After avoiding the devout or fanatical followers of Buddhism, Li Sen and Wudao entered the backyard of Puzhao Temple. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the backyard, the first thing that catches your eye is still the big locust tree.

At this moment, under the tree, there are tables, chairs, benches and a pair of old chessboards made of wooden stakes, and a pot of tea has been brewed next to it.

Around the corner, about seven or eight young monks stood in the corners around the courtyard to spy on Li Sen, all with obvious curiosity on their faces.

Wudao invited Li Sen to sit down and poured tea for Li Sen himself.

"Enlightened master and nephew, your own people, why do you need to be so polite. ”

Li Sen held down the teacup, and then said: "Today, Li is here, what is the matter? ”

When Wudao heard this, he was not ambiguous, and said directly: "Inviting Uncle Li here today is mainly the meaning of the abbot of Yuanming. He heard that Uncle Li had returned to the port, so he sent a message to me that if Uncle Li had free time, he would like to invite you to go to Kuzhu Island, and he had other important matters to discuss. ”

"I see. ”

When Li Sen heard this, he touched his chin, and then nodded: "The abbot of Yuanming invited, how dare Li disobey." This afternoon, Li went directly to Kuzhu Island to visit the abbot of Yuanming. ”

Wudao smiled: "Very good. Come, drink tea. ”

"You don't have to drink tea, I just drank it this morning. ”

Li Sen glanced around, and then spoke: "In contrast, Puzhao Temple has made great progress recently, and the surrounding Buddhist buildings are almost crowded with the entire slope. Li is really extremely curious, what method did the enlightened master and nephew use to gather so much popularity?"

"I'm ashamed, the little monk doesn't know how to do business, these people probably believe in Buddhism, and advocate Buddhism before they gather here. I've also tried to persuade them not to gather on the high slopes, which may cause problems for the traffic and operation of the port. But they all turned a deaf ear and went their own way, which the little monk was also a little helpless. ”

"People in the world lack faith, and it is your Buddhism that gives them faith. Daomen is too arrogant and careless to undertake the task of purifying sentient beings. To fill the loneliness and emptiness of the world's hearts and provide spiritual pillars that can be believed, in the end, we must rely on the classic Buddha Buddha and the salvation Buddhism. Li Sen said.

"Hehe, I didn't expect Uncle Shi's views on Buddhism to be so novel, but I don't know, Buddhism is as vast as the sea, which Buddhism Uncle mainly cultivates?" asked with enlightened eyes.

"Mahaprajnaparamita Sutra. ”

Li Sen replied: "Li had read this scripture in the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion on Kuzhu Island back then, and he greatly admired the profundity and subtlety of this scripture. ”

"Mahaprajna Paramita Sutra, Uncle Shi really has good eyesight!"

When Enlightenment heard this, his expression became more and more excited. He sat under the tree, tucked his monk's robe slightly, looked at Li Sen with bright eyes, and said, "The Mahaprajnaparamita Sutra, also known as the 'Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra', was compiled by the great sages of Buddhism in ancient times. It contains many core essences of Buddhist scriptures, but I don't know which of them Uncle Li feels the most?"

Li Sen smiled and said: "This scripture is as brilliant as a brocade, extremely exquisite, and every sentence can be called a classic. But comparatively, I still like one of the phrases the most: 'Color is emptiness, emptiness is color'. ”

"Relics, color is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from color, color is emptiness, emptiness is color, and it is the same when you want to know it. The relics are the empty phase of all the laws, which are neither born nor destroyed, neither dirty nor pure, nor increased nor decreased. ”

Enlightenment's expression suddenly became solemn, and he opened his mouth to recite two verses. Then, he looked at Li Sen with blazing eyes again and said, "That's the way it is. But I don't know why Uncle Shi favors this sentence, and what does it mean to interpret this verse?"

"Li is ignorant, how dare he interpret the essence of Buddhism? But he does have some ideas in his heart, or he can fulfill them with his master and nephew, in order to make contributions to his mountain. ”

After a pause, Li Sen solemnly spoke: "Color is emptiness, emptiness is color." When the period is self-nature, the nature is self-purity. When the self-nature is not born and destroyed. When the period of self-nature, this self-sufficient. When the nature is self-sufficient, there is no wavering. When the self-nature is in the future, it can give birth to ten thousand laws. ”

When Enlightenment heard this, he was shocked and moved.

"Self-nature is the same, what is the period of external law! Wonderful! Uncle's remarks show that Uncle Shi's Dharma attainments have reached an extremely high level!"

Li Sen smiled and said: "Some superficial knowledge is difficult to praise." However, Li wanted to hear some of the lofty opinions of the enlightened master and nephew. ”

"In front of Uncle Shi, how dare you talk about the word 'high theory'. If you just say some ordinary opinions, you can say a few words. ”

Wudao took a breath lightly, sat upright with a solemn face, and slowly opened his mouth.

"The color of the void is not different, it is said that the director is not two, and the outside is unreasonable, that is, the emptiness is not different. There is nothing to do, that is, the color is not different from the emptiness. Different, separated, not different, not separated, not separated, united. Therefore, color is emptiness, and emptiness is color......"

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In this way, Li Sen and Wudao sat under the big locust tree and discussed Zen, and the time of the morning passed in a flash.

After a simple coarse tea and light meal at noon, Li Sen glanced at the sky and prepared to leave.

