." Lu Yan's tone was suddenly not as polite as just now, and even had a hint of frivolity, "It's okay, we'll go, please show me the way." ”
The old monk suddenly laughed, "Don't worry about Liu Jushi, let's talk about it and then leave." ”
I looked at Lu Yan strangely, while Wang Dake and Xiao Kan looked at Liu Dongxi.
"You know me?" Liu asked strangely.
The old monk ignored him, still looked at Lu Yan, and slowly made a gesture of invitation with one hand.
Lu Yan was noncommittal, looking at the old monk expressionlessly, and was in a stalemate for more than a minute, before he slowly walked towards the door.
Seeing that Lu Yan moved, the old monk stopped laughing, slowly turned around and paced. Strange to say, it seems that he doesn't walk fast, and his steps are not big, but his speed is much faster than ours. He was standing a lot farther than us from the door, but he had already stopped at the door early to wait for us.
The old monk led the way in front, and we followed behind. Along the way, blind monks stopped to salute us, and I looked around and reminded Lu Yan several times to leave quickly, but Lu Yan never responded.
It should be deliberate, the old monk walked unhurriedly in front, and circled the entire temple like a tour guide. Although he didn't say a word, he stopped for a moment in some places that seemed to be more important, as if to give us a second look. In front of all the Buddha statues and stupas, he bowed like an ordinary monk. At this time, there seemed to be a kind of treasure light on his body, which was no less than the Buddha statue for which he bowed.
The temple is very large, very magnificent, the underground has been closed for nearly a thousand years, and the original appearance of Han Buddhism is well preserved, only the deep footprints on the stone road expose the fact that this place has become a Tibetan base place.
None of us spoke, and the blind monks walking around us could not let us get used to it, adding a touch of weirdness to the peace of this Buddhist temple.
There was a faint smell in front of him, and it should be that the waterhole that Liu Dongxi fell into at the beginning was about to arrive. The old monk did not continue to walk, turned a corner and stopped in front of an ordinary meditation room.
"Please come in!" He stopped at the doorway and held out a hand.
Lu Yan walked in with a blank face, and we followed.
The meditation room is not big, only a few soft cushions are thrown on the ground, and there is not even a bed, Lu Yanjing walked to a cushion, made a gesture with one hand, and sat down on his knees.
I suddenly felt a little funny, this guy's movements are obviously used to a long time, although he has spent a long time in the world, but he has never had a chance to change.
The old monk finally entered the door, still without saying a word, and sat on the ground.
After a long time when no one spoke, I peeked at Lu Yan and didn't see anything on his face.
Finally, it was Lu Yan who opened his mouth first.
"When the master left a Buddhist oracle before his death, he said that he would be reincarnated in the world and create a reincarnated spirit child in the Buddha world, why is he still here?"
I was shocked, I don't know when the reincarnation of the spirit boy began, but from the news, it is now as old as the seventeenth or eighteenth generation, if this old monk is the one who created the theory of the reincarnated spirit child, he will be a thousand years old, even older than Lu Yan!
When the old monk heard Lu Yan say this, he neither denied nor panicked, and said with a pale face: "Time has been too long, the old monk has long forgotten, even Liu Jushi recognizes each other with spiritual sense, what is the cause and effect in the past, the old monk has nothing to say." ”
"When I saw you, this place must have gone underground, how did you get here?" Lu Yan asked again.
I said in my heart that people have forgotten what they have said, and the excuses used are the same as yours, why do you still ask?
"Follow the true Buddha." The old monk's face was expressionless, and he didn't even seem to open his mouth.
"There are blind people all over the world, how can there be a true Buddha?" Lu Yan asked.
"Who said that true Buddhas are not blind?" The old monk seemed to smile.
These words were very Zen, it was hard to imagine that they came out of the mouth of the Buddha himself, and Lu Yan had nothing to say, bowing his head and saying nothing.
I had countless questions to ask in my heart, and just as I was about to speak, the old monk said: "You can come here, although I don't know why, but it is also a great fate, if you have the heart, please linger here for a few days." ”
Lu Yan nodded, "Okay." ”
"The disciples here all practice closed-mouth meditation, please don't disturb, and the rest are at your own convenience."
After the old monk finished speaking, he got up and saluted, turned around and left.
I was stunned for a moment, what is this? led us around the street for a long time, and at the end of the day, we didn't say anything and let us go to our own devices? Is this just a matter of leaving?
"Lu Yan, who is this?" I asked.
"I said the name before, but I only know that it is a living Buddha, and I used to see him when I was young."
