Li Shulan's temporary silence made the rickshaw master feel a little strange, he thought that Li Shulan was disappointed in him, Li Shulan saw a melancholy expression on his face, she knew that she couldn't ignore him anymore, she said: "Do you really want to listen to it? If you think it's still necessary to listen to Ben Gongzi, Ben Gongzi can continue to speak, but what Ben Gongzi tells is not necessarily all stories, and there are also abstract Buddhist theories, do you still want to hear it?"

"Of course I want to listen, what you just said has begun to arouse a little interest, although the little one can't understand for a while, but there are also some feelings, I think what you said is very interesting, you continue to speak, you just don't understand, but also feel the feeling, there is always a harvest!" said the rickshaw driver.

The reason why Li Shulan has been teaching Buddhism to the rickshaw master is because she has always had a feeling that the rickshaw master is very close to Buddhism, and she herself does not know why she feels this way.

Li Shulan said to the rickshaw master: "Next, my son wants to tell you an important Buddhist principle of the 'Three Treatises', called 'True and Vulgar', you should pay attention to it, and you can use it as a topic to talk to other guests in the future, and the guests will definitely praise you for being amazing!"

"However, this is too abstract and boring, and the small ones may not be able to understand what is 'true and vulgar'?" said the rickshaw driver.

"The so-called 'true and mundane truths' refer to the existence of 'common truths' and 'true truths', the 'common truths' are the principles of ordinary people, also known as the 'worldly truths', and the 'true truths' are the Buddha's principles and the 'first truths'. The 'true truth' cannot be expressed by the concept of words, because everything that is expressed by the concept of words is the 'common truth', but the 'true truth' can be explained with the help of the 'common truth', and the true meaning can be obtained from the perspective of the 'common truth'. From the perspective of true meaning, all dharmas are emptiness, but the worldly existence is the emptiness after all, after all, emptiness exists in the worldly existence, and only the existence of the false is seen. Seeing the emptiness of nature, the existence of non-existence, and the non-duality of truth and vulgarity, this is the middle way, so the reality of all dharmas is also the reality of nirvana. Li Shulan's explanation of "true and vulgar" is very abstract and very subtle in Buddhism.

The rickshaw master listened as if he had fallen into a cloud, and he was confused by Li Shulan's abstract Buddhism, and he said, "This son." You just spare the small one, the more you say it, the more profound it becomes, the small one is confused, what 'all laws are empty', what 'true and vulgar', this is too mysterious, what you are talking about is the head is the Tao, and the small one sounds like being swept into the clouds. I don't understand anything, so let's tell a simple story!"

"Okay. The reason why this son tells you these profound Buddhist principles is not that this son likes to play tricks in front of you, nor is it that this son deliberately talks about esoteric things so that you don't understand, but that this son feels that you are not an ordinary rickshaw master. If your prediction is correct, you will have the opportunity to study Buddhist theories in the future, that is, you are very Buddha-like. The two of us were fortunate to meet on the way to Qixia Temple, and it is also a kind of fate, this son will not lie to you, so this son has been talking about the Buddhist principles of the "Three Treatises Sect" to you, that is, for you to study Buddhism in the future to do some preview, you have a fate with the Buddha, this is a kind of fate, you will understand in the future. Li Shulan said with certainty.

"This son, don't scare the little one, according to what you said, won't the little one be going to be a monk in the Buddhist temple in the future? No, this is absolutely not good, the little one still has a wife and son at home, they wait for the little one to go home every day, the little one must not be a monk, resolutely can't!" The rickshaw master was a little scared by Li Shulan's words.

"What are you anxious about, this son has not finished speaking, you don't have to be afraid, tell you, this son will not ask you to go to the temple to be a monk, you can rest assured, you will be the same in the future, go home every day to accompany your wife and children, in your life, you will not become a monk, but you do have a relationship with Buddhism, in the future, you will have the opportunity to have close contact with Buddhism, you will definitely understand in the future!" Li Shulan said.

"This son, you are deliberately playing with the little one, right? The little one is a coachman, how can he have the opportunity to study Buddhism, Buddhism is very profound, the little one only knows a few words, how can he know such a profound truth of Buddhism, you must have deliberately said it to make the little one happy. The rickshaw master said.

"Buddhism is strict, how can this son use Buddhism to joke with you, you just believe this son's words, wait for the opportunity, now what you have to do is to listen carefully to this son's teachings. Now, Ben Gongzi will tell you another Buddhist principle of the 'Three Treatises', called the 'Eight Non-Middle Ways', and you should try to remember what Ben Gongzi said. The theory of the 'Eight Non-Middle Paths' is used to further elucidate the view of the 'Two Truths of Truth and Vulgarity', which originally belonged to the theory of the Madhyamaka School of the ancient Indian monk Nagarjuna, which emphasizes that 'neither birth nor destruction, neither constant nor continuous, neither one nor different, neither come nor go', is the principle of 'emptiness of all laws', ordinary people always grasp things in the categories of birth and death, constant judgment, one difference, and coming and going, and add one in front of the eight characters of these four categories' The word 'no' can remove the illusion of cognition and reveal the impartial middle way, so that it can always break a qiē method and show the truth that every qiē is empty. 'The emptiness of all dharmas' is that there is no attachment to the eight elements of birth and death, constant judgment, one difference, and coming and going, and all dharmas are born and died due to the gathering and dispersion of causes, and in essence, there is no birth and no destruction, that is, there is no birth and death, no permanent judgment, no difference, no coming and going, so it is called the 'eight non-middle ways'. Li Shulan doesn't care whether the rickshaw master understands it or not, she still explains the "Three Treatises" Buddhism with profound theories.

