Unexpectedly, the little novice monk corrected him: Donor, you are wrong. If you wear expensive leather shoes to enter the temple, even if you are worshiping Buddha and Bodhisattva, you are also disrespectful to Buddha and Bodhisattva. Why do you say this? You should know that the leather shoes you are wearing, no matter how valuable they are, are made from the skins of animals. It is very cruel for animals to be caught and killed. Buddha, Buddha We are all great enlightened beings with great compassion and vow to save all sentient beings from the sea of suffering. If you walked into the Mahavira Hall wearing leather shoes, wouldn't you be disrespectful to the Buddha and Bodhisattvas? Even if you want to wear shoes, you can only wear ordinary cloth shoes, do you understand?
The boss nodded, understanding. He quickly took off his leather shoes and selectively picked up a pair of cloth slippers placed on the outside of the threshold and put them on. The man also took off his leather shoes and put on cloth slippers, and entered the temple to worship the Buddha and Bodhisattva one after another.
At the end, the boss threw the merit money into the merit box, and then asked the little novice monk, I have a troublesome matter that I want to ask the monk in the temple for mercy enlightenment. I wonder if it can be solved? The little novice monk said, if you have something to ask, Master Wu Xin in the Sutra Pavilion on the west side of the temple, he will give you some advice. Whether it can be solved or not, I really can’t say for sure, it all depends on chance.
At this moment, the boss and the man approached the threshold of the hall, took off their slippers, put them away respectfully, put on their own leather shoes, followed the little novice's instructions, went straight out of the hall, passed through a corridor, and came to the west. At the door of the side lesson sutra pavilion, I saw an old monk sitting inside, chanting sutras. It is estimated that he is the Master Wuxin mentioned by the little novice monk.
Since the class was not over yet and they could not enter without permission, the boss and the man had to wait a little longer.
After about a cup of tea, the monk's lecture stopped. He seemed to have known that someone was waiting outside the door, so he turned sideways and asked them, "two donors, do you have anything to do with me?"
The boss replied, "Excuse me, are you Master Wuxin?" The monk immediately stood up and looked at him head-on, and said humbly, "Lao Na's Dharma is called enlightenment, but he has not realized it. He has not practiced enough, and he deserves the title of master." Having said this, he put his hands together and reverently recited Amitabha, then raised his monk's robe and invited the two of them to come in.
The boss walked to the threshold and saw that there were no spare slippers like the threshold of the Main Hall. However, he still stopped and looked at the man standing next to him. Then he turned his eyes to Master Wu Xin. Excuse me, both of us. I'm wearing leather shoes. Do you have slippers to change into?
No need to change, you can go in. Master Wu Xin also told them that it would be better not to wear animal leather shoes when visiting the temple in the future. It would be better to wear artificial leather shoes. He also said that it may be your first time to come to the temple, so it is not an exaggeration to know.
After entering the Lesson Pavilion, Master Wu Xin motioned for the two of them to sit on a long bench, that is, sitting opposite Master Wu Xin.
If you have anything to do with me, you can talk to me. Master Wu Xin spoke.
But the boss reached out and poked the man's shoulder gently, indicating that he would speak for him. The man cleared his throat, stood up a little restrained and was about to speak, but Master Wu Xin asked him to sit down and speak.
When he heard clearly what the man said about a girlfriend who was in love with his boss, her legs ached every time she saw him, and the pain became worse the longer they were together, Master Wu Xin said nothing and just reached out to open the drawer. , took out a handwritten book and handed it to the boss. Only after you read this booklet will you understand some truth.
The boss took the booklet and looked at the title in bold letters on the white hard cover: "Anecdotes of the Nunnery"; under the title it read: Written by Anonymous, and asked, does this have anything to do with what happened with my girlfriend and me? Does it matter?
Master Wu Xin said that there is a relationship, but there is no relationship, there is no relationship, and there is a relationship. All living beings are one in nature, their sambhogakayas are very different, their cause and effect are different, and the manifestations of evil and obstacles are vastly different. It is best for donors to read this booklet carefully and you will understand some of the truth.
The boss rarely reads books and is not in the mood to read. Obviously he doesn’t want to read and wants to solve his own problems in a hurry, so he lied to Master Wuxin and said, I will take this booklet back to read. Can you teach me a way to let me My girlfriend’s legs and feet don’t feel sore when she meets me, or no matter how long she’s been with me.
