Acting as a god and Buddha: starting from Guanzi

Chapter 109 One Story, Two Endings
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"Little Master, how did you sleep last night?"

Meng Yuan opened the door and saw that shopkeeper Qi was rinsing his mouth with a willow branch, neatly dressed.

"Is Shopkeeper Qi leaving today?"

"That's right, there's nothing the traveling merchant can do. He will leave after his fast in the morning. The next time will be three months later."

The two chatted for a while and then went to the dining hall together. The monks ate very simple food, such as porridge, pickles, steamed buns, etc., and they were talking with each other in low voices, which was much more normal than the scene Meng Yuan saw last night. .

Meng Yuan saw Abbot Yuanhai, said hello gently and found a place to sit down.

Miss Zhou told him that he couldn't eat meat, and couldn't see or smell it. I'm afraid the consequences of seeing and smelling it would be the extreme hunger last night. As for the consequences of eating it, he would probably become like those monks.

But looking at the monks in the temple at this moment, there is nothing unusual. If it is hidden, it is impossible for everyone to hide it from his eyes. This Ahan Temple must hide a huge secret.

Is day and night the dividing line?A completely different Agama Temple.

As for whether it is true or not, I will find out after watching it tonight, but Meng Yuan still has to prepare some vegetarian food, so he asked the master in the dining hall for some steamed buns and went back to the room.

Shopkeeper Qi left with the guys in the camel team, and the melodious sound of camel bells wafted across the barren land, just like when he came.

As one of the three temples of Wanfazong 330, Ahan Temple is the oldest temple in Dayan Kingdom. Naturally, the heritage of the temple is not shallow. The huge buildings and various merit monuments all highlight the glorious past.

Walking in it, Meng Yuan met disciples in the temple who called each other brothers and asked about the history of various historical sites. They got along very harmoniously.

"Brother, this is the patriarch of Ahan Temple, right?"

There is a stone statue in the backyard of Agama Temple. It is a monk holding a scripture in hand and looking up. At his feet is an ugly demon. It is obviously just a stone statue, but it gives people an aura of looking down on all living beings and dominating the world.

The cleaning monk at the side responded immediately: "Brother guessed right, this depicts the patriarch of this temple holding scriptures to subdue demons, and the patriarch has already ascended to bliss after he has achieved perfection."

Ascension to bliss?

Meng Yuan frowned, but he knew what the so-called Buddha Kingdom of Ultimate Bliss was like, or that patriarch was taken as a disciple by a certain Buddhist master?

"You still don't know the name of your ancestor?"

"Oh, the name of the patriarch is Ahanaya, and this temple is built in the name of the patriarch."

Ahanaya Meng Yuan wrote down the name.

Then even if you want to know about the deeds of this patriarch, it's just that the time is too long, it has been more than a thousand years ago, even a real person in the Nascent Soul Realm will be turned into a dead bone in the tomb under the power of time.

Under the narration of the monk, the patriarch has been completely deified.

It is rumored that he traveled millions of miles from the Hengsha Sumeru realms in the western wilderness, brought Buddhism to the southern wilderness, established the Ahan Temple, preached scriptures, subdued demons and eliminated demons, and finally, on the day of success, the sky was full of flowers, and the ground was full of golden lotuses. The golden light descends from the sky to guide the Patriarch.

As for the specific deeds of this patriarch, I don't know, and it is impossible to tell the truth from the legends heard by the disciples, but it is probably certain that the patriarch is a foreigner.

And Meng Yuan noticed that the Ahan Temple was extremely brilliant more than a thousand years ago, but now it has declined so much. There are only a hundred disciples in the temple, and there are few people in this bitter cold place. What happened in the middle?
Meng Yuan asked the disciple, and he also said he didn't know. After all, in his opinion, Ahan Temple is well-known as one of the 330 temples of Wanfazong, so it can't be regarded as a poor family.

"The poor monk has heard from my master about this." A figure came from a distance.

"Abbot."

"Well, since Zen Master Miao E is interested in the past of this temple, as compensation, let the poor monk explain a thing or two to you." Abbot Yuanhai said.

Meng Yuan smiled and said: "Thank you, Abbot. After listening to what this senior brother said, the poor monk has indeed become interested in your temple."

The two said as they walked: "Actually, all the Buddhism in Nanhuang originated from my Ahan Temple. The patriarch came from the west to receive the Buddhist decree. After more than [-] years, he built hundreds of Buddhist temples and became the sect of ten thousand Dharma. His merits and virtues are complete."

"Patriarch Ah Han's merits are immeasurable. At that time, there was indeed an envoy who came to guide the patriarch to go to the Buddha Land of Ultimate Bliss to achieve the golden body and righteous fruit. It's just that the patriarch couldn't let go of all sentient beings and refused to go. This angered the envoy and thought that the patriarch was arrogant. Respecting the Dharma, I want to forcibly take away the Patriarch."

"At that time, all the monks were extremely frightened. However, all the monks in Agama Temple respected the Patriarch and came to help one after another. Disciples from other temples also extended a helping hand. They all fought against the messenger. But at the last moment, the Patriarch was betrayed by the others. , the eminent monks of our Agama Temple were almost extinct and fell into decline.”

Meng Yuan immediately sighed: "So it's so sad."

"Abbott, are those who betrayed Patriarch Ahan still alive today?"

Yuan Hai's eyes showed a cold light: "Naturally, the patriarch established a hundred temples back then, but four out of ten of the traitors took away many ancient books from my temple, and through this development, they have now become important Buddhist temples in the Wanfa Sect."

"Landa Temple?"

