She hesitated for a moment, wondering whether to leave the palace.
a long time,
"Forget it. I shouldn't go out today."
After all, the emperor might summon Sirou to see him after presenting the map. Sirou had to be prepared to lie at any time.
She ordered: "Mu Shi, take a few people with you and go to Daxiangguo Temple. Well... as for the excuse... protecting the instructor should be a good excuse, right?"
Mu Shi was a little distressed, "But, we haven't finished the question he left last time..."
"The answer is, 'If you were another person and I asked, 'Is this the road ahead of me that leads to the Holy Land?' What would you say?'"
"Ah this..."
"Just memorize it by rote."
"Then, please repeat it again, Your Highness."
￥￥￥￥￥￥￥￥￥￥￥￥
Daxiangguo Temple.
Li Qingcha, Gong Lianxue, and Luo Weiyang were all uninterested in the Dharma Assembly.
Luo Weiyang even took out dried fish to feed the cat.
"Hey, this is too blatant." Gong Lianxue complained.
"What's wrong?" Luo Weiyang asked.
"Fish is a non-vegetarian dish. In Buddhism, no one except monks can touch it."
"Oh~"
He agreed verbally and lowered his head to continue feeding.
Gong Lianxue: ￣□￣｜｜
In fact, there are limits to the Buddhist taboo on meat. For example, before a monk is promoted to the eighth rank of martial monk, if he does not eat meat, fish, or eggs, and is seriously deficient in protein, then that is definitely not acceptable.
In order to justify their meat-eating behavior, monks would revert to fundamentalism.
Meat = onion, garlic, leek, scallion, and asafoetida.
When Buddhism was first established, living conditions were very poor. Eating raw garlic, onions, leeks, etc. would cause bad breath, which was not conducive to begging.
This is what is called "eating raw food brings anger".
As for why people still don’t eat these after the temples were built and the living environment improved, it’s because…
Leek is good for sexual function.
This is what is called "eating something cooked but still consuming it raw".
(※Note: This is the “婬”, not a typo.)
However, the word "hun" has nothing to do with meat. Instead, the later "xing" refers to meat. Returning to fundamentalism, Buddhist monks eating meat is not considered to have violated the original precepts.
"Let her feed it." Li Qingcha said, "Cats don't eat vegetarian food."
After hearing this, Xiao Hui bit Li Qingcha's finger and wagged his tail cutely.
Luo Weiyang saw this and complained in her heart:
Scheming cat!
Gong Lianxue looked around and asked in a low voice: "I don't know when this ceremony will start. We have waited too long."
At this time, the square in front of the main hall was already crowded with people. All the believers gathered around the terrace, standing on tiptoe and looking out eagerly, waiting for a great monk to come out and answer their questions.
There are many different forms of pujas.
Water and land rituals, general Buddha rites, fire mouth rituals, chanting sutras, repentance rituals, releasing life…
Today's Daxiangguo Temple should be a place for chanting sutras.
Li Qingcha thought about it and felt that waiting like this was not a solution.
"How about we go for a walk first?"
I was just wandering around to see if there was anyone who knew the inside story of the foreign monks, and to collect some information.
We can't just point fingers at the abbot of Daxiangguo Temple and start criticizing him without any evidence.
Although Li Qingcha doesn't mind doing this.
Gong Lianxue and Luo Weiyang, who were standing by, had already grown impatient waiting.
"Let's go."
"I agree."
They both said at the same time.
Li Qingcha then turned around with them.
at this time,
"Amitabha."
They heard someone chanting a Buddhist name behind them.
The three of them turned back at the same time.
There were already two monks standing on the terrace. One monk had a handsome face and looked very young.
The other is black.
cough cough...
The skin is black, like dry bark after being exposed to the sun.
There is only one possibility...
"Western foreign monks!"
The three exchanged glances.
Chapter 64: Silent Zen
Others whispered,
"That... isn't that Master Bu Yan?"
