Liang Jiunan scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed:
"Since the Goddess doesn't let me call you Senior, Goddess shouldn't call me Sir either."
"You and the boss are close friends. After all, you are also my senior. Just call me Jiu Nan."
The Mirror Flower Goddess smiled gently and raised her whisk, "Okay, please follow me into Qingshui Temple first."
Looking at it, Jingshui Temple is not that big.
Although the courtyard is large, there are also many medicinal flower beds.
As for the Buddhist temple where it is enshrined, there is only one main hall.
An endless stream of pilgrims were pouring into the Buddhist temple to offer incense.
As for the offerings they brought, the nuns from Jingshui Temple placed them on the offering table in an orderly manner and expressed their gratitude.
At the same time, another nun was pushing a cart with wood on it.
As the bowls and chopsticks were placed, bowls of herbal soup were poured evenly, exuding a refreshing aroma of herbs.
Liang Jiunan saw this peaceful scene, but he felt a little more at ease and couldn't help but ask:
"Goddess, since you are the master of Jingshui Temple, why are you wearing blue clothes?"
"The practitioners around you are all dressed in white."
"And... this is the first time I have seen a Buddhist practitioner using a whisk instead of beads."
The Mirror Flower Goddess showed a hint of surprise: "Looking at it this way, Jiu Nan does have some understanding of Buddhist matters?"
Liang Jiunan nodded:
"Among Buddhists, especially monks who embark on the path of cultivation, they are accustomed to decorating themselves with the five righteous colors."
"Yellow, black, red, cyan, and white can also express themselves."
"The goddess herself is clothed in blue, and blue is a mottled color."
"If everyone in Jingshui Temple is like this, then that's it. But they are white, so I'm a little curious."
The Mirror Flower Goddess listened quietly to Liang Jiunan's words and nodded with a smile:
"Yes, Buddhist practitioners focus on the right color because the right color gives people an unattainable and sacred feeling."
"But in the final analysis, as a Buddhist, one cultivates the Buddha, cultivates the mind, and more importantly, cultivates oneself."
"The poor nuns don't like to have pilgrims and believers. They feel that the poor nuns are superior, which is inappropriate."
Liang Jiunan couldn't help but said: "All living beings are equal, this is also the teaching of Buddhism."
Unexpectedly, the Mirror Flower Goddess shook her head: "What the poor nun wants is not the equality of all living beings. In this world of mortals, there is no such thing as the equality of all living beings."
Liang Jiunan was stunned.
This was the first time that he heard someone who practiced Buddhism say that he did not seek equality for all living beings, but also told the reality nakedly.
The Mirror Flower Goddess continued to explain:
"The poor nun wears blue because he hopes to get closer to all sentient beings in this world, so that believers will not regard me as a lofty Buddha."
"The path that a poor nun has cultivated throughout his life is to save all sentient beings."
"In this case, you should put yourself in a lower position than all living beings and be sent by all living beings, only then can you feel at ease."
"As for the whisk, although the whisk is a Taoist magic weapon, it can also be used to sweep away the suffocation in the heart. It is also easy for a poor nun to use it."
"Moreover, this whisk was a gift from the poor nun's friend Wutongzi."
Liang Jiunan nodded:
"I heard the boss say before that in his spare time, he would come to Qingshui Temple to talk about scriptures and Taoism with the goddess and Wutongzi from Lin Xiufang?"
The Mirror Flower Goddess nodded slightly:
"Wutongzi was originally a Taoist priest from Qiankuguan, but later due to changes in his mood, he became a Taoist cultivator."
"Although he still lives in Qiankuguan, he spends most of his time in Lin Xiufang playing the music of the konghou and entertaining others."
"The poor nun, Wutongzi, and Shangjing's good friend, because they belong to three sects but are very close to each other, exchanged their tokens."
"Wu Tongzi gave the poor nun a wish-fulfilling whisk, the poor nun gave Shang Jing's friend a jade Buddha bead bracelet, and Shang Jing's friend gave Wu Tongzi a Confucian book."