"This son, please, don't talk more and more profound, the more the small one listens, the more confused you become, what do you talk about the 'Eight Not Middle Way', talking about the head is the Tao, but the small one listens to it as if in the clouds and fog, you are confused, you still tell some popular stories, like a small one pulling a rickshaw, how can it be related to Buddhism, listening to the Buddhism you preached, the small head will grow bigger, I am afraid that it has no relationship with Buddhism at all!" said the rickshaw master.

"My son's view is completely different from yours, this hour, you listen to my son talk about the 'Three Treatises' Buddhism, although you can't fully understand, but you can remember the most important generalizations and views very freely, think about it yourself, every time my son finishes talking about Buddhism, you can say the most critical sentences, such as 'Ten Thousand Dharmas of emptiness' and 'The Two Truths of Truth and Vulgarity' 'Eight non-middle ways', etc., even if you don't quite understand the true meaning of these sentences now, but you can repeat them so accurately and freely, which shows that your soul has echoed the views of these Buddhas, you do have a relationship with Buddhism, this time we met, it is also very fate, this son told you these Buddhist principles, as a gift to you, in the future, we will definitely meet, remember, my son's surname is Li, you can call me Li Gongzi. Li Shulan said.

"It's a small blessing to meet someone like Gongzi, although the small one doesn't believe what you said about the small one and Buddhism, but it's still very nice to hear you talk about some profound Buddhist principles, if Li Gongzi can afford to be small, let's be friends, the small surname is Xiao, the nickname Jiyuan, born in Jiyuan, Henan, so it's called 'Jiyuan'. The small ones will try to tell the tourists what you said about Buddhism in the future, even if the small ones remember only a few words, they can bluff them, and the small ones will become learned, haha!" Xiao Jiyuan said happily.

"Embarked on the road to Qixia Temple, we are already friends, you and I are very fateful, just now this son said, I believe you have remembered a lot, you can discuss with tourists in the future, tourists will be happy to listen to you, now we don't discuss abstract Buddhism, you will introduce Qixia Temple!" Li Shulan said.

"With you, time flies so fast, almost to Qixia Temple, you see, the group of buildings on the hillside in front is Qixia Temple, let's go forward, walk through the wide green grass in front, you can see 'Mingjing Lake' and' Lotus pond', around a lake and a pond, there are lush flowers and trees, and look into the distance, it is a winding and undulating peak, the scenery is beautiful, the environment is quiet, the buildings in the temple rise layer by layer according to the mountain situation, form a ladder-type pattern, the layers are clear and strict and generous, spectacular and not domineering. Xiao Jiyuan said.

"You explain very well, like a person who specializes in introducing temples to tourists, but not like a rickshaw master at all, you are knowledgeable. Li Shulan said.

"I'm ashamed, the little one has only read a few books, what I explained to you just now is not what the little one thinks about himself, but what he learned from the tourists, the little one remembers the good ones, and then tells the new tourists, it's not the small ones that say well, but the small ones have good memories, haha!" Xiao Jiyuan said happily.

"You see, there is a stone tablet on the left side in front of Qixia Temple, this should be a cultural relic a long time ago, is there a written record on the stone tablet?" asked Li Shulan.

"The stele is very famous, called" Ming Hui Jun Tablet ", built in the early Tang Dynasty, is to commemorate the famous hermit Ming monk Shao in the Southern Dynasty Qi period, it is said that the inscription of the stele is written by Tang Gaozong Li Zhi, the inscription is written by the Tang Dynasty calligrapher Gao Zhengchen, and the word 'Qixia' engraved on it is said to be written by Li Zhi himself, this stele is also an important cultural relic of Qixia Temple. Xiao Jiyuan explained.

"In front of the temple gate, from this to the top, there are really a lot of buildings behind the mountain gate, the building scale of Qixia Temple is not small, it is a very large temple. Li Shulan said.

"That's right, walk into the mountain gate, you can see the buildings inside, there are Maitreya Buddha Hall, Pilu Treasure Hall, Dharma Hall, Buddha Hall, Tibetan Scripture Building, Jianzhen Memorial Hall, Relic Stone Tower, etc., behind the temple, there is a thousand Buddha rocks. Let's go fast, let's go into the mountain gate. Xiao Jiyuan said, quickened his pace, and ran with the rickshaw.

After they parked, they walked into the mountain gate, Li Shulan stood on a high place and looked back, she found that there was a mysterious figure who really followed, this person was sitting in another rickshaw, and followed Li Shulan and them from a distance all the way, and when they arrived at the gate of Qixia Temple, the car stopped, and a middle-aged man walked down on it, seeing Li Shulan staring at him, he hurriedly avoided her eyes, looked at the mountain peaks in the distance, and tried his best to disguise himself.

Li Shulan thought to herself: "I pretended to be a rich son, and there was still someone who could recognize me, and followed me all the way to Qixia Temple, this person is shrewd enough, and that's good, this time Shulan visited various temples in the capital, and there was one who accompanied her behind!" (To be continued......)