The Strange Tales of Tokyo Monk

How old is it, yet it starts talking about feelings like humans. This is definitely not conducive to its practice!

"But, I still want to chat with the master..."

Xiaoqing twisted her body but was unable to escape from the clutches of the mountain rabbit.

"You can talk about this another time." Yamausagi had a stern face, an expression that said there was no room for negotiation.

"Sister Yamauti, I want to ask you a question." A hint of cunning flashed in Xiaoqing's eyes.

"You should call me the Mountain Rabbit King!" The Mountain Rabbit patted Xiaoqing's head in dissatisfaction.

"But now you don't even have a mountain..." Xiaoqing murmured softly. Seeing that Shantu was about to get angry again, she quickly added: "How about I call you Sister Bai?"

"Sister Bai... Hehe, Sister Bai... Ahem, it's not impossible... When I take back the forest, you still have to call me the Mountain Rabbit King."

Yamausagi tried her best to prop up her body, wanting to make her sister look taller.

"My dear sister Bai, tell me, what kind of emotion did you have when you stopped me from chatting with the master just now?"

Xiaoqing wrapped her body around Shantu's arms, moved around her shoulders, and whispered gently into her ear.

Shantu trembled slightly, stretched out his hand to push Xiaoqing's head away, and said with a stern face: "Just talk, don't get so close."

Xiaoqing responded softly, then shrank back and rested her head on the mountain rabbit's shoulder.

"Hehe, Xiaoqing's words 'my sister Bai' are so beautiful."

Yamausagi felt indescribably comfortable in his heart, and his mouth was almost grinning.

Fortunately, she came to her senses in time and began to think about Xiaoqing's question just now.

"That's an emotion of concern, Xiaoqing. I care about you. Stopping you is also a way of caring." Yamaguchi thought he had given a good answer.

Xiaoqing nodded and said, "Sister Bai, you should work hard on your cultivation from now on instead of wasting your time and talent."

Yamausagi's heart skipped a beat, and just as he was about to retort, Xiaoqing said, "Although this may sound unpleasant, it is also a way for me to care about you."

"..."

Yamausagi suddenly felt that he had nothing to refute.

"Quack."

The magic frog, which had been keeping silent with its eyes closed, also made a sound in agreement with Xiaoqing's remarks.

"……you!"

Yamausagi's cheeks puffed up with anger, and he finally stopped talking.

He also didn't allow Xiaoqing and the magic frog to speak again.

The surroundings suddenly became quiet. Pinggong Qianye smiled but didn't say anything.

He just felt that it was really interesting tonight as he was actually sitting in the mountain children's nest, chatting with them and discussing Buddhism.

All sentient beings in the world can be saved.

Buddha, what kind of compassion and broad mind must one have to be able to accommodate everything in this world?

Pinggong Qianye felt something in his heart, and quietly closed his eyes, trying to comprehend the rare opportunity to practice.

In spiritual practice, cultivation and practice should always be given equal importance, rather than just sitting in an ancient temple, closing your eyes and chanting scriptures.

Cultivation and practice are different after all.

Only by going out for a walk can you gain some enlightenment.

The moonlight in the sky passed through the clouds and flowed like water.

Beside Pinggong Chiye, within half an arm's length, the moon doll's dry and rough body was nourished by the moonlight and gradually became fuller.

Snapped.

It stood up straight, shook its head, and moved its limbs, like a newborn baby just adapting to its own body.

The sulking mountain rabbit saw this scene, let go of Xiaoqing in his hand, and began to stick his head out again, staring at the moon doll that was moving its body with blinking eyes.

There seemed to be an aura that made her feel close, emanating from the doll.

Chapter 117: Master Liansheng, can he also marry and have children?

In the dead of night, the forest was silent and deserted, and a ray of moonlight hung down like the Milky Way.

After the moon doll gradually adapted to its own body, it tilted its head back, looked at the bright moon in the sky, and opened its mouth to inhale.

The moonlight was swallowed into its stomach like a white silk thread, and a small moon was born in its stomach, making its whole body emit a little silvery light.

Pinggong Qianye also slowly opened his eyes and looked at the scene in front of him. This method of cultivation was similar to the moon-swallowing toad's swallowing of the moon.

Was it the inspiration that Yaezakura Jingu got from the Moon-Eating Toad?

This approach is ultimately too radical.

Fortunately, the moon doll only swallowed a mouthful and did not continue to attract the moonlight.

It glanced at the surroundings, then walked to Pinggong Qianye, straightened its body, and put its hands on its hips, as if wanting Pinggong Qianye to see what it looked like now.

Faintly, Hiramiya Chiye seemed to see Jingu Yaezakura shrinking her body and fitting perfectly into the moon doll in front of her.

Proud and high-spirited is a very suitable adjective for it.

People often say that only by wearing a mask can a person truly reveal his or her true heart. Isn't the moon doll in front of us the mask of Yaezakura Jingu?

Pinggong Chiye looked carefully for a while, as if through the moon doll, he saw Jingu Yaezakura sitting on the osmanthus tree with a smile on her face and her chin slightly raised.

"Have you adapted yet?"

Pinggong Qianye stretched out his hand, and the moon doll jumped and landed on his palm. It nodded but did not speak.

"Still can't speak?"

The moon doll shook its head and turned its back slightly, as if it didn't want Pinggong Qianye to see its embarrassed look.

But it is just a tree doll woven from osmanthus branches, and you can see the forehead from the back of its head through the gaps in the weaving.

Moreover, its facial features are woven so vaguely that even if it has any expression, it cannot be fully revealed.

