July 15, autumn is high and cool, Menglan Festival, quit killing, good words, filial piety.

The Yu Lan Festival originated from the story of Mulian saving his mother: "Those who have Mulian monks have great power." His mother fell into the path of hungry ghosts, and when the food was entered, it turned into flames, and the hunger was too great. Mulian was unable to save his mother, so he sought advice from the Buddha and taught him to make a Bon on July 15 to save his mother. ”

It is said that after experiencing a lot of hardships in the underworld, Muren saw his dead mother and found that she was being tortured by a group of hungry ghosts. Muren had no choice but to ask the Buddha for help, and the Buddha was moved by Muren's filial piety and granted him the Bon Sutra. According to the instructions, on the 15th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, Mulian offered his mother a vegetarian meal with a bon of precious fruits. The starving mother finally got food. To commemorate Meren's filial piety, Buddhists have a grand "Obon", or "Halloween", which we call "Halloween" every year.

Early in the morning, the bell in the temple rang, and the monks bathed and received ordination, and then went to the main hall in an orderly manner.

In addition to the monks in the temple, there are also devout people from all over the world. Among them, there are many official gentry families, and there are also poor people. Inside and outside the main hall, there were no less than 500 people crowded for a while.

The content of the morning is mainly to clean the altar around the scriptures, Yanshou is dressed in a big red robe, holding the Zen staff given by Song Taizu, standing in the center of the main hall. He recited aloud: "The eyes are enlightened, the world is preached, the bowl is good for survival, the bitterness is free to heaven, the joy is boundless, and the filial piety is eternal." Nan no incense cloud cover Bodhisattva Mahasattva. ”

After reciting this three times, Yanshou recited again: "Nanwu Great Pessimistic Guanyin Bodhisattva." "Three times the same. After that, there were all kinds of altars and incantations. With the help of deep internal force, his loud voice spread to every corner inside and outside the hall, which was much better than the effect of the megaphone.

I didn't understand the scriptures that Yanshou was reading at all, so I stood stupidly in the crowd outside the main hall, my legs were numb, and the opening words of Yanshou were not over. This situation reminds me of the opening ceremony of each semester when I was in elementary school, and my dear principal always read the old manuscript again and again, and listened to it drowsily.

"I am equal to filial piety, practice the cause of the Pure Land, repent of the three obstacles, repay the kindness of the two relatives, the survivors will be blessed with longevity, the deceased will be exalted, and they will live together to raise the country and spend all the wrongs. ”

After the mantra was recited, Yanshou recited the greeting again, and then it was time to kowtow. Everyone followed the rhythm of longevity, and went to Shakyamuni, Manjushri Bodhisattva, Maitreya Bodhisattva, the Buddhas of the Ten Directions, the Bodhisattvas of the Ten Directions, and the Venerable Gandharan of the Great Eyes of the Lampon Enlightenment, and they didn't know how many Bodhisattvas and Buddhas there were, and they had dozens of heads at a time, and their knees couldn't bend over.

I feel that my head is over in this life, my head is a little dizzy, under the illumination of the sun, looking at the longevity in the hall, the appearance of kindness and kindness, there is a little sacrosanct taste.

Meng Lan will open, Pudu will open the door, and welcome the arrival of the Three Treasures. ―Sitting on the flower stand, I wish I would be merciful. Receive my wonderful incense.

In this way, the Menglan Bon Festival is opened, the monks and monks recite the scriptures, and the devout people silently recite the Buddha's name, line up in a long line, and walk towards the main hall one by one.

Holding special rune paper and offerings, everyone walked into the main hall and bowed down to the Buddhas enshrined in the hall again. In this way, it took about two hours to finish.

I've always wondered that none of the people invited by Yanshou have not appeared at this time. I don't know what those heroes who came with the idea of the Yellow Nest relic are doing now?

After the completion of the net altar, there is no time to take a breath, and the main event begins: the Shanglan basin offering. After the longevity is sung, all the people offer offerings to the orchid basin sent by the lord of Wu Yue in the center of the square outside the hall, and then there are various offerings and praises, and the ceremony is very cumbersome.

I don't know how many chanting words and Buddhist verses I recited, and when my mouth was dry and I could only chant and echo the words in my mouth, my dear master Yanshou finally announced a program of zuihou: sentient beings are eaten.

By the time the entire Bon festival was over, it was almost dusk. So after the ceremony, everyone dispersed, and after Yanshou entertained a few members of the Wuyue royal family, he took Daofan and me to the meditation room in the West Courtyard.

The people arranged in the meditation room of the West Courtyard are all representatives of people from all over the world invited by Yanshou. When I followed Daofan into the West Courtyard, there were about twenty people standing inside. Except for Yu Pixiu, Xiao Rin, and Li Oracle, I don't know the others.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the poor monk was entrusted by a friend to reveal the relics of the Yellow Nest today. Old friends have words first, and they need to find someone who is destined to reproduce the relics. Yanshou glanced at everyone and said slowly.

"Master, what is a destined person?" I haven't seen her for a few days, Xiao Rin's face is ruddy, her face is radiant, and she has a shallow smile when she speaks. When did this old guy become so talkative?

"Yes, what does the master mean by destining people?"

"Master, I was invited by the master and traveled thousands of miles, aren't we still destined people?"