The goddess in the mirror talked about the past with Li Shangjing and Wutongzi in a leisurely manner, which made Liang Jiunan unable to help but listen.
At this time, he was walking to the table where the herbal soup was distributed.
The Lady in the Mirror also took a bowl and handed it to Liang Jiunan:
"The case of Can Sheng Empress is causing a lot of trouble."
"Jiu Nan, you have the faint aura of Taoism skills in your body, and your foundation is strong, but my herbal medicine is to strengthen the foundation and cultivate the body, and it has only benefits."
"This will prevent any accidental exploration from leaving any hidden dangers."
Liang Jiunan smiled and cupped his hands: "Goddess, then I'm not welcome."
Since it was a good thing, Liang Jiunan naturally wasn't pretentious.
After taking a bowl of herbal medicine into my stomach, my body felt warm even though it was cold spring and snowy.
Liang Jiunan's eyes lit up and he immediately felt a strange power flowing through his limbs. The pain caused by fatigue in the past few days also disappeared in an instant.
"Thank you so much, Goddess!"
The Lady in the Mirror waved her hand.
The two of them continued walking towards the Buddhist temple.
Perhaps as they became more familiar with each other, Liang Jiunan was no longer so restrained and couldn't help but say:
"Tiannu, I feel... you have your own understanding of Buddhist scriptures, and you have the ability to arrange such a cosmic cave in Yangzhou City."
"You have already achieved such a level of cultivation. Why haven't you been tonsured yet? Instead, you are practicing with your hair on?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the nun who was handing out herbal soup said with a smile:
"Donor, it's not that the goddess cannot be tonsured, but she asked for it herself."
"The Goddess said that the body's hair and skin are shaped by its parents. And all living beings are the Goddess's parents. Therefore, she can be ordained."
"The goddess also said that tonsure means to remove the three thousand troubles."
"But now that you have a clear mind and a clear understanding of your nature, it doesn't matter whether you are tonsured or not."
Liang Jiunan became more and more impressed the more he listened.
This Mirror Flower Goddess is really a wonderful person. No wonder people like my boss are full of praise for her.
But he saw the Mirror Flower Goddess taking a stick of incense from the side and handing it to Liang Jiunan: "Now that I'm here, I'll light a stick of incense as a token of my gratitude."
Liang Jiunan nodded, took it with both hands, and walked into the Buddhist hall.
The Buddhist hall itself is not big. On the incense table is placed a Buddha statue of King Dhritarashtra, which is about one foot high. He is wearing white armor and holding a pipa. He is very powerful.
And around the king of Dhrita, forming three corners, there are three statues with graceful figures holding pipa in their arms.
Thinking of what the vendor said, Liang Jiunan couldn't help but ask: "Could it be...that this is the Prison Bodhisattva?"
Seeing the confusion on Liang Jiunan's face, the Mirror Flower Goddess explained:
"Jianzhai Bodhisattva is just one of the ways to say it."
"Divided into three bodies."
"The Dharmakaya that upholds the Dharma, the Dharmakaya that protects the Dharma, and the Dharmakaya that protects the Dharma."
"His true form is Kinnara, one of the eight guardian deities of the heavenly dragons."
Having said this, the Mirror Flower Goddess added:
"Kinnarāna is the god of music. Men are like horses and can sing. Women are human and can dance."
"Among the eight heavenly dragons, Kinnara and Gandharva echo each other."
"And this King Dhritarashtra is one of the Gandharvas."
Hearing this, Liang Jiunan suddenly realized.
Therefore, what is enshrined in this Jingshui Temple are all Buddhist guardian gods who mainly sing, dance, and melodious.
I saw the Mirror Flower Goddess blowing the dust, and a snow-white flower as white as jade slowly bloomed on the wonderful body of the Prison Bodhisattva.
The flower fell slowly, and finally landed in Liang Jiunan's palm.
"This flower is a snow jade mandala." The Mirror Flower Goddess smiled and said: "The flower, the poor nun has given it to you. But whether you can take it away depends on Jiu Nan's ability."
