Fazen was very careful in his movements, for fear of breaking the contents of the box.

The third uncle and I watched the box open, and Fazen took out something from it, held it in the palm of his hand, and showed it to us.

When I looked, what Fazen had taken out was a small oval-shaped stone, about the size of the dates we were eating.

This little stone is not distinctive except that it looks a little smoother on the surface, and I really don't understand why Dharma Zen is so respectful.

I pursed my lips and asked, "Master Fazen, do you want to give us this broken stone?" ”

As soon as I finished speaking, I was kicked by the third uncle: "If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense, it's embarrassing for me." ”

I was stunned and looked at the third uncle in confusion, did I say something wrong?

The third uncle ignored me and said to Fazen, "Could it be that this is the relic of the old ancestor?" ”

Fazen nodded.

When the third uncle heard this, he hurriedly and respectfully took the relic in his hand and watched it carefully.

Speaking of relics, I've heard of them. It seems that some enlightened monks, after their death, are usually cremated. After cremation, relics appear. There are also different opinions about the formation of such things as relics, and some also say that relics are stones in the monks' bodies. This statement is obviously unreliable, after all, people with stones in their bodies abound, and after they are cremated, there will be no such thing as relics.

Therefore, I prefer to believe that the relics are the crystallization of the merits of the high monks in cultivating the precepts and fixing wisdom, and that the great monks have manifested these incredible appearances for the sake of the faith of all sentient beings, leaving the relics for admiration, respect, and worship. In many temples, the relics of high monks have become the treasure of the temple.

But I don't blame me for being wrong, this relic really doesn't see anything special. Just looking at this relic, I remembered the scene of meeting with Patriarch Jueming last night, and I was in awe.

The third uncle looked at it for a while, then hesitated and asked Fazen: "Master Fazen, did the old patriarch say that he wanted to give us this relic?" ”

Fa Chan nodded: "Yes, the old patriarch has passed away, and this temple of repentance has lost its meaning. So take this relic with you, it can be regarded as the old ancestor's gratitude to you. And this ......"

As he spoke, he took something out of his blanket and stood on the ground.

It was more than half a foot high, like a lampstand, and it looked very delicate. Surrounded by dragons, phoenixes, unicorns, cranes and other beasts, it is natural. Around the lampstand, there are also five marks the size of copper coins evenly distributed. In the center of this lampstand is carved a monk, strangely enough, this monk is headless, dragging only a long monk's robe.

Although the carvings on this lampstand are very complicated, the most impressive thing for you at a glance is the headless monk.

The third uncle asked Fa Chan: "This should also be the work of Muren Yang, your old ancestor, right?" ”

Fazen nodded, asked for the relics in the third uncle's hand, and put it on the neck of the headless monk.

With a snap, the relics and the lampstand became one, and became a head of the monk.

With the placement of the relics, the whole lampstand seemed to suddenly have an aura, and although there was no candlelight, it shone in the sunlight.

"It's ingenious. The old ancestor is really a master craftsman, which is admirable. The third uncle looked at it and was amazed.

Dharma Zen also said: "The two donors, you can carefully observe this lampstand and see if you can see the mystery in it. ”

I can see that the craftsmanship is very good, but I can't see anything else. Fazen has an element of inquiry, and this naturally falls on the third uncle.

The third uncle took the lampstand in his hand and observed, although I couldn't understand it, I also leaned over.

After the relics were placed in the lampstand, the rest of the places were good, and if you increased by one point, you would increase it, and if you subtracted one point, it would be less, which can be described as just right. Only the five copper coin marks seemed to be missing.

The third uncle looked at it for a while, put down the lampstand, and said, "Master Fazen, if I am not mistaken, this lamp should be called the Five Emperors Buddha Lamp." Those few copper coin imprints, just five, should have Shunzhi, Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Jiaqing five emperors of the copper coin treasure inlaid in it. ”

When Fazen heard this, he looked surprised. He saluted the third uncle: "It seems that the donor is really a master, but the little monk is lazy." Being able to name the Buddha lamp of the Five Emperors shows that the donor is a learned person. The old patriarch said that the five emperor coins on the Buddha lamp of the Five Emperors cannot be inlaid with ordinary copper coins, and must be inlaid with five emperor coins. Wait until the five emperors gather, and then it will be useful. This lamp has also been given to you, and the old patriarch said that you should be able to use it. ”

The third uncle was overjoyed, and hurriedly gave Fazen a salute: "Then thank you Master Fazen, we are ashamed, and thank you to the old patriarch." ”

Fa Chan nodded: "The little monk sent the two donors to the mountain gate." ”

The third uncle asked me to accept the five emperor lanterns, and we were always sent to the temple gate by Fazen.

We said goodbye to Fazen and were about to go down the mountain, when the third uncle suddenly turned around and looked at the three words of the repentance temple on the temple door.

"Third uncle, what's wrong?" I asked.

The third uncle didn't reply to me, but asked Fazen, who was still standing in the door: "Master Fazen, the old patriarch has repented for a hundred years, has he let it go?" ”

Dharma Zen was inside the door, and suddenly said a sentence: "Reincarnation for several lifetimes, and then continue the front edge." ”

As he spoke, Fazen slammed the temple door shut.

I asked the third uncle, "What do you mean by asking him, and what does he mean by replying to you?" ”

The third uncle scratched his head, looked at the mountain gate and thought for a long time, then suddenly had an idea, patted me on the shoulder, and said, "Big nephew, I figured it out." With this sentence, let's have an explanation for Wan Qing. I'll go back to her. ”

The third uncle rushed down the mountain and called Xu Ruoxi as he went.

After he contacted Xu Ruoxi, he told me the meaning of that sentence.

The third uncle asked the meaning of Fazen, the Buddha said, jumping out of the Three Realms is not in the five elements, the wooden man Yang Mianbi repents of the vows, if you can't let go, you haven't achieved your goal. So until he sat down, did he realize anything?

I nodded, and then I asked what the Dharma Zen words meant. Why is this kind of Buddhist doctrine so incapacitating?

The third uncle shook his head: "Those two sentences were not said by Fazen, but by the old patriarch." It's just through the mouth of Dharma Zen, to talk to us. Lend us again

The mouth of the mouth, said to the green. ”

I muttered those two sentences: "Reincarnation for several lifetimes, and then continue the frontier...... Reincarnation of several lifetimes, and then the front edge...... Ah, does that mean that the old ancestor has never forgotten Wan Qing, and wants to make an agreement with Wan Qing that after a few lifetimes of reincarnation, the two will be together again? ”

The third uncle smiled: "Big nephew, you have a bit of a Buddha fate." ”

(End of chapter)

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