The temple is hidden in the mountains, like a crouching dragon hiding in the clouds and mist. It is so majestic that people already have a feeling of admiration before entering the mountain gate.
I saw three large Chinese characters "Yinshan Temple" on the mountain gate. The font has the meaning of Cao Quan's stele.
There are couplets on both sides: "If you don't hear the bells, you won't know the temple; if you don't see the hidden mountains, you won't know the dragon." The cursive black characters are engraved with an ancient look.
The three of them walked slowly into the mountain gate without talking, walked through an open space, and arrived at the temple door. The temple door was closed tightly, and the sound of Sanskrit chants came from inside. They knocked gently on the door with their worn shoes. After a long time, the temple door opened with a bang. A thin bhikkhu emerged.
"Amitabha, where did these two Taoist priests come from?" This bhikkhu must be a Zhike monk who specializes in receiving guests. He said that the two Taoists, because Yun Kong was still young, still dressed as Taoist boys.
"We are wandering Taoist priests," Po Lu said, "we came here specially to visit Master Denghuo."
"May I ask your name?"
"The poor way and the poor shoes."
"Please wait a moment, I will go and report." Zhike monk asked them to enter the temple, turned around and closed the temple door again, and then left quickly.
As soon as the guest monk left, Yankong smiled and said, "He's not putting on airs."
"There are no high-ranking officials or tourists here, so of course they are not used to putting on airs." Po Lu also gave a crooked smile.
Today's emperor advocates Taoism and suppresses Buddhism. In order to survive, some Buddhist temples at the foot of the mountain have turned to the popular witchcraft style, performed witchcraft tricks, or tried hard to attract pilgrims, and even opened markets in the temples. They have become tacky, so Yankong There is a saying.
The master and apprentice talked in low voices, only Yun Kong stayed aside quietly and said nothing.
Listening to the gentle footsteps, two monks appeared.
One is tall and the other is tall and thin. Both of them are wearing thick old mud-yellow robes.
The strong one was in good spirits and looked to be in his fifties, with a peaceful smile on his face and a few crow's feet at the corners of his eyes.
The tall and thin man had dull eyes and a smile on his face, but he was just giggling. His skin was dark and he did not look like someone who had lived in the mountains for a long time.
You can tell at a glance who is the heart of the lamp and who is the light.
"Long time no see, calm down." Brochure stepped forward to greet him.
"Hey!" Denghuo stretched out his hand happily, "I wonder who the broken shoe is, but it turns out it's really you, my brother!"
Dengxin also giggled beside him, expressing his welcome.
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In the abbot's room, masters and apprentices, Polu, Yankong, and Yunkong, and brothers Dengxin and Denghuo were sitting together, but only Polu, Yankong, and Denghuo were talking.
Because Yun Kong didn't speak.
The lamp heart was just smiling.
Yun Kong has traveled with his master and senior brother for many years, and has naturally gained a lot of knowledge. The places they passed through were more uninhabited than inhabited places. Most of the places they passed through were deserted mountains and wild forests, and there were inevitably mountain spirits and ghosts. From these things, he learned a lot and understood a lot.
But he doesn't like to say it.
First of all, he lacked anyone to talk to. The only people he faced every day were his master and senior brother.
Then he lacked something to talk about, so it was better not to say anything.
So when he talks, he usually asks questions.
Po Lu once discovered that wherever Yun Kong went, there were usually few ordinary ghosts and monsters. He couldn't help but think of what happened when Yun Kong was born, and the strange situation when he first met Yun Kong.
I remember Yunkong's father, Chen Dazeng, said that when Yunkong was born, "it was as if all the ghosts in the mountain were driven down the mountain." It turned out that he was born to ward off evil spirits, but I don't know why.
But this has nothing to do with him not being talkative.
He doesn't talk often, he puts what he wants to say back into his head and thinks.
The more he thinks about it, the more he understands it, and because he understands it better, as long as he speaks, what he says must be different from others.
Like now.
When Denghuo heard that Po Lu was going to open the Heavenly Eye for Yunkong, he looked at Yunkong first and said, "This child has a very special appearance, but opening the Heavenly Eye is not something that happens overnight."
"I understand this," said Polu, "so even though I have stepped into the coffin, I still can't open my eyes."
"That's because you are running around outside every day, and your mind is too busy to stay still, and you have no way to cultivate your body." Denghuo said, "Buddhism has a saying about the three learnings of 'precepts, concentration, and wisdom'. You must first uphold the 'precepts' and practice 'concentration' before you can go smoothly. "Wisdom" can be manifested only by concentration. My friend, you haven't passed the first test yet, how can you achieve concentration and enter wisdom?"
