Chapter 51: God is a blind man
A unique Buddha meeting came to an end, and people were still full of freshness to Tang Yuan's view that the world is like a sea of bitterness and Buddhism is like a sailboat.
It turns out that Buddhism can still be understood in this way, and it turns out that as long as the Dharma is studied carefully, everyone has the opportunity to cross the sea of suffering and reach the other shore and attain the status of an arhat.
The festival ended, but people didn't want to leave. They recalled what Tang Yuan had said in their minds, and the more they recalled, the more profound they felt, and there were also many people with wisdom in the crowd, so they bowed their heads and pondered. Tang Yuan's words were like opening a door for them to understand the world in another way.
Tang Yuan looked at the crowd below with relief, everything he could have done had already been done. Judging from the current state of affairs, the Buddhist meeting was a success, and people were already able to accept his ideas. Tang Yuan believed that one day his Mahayana Buddhism would replace the Theravada Buddhism of this world as the sole master.
The most obvious evidence of this is that the bodies of many people below are beginning to light up with golden points the size of pinheads. This means that they have the power of faith in Tang Yuan, but it will take some time for these points of light to grow and be absorbed by Tang Yuan.
The Buddhist meeting has ended, Tang Yuan stood up from the high platform, and Wu Zhen below hurriedly stretched out his arm to let Tang Yuan support, Tang Yuan smiled, "Wu Zhen, I am not an old man, I don't need you to use your arm to pick up." ”
"Master, your thoughts are really profound. Wu Zhen praised while holding Tang Yuan, "It is admirable to be able to put forward the concept of the sea of suffering in the world and the sailing ship of Buddhist scriptures." ”
"Okay, don't be poor. Is the meal you prepared ready?" Tang Yuan asked.
"It's all ready. Wu Zhen patted his chest and said, "We have prepared food for nearly five hundred people, Master, don't worry!"
Tang Yuan nodded, before holding the Buddhist meeting, Tang Yuan considered that there must be everyone who came to listen to him talk about Buddhism. Those rich people may not care about the food provided by Tang Yuan, but there are also many poor people and even beggars who come, and the food provided by Tang Yuan will be useful at this time.
"Tell the people who come to the Buddha meeting that they are going to have a noon fast, and those who are willing to stay should stay, and those who don't want to eat should disperse. Look at the current mountain is blocked by horse-drawn carriages. ”
"Okay, I'll let you know now. Goshin jumped onto the high platform and loudly announced the news.
The people under the high stage were shocked to realize that the abbot of Sanzang did not know when he had stepped down, and the vast majority of people shook their heads when they heard Wuzhen say that they wanted to break the fast, and Wanfo Mountain was very close to home, so there was no need to covet the mouthful of rice in Leiyin Temple, or leave it to those who needed it.
The crowd slowly dispersed, and after a while, they were gone, and the rest were poor families and beggars. Tang Yuan and the people of Leiyin Temple carried the rice bucket containing the rice to the people, and distributed the rice to everyone's bowl in the gratitude of the people.
was busy until in the end, Tang Yuan and Wu Zhen were also hungry, and in the end, Tang Yuan simply rolled up his sleeves and held a bowl of rice, and sat among the people to eat with everyone.
The beggars next to them hurriedly stood up in surprise when they saw Tang Yuan sitting down and stepped aside. Tang Yuan was very surprised, "Why are you so far away from the poor monks, are you afraid that the poor monks will eat you?"
"We are all filthy beggars, afraid of dirty Sanzang Buddha. A few beggars said timidly.
Tang Yuan's originally smiling face sank when he heard this, and he put down the dishes and chopsticks and said to the beggars, "You can't be arrogant, but you can't be arrogant! What's wrong with beggars? Some people are born without a father or mother, and they can only become beggars, and this is something you can't change." ”
"But that doesn't mean you're inferior to others! The more this happens, the more you have to be self-reliant, and anyone can look down on you, but you alone must not look down on yourself! Do you understand?"
"Understood. A few little beggars held the dishes and chopsticks, and said a little confused.
Tang Yuan looked at the beggars' submissive appearance, they were too much of a white eye, and their hearts were full of inferiority, this situation could not be changed by Tang Yuan in a word or two.
"Nie Feng, you come over to me. Tang Yuan beckoned Nie Feng over, and then pointed at Nie Feng and said to the beggars, "This is Nie Feng, he is the apprentice of the poor monk, he used to be a beggar, but you see how energetic he is now!"
Nie Feng stared at Tang Yuan innocently with a pair of ice-blue eyes. The heart said, Master, I used to be just an orphan, when did I become a beggar, and besides, I have a beautiful mother.
The beggars looked at the handsome and dashing Nie Feng, and then looked at their ragged appearance, and they felt even more inferior.
Tang Yuan was stunned when he saw that Nie Feng had the opposite effect. He suddenly understood what the reason was, for these beggars, they couldn't even solve the problem of food and clothing, and it was really difficult for them to regain their self-confidence.
"Wuzhen, in the future, the food of these people will be handed over to you. Tang Yuan pointed to the beggars and said to the truth. Now Wuzhen is the big housekeeper of Leiyin Temple, and he is Tang Yuan's most reassuring assistant, and Tang Yuan is also relieved to hand over this matter to Wuzhen.
