Early the next morning, Qian Yunsheng took the initiative to come to the Sutra Library to visit Xuanben.
When Xuanben saw Qian Yunsheng coming in, he smiled and said comfortingly: "Junior Brother Faru, don't be dejected. Since ancient times, life has always had many ups and downs, and few smooth sailings."
"All of these things are all in line with the way of heaven. Junior brother, you have to be careful to understand them."
Qian Yunsheng said respectfully:
"The master is well-read and knowledgeable. He has always been admired by the young monk. Now that we can sit down with the master, the young monk can follow the master to understand and practice diligently. This can be regarded as fulfilling the young monk's wish."
Xuanben took Qian Yunsheng to familiarize himself with the things in the Sutra Pavilion, and then Amitabha said: "Actually, junior brother's coming here this time can help senior brother a lot."
"Junior brother should know that in half a year, the Ten Thousand Buddhas Conference will be held, right?"
Qian Yunsheng hurriedly said: "How could the young monk not know about this prosperous age? The young monk also wants to take advantage of this Ten Thousand Buddhas Conference to listen to the teachings of the eminent monk!"
Xuanben also believed that Qian Yunsheng could not have heard of it, so he nodded and said: "Of course, we at Leiyin Temple must make full preparations for such a grand event."
"No, in addition to my Zen sect, the ten major sects including Xiangji Temple, the ancestral home of the Pure Land Sect, Huayan Temple, the ancestral home of the Huayan Sect, Esoteric Sect, Faxiang Sect, Vinaya Sect, and Tiantai Sect will all send people to participate."
"For our Sutra Pavilion, the most important thing about this event is the sutra debate at the Ten Thousand Buddhas Conference. At that time, the ten major sects will gather together and there will be a grand sutra debate event, and all the new and old people will be able to participate in it. Discuss the law on stage.”
"This is also the reason why I strongly advocate the recruitment of my junior brother. He is wise and eloquent, intelligent and ingenious, sensitive and eager to learn, and has extraordinary intelligence. He is a rare talent in Leiyin Temple."
Qian Yunsheng suddenly realized why he was transferred to the Sutra Pavilion so easily even if Master Xuanji had some advice. He immediately said in fear: "Master has such a great reputation, how can Faru dare to claim it?"
Xuan Ben shook his head with a smile and said: "We are debating scriptures, not asking for a winner. Faru, you don't need to be nervous about this. Our primary purpose of debating scriptures is to correct the teachings of Buddhism. If we can draw parallels and draw parallels, we can learn something." Inspiration would be better.”
"Junior brother, you happen to be favored by senior brother in this aspect. When junior brother and brother discuss, you often make surprising remarks. This is precisely the most important quality of debating scriptures."
"You must know that we cultivators are most afraid of sticking to the rules and following the rules. As the saying goes, there are as many sands in the Ganges as one leaf, one Bodhi, and one sand, one world. The success of others does not mean that we can succeed if we follow the same practices. We still have to find a practice that suits us. The path will do.”
"That's why the Lord Buddha handed down a collection of Sutras, a collection of Dharma, and a collection of Commentaries, a total of thirty-five volumes, totaling 15,144 volumes. It is for us to choose and understand them. , Only then can we advance to the supreme avenue."
"So in this matter, senior brother thinks it is most appropriate for junior brother to also participate."
Qian Yunsheng originally had the intention to enter the Sutra Pavilion, but he didn't care much about the success or failure of the sutra debate. Since Xuan Ben had confidence in him, he took advantage of the situation and asked, "What should I do if I don't know? Master, please give me some advice!"
When Xuan Ben saw Qian Yunsheng agreeing, he smiled and said: "Actually, this matter is easier said than done. Junior brother, let's take a look at this time's debate topic."
After saying that, he took out a jade slip, slapped it on his forehead, recorded a message, and handed it to Qian Yunsheng.
Qian Yunsheng took the jade slip and patted it on his forehead. When he looked at it with his spiritual consciousness, he discovered that it contained several questions prepared for debating scriptures.
Among them are: "After my Buddha reaches nirvana, who should my disciples take as their teacher?"
"With so many words throughout the ages, which word can best represent Buddha?"
