After the middle-aged monk went up the mountain from the newly built stone path in the mid-mountain town, the moment he stepped into the mountain gate of the Banshan Temple, he put his hands together and chanted all the way: "Amitabha, Amitabha, Amitabha......" sighed in his heart the great changes in the Mid-Levels Temple, walked into the Daxiong Treasure Hall in the dust, worshiped the Buddha Shakyamuni, went straight to the side hall, walked to the old monk dressed in gold and knelt down with a "plop".

The middle-aged monk stretched out his hands and knelt on the ground with his hands, kowtowed three times in a row to the old monk's golden body, and muttered in his mouth: "Amitabha, the disciple Huiming is ashamed of the master, and he has not been able to find the senior brother Huiji, nor has he been able to see the master for the last time. For the rest of their lives, disciples should follow the teachings of the master in the past, promote the Dharma, and benefit Sangzi. Do your best to do what the master has not done, and never disappoint the master's expectations for the disciples. ”

After kneeling down to the old monk, the middle-aged monk got up and looked at the elder who was sitting on the futon with his eyes closed, and then he bent down deeply and made a bow, and the elder opened his eyes slightly and asked, "Is it Huiming?" ”

The middle-aged monk clasped his hands together and replied, "Amitabha, it is the disciple Huiming, who has seen the elders. The elder sighed: "Amitabha, after many years, you have finally returned, and the old monk can rest assured." After the elder finished speaking, he closed his eyes again, and after Hui Ming bowed to the elder with his hands together, he walked out of the Daxiong Treasure Hall.

Coming out of the Daxiong Treasure Hall, the middle-aged monk Huiming walked towards the abbot's room. Huiyuan, who was meditating with his eyes closed, listened to the footsteps getting closer and closer, and from the light and rapid rhythm, he immediately sensed the identity of the visitor outside the door, opened his eyes and said, "Amitabha, Senior Brother Huiming has worked hard all the way. ”

Huiming heard his junior brother Huiyuan already greeting him outside the door, and couldn't help but feel a little surprised, and hurriedly walked into the door with his hands together.

Huiming looked at Huiyuan in front of him, who had been separated for many years, with emotion: "Amitabha, Senior Brother Huiyuan is really amazing, and the master's housekeeping skills have also been learned." Hui Yuan smiled modestly: "Amitabha, the senior brother smiled, how can the junior brother compare with the master, the master is hundreds of meters away, that is, he can perceive the information of the arrival, if the master is alive, even if you have not stepped into the mountain gate, when you get to the bottom of the mountain, the master can realize in advance that you are coming." The master is a great monk and a great virtue, and he is the embodiment of great wisdom and wisdom. Our disciples have not yet reached the realm of true enlightenment, and are just mere mortals in robes. ”

Huiming nodded in agreement: "What the senior brother said is very true, the master is a high-ranking monk, and he has long been famous for the benefit of the near country, and the apprentice can only bow and worship, devote himself to practice, and pray for the blessings of the people, which is the right path of Buddhism that the master expects us to take." Huiyuan clasped his hands together and said: "Amitabha, what the senior brother said is exactly what the senior brother thinks, and only by concentrating on cultivation can we be worthy of the master's teachings in the past." ”

Huiming was talking to Huiyuan, he had put down the bags he was carrying, and sat on the futon with Huiyuan, Huiyuan's newly acquired disciple Huixin presented the temple's own Beishan cloud tea to Master Huiyuan and Master Huiming, and the faint fragrance spread in the abbot's room.

Huiming said with emotion: "Amitabha, more than ten years of time are fleeting, this time when I came back, I saw the current scene of the mountain temple, and I was very emotional. The younger brother has gone through a lot of hardships in recent years, and the foundation created by the master has been carried forward, and the mountain temple that has been ruined before is now prosperous again. I saw that the faces of good men and women were all pious and humble, which showed that the temple has become a treasure place for promoting Buddhism. Just now I went to bow down to the master, and I saw that the master's golden face was still as kind as before his death, as if he had not left us to the west. This is the master's creation, and it is also the merit of the master's disciple. ”

Huiyuan's eyes showed a little comfort: "Amitabha, the master is with us all the time, he is the true body of the Bodhisattva of the Banshan Temple, the light of mercy shines on Sangzi, and the people of the mountain township are blessed." I just did my disciple's meager strength, and the Banshan Temple can have today, which is inseparable from the worship of good men and women, and the protection of the master. ”

Hui Ming praised: "Amitabha, fortunately, the younger brother inherited the mantle of the master, adhered to the Buddha's door, accumulated good karma, and practiced gradually. Now that I have returned to the temple, in the future, I should do my best to assist my junior brother in presiding over the affairs of the temple. ”

Huiyuan looked at the slightly tired senior brother Huiming, and remembered that when the master was alive, he asked Huiyuan to find the senior brother Huiji, so he asked with concern: "Senior brother has traveled all over the world over the years and has seen a lot of knowledge, and the master I remember once told you to pay attention to the news and whereabouts of the senior brother. I don't know what exact news does Senior Brother Huiji have? He has been gone for decades, I don't know how the senior brother is now? ”

Hui Ming shook his head regretfully: "Senior Brother Hui Ji was originally a different person, and if you calculate it, it has been thirty years since he left Banshan Temple. Now, you and I are over half a hundred years old, and he has passed the age of sixties. In addition, Senior Brother Huiji practices the way of propagating the Dharma and practicing medicine, and he is free of obstacles, hanging pots to help the world, and the four seas are his home. Unless he himself thinks of the mountain temple one day and has the heart to return, otherwise, in this vast sea of people and rolling red dust, where can he find his miracles? ”

Hui Yuan looked at Senior Brother Hui Ming quietly, the face that was originally young has now carved a series of middle-aged wrinkles, and the previous white face has become obviously dark, but there is still a spirit in his eyes.