Wu Zhen looked at the number of beggars and saw that there were about a hundred people, and with the financial resources of Lei Yin Temple, they should be able to pay for it. Now the incense money of Leiyin Temple can receive dozens of taels of silver every day, and it is really not enough to have many rich people in Cangwu City.
"No, we won't eat what is in the temple for nothing. Unexpectedly, a young man who seemed to be the leader among the beggars said, "Abbot Sanzang, you just said that you must be arrogant. Although we are poor, we can still work, live and hunt, and outside the city of Cangwu are 100,000 mountains that will not starve us to death. ”
"Master, why don't you hand these people over to me. Nie Feng said eagerly, "I'm a good hunter, I will definitely be able to train these people into excellent hunters, I heard that there is a white horse demon beast in the mountains, I just want to go and see it." ”
After Nie Feng finished speaking, he suddenly realized something, and when he looked up, he saw Tang Yuan with a black face, and said, "Master, I don't mean to kill and eat meat, don't misunderstand." ”
"Since you want to bring them, then these people will be handed over to you. Tang Yuan glanced at Nie Feng, picked up the bowl and continued to eat.
"Hello," Nie Feng walked among the beggars to greet them at the signal of Tang Yuan's eyes.
The beggars were all very young, about the same age as Nie Feng. They saw that Nie Feng was very gentle and didn't have any arrogance, and slowly let go of their nervousness. After a while, Nie Feng became one with the beggars.
"Your eyes are so beautiful, they're ice blue. A seventeen or eighteen-year-old beggar looked at Nie Feng and said in amazement, "I feel so cold when I see your eyes, just like heavy snow in winter." ”
"My eyes are natural. Nie Feng scratched his head and said, "I don't know what's going on, my eyes turned ice blue." I also have a brother whose name is Bu Jingyun, and his eyes are fiery red, and there seems to be a flame burning inside. ”
"Of course, what makes us most proud is that we are all apprentices of the abbot of Sanzang!" Nie Feng puffed up his chest and was very proud.
"That's amazing!" exclaimed the beggars.
Tang Yuan was holding the rice, and he was extremely depressed. The cabbage and tomatoes that he made just now were eaten by a few bastards from all over the world, and he didn't even leave the soup for him. Still Wu Zhenhao silently picked out the cabbage leaves in his bowl and put them in Tang Yuan's bowl.
While he was eating a meal, an old man in black slowly walked in front of Tang Yuan, who was the old man who wanted to expose Tang Yuan as a demon monk before.
But at that time, when the old man in black was about to stand up and attack Tang Yuan, his apprentice accidentally saw the four seas, and the four seas were jumping around, and they were not killed by this Sanzang demon monk.
And listening to the apprentice, Sihai looked at the Sanzang demon monk with a look of reverence on his face, which made the old man in black a little unsure of the origin of this Sanzang.
"Has the Sanzang Demon Monk eaten well?" the voice of the old man in black was hoarse.
"Poor monk right away, huh?" Tang Yuan reacted and looked at the old man in black, what did he call himself?
"Who is this old man?" Tang Yuan asked as he looked at the old man. The old man's eyes were closed, and he held a dragon-headed cane in his hand, and a young man in white beside him supported him.
"You don't care who the old man is, the old man asks you, who are you, and you dare to claim to be the abbot of the Leiyin Temple!" the old man in black asked.
"The poor monk's law is called Sanzang, as for the abbot of Leiyin Temple, it was passed down to the poor monk by the ancestor of the poor monk. Tang Yuan looked at the old man in black, he didn't feel the malice of this old man, and replied truthfully.
"Nonsense! Leiyin Temple is just a lamp and two people from the four seas, why did you come out of Sanzang again. Say, who are you, and what about my disciples from all over the world?" the old man in black slammed his cane on the ground.
"Come from all over the world, someone is looking for you. Tang Yuan shouted to Sihai, who was cleaning up the high platform in the distance.
"Uncle Shi, who is looking for me?" Sihai trotted all the way over.
"He's looking for you," Tang Yuan pointed at the black-clothed old man to Sikaidao.
"Disciple of the Four Seas, do you still remember me? Tell me who this Sanzang Demon Monk is? How did he become the abbot of Leiyin Temple?" the old man hurriedly asked.
"Who are you?" Sihai was very dissatisfied with this old man and called him a disciple grandson, you must know that now in the Leiyin Temple, except for Tang Yuan, he is the most senior, and even Guangyuan Guangren and they have to call him Uncle Sihai.
"Who am I?" The old man in black couldn't believe his ears, Sihai didn't even know him, and hurriedly said, "I'm your best friend of the First Lamp Master, and I'm a god who is a golden blind man!"
"I don't know you," Sihai tilted his head and recalled, there was indeed no impression that he was a blind man.
"Let's go, Sanzang is my uncle, you dare to call him a demon monk. If it weren't for the fact that you are old and blind, I would never have spared you!" Sihai was unceremonious to the blind man.
"How is it possible? You don't even know me?" the blind man was embarrassed, and his face turned red.
I originally wanted to fight for Leiyin Temple, but I was driven out by the master, and the golden blind man couldn't wait to get into the ground, and it was the first time that he was ordered to be evicted after walking in martial arts for so many years.
You must know that with his identity and ability, in the Buddha, Dao Demon and Martial God Temple, who heard his name was not respectful, and now he actually suffered such an aggrieved loss here in Sanzang.
Shame on you!