Road idiot tour guide

Chapter 501
"Looking through Buddhist classics, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are often born rich and noble. Poor monks are not poor monks. It is a kind of self-humility combined with Central Plains culture.

As we all know, the Buddha is a prince, and Venerable Kasyapa is also a famous family. Although Master Xuanzhuang is not as described in Journey to the West, he is indeed not an ordinary family.

Because in those days, ordinary people had no chance to read, read and receive education.The old monk Xuyun, the master of modern Zen Buddhism, is also the family of officials.It is precisely because of this condition that they can learn and generate ideas from an early age.

The first thing a cowherd boy thinks of is to fill his stomach, not where he came from. He just wants to go home as soon as possible after herding the cows. His highest ideal may be to own his own cows.

There is a saying called halfway to become a monk, which contains a certain derogatory meaning.That is when sudden changes occur, the reality cannot survive, or one wants to escape from reality, using Buddhism as a way to avoid the world.

In fact, Buddhism is not like this. Many Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and eminent monks did not become monks because of the hardships of life.On the contrary, they often have a happy family, show their roots of wisdom since childhood, and become attached to Buddha.

Because he must first ensure that he is fed and clothed before he can start thinking about higher and deeper issues.

They also shoulder the responsibility of carrying on the family line from generation to generation, and many of them have also been married.Like Venerable Kassapa and Venerable Xuyun, they both share the same room and different beds after marriage.

Of course, in modern times, if you want to become a monk, you should not accept the orders of your parents and delay other women.But in the past, women rarely existed as independent individuals, and no matter how great a thinker was, there were limitations of the times, so they could not be judged by modern standards.

Generally speaking, after he has thought, he can let go of glory and wealth, give up love and enjoyment, and transcend the ordinary needs of ordinary people, which is even more valuable.He was not saved or forced, but voluntarily.

Novels, film and television dramas always have to find a reason for the family, and Tang Seng's life experience is also very miserable.Fiction, film and television must create contradictions in order to achieve artistic effects, but the fact is that people have liked them since childhood.

We should do everything because we like it.Therefore, there is no need to escape into Buddhism because of unsatisfactory reality, and you cannot learn Buddhism with an evasive mentality.Since you want to escape, it means that you haven't let go, how can you enter the empty door if you don't let go? "

A group of tour guides listened very carefully, and the mountain road did not feel tired.

Long Teng looked at him, was he afraid that she wouldn't be able to come down after going up the mountain?

He Huan is a little bit like this, Jizu Mountain is very spiritual, many people go up and never come down, but many people are just weary of the world.Accompanying her to Jizu Mountain, I want to take her to more places!How wonderful this world is!

"So Buddhism, or all religions, was first accessible only to the rich and the rich, and the rich and the rich became interested. Then they passed it on to ordinary people and made connections with all beings. Buddhism is for joining the world, not for avoiding the world."

A group of people around nodded.

"Sorting out the classics and confirming the authenticity is Venerable Kasyapa's greatest contribution to Buddhism. Otherwise, whatever future generations say can be placed on the Buddha's head.

This first disciple did a consummate thing for the Buddha and Buddhism after the Buddha passed away.With the collection of authentic texts, Buddhism has developed to this day, and it has a theoretical basis for inheritance.

In addition to his overall contribution to Buddhism, Kassapa is known as the number one in Tuduo, insisting on a arduous way of practice. Most of the precepts that our Central Plains Buddhism abides by today are passed down by Kassapa.

Although Kasyapa sorted out the classics, he paid attention to meditation and sudden enlightenment. Zen meditation is sitting in meditation, and smiling with flowers is sudden enlightenment.Therefore, Kassapa was revered as the first ancestor of Zen.

Before the Buddha passed away, he handed over his mantle to Kasyapa, and ordered that the future Buddha should come to the world and be handed over to him.Before Kassapa passed away, he passed the Dharma to Ananda.Then, according to the Buddha's instructions, he took the cassock to Jizu Mountain.

Make a vow: I will use my supernatural powers to prevent my body from breaking down. When Maitreya is born 67 billion years later, when I come to visit here, I will pass on the mantle of Sakyamuni to him, and this event will be accomplished.

Kasyapa finished his oath, opened the stone cliff, split the stone gate, took the relic Buddha tooth, held the golden cassock, entered it to meditate, and closed the stone gate with the power of great vows.

This is the Huashou Gate of Jizu Mountain, and Maitreya Buddha is also the future Buddha.Since then, Jizu Mountain has also become a place where many Buddhists who practice asceticism and abide by the precepts practice. "

A lama came up with three steps and one kowtow, disregarding other people's eyes, disregarding the dust on the ground, throwing himself on the ground, wholeheartedly, measuring with his body, pursuing his Dharma, and approaching his Buddha.

Only the dark red tumor on his head showed that his journey was not easy, and that tumor was also similar to that on Venerable Kassapa's head.

Of course, others did not have curiosity-seeking eyes, only admiration.

He Huan and Long Teng stood by the side of the road and let him pass first.

Other pilgrims and tourists also stood by the roadside.

"This kind of scene is quite common in XZ, and these devout believers are often lamas and Tibetans. Three steps and one kowtow, he came from the north, and it took at least two or three months to get here. The Buddha is close at hand. .”

Everyone rejoices for him.

A few pilgrims and tourists followed He Huan and Long Teng, entering the temple whenever they came, worshiping the Buddha when they met, and rejoicing in their merits.

