My Ancient Stepson Bootcamp

Chapter 121 What Doubts

Today is the pilgrimage meeting. The main task of the eminent monks in the temple is to pray for blessings and teach the Dharma. If the believers have questions, the monks cannot refuse, so Lin Shuran dared to call out to stop the two of them.

"What is the question of the female benefactor?" The great monk and the white-haired old man looked at each other, and then looked at Lin Shuran at the same time.

"Don't blame the two masters for asking for advice rashly. I'm afraid it will take some time for you. Why don't you sit in the meditation room so that I can explain the questions in my heart in detail so as to listen to the two masters' opinions." Lin Shuran sincerely begged.

"This—" the great monk hesitated, at this time Hong Gu also came out, and she also bowed to the two old men, and seeing her appearing next to Lin Shuran, the white-haired old man was obviously taken aback, and then his eyes widened. After a flash of understanding, the eyes looking at Lin Shuran became extremely interested.

The white-haired old man laughed, and said: "Let that person wait a moment, let's first hear what doubts this girl has. Didn't she say that all living beings are equal, and if so, they should be treated the same."

Seeing what the old man said, the great monk had no choice but to agree, thinking that the person he was going to meet would not blame him, so he and the old man followed Lin Shuran into the meditation room where Princess Xiqing lived before.

As soon as he entered the meditation room, the white-haired old man narrowed his eyes sharply. He swept around the meditation room without any trace, and then took a fixed look behind the screen.

Lin Shuran seemed to be aware of the abnormality of the white-haired old man. Seeing him looking behind the screen, she immediately asked them to sit down on the futon with their backs to the screen, and then she sat down on the front while Hong Gu poured three cups of fragrant tea.

"Female benefactor, you can talk now!" The great monk seemed to be in a hurry to do other things, he wanted to answer Lin Shuran's doubts quickly.

Lin Shuran seemed to have heard footsteps not far away, and there seemed to be quite a few people. With a smile on her face, she said to the two old men: "I have heard a Buddhist gatha, but I still can't understand it. , this gatha says: "Buddha is in the Lingshan, don't seek far away, the Lingshan is only in your heart. Everyone has a Lingshan Pagoda, so you can cultivate under the Lingshan Pagoda." Dare to ask the master, if it is really like what this gatha said "Lingshan is only in your heart", so what is the meaning of this pilgrimage to the Buddha? People believe in Buddhism as long as they are in their hearts. Today, some people even travel thousands of miles to come here, so what is the meaning?"

Faced with Lin Shuran's question, the two old men were surprised and fell silent for a moment. They never thought that Lin Shuran could say such profound Zen words.

"May I ask who said this gatha to the benefactor?" The great monk asked sincerely. The person who can say these words must be a high-spirited monk.

Lin Shuran smiled wryly and said: "I also heard about it by accident, but after hearing it, I couldn't figure it out. When I ran into the master today, it was also driven by my heart, so I wanted to ask the master."

This gatha was said by a Zen Master Wuchao in the famous book "Journey to the West" that Lin Shuran had read. It was originally a fictitious character, and she couldn't explain it clearly when she said it.

The great monk nodded his head lightly, recalled the four verses Lin Shuran said carefully, and said with emotion: "The person who can say this must be a person with a pure heart. The heart is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the Buddha." It’s the heart, if a person doesn’t cultivate his heart well, no matter how much money he spends and how many scriptures he recites, it’s useless.”

"That's right, that's right!" The white-haired old man also interjected, "Too many people in this world go to the Buddha for help when they encounter something, but they never think that they have to solve the problem by themselves. These people are all fools, they don't know where the real Buddha is, and what they are worshiping, they just want to let the gods and Buddhas protect them."

"Do the two masters mean that people in this world should seek their hearts and not Buddhas, rather than seeking Buddhas but not their hearts, so what is 'heart'?" Lin Shuran continued to ask.

The great monk pondered for a moment, then looked at Lin Shuran with deep and generous eyes and answered her: "The so-called 'heart' should be a person's character, virtue, education and ability to deal with things. To be kind and benevolent, to treat others should be kind and benevolent. Tolerant and magnanimous, to be pure and upright, to be content and always happy, to care for all beings, to be merciful, to be filial to a son, to be loyal to a minister, to be a husband, to be chaste..."

"Bang——" At this moment, the door of Hong Gu's room was kicked open brutally, and then a group of people broke into the room, and then someone shouted loudly, " The servant just saw that villain enter this room!"

Princess Ling led her daughter, Princess Kerou, daughter-in-law Qi Rouer, and Gu Xiruo into the room together. She was in an imposing posture at first, but when she stepped in, she found Lin Shuran sitting there, still standing in front of her. There are two old men in monk's robes.

"What's going on? Mrs. Xu, why are you here? This is not—" Princess Kerou looked at Lin Shuran in disbelief. This is obviously Princess Xiqing's meditation room, so how could someone else be here.

"Isn't it impolite for you to break into other people's meditation rooms?" Lin Shuran pretended to be displeased and got up, first apologized to the two old men, then stood up straight and faced Princess Ling and her group, puzzled He asked eagerly, "Today is the Long'an Temple pilgrimage meeting. What is the purpose of Princess Ling bringing such a large group of people in?"

Princess Ling glared at her daughter and daughter-in-law first, then immediately resumed the haughty look of a royal daughter-in-law, then glanced at the two old men who were still sitting on the futon, her eyes flashed contemptuously, and finally she looked at Lin Shuran coldly and replied: " It's nothing, just now someone saw a villain breaking into the female guest's meditation room in the backyard of the temple. This courtyard is full of female relatives from various prefectures. My concubine is worried that the villain will commit murder, so I want to arrest that person. Only my concubine heard This meditation room was originally the residence of Princess Xiqing of the Palace of the Qing Dynasty, why is Mrs. Xu here? Where is Princess Xiqing?"

"I don't know why Princess Ling is looking for me?" At this moment, Princess Xiqing came out from another Zen room. It would be even more strange if she didn't show up with such a big commotion here. Now she has stabilized her mind and kept going. The face came naturally.

"Zhao Xiqing, what are you doing..." Princess Kerou was shocked when she saw Princess Xiqing coming out of another room. Regardless of everyone's eyes, she ran to the Zen room and searched around, but looked disappointed again from inside. walked out.

Princess Xiqing saw her unwilling expression, and said in a cold tone: "Your Prince Ling's Mansion is really well-bred, you can break into other people's meditation room without saying hello, don't forget, this is not the queen's mansion of your mansion. The house, the pure place of Buddhism, is it a place where you can mess around!"

(End of this chapter)