Don't wait

There is a Xiashan Mountain in Xiashan Town. The temple on the mountain is a place where people in the town often go to pray for blessings. I also have a heart of respect and gratitude for this temple and the monks inside.

Jingxiu is a young monk in the temple. Unlike many other children who have come to the temple to be monks since childhood, he is not because of his poor family or nowhere to go, but because he is an orphan without father and mother. He was already living in the temple.According to the abbot of the temple, he picked up Jingxiu at the gate of the temple on a snowy morning. temple.However, the host said that the clothes worn by Kan Basket and Jingxiu did not look like children from poor families, and they probably belonged to some wealthy family, but they did not know whether they were stolen or thrown away on purpose, and the only useful evidence at that time was Jingxiu’s body The jade pendant he brought seemed to be very old. The host asked Jingxiu to keep it safe. Maybe someday his family could find it as a certificate, but Jingxiu himself didn't care. It had been so many years. If you want to find it early, you won't wait until now.

Now 17 years have passed, and Jingxiu has grown into a teenager, still serving as a young monk in the temple.Jingxiu's daily work is to carry water, chant scriptures, and clean the yard. Although it is very tiring and boring, Jingxiu is still full of energy.He likes to carry water. It is a winding path from the temple to the creek. Perhaps because of the inaccessibility of people, he can always find many new surprises on this path.For example, he once found a bird he had never seen before one morning. Its feathers were blue and shone in the sun. It was very beautiful, and it was very clever when it moved.Its call is also much more tactful than other birds, like a bamboo flute, crisp and melodious.He was still watching the sunset glow in the sky getting redder one evening, and slowly faded to pink as time passed.He was amazed by the wonders of nature and also by his own discoveries, so this kind of observation made him fetch water much later than others. Although he would be scolded by the master, Jingxiu still enjoyed it.

Speaking of Jingxiu's master, he is a well-known Master Yideng in the town and even in the entire county. His fame is partly because of his superb practice. People in the town will come to him for help if they have any questions or encounter any difficulties. , and even foreigners will come here admiringly.On the other hand, although Jingxiu's master is a mage, he is not an old man in his 80s or 40s. He can only be regarded as a middle-aged man of [-] years old. Even though he has reached this age, his master is still as handsome as he was when he was young. So much so that Jingxiu has always been envious of Master, and has always regarded Master as his role model. He hopes that he can study Buddhism hard, and when he grows up, he can also become an eminent monk respected by the world like Master, but Master just smiled. , and didn't say anything.

One thing that makes Jingxiu happy recently is that he can go down the mountain. In fact, he used to go down the mountain every year, but he followed his master and brothers to purchase various daily necessities for the temple. But this time he went down the mountain alone, and Or go to alms and experience worldly life.It excites him.

Perhaps because of too much anticipation, Jing Xiu felt that it took a long time to wait for this day. Before leaving, the master specially told Jing Xiu that after going down the mountain, all kinds of things in the world are more complicated than in the temple. As a monk, you only need to do your own work. Don't get entangled in internal affairs.The excited Jingxiu didn't notice the worried eyes of the master, but was only thinking about the different life at the bottom of the mountain. The master could only sigh and said nothing. No matter what the child will experience, it is the calamity he must go through in this life, right? Well, I can't protect him for the rest of my life, let him learn to experience it by himself.

Jingxiu, who was walking down the mountain, felt unprecedented comfort and freedom. In his heart, he regarded this day as the anniversary of his growing up.When walking down the mountain road, he met a pair of mandarin ducks by the small river. He felt amazing seeing the two birds walking together on the river. He had only seen this kind of bird in books before. Just when he was about to go down the mountain, he met him. This adventure also made Jingxiu feel that he would benefit a lot from going down the mountain to practice.