There are many ghosts on the road of alms

Changning Temple, located in the northwest of the city center, is the most popular temple in N City.

According to legend, there was an eminent monk in Changning Temple who once sat down and left the relics, which are still enshrined in the relic pagoda. Whenever Buddhist practitioners pass by, they will come here to bow down to show their respect.

Chu Liu was dressed in plain clothes and had a bright head. At first glance, he looked like a Buddhist. He didn't even need to buy a ticket to enter Changning Temple.

The first thing I saw when I first entered the temple was the white marble statue of Avalokitesvara in the open air. This statue is about 7 meters high, holding a poplar branch and a clean bottle. It is dignified and kind.

After getting up, on the sixth day of the lunar new year, I wanted to go to the stupa for a look and then find the abbot.

After inquiring, I found out that the stupa is on the northernmost side of the temple, and it needs to go through the entire front yard to get there.

Chu Liu had some doubts in his heart. Since ancient times, the courtyard walls of temples have been built according to the gossip. If the stupa is on the northernmost side, there will be a large open space inside the courtyard walls. Could it be used to grow vegetables like their Puchen Temple? ?

When I left the front yard all the way north on the sixth day of the lunar new year, I couldn't help being a little surprised to see the situation in the back yard.

As soon as you enter the backyard, you can see a martyr's cemetery, and the stupa is located on the west side, facing east. Between the martyr's cemetery and the entrance, there is a concrete road running east-west.

At this moment, you can see a red carpet covering a full 100 meters on the cement road, from a position [-] meters northwest of the entrance of the front yard, to the futon in front of the stupa.

There are two rows of monks on the red carpet. They stand on both sides of the cement road, kowtowing their heads neatly forward, while some ordinary people move forward step by step in the middle of the red carpet. You can even see some people throwing themselves on the ground kneeling forward.

If you come to Changning Temple and don’t kneel down to pay homage to the stupa, it’s not okay, but if you walk directly from the red carpet and the abbot’s grandma knows about it, it’s probably not okay either.

On the sixth day of the lunar new year, I looked up at the sky, and there was no cloud in the sky.Looking around, the flow of people is not too much.People who want to come to the place of prayer today account for the majority.

Chu Liu sighed resignedly, "Forget it, since kowtowing is too long, let's kowtow."

On the sixth day of the lunar new year, it is good to remember Puchen Temple while kowtowing. Although there are many rules in Puchen Temple, they are all for the practice of the past. It takes such a long kneeling and prostration.

She couldn't help sympathizing with the monks of Changning Temple.

By the time the sixth day knocked from one end of the red carpet to the other, a stick of incense had passed.

When I came to the stupa, I found that the tower was taller than the Guanyin statue, with an octagonal shape and five eaves. Each floor had a Buddhist niche and decorated with lotus flowers. The gray lacquered body was majestic and solemn.

Chu Liu looked up at the stupa, got up from the red carpet, didn't want to get dizzy for a while, his legs softened and took two steps forward, and even knelt directly on the stone futon.

"Hiss..." Chu Liu took a breath.

The knock was really strong, it must have turned purple, Chu Liu knelt down and rubbed his knees, he was tired and didn't want to get up, so he just looked at the stupa.

She found that the patterns on the stupa are very gorgeous. The base is carved with patterns such as dragon, phoenix, fish and turtles. on the pattern.

Sanskrit characters are engraved on the small door, and these Sanskrit characters surround a character in the middle. I can't recognize what it is on the sixth day of the first day, but I always feel that it is somewhat similar to the three characters "Yan Wang Yin" on my body.

Unknowingly, Chu Liu was fascinated by that word.

Among the monks on both sides of the red carpet, an old monk in cassock opened his eyes. His sharp eyes swept over everyone present, and when he saw Chu Liu's back, he paused thoughtfully.

The old monk "Amitabha" chanted the Buddha's name loudly, turned around on the spot, and sat facing the red carpet.

As if responding to the old monk, the other monks also turned around and sat on the ground, clasped their hands together, and followed the old monk to recite passages of scriptures.

The sound of chanting sutras in the entire backyard attracted pilgrims from the front yard.At this time, the abbot in the reception room suddenly got up and looked in the direction of the stupa.

"Amitabha, something happened suddenly in the temple, if the donor is not in a hurry, please wait here for a while."

Seeing that the abbot was about to leave, the middle-aged man in the reception room stood up and saluted, and said: "Abbot, just go, Xu will wait here."

When the abbot and the guardians of the temple came to the backyard, they found that the red carpet in the whole backyard was full of people kneeling, and there was no noise in the courtyard except for the sound of chanting sutras.And under the stupa, people naturally vacated a circle of open space, and there was only one person in that circle, Chu Liu.

At this moment, Chu Liu knew nothing about the outside world. She seemed to have entered a dream, walking aimlessly in the mist. She didn't know how long she had walked. She vaguely saw a lush tree in front of her. The cups were exchanged, and there were a few naughty children climbing up and down the tree.

At this moment, a little novice secretly put his hand into the wine jar, dipped his finger in the wine, put his fingers into his mouth and sucked it up, maybe because he felt the taste was not bad, he actually wanted to put his hand in again.

"Little bald head, if you try it again, you will get drunk, you know?" The woman in a white gown gently took the little novice's hand.

The little monk tilted his head and blinked his eyes, and asked, "What is drunk?"

