Chapter 1251: Lent Festival
"Hello little master, that's exactly what we mean."
I spoke politely to people.
"Amitabha, that's a big coincidence, there is a limit to the number of people for tonight's puja, a total of 100,000 people, and the two donors are exactly one hundred thousand and one hundred thousand and two, so please come back at the next puja, the next puja will be held in ten days, and you can ...... early then."
The little monk explained while closing.
I glanced at Enzimu.
Enzimu stepped forward with understanding, and pulled the little monk to a secluded place on the side of the road to speak, and I listened with my ears pricked up.
"Little master, we traveled thousands of miles and came from afar, but we heard that the Stork Tuo Temple was going to hold a water and land puja, so we rushed here.
Because the current situation outside Fang Wai is really frightening, thinking that after participating in the puja, there will be gods and Buddhas to protect the body in order to be at ease, the little master is so accommodating for the sake of our sincerity. ”
Enzimu whispered good words, and I noticed that he seemed to have stuffed something into the sleeve of the little monk's coat, and I couldn't help but smile.
What is the capacity of 100,000? What's the matter with a few more or less? The little monk ran out to make this play, and I expected that his drunkard did not mean to drink.
"Oh, the donor is so sincere, if you come from afar, it is really inconvenient to wait for another ten days, the poor monk is a monk, and he pursues the principle of convenience with others, so I will issue you a wooden sign for passage, but you should not mention this matter to other donors, after all, the rules still have to be observed;
By the way, the poor monk is the 'tea' of the precept hall, if you encounter any problems, you can say my Dharma name, and the monks in the temple will definitely take care of it, Amitabha. ”
The little monk pretended to be a hinterstead, left two wooden round tokens for Enzi wood, and walked in other directions.
Enzimu shook his head and walked back, handing me a wooden sign.
"How much did it take?"
I took the token and saw that it read 'Buddha Protection, No Taboos' in eight traditional Chinese characters, and asked casually.
"Two thousand, it's not much, but this kind of robbery while the fire is disgraceful."
Enzimu looked at the back of the little monk Ke Ming, and his tone was cold.
"The world is bustling for profit, the little monk is mixed in the temple, he doesn't find some oil and water, how can there be anything to honor the master, don't please the master, how can he mix up? Understand. ”
I patted Enzimu on the shoulder and hung the wooden sign on the placket of my clothes at will, with this thing, I could enter the Stork Tuo Temple unimpeded.
"The truth is such a truth, but I still feel uncomfortable, there are more people like this in the world, and the world will not be good."
Enzimu rubbed his chin, very disapproving.
I spread my hands and expressed helplessness.
This kind of thing abounds, what can we and the laity do? It's just to follow the customs, otherwise, you can't enter the Stork Tuo Temple, what follow-up exploration actions are you talking about?
Seeing that we were approaching the temple gate, there was a monk wearing a dark yellow monk's robe who came up to receive him, and without waiting for him Amitabha, I showed the wooden sign hanging on one side to the other party.
"Two donors, please follow the poor monks."
The big-faced monk glanced at the wooden sign and motioned for us to follow.
The entry process is very smooth, and there is a wooden sign in the body, which is naturally not blocked.
Entering the temple gate, turning left and right, the monk led us to a very large square.
Different from the general water and land puja, nearly 100,000 lay guests sit in a circle, and the center is a huge altar platform, on which no master has appeared, it seems that the water and land puja has not officially begun.
I couldn't help but be stunned after glancing around, although this is a suburban area, but just say that the square in front of this Daxiong Treasure Hall is so huge, it can accommodate 100,000 people to listen to the scriptures, tsk, it's incredible!
Taking secular concerts as an example, if you want to sit tens of thousands of people, you have to requisition a stadium or something like that to achieve it, so in comparison, the area of the square in front of the treasure hall of the stork temple is getting bigger and bigger.
It's really amazing, every inch of land is expensive, but the square is so huge? It's speechless.
The monk led us to sit cross-legged on two empty futons, and I motioned for Enzimu to give a reward.
The monk received the reward and became more and more attentive, saying that the water and land puja would be officially opened in half an hour, and told us not to run around, and if we wanted to be convenient, we should go anywhere.
Satisfied, the monk left satisfied, and Enzimu and I mingled with a crowd of devout laymen, quietly waiting for the opening of the water and land puja.
The night was covered with a canopy, and torches were lit around the square, and modern electric lights were not used.
The Water and Land Puja is just an abbreviation, and its full name is 'Dharma Realm Saint Fan Water and Land Pudu Lent Festival'.
Once held, the puja usually lasts for several days, during which many eminent monks go to the altar to give lectures and guide monks and lay people to worship the Buddha and chant scriptures together, so as to achieve the purpose of resonating with the Buddha, increasing longevity and healing, healing the dead, and purifying sentient beings.
It's easy to say, but the process of the puja is long and boring, and if you don't really have Buddhist beliefs, you can't wait to find it.
At 19:30, the sound of bells and drums rang out in unison.
In the distance, the main entrance of the Daxiong Treasure Hall suddenly opened, and hundreds of monks wearing Buddhist hats walked out, they sang Buddhist songs in unison, their steps were firm and neat, and it seemed that they had gone through countless drills.
In this way, a solemn feeling naturally appeared, after all, the pomp was big enough.
The smoke of cigarettes in the hearth around the square creates a Buddhist atmosphere, and the falling flowers slowly fall in the night, one after another, beautiful.
This is just a simple use of small spells, not worth mentioning, but only to say that the strength of the foil, just right!
All the lay people stood up consciously and looked at the young monk in the royal blue robe among the monks.
Very young indeed, and handsome and outstanding.
He wears a five-square Buddha hat and holds a coiled dragon tin staff, undoubtedly, this must be the host of the Stork Temple, young because of the skill of staying in the face, and the yin spirit does not know how old the real age is?
I looked at the presiding monk from afar, and my eyes flashed in front of Lang Liuli at midnight.
If you want to talk about momentum and pretentiousness, Lang Liuli is better than this monk, but this monk also has his advantages, for example, that kind of calm and unhurried strength, it seems that it is not much worse than Lang Liuli, if you work harder, maybe the level of contrived magic will catch up with Lang Liuli.
But to be honest, on the whole, he can't catch up with Lang Liuli's demeanor.
Mainly because he pays too much attention to external objects, such as robes, tin canes or something, compared with Lang Liuli's simple moon-white monk's robe, he will fall to the bottom invisibly.
I want to go up and point him out.
Lang Liuli's contrived mastery, can be called the pearl in front, the face is not bad for Lang Liuli's stork temple host, you should learn a little more, you can be more dusty!