Rebirth: Out of Demons and Into Buddhas 2

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All the great monks in the meditation room were silent. If it weren't for the subtle sound of the nib brushing the paper from time to time, the meditation room would be even more terrifyingly quiet.

Jing Fu also just closed his eyes and sat quietly, letting the great monks think independently.

In fact, these great monks were not really overwhelmed by the status of Guizhen monks, but they were just reluctant to part with the various subordinates they had planned earlier.

Although all the great monks in Miaoyin Temple have been busy these days, wishing that some things would fall on their own heads, but even so, the matter of spreading the Dharma lineage of the monks has always been on the desks of all the great monks .They have been worrying about this matter for a long time, but now they are suddenly told that they don't need to do too much...

Not to mention anything else, just the exhaustion of mental energy these days is enough for them to feel distressed.

Abbot Qingyuan suddenly sighed, "As expected, he is worthy of being Patriarch Huizhen..."

At this time, the meditation room was already very quiet, and Abbot Qingyuan never deliberately lowered his voice, and after he opened his mouth, everyone heard him.

The great monks were stunned for a moment, and even when they recalled the actions and gestures of the monk Hengzhen during that period of time, after a while, each of them sighed in their hearts.

Apparently it all came back.

Abbot Qingyuan glanced at all the great monks, paused his eyes in front of several of them, and said, "Then let's put this matter on hold for now, and stop other adjustments first. As for Huangfu Mingling... ..”

Huangfu Mingling first obtained the sub-order of Jingfu disciple's nameplate, and then went to Miaoyin Temple in person, with firm determination. Even if Miaoyin Temple decides to repeat itself in spreading the shamani lineage, it can't just put him there, there must be a suitable arrangement .

Abbot Qingyuan looked at Jing Fu, "Why don't we build a nunnery on the mountains near my Miaoyin Temple, and let Huangfu Mingling practice there. In the future, if a woman decides to convert, she will also be sent to the nunnery, how about it?"

Jing Fu nodded, "Abbot Master's arrangement is very reasonable, and my disciple has no objection."

As Jingfu's registered disciple, Huangfu Mingling had to go through it in front of Jingfu once he made the arrangement, but now that Jingfu has no objection, everything can be arranged easily.

Sure enough, Abbot Qingyuan began to draw Huangfu Mingling the help that Miaoyin Temple could give her.

"Huangfu Mingling has not performed the conversion ceremony yet, and after she has passed the conversion day, she will be allowed to take over the nunnery. At present, there are basically no predecessors in the line of novice monks in Jinghao Realm. If Huangfu Mingling wants to practice, he must Someone pointed out that in this way, Huangfu Mingling can come and listen to my small Dharma meeting in Miaoyin Temple every month. According to the progress of her practice, she is allowed to..."

Abbot Qingyuan thought of every stage of Huangfu Mingling's practice and the help she needed in every aspect, and the solution he proposed was also very fair and feasible. Jing Fu heard it once and didn't think there was anything wrong, so They nodded one by one and agreed to Abbot Qingyuan's arrangement.

After Abbot Qingyuan finally finished talking about these rules and drafts, Jing Fu stood up and thanked Abbot Qingyuan with clasped hands.

"Thank you abbot for your hard work."

Jing Fu knew very well in his heart that Abbot Qingyuan worked so hard, partly for the development of the monks, but more for him.

He was the first to develop the Saminy lineage, and Huangfu Mingling was also his registered disciple, so these were originally difficult problems that Jing Fu should take pains to solve.

Abbot Qingyuan is in charge of all affairs of Miaoyin Temple, and many matters of the Zen lineage are the focus of his real attention. What about the lineage of novice monks who pioneered in the Jinghao world, and what about Huangfu Mingling, no matter how merciful Abbot Qingyuan is. It is difficult to distract him at the important moment when Miaoyin Temple is truly independent from Tianjing Temple.However, he just allocated his mind to the novice lineage, and he really weighed all kinds of plans for Huangfu Mingling's practice...

Abbot Qingyuan smiled very easily.