"The people around him..."
"No, I've never seen him before."
……
Li Qingcha glanced at the terrace again.
It sounds like "Bu Yan" should be the Buddhist name of that handsome monk.
As for the Western Regions foreign monk, people who frequented Daxiangguo Temple did not recognize him. This was probably the first time he appeared in public.
Considering his skin color, let's call him "Black Monk".
Monk Bu Yan cleared his throat and said loudly: "Although my Buddhist name is Bu Yan, I cannot really keep silent. On the contrary, this master has been practicing silent meditation for the past ten years."
The people under the terrace began to whisper again.
Li Qingcha couldn't help but ask curiously: "Lianxue, Weiyang, is there really a silent meditation?"
The two girls looked at her puzzledly.
"I want to say... um... I know there is no such Zen as silent Zen, but isn't there no dead tree Zen? But the foreign monk who attacked me practiced dead tree Zen."
"Are you talking about the martial arts?" Gong Lianxue suddenly realized.
"Correct."
"As far as I know, there seems to be neither a method nor a skill for silent meditation."
Li Qingcha understood.
Silent Zen is just a nicer way of saying "silence", which is a kind of precept, just as its literal meaning means not speaking.
But, not speaking for ten years...
If it were Li Qingcha, he would have gone crazy long ago.
She looked around,
The expressions of the others were more enthusiastic than expected, with a look of “Brother, look at me!” written all over their faces, just like a fan club.
Sure enough, the thinking circuits of Buddhists are completely different from those of ordinary people, and they will unconsciously add a layer of "master" buff to their heads that are as smooth as watermelons.
Someone murmured, "So he's practicing silent meditation. No wonder I've never seen him before."
Another person retorted: "I think the reason why I haven't seen him is not because of the silent meditation, but because he came from an outside temple. If you think that he didn't see outsiders because he practiced silent meditation, why did he suddenly break the rules?"
Although the conversation between the two was very quiet, it was clearly audible.
Everyone became more curious about the black monk.
A female pilgrim asked with sincerity on behalf of everyone: "May I ask what is the master's Dharma name?"
The black monk was silent.
"..."
"Which temple is the master from?"
"..."
"Amitabha."
"..."
Li Qingcha: ￣□￣｜｜
God bless you Amitabha.
The most amazing thing was that the female pilgrim not only didn’t get any answers, but she was actually so moved by herself that she chanted the Buddha’s name and kept putting her hands together in the gesture of greeting.
Moreover, some people echoed: "Master is enlightening us."
It's outrageous!
Li Qingcha glanced at the solemn black monk.
The black monk looked neither happy nor sad, and there was no obvious change in emotion, as if he was truly enlightening everyone.
"Tsk." Li Qingcha smacked his lips.
"What's wrong?" Luo Weiyang was puzzled.
"I think this brother Shukouchan was simply pushed out to silence us. He told us in a not very direct way that we couldn't get anything out of him about the Tianji Disk and the assassination."
"So that's it..."
Luo Weiyang suddenly realized.
Gong Lianxue next to her gave her a cold look and complained, "Your master asked you to go to Daxiangguo Temple for accountability. Is this really no joke?"
Luo Weiyang said as if it was a matter of course: "I am hanging out with Master Li."
"..."
Gong Lianxue was speechless.
She turned to Li Qingcha,
"So what should we do now? Should we really give up in the face of difficulties?"
"The purpose of Buddhism is to enlighten one's mind and see one's nature, and to achieve a sudden enlightenment," Li Qingcha said. "In a way, this is also a kind of examination and battle. If we can break the black monk's silent meditation, maybe..."
Black Monk...
This nickname was given to me.
Gong Lianxue shook her head after hearing this.
Li Qingcha added: "Of course, we don't have to follow their pre-planned routine. I will just play it safe and ask Jingzhao Prefecture to take action and arrest the Black Monk as an accomplice."
