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The temple is located on a lush tree, and since the temple is on a hill, most of the tall trees are pine and cedar trees, so it is still full of greenery.

The weather has been fine these days, and the snow has melted some time ago, and the yellow grass on the side of the road is soaked with snow water, breeding small shoots that take advantage of the fine weather.

Master Shanxiang pointed to the end of the path with his hand and said, "Donor, please look, the meditation room is over there." ”

Su Jin raised his eyes to take a closer look, several simple houses were scattered in the forest, and he couldn't faintly see the whole picture, and couldn't help laughing: "What a clean place, as the predecessors said in their poems, 'the winding path leads to the secluded place, and the flowers and trees in the meditation room are deep'. ”

Master Shanxiang smiled: "It's a bit appropriate, in spring and summer, the forest is lush with flowers and trees, but it is really as the poem says." ”

Su Jin sighed: "It's really enviable that the master can practice here." ”

Master Shanxiang glanced at Su Jin and said: "It is naturally good to practice in a pure place, but people's cultivation is confined to external objects, and it will fall into the inferior class, no matter where it is, even if it is a place where dogs and horses are drowning, as long as you are dedicated to practicing and not being moved by external objects, it is a superior cultivation." ”

Su Jin nodded and said, "What the master said is very true, but I'm afraid that few people can reach that realm." ”

Master Shanxiang said: "Yes, the old man is the presiding officer of the temple, but he is too different from his predecessors in terms of practice, and he has too many worries and can't purify the six roots, and he is guilty of sin. ”

Su Jin was surprised: "Isn't it possible for the master to purify the six roots?" ”

Master Shanxiang pointed to the scattered temple houses around him and said, "In the eyes of the donor, what is the weather of this temple?" ”

Su Jin said: "Guibao Temple is famous, the incense is prosperous, the temple is majestic, and it is famous far and wide, isn't the master still satisfied?" ”

Shanxiang said with a smile: "What you see is the most deceptive, the temple you see is majestic and splendid, but you don't know how many halls are rotten and collapsed, and it rains heavily every day, even the Bodhisattva statue needs to be covered with a rain cloth, otherwise it will be wet with a golden body; The incense you see is prosperous, but the ascetic monks in my temple only have food and clothing every day, and they don't even have charcoal for heating in winter; Even the ever-bright lamp oil in front of the Buddha had to be saved from between the teeth; Do you still think this is a blessed land on earth? ”

Su Jin was surprised: "Is it so broken?" ”

Master Shanxiang said: "Buddhists don't speak, so today the donor can give generously, and the old man is really grateful; Although Buddhism pays attention to poverty and hard cultivation, and does not care about the enjoyment and honor and disgrace outside the skin, but the people of Buddhism are also mortal flesh, and they also know hunger, cold, cold and warmth, which is what the old man often worries about. ”

Su Jin sighed: "Such a treasure temple, is it actually such a situation, the court and pilgrims have no one to fund the temple?" ”

Shanxiang smiled: "Yes, yes, but it's just a drop in the bucket, just enough to repair and maintain." ”

Su Jin pointed to the two side halls on the hillside and said, "Isn't there a lot of construction going on there?" Where does the money come from? ”

Shanxiang Heshi recited the Buddha and said: "That is a side hall funded by Puji, a lay disciple of Lao Gao, is a place to worship Manjushri Bodhisattva, Manjushri Hall collapsed two years ago, the Bodhisattva's golden body was exposed in the mountains and wilderness for more than a year, Lao Gao had to agree to Puji to fund the construction of Manjushri Temple, for which Lao Qu often felt uneasy. ”

Su Jin said: "Why are you uneasy? Isn't the donation of Buddhist disciples a heart to the Buddha? ”

Master Shanxiang smiled, looked at him left and right, and said, "The meditation room has arrived, please go in and have tea." ”

Su Jin bowed and bowed, stepped inside, looked around, it was indeed simple and abnormal, the four walls were in vain, the only thing that seemed rich was that the wooden frame out of the south wall was full of Buddhist scriptures, and several futons were placed around a small table on the pine ground, and there was a wooden fish and a mallet on the table, nothing more.

"The life of the master is really poor, if you don't see it with your own eyes, you really can't believe it." Su Jin sat cross-legged on the futon at the signal of Master Shanxiang and said with a smile.

Master Shanxiang raised his eyebrows and said: "There are people like the donor who are willing to give, the old man already thinks it is very good, the money and goods that the donor has given today, and the old man should personally serve tea as a thanks." ”

Su Jin said with a haha: "What is this? It seems that I want to come here more, a lot of generosity, if my mother learns that the monks in the temple are poor, I am afraid that her old man will definitely be restless. ”

Shanxiang smiled, took out a few tea bowls, ordered Xiao Shami to get hot water, personally rolled up his sleeves and poured a bowl of tea for Su Jin and the three of them, and said with a smile: "The old man has nothing to thank, so he can only use the tea leaves he planted and picked with his own hands to give them to the donor to express his gratitude." ”

Su Jin sighed, and said in his heart: Tea is also grown and made by himself, and the life of the old monk is indeed hard enough. Looking down at the tea leaves floating in the boiling water, the turquoise and lovely, I took a sip of it, the fragrance entered the lungs, and it was indescribably beautiful.