"How could he have survived so long? Have you not forgotten everything in the past? How can you still remember him? "I was a little anxious and asked two questions in a row.
"Although he has a Tibetan surname, I can feel the relationship with his blood......" Lu Yan explained a little vaguely, but I understood that this living Buddha may be from the Liu family.
"Lu Yan, who are you? Why did the old man say your surname was Liu? Liu Dongxi seemed to be struggling with this question, looked at Lu Yan and asked.
"Me? You should have known this for a long time! ”
I always thought that Liu Dongxi knew who Lu Yan was, but I didn't expect that this guy was not only slow to react in this matter, but also had a very poor vision.
Liu Shixi didn't ask again, lowered his head and thought for a moment, his whole body trembling violently.
I looked at him a little worriedly, only to see him let out a sigh of relief and bow down to Lu Yan.
Lu Yan remained motionless, accepted his bow, and waited for him to get up before he said slowly: "Living Buddhas are all Buddhas in the world. You should understand that there is no need to think about it. ”
Liu Dongxi replied and bowed down again.
"Let's go, go out and have a look." Lu Yan stood up, turned around and walked out.
I watched Lu Yan, who had just gained a little popularity recently, become like that again, knowing that the meeting of two immortal people would inevitably have a lot of emotion, I don't know who reminded whom of the pathetic, and I don't know if the old monk will break the thousand-year-old practice.
But it is also immortal, Lu Yan looks much more like the old monk, and looking at the old monk's appearance, needless to say, it looks like a thousand-year-old cultural relic.
We followed Lu Yan out of the house and walked towards the stinky pool. Sure enough, there are countless broken Buddha statues around as Liu Dongxi said, and the empty and stiff eyes make people feel extremely uncomfortable.
"Lu Yan, why can that living Buddha live for so long, isn't Buddhism cultivating in the afterlife?" I caught up with Lu Yan and asked.
"I don't know." Lu Yan replied, "I think he will appear here, and it has something to do with that hell and the Wang family." ”
"He's from the Wang family?" As soon as I said this, I immediately felt a little stupid, and Lu Yan clearly said that what he felt was a blood connection.
"The Liu family is not the only one." Lu Yan didn't answer my question and began to say something else, "He may be another branch, and as for what mission he has, I don't know." ”
I nodded, it seems that these people have a clear division of labor, the mission of the Liu family is to protect, and other people have other jobs.
"What is their branch of labor?" I asked.
Lu Yan didn't answer and stopped.
Then I realized that we were standing on the edge of a piece of water, and a strange stench came from the front, shining from a flashlight, and it was so muddy that it didn't look like the clarity of the groundwater.
The water should not be deep, there are many Buddha statues showing their heads inside, and the iron nails in the eyes should have been rusted, but the nail holes in the eyes are still clearly visible.
"This is it?" I asked Liu something.
Liu Shixi obviously hadn't woken up from the shock yet, and looked up at me blankly.
I patted him, "Didn't you already know?" ”
"I've guessed it many times, but I've never thought it was true!" Liu Dongxi said in a low voice.
"It's okay, I'm getting used to it slowly." I patted him again, "You came in from here?" ”
Liu Dongxi looked at it carefully and nodded.
"It stinks, no wonder they smell you and run away." In order to ease Liu Shi's mood, I quipped.
Liu Shifu didn't make a sound, which made me embarrassed, so I had to say: "These monks are also strange, the Buddha statues in the house are worshipping happily, and the ones here are still soaked in water, so they don't even care." ”
"This is the real Buddha." Lu Yan said a word and walked to the side.
"What do you mean? True Buddhas don't pay attention to hygiene? I asked, but it didn't ease the mood in the slightest. Xiao Kan pinched me, "Be careful when you speak!" ”
I turned around and was about to say something, but I saw several blind monks standing not far behind us, probably hearing what I said, and looking towards me. I felt speechless and quickly stopped.
These monks practice closed-mouth meditation, naturally they don't say anything about me, their eyes are nailed, and of course they can't stare at me, they just slowly walk to the edge of the pool, kneel down and bow.
I stepped aside, feeling a little embarrassed. When the monks got up, they used buckets to draw water in the pool.
What's the situation? These people are too strong in taste, what can this water be used for? Flushing the toilet? But isn't it disrespectful to flush the toilet with the Buddha's bath water?
A few monks definitely didn't care what I thought, I picked up the water and turned around and left, I was very curious, so I said to Lu Yan and followed with Xiao Kan.
As if they hadn't heard our footsteps, the monks walked forward with their heads bowed, their arms taut and their arms tightened, and the small bucket of water seemed extremely heavy.