Chapter 2: Being a monk is more difficult than the college entrance examination
"Haha, I only passed it last year, so I go to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion every day to check the scriptures, at least read a third of the books in the Hidden Scripture Pavilion, don't think I don't know, so far you haven't been to the Library, you don't think you are Shakyamuni?
"Now there are only 10 days until the assessment, and you can't read a few books even if you don't sleep. What are you kidding?" said Hui An, too.
"What are you arguing about? Why are you so noisy?"
At this moment, another monk came out of the temple, and this monk looked relatively old, looking about forty or fifty years old.
"Elder Yuantong!"
Hui An and Hui Ming shouted at the same time.
"Elder Yuantong, this little sweeping guy is actually talking nonsense! He even thinks that he can pass the Dharma assessment within ten days. Hui An saw that he was the elder who taught him, so he pointed to Li Bai and said.
"What? Dharma assessment is a sacred ritual, how can you be allowed to blaspheme this little?" Elder Yuantong shouted angrily when he heard this.
Flexible?
I'm still SF!
Li Bai immediately said unhappily: "Since this is the case, why don't we bet, do you dare?"
"There are six mistakes in the game, how can a monk bet?" said Elder Yuantong with a dignified look, but then squinted his eyes and said, "But since I can teach you a lesson, why not bet?"
Li Bai immediately snorted coldly, what are you pretending to be?
"If I pass the Dharma assessment in ten days, the three of you will kowtow to me three times and call me grandpa!" Li Bai looked at a few people coldly.
"Arrogance!" Elder Yuantong immediately turned red with anger.
"If I lose, I'll kowtow to you nine times, shout nine times grandpa and leave! What's wrong? Are you scared?" Li Bai sneered.
Although the three of them all noticed that Li Bai seemed to be a little different today, no one would believe that Li Bai could really pass the assessment.
Elder Yuantong is the most aware of the content of the assessment, although the knowledge of the assessment can be found in the Scripture Pavilion, but the collection of millions of books in the Scripture Pavilion is found in the assessment content, and it is possible to pass only after reading at least one-third of the books inside.
"Okay, if I don't teach you a lesson, you really despise the Dharma!" Elder Yuantong immediately agreed, and after only ten days, he didn't believe that you could really read the book in the Scripture Pavilion.
This...... Originally, Hui An and Hui Jing were still hesitant, but after thinking about it, it didn't matter if Li Bai couldn't pass.
When the time comes, just wait for him to kowtow obediently.
Li Bai must hurry up with time, since he has crossed into this body, he must ensure that he can continue to survive Thinking of this, he turned around and walked towards the temple.
Just after taking two steps, Elder Yuantong shouted: "Wait! What do you think you are? That is, the sweeper went to the temple to sweep the courtyard and wiped all the Buddha statues......
"Don't bother the elders here. Li Bai said and walked away.
This monk is really not easy to be!
Li Bai frowned and started his work as a cleaner for the new day.
As time passed, the number of people in the temple began to slowly increase, and all kinds of people walked into the temple to bow down.
Jinshan Temple is a relatively large temple in the elephant country.
The elderly, women, children, women in green houses, street gangsters......
In Li Bai's eyes, these people are like a small society, thinking of this, Li Bai clenched his fists, no matter how difficult it is, now he can only grit his teeth and rush forward.
It was already noon after Li Bai finished his work, so he hurriedly went to eat some fasting and walked towards the Scripture Pavilion.
Yuanshi is also an elder at the temple, but his role is not only to supervise the chanting of the new monks, but also to handle the day-to-day maintenance of the temple.
Li Bai's work was also arranged by Elder Yuanshi, and he and one of his disciples, Hui Lin, had gone to a pilgrim's house to do a ritual last night, and only rushed back in the morning.
The two of them were sweating profusely at this time, but Hui Lin asked puzzledly: "Master, why are you in such a hurry? Is there something in the temple?"
Elder Yuanshi shook his head, quickened his pace and said, "You don't know, I arranged for Hui Jing and Li Bai to clean the temple today a few days ago, but I forgot that Hui Jing's illness was not well yesterday, and it is impossible to clean it today." ”
"Isn't that still Li Bai? If he got up early, it would be no problem. Hui Lin asked suspiciously.
Hearing Li Bai, Elder Yuanshi sighed: "Alas, you may not know that you have just arrived, that Li Bai is a guy who eats and waits for death? ”
"This ...... Why didn't the master kick him out with such a person?" Hui Lin also frowned and said.
"Do you know? He went up the mountain three years ago, didn't go to chanting and chanting Buddha, slept lazily every day, and didn't even pass the most basic Dharma exam! If it weren't for the abbot's kindness, I would have kicked him out!" Elder Yuanshi became more and more angry as he spoke.
"I thought it took me a year to pass the exam, which was slow...... I can't imagine that someone hasn't passed for three years?"
......
The two also rushed to the gate of the temple at this time, and there were more pilgrims today than in the past.
If no one cleans the temple, it will affect the reputation of the temple, so Elder Yuanshi can't help but worry, and can only hope that other elders can help arrange for people to clean it.
Otherwise, the abbot blamed him, and he couldn't afford it.
Elder Yuanshi angrily rushed into the temple, and muttered, "This Li Bai, how the abbot opposes me this time, I will also punish you with a rod!"
Hui Lin also walked into the temple, but as soon as he walked into the temple, he found that something was wrong: "Huh, why is it so clean?"
Elder Yuanshi also frowned, thinking in his heart: It can't really be Li Bai's cleaning, right?
When I entered the temple, I found that today's temple was cleaner than before, and Elder Yuanshi also looked for a place where Li Bai often slept and couldn't find anyone.
......
After a few turns, Elder Yuanshi also asked a lot of people, and they all said that they had seen Li Bai sweeping the floor?
That's weird!
But where did Li Bai go now?
At this time, Li Baiquan was immersed in the Scripture Pavilion and didn't know what was going on outside.
The person who managed the Scripture Pavilion was an old man from the temple, not a monk with a shaved head, but the people in the temple respected him very much and called him Old Xu.
As for the origin of Xu Lao, no one knows.
Xu Lao didn't want to see Li Bai, because Li Bai had also come to the Zangjing Pavilion before, but he didn't come here to read, but to sleep lazy.
When he entered, Xu Lao also warned Li Bai and said, "It is forbidden to sleep in the Hidden Scripture Pavilion!"
It's just that Li Bai doesn't care what others think of him, and now he is about to pass the Dharma assessment, but as soon as he enters the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, he is stunned.
There are hundreds of square meters of space filled with books, and these books are only the lowest Buddhist scriptures.
Oh, my God!
Is being a monk more difficult than the college entrance examination?