"We are the most proficient at doing these things. If it were you, I'm afraid we will have to spend more effort. While we still have the energy to take care of these trivial matters and don't need to work on you, then you should hurry up and practice hard That's right, don't delay yourself."

He finally straightened his face, and said seriously to Jing Fu, "The farther you go, the further we can see."

Jing Fu disagreed with Abbot Qingyuan's statement.

"Master Abbot's words are absurd. Cultivation is only up to each person. The road I have traveled is only my own. Not to mention that I have not gone far. Even if I have gone far, Master Abbot will have seen it. What I saw was only my path, could it be possible that Uncle Abbot could switch from your practice to mine? Could it be that Uncle Abbot could really go farther if he followed the path I walked on?"

Jing Fu said seriously, "It's not like that."

"The way is in oneself."

"The world here is as numerous as the sands of the Ganges River. There are three thousand roads in this world. In the vast world, everyone stands at their own starting point. People are different, starting points are different, people's hearts are different, and my way is different. Since the starting point is different, the way is also different. , how can there be a same end point?"

"Master Abbot is our teacher, and he intends to solve all kinds of problems for our juniors, so that our juniors can practice with peace of mind. The disciples are very grateful, but if the master abbot thinks that I have gone farther than the master abbot now, there will be some troubles in the future." Opportunities can go farther, and if you think that the direction I am going is the direction you are looking at, it is a big mistake."

The demon body and the deity in the Jingfu Consciousness Sea are all silent.However, the ones who are quieter than them are the great monks in the abbot's meditation room.

Even the great monks who had been writing the files with their pens without mentioning a moment, stopped their movements unconsciously, allowing the ink on the pen tip to drip onto the files, forming stubborn and ugly ink stains.

The great monk Qingdu never expected that Jing Fu would refute Abbot Qingyuan in front of the great monk in their meditation room, nor did he expect that Jing Fu would say such a thing, he looked at Abbot Qingyuan for a while, Look at Jingfu again for a while.

He was worried about Abbot Qingyuan, worried that he would have a knot in his heart because of this, which would hinder his practice.

Abbot Qingyuan had good intentions towards Jing Fu, but Jing Fu abruptly slapped his face in front of all his senior brothers. It was very easy to get down, and the argument of Jing Fu's words was quite weird, and there was indeed some truth It makes sense, but it sounds awkward at first glance, and it is not a reason that ordinary people are used to comprehend.

He was also worried about Jing Fu.

Jing Fu’s statement is very novel. If Abbot Qingyuan or even other senior brothers can’t accept it, then even if the senior brothers don’t care about Jing Fu, they won’t want to teach and change Jing Fu’s thinking. Life in the temple will not be as smooth as it is now.

It is true that with Jingfu's current strength and his influence in Buddhism and even the entire Jinghao world, Jingfu's treatment on the surface will not be any different.

But once there is a gap between people's hearts, even if it is not obvious, the difference is very clear.Moreover, Jing Fu has always regarded these teachers as being close to the elders, if their attitudes change, I am afraid that Jing Fu will be very sad...

The great monk Qingdu really thought a lot at the moment, but judging from the subtle expressions of the two great monks, Qingxian and Qingzhen, who were almost exactly the same as him, it was not only him who thought so much, but also Those two great monks.

Abbot Qingyuan stared straight into Jing Fu's eyes for a long time, but he never found regret or compromise in his eyes.

He sighed slightly, and looked away.

The three great monks, Qing Du, Qing Zhen, and Qing Xian, who had been watching these two people, couldn't calm down, but raised their hearts even higher.

Abbot Qingyuan didn't care about them, nor the other chief monks in charge of the halls, he just asked Jing Fu, "Aren't you afraid that I'll be angry?"

Jing Fu replied, "I'm afraid, but I'm even more afraid that you, Master Abbot, will delay myself if you always think like this, and I'm even more afraid that all the teachers in the temple will think like this, which will also delay you."

"The scariest thing is never being abandoned by others, but being abandoned by yourself."

"Uncle Abbot, do you want to give up on yourself?"

Such harsh words made the air in the meditation room a little suffocating.

