Under the dry lamp of the meditation room, Su Jin and Master Shanxiang, the host of Daming Temple, sat opposite each other, and Wang Chao and others were sent outside to be on guard, which somewhat reduced Master Shanxiang's panic, and his expression became calm.

"Master, there are some Dharma problems that I can't think of, so I have come here to seek advice. I have a strange problem, and I can't sleep when I have something in my heart, so I came to visit late at night and asked the master to explain my doubts. ”

Shanxiang said: "I see, the little donor will please say that the old man will try his best to relieve your doubts." ”

Su Jin said: "Thank you, master, may I ask you, is there an eclecticism in Buddhism, no matter who can enter the Buddhism to take refuge and ask for the blessing of the Buddha?" ”

Shanxiang thought for a while and said: "My Buddha is merciful, universal sentient beings, people in the world in the eyes of the Buddha do not distinguish between beauty and ugliness, high and low, good and evil, as long as the Buddha is pious, the Buddha can naturally tolerate him." ”

Su Jin said: "In this case, if someone does all kinds of evil, kills people like hemp, and creates endless sinful karma, and then he wants to take refuge, the Buddha will not blame him for taking it right?" ”

Shanxiang said: "Buddhism is a pure land, this pure is the pure land in the heart, no matter who commits any sin, as long as he puts down the butcher's knife and is good in his heart, the Buddha will still take it in." ”

Su Jin smiled and said: "What the master said is very good, can I understand it like this, entering the Buddha Gate only needs to have no evil thoughts in the heart, and everything in the past can be forgiven." ”

"Exactly, the little donor is smart, and that's exactly what the old man meant."

Su Jin smiled and said: "From this, there is a question, how can Buddhism judge that these people have sincerely changed, will there be duplicitous people?" ”

Shanxiang was stunned for a moment, stroked his beard and said: "There is no standard for how to judge, but it is born from the heart, whether a person is good or not, you can always see some clues from the appearance, but then again, people's hearts are separated from the belly, and the unpredictability of people's hearts is comparable to the changes in the sky, and no one dares to guarantee that they can judge whether he is sincere." ”

Su Jin said: "In other words, you don't know which of the monks in your temple are sincere and kind, and which ones have ghosts, right?" ”

Shanxiang was stunned and said: "That's true, Buddhism pays attention to having a Buddha in the heart, the pious are blessed, and the Buddha will abandon the insincere, but it is also very fair." ”

Su Jin smiled and said: "Speaking of which, it is not a Buddhist sect or a pure land, and it may even be a place to hide filth and dirt, right?" To say a word of disrespect to the Buddha, you don't know whether the Buddha blesses the master or not. ”

Shanxiang suddenly changed color and stood up, and said angrily: "What is this little benefactor, how can the Buddha say such blasphemous words, you are not asking for advice, but slandering, if you say such a thing, please leave this place immediately, so as not to blame the Buddha." ”

Su Jin waved his hand and said: "Master don't need to be excited, I said this, but there is evidence, master, please sit down, Buddhist monks, how can you be so calm?" The master's cultivation is worse than mine. ”

Shanxiang said angrily: "The difference between the donor's words, if it is Lao Qu himself, but depending on your number of beatings and scolding, he will never fight back, but you are insulting the Buddha of Zhutian, how can Lao Qu be calm?" ”

Su Jin Zhengse said: "Sure enough, the Buddha can't be insulted? ”

Shanxiang said: "Nature should not be blasphemed. ”

Su Jin said: "If you can blaspheme, I won't be able to?" Didn't you only allow the governors to set fires, and not the people to light lamps? ”

Shanxiang was stunned and said, "How could the old man have blasphemed the Buddha? Although the old man's Buddhism is not profound and thorough, he asked himself that since he entered the temple at the age of six to practice, he has served the Buddha sincerely for more than 50 years, and has never had two hearts, so how can he blaspheme the Buddha? ”

Su Jinxin said: This old monk can die of loss, he has been a monk all his life, and he has never experienced the flowers and plants in the world, which is really a pity for him.

"If you think about it, the master will naturally understand."

"The old man has a clear conscience, why should he think about it?" Shanxiang finally got angry, the young man pretended to be like him, and he ran around in the middle of the night, and even the clay man was about to burst into flames.

"Well, since the master refuses to admit it, he will be offended; Dare to ask the master, knowing that someone has a bad heart, but accepting him as a disciple of Buddhism, is it blasphemous? ”

"Who took in the unscrupulous? Please be clear to the donor. ”

Su Jin sneered: "Don't cry if you don't see the coffin, right?" Do I have to point it out? ”

Shanxiang was about to go berserk, and the image of the Buddhist monk couldn't take care of it, so he picked up the mallet and knocked it on the wooden fish.