When Huiyuan thought of Senior Brother Huiji, there was a figure of a walking monk dressed in gray monk's clothes, carrying a medicine bag and cloth bag, and walking quickly with a cane, and he couldn't help but feel very emotional: "What Senior Brother said is also that Senior Brother Huiji went down the mountain in a negative mood after being blamed by the master, and he must have misunderstood the master, otherwise so many years would not have passed, as if he had evaporated from the world, and there was no trace of him." I once heard from the elders of the monastery that the master was still reciting his name a few days before he died, saying that although Huiji was not a perfect Buddhist, he was definitely a good person with love and kindness, and if he could stick to his true heart, he might become a person of great enlightenment. ”

Huiji's original legal name was Huiji, and later he changed his name to Huiji without authorization, but after listening to Huiji's defense, the master not only did not blame him, but also acquiesced in his words and deeds, because the master thought that what he said also made sense.

The reason for wisdom is that a wise person must first be wise, how can he be wise if he is not wise, how can he help the world and save others if he is not wise, he said that he is more often just a person who practices medicine, and relieving the physical pain of the world is his first pursuit. At the same time, he is also a Buddhist who preaches the Dharma, and he hopes that after he saves people, he can still help people to get lost. He said that his favorite thing to say is to do good deeds, and not to ask about the future.

The master sometimes discussed the Dharma with his own disciple, who was a bit different, but when he had doubts, he only wanted to be careless and did not delve into the mysteries.

The master said, "You have wisdom and wisdom, why can't you meditate and realize Zen." ”

Huiji explained to himself: "A person's energy is limited, and my thoughts are more about studying medical forensics, and I believe in Buddhism only because I believe that Buddhism is a method that can teach people to stick to good thoughts and have good hearts, and that Buddhism can reduce human suffering, purify people's hearts, and drive away evil in the world." Therefore, the most important thing for those who believe in Buddhism and study the Dharma is to have a sincere heart and a good heart, and those who believe in Buddhism do not have to understand too many esoteric principles, let alone immerse themselves in those profound meanings and do nothing. ”

The master said magnanimously: "Amitabha, although you say that you are my big disciple, but the master leads the door, and the practice is in everyone, since you focus on practicing medicine to help the world, it is also a kind of good deed, and the way to spread the Dharma is not contrary to the original intention of the Dharma, and it should be regarded as a practical move in the Buddhism." It's just that you need to always remember that you are a member of the Buddha's sect, and you must keep your heart and keep the precepts, and you must not do things that are forbidden by the Buddha's sect. Medicine is to relieve people from illness and pain to relieve physical suffering, physical suffering is to relieve temporary suffering, and Buddhism is to relieve the soul from troubles, to get rid of spiritual stubbornness, to relieve the soul troubles is to appease the suffering of sentient beings, and to remove spiritual stubbornness is to remove the pain of life. Therefore, you must not emphasize the Dharma over the Dharma, and when you practice medicine, you must not forget the responsibility of promoting the Dharma. ”

Huiji respected the master's wisdom and virtue, and folded his hands together and promised the master: "Amitabha, the apprentice should remember the master's teachings, and he must practice it and do more things to practice medicine and promote the Dharma. ”

The two of them recalled the past few decades, and they both felt that many impressions seemed to be yesterday. Hui Ming suddenly remembered the young man he had just met outside the mountain gate, and a cloud of doubt suddenly appeared in his heart: "Amitabha, junior brother, do you know that I just encountered an unpredictable strange thing?" It was when I was going up the mountain that I saw a figure outside the mountain gate, do you know what I saw? ”

Huiyuan looked at Huiming in confusion and asked, "Amitabha." Who did the senior brother see? Why did you look so surprised? ”

The figure of the young man flashed in front of Huiming's eyes again: "Amitabha, I seem to have seen a young senior brother of Huiji, you didn't see that young man, it really looks like he was carved into the same mold as Senior Brother Huiji." Can you say I won't be surprised? In the decades I have been away, I have been looking for Senior Brother Huiji, but I have never been able to know his traces, which is always a regret in my heart. Unexpectedly, when he returned to the temple, he inadvertently found a shadow that looked like his real body. ”

Huiming's eyes, which were originally full of spirit, seemed to be blocked by a layer of clouds: "That face almost made me scream in shock, the moment I saw him, it made me feel that it was Senior Brother Huiji, even the way he looked at others was like a god, from head to toe was a young Huiji." ”

Huiyuan suddenly understood a past thirty years ago: "Amitabha, this discovery of yours has made me solve the mystery of thirty years ago. This understands the reason why the master blamed Senior Brother Huiji at the beginning, no wonder the master wanted to let Senior Brother Huiji leave the Banshan Temple, and let him leave Beishan, it turns out that the stories of the legend have all happened. Amitabha. ”

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