Chapter 115: South to Putuo
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Yu Yiping thought about it for a long time and decided to go to Xiamen Nanputuo Temple.
If this Fang Tianyou really has a deep understanding of Buddhism as Shi Hui said, then going to Nanputuo Temple, the holy place of Buddhism that he yearns for, should be his must-choose. Regardless of whether you can find Fang Tianyou or not, it is imperative to go to Nanputuo Temple.
Xiamen, Fujian Province is seven or eight hundred kilometers away from Wuzhen, and it has been half a month since Yu Yiping and Mo Fei arrived at the Nanputuo Temple under the Wulao Peak in Xiamen.
Nanputuo Temple lives in front of the five old peaks of the famous mountain of Xiamen Ludao, with the Xiuqi peaks at its back, facing the Bicheng harbor, and the scenery is excellent. Yu Yiping and Mo Fei, like every ordinary pilgrim who came to make incense, held sandalwood in their hands and bowed down devoutly. Coming out of the incense-filled Daxiong Treasure Hall, I went to the Bell and Drum Tower, the Merit Building, the Puzhao Building, the Haihui Building, and the Yangzheng Courtyard for a big turn, during which I saw no less than 100 monks in the South Putuo Temple, none of which made Yu Yiping feel like Fang Tianyou.
After turning around all morning, only the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion was left behind. The Tibetan scripture pavilion of the South Putuo Temple is the highest building in the temple, and it is a double-storey pavilion of the heavy eaves type of the mountain. Its first floor is the Dharma Hall, which is the place where the monks preach the scriptures, and the second floor is the Jade Buddha Hall, which is the place to worship the Jade Buddha and tens of thousands of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign Buddhist scriptures.
When Yu Yiping walked into the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, a large number of monks gathered in the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, and there was a monk of about forty standing on the pulpit in front of him, with white skin and eyebrows like a sword, and he held the Buddhist scriptures and talked eloquently. The monks sitting below were all listening, which showed that he was reasonable and convincing.
There were still many pilgrims standing in the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, and they seemed to listen to his teachings in understanding. Yu Yiping and Mo Fei found an inconspicuous corner to stand and listen. Most of what he said was Buddhist Sanskrit terms, and even Yu Yiping, who was a little interested, was obscure when he heard it, let alone watching the excitement.
"The senior monk who preached the Dharma above came to the temple only a few years ago, and I heard that he has a good foundation in Buddhism." The words inadvertently said by the pilgrim standing aside reached Yu Yiping's ears. He was shocked, he only came to Nanputuo Temple a few years ago? No way? Yu Yiping stood forward and looked carefully at the middle-aged man who was preaching.
The man's eyes were piercing, his eyes were looking ahead, and his voice was subdued. I don't see that he is a distracted person at all. Yu Yiping asked the monk sitting on the side in a low voice: "May I ask Master, who is teaching the Fa above?" ā
"Amitabha! It is the purification of the great master of our temple. ā
"When did Grand Master Jingxiu come to Putuo Temple?"
"It's been about three years."
Three years? The time when Fang Tianyou left Baochan Temple also coincided. Yu Yiping's heart was suddenly a little excited, wouldn't it be so easy to find Fang Tianyou? The more Yu Yiping looked at it, the more he felt that the person in front of him was very similar to the imaginary Fang Tianyou. The age, the experience is very close.
A burst of warm applause interrupted Yu Yiping's reverie, and a puja was over, and the monk who was the main speaker put away the scriptures and calmly walked out of the scripture pavilion through the crowd.
Yu Yiping hurriedly squeezed out of the crowd and quickly caught up with the figure who was about to disappear at the end of the corridor.