Chapter 399: Is It Coming? Tathagata

Donglin Temple, southwest side.

Daxiong Treasure Hall.

This hall is one of the Three Treasure Palaces.

There is a folk saying that "the little daughter-in-law does not go to the Three Treasures Hall if she has nothing to do".

Buddhism takes the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha as the three treasures, and the Three Treasures Hall refers to the Buddha Hall, the Dharma Hall, the Sangha Palace,

The Buddha Hall refers to the Mahavira Hall.

Generally, it is only available in large-scale temples, and it is a quiet and noble place.

At the same time, it is also the main place for worship, chanting and spiritual practice.

When necessary, it also takes into account the needs of the temples to do things.

If you have nothing to do, you can't mess around.

The same is true of Donglin Temple, the Daxiong Treasure Hall on the southwest side, cultivated solemnly, and the Buddha statue is golden and bright.

Generally, it will only be opened for festivals, to welcome Buddha treasures, or to hold important rituals.

That is the case tonight.

After nightfall, the Daxiong Hall in Donglin Temple is brightly lit.

A grand ritual to exorcise ghosts is underway.

A coffin containing a corpse was placed in the apse of the Buddha hall, surrounded by a circle of candles the size of a baby's arm.

The front hall was overcrowded with people.

However, most of them are Donglin Temple monks wearing black monks' robes, sitting upright and chanting.

Leading the way was the Master of Good Guidance, who had not been seen for many days, wearing a solemn and expensive mage robe, with a flowing white beard, and sat at the front.

This appearance of fairy wind bones, anyone who sees it, has to shout "master".

With a look of pity on his face, the Master of Good Guidance held an exorcism ceremony for the unfortunate benefactor.

In the back, Xiufa and several other small novices followed behind, chanting together, but one of them seemed to be unable to stay up for such a late ceremony, and yawned.

The master of the good guide tilted his head slightly, his hair pulled his companion, and the little novice immediately stopped his mouth, put away his lazy and tired color, and meditated seriously.

Xiu Hair glanced at Master's dedicated back.

To be able to invite a great wisdom monk to do things in person, of course, the price is not low, this time it was a high roller who paid the money, no wonder the master was so dedicated tonight.

Her hair couldn't help but admire.

Originally, Zhao Ru is corpse exorcism was entrusted by the county government to Donglin Temple, which was a pure obligation.

Naturally, Master didn't have much enthusiasm, but he still took it on the principle of compassion.

However, at first, of course, it was not held in a grand place like the Daxiong Treasure Hall, just use the meaning of the lowest specifications, after all, everyone also has to eat, like tonight, most of the people in the temple gathered, and they can't drink the northwest wind.

But who knows, as soon as the corpse was transported up the mountain, there were "family members" who actively claimed it.

And it was also a generous high-roller, the master's eyes flashed, and he immediately moved with affection and reason, so that the family of the high-roller deeply felt the subtlety of Buddhism and understood the truth that must be handled ruthlessly, so he waved his hand.

And so there is this specification for tonight.

If you don't bury it first, you will do it for three days and three nights in a row, and you must turn ghosts into ghosts!

With a certain little novice muttering privately during the day, whether you can add meals and prizes at the end of the year depends on these three days.

As a result, most of the monks in the whole monastery, except for those who were on duty and could not leave, were summoned by the master and were not absent to participate in the ceremony.

After all, the price is per head......

Others saw it, and they sighed with dedication.

At this moment, in front of the main hall, in a small group of "family members" gathered by a group of monks,

There was a brown-haired, green-eyed Persian.

Li Li looked around at the solemn Buddha hall,

After following the Master of Good Guidance and reciting the Sutra for a while, he stood up, first comforted the crying "family members" next to him, and then stood up with the guards behind him, such as the Miyin Toutuo and the frivolous Taoist priest, and walked to the side of the apse.

"Amitabha, donor, please stay."

