one
Xie Xiangcai followed Yu Pu's instructions and sat cross-legged on a futon, with his hands gently placed on his knees.
After half a stick of incense, the young man opened his eyelids slightly and secretly looked at the flickering candlelight.
From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Yu Pu, who was munching on a leg of lamb not far away. He swallowed subconsciously and whispered, "Master, master!"
Yu Pu stopped what he was doing, touched the oil stains on the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, turned his head to look at Xie Xiangcai, who was sitting on the futon, and chuckled, "How long have you been holding on, young master?"
Xie Xiangcai stood up while swinging his legs, turned his head and glanced at the incense burning in the incense burner on the incense table, and blurted out, "A small half stick of incense."
After the words fell, the young man was startled.
Less than half?
The shameful memories rushed to his head instantly, making him blush.
Yu Pu glanced at him with disdain, then stood up and threw the wine gourd at his waist to Xie Xiangcai. The gourd turned over in mid-air. Although the wine cork was half open, not a drop of wine was spilled.
Xie Xiangcai took the gourd and took a look at it. He actually thought it looked familiar.
Yu Pu stood up, walked to Xie Xiangcai's side in a few steps, and looked out the window at the night.
"This wine gourd was made by your seventh senior brother. Each of his friends has a gourd like this. He planted more than a dozen vines specifically for growing gourds in his backyard. Now, over the past twenty years, those originally lush vines have grown , I guess I’ve been bald for a long time!”
Xie Xiangcai popped the wine cork with his finger and took a sip of extremely strong soju, which made him blush from his neck to his ears.
The young man quickly stuffed the wine gourd back into Yu Pu's hand, stamped his feet, and finally had no choice but to use his energy to dissipate the alcohol.
Yu Pu patted Xie Xiangcai on the shoulder, but unexpectedly slapped the young man to the ground gently or hard. When he saw this, he quickly helped the young man up from the ground in embarrassment, dusted off the dust on Xie Xiangcai's body, and said, " Hey, what kind of wine does Eighth Young Master like to drink?"
Xie Xiangcai pondered for a moment, "I like fruit wine, flower wine, whatever is sweet!"
Yu Pu was stunned, "Sweet?"
Then the monk laughed loudly, turned his back, stretched, exhaled, and nodded thoughtfully, "Young people just want to enjoy some sweet things, but don't live a lifetime of bitterness!"
Xie Xiangcai nodded with a smile, untied the gourd from Yu Pu's waist somewhat shamelessly, poured a few drops on the tip of his tongue, put it back into his mouth for aftertaste, and shivered again from the spicy taste.
Yu Pu laughed heartily, patted Xie Xiangcai on the back, put him back on the futon, and then sat cross-legged on the floor, with his hands naturally placed on his thighs.
Xie Xiangcai saw that Yu Pu had a free and easy personality and was informal in his work. He came to him with a certain familiarity and asked with a smile, "Little Master Yu Pu, why do other monks strictly abide by the rules and precepts, chant sutras and eat vegetarian food every day, but you can drink alcohol?" Eat meat?”
Yu Pu puffed out his chest, pondered for a moment, and said loudly, "Because... I am happy!"
When the word "I" came out, Yu Pu suddenly felt something was wrong. He lowered his head and glanced at the tall Buddha statue behind him, clasped his hands together and said "sin, sin, sin".
Xie Xiangcai took a deep breath, looked out the window at the night, held his chin and asked Yu Pu, "Master Yu Pu, don't you feel bored after staying in the temple for so many years?"
Yu Pu threw the wine gourd aside as if he was chewing something, "It's very boring! If your seventh senior brother hadn't come over to me to drink from time to time, I don't know if I would have suffocated to death!"
Xie Xiangcai pondered for a moment, stretched out his hands and gestured, "When can Master Yu Pu come to Qingmeng City? Qingmeng City is so big, it took me a long time to walk around a few streets."
Yu Pu's expression froze, and then he laughed loudly, "Okay, when Monk and I go to Qingmeng City, you can bring out all the good wine in the city, and then let me do a 'ask the wine to the sky', how?"