"The little benefactor is so unreasonable, although Buddhism is a place of mercy, but it will never allow fanatics to practice indiscriminately, today we must make it clear, otherwise...... Otherwise...... Old Naco is not done with you. ”

Su Jin laughed and said: "You are not finished with me, I am still not finished with you, you old monk, you have done something wrong and still don't admit it, let me ask you, the two lay disciples you accepted are called 'Puji' and the other is called 'Rescue', isn't it?" Who are these two? ”

"Are you saying that the old man has taken in people with bad intentions?" Shanxiang pointed to his nose and said in amazement.

"Not you or who? Don't talk about him for now, answer my question, are Puji and Salvation the lay disciples you accepted? ”

"Amitabha, these two people are the disciples of Lao Qu Cheng, but they are ......"

"Don't quibble, let me ask you, do you know the details of these two people?"

"This ...... Lao Ge has heard that these two people are Yangzhou businessmen, Lao Ge also inquired when he received apprentices, these two people are kind and charitable, they are well-known good people in Yangzhou City, and they are dedicated to Buddha, of course Lao Ge wants to receive. ”

Su Jin said disdainfully: "Don't say it so high-sounding, you said it during the day, and you are not satisfied with these two people, just because these two people funded to help you build a temple, so you accepted them as disciples for money, right?" ”

Shanxiang's face was as gloomy, and he sat down on the futon and said: "It's not a secret, Lao Qu is indeed because they promised to fund the construction of the Manjushri Temple and give money and materials to worship the temple, so they agreed to accept them as lay disciples...... Amitabha, sin. ”

Su Jindao: "What's not to say, I've done everything, are you still afraid of what people say?" ”

Shanxiang put his palms together, and recited the scriptures in a mutter, presumably begging the Buddha for forgiveness, so he said slowly: "When the apprentices were accepted that day, Lao Qu did send people to the city to inquire about the conduct of the two, but after asking many people, they all said that the two were kind and charitable, and they were two great good people. Who would have thought that a few months later, Lao Qu entered the city to do a dojo, and overheard someone talk about Puji, saying that he was a tyrant in the city, and had done a lot of bad things, and said that the rescue was also with him, and the two of them worked together to do a lot of hurtful things, and Lao Qu was stunned at that time......

Su Jin said: "In that case, why don't you expel these two people from the door?" ”

Shanxiang said gloomily: "I also blame me for the six roots are not purified, and I have suffered from gains and losses, at that time, Puji and Salvation have already donated a lot of money and silver to rebuild the Manjushri Temple, and have solved the livelihood of hundreds of monks in the temple, if they are expelled from the door wall, these two people will definitely ask for alms, and what will the old man take to return to them at that time?" Besides, the original hall dedicated to Manjushri Bodhisattva has collapsed for a long time, and the Bodhisattva's golden body is exposed, eroded by wind and rain. Thinking about it, it was expedient for a while, and I wanted to wait for the completion of the Manjushri Temple, and the temple incense income could be self-sufficient when I was doing calculations. ”

Su Jin sighed: "Ah Block's thing is really harmful, even the Buddhist monks are not immune to this thing, but the master thinks about the monks in the temple, but it is understandable." ”

Shanxiang said: "The donor exonerates the old man, the old man is very grateful, but I am afraid that he will not be able to forgive the Buddha, in order to seek peace of mind, the old man always recruits these two people to the meditation room to teach the Dharma alone, and wants the two to be enlightened by the Dharma, if they can repent and rehabilitate, it can be regarded as a merit of the old man, or can make up for the mistake." ”

Su Jin said: "The master is too naïve, what these two people did is indignant, if you want them to change their minds, unless the sun comes out in the west, the water of the big river flows back into the mountains." ”

Shanxiang looked at Su Jin with a sad face: "Who is the donor?" How do you know so much about these two? Do you know everything about the old man taking them as disciples? ”

Su Jin said: "Does the master know about the recent food shortage and famine in Yangzhou? ”

Shanxiang said: "How don't you know? Lao Wei also took out the temple's grain storage and gave porridge at the foot of the mountain for a few days, but the temple was poor, and there was really no more food to help the people; Later, I heard that the imperial court sent a promising official to come to the relief to open a warehouse and release grain, and transferred a large amount of grain to help the people, which relieved the suffering of the people of Yangzhou. ”

Hearing this, Su Jin got up and bowed down and bowed: "Thank you, master, for praying for your blessing and chanting." ”

Shanxiang was stunned and said, "You...... You are......? ”

Su Jin smiled and said: "It is under the order that Su Jin, the envoy of grain affairs, is here. ”