It was Master Shandao who came over and called out to Li Li and his party.

"I haven't asked yet, the donor's surname is a family member of County Lieutenant Zhao."

Li Li looked at the kind-eyed old monk in front of him quietly, and the corners of his mouth pulled slightly.

Zhao Ru is a family member who is a single person with a fart.

The so-called family members who are crying and crying in the hall are all hired by him with money, and they are professional crying fields, focusing on a true love banquet.

And Li Li, Miyin Toutuo and others are naturally not family members, but rushed from Xunyang City overnight to investigate.

It's just that in order to delay the burial ceremony, the price was deliberately increased and the ritual was done for a few more days.

Fight for an investigation while ...... Give it a try.

At this moment, being accosted by the master of good guidance, Li Li nodded, concise and to the point:

"Don't give your surname Li."

Master Shandao: "Zhao Shi's family, shouldn't it be surnamed Zhao." ”

After saying that, the old abbot looked curiously at the strangely dressed companions behind the Persian merchants.

was pointed out to be a loophole, and Li Li didn't raise his eyelids.

didn't speak, just looked at Master Shandao.

"Ahem."

The atmosphere was a little awkward, and Master Shandao coughed, deciding that he still couldn't get along with Qian, and didn't ask any more questions.

"Master Li, why bring some idlers, Buddhism is important, you still have to pay attention to it."

Master Shandao glanced at the Secret Yin Toutuo and the Taoist priest lightly, and reminded quietly.

Li Li was indifferent: "It's just a friend, come to pay respects, don't be too stingy." ”

"It's not stingy, the main thing is that my Buddha is exquisite, the old man is not talented, and he is nicknamed the Lotus Lotus Great Wisdom Monk, Her Majesty the Empress personally gave the number, the old man is afraid that he will be able to chant the scriptures and lectures, and accidentally turned the two of them into the same friends, rushing to enter my Lotus Sect Buddhism, it will be difficult to do at that time, after all, people also have a teacher, this corner of the wall is a bit unsophisticated."

Master Shandao sighed and looked apologetic.

"......" Li Li, Miyin Toutuo, and frivolous Taoist.

Everyone couldn't help but look at the old monk who was doing something, and his face was different.

You're worried that this isn't exquisite, right? Good, good, good.

Tanim Toutuo bowed his head and chanted the sutra and shook his head silently.

The frivolous Taoist priest sneered.

Li Li pressed the corners of his mouth twitching and waved his hand:

"It's okay, even though the monks chant sutras, if they can transform my two friends, they will turn back and learn Mahayana Buddhism, which is also an immeasurable merit, isn't it?"

The frivolous Taoist priest nodded solemnly: "Please master must cross me." ”

Master Shandao pondered: "It makes sense. He sang to the frivolous Taoist Buddha: "Amitabha." ”

Li Li smiled, looking at it this way, the money is not spent in vain, not only to gain time for the investigation, but also to have fun when you are bored and waiting.

Master Shandao quietly looked left and right, found a reason, pulled Li Li aside, and said in a low voice:

"Lao Qu found that Zhao Shizhu's evil is a little difficult to drive away, it just so happened that recently Lao Qu read the Diamond Sutra, a little success, and a new set of Buddhism to cross people, the subtlety lies in the elucidation of a 'dependent arising emptiness'.

"If we talk about the world, we are not the world, hence the name of the world.

These three sentences are the core true meaning of the Diamond Sutra, even if the demons and ghosts of the evil sect are, they can be 'emptiness' one or two, and the main attack is to break through the void and eliminate karma......

"I don't know if Master Li would like to try it for Lord Zhao......"

Li Li thought it was something important, but it turned out to be "begging for food", he was speechless in his heart, his face was serious, he nodded and sighed:

"It's all right, the master of emptiness is not...... Master Shandao, you can watch and prepare, you must let my brother go safely, and it is best to catch that monster and eliminate this karma. ”

"Good."