Abbot Qingyuan was silent for a long time.

No one in the meditation room dared to make a sound anymore, even Jing Fu seemed not to want to irritate Abbot Qing Yuan anymore, so he restrained himself.

"I can't give up on myself."

After a long time, Abbot Qingyuan replied.

"It is absolutely impossible for me to ask a group of brothers and sisters to give up themselves for the sake of the younger generation and the inheritance of the Dharma lineage of Miaoyin Temple."

In just one breath, the air in the Zen room became much more relaxed.

However, Abbot Qing Yuan quickly turned his gaze to Jing Fu again, with an exceptionally calm expression on his face.

"Jing Fu, how did you come up with that truth?"

Jing Fu was not timid at all, and replied, "Master Abbot, the Dharma lineage passed down by me at Miaoyin Temple is the Dharma lineage of Zen. You should know the meaning of the word Zen."

Abbot Qingyuan and even Qing Du and other great monks didn't answer, but they all answered this question secretly.

Zen, that is, jhana, is meditation.

Jing Fu knew that they were all thinking at the moment, so he asked again, "How to enter a tranquil state and deepen meditation?"

Take away the distracting thoughts of the mind, until there is no thought, no dust can be removed, then you will reach a quiet state, and you will enter meditation.

"We all know how to subdue distracting thoughts, and try our best to achieve a state of meditation where there is no movement and no dust. However, distracting thoughts are different, and the methods to suppress distracting thoughts are also different. one."

"Just like me and Master Abbot..."

Abbot Qingyuan and the many great monks sitting here are very good, and he doesn't need Jing Fu to say more to understand what Jing Fu means.

Seeing the expressions on their faces, Jing Fu also gradually stopped talking, letting them sort out their thoughts and mood.

The Great Monk Qingdu waited for a while, and waited until Abbot Qingyuan's breathing eased, and then interrupted, "Jing Fu, you have a good reason, but you are a little out of touch."

This is smoothing things over.

Jingfu knew it well, and he was not angry when he heard what the monk Qingdu said. Instead, he bowed to the monk Qingdu, "Please advise, master."

The great monk Qingdu glanced at all the great monks in the meditation room, "As a teacher, we have the responsibility of being a teacher. This responsibility falls on our shoulders, but the thought of taking up this responsibility comes from our own heart. Heart, if the original heart is hindered, it is also not good for our practice. And we are not giving up the practice, giving up ourselves. "

The great monk Qingdu didn't just want to smooth things over for Jingfu, he also really wanted to refute Jingfu.In his opinion, Jing Fu's actions just now were too cautious.

That was just a little thing.

"I'm just waiting for a while because of my heart, and I don't want to spend too much time on these chores. When the responsibility on my body is completed and I find someone to entrust, I will entrust everything to the past and continue to search for the future. the way to go."

"I never thought of giving up on myself."

Jing Fu looked at the great monk Qingdu for a moment, and then slowly laughed.

Responsibility and road, collective and individual, the difference here is always in the heart of the person, and the choices are also different.

Jing Fu is not qualified to judge who is good and who is bad, but it is undeniable that Jing Fu prefers the way of the Qing Du monk.

Jing Fu clasped his palms together and bowed to the Great Monk Qing Du.

The great monk Qingdu still had to salute, but there was no joy on his face, instead he was more dignified and dignified.

Sure enough, after a while, Jing Fu asked him again.

"Dare to ask Master, where does the responsibility come from?"

The Great Monk Qingdu thought about his answer, "Come here because of the expectations of others, and come here because of your own expectations."

Others' hopes refer to the hopes and even desires entrusted by others, while their own expectations refer to their desire to protect others and change their plight.

Jing Fu nodded.

"Then Master Qingdu, why do others expect others, and why do you want to protect others?"

The great monk Qingdu was silent for a while.

It's not that he doesn't know the answer, but that if the discussion goes on like this, the final conclusion should come down to human nature.

The great monk Qingdu looked up at Jingfu seriously, and finally found something.

I don't know if it's because of the ceremony at Putuo Mountain, or because of Jingfu's own accumulation, now Jingfu has a faint tendency to see through.

