"My child, there is no need to kowtow anymore. Your filial piety has moved the Buddha, and the Buddha has appeared. Go home and see that your mother is fine." In the Daxingshan Temple, the abbot personally came to inform him of his concern.
After chanting the Buddha's name for several days, his head was almost broken. However, the little boy's eyes became more pious. At this moment, he was suddenly told to stop. He seemed not to hear it and continued to kowtow and chant the sutra over and over again.
Until Xiao Yue, who was accompanying him, stretched out his hand to hold him: "Little brother, don't knock anymore, go back and see your mother quickly."
"Ah? Big brother, what's wrong with my mother? Is she dying?" When his mother was mentioned, the little boy immediately woke up.
The presiding monk quickly explained: "No, no, no, you kowtowed to the Buddha and moved the Buddha. The Buddha appeared and saved your mother. Please go home quickly and take a look."
"Really?" The little boy was about to jump for joy, but he still suppressed his inner excitement and asked again, "But, I haven't kowtowed ten thousand times yet, and I haven't burned peace incense yet."
The old host smiled, "No need, sincerity will lead to success. What Buddha tested is whether you are sincere enough. If you are sincere, one is enough; if you are not sincere, ten thousand are in vain."
The little boy was a little confused, "What is sincerity? Then I kowtowed for 4,708 times, does it count as sincerity? If not, I will continue to kowtow."
The old host grabbed him and said, "Forget it, of course, Buddha already knows it. Go back quickly and see if your mother is fine. Someone, come and escort this little donor back to visit his mother."
"No need. I have a destiny with this little brother. I will send him back in my carriage." Xiao Yue volunteered.
But the old host insisted: "Let the young disciples in the temple follow you. There is a caregiver on the way. He can come to my Daxingshan Temple to worship Buddha for many days. He is also destined to us. He helps people to the end and sends Buddha to the west. This can be considered as a follower. Make a good connection with this little benefactor."
Xiao Yue didn't insist anymore. He personally took the little boy into the carriage. Daxingshan Temple was accompanied by five or six monks, but they all followed on foot and told them not to sit in the carriage.
Xiao Yue didn't know that this was a scene deliberately created by the host to take the opportunity to publicize the Buddha's apparition. As long as the news of the little boy's mother's recovery from illness spreads, the reputation of Daxingshan Temple will rise to the next level.
"Mom, mother, mother, how are you?" the little boy cried and rushed into the Beggar Alley of Nancheng. It was full of down-and-out households or beggars. The little boy's mother was in a dilapidated shack.
The woman was lying on a hospital bed covered with straw, looking forward to her son's return day and night. The neighbor told her that her son was successful and that he would go to the temple to burn incense and worship Buddha to pray for his safety. He was a good and filial boy. The woman was so moved that her heart ached. She missed her son all the time. Even if a monk told her that the child was very good, she would not believe it until he saw him.
"Dog, dog, my dog is back..."
The woman was so excited that she rolled off the hospital bed. The little boy rushed into the shack and threw himself on the woman. She hugged her mother and cried loudly, "Mom, how are you? Nothing will happen to you!"
"Ahem, it's okay. Mom is okay, she's much better."
Xiao Yue and the monks who followed him in helped the patient get back to the bed.
The monks said: "The female donor is lucky. This child kowtowed in front of the Buddha's golden body for three days and nights, and finally moved the Buddha to appear. Otherwise, you may not be able to survive this illness."
What? ? ? Three days and nights?
"Dog, why are you so stupid? Let me see if something is wrong?"
The little boy snuggled into his mother's arms sensibly, "It's okay, mother, the people at Daxingshan Temple are very good to me. They told me that as long as I sincerely kowtow to the Buddha and chant sutras, I can save you. I did so, and they also Don't worry about me. I didn't expect the Buddha to be a real spirit. Mom, you look much better. You couldn't speak before."
Rubbing her son's forehead, the woman burst into tears. Xiao Yue quickly advised: "Madam, you are still ill, so you must not shed tears of joy or sorrow. Take care of yourself."
"Mom, let me introduce to you. This is eldest brother. He has been with me these days. Every time I wake up, I am in his arms. Big brother is such a nice person. These people are from Daxingshan Temple. Masters.”
The woman hurriedly struggled to kowtow in thanks, but Xiao Yue quickly held her down.
Xiao Yue asked curiously: "Madam, I wonder how you recovered from this illness? Is it really the Buddha who appeared?"
At this time, many neighbors had gathered around the shack. The woman recalled vaguely, "I don't know if the Buddha appeared. At that time, I was so sick that I couldn't open my eyes and couldn't speak. In my confusion, I realized that several people came to help me. My pulse, and someone fed me some beans. In a trance, I seemed to see a tall bald monk."
beans?
Everyone exclaimed, "What kind of beans can save your life?"
At this time, the monks who followed all clasped their hands together and said, "Amitabha, the female donor has good luck. I am afraid that the Buddha himself came down to earth to save you. Those are not beans. They should be life-saving elixirs given by the Buddha. Otherwise, how could a mortal be able to cure you?" disease?"
"Good, good, good!" The monks chanted the Buddha's name in unison, as if they wanted to feel the remaining breath of the Buddha at the scene.
The crowd was instantly shocked. Buddha appeared? The dog girl was saved by Buddha?
Xiao Yue also clicked his tongue in surprise, is it really so mysterious? Full of questions, Xiao Yue comforted him, put down twenty taels of silver to help Gou'er, mother and son, and then returned home in a carriage. He had questions he wanted to ask his brother.
When the monks of Daxingshan Temple saw that the publicity effect was achieved, they politely refused the people's attempts to stay in the alley and left.
Just when the news in the alley was about to spread, Chang'an City was the first to be detonated by the incident at Yuandeng Temple on the other side. In order to defraud other people's property, the monks of Yuandeng Temple killed the rich man Liu. Now Liu The rich man's son risked his life to seek revenge, the Yuandeng Temple was destroyed, and both parties were in court.
"Come on, hurry up, they say that the government and the monks are on the same side. Master Liu Cai is a good man. He often helps everyone. We must help Mr. Liu get justice!"
"That's right, making wishes at Yuandeng Temple is all a lie. I went there twice and it didn't work once."
"Brother, what did you wish for?"
"The casino lets me win for a day."
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In Duke Song's mansion, Xiao Rui stood in the yard waiting for Xiao Yue to come in. Seeing his brother's aura was messy, as if he was full of knots in his heart, Xiao Rui smiled and knew how to think. This was a good thing.
"Brother, is it true that Buddha appears? There is something I can't figure out." Xiao Yue said distressedly.
Xiao Rui patted his brother's shoulder and comforted him: "I understand what you are wondering about. If I tell you this question, it may not be profound enough. You need to read more and think more to understand it."
"But I can't figure it out. Is it because I'm dull and can't understand?" Xiao Yue said with a guilty conscience.
Xiao Rui took his brother's hand and said, "Don't worry, let's go, I will take you to see a good show with your own eyes."