"Drunk, just dizzy, and fell asleep immediately." The white-clothed woman thought the little novice was very cute, touched the little bald head,

"Then is my master drunk?" The little novice pointed to the red-faced old monk who was holding the wine jar and arguing with others.

The white-clothed woman glanced at the direction the little novice was pointing at, teased him and said, "You can ask your master, just ask him if it's justified for him to drink and eat his intestines? If your master says it's right, then he's drunk. "

Hearing this, the little novice actually ran to his master, tugged at his master's clothes, and asked.As a result, the little novice was thrown onto the tree trunk by his master with tears in his eyes.

The woman in white couldn't help covering her mouth and smiling, and lowered her waist to fill a bowl of wine.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Chu Liu couldn't help smiling, but when he found the woman in white shirt walking straight towards her with a wine bowl, Chu Liu felt a little embarrassed, as if she was peeping just now, being caught by someone Grab the bag.

Obviously no one had discovered her existence just now.

"This is the last bowl. Drinking too much will hurt your health."

Chu Liu obviously wanted to wave her hand and say that she doesn't drink, but somehow seeing those eyes, she took the wine bowl uncontrollably.

"Do you know why the little novice's master threw him into a tree?" The woman in white shirt sat next to Chu Liu and said.

Chu Liu took a sip of wine and shook his head unconsciously.

"Because what I said was not for the little monk to ask for a result, but for him to remind him that the master broke the precept."

Chu Liu raised the corners of her mouth when she heard the words, and her body was lumpy from the sip of wine just now, she slowly leaned against the woman in white shirt, and closed her eyes.There were bursts of Sanskrit sounds in my ears, like a lullaby, and Chu Liu felt like sleeping comfortably at this time.

As for the monks outside, they couldn't calm down at this moment.

The rays of the sun seemed to no longer diverge, but concentrated on the stupa, and the whole stupa emitted a soft white light, and the crowd couldn't help shouting excitedly: "The Buddha has appeared."

In the eyes of the abbot and the old monk, what they saw was that the magic power of the monks was concentrated in front of the door of the stupa, condensing a golden illusory dharma body, and on the surface of this dharma body, there were wisps of white light covering it, revealing Vaguely looks.

The abbot and the old monk hurriedly came behind Chu Liu, sat cross-legged and chanted scriptures, blending their own mana into it, so that the eminent monk's Dharma body could stabilize, for fear that a gust of wind would blow it away.

On the sixth day of the sixth day, I woke up in a trance on the futon.

Opening his eyes, he saw the figure of the Buddha raised his feet, and walked in front of her with only one step.

There was a faint sentence in my ear, "Times have changed, and it's hard to tell right from wrong. At this moment, I have to kneel at you, so I can only help you improve your cultivation. I hope you will make a decision in the future, with kind thoughts in your heart."

Immediately afterwards, strands of golden thread came out from the tower and melted into Chu Liu's body, immediately covering his body with golden light.

When the abbot and the old monk saw this, envious expressions appeared on their faces, and they recited "Amitabha", while the monks behind them kowtowed their heads to the ground and sent the eminent monk away respectfully.

When the abbot got up, seeing that Chu Liu was still digesting, he asked the guardians to slowly invite all the benefactors to avoid disturbing Chu Liu, and he waited for Chu Liu to wake up.

There was a young man in the crowd who took out his mobile phone at some point and actually recorded everything that happened before and posted it on the Internet.

The Internet immediately exploded. Some said that the crew may be filming, and some said it must be hype, but they didn't believe it was true.The man sitting in the reception room of the temple also saw this video, and he handed over his mobile phone to the bodyguard.

"You go to contact them and tell them to suppress the matter first, and wait for me to deal with it."

On the other side, people from several aristocratic families fell silent after seeing this video.Because they knew the video was real, and the presence of two eminent monks from the older generation of Changning Temple, how could it be wrong.

The problem is, the timing of this incident is too coincidental.

A few days ago, there was a change in the place of prayer, and now there is news of the Buddha appearing in Changning Temple. Such a big event happened in a short period of time, and there is a feeling that the situation is about to change.

It doesn't matter so much on the sixth day of the lunar new year. She is now practicing diligently and can recite the Diamond Sutra to bless herself.Not to mention that the blessing is as hard as a tortoise shell, but at least it is stronger than before.

Chu Liu rubbed her legs, stood up, saw the two monks guarding her side, and bowed.These two are both wearing cassocks, which shows that they are not too different from the abbot's grandmother, and they must not lose their etiquette.

"Amitabha, junior sixth day, thank you two seniors for protecting me."

Both monks said "Amitabha", and then the abbot said, "The poor monk is the abbot of Changning Temple, and this is my uncle. It was he who noticed your strangeness, which contributed to your chance."

Hearing the words on the sixth day of the lunar new year, I was very grateful in my heart, and saluted the old monk respectfully.

The old monk took a step to the right and turned sideways, "It's my own selfishness to protect the Dharma for you. I can't accept your salute." The old monk knew that the eminent monk who was sitting in the body would return the salute even if he knelt down. If this is accepted on the first day of the sixth day, I am afraid that I will never be able to pay it back in this life.

After the old monk finished speaking, he shook his head and left, and Chu Liu stood there in embarrassment.

"Please don't mind, my uncle is devoted to studying Buddhism and doesn't care much about etiquette." The abbot had no choice but to apologize.