The Dharma Sea of ​​the Green Snake

Chapter 15 The Buddha's Heart

"How does it feel...just like her home?"

The voice suddenly sounded from behind Pei Wende not only startled him, but also expressed his inner thoughts.

"Obviously just an ordinary pilgrim, but he knows the situation of the wing rooms in the temple like the back of his hand."

"In addition, they deliberately chose to come to Mulian Temple at dusk, which shows that they are frequent visitors to this temple."

Accompanied by an elegant and easy-going tone, the handsome and extraordinary monk Hui Ji slowly opened the door of the wing and appeared in front of Pei Wende.

"A group of young girls appeared strangely in a nearly deserted temple, and there were signs of permanent residence."

"Xiao Langjun, do you also think this is strange?"

It was obviously the first time we met, but the familiarity shown by Hui Ji gave Pei Wende a strange sense of intimacy.

"you are?"

He didn't answer Huiji's question directly, because Pei Wende had already realized that these girls were not as simple as they appeared on the surface as early as the first time he saw them.

Compared with the secrets hidden in this temple, Pei Wende is now more curious about what the monk in front of him does.

According to what the old abbot said before, the monk just passed by here, and then chose to spend the night in this temple because he was tired and thirsty.

But judging from the current situation, this monk who suddenly appeared seemed not as simple as he imagined.

Especially after noticing that the ring finger and little finger of the monk's left hand were incomplete, Wen Wende felt that he might meet an "expert".

In some martial arts novels of Pei Wende's previous life, there was a widely circulated saying that the last people to provoke in the world are old people, children, and women.

In this real world where there are ghosts and ghosts, monks and priests, especially monks and priests at the level of "heavenly missing", are the ones who really need to be careful.

Because you never know whether the disabilities on these monks and priests were left when they slayed demons, or they were specially created for the sake of vows.

"Little monk Huiji came here from Jizhou, Jiangxi to look for someone."

Seemingly seeing Pei Wende's inadvertent guard, Hui Ji explained clearly.

"Passing by here, I found that this temple seems to be 'unknown', so I found an excuse to stay here."

Listening to Hui Ji's explanation with black lines all over his face, Pei Wende once again felt a certain familiarity from the other party.

"If I remember correctly, monks should not tell lies!"

Speaking the interrogative sentence in an affirmative tone, Wen Wende was not asking Huiji back, but emphasizing the precepts of Buddhism.

The five precepts of Buddhism, no killing, no stealing, no sexual misconduct, no lying, and no drinking.

Even people like Pei Wende who have not become monks know it clearly, so as a serious monk, what Huiji said before is obviously a violation of the precepts.

"The five precepts of Buddhism were established by the predecessors to guide people to be good and persuade all living beings."

With a slight smile on the corner of her mouth, Huiji looked at Pei Wende in front of her, and also felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity from him.

"However, the existence of commandments is only a means, not an end."

"If you do great good, if you do great good, you need to keep your purpose in mind, not rigidly stick to the precepts."

"If not, if you follow the rules and you can escape from rebirth, then it would be too easy to practice and become a Buddha in this world."

Although he didn't explicitly say "I lied to do good deeds", the meaning revealed in Huiji's words made Pei Wende finally understand where the familiarity of the other party came from.

[Old monk? 】

Yes, Huiji's disdain for tradition and classics at this moment is exactly the same as Chan Master Lingyou.

In other words, these two belong to the kind of unworldly mad monks who not only see through the turmoil of the world of mortals, but also see through Buddhist precepts and scriptures.

"The wine and meat have passed through the intestines, and the Buddha's heart remains."

After hearing Pei Wende's whispered words, Huiji's eyes lit up immediately.

"Good poetry, good poetry! It seems that you also know this truth!"

"However, there is a prerequisite for this poem, that is, the monk who does this must be a master with a very high level of Buddhism and a heart of great compassion."

"Doing this without knowing the reason is tantamount to persuading people to fall into the devil's way."

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"Wine and meat have passed through the intestines, but the Buddha will keep it in his heart?"

Inside the Daxiong Hall of Mulian Temple, under the seat of the Buddhas of the third generation, the old abbot who had just arranged for the little lady of the Li family to stay couldn't help muttering to himself.

"What a 'wine and meat pass through the intestines, and the Buddha will keep it in his heart'!"

The voice was neither happy nor sad, but the old abbot's eyes gradually became sharper in the process.

Like a tiger coming out of the gate, the sharper eyes made the old abbot no longer have the kindness and kindness before, replaced by a kind of domineering without anger.

"Yuande!"

Hearing his master's call, Yuande, who had been meditating silently outside the Daxiong Palace, immediately got up and walked behind old Fangzheng.

"Master?"

Just like other ordinary monks, Yuande also looks like a young man who is not too old.

But from his bony body and piercing eyes, it can be seen that this is an ascetic monk following the way of asceticism.

It is the so-called ascetic monk who uses physical pain to hone the spirit and will, and seeks the detachment of thinking and realm.

"Yuande, how many years has it been since I adopted you from the refugees?"

Nodding his head slightly to salute, Yuande said slowly in his highly recognizable voice.

"The disciple was lonely since he was a child, and his parents died. He fled here with his elders in his hometown ten years ago."

"Fortunately, Master adopted him. Not only did he survive by luck, but now he has found his way home."

Looking at Yuande in a daze, the old abbot murmured in a tone of emotion or relief.

"It turns out that ten years have passed since then, and you are already this old."

Suddenly, the domineering old abbot seemed to have turned back into that kind-hearted old man, and his tone was much softer.

"Yuande, I have never asked you to do anything in the past ten years..."

"But this time, I want you to do me a favor."

Nodding without hesitation, Yuande gave an affirmative answer without even asking the old abbot what he wanted to do.

"A teacher for a day, a father for life."

"Wherever the master asks and wishes, even if it is going up the mountain of swords or down into the sea of ​​fire, the disciple will die."

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(End of this chapter)