Chapter 2 The Little Monk and the Two Dogs
In this place that no one can say, there is a small village, the mud village.
The village, like its name, is unpretentious. The people in the village are the same, simple peasant families, kind and simple, men farming and women weaving, happy and happy.
There is a river at the entrance of the village, only a stone bridge communicates with the outside world, and a small town is called Redstone Town more than ten miles away.
The village of Mud is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and at the end there is a small wooden bridge leading to the mountain, which has no official name, and people who have lived here for generations have not bothered to name it. Later, no one remembered who it was, and I don't know whether it was intentionally or unintentionally mentioned, anyway, the mountain is a stone, and it is called a stone mountain. The mountain has a name.
There is a temple on the stone mountain, and there are three Taoist priests in the temple. Oh no, it's three monks.
The little monk has two dogs, the abbot, the master, and then there is a chicken, a dog. Just one slap can count.
A small temple, a boxy courtyard, and ordinary people.
I don't really see anything special about anything else. At this time, no one knows how many years from now it will mean in the rivers and lakes.
There is only one way up the mountain, and the temple is in the deep mountains at the end, quiet and solemn, and the back door of the temple is a piece of farmland that has been reclaimed, which is usually used to grow vegetables and grains, and is self-sufficient. Of course, as long as there will be a Buddha statue in the temple, there will be a Buddha, there will be people to worship, occasionally there are pilgrims who come to the temple from the mountain to donate some incense money, the days are hard but also to be hungry, food and clothing can still be guaranteed. Further down the mountain is the lush mountain forest, the four seasons change, the scenery is pleasant, to be honest, it is a good place to recuperate.
The small temple is called Nameless Temple, and Ergou doesn't know why their temple is called that. I often think in my heart, what is the name of this nameless?
Ergou couldn't help but ask Master, why is our temple called Nameless Temple, why can't we have a nice name? How good is it to call it a Famous Temple, why should it be nameless, or is it not good to call it a different name?
The master said to Ergou, in fact, I don't know why, the name of this temple was given by the abbot's brother, why don't you ask the abbot?
Ergou really listened to the master's words, and ran to ask the abbot.
In the meditation room, the abbot sits cross-legged, like the Buddha enshrined in the temple.
The abbot looked at Ergou and asked, you want to know so much.
Ergou bit his lip and nodded firmly.
The abbot had a smile on his face, looked at Ergou with a smile and said, because I am willing.
Ergou's face was blank, and then there was a spirit.
Ergou has been in this temple since he couldn't remember, and he didn't know who his parents were or where he came from, but he only knew that he had two relatives, one was the abbot and the other was the master.
This question has been confusing Ergou for a long time. Sometimes when I have nothing to do, Ergou often sits on the stone steps in front of the temple and thinks about this question, who am I, where I come from, and what will happen to me in the future.
Of course, he couldn't think of it himself.
Ergou had no choice but to ask Master, Master, where am I from?
Master said lightly, why did you suddenly ask about this? We are all children of heaven and earth, what is the point of where you come from to the Buddha who purifies all sentient beings?
Ergou is very confused, Master, I don't understand.
Master glanced at Ergou, did I say too profoundly?
Ergou nodded, and said to the big monk in front of him, Master, my wisdom is limited, so what Master said is easier to understand.
The master sighed, alas, Ergou, in fact, the teacher doesn't know where you came from.
Master said, Actually, you picked it up by the abbot. I remember very clearly, that day was catching up with the dog cubs in the monastery, I was delivering the baby, that day the senior brother had something to go down the mountain, the weather was sunny, but it was strange to say, the senior brother just left the temple for a short time, the good day suddenly there was a strong wind, lightning and thunder, heavy rain poured down, I just put on a robe, with a hat to catch up with the senior brother to send him, but just arrived at the gate of the temple, I saw the abbot senior brother naked and hurriedly ran back. Hold the robe that you have taken off in your arms, and you are the one wrapped in the robe.
Oh, Ergou nodded as if he didn't understand, I understand.
Master asked Ergou, what do you understand?
