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After the refuge ceremony, the temple also provides a vegetarian lunch. It was mainly prepared for converts who came from afar. Seeing that there were many people eating vegetarian food, Fang Chen suggested to find a restaurant outside to eat, so that the two of them could chat more.

Since both of them were vegetarians, they wanted to find a vegan restaurant. Unexpectedly, after wandering around for more than an hour, I couldn't find a vegetarian restaurant at all.

In the end, I had no choice but to order two vegetarian dishes and two bowls of vegetarian noodles from a Chinese restaurant.

"How long have you been a vegetarian?" Fang Chen didn't know that Huang Tingjuan was also a vegetarian.

"It's been about two years. Because my grandma passed away, I vowed to be a vegetarian for her for a year. Later, I felt that my health was better than before after becoming a vegetarian, so I persisted. What about you?"

"Me? There doesn't seem to be any specific reason. I just suddenly don't want to eat meat. I also feel that my body is better after becoming a vegetarian. I seem to be younger." Fang Chen carefully picked out the chopped green onions and wiped them lightly with the tip of his chopsticks. On a napkin.

"You don't eat green onions either, ha, just like me." Huang Tingjuan said with a smile. She didn't use a napkin, but just picked out the chopped green onions and put them on the edge of the bowl with chopsticks. There were already a lot of chopped green onions on the edge of her bowl.

The two smiled at each other.

"I found that there were more women at the refuge ceremony. Do women need faith more?" Fang Chen stopped his chopsticks and looked at Huang Tingjuan in confusion.

"Maybe it's because women feel more pain and difficulty in life, so they need more spiritual support!"

Why did Huang Tingjuan convert to Buddhism? Although she mentioned some superficial reasons, there must be deeper reasons. Huang Tingjuan didn't say anything, and Fang Chen naturally didn't ask.

"If the marriage is happy, the family is happy, and everything goes as planned, fewer women will convert." Fang Chen said quietly after taking a bite of the food.

"Maybe. But the so-called happy marriage, happy family, and everything goes as planned. These are actually quite subjective. Everything depends on the individual's inner feelings. Generally speaking, women are more emotional and relatively easy to be sincere, so it is difficult to have That sense of complete happiness.”

"That's right. You can live your own life by yourself, just like a person who knows whether it is warm or cold after drinking water."

"But men generally don't worry too much about the trivial matters in life, so it's better to be big-hearted and live a grand life!"

"Come, let's drink to the heart!"

Fang Chen raised his tea cup, and the two of them drank tea instead of wine.

"So, you can't drink anymore?"

Fang Chen knows that the three refuges are: taking refuge in the Buddha, taking refuge in the Dharma, and taking refuge in the Sangha; the five precepts are not to kill, the second is not to steal, the third is not to engage in sexual misconduct, the fourth is not to lie, and the fifth is not to drink alcohol. Since Huang Tingjuan has accepted the Three Refugees and Five Precepts, she must abide by them.

"Yes, actually, I have stopped drinking alcohol for a long time. It is because I can follow the five precepts that I want to take this form."

Huang Tingjuan paused and then said seriously:

"I know you also have a lot of confusion, just like me a few years ago. But, as you said - live your own life - no one can live it for others. You may not understand my current state of mind. But, , how much older am I than you, maybe you will understand in a few years. No matter what, don’t care too much at any time. “It’s rare to be confused” is indeed a good way to live in the world. Life is actually a practice, and what you cultivate is your own heart. , everything else external is not so important. To be confused is to be generous. People are animals with emotions. Sometimes, we don’t have to worry about right and wrong, gains and losses, and we have to save some face for others. No matter how others have sorry for you, Being able to forgive him is your blessing, and it is also your liberation. If you can't forgive others and hold resentment, then you will be the one who suffers in the end... I also experienced many things and saw the life trajectories of many people before I realized this. reason."

Huang Tingjuan spoke leisurely, with a jade-like face and warm eyebrows. Fang Chen looked a little distracted. Why did Huang Tingjuan in front of him look so much like Guanyin Bodhisattva?