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Chapter 21

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I stretched my waist and stood up. My aunt had already brought breakfast to the table in the outer room.

Get up! I just got to your grandma's place, and your grandma asked you to go over and have a snack. I said you haven't gotten it yet, so I just took it back for you and just put some porridge in order to make do with it! Get up quickly and wash your face

Why!

After washing up, I sat at the table with a few pieces of peach pastry and cakes on the plate. My aunt had already served me a bowl of sticks of porridge

Push the cake plate in front of me, eat now!

Aunt, you are so nice!

When my aunt heard this, she suddenly blushed, avoided my gaze, acted extremely shy, lowered her head, and started drinking porridge

I was surprised and felt strange. I seemed to have seen this moment before, but I couldn't remember it again!

Well, Chenming, I'll finish eating later. I have to go to the team to study. If you want to go out to play, lock the street door and put the keys there!

Oh, I know!

I thought to myself, Xiaopang asked me to go to him in the afternoon. This morning, I should go around myself, see the surrounding environment, and adapt to the new life

After my aunt finished her meal, she hurried out!

I was still wearing basketball vest shorts, slowly waving my shoes, and put the keys at my grandma's house in the backyard. The two old men were kind-hearted and intimate with me. I felt a little warm in my heart. The warmth from my relatives has been lost to me for too long.

After leaving the door, I walked north along the village road. It turned out that this village was called Dongshifo Village. In the Tang Dynasty, there were large temples in these nearby villages, and the incense was prosperous for a while, especially in the area of ​​more than ten miles apart. There were two large temples. In order to show their devotion to the Buddha, the villagers in the two places worked and paid for it. On the two flat stone cliffs, two statues of Sakyamuni were carved more than ten meters high. The statues of the Buddha in Xishifo Village were Buddha seats, and the statues of the East Shifo Village were Buddha standing. Later, after war and wind and rain erosion, the temples and Buddha statues were basically destroyed in the Ming Dynasty. Until the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, believers and monks rebuilt temples on the original sites of these two places again. Although the scale was inferior to the original one, every time the two stone villages in the east and west were incense meetings and Buddha birthdays, these two places were crowded. Villagers from all over the country would gather here, which was also very lively.

But by the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, it declined again, and the country was like this, let alone a mere Buddhist temple.

Later, anti-feudal and anti-supercreation and other movements came, leaving only a few broken bricks and tiles!

Of course, I learned about these things a long time later

I walked out of the village and followed the path up the mountain. I had unknowingly left the village five or six miles, as if it was not far from the remains of the stone Buddha, so I decided to go and admire it!

I didn't believe in gods and Buddhas before, but my current situation is no longer explained by objective materialism.

It makes people wonder about the mysterious and mysterious thing in the dark

The outline of the village behind me has gone far away. Although the mountain is not high, the path up the mountain has been disrepair for a long time and is gradually becoming narrower and more narrow and withered. Some areas have almost been covered by weeds. I can only follow the traces of the past and slowly walk to the top of the mountain.

Bypassing a few piles of rocks rolling down from the mountain, near the top of the mountain, an empty large platform was displayed. The platform was several thousand square meters and half a football field was as big as a football field. Although the ground was overgrown and most of the stones were broken and damaged, you can vaguely think of the scale at that time. From the steps up, people were facing the west. On the west side of the platform, there was a huge cliff. In the middle of the cliff, there was a huge groove. In the groove, you could also see the outline of the Buddha statue and the dilapidated residual image.

Looking at the Buddha's afterimage hundreds of meters away, a strange sense of solemnity flashed in my mind. I don't know if it was because of the rare visits or for some other reason, my hair was standing up, my palms were covered with sweat, and I felt a hint of chill, as if I was in a temple.

I slowly walked towards the Buddha statue and walked to the vicinity of the Buddha statue. I found that someone had cleaned the open space in front of the Buddha statue. There were no weeds within dozens of square meters, and the potholes were filled. On the stone platform at the foot of the Buddha statue, there was an incense burner. The burning incense ash in the incense burner indicated that someone had come here to worship not long ago.

I can't help but feel a little relieved for the Buddha. For thousands of years, to this day, there are still people here to burn incense and pray!

I thought I should also worship the Buddha here, so I came to the incense burner, and there was a foot square place that was particularly clean. I probably had someone come to worship often, so I knelt down. I didn’t pray in my heart. I quietly closed my hands and closed my eyes, my mind was clear, and the sounds of insects and birds around seemed to have calmed down!

I don’t know how long it took, but I opened my eyes and found that there was an extra person in front of me, a thin little nun wiping the toes of the Buddha’s residual image!

The little nun opened her eyes when she saw me. It seems that you are not old and can actually enter into meditation. It’s amazing!

I looked at the little nun, who was thin and small, not tall, but had only a pair of big eyes that were bright and energetic. When I entered into meditation, I closed my eyes for a while! Maybe I was asleep, and I didn’t know when you came!

You are not asleep or closed your eyes. I have been here for more than half an hour. When I came, I saw you kneeling there. The little nun lifted the wooden barrel under her feet and poured the water into the grass beside her.

I also stood up and patted the dust on my knees

I also found it strange, saying that I was asleep, but I didn’t fall asleep in my heart, saying that I didn’t fall asleep, I don’t know when you came!

It seems that you are destined to be with Buddha!

No, I don’t want to become a monk. Don’t you want to accept me as an apprentice?

Nonsense, who said he accepted you as a disciple? It’s just a praising you for being destined to be a monk and uphold the Five Precepts and Ten Virtues at Home, and you will also achieve something!

No, no, I still have to eat meat to find my wife, but I said in my heart, I can’t keep this precept without lust!

