[Journey to the West] So I am Monk Tang

I suddenly became sentimental, and my mood has been a little low. I thought about it for a few days, and finally attributed it to, well, it’s a bit inaccurate to be close to the hometown. It should be said that it’s too late.

After walking for half a month, we arrived outside Jinping's mansion.

Bai Jingjing still went to the front to explore the way, and now there is no news, it should be said that this land is relatively peaceful.Unless she was unfortunately detained by the monster again, but thinking of the nest of lions behind, I think, near the west sky, there should be no monsters who would dare to be so arrogant.

The city of Jinping Mansion looks rich and grand, but when we arrived, it was already late and the city gate was closed. It happened that there was a Ciyun Temple outside the city, so we stayed there.The Ciyun Temple was built in a very grand style, but the monks who entertained us were not arrogant at all, they were very kind, and they talked very funny. I heard that I came from the Eastern Tang Dynasty and would bow down.

"Why is that?" I was taken aback.

"Return to Elder." The monk stood up, "People here who practice goodness all hope that they will be reborn in the Chinese realm in the next life after practicing meritorious deeds, so that they can live and enjoy happiness."

I took this as a joke and flattery, watching the monks startled by the looks of Brother Monkey and the others, and then I remarked that the East Land Realm is really extraordinary, the handsome ones are very handsome, and the ugly ones are also very stylish.

This is really an interesting person.

After entering the temple, we worshiped the Buddha first, and we followed the monks to see the master, who was leading a group of monks to do evening classes.I haven't seen this kind of scene for a long time, so I couldn't hold back for a while, and joined in.

After the evening class last night, I had a few conversations with the host, and since it was late, I went back to my room for a rest.

I got up in the morning and did the morning class. The host also talked to me after he was free. He first praised me for my Buddha heart, and I was interested in what I saw and heard along the way. I heard that countries that worship Buddha followed Amitabha. In some countries, the king’s faith is not strong, he changes from the Buddha and recites my Buddha’s mercy, and he hears that in some countries, he kills the monks and destroys the Buddha...

This time I burst into tears.

Compared with me, this is a faithful believer who is dedicated to Buddha, which makes me a little indifferent.

"The world is so big, indeed there are differences in the four seas." The master sighed, "If I didn't worry about the monks in my monastery, I would also like to travel in the clouds to increase my knowledge and sharpen my Buddha's heart."

If possible, I'd like to change with the master.

The homeowner's emotion was only momentary, and soon he cheered up and introduced us to the local customs.The customs are different in different places, and I found it interesting to hear. In the end, the headmaster looked at me with some regrets, "I wonder how long the elders will stay here? If you are not in a hurry, you can stay for half a year. When the fifteenth day of the first lunar month comes, There is a Lantern Festival in my Jinping Mansion, from the fifteenth to the eighteenth, lights are hung everywhere, and the music is played all night."

I looked at the director, "There must be other programs, if not, this lantern festival is no different from other places."

"What the elder said is true." The owner of the house inevitably showed a little complacency when he said this, "There is a county under the Jinping Mansion, and there are 240 large lamp oil households in the county, and the production is not ordinary lamp oil, but crispy sesame oil. , a strange fragrance, very rare."

I couldn't help but wonder, is the crispy sesame oil some kind of local product, which can only be obtained on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, so the host suggested that I keep it until then?

The owner continued to say, "The sesame oil is very precious. One tael of sesame oil is worth two taels of silver, and one catty of sesame oil is worth 32 taels of silver. Every year at the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, one thousand and five hundred catties must be prepared to light the lamps and invite the Buddha When it comes down, wait until the lights are dimmed and look at it at dawn, and if the sesame oil is gone, it means that the Buddha has harvested the offerings, and the next year will surely have a good harvest; if the harvest is confiscated or less, the next year will be difficult."

"The coming of the Buddha?" I have to admit, I didn't expect the headmaster to talk about this matter, "It's like this every year?"

The headmaster nodded, "If it weren't for the Buddha's blessing of good weather every year, how could this Jinping Mansion be so prosperous."

Sure enough, it's because we are approaching the Lingshan Mountain in the Western Heaven, and even the gods, Buddhas, and Bodhisattvas who are usually high and high are much closer to the people?

But there is still half a year before the Lantern Festival, so I don't have any reason to stay here longer, even if the master pulls me to hold a Dharma meeting for the monks in the temple, there is only half a month.I don't have any expectations in my heart—although it sounds like the Buddha who came here is very particular about fair trade and not hurting people's lives, which is not the kind I dislike—the front is the base camp of those gods, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and there will be nothing to see at that time.

If I was still in the mood then.

Wuqing, on the other hand, was very interested in the legendary Suhe sesame oil. One day, he sneaked to the county where the oil was produced to take a peek. When he came back, he told me, "Shuhe sesame oil really deserves its reputation. It's very fragrant, it's like coming to the Buddha's clear oil to return the fragrance."

I made Wuqing turn back into a golden-haired mink, and stroked him from start to finish, and finally made him forget about such a thing.

Alas, this is a little mink who has only eaten oil.

As a result, before I was about to leave, I probably caught a cold at night and was directly struck down by the illness, unable to go on the road.

It was a wonderful and terrible experience.