The great monk Qingdu glanced to the left and right imperceptibly, and he also saw the dignified faces of Abbot Qingyuan and other great monks.

He took a deep breath to stabilize his thoughts.

For Jing Fu, this is a critical time.

If one is careless and guides in the wrong direction, Jingfu may not slip in the direction of the heinous, but it is hard to guarantee that he will not become indifferent.

Jing Fu's disposition was plain enough, if he added a little indifference, it would be over.

The great monk Qingdu thought about it very carefully, and replied, "Being strong, whether it is the strengthening of strength or the strengthening of the mind, it takes time and needs to be honed."

"No one is born strong."

"The strong come out of the weak step by step."

Jing Fu listened, together with the demon body and the deity in the sea of ​​consciousness, listened very carefully.

"Spirits live in the world, and it is their nature to want to survive. No one can blame them. When they are still weak, but they encounter difficulties that they cannot solve by themselves, then it is natural to pin their hopes on the stronger ones. Something happened."

"The strong step out from the weak, experience honing and time to grow, survival is no longer a problem for them, so existence has become their pursuit."

"It is quite normal and natural to want to show one's existence to the ethnic group, to the world, and to the world, and to let the ethnic group, the world, and the world remember one's existence. It also comes from the heart and nature. "

Speaking of this, the great monk Qingdu, who felt that he had explained it clearly, breathed a sigh of relief, and then concluded, "The original heart of the weak is intertwined with the original heart of the strong, and they have achieved responsibility."

The Great Monk Qingdu originally wanted to stop, but for some reason, a burst of enlightenment surged in his heart, and he said unconsciously, "Taking up one's own responsibilities is also a kind of practice."

After finishing speaking, the great monk Qingdu lowered his eyelids, clasped his palms together, and sang the Buddha's name in a low voice, "Namo Amitabha."

During the sound of the Buddha's trumpet, a layer of golden Buddha's light erupted from the body of the great monk Qingdu. The Buddha's light spread and stretched, both thick and clear.

It turned out to be a breakthrough.

Jing Fu smiled, clapped his hands together silently to the Great Monk Qingdu, then turned around again, clapped his palms together with Abbot Qingyuan to express his apology.

Abbot Qingyuan shook his head slightly, he didn't mind.

He really doesn't mind.

He didn't pay much attention to such things as face, and he didn't think that the great monks sitting here would underestimate him because of this.

They've been brothers for many years, who doesn't know who?What's more, as the contemporary abbot who led Miaoyin Temple to be truly independent from the command of Tianjing Temple, Abbot Qingyuan's prestige far surpassed others, how can Jing Fu's words be shaken?

What's more, Jing Fu's identity, fortune, and savvy are all there, and he is a figure who suppresses the ancients. It is so normal that he has different views on cultivation, so normal that no one will say anything about it.

Abbot Qingyuan cared more about the meaning in Jingfu's words.

During the question-and-answer session between Great Monk Qingdu and Jingfu, he listened, but didn't pay much attention.He was always thinking about a question, could it be that he really delayed the brothers, intentionally or unintentionally?

Although the breakthrough of the Great Monk Qingdu at this moment was a bit sudden, for him, it was actually a kind of relief.

It proved that at least he never delayed Qing Du, his junior.As for everyone else...

Abbot Qingyuan looked down at the great monks sitting down one by one, and was greeted by the calm and indifferent monks.

At the end, when Abbot Qingyuan looked back, his eyes were slightly red.

It took him a while to stabilize his emotions, and finally he looked at Jing Fu who had been sitting firmly on the futon, only to see a faint smile hidden in Jing Fu's eyes.

He froze for a moment, then smiled.

It was also at this moment that there was a sound from Jingfu's sea of ​​consciousness.

'I thought it was me who was in charge of the body just now? '

The voice of the demon body was weak, but it still brought out a bit of surprise and interest.