"It's not early, it's time for Li to go to Kuzhu Island, so he won't stay here for a long time. Li Sen arched his hand.

Enlightenment is obviously extremely reluctant to Li Sen's departure. Although there are many monks in Puzhao Temple, most of them are young monks who are not highly cultivated. When it comes to the depth of understanding of Buddhism, there is not a single one who can reach the level of Li Sen.

Today's discussion of Zen has not only benefited him a lot, but also made him feel very happy. Therefore, in the face of Li Sen's farewell, although he did not save anything, his reluctance was overflowing.

"In the future, if Uncle Li has free time, he must come to Puzhao Temple to sit and sit, and the little monk will always wait for Uncle Li. Enlightenment said.

"The nephew of the enlightened master is polite and takes his leave. ”

Li Sen arched his hand, and when even in the courtyard, a cyan light was aroused, and he left the place straight into the sky.

Wudao had been watching Li Sen's retreat disappear far away in the east, and then he reluctantly withdrew his gaze.

At this moment, the young monks who had been hiding around the courtyard ran over one after another.

"Host, looking at the way you talked to this Uncle Li in detail, does he really understand the Buddhist classics?"

A young monk in the early stage of foundation building said with a skeptical look on his face: "I heard that he has been a Taoist monk all these years, and he has not had much time to experience the influence of Buddhist classics!"

Hearing this, the other young monks also nodded their heads again and again.

When Wudao heard this, his brows were furrowed.

Wu Dao looked at the five or six young monks, and said with a somewhat unhappy expression: "Why, from the sound of your tone, you seem to be quite dissatisfied with Uncle Li?"

The host said heavily. There is a lot of dissatisfaction, but Li Sen is a very young monk after all, and he is also a Taoist monk, so he has nothing to do with my Buddhism. Now he has jumped up to become the elder of our Buddhism, and I have been waiting for many years to enter the Buddhism Sect, but I am still only a disciple of the Zhou generation who is three generations inferior to him! In this way, we will naturally have some emotions in our hearts. The young monk stiffened his neck and continued.

"Hehe, you are three generations inferior to him, and I am two generations inferior to him. Even those uncles of the 'Ke' character on Kuzhu Island have to bow obediently when they see this Elder Li? Let me tell you the truth, although Uncle Li has not practiced many Buddhist Futu scriptures, his views on the scriptures are extremely clever, and he feels more like a wise man who knows everything. Sitting with him today and discussing Zen has benefited me a lot. Therefore, whether you recognize him as an uncle or not, I admit it. ”

After saying this, Wudao turned around and walked towards the Mahavira Treasure Hall.

In the same place, only a group of young monks who looked at each other remained.

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Xingang, Cai County, Wuguo, faces the vast East China Sea. Kuzhu Island, on the other hand, is located at the confluence of the East China Sea and the Wanling Sea, not far from each other.

It only took Li Sen two hours to fly over Kuzhu Island.

Looking at it, Kuzhu Island has not changed much from previous years, and farming and planting fires on the island are still extremely difficult and simple life. Judging from the appearance of this island alone, Li Sen did not see the slightest change in the power of these Buddhism sects after the great surge.

It's like, although Puzhao Temple is booming, it is very hot. However, the base camp of Buddhism in the southeast coastal area is still the same as before.

Whether it is subtle or conservative, Li Sen feels that Abbot Yuanming has always been very cautious and cautious, and he is not willing to take a step beyond Lei Chi easily.

Dealing with this kind of person is actually quite a headache.

This kind of person does things, and if he doesn't send it, he will hit it. Especially Yuan Ming, an old fox-like guy, he has laid an unknown number of 'traps' on Li Sen over the years, and every time Li Sen doesn't know it, even if he knows, he has to jump down according to the pit.

Whether it was dealing with the 'Demon Invasion' for Elder Yuanming, or later becoming a nominal elder of Buddhism, Li Sen always felt that the layout of this old monk was far from over.

God knows, what is the old guy going to do today when he invites himself to come.

Facing the slightly salty and wet sea breeze in the sky, Li Sen couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

Below was a faint golden glow, and the seemingly weak defensive array on Bitter Bamboo Island was still operating normally. When ordinary monks come here, they still want to land from the port area of Kuzhu Island.

Li Sen was already familiar with this, and even when he was out of the blue, he went straight to the port on the south side of the island.

After entering the port, the first thing that catches your eye is a dilapidated wooden house, in which a young monk is on duty. But it is no longer Zhou Fu, who often received Li Sen a few years ago, but another strange little monk.

Compared with the sluggish Zhou Fu, this little monk is obviously much more alert. He seemed to recognize Li Sen, and when he saw Li Sen from afar, he immediately greeted him, and then called 'Uncle Shi' very diligently, and led Li Sen to the island while shouting.

However, judging from the black eyes that he looked at Li Sen's sleeve robe from time to time and kept rolling around, he obviously knew that Li Sen usually carried some delicious and fun gadgets on his body. And Li Sen is in a good mood, so he will definitely take it out and reward them for the little monks on duty.

It's just that this little monk behaved so obviously, but Li Sen couldn't help but cry and laugh a little.

This morning, Li Sen was still talking to Wudao about 'color is emptiness', how long has it been? Why did he see a little monk who was salivating, looking at his sleeve robe from time to time, and showing an expectant look?

What about the four good ones?