Ergou said with a look of sudden realization, it turned out that the abbot gave birth to me.
The master was shocked, and said that the abbot was a big man, how could he have a child.
Ergou was not convinced, and said to the master, if it wasn't for the abbot who gave birth to me, then who gave birth to me? That day, it must have been the abbot master who secretly ran out to give birth to the child.
The master really couldn't think of how to refute this stupid apprentice for a while, so he could only say vigorously, anyway, you are right if you were not born by the abbot.
In Ergou's eyes, he has always believed that the abbot is a mysterious person, just like his Dharma name, mentally retarded.
The abbot's explanation of his Dharma name is that it means to use wisdom to remove all karmic obstacles from the world.
So he gave his junior brother, that is, Ergou's master, the Dharma name "Mentally Weak".
It means to use wisdom to support all the weak in the world.
Speaking of the law name, Ergou still has some questions, because he doesn't even have a law name, and he doesn't have a law name. His own name is also very strange, two dogs.
It's even more of a name. In Ergou's own words, it's worse than that nameless temple. What made Ergou feel even more incredible was that the chicken in the temple was called Ah Hua, and the dog was called Ah Huang. The names of these two brutes turned out to be better than their own.
Ah Hua, Ah Huang, what a nice name, it's really a waste to give you two such a good name. He often squatted in the corner of the temple and looked at a dog and a chicken lying on the ground, and vented his dissatisfaction at them.
Every time the response is Ah Hua's clucking, and there is a wet back of the hand that is licked by Ah Huang.
There is no one else to ask about the second dog of the law, I can only find my master again, why don't I have the name of the law?
Master is also very helpless in this matter, when the abbot wanted you to give a law name, he thought about it for a long time, and in the end he didn't come up with a suitable law name, and the abbot later felt that it was too brain-consuming, and after thinking about it, it was better not to use the law name at all. I didn't give you a legal name. It's good to call you Ergou.
Ergou asked Master again, it took so much effort to come up with a legal name, and in the end, it couldn't be repaid, why was it so casual to name me.
How can it be said that it is arbitrary, this name was also given to you by the abbot after thinking about it for a long time, and this name has a lot to do with Ah Huang. Master began to talk again.
It's really a coincidence, when Ah Huang's mother was inexplicably pregnant, she gave birth to Ah Huang inexplicably, and the abbot inexplicably picked you up that day, you are not out of the size of a full moon, and the child wants to drink milk, but this is a temple, where is there milk to feed you, coincidentally, Ah Huang's mother gave birth to Ah Huang, and the milk was extraordinarily sufficient, so the remaining milk was used to feed you, so you and Ah Huang can be said to have grown up eating a mother's milk. The two of you are like brothers, so the abbot thinks that since this is the case, it is better to call you Ergou.
Ergou is a little anxious, that, that, then why is it called Ah Huang, my name is Ergou.
Master said, because it's yellow.
The long yellow is called Huang, so why didn't the abbot call it a big dog at that time, even if it is named a big dog, two dogs, so it is appropriate. Ergou felt some grievances in his heart.
The master said, "That's not good, Ah Huang's mother calls the big dog, and if Ah Huang calls the big dog again, it will be disrespectful and unethical." That's unfilial piety.
Ergou had no more rebuttals. Resigned to fate, admit it.
The master came over, touched the little bald head of the second dog and said, it's okay, little second dog, it may be a little early to say it now, maybe you can't understand it, but in the future you will understand, about the name, it's just a mark, don't care too much, as for you don't have a law name, don't be sad, the abbot brother said, you have a law name now, the result will be the same in the future, you won't need the law name.
How could the abbot know about my future? Could the abbot be an immortal? Ergou was very excited.
No. Master's words made Ergou a little disappointed. The abbot can pinch and calculate, and tell your fortune.
How's that, what's going on? How's my life? Isn't it good?
The master glanced at Ergou and said with a smile, "You can ask the abbot and senior brother if you don't know."
Ergou's eyes suddenly appeared in front of the abbot's smiling appearance, and suddenly a spirit was excited, and he directly dispelled his desire to go to the abbot to ask questions.