Forget it, I can't explain it to you! Maybe you will be enlightened in the future! As he said that, the little nun packed up his tools, lifted the bucket and walked north of the platform. There should be a way to go up or down the mountain there.

I was hesitating, should I go down the mountain, or go to her direction with the little nun

I don't know when the wind blew, and dark clouds swept across the sky. It was estimated that a heavy rain would come soon, but there was not a single tree on the wide platform.

The little nun turned around and waved to me. It was going to rain soon, come with me!

I quickly caught up with the little nun. She led the way a few meters in front of me. There was a small road on the southwest side of the platform, which was winding and winding to the back mountain. The wind became more and more rapid, and the raindrops as big as beans began to fall down little by little. Fortunately, along the way, there were dense trees on both sides of the road. In just over 10 minutes, the wind had driven away the heat. I ran with the little nun for about two or three miles. At the end of the road, there was a very simple temple built in unknown years and months. When I walked closer, there was a plaque on the dilapidated mountain gate. Xizhao Temple

The little nun led me to push the door and just bought my leg into the temple. A heavy rain poured down. We trotted a few more steps, took a few steps, and came to the eaves of the main hall. The little nun whispered to me, "You'll stay here for a while, the rain shouldn't be watered. My master is reciting scriptures inside, don't disturb him, I have to go in."

OK! I nodded

The little nun tiptoed to push the door open a crack, squeezed in, and then closed the door gently.

I was under the eaves of the corridor, looking at the rainy scenery. The yard was not big, and I looked like half an acre of land in front of me. The east side hall seemed to be better, just like the main hall. I had just painted it, but it was obvious that the main structure was a bit old. The west side hall seemed much dilapidated, and there were more or less weeds on the roofs on both sides.

However, under the eaves and seats of the halls on both sides, there are more than a hundred pots of flowers, mostly roses and peonies, and there are many wild chrysanthemums of various colors. There are also many flowers that I can't call them. If the rain comes, so many flowers will definitely add a lot of color to the courtyard, but in the rain, countless flowers have lowered their heads.

Looking at the vague scenery in the courtyard and the hazy mountains outside the courtyard, I couldn't help but think of a lyrics: The rain throws all the scenery in the air!

I have not appreciated the beauty of the rain scene so much for many years!

I'm dazed

Suddenly, the door behind me opened, and the little nun stuck out half of her body, hey, my master asked you to go in and talk

Talking to me? I looked at her suspiciously

Well, come in! The little nun opened the door at a higher angle

Oh! The little nun and I entered the hall!

Although there are a few candles in the hall, they are still very dim. However, my eyesight is completely adaptable. The middle of the hall is worshipped by Guanyin Master. An old nun in his fifties and sixties sat cross-legged on the east side, closing his eyes, holding a string of rosary beads in his hand. There is a small coffee table in front of him. The little nun gestures to me to sit on the cushion opposite her master.

I sat down timidly. When I saw me sitting down, the little nun whispered: Master, then I'll go out first. The old nun then opened her eyes and nodded at her.

Then, I poured me a cup of hot water with the kettle on the coffee table

Little donor, let’s have a drink of water first!

Oh! I picked up the cup and touched the temperature of the cup. It was warm. I was really thirsty at this time, so I drank it all, not knowing what kind of tea it was, but after drinking it, I had a fragrance at my mouth, as if it was a fragrance of flowers.

Your tea is so delicious hehe!

Is that right? That's good. The old nun added another glass of water to me. At this time, I suddenly realized that it was a problem with the light or a problem with my eyes. I seemed to feel that the old nun was wrapped in a light white light, thinking, is this master really master's Buddhist teachings and has already practiced the Buddha's light?

I put my hands together. Master, you must be superb in Buddhism. You asked me to come in, but I don’t know what’s wrong?

I heard Minghui say, you just entered a state of meditation in front of the Buddha statue in front of the mountain? I just wanted to see what kind of person he was?

Master, what kind of person do you think I am? I am a vulgar person

The old nun smiled slightly. People are born in the world, and they are all ordinary people in the world. We monks are also ordinary people, but they are just in the world and have a heart toward me. You are indeed a ordinary person, but you are not ordinary people here, nor are you unusual at this time! Unusual!

I was shocked, Master, what you said is right, can you tell me what's going on?

When you enter into meditation, can you think, think, and think?

No, nothing, empty, boundless! I don’t know how to get in, nor how to get out!

There is no mind, in the state of concentration, no thoughts or thoughts, you are really a person with great causes and conditions. I can’t explain clearly, and I need to treat everything with sincerity. I recite a Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra, and you can listen quietly. After speaking, before I wait for my answer, the old nun has closed his eyes and recited the sutra

I thought to myself: Master Ah, Master Ah, you chant the scriptures for me. Isn’t this playing the piano for a cow? How can I understand Ah! But after a moment, I respected the old nun. Although I couldn’t understand the scriptures, as the old nun recited the scriptures, all the other sounds around seemed to disappear. I even felt that except for this hall, the whole world had disappeared.

Slowly, I closed my eyes and thought nothing in my mind. This time, except for the old nun's inaudible chanting sound, even the old nun and this hall seemed to have no existence. I was in nothingness, which was very similar to the feeling I felt before I woke up in Chenming, but it was also different. At that time, I had no feeling at all. Although I was clear in consciousness, I could not feel my own existence, only endless worries and pain; but at this time, I could clearly feel myself. Although there was still nothing on the top, bottom, left and right, my mood was so peaceful.

I don't know how long, dong!

With the sound of the bronze bell in the temple, the sound of chanting disappeared, and the world slowly returned to me. I opened my eyes. The old nun was still opposite me, but she was still kind, but had no expression on her face, just rubbing the Buddhist beads in her hand.

I didn't bother the old nun, just sat across the street and savored the fragrant tea