Hiramiya Chiye did not ask any further questions, knowing that it was Jingu Yaezakura, who was in charge of controlling the Moon Doll, who was unable to let go and let her emotions replace the Moon Doll.

"What kind of doll is that? It can move by itself?"

The mountain rabbit, who had been secretly observing, finally couldn't help but ask.

Hearing the sound, the Moon Doll raised its head and looked at the mountain rabbit on the magic frog's head. The moonlight gathered in its eyes and stared at the mountain rabbit closely.

From top to bottom, looking back and forth.

Finally, it couldn't help but speak: "This rabbit is so cute, so adorable, I really want to hold it in my arms and touch its ears!"

The voice was clear, pleasant and extremely childish, like the voice of a three or four-year-old girl who had just learned to speak.

It turns out that Jingu Yaezakura was reluctant to speak easily because she was worried about this.

How interesting.

The image of the miniature version of Jingu Yae Sakura inside the moon doll in Chiya Hiramachi's eyes seems to be more concrete.

"Oops!"

The moon doll hurriedly covered its mouth with its hands, but after a while, it released its hands.

Anyway, I will have to adapt to this situation sooner or later, so it doesn’t matter if it’s younger.

“Is this your old voice?”

Pinggong Qianye's light words made the Moon Doll dare not respond. It quickly jumped off the palm of his hand and quickly rushed to the side of the magic frog.

Obviously, what Pinggong Qianye said was right.

The mountain rabbit on the magic frog's head poked its head out and looked down at the moon doll below. The moon doll also raised its head and looked at her.

"Quack."

The magic frog, fearing that it would be affected, said hello first and then continued to rest with its eyes closed.

"Your voice sounds very small, you must be a little girl, right?"

The mountain rabbit felt that he was the king of the mountain and should show his magnanimity.

The moon doll just tilted its head back and opened and closed its mouth a few times, but no sound came out.

Then, under the mountain rabbit's puzzled gaze, the moon doll floated into the air with the help of the moonlight from the sky, higher than the mountain rabbit's ears.

This time, it looked down at the mountain rabbit below with a condescending gaze.

"..."

The mountain rabbit pursed its lips and snorted inwardly, feeling so envious. No, it was so childish.

Huhu.

The moon doll came like a gust of wind, and before the mountain rabbit could react, the moon doll pounced on her back and grabbed her pink and tender rabbit ears with both hands.

"what!"

The mountain rabbit screamed, jumped up from the magic frog, shook its head and body, but it could not get rid of the moon doll behind it.

"Xiaoqing, Xiaoqing, come and help me pull it down!" the mountain rabbit shouted anxiously.

Xiaoqing just looked up at her, then slid down the back of the magic frog, onto the ground, and swam towards where Pinggong Qianye was.

Rather than being with two childish ghosts, she would rather stay with Master Liansheng.

Whether telling stories or reciting Buddhist scriptures, it can make her feel happy from the bottom of her heart.

"Master, can you give me a lecture?"

Xiaoqing's emerald green snake body swam to Pinggong Qianye's feet, raised its head slightly, and spoke in a slightly timid voice.

Pinggong Qianye lowered his head slightly to glance at Xiaoqing, and said with a smile: "Since you are interested in emotional matters, I will tell you how the Buddha dealt with emotional issues."

"Thank you, Master." Xiaoqing bowed from a distance.

"In fact, before Buddha became a Buddha, when he was Prince Siddhartha, he had a queen named Yasodhara..."

Chiya Heimiya began to tell the story between Buddha and Yasodhara in a calm tone.

In fact, many people have a misunderstanding, that is, Buddhist monks and Buddhists are emotionless and are a symbol of abstinence that is detached from worldly emotions.

In fact, this is wrong.

Buddhism does not reject emotions or love, but it emphasizes loving others with compassion and pursuing a love that transcends personal desires, which is a great love for all living beings.

Although there are not many Buddhist practitioners who can truly practice this path, the Buddha has already pointed out the way. Whether or not one can do it, the path is there.

Japan once released an animation called "Buddhist Story", which included a conversation between Buddha and Yasodhara.

Buddha: "Yasodhara, seven years ago I left this house, left you and Rahula. But it was not because I did not love you. My love for you has never changed."

"I believe that no matter how intoxicating it is, love between men and women is ultimately just obsession. If possible, Yasodhara, please give up your obsession and transform the love between you and me into love for all living things..."

Pinggong Qianye speaks slowly, and tells stories like reciting scriptures. There is a power in her voice that can calm people.

The magic frog opened its eyes, and the mountain rabbit and the moon doll stopped fighting temporarily. They all turned their eyes over and listened quietly to the story about Buddha and Yasodhara.

"Finally, under the guidance of the Buddha, Yasodhara attained the state of Arahantship."

This story is not too long. After Pinggong Qianye finished telling it, he continued, "Love, family affection, friendship... all emotions are the same. All sentient beings are born with them. If you can break your attachments, transcend emotions, and not indulge in the whirlpool of lust, then that is the true Buddhist emotion."

Xiaoqing listened very carefully, with a thoughtful gleam in her eyes.

After a long while, Xiao Qing turned to Pinggong Qianye and said, as if she understood, "Does this mean that Master Liansheng will be able to marry and have children in the future?"

"..."

Pinggong Qianye was speechless for a moment. After all he had said and used the examples of Buddha and Yasodhara as examples, how could this green snake only care about whether he could get married and have children?

"can."

Pinggong Qianye was silent for a while, but finally gave his answer.

This is not an unanswerable question.

Xiaoqing's eyes lit up, and when she was about to say something else, a tiger roar came from deep in the jungle.