No matter where you read it, I will answer you after reading this booklet. Master Wuxin told the conditions.
If the boss dared to go back, he would be involved in too many worldly matters and could not calm down to read this booklet. He said to the man who came with him, Director Liu, we will stay at the Lotus Temple today. Read the booklet to me, and I want to hear it clearly. If Master Wu Xin asks you some questions, I still know a little bit about them. If you ask some questions that I don’t know clearly, you can add them.
Master Wu Xin said yes. Immediately, they were led to one of the rows of dormitories facing north and south.
Standing at the door, you can see a table placed on the south wall opposite. There is a window on the table, and the window is closed, so the room is a bit dark and musty. Apparently no one has stayed there for a long time.
Master Wuxin walked over and opened the window sash, turned around and explained that it had rained a lot recently and the window needed to be closed.
The boss struck up a conversation politely, and it didn't matter if he didn't open the window. In fact, the boss thought to himself: The mold in this room smells really bad. If I hadn't come to see Master Wu Xin for something, even if eight people carried a sedan to pick me up, they wouldn't have come.
Now, the air is flowing and I feel better. Master Wu Xin looked at the two bunks facing each other against the wall and said, "The two donors should sit on the edge of the bunks!"
The boss and Director Liu standing in the middle aisle said "hmm" and did not sit down immediately. Director Liu looked through the book as he walked. It was thick. He said to the boss, Mr. Qin, it will take several hours to read so many words.
Master Wuxin said, yes, it has more than 23,000 words. If you read it quickly and don't mess around, you can finish it in two hours. If you read it slowly and there are interruptions, two hours will not be enough, and it may even take three or four hours. It's getting late now. I suggest the two donors to stay here for one night and leave tomorrow. Mr. Qin said, it depends on the situation. Then he looked at Director Liu and said, "You start reading this booklet now."
OK As Director Liu spoke, he sat down on the edge of the bed, opened the booklet and put it on the table, preparing to read "Anecdotes of the Nunnery". The bell in the temple rang, and Master Wu Xin suddenly put his palms together and recited, Amitabha. Two donors, when it’s time for fasting, go and have your fasting meal first!
Director Liu looked at Mr. Qin. Mr. Qin looked at Master Wu Xin and said, "Elder, don't worry about it. After we finish reading this booklet, we will go outside the temple to make a tooth sacrifice."
At this time, the sky was getting dark, and the calls of the birds returning to the forest were already sparse. Although the window of the dormitory is open, the light is not good. Director Liu was not in a hurry to read this booklet. He got up and caught up with Master Wu Xin who had just left the house and said, Elder, can you light an oil lamp? We will give you oil money and merit money.
Upon hearing this, Master Wu Xin immediately turned around and entered the room. He bent down and took out an oil lamp from under the bunk on the left, handed it to Director Liu, then took out the matchbox in the monk's robe and took out a match to light it. Boss Qin had already taken out a lighter from his body and lit the oil lamp.
When he saw Master Wuxin put the match back into the matchbox, he quickly took out the 300 yuan from his wallet and handed it to Master Wuxin, "Elder, just think of it as gas money!"
So much gas money? no, I'm fine. Master Wu Xin pushed Boss Qin's hand that handed him the money, turned around and left as he spoke. Boss Qin then followed up and stuffed the 300 yuan into the monk's robe wallet that he put back in the matchbox. Master Wu Xin took out the money and handed it to Boss Qin. Donor, if you really want to give alms, don’t give this money to me. Just put it in the merit box in the temple.
When Boss Qin saw what Master Wu Xin said, he took the money, walked out towards the Main Hall, took off his shoes again, put on his slippers and put them into the merit box in front of a row of Buddha statues. Master Wu Xin stood outside the door, waiting for him to come out, and said to the donor, you'd better call the donor out of the dormitory and go to the Five Views Hall to have the evening fast together. Otherwise, after reading the booklet, it would be late at night and hungry, so it would be inconvenient to have a late-night snack outside the temple. There is still such a long way to go.
Boss Qin followed Master Wuxin's advice and returned to the dormitory to ask Director Liu to go to the Five View Hall with him to have a meal. The so-called "yongzhai" means that the two of them drank porridge and swallowed vegetables just like the other monks, but they were also delicious.