'It's rare. '

The Buddha didn't move, but he replied in the world of the sea of ​​consciousness, 'No, it's me. '

'It's not impossible for you to control the physical body, but you have to wait, the matter on my side has not been resolved yet. '

The demon body clicked his tongue lightly, and asked, "You were quite courageous just now, aren't you afraid of ruining the impression these great monks have of you?" '

'What am I afraid of? '

The demon body chuckled, 'Aren't you afraid? '

The Buddha's body paused, seeing that the devil's body was still unyielding, he finally replied, "There is still a little bit." '

'Oh? '

'But if I really don't do anything, after a long time, how many people in Miaoyin Temple, from the great monk to the monk, can really remember their state of mind at this moment? '

The deity of Jingfu, who had been silent for a long time, said from the side, "Your prestige in Miaoyin Temple is too high. '

The deity of Jingfu has always been more pertinent than the Buddha body and the devil body, and this moment is no exception.

The Buddha body said slowly, "It may be because of the accumulation of one thing over the years, or it may be because of the Putuo Mountain Fa Conference not long ago. In short, my prestige is too high." '

The demon body raised his long eyebrows lightly, and asked casually, 'Isn't it a good thing to have high prestige? '

'It's good to have prestige, but too much prestige, no. ’ replied the Buddha, ‘especially in Miaoyin Temple. '

What is the current situation of Miaoyin Temple, Jing Fu himself is very clear.

replacement.

Miaoyin Temple is really on the cusp of a new generation.

On the crest of this wave, Jing Fu and even Jing Yin's generation can be called the back wave, while Qing Yuan and Qing Du's generation are not so pure front waves.

Of course, Jing Fu, Jing Yin, etc. can use the "Diamond Prajna Paramita Sutra" to explore the right direction by taking advantage of the current situation and opportunity, but the great monks Qing Yuan and Qing Du have to adjust their direction everywhere and be cautious of themselves at all times.But among these back waves, Jingfu's prestige is too high, so high that if the great monks such as Qingyuan and Qingdu are not always vigilant, they will easily give up themselves.

This kind of giving up will not even be noticed by them, and it will become a subconscious judgment and decision.

The so-called seniors should make way for the younger generations, and the so-called seniors should take care of everything so that the younger generations can move forward more courageously...

If such subconscious behavior is reminded from the beginning and restrained, as long as the degree is moderate, it will not cross the line.But if you have been ignorant and unaware, in the end, such giving up will become the general trend, and there will be no chance to change it.

But in fact, how much older are Qingyuan and Qingdu than the so-called juniors like Jingyin and Jingfu?

As teachers, Qingyuan and Qingdu are always careful and considerate of them. Now that Jingfu has seen the hidden danger, how can he turn a blind eye and watch them gradually slow down one by one, until the road is cut off in the end?

And since it is necessary to remind, the sharper the better.

The sharper it is, the more alert they are.

Jingfu Demon Body was silent for a moment, then suddenly chuckled, "Do you think it's really right for you to do this?" '

The Buddha body was silent for a moment, 'I don't think there is anything wrong. '

Nothing wrong doesn’t mean it’s right, but something wrong doesn’t mean it’s wrong.

The demon body glanced at the Buddha body, and the original words changed when they came to the mouth, "However, you were too sharp just now, and lost your roundness and peace, and then you were not sharp to the end, and the follow-up was weak. You are confused about the changes, but you can't understand your intentions. '

The Buddha body smiled slightly, and he glanced out, motioning the Demon Body to take a closer look, 'Like it? '

Don't these great monks seem to understand his intention?

The demon body didn't open its eyes to look, just snorted, then shut up.

But the Buddha body still said, "I admit that I acted with a little kindness. All the great monks here are my teachers, so naturally they are very tolerant to me." '

This is the good thing about tolerance.

Even if it looks bad or even too much, it will be accepted, and there is no need to worry too much.

'And...' the Buddha said calmly, with lowered brows and eyes, 'in the eyes of these people, I am a junior. '

Even if his level of practice is not much worse than that of the great monks, he is still a junior in the eyes of these great monks.

Young juniors who need love, guidance, and tolerance.

The sharpness of young people, here, at least at this moment, is not a bad thing.

The author has something to say: Well, good night, everyone.