Master Shandao nodded with a smile and ran to prepare happily.

A high roller is a high roller and never bargains.

At the same time, he pretended not to see Li Li and the others who went to the apse to observe the corpse without permission.

Li Li smiled, and re-entered the apse with the secret seal head, the frivolous Taoist priest and the two Xianbei men.

Just entered.

The frivolous Taoist priest laughed at the Miyin Toutuo, who was stiff and shabby in monk's clothes:

"Old bald donkey, this bald donkey who sees the money is going to talk about the Diamond Sutra, and what else is there to talk about dependent arising voidness, isn't this what your Buddhist sect is best at, you can't talk to him about the Fa and teach him? Saying that you are from the Miyin Temple, it is not worth the trip to say that you can still accept an old apprentice. ”

The Tantra, who was already an outcast, bowed his head and ignored it.

"Amitabha." Whisper.

Li Li stepped forward, opened the white cloth, suppressed the disgusting smell, and looked at the cross-sectional wound separated from the corpse.

He took out another Wei token and looked at it.

I don't know what came to mind, and the Persian merchant's face became more and more gloomy.

The frivolous Taoist priest smiled and asked, "That person will come?" Is it really a legendary sword-bearer? ”

Li Li nodded imperceptibly, glanced at the night, and his face was serious.

Miyintou Tuo suddenly said, "If you come." ”

……

Ouyang Rong accompanied Liu's mother after dinner, chatting for a while.

When they all fell asleep, they closed the door lightly and went out.

He came to Dragon City in a low-key manner this time, bringing a piano case and a baggage.

There was a bronze mask and a qi-tonifying pill called Mojiao in the baggage.

On this trip, only these three things are brought with you.

Taking advantage of the fact that it was still early, Ouyang Rong went to the underground palace, found Xiuzhen, who he hadn't seen for a long time, handed over some pastries, and chatted.

It's a real chat, and I'm talking a word.

Although most of the time, the two of them are not frequent, and they talk about Dugu.

The surroundings were empty, and Ouyang Rong sat quietly on the lotus pedestal, looking up at the moonlight outside the wellhead overhead.

Suddenly remembered the dumb girl embroiderer, and said to herself:

"Dependent Arising Void ......"

I don't know if there is still a "fate" between him and the embroiderer.

Speaking of fate, Ouyang Rong was deeply touched.

Some time ago, Master Shandao studied the Diamond Sutra, nagging about the meaning of the three sentences and the emptiness of dependent origination, and often wrote letters and books to discuss with him......

Ouyang Rong was not interested in Buddhism in his previous life, but he was interested in going ashore with high scores.

In this life, I am not interested in the Dharma, but I am interested in earning merit.

So he knows a little bit about the Dharma.

At first, it was originally Master Shandao who asked him to discuss, of course, there was also a small meaning of showing off the profundity of the Dharma, but it was a pity that he found the wrong person.

As a result, in the back, the two of them gradually became the output of Ouyang Rong's unilateral from all angles every time, and the words that the master of good guidance could say became less and less, so he had to start to be responsible for the epiphany, and some of them were like surging rivers and, and they also boasted that there was a "great wisdom root" in the house, which made Ouyang Rong, who was eighteen years young, wonder, how did the master know about this?

Speaking again.

The full name of the Diamond Sutra is the Sutra of Breaking the Vajra Prajnaparamita.

The so-called three sentences are an expression that appears frequently in Buddhist scriptures such as the Diamond Sutra.

It is a sentence structure that affirms and denies at the same time.

For example, in the Diamond Sutra, there is a phrase that appears often...... For example, the world is not the world, but the world.

Roughly speaking, if there is a world, it is not a world, it is called a world.

It sounds paradoxical, like a play on words, pretending to be a ghost.

But it can be slightly combined with "look at the mountain is the mountain, see the water is the water; Look at the mountains are not mountains, and look at the water is not water; Look at the mountain or the mountain, look at the water or the water" these three realms to understand.