"Good tea, it is rare to be able to drink such good tea in winter, the tea made by the master himself is really extraordinary, without a trace of earthly taste, and I am flattered by it."

Master Shanxiang smiled: "The little donor is very good at talking, and the old man has talked to you a lot today, and he hasn't talked to anyone for a long time." ”

Su Jin smiled: "Doesn't the master have a few lay disciples? Wouldn't it be nice to chat and play chess in your spare time? ”

Shanxiang said with an embarrassed face: "Vulgar things can't be talked about, if it weren't for the lack of money in this temple, how could the old man accept them as disciples, and the Qingming of the first life was exchanged for the prosperity of the temple, and the temple incense can be passed on in the hands of the old man, which is considered to be the right Buddha." ”

Su Jin was stunned and said: "It seems that the master is not very satisfied with them, then again, the person who can spend a huge amount of money to build the temple must be a big family in Yangzhou, but I don't know who it is?" ”

Shanxiang waved his hand and said, "Don't talk about them, I don't have to spoil the old man's mood." ”

Su Jin thought in his heart, it seems that this master of Shanxiang is also helpless, he must also know that Feng Laohu and the others are not good people, but they are forced by life and do not want to let the temple be ruined in their own hands, so as an exchange for their alms, they accepted them as disciples, but in their hearts they regarded it as a great shame.

Master Shanxiang didn't want to talk about it, but how could Su Jin let him go, and said with a smile: "The master doesn't have to be like this, Buddhism accepts all sentient beings, as long as he is not a person who has committed great crimes, and he has taken refuge in Buddhism, the master will have the responsibility of teaching, and the slow enlightenment will be the day when the master will be satisfied." ”

Master Shanxiang lowered his eyes and sighed: "The old man is incompetent, defiling the Buddhist door, the old man does not know whether this move is right or wrong, when it comes to teaching, but there is a weak heart, these two people are two stubborn stones, although I listen to the Buddhist scriptures every month, but as soon as I go out of the mountain gate, I am still the same, and I have long been dead to them." ”

Su Jin said curiously: "Who are they?" Why would the Master not want to name them? ”

Master Shanxiang picked up the mallet and knocked on the wooden fish wildly, and then said: "If you don't say it, why should the donor know?" ”

Su Jin drank the tea dry in one gulp, and arched his hand: "I'm bothering the master, it's an honor to be able to come to the master's meditation room to drink tea today, but the day is going west, and I'm going to leave for the city next." ”

Master Shanxiang said: "Amitabha, a bowl of bitter tea, why be polite, it is very pleasant to talk to the little donor, the little donor can often come to the temple to visit, you and I have a fate, maybe become a friend of the year." ”

Su Jinxin said: Your mind master understands, don't you just want me to bring more money to charity?

"I was flattered in the next, and I heard the master's words today, and I was quite touched in the next, and I was also interested in Buddhism, so I would often come to visit, but I saw that the temple was poor and cold, and it was really a little chilling; In this way, I will stay in Yangzhou for a few days, and come back to give alms the next day to purchase materials, and do my best. ”

Good and auspicious are overjoyed, and the Buddha is repeatedly saluted.

Su Jin smiled: "When is the right day for me?" I heard that tomorrow is a big day for Buddhism, and tomorrow the master will have time to see me? ”

Master Shanxiang said: "Tomorrow? I'm afraid it won't be possible in the morning, but there will be a lot of people in the morning, and the old man will sit in the Daxiong Treasure Hall to thank the pilgrims. ”

Su Jin said: "What about the afternoon?" ”

Master Shanxiang pondered: "I have time after Shen Shi in the afternoon, but it is already dark at that time, and the donor will not be able to go down the mountain if he delays any longer. ”

Su Jin said: "Isn't it okay before Shen Shi? ”

Master Shanxiang said: "Before Shen Shi, I want to give a lecture to my disciples in the meditation room, and I am afraid that I will not be able to leave. ”

Su Jin's heart brightened, and he nodded and said: "Then I'll see you later, what are you afraid of when it's dark, there are no jackals, tigers and leopards on this mountain, just walk with a lantern in your hand." ”

Master Shanxiang said: "Amitabha, I have worked hard to give the master, and tomorrow will be a lot of time, so it is better to ......"

"No need, my next home is in the field, the New Year is approaching, and I am in a hurry to go back, just tomorrow, this is goodbye." Su Jin got up and bowed, and took the dynasty Ma Han away.

Master Shanxiang leaned on the door, sighed and said to himself: "Sins and sins, the old man has fallen like this, how can he be worthy of many people who believe in Buddhism, Amitabha." ”