Chapter 322

"Furthermore, Earth Store, in the future, if there are virtuous men and virtuous women who plant roots of virtuousness in Buddhism, they may make donations and support, repair pagodas and temples, or decorate scriptures, or even a dust of hair or a tree of sand. Such good deeds can be returned to the Dharma Realm. This is a person’s merit and virtue, and he will receive wonderful happiness in hundreds of thousands of lives. If he returns to his own family members, or his own interests, the fruit of this is that he will enjoy happiness for three lives, and he will get ten thousand rewards if he gives up one. This is why Ksitigarbha, giving karma, is like this.

Again, Ksitigarbha, if in the future, kings, brahmins, etc., encounter stupas, temples, or sutras and images, and they are damaged and damaged, they will be able to repair them with determination.It is the king, etc., who either run it on their own, or persuade others, or even hundreds of thousands of people, etc. to make alms.It is a king, etc., who will always be a wheel-turning king in hundreds of thousands of lives.Such a person who gives with others will always be a small king in hundreds of thousands of lives.Even more, in front of the pagoda and temple, send back the heart, such a king, and all people, will fully achieve the Buddha way.The retribution of this is immeasurable and boundless.If people want to know, all the Buddhas of the three times.We should observe the nature of the Dharma Realm, everything is created by the mind. "

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"Further Ananda: There are as many worlds as there are sands in the Ganges River in the east, each of which is like the Hengsha Buddha, each with a wide and long tongue, emitting immeasurable light, speaking the truth, and praising the inconceivable merits and virtues of the Buddha of Infinite Life. The same is true; the four-dimensional up and down world of constant sand is also the same. What is the reason? I want all living beings in other places to hear the name of that Buddha and have a pure mind. , sincerely dedicated, wishing to be reborn in that country. Whatever you wish, you will be born, and you will not regress, and even the supreme and correct Bodhi.”

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"Om Mani Padme Hum. Good man, for example, the ocean is one billion ten six million yojanas deep and as wide as an immeasurable ocean surrounded by iron mountains. I can count them all with a drop of water from the tip of a hair. If someone recites this once The blessings and merits gained by the six-character mantra are innumerable.

Om Mani Peme Hum.Good man, for example, in a large grove of Lisha trees, I can count every leaf, but I cannot count the merits someone gets by reciting this six-character mantra once.

Om Mani Peme Hum.Good man, for example, if all the men, women, boys and girls in the four continents have attained the fruition status of the Bodhisattva of the seventh ground, the merits accumulated by them can be measured, but the merits gained by reciting this six-character mantra once, I cannot measure them.

Om Mani Peme Hum.Good man, for example, if there are twelve months in a year or thirteen months in a run year, raindrops will fall regardless of day or night. I can count the number of drops one by one, and the merits and virtues I will gain by reciting this six-character mantra once, I can't count them all. "

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Such various Sanskrit sounds resounded through the hall.

Let others listen to it without worrying about it. The goblins who were having fun in the temple surrounded the entrance of the main hall one by one, and did not enter the hall. They listened quietly one by one, as if they could feel something from the Sanskrit sound. .

Under the guidance of the little monk, Nie Shuangyan went to the meditation room. The meditation room is simple and elegant, with a bed, a table, a chair, a set of teapots and cups, and the word "Zen" on the wall.

It's really a Zen room with deep flowers and trees.

What a clean place.

Nie Shuangyan also heard the Sanskrit chanting, so she asked, "This is?"

The little novice said: "This is morning class, I'm here to see you off today, I have to make up for it when I go back."

Nie Shuangyan smiled with a bulging bun face, as if he found him very interesting: "What's your name?"

"Little monk Tonghua."

Nie Shuangyan rolled his eyes and teased, "Do you think I'm pretty?"

She became playful all of a sudden. Her disposition was originally cheerful and generous, but she was a little gloomy after experiencing too many things. She got away from the environment that made her depressed, and from the group of people who knew the truth, and she recovered a bit of her temperament. , thinking of teasing the child.

Although she is just a child on the outside, she is an adult on the inside, so she doesn't have any wrong thoughts about this novice, she has the same mood as those seven aunts and eight aunts who tease their relatives' children.

She smiled and looked at the little monk.

Tonghua looked at her carefully, his eyes were clear and not dirty at all, he said: "It looks good."

Nie Shuangyan laughed and said, "I thought that even young monks like you would talk about pink skulls in a serious way."

Tonghua said in a serious way: "Master often said that even if you want to learn Buddhism, you don't have to learn Lao Shizi's four elements are empty. Although form is emptiness and emptiness is form, there is no need to lie about what you see in your own eyes. It is what it should be."

He couldn't say such profound words, he just kept repeating what Master Jikong said.

He doesn't understand now, but one day, he will definitely understand.

But Nie Shuangyan said: "I understand. Did Master Jikong say that what the naked eye sees should be what it should be. You don't need to force yourself to pretend that all four elements are empty just because you practice Buddhism. Instead, you are committing a lie."

This was the first time someone told him this in detail, so the young novice Tonghua said blankly: "So that's what it meant."

Nie Shuangyan smiled and said, "I don't know either, it's just that I think so."

Tonghua clasped his hands again and respectfully asked, "Since this is the case, I have a question and would like to ask you."

"please say."

"If you keep telling the truth, then from the perspective of others, don't you think that the monks in my Prajna Temple don't abide by the rules and regulations, and don't look like monks?"

Nie Shuangyan thought to himself, this is a problem, but it's not a big problem, don't panic, listen carefully to her flicker... explain, after all, her novels over the years are not for nothing.

She said: "The green and green bamboos are all Dharmakaya, and the gloomy yellow flowers are nothing but Prajna. Buddhas and Bodhisattvas save all living beings with all kinds of appearances. If all living beings like beauty, he will embody beauty. If he likes ugliness, he will embody widowhood and loneliness. In the eyes of others Look down, they don't care."

"You and I don't talk about the past life and the next life. What's the use of not cultivating well in this life? Isn't cultivating a Buddha a heart? It doesn't matter if all beings insult me, scold me, laugh at me, as long as I can save all beings." .”

"You worry about telling the truth for a long time. In the eyes of others, you don't look like monks. However, monks don't tell lies. Once they do, they can't be regarded as family members. It is almost natural for all living beings to tell lies. To become a Buddha, we must transcend , you have to get rid of this habit, and in this way, it is possible to detach yourself."

"What's more, as you become more diligent in your practice, sooner or later you will see through life and death in this mortal world. At that time, you will have the confidence to say, "Form is emptiness, and emptiness is form."

Nie Shuangyan babbled for a long time, and then moistened his throat with a teacup.

Tonghua stood there dumbfounded, as if digesting what Nie Shuangyan said.

After a long time, Tonghua moved his body and said thoughtfully: "You are absolutely right. I have one more question..."

Nie Shuangyan interrupted: "Tell me, tell me. I've answered one question for you. I don't mind one more."

Tonghua said, "Which one do you think is better, Mahayana Buddhism or Hinayana Buddhism?"

(End of this chapter)

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