After dinner, Boss Qin saw that Master Wu Xin was not here, and together with Director Liu found the Lesson Pavilion where the oil lamp was lit. Master Wuxin was burning incense and preparing to chant sutras. When he saw them coming, he asked, why don't you read the booklet?
Boss Qin said, "Elder, if we finish reading that booklet, it must be late at night. If I come to ask you something, I won't be able to come to you again, for fear of disturbing your sleep." Could you please tell me now about the relationship between the booklet "Anecdotes of the Nunnery" and my girlfriend and me?
No, no! If you don't read the booklet, I won't answer you. Master Wu Xin said so.
Boss Qin felt that there was no room for negotiation, so he planned to ask Director Liu to read to him, then sleep in the dormitory for one night, and then come to Master Wu Xin to ask questions at dawn.
At this moment, back in the dormitory, with the faint light of the oil lamp, Boss Qin listened honestly to Director Liu reciting "Anecdotes of the Nunnery" to him word for word:
During the Qingming Festival, most people go home to worship their ancestors, hang paper on the ancestral graves where their ancestors are buried, and repair the tombs. Finally, they set off a whip with a cannon, and bow or kowtow to the ancestral graves a few times before leaving.
On the day of Tomb-Sweeping Day, my nephew Rao Da, who was studying in college and had rushed back from the provincial capital in advance, and I went out to worship our ancestors. We packed whips, incense, flower arrangements and money into several bags and carried them to the ancestral tombs.
Suddenly, Rao Da asked me, I saw my third uncle coming back, why didn't he go to the ancestral tomb mountain with us to hang the mountain? I smiled slightly. Every year he would go to the nunnery mountain to set off his whip, and then come back to the ancestral tomb mountain.
Rao Da wanted to break the casserole pattern (question) to the end and asked his third uncle why he went to the nunnery mountain to set off whips. Was it because any of his relatives died and were buried there? I nodded and didn’t want to say anything more, because it was something that happened to the previous generations, especially some sensitive or disgraceful things, and I didn’t want the younger generations to know.
But Rao Da was a bit over the top and had to ask clearly. He asked: Which relative of the third uncle is buried on the Nunnery Ridge.
I raised my eyes and said that you shouldn't ask about things you shouldn't know. Maybe I have always been kind, and even if I open my eyes, I am not evil. My nephew Rao Da is not afraid of me at all. He immediately "quarreled" with me, saying to my second uncle, why don't you tell me why my third uncle's relatives were buried in a nunnery after their death? Regarding the matter on the mountain, I won’t leave. After saying this, he really stood still and swung the bag of whip in his hand, but of course he didn't drop it.
I secretly thought: It wouldn't be a big deal to tell him about this, so I compromised. I said: There are still a few hills to go up to the ancestral tomb mountain, so walk slowly! I'll say it slowly!
Second uncle, I am all ears. Maybe after listening to this story, you can get some inspiration from it. Rao Da became excited again and used his words to dispel my worries.
After I sighed for a while, I told him, I told you, don't tell other people, and don't let my third uncle know that I told you this thing that happened to my ancestors. As my nephew said a few good words in succession, I recounted what I heard, the unpleasant past events that our family knows about bit by bit——
The third uncle's father, Rao Ganghui, married his wife Hu Huaiying in his early years, but for unknown reasons, he never had children. When she reached middle age, Rao Ganghui panicked and hurriedly married her second wife Xiong Shanghua. Soon her belly was lifted and she was dangling in front of Rao's family like a meritorious official. Hu Huaiying was very jealous and treated her badly. After giving birth to the child, he told the Rao gang that your wish has come true. There is a person who will inherit the incense. Now that you have a new member, the family is rich and the burden is heavy. I think I will sell the flowers! You can also get some money.
Unexpectedly, Rao Gang would not agree, so Hu Huaiying endured it. The next year, Xiong Shanghua's belly grew bigger again, and she gave birth to a son. Hu Huaiying behaved violently, arguing that Xiong Shanghua would not be allowed to sleep with Rao Ganghui. After all, Gang Rao is a man. He won't quarrel with you or listen to you. In his heart, he likes bears admiring flowers, but he doesn't like you, a hen like you who crows for free and doesn't lay eggs.
Of course, in the days to come, he would still stay close to Xiong and enjoy the flowers, but he would stay away from Hu Huaiying. Hu Huaiying was at her wits end and had no choice but to take revenge on Xiong Shanghua. But there was no chance.