Prime Minister Xie patted his chest confidently, "Those are the twenty-four best bottles of wine in Qingmeng City. I will bring them all to the master so that he can drink enough! But..."
Yu Pu suppressed his smile and looked at the young man with a half-smile, "Why can't you do this?"
The boy grinned, "Can you let me go out to play?"
Yu Puba smacked his lips, raised an index finger and shook it in front of Xie Xiangcai, "You have a beautiful idea!"
two
Three hours later, Xie Xiang slowly opened his eyes. The sky outside the window was still dark. He stretched out and found that Yu Pu was sweeping the fallen leaves on the ground outside.
Xie Xiangcai pushed the door open and stood next to Yu Pu. Seeing that Yu Pu was sweeping the floor aimlessly, he pointed to several corners from time to time to indicate where there were fallen leaves.
It was extremely dark, but Xie Xiangcai's eyes seemed to be bright, and he could see every corner of the temple clearly. I think this is the benefit of having his Yin eyes opened.
Xie Xiangcai saw that Yu Pu was deep in thought, so he simply took the broom in his hand, swept away all the leaves in the courtyard, and jumped back into the house.
Yu Pu took the lead and sat on the ground. After a moment, he raised his head, shook his head violently, picked up the wine gourd on the ground, and took a big gulp.
Xie Xiangcai stepped forward curiously and asked, "What is Master Yu Pu thinking?"
Yu Pu put his arms around Xie Xiangcai's shoulders, smacked his lips and said, "Hey, your master asked me to help you to purify your mind. In fact, he wanted me to help you enlighten the Tao. I don't even understand the Tao, so what can I do to help you enlighten it? ? Your master said to break the legs, but that really means breaking the legs!"
Xie Xiangcai held his forehead and smiled bitterly, spreading his hands to express his helplessness.
The young man then held his chin up in deep thought, and after a long time asked, "Master Yu Pu, you have been in the temple for such a long time, can I ask you a few questions?"
Yu Pu nodded, "But it doesn't hurt to ask."
Xie Xiangcai took out a long breath and carefully glanced at the Buddha statue behind him, "Is there any so-called Buddha Buddha in this world?"
Yu Pu clasped his hands together and said, "Master told me, 'If the heart is there, then there is something; if there is no heart, then there is nothing'."
The young man nodded slightly and then asked, "I have read in books that Buddhism advocates 'purification of the six roots'. What does that mean?"
Yu Pu smiled and said, "Purification of these six sense organs of ears, nose, mouth, tongue, body and mind means that they are clear and uncluttered, and can correctly understand the world with the six sense organs."
The young man nodded again, pondered for a moment, and asked the last question, "Buddhist believers often say that the Buddha had a Zen mind. Why does it seem to me that the world is still so complicated now?"
Yu Pu was stunned, obviously stumped.
He sipped his wine, frowned again and again, and looked at Xie Xiangcai over and over again.
Xie Xiangcai's eyes were complicated, and he felt as if he had embarrassed Yu Pu.
After a long while, Yu Pu put down the wine gourd and spoke slowly.
"When my master was alive, he often asked me to follow Buddhist teachings, saying that God is watching what people are doing, and Buddha is gazing at all living beings in heaven. But when I was a child, I never saw any Buddha, not even the light of Buddha. times. At that time, I wondered if there was no Buddha Tutu at all in this world?"
The young man nodded slightly.
"Master also often asked me to go to Anqing City to beg for alms and ask for some fast food from some people. He said it was a step to sharpen my mind. I often cut corners and asked people for money instead of asking for fast food. When I met kind-hearted people, they not only gave me The money also gave me fast food, but when I encountered unreasonable people, all they wanted was a meal of sticks."
The young man smacked his lips and sighed.
