Nobushi looked here and there, and then looked at the words of the two people. Vertices

"Xinzhi nephew, isn't it too unkind for you to look at jokes like this."

"Amitabha, legal uncle, this is good is good, bad is bad, the Buddha said: monks don't speak." Xinzhi clasped his hands together and said with a smile.

"Do you understand respecting teachers and teaching?"

"I speak out, which is the greatest respect for the teacher."

The law said that he didn't have much faith, so he could only look at Shi Liu, hoping that she could help him get back to the city.

As a result, Shi Liu ignored the two and continued to write scriptures.

This Diamond Sutra is more than 5,000 words, and she just wrote it, and it was very early for the end.

Writing and writing, my heart gradually sank.

The day soon came to Qiqi, a very important begging festival for ordinary mortals.

However, it is also a very ordinary day in the temple.

On this day, Shi Liu was in the small Zen courtyard with the two of them and Xinzhi Xinhai making river lanterns.

Prepare for July 15.

Basically, Shi Liu is just commanding three people to do it, occasionally taking a hand.

Of course, in order to show his credibility, he personally made an ordinary lotus lantern.

"Master, we've done almost twenty of them, isn't that enough?"

"One person and one lamp, as many monks as there are in our temple."

Fa said with a bitter face: "But Master, they will also make their own." ”

"They don't necessarily have time."

"It's all ready for now. Now they are all starting to prepare for the 15th Obon Festival. ”

Shi Liu: ......

"Then why didn't they tell us in advance and get ready earlier?"

Xinzhi said bluntly: "Anyway, the little uncle and ancestor don't have anything to do every day." It didn't take much time to make a lotus lantern. It's no different from saying it in advance and starting to prepare now. ”

"Oh. You're right. Shi Liu suddenly asked again: "When the river lanterns are released, isn't there anyone outside selling all kinds of lanterns?" ”

"It's only when you make it yourself that you are sincere." That's what Nobushi thinks.

But Shinkai, who hasn't spoken much, said: "Actually, there are also lantern sellers outside. Some people will buy it if they look good and delicate. ”

"Then do we sell it in the temple?"

"The temple doesn't sell it."

Shi Liu sighed, and he couldn't tell if it was a pity or if he felt that the royal temple had a royal offering, and it didn't matter if he had such a small amount of money.

"Okay. Now that everyone else has prepared it themselves, let's paint these lotus lanterns with their favorite colors. ”

The lotus flower is used as a lamp, of course, it must be painted pink to look good.

For them painted orange, bright red and the like, Shi Liu only secretly despised their aesthetics in his heart.

In the courtyard where the second room of Du's house was located, Du Qixuan sat at her mother's hand and looked at her mother and asked, "Mother, this year's Obon Festival, can my daughter go to Tanyuan Temple to put a pillar of fragrance?" ”

"In previous years, my family went to Shuiyuean, why do you want to go to Tangaki Temple this year?"

Du Qixuan smiled softly: "It's still this year's daughter who has an accident, and it's the grandmother and mother who pray for Tanyuan Temple." You have to go and make a vow. Besides, Tangaki Temple is a great opportunity for us to go on weekdays when we want to, but Obon is open to everyone. ”

The second lady thought for a while and said, "That's what you said. When you will faint, mention it to your grandmother for your mother, no matter whether people from other rooms go or not, your mother will always take you to repay your vows. ”

Du Qixuan immediately got up and gave a salute: "Thank you mother for your success." ”

"You stupid boy, you are the meat that fell from my body, who else can you hurt if your mother doesn't hurt you."

The house was a harmonious scene of mother and son's filial piety.

July 15 is not only the day of liberation, but also Obon.

Therefore, in order for the Obon festival to unfold smoothly, the altar is prepared a few days in advance.

Generally, three altars will be set up: Zhongyuan Altar, Pushi Altar, and Lonely Soul Altar.

During the summer settlement, the monks have regular activities every day.

It's just that Shi Liu is like a supernumerary, and others don't make any demands on her.

So even during the period of her settlement, she lived quite freely.

Occasionally, however, I would attend a monk's seminary.

There are generally three aspects of content:

1. Listen to the teachings of the abbot and the leaders of the four major classes, and listen to the lectures of the senior monks of the outer temple (who came to place orders in Xia Anju) or the master of the main hall, strengthen the belief in learning Buddhism, and improve the level of Buddhism;

2. Learn the precepts and daily rituals of Buddhism in order to propagate the Dharma and benefit people;

3. Learn to participate in meditation, chant Buddha, release flames and other Buddhist things.

On the day of the dissolution of the system on July 15, the monks will gather together to examine their own mistakes in front of everyone, and they can also expose the mistakes of others.

The monks are on a completely equal footing, criticizing each other, repenting together, and seeking personal and sangha tranquility.

In addition to criticism and self-criticism, they also talked with each other and exchanged their learning experiences.

This kind of activity is called self-indulgence, and it is said that the Buddha will like to do so, so this day is called both self-indulgence day and Buddha joy day.

After the summer retreat, the Zen monks would go out to study, and the master would ask some questions to the disciples, so that the disciples could take the questions to other places to study.

Shi Liu felt that this kind of activity and decision were particularly good.

I fantasize that I will be able to travel around the world with the questions given by my master to seek different answers and let myself have some understanding.

And such an activity for so many monks would take a day or even longer to finish.

And July 15 is an important day of filial piety as Obon, where can monks talk to each other with peace of mind and review each other.

Therefore, Tanyuan Temple put the self-restraint two days in advance and put it on July 13.

Therefore, early in the morning of July 13, Shi Liu got up early, finished the morning exercise, and followed the law to a monks' meeting point.

It was the first time to participate in such an event, and Shi Liu still felt very novel.

Listening to each other's reports and self-examinations because of a little bit of trivial things and not doing their jobs, Shi Liu felt new and began to silently self-review.

As a monk, she was naturally unqualified.

While listening to their words and doing self-examination in her heart, Shi Liu felt that she still had a long way to go if she wanted to become a respected monk.

It's not that others deliberately ignore her and don't report her, but that she has too many problems, she is too young, and her time to enter the temple is too short, but none of them have thought about her.

Shi Liu has maintained a respectful attitude from the beginning to the end, and while examining himself in his heart, he is silently determined not to break the precepts as much as possible.

As for some of the ones that didn't do it, hehe, let's talk about that.

Shi Liu thought to himself: Buddha, there are still different personalities, how can you ask the monks to be the same.

So Shi Liu felt that they cultivated Buddha for the sake of cultivating Buddha, and they completely lost themselves, which was not good.