It's not that I haven't been sick, but since I came to Datang, except for the inflammation and fever after being abandoned and biting off a toe when I was a newborn baby, my body really hasn't been sick since then. What happened.I am also very careful. In this era when a fever and a cold can kill people, it is really a pity. Even on the westbound road, except for the first year of inexperienced driving in winter, I was almost frozen to death, but even that is not much. After I sneezed, I also learned my lesson to find a good place for cat winter every winter.Not to mention that I ate ginseng fruit later, not only did I maintain my appearance in my early twenties, but my body was even better.

There is a saying, an apple a day keeps diseases away, and ginseng fruit is much more powerful than an apple.

Mrs. Diyong's time should be regarded as an accident, because by the time I realized it, I was already almost recovered.

Therefore, when I woke up the next day and felt my head was swollen and my nose was stuffy, it was only natural that I didn't realize that I was sick for a while.

But, also because I didn't realize it, my body protested directly.

Passing out when saying goodbye to the host is never a good way to protest.

I have thoroughly experienced what is called "illness comes like a mountain, and sickness goes like a thread". I have never felt so weak. What's more, I, who claims to be a cure, is actually a cure. There is no way to take your own body!

It just doesn't make sense!

It’s just that this little disappointment is nothing compared to other symptoms. I never knew that being sick is such a sad thing. The indifferent mentality is getting more and more negative and pessimistic. Could it be that the boss at Lingshan found that I was too disobedient and wanted to destroy me directly?

The reason why there is no thunderbolt is that their internal opinions are not unified and they are discussing in a meeting?

The more I thought about it, the more aggrieved I became, and several times I almost called Hou Ge to come over and throw me to Lingshan, so that I could blow them up once before I died.

Although the treatment is sloppy, the final effect of self-explosion with the idea of ​​dying together is also very impressive.

While I was thinking wildly, Brother Monkey, whom I hadn’t seen for several days, finally came back, “Master, I found out that your illness has been severe and you have not been well for a long time, it’s because of disaster.”

"Ying Jie?" The reaction speed of my head still couldn't keep up, and it took me a while to understand.

"That's right." Brother Monkey sat next to me, took out a peach from his bosom and handed it to me, "The peaches from Huaguoshan are ripe now, I remember Master, you love hard peaches, and you found them with great difficulty." .”

I held that peach, and while I felt the peach falling heavily into my hand, I was also moved in my heart.It's a pity that my sense of taste has been out of order for a long time, and I can't smell the sweetness of this peach.

Brother Hou looked at me, got up and went out for a while, and when he came back, he had a plate and a knife in his hand, and took the peach away from me, peeled and cut into pieces, put it on a plate, and then gave it to me.I ate it piece by piece with a knife, and the cool and slightly sweet taste made my dizzy head sober up a lot.

"Wukong, what's the matter with Yingjie you mentioned?" I asked while eating a peach.

Brother Hou sighed, "Master has been sick for a long time. It stands to reason that after eating ginseng fruit, he shouldn't have these diseases again. I remembered that Taishang Laojun still owed us some elixir, so I went to Tushita Palace to look for him. , and explain the situation to him, to see if there is any elixir for the disease. But the Taishang Laojun said that Master's disease is incurable, and he can only suffer."

"What kind of inexplicable disaster is this?" Is it because there are few monsters in Tianzhu, so they directly manipulated my body to make up for the disaster?

In other words, 81 is difficult, have I saved enough?

"It is said that it is the cause and effect of the previous life." Brother Monkey said, "It is said that Master, you did not cherish food in your previous life and wasted a lot, which is why you have this difficulty."

I:"……"

Let me suffer because of wasting food?

Well, I really can't refute this reason.I don't know what happened when Jin Chanzi was reincarnated in the ninth world, but when I was in modern times, I encountered something I didn't like...

Amitabha, if this is the reason, I recognize it.

Knowing the cause and effect, the negative emotions accumulated in my heart dissipated a lot, and I lay on the bed for half a month, and my body recovered some strength. The master saw that I was a little bored, so he opened the scripture library and found some scriptures for me to read .

It's all I haven't seen.

The headmaster didn't take it seriously, "These are all treasures in the monastery. If the elder is not a virtuous monk, I may not show it to you. Some scriptures, if you can't practice well, it's okay if you don't understand them. I'm afraid that it will cause more troubles and won't let you read them." beautiful."

I flipped through the scriptures as a way to pass the time. Although my attitude was not very correct, I also gained a lot. There were many things I didn't understand before, but now I feel enlightened.

Then I turned to the section where the Buddha answered the questions of all living beings. It was the Buddha who was talking about the equality of all living beings.

I retracted my finger that was originally on the page, and all the contradictions and puzzles in my heart had been answered.

I have always believed that all beings are equal, which is the true sense of equality of existence, there is no distinction between high and low, and everyone is treated equally.Animals and plants are the same, humans and demons are the same, everyone is fair and equal, and has the same rights, regardless of noble or humble.

But it turns out, I was thinking too much.

The Buddha's idea that all living beings are equal is different from what I think. The equality here means that all living beings have the same Buddha-nature and have a chance to become a Buddha, even if the possibility is one in ten thousand, one in ten million , or even one in a billion, everyone is equal in terms of the probability of becoming a Buddha.

Demons can become Buddhas, monsters can become Buddhas, kings can become Buddhas, and beggars can become Buddhas.

But this does not mean that their status in the dunya is the same.

This is not at all the same as I thought that all living beings are created equal.