Not all right, though.

In the view of Ouyang Rong, who is meditating at the moment, the three meanings of Buddhism touch on deeper problems.

There is a question about the nature of the world...... Is there a physical entity in this world?

If it was still in the previous life, when he was going to graduate school, Ouyang Rong would nod categorically, of course there is an entity, physics doesn't exist, right, what is the world not an entity?

However, after coming to this world, he came into contact with the existence of Qi practitioners, and he witnessed with his own eyes the mythical law of "Qi" that everything in the world possesses.

For the concept that the three teachings of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism were only in textbooks in the previous cognition, Ouyang Rong had a new understanding and began to think about it.

Let's look at the meaning of the three sentences of the Diamond Sutra.

The first sentence is to talk about the world.

The Buddha is saying that there is a world, but you must not see this world as a reality.

The second sentence is non-world.

Rulai immediately denied that this world is a physical existence.

And the third sentence is the world.

The world is denied as an entity, but you can't directly deny the world, otherwise how can we explain everything we see and feel at the moment?

So, it's still a world, but it's not a physical composition.

According to Shakyamuni, it is made up of "dependent arising" but is void in nature.

Everything is self-emptiness.

So how did it come about?

It is formed by the aggregation of causes and conditions.

That is, dependent origination.

The things that are formed by fate will also be separated by fate.

That's why there is a world, for example, the world, that is, the non-world, the world.

This is called dependent voidness.

It is an important concept that is widely accepted by all sects of Buddhism, and if it is not recognized, it is not a sect of Buddhism. It's just that the interpretations of "dependent arising voidness" vary in direction.

In the same way, if one disagrees with the idea of dependent voidness, it is impossible to understand most of the Buddhist Zen sayings.

Reading Buddhist scriptures will be confused, and I don't feel like human words, feudal superstition.

For example, when the underground palace woke up, Crane Qiu Lao Dao suddenly asked Ouyang Rong.

What is the First Noble Truth?

He replied that there was no saint.

But at that time, Ouyang Rong only had a logical understanding, which was far less profound than it is now.

In the underground palace, silently smelling the sandalwood of the Buddhist temple floating in the air, Ouyang Rong was silent for a long time, and suddenly turned his head to Xiuzhen, who was sitting in a daze:

"It's ridiculous.

"When I opened my eyes and came to this underground palace, I never believed in any dependent arising emptiness, and I didn't believe in any dependent birth and destruction, until later, under the expectation of thousands of things, I exchanged for the good fortune of returning.

"The moment I realized that I could never go back, I deeply felt the voidness of dependent arising."

He waved the bronze mask in his hand:

"I have always firmly believed that the entrance examination, family affection, and hometown should always exist...... On the day the blessing was revealed, I knew it was gone.

"Looking back, I suddenly realized that all the rules and regulations in my life were essentially empty.

"After experiencing despair and rage, my heart is like ashes, and I am confused and helpless, I picked up this mask left by Ahsan and put it back on, and that day was a new origin.

"I also began to know that the little sister I met, the aunt I met, the Liulang I met, the A-Qing family, the Lixian family, and so on, these ongoing karmic emotions, they are essentially the same, and they are also empty.

"The so-called dependent origin is born, and the dispersion of the fate is extinguished, and everything is the same.

"But, I don't know the master, you say, can I disillusion nothingness, hide from the world, and passively deny what exists because the essence is empty?"

Without waiting for Xiuzhen to answer "I don't know", Ouyang Rong asked himself:

"Nope.

"I should cherish it more."

The murmuring youth lowered his head, gently put on his mask, held the piano case in his arms, and stood up:

"I don't know the master, next time I will come to see you. Dependent voidness, I have a fate with you, a fate with the underground palace, and an embroidery girl who has twice guarded my awakening, fate is the most important, looking forward to the next time.

"Goodbye."

(End of chapter)