"What is a ghost, and what is a Buddha? How should we recognize ghosts? How should we defend Buddha..."
Qian Yunsheng read them one by one and found that there were hundreds of related topics. It seemed that the actual conditions of each major sect were fully taken into consideration to ensure impartiality.
But on the other hand, with so many areas, it’s no wonder that even big temples like Leiyin Temple have to prepare in advance.
After reading this information, Qian Yunsheng pointed at the scroll and asked: "Just looking at so many sutra debate topics, you can tell that this is indeed a grand meeting. No wonder it lives up to the name of "Ten Thousand Buddhas"."
“I just don’t know, should the young monk choose a few topics to study in depth or should he dabble in them all?”
Xuan Ben knew that Qian Yunsheng would be wrong about what he meant. He smiled and shook his head and said: "Who will participate in this debate was decided after the blood pool battle."
"I recruited my junior brother because I hope you can come up with your unique insights through your own research and help us supplement it."
Qian Yunsheng felt relieved when he heard that he was not asked to debate scriptures. However, he was still a little confused about what Xuan Ben said, so he continued to clasp his hands and wait for Xuan Ben to explain.
As expected, Xuan Ben immediately said: "We will have a debate on the scriptures in the Sutra Pavilion in about seven days."
"At that time, we will simulate a sutra debate and ask our questions to the monks participating in the conference in turn. Junior brother will not have to hold back at that time. Naturally, the more tricky the angles and questions, the better."
"We want to use this method to prepare the monks participating in the conference for these difficult issues in advance. In this way, they will naturally be more aware of the issues before the conference."
"It seems that I am a sparring partner!" Qian Yunsheng basically understood his role and nodded slightly.
Seeing that Qian Yunsheng seemed to understand, Xuan Ben continued to smile and said:
"Junior brother has traveled far and wide. Naturally, he has his own different perceptions than the monks who have been in the temple for many years. On the contrary, he may be able to ask different questions."
"This is what I value most about my junior brother. I also hope that my junior brother will not hide his secrets. It would be best if he can ask questions that make us all speechless!"
Qian Yunsheng thought to himself: "Facing a bunch of old scholars and having to answer them all by myself, the difficulty is probably not that high!"
However, for him, it is not the key now to ask questions that would stun the old scholars. The key now is to steal the scriptures.
So, he preceded Amitabha with a few words of humility before asking the question he was most concerned about:
"This type of debate really requires deep Buddha-nature. I'm afraid the young monk has to calm down and do his homework seriously."
"I just don't know, can even a junior monk borrow the scriptures in the Sutra Pavilion?"
Xuan Ben had no doubt that it existed and said with a smile: "This is natural. Junior disciples can read all kinds of scriptures."
"But there are so many scriptures in the pavilion. If you have anything you don't understand, you can come to me and I will give you guidance."
Xuan Ben answered so readily, without even mentioning any taboos on reading, which made Qian Yunsheng murmur. He quietly said to Wen Xinzhu:
"Isn't it too easy to agree? How could Leiyin Temple, a temple that has been built for thousands of years, be so lax in its defenses?"
"To be honest, if this was the case, I'm afraid someone would have taken care of him long ago, right?"
Wenxinzhu also said quietly with some confusion:
"Don't tell me it's you, even I don't believe it. If it were so easy, we would have been whispering about it for so long, and we wouldn't have revealed the secret at all."
"It's a pity that since the other party didn't mention it at all, we can't ask again, otherwise we will reveal our secrets!"
Qian Yunsheng also nodded in his mind, knowing that it was not the right time to ask more questions, and mused: "What kind of methods are hidden in this scripture-storing pavilion? Since the other party won't tell us, we might as well just pretend not to know and try everything."
"If any taboo is really triggered, we can also assume that it is ignorance."
It turned out that Wen Xinzhu had the same idea as Qian Yunsheng, thinking that by entering the Sutra Pavilion, he would naturally be able to understand everything in the Sutra Pavilion. Unexpectedly, after actually entering, I was still confused.
But looking at the current situation, I'm afraid I can only use Qian Yunsheng's method to explore the way. Therefore, he said somewhat helplessly:
"In that case, we can only give it a try first!"
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