There is a city in Luzhou called Xilu City. It is located in the east of the Xuezhu Mountains, surrounded by the perennial autumn weather, it is the weather of the Xilu City next to the Xilu Mountain, there is a Leiyin Temple on the top of the mountain, there is a handsome monk in the temple has been sweeping the floor, the roots of the hair have faded, there is some righteousness between the eyebrows, looking about twenty years old.

He swept the scripture hall, and sometimes wiped the bookshelves. But the ground is really clean and there is not a trace of dust. But he still kept sweeping, and he never got tired of it.

"Senior Brother Pu Neng, the abbot has called you to the Dharma Hall!" a monk of about thirty years old said respectfully to the little junior brother. He doesn't seem to be very old, his troubles are sparse, and he has some attainments in Buddhism, but he is far from being able to do so. Buddhism accepts disciples, and they all nurture one generation after another, and they only look at the generation. This little disciple is the youngest monk in the temple, and the last Buddhist disciple of their generation. Maybe the uncles and uncles will take in more apprentices later, but that will have to wait until a few years later.

Pu Neng is an orphan whose hometown is in a small town in the south of Luzhou, and was brought back to the temple eight years ago by the temple's master Beihong.

Eight years ago, Pu Neng was twelve years old, did not steal or rob, and made a living by collecting medicine, although he could not eat enough and wear no warmth, so he could survive. When Master Beihong went to Luzhou to travel, he happened to meet him collecting medicine and was in distress, and the monks were compassionate, so they naturally would not see death and not save him, and relieved him of the siege, but Pu Neng did not say that he had nothing to repay him now, and if he did something in the future, he would definitely repay the grace of saving his life. This is called making a wish in Buddhism, and I have formed a great relationship with Master Beihong.

So Beihong took him back to the temple, and sure enough, Pu Neng was gifted, and his comprehension of Buddhism was very strong, and he realized Buddhism in just seven years, and his troubles were gone, and he officially became a Buddhist family.

At present, Buddhism is generally known to have seven realms: the knotted monk, the sweeping monk, the enlightened monk, the sutra-holding monk, the Bodhi monk, the bodhisattva, and the king Buddha.

The so-called knotted monk is to have the fate of Buddhism, but not the depth of Buddhism. These monks need to understand the Buddhist scriptures, and every time they have enlightenment, the Dharma is more profound, and the hair fades. When the troubles are gone, he will naturally be a real Buddhist disciple.

Pu Neng bowed respectfully, and the middle-aged monk hurriedly responded.

"Senior brother, don't torture me, you don't know how much more profound the Dharma than me, and you may achieve the bodhisattva status in the future, but I don't dare to keep this ceremony. You'd better go and see the abbot. ”

"Senior brother is polite, I'll go. And no one can say for sure what will happen in the future, senior brother, don't kill me. Pu Neng smiled slightly, quite helpless.

Pu Neng held the rosary in his hand, silently thinking about the meaning of the abbot in his heart.

When I came to the Dharma Hall, I saw the monk with long eyebrows. The long-eyebrow monk is called Sadness Stone, and he is the senior brother of Master Beihong and the eldest brother of Buddhism.

The sad stone sat on the futon, chanting Buddhist scriptures, and his voice was insignificant. Pu Neng bowed respectfully.

"Abbot, I wonder what you called me for?"

"Hehe, let's sit down first," Sadness Stone pointed to a futon beside him and continued: "Guess it, it's the foot monk I told you before." This generation has the greatest hope of serving as the foot walker of this generation. The rest of us old monks are not very optimistic. "The sad stone is kind and kind, and the rosary keeps turning, but it gives people a feeling of slowness.

Even with a temperament like Pu Neng, he can't help but be a little nervous.

Foot monks, one generation after another, their duty is to spread the Dharma externally and accumulate merit internally. That is to say, once Pu Neng becomes an official foot monk, he has to leave the Lei Yin Monastery and walk the world, spreading the Dharma externally and accumulating merit for the Buddhist family internally. But there can only be one person in a generation, and naturally it is not so simple.

After becoming a foot monk, you are not allowed to participate in the Dharma, and the inability to comprehend the Dharma here means that you cannot use the things in the Dharma in your own practice, such as chanting sutras to meditate and teach the Dharma to others. But you can only recite, you can't understand, once you break the vows, you can't make an inch of cultivation for life.

But when the footed monk walks, when he teaches the Dharma, when he gets married, he realizes all the time.

Moreover, the footwalkers are real monks who can look to higher places. Now the sad stone, looking at the ceiling, can only see the majesty of the king Buddha, but can not see the spire of the floating tower.

But the foot monk can, although it is difficult and dangerous, there is hope for it. Therefore, Pu Neng was very excited, and after eight years of practice, he understood very well how great the Wang Buddha was and how extensive the Dharma was.

"Tomorrow, if you order the mole in your eyebrows, you will go down the mountain directly, don't go to Xilu City, go to the south for a walk, and then go north, don't stay in the South China Sea. The voice of the sad stone was still so quiet, but what he said made Pu Neng very puzzled.

But Pu Neng didn't ask too much, just solemnly bowed, and then withdrew from the Dharma Hall. Time is pressing, and he has to say goodbye to his master, uncle, brother and brother as soon as possible.

The next day, under the witness of the monks, Pu Neng was pointed to the mole in the center of the eyebrows by the abbot, and the abbot also called his lay name and asked him not to take the initiative to erase the mole in the center of the eyebrows.

"Zhou Bulong, from today onwards, you will use the Dharma name Pu Neng, and you will become a foot monk, a Buddha, and a longevity for all sentient beings. Then he drove him down the mountain.

The foot monk of the previous generation was his master, Master Beihong, but he didn't even have any experience with Pu Neng, but just asked him to see more and do more, and not to violate the precepts.

So Zhou Bulong became a foot monk of Leiyin Temple.

Luzhou is not big, and it didn't take long for Pu Neng to walk to the county seat near the Qianqing River. In fact, his mood is very uneasy, he has not been out much since he entered the monastery eight years ago. At the age of twelve, he was a stubborn orphan, with no elders and no one to rely on. These eight years have been like a dream to him.

Now that he has re-entered the world, it is as if he was in a dream.

It is not an exaggeration to say that he walked in a muddy manner at the ferry, and the noisy cries and bright streets blinded his eyes and ears and robbed him of his mind. Until he meets two teenagers.

"Master, how do you look around when you walk, but you have to watch your feet, don't fall. It was the younger boy who spoke, and I saw that his eyebrows were clear, his face was elegant, and he was naturally clear.

Pu Neng hurriedly reined in his posture, folded his hands and saluted: "What this little benefactor reminds is that the little monk has just not gone out for a long time and has never seen such a lively scene, which makes the two of them laugh." ”

The two teenagers also returned the salute, and they were naturally Alan and Tu Fengnian. They arrived in Luzhou this morning, and although Luzhou is not as rich in food as Yuzhou, it is the capital of the South China Sea, and the weather is peculiar, there are almost no changes in the four seasons, and the further west you go, the more the autumn weather becomes.

And August 15 happens to be the Qingqiu Festival, which means that the Qingqiu Festival will start in just three days. So the two of them planned to stay for a few days to see the full autumn moon.

Zhou Bulong and the two talked a little bit, and found that they had similar temperaments, so they found a tavern nearby, and the three of them enjoyed the night lights and talked about each other.