Yuan Hai nodded slightly: "That's one of them."

At the beginning, Agama Temple was truly the leader of the Buddhist sect in the Southern Wilderness. The cultivation of the founder was unfathomable and there were dozens and hundreds of Yuan Ying and Jin Dan disciples. However, Landa Temple and others stabbed people in the back at that critical moment, repaying kindness with hatred. But now It is ironic that it has become a famous Buddhist holy place in Wanfa Sect.

The two talked a lot and learned a lot about the past history of Ahan Temple. In the past period of time, Ahan Temple was directly kicked out of Wanfazong, and then it was restored.

And because the Agama Temple is located in a desolate and cold place, there are almost no believers. Most people don't know that there is an ancient Buddhist temple in such a place.

"So you say Patriarch Agama was taken away back then?"

Yuan Hai nodded: "However, Patriarch should ascend to bliss. It's just that we and other younger disciples are incompetent, hurt the face of Patriarch, can't clear up those evil obstacles, spread Buddhism, and can only linger here."

"Excellent! All the eminent monks can make Agama Temple still exist in the world and leave traces of Patriarch Agama. It is already a great achievement. If the evil does not suppress the good, one day, all living beings will remember the merits of Patriarch Agama." Meng Yuan said.

Unknowingly, the two of them had been talking all afternoon.

Boom!Boom!Boom!The drum sounded, and Yuan Hai came back to his senses and said: "The most ruthless thing in this world is time and time. Unknowingly, it's dusk, and it's time to do good. Please, Zen Master Miao E."

Meng Yuan was a little alert. The feeling of drowsiness just now made him feel a little tired. He turned sideways and said, "Abbott, please forgive me. I have been listening to stories all afternoon today. I am not hungry yet and I dare not waste your temple's food."

"Hey, Zen Master Miao E is being polite, if you don't eat, you will be hungry at night."

Will be hungry?Could it be that Abbot Yuanhai knows the strangeness of this meat?
Yuan Hai dragged Meng Yuan to the dining hall, and the strong smell of meat was already coming to his nostrils.

This surprised him slightly. Sure enough, the Agama Temple would be different during the day and at night.

At the dinner table, Abbot Yuanhai and Meng Yuan sat opposite each other. Both of them had a bowl full of meat in front of them. The meat was full of color, flavor, and very tempting.

"Abbot, won't the monks in the temple get tired of eating these meats every day?"

Yuan Haizheng put a piece of meat into his mouth, chewed a few mouthfuls and swallowed it. Hearing this, he said with a smile: "You are a newcomer, and you have never experienced the desolation and coldness here. To resist this difficult environment for a long time."

"So that's the case, then why didn't your temple move out of this place?"

Yuan Hai was a little stunned: "Oh? Didn't the poor monk tell the Zen master?"

Meng Yuan shook his head.

"It's strange. I remember when I talked to the Zen Master about the Patriarch in the afternoon, the evil thing fell from the sky and was suppressed by the Patriarch and the eminent monks in the temple. It was under this Agama Temple and the Agama Temple was almost destroyed, so we can't wait. leave."

Meng Yuan felt weird in his heart at this moment. Yuan Hai seemed to not remember that he had never told him about this. Moreover, didn't Agama Temple decline because Landuo Temple and other backstabbing master Agama were taken away? ?
Why does the current abbot Yuanhai say that he fell because of suppressing demons?
This gave Meng Yuan the feeling that there were two Agama temples.

"Zen Master Miao E, eat quickly, it won't taste good if it gets cold." Yuan Hai reminded.

Meng Yuan pretended to move his chopsticks, but asked: "Abbot, I like Patriarch Ahan and the history of the temple very much, and I plan to compile it into a book after returning to South China Sea, but I can't remember some of the details. Say one more thing?"

Yuan Hai readily agreed when he heard the words: "It's easy to say, easy to say, this is a matter of immeasurable merit, there is no reason for a poor monk to refuse."

"The patriarch came from the west under the command of the Buddha. After more than [-] years, he built hundreds of Buddhist temples and became the sect of ten thousand dharmas. His merits and virtues were perfect. At that time, an envoy came and said that he would bring the patriarch into the world of ultimate bliss to become a golden body and a true fruit."

This is exactly the same as what Yuanhai said in the afternoon, but what he said immediately after is quite different.

"The patriarch was very happy at that time and invited all the disciples of the Buddhist temple to watch the ceremony. According to records, all the monks were looking forward to it that day. A huge world appeared in the sky, and all kinds of beauties were in it, which made people intoxicated."

"The Patriarch Seal accepted the invitation of the messenger and prepared to ascend to bliss. Unexpectedly, he saw through the trick of the messenger at the last moment. It turned out to be a peerless demon!"

"The so-called Paradise is just a false illusion. When the envoys saw the flaw, they immediately went on a killing spree. Their power was extremely terrifying. They were gods and monsters. Countless disciples died in its hands, and our Southern Wilderness Buddhism was almost extinct. situation."

"In the end, it was the Patriarch who sacrificed himself to suppress the messenger under the Agama Temple. Therefore, we have always shouldered the responsibility of guarding and cannot leave."

When Meng Yuan heard this, he felt extremely weird in his heart. There were two different endings. One was that Patriarch Agama was taken away by the envoys to become Zhengguo due to the backstabbing by Landa Temple and others.

One is that the envoy is actually a peerless demon, which was suppressed by Ahan Patriarch and his disciples under this Ahan Temple for generations.

Which one is true and which one is false?Why did Yuan Hai speak completely different words during the day and at night?
　There are two more chapters to be released in the afternoon.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)