Xu Lingjun went to the Kang and sat down, while Minghua stood on one side.
Master Void glanced at her and said, "When you come to the Jokhang Temple, a poor monk should show his kindness as a landlord. I heard that the vegetarian dishes today are quite rich."
"It's time to have lunch at your place. Minghua and I walked for a long time before we got here. Could it be that you still want us to go down the mountain to find a place to eat." Xu Lingjun spoke rudely, and Master Void smiled slightly, showing his generosity. side.
"What Benefactor Xu said is true." After saying that, Master Void stood up.
Xu Lingjun said calmly: "You are Minghua's elder after all. Why don't you give me a greeting when you meet me?"
Master Void sat back down and looked up at him, his eyes full of helplessness. He reluctantly took off a bunch of Bodhi seeds from his wrist and sent them out. There were about 8 of them, 108 in total.
"It's for the female donor to play with. Wearing it with you will bring peace of mind."
"Thank you, Master Void." He took a step forward and took it with both hands under Master Void's lingering gaze. Not only did he take it, he also wrapped it around his wrist, making Master Void look at his wrists.
The smile on Xu Lingjun's face was a little genuine, and he said to Minghua: "Wear it well. This string of Buddhist beads has been worn by Master Void since he started. After finishing it all the year round, after countless blessings, it can give you Void Master’s love and care for you.”
Come on.
Master Void gave him a blank look, and his character completely collapsed.
"I won't snatch it back, so what!" After saying this angrily, Master Void turned his gaze to Minghua, "This Buddhist bead was given to me by my master when I was a poor monk. After many years of wearing and reciting it, it has become jade. It will not be damaged easily. What your master said is true. This Bodhi seed has been blessed by many eminent monks and is given to you. I wish you peace and success."
"Thank you Master Void for your love."
Void gritted his teeth, each sentence pricking his heart; the Bodhi seed brought out emotions, and it was the only thing given by the master, and he cherished it even more on weekdays.
Minghua was thinking that this beaded string was indeed very good; if it was incorporated with some heavenly materials and earthly treasures, it might become a magic weapon. It wouldn't be too powerful, but it would definitely be useful in the world of travel.
Xu Lingjun smiled, he was such a good disciple. Z.br>
"Let's go, it's lunch time."
Master Void was afraid that he would be angered to death if he stayed alone with them for a while, so he went to the kang and put on his shoes and walked out first. Xu Lingjun was just a kid with him, so when he met others, he would see if he would see them off.
The three of them walked out of the Zen room. Master Void suddenly felt a little better and wanted to take them to the dining room quickly. Don't ask, just ask about the virtues of the master and the disciple. He couldn't handle it alone.
Minghua walked up to the master, pulled his sleeves, and indicated with her eyes whether she wanted to return the beads. She looked at Master Void who was really reluctant to give up. It takes not only time to turn the Bodhi seed into jade, but also Handicap players also need to have enough patience.
"Donor Xu, female benefactor, please come inside."
When he walked outside the dining room, the moment Master Void turned around, he seemed to have returned to the kind and generous face he had when they first met him.
Xu Lingjun glanced at his apprentice, as if to say, do you understand?
Minghua nodded and understood, this Master of the Void is an old naughty boy; you don't have to follow his thoughts, it's fun to tease him occasionally.
"Donor Xu, female benefactor, please." The two of them conveyed their respective meanings with their expressions. When Master Void saw them like this, he began to feel guilty, "There is a fixed amount of food in the dining room. If you go late, there will be no good food. Already."
"Master." You always have to try something delicious. If you don't come here often, you always have to taste it now that you are here.
Xu Lingjun nodded and led her into the dining room following Master Void; it was not his first time coming to the dining room and he was very familiar with it. As he walked, he told his young apprentice about the distribution of the dining room. The entire dining room does not look very formal, nor is it luxuriously built. It is just a few ordinary tables and a brick building of dozens of square meters.
There are master chefs cooking and novice novices doing odd jobs; it’s a very ordinary, ordinary dining room scene.
They walked to the meal place and queued up to eat. When it was their turn, Minghua took a look at the vegetarian meal in Jokhang Temple. It was all vegetables and tofu, plus a piece of rice.
Very good meal.
After finding a seat and sitting down, Master Void said with a smile: "Female donor, try the vegetarian food of Jokhang Temple."
"Yes." Minghua responded and glanced at the master first.
Xu Lingjun took a bite with his chopsticks and said, "Eat quickly."
"Hmm." I tried a bite each of green vegetables and tofu, but they didn't taste very good. Buddhists don't eat meat, and the meat contained pungent seasonings such as onions, ginger, and garlic. How good the taste was, but it wasn't that good.
Seeing the expression on her face, Master Void laughed, "For outsiders, if they can have a meal, it is extremely delicious food. As the female donor knows, the disciples of the Jokhang Temple will go down to the mountain to beg for alms from time to time. As long as they are not eating meat, Collect them all. And these foods are alms, a few of them are purchased with incense money, and some vegetables are even provided by the villagers down the mountain."
"For a temple to operate, it requires many, many reasons. Even though you are an outsider, you are not someone who is indifferent to the fireworks of the world!"
Xu Lingjun said: "Although the Jokhang Temple is a national temple, it does not receive many donations. The disciples in the temple will go down the mountain from time to time to beg monks for alms. Coupled with the incense money and the donations from the villagers at the foot of the mountain, the Jokhang Temple can operate to this day." .”
"The money for incense should be quite a lot, right?" Minghua was puzzled.
Before this, she really didn't understand the operation of the Buddhist temple. The previous world went to the library; those masters would not say this in front of her. Even though they donated money later, they did not know some of the internal reasons.
Master Void said: "How can all the money for incense be spent? It is for making offerings to the Three Jewels and performing rituals."
Minghua nodded slightly.
"There are over a hundred monks in the Jokhang Temple, and their daily needs are huge."
Xu Lingjun couldn't help but scold him, "Can I donate the sesame oil money before I leave?"
"Then thank you, Donor Xu." Master Void stopped talking.
Minghua:......
Face-changing master!
They said so much just to get the master to pay for the sesame oil.
Minghua said helplessly: "Master, I also have money. I will donate some when I leave. It can be used to improve the food for the monks in the temple."
"Just give some appropriately. The Jokhang Temple has been operating for hundreds of years, and they will also open up fields in the back mountains for planting privately. However, they don't know how to plant. The land is not very good. What they grow is not very good, and the harvest is not high. "After all, it's a food income.
After eating the vegetarian meal, Minghua was suddenly glad that she didn’t ask for more when she was cooking. At that time, she also saw that the cabbage and tofu soup was watery. She remembered that she had heard people say that the vegetarian meal in the temple was delicious, but it turned out to be okay. Her intuition is sharp and she doesn't step into any trap.
After lunch.
Xu Lingjun first took her to the boundary of Houshan and walked to a group of rocks. Outside the rocks there was a stone pier with "forbidden area" written on it.
And the word is already covered with moss, almost invisible if you don't look carefully.