"Every time I was beaten, I would come back to Master with a broken bowl in hand to complain, and said through gritted teeth that I would become a bully in the future, so that no one would dare to look down on us Buddhist children. Master would always hit me on the head with a stick used to knock wooden fish, and then He carried me and kowtowed to the Buddha, and then took a few fruits from the Buddha's incense table to make me happy. Master, he didn't know that there were always few fruits on the incense table. In fact, it was all my fault. I also often went to the merit box. I took out the offering money and went out to buy snacks. According to what he said, the Buddha should be angry with me, but I still came here smoothly after all these years."
The young man sat up straight and listened attentively.
"When I was fifteen years old, my master was seriously ill. I kowtowed three thousand times in front of the Buddha, but no god came to save my master. At that time, I was completely sure in my heart that there were no bullshit Buddhas or gods in this world, so I got angry. They smashed the golden statue of Buddha in the temple that had been passed down for centuries.”
The young man was stunned.
"In the past fifteen years, I have walked around the streets and alleys of Anqing City, and there are still people giving alms, but there are no longer people waiting for me with sticks. On the contrary, I am leisurely and carefree. You said that in the eyes of the Buddha, I must be 'doing many evil things', why haven't I Are the gods angry with me?"
Prime Minister Xie finally spoke, "Are there really no gods in this world?"
Yu Pu's eyes were red, and he smiled with relief after a moment.
"Didn't Master say, 'If the mind is there, there will be something; if the mind is not, there will be nothing'. To the people who gave me food, they felt that there was a Buddha, so they accumulated virtue and did good deeds. To the people who gave me sticks, they felt that there was no Buddha, so they beat me like I was crossing the street. Rats, actually, they are not wrong, they are all right."
Xie Xiangcai was surprised and said, "They are all right."
Yu Pu stood up, put one hand behind his back, and held the Buddhist beads in his other hand.
"There is no way in the world."
He spoke slowly.
Xie Xiangcai suddenly stood up and blurted out the next five words.
"If you can't do it, just do whatever you want."
Yu Pu smiled and nodded, "Whether it is a Buddha or a Tutu, if you have it in your heart you will respect it, if you don't have it in your heart you won't. The sun still rises in the east and sets in the west. It doesn't mean that if I believe in Buddha, all my wishes will come true. Being resurrected from the dead does not mean that because I don’t believe in Buddha, everything will go wrong for me and everything will be miserable for me.”
The young man nodded silently, thoughtfully.
"I smashed the Buddha statue because I didn't have a Buddha in my heart at that time. Now I build a Buddha statue because I have a Buddha in my heart now. The Buddha will not change, but my heart will change. When I was a child, I ignored the heaven and the earth, thinking that my head was in the sky and my feet were in the ground. , now that I have seen through all the dharmas in the world, birth, old age, sickness and death, joys and sorrows, I realize that it is not important whether there is a Buddha or not. Putting this Buddha statue here will give you peace of mind."
Xie Xiangcai only felt that he was confused by Yu Purao.
Yu Puchang laughed heartily.
"In the final analysis, there are only four words, follow the original intention. When you are poor and aimless, follow the Buddha as a guide and walk on the right path. When you are enlightened and happy, drink and talk happily in accordance with the world. It doesn't matter if you don't have the Buddha. The Buddha is basically a helper or a helper in the snow. If the icing on the cake is judged in terms of presence or absence, it would be too nonsense, isn’t that true?”
Xie Xiang suddenly realized.
Yu Pu turned around, clasped his hands, looked at the golden statue of Buddha, and bowed to salute.
"The way of the world is the way of the world. What else can we call the way of the world if it is not complicated? The Zen mind belongs to the Zen mind. If everyone is good, what kind of Zen mind is needed? Only the good and the bad can save all living beings. Only in the world of birth, old age, sickness and death, joys and sorrows, can monks like us have one meal to eat, isn't it? ?"
Xie Xiangcai smiled knowingly and scratched his head.
Yu Pu stretched his waist and said, "After all, we are still human beings. Didn't the Buddha also ascend after enlightenment under the bodhi tree?"
The young man stood up and bowed.
It turns out there is no Buddha in this world, there is only a Zen mind.
There is no way in the world. If you can't do it, just follow your heart.
This statement is true.