"So I see that Yun Kong is a good candidate for Taoism. He is young and can practice here for a long time. If he successfully opens his heavenly eyes, he will be able to avoid a lot of trouble when traveling in the world." Po Lu sighed: "We are traveling in the world. When people encounter mountain spirits and ghosts, they can only rely on experience and intuition, and they lack the ability to be as good as Yun Kong, let alone dream of having clairvoyance."
Deng Huo nodded and looked at the cloud sky again.
Just as his eyes were about to move away, they suddenly settled down again.
He really made up his mind because Yun Kong said something.
Yun Kong finally spoke.
He said: "You do."
Deng Huo was startled and asked, "What?"
Yankong was about to tell Yunkong not to be rude, but was stopped by Polu.
"You──you─"have"." The last word "you" is particularly affirmative.
"No," the lamp said peacefully, "I didn't."
Yun Kong stopped talking, knowing that Deng Hua still had something to say.
Sure enough, Denghuo spoke: "A monk has no desire in his heart, no 'want', let alone 'being', and his true nature is empty." He paused, then continued: "So, according to the Taoist name, I am nothing, Amitabha. !”
"You have it. You need to eat, wear, and talk." Yun Kong spoke louder and louder.
"I'm not a dead person." Denghuo sighed.
Yunkong suddenly lowered his voice and said to the light: "You are an idiot."
Yan Kong was shocked and embarrassed. He was about to stop his junior brother, but Yun Kong knelt down in front of Deng Xin and suddenly knocked his head down: "Master, please show me the way."
Polu's expression was still very calm, but Yankong was very confused. He felt that his brain was swollen and hot, and he wanted to do something, but he didn't know what to do.
He suddenly felt that he was stupid, stupid, foolish, foolish, and backward.
He vaguely understood what Yun Kong understood.
Yunkong remained silent, just paying attention to the wick and light in the oil lamp. He understood what Polu had known for a long time. He also understood the origin of the names of these two monks. He only understood it now!
He found with a sense of failure that he only understood it now!
The lights are not lights!
He is not an abbot! Not a master!
He is indeed a dork!
"Yunkong is right," this is what Polu said: "Master Denghuo is basically Master Dengxin." It was not easy to explain at this time.
Deng Huo squinted and laughed: "Okay! Okay! Interesting."
Polu took Yankong's hand and hinted him to go out, then turned to the light and said, "Pingding, I'll take my disciple out for a walk." Then he faced Yunkong and said, "You can ask your questions."
Yun Kong nodded and said, "Yes, Master."
Polu and Yankong stood up and left, leaving Yunkong in the abbot's room. They walked to the bamboo forest next to the temple to rest.
Deng Xin smiled naively and waved to Yun Kong, and Yun Kong walked up to him obediently. Deng Xin immediately put a long, slender hand on Yun Kong's head and lowered his head.
Yun Kong didn't understand what he was doing: "Master...?"
The light on the side whispered: "Close your eyes too and don't make a sound..." Yun Kong closed his eyes as he was told.
Strangely enough, even though he closed his eyes, Yun Kong could still see the two masters sitting in front of him, but the images were clearer and brighter than when he opened his eyes, and there was a faint layer of light around their figures.
Soon after, tears welled up in the corners of Deng Xin and Deng Huo's eyes.
Master Denghuo quietly wiped away his tears and said straightly: "Amitabha, I am ashamed!" He must have reached a state where the seven emotions and six desires are unshakable. At this moment, he actually shed tears because of Yun Kong's past encounters, so he said he was ashamed.
"Child, are you still afraid?"
"Afraid," Yun Kong's tears also flowed to his lips, "I often dream of the moment when my parents died in front of my eyes."
Dengxin comforted him gently, while Denghuo said: "There is no need to be afraid. Before they find you again, you can study hard in this temple."
Over there, Po Lu sat on a cold stone chair, took a deep breath of the fresh bamboo fragrance, and let the breath flow through his body for a while with satisfaction before saying, "Did you see it?"
"I don't know if I see it right or not," Iwakora said.
"Okay," Polu lowered his head and smiled, recalling the past: "Situ Ping must be an idiot."
At the beginning, everyone thought that the unknown Situ—now Deng Xin—was an idiot.
In fact, the lamp core and the lamp are two people, but the lamp lacks wisdom, and the lamp heart's wisdom is all used on the lamp. In other words, the lamp heart uses the lamp to contact the outside world.