Everyone was talking about it, obviously very dissatisfied with the "destined person" mentioned by Yanshou. He was not in a hurry to prolong his life, smiled slightly, and said loudly: "Everyone, follow me to the Liuhe Tower, and everything will be clear." ”

In front of the Liuhe Tower, Yanshou stood at the door of the tower, looking at a group of heroes. At this time, in front of the Liuhe Pagoda, there were not only more than 20 people in the west courtyard of Yongming Temple, but nearly 100 people, among which there was actually a small group of Wu Yue troops.

"Master, this matter is a matter of the rivers and lakes, why are officials and soldiers involved?" a tall man stood up and asked in a loud voice.

Yanshou replied: "The arrival of the officials and soldiers does not hinder this matter, you and go up to the tower by yourself, and you can see the relics of the Yellow Nest on the top floor." ”

After Yanshou finished speaking, everyone looked at each other, and they couldn't make up their minds, not knowing whether the Liuhe Pagoda should be on it.

I also looked at the longevity in confusion, not knowing that the old monk Weishenme would arrange it like this. Putting the relics of the Yellow Nest on the top of the tower, not to mention what the situation is in the tower, is this clearly drawing hatred from everyone.

I looked at the knights of the rivers and lakes in front of me, and then turned my head to look at the Liuhe Tower, and the more I pondered in my heart, the more strange it became. The arrangement of life extension is too weird, and there is a feeling of inviting you into the urn. Could it be that the so-called search for someone destined is to let everyone fight in the tower?

But think about it, this is a reckless river, what everyone does is to fight fiercely, fight and kill, if you want to get something, the only way is to do a big job, the winner is the prince and the loser, since ancient times.

"Big brother, do you think we will enter or not?" a short man asked, looking at the tall man.

"What?" asked the tall man, inexplicably.

"Of course, it's into the Liuhe Tower. ”

"What are you doing in the Liuhe Tower?"

"Take the Yellow Nest Relic. ”

"What are you doing with the Yellow Nest relics?"

"Big brother...... the short man wanted to cry without tears and hugged the tall man, "You won't be sick again, the emperor Lao'er has given us 10,000 taels of gold, let us help him get the relics of the Yellow Nest." ”

"Oh," the tall man thought thoughtfully, "where is the gold?"

“............”

When everyone hesitated, Xiao Rin didn't say a word and strode into the Liuhe Tower.

"Master, beware of deception. Yu Pixiu looked at Yan Shou vigilantly, and then carefully reminded Xiao Rin.

"Hmph!" Xiao Rin walked to the gate of the tower and said with a smile: "Master Longevity has always been consistent in his words and deeds, so what is there to fear?"

With the first person to eat the crab, everyone no longer hesitated and walked towards the tower one after another. The second short man of the two males in Shu grabbed the eldest brother's arm and walked over happily.

"Second brother, where are we going?"

"Enter the tower. ”

"What's so fun in the tower, you can just go by yourself, what are you dragging me to do?"

The second child didn't bother to pay attention to him, and pulled him into the tower without letting go. I looked at this pair of wonderful brothers, speechless for a while, this is the famous people invited by Yanshou, why is it so unreliable.

Most of the people had already entered the tower, but the oracle had not moved. I looked at her puzzled and asked, "Miss Li, why don't you enter the tower?"

"What are you going to do in there?"

I lowered my voice, "Aren't you here for the jade seal, aren't you afraid that Xiao Rin will take the lead?"

"Xiao Zuo, Xiao Zuo, you come over to me. ”

A familiar voice came from a distance, I turned my head to look over, and saw Yin Amei and Mu Chu standing in front of Tallinn, in addition, Qin Luoli had been looking at Lan Zishu and the master and servant standing next to him very resentfully.

"Mu Chu, big brother, you are here. "When I saw them, I ran towards them with joy.

"Third brother, why did you become a monk?" Yin Amei looked at my bald head in surprise, while Mu Chu looked unhappy and turned his face away.

Ever since I met Mu Chu at the gate of the temple that day, I have been thinking about why my becoming a monk caused such a big reaction from her. But my dull mind couldn't think of a reason.

"What, big brother, this matter is a long story, and I will make a conclusion when I return to the temple, but why did the eldest brother come here?

Yin Amei's face was heavy, and she pointed to the Liuhe Pagoda and said, "Wait for me to get the things in the tower, and then talk to the third brother." ”

Before I could ask the reason, Yin Amei strode towards the Liuhe Tower.

Why is the eldest brother also interested in the relics of the Yellow Nest? I always feel that the things in the Liuhe Tower are not simple, and I wanted to stop Yin Amei and tell him to be careful, but I was stopped by Lan Zishu: "Little monk Daoxi, we meet again." ”

"The benefactor is polite. I politely returned the salute, "The little monk still has something to do, so he will leave first." ”

No, why are so many people in the tower, and it's still so quiet, haven't they started fighting? No, I have to ask about longevity, and why is there no trace of Yao Yin today?

"Xiao Zuo, you bastard, you give me zhanzhu!" I hurriedly walked over, but I didn't have time to say hello to Mu Chu before I turned back. She was visibly angry at me and stamped her foot at me.

"Mu Chu, you will come over and explain to you later. ”