"Rejoicing is not only accumulating merit for oneself, but also rejoicing for others' merit." He Huan explained to Long Teng.

"Nowadays, many monasteries have introduced the QR code rejoicing method. Many people ask: Can the Buddha receive it?"

All the pilgrims and tourists who followed him laughed.

He Huan also smiled and said: "Don't worry, the Buddha is already online. But before, gold, silver and copper coins could not be received, and later banknotes and coins could not be received, and now Alipay and WeChat cannot be received.

Buddha never accepted money.As a prince, he doesn't even want the wealth of a country, so what do he want? "

"Then where did the merit money go?" a tourist asked.

"These merit money is mainly used for monasteries and monks. The three treasures of Buddhism, Dharma and monks, real monks practice hard, as long as their basic needs are guaranteed.

Merit money has karma, and real monasteries and Buddhists will never use merit money indiscriminately.The so-called "a grain of rice from the benefactor is as big as Mount Sumeru, and it will not be returned in this life, but it will be returned in hair and horns." '

So if you believe in it, it’s okay if you make offerings to real monks, that’s doing meritorious deeds.The problem is not the payment method, but the recipient.

Many temples in my country are now commercialized, especially some famous temples, which are managed by companies behind them. Many golden Buddhas are built by companies, and those merit boxes are set up by companies, and some companies have even gone public.

Because ordinary people do not understand Buddha, they worship all kinds of gods and Buddhas, and they feel more efficacious when they see the golden Buddha. It belongs to the company.

Many monks do not want to practice Buddhism, but to make a profit, turning being a monk into a job and receiving wages.So rejoice, if you only want to have fun, then it doesn’t matter who uses it, if you want to make merit, you still have to learn to distinguish. "

Everyone nodded.

"What about Jizu Mountain?" a tourist asked.

"Comparatively speaking, Jizu Mountain is still a pure place for Buddhism. Two years ago during the Spring Festival, there was a conflict between the temples on the mountain and the tourism company. In order to protest the tourism company's accusation of money from the Buddha, all the temples on the mountain closed their doors to thank visitors and meditate for seven days.

Jizu Mountain is the ashram of Venerable Kasyapa, and the monks still mainly practice meditation and penance, which obviously conflicts with the commercial interests of tourism companies.

Now, many famous religious mountains have become scenic spots and tools for profit.For example, Wenfeng Temple does not charge tickets, because there are few people.But the incense here is at its peak, so it is profitable.

There are many famous mountain monks in the world. In the past, only travelers and literati like Xu Xiake traveled everywhere.Now that all people travel, we cannot require everyone to believe in Buddhism.

Can't people go up the mountain to see the scenery if they don't believe in Buddhism?Although it is true that many people come for the famous Buddhist mountain, there are also many people who just come to climb the mountain to see the scenery or even watch the excitement.

You are willing to walk to worship Buddha, and some worship Buddha is not willing to walk, so you need to build roads, cableways, sightseeing cars, horseback riding, and sedan chairs.Some people may despise it, but are you afraid of being tired after worshiping Buddha?

But many people do not believe in religion when they worship Buddha, and some of them do not come to worship Buddha, or they just come here to worship Buddha.In short, there were more believers before, but now there are more tourists.Don't seek connotation, just go where you hear that there is beauty and spirit. "

Long Teng looked at him, "Why do I feel that you are connoting yourself?"

He Huan laughed, pulled her hand, and quickly let go, "I didn't mention you. Even so, there is nothing wrong with it. Because ordinary people used to be too busy guarding their own acre of land, so famous mountains and rivers were given to monks and Taoists. practiced.

Now I have a chance to go out, people want to come and have fun, can you stop me?When someone comes, someone comes to do business, can you stop it?It's all land.

But when people come, money also comes, so it is not good for practice.Therefore, monks and monasteries in some places have been completely corporateized, and they cannot be regarded as Buddhist pure lands at all.

The various monasteries and monks in Jizu Mountain still want to maintain this clean place.For them, they may only hope that Buddhists and people with predestined relationship will come, so that they can practice quietly. "

A few pilgrims and tourists followed He Huan silently and listened, sincerely hoping that they were destined.

"Travel companies rely on monasteries to make money. If monasteries are closed, tourists will not come. During the period of closing the doors to thank visitors, there are pilgrims and tourists from afar, who regretfully gather outside the Jinding Gate and linger.

Especially the believers who kowtowed step by step like we just saw, finally climbed to the top of the mountain, but could not worship Buddha, what a pity.This kind of dispute hurts believers and sentient beings.

Therefore, under the emergency coordination of relevant departments, the whole mountain temple opened its doors to welcome visitors the next day.This is a conflicting manifestation of the commercialization of the Buddhist holy land. Although the door has been opened, some problems are still there.

Having said that, are the local government and tourism companies completely wrong?The development of tourism is a matter of the whole country, and the development of tourism through religion to revitalize the economy is also a matter of the whole country.

From the very beginning, old monk Xuyun's revitalization of Jizu Mountain was only successful with the support of the government.Zhusheng Temple is called Zhusheng Huguo Zen Temple, and Emperor Guangxu conferred the title of "Master Foci Hongfa".

Except for Emperor Guangxu, which military and political dignitaries in modern times have not interacted with him?Which one of the inscriptions in the temple is not a big shot?Through these people, Jizu Mountain became famous.

Religion must rely on politics to survive and develop.The monks themselves will seek shelter and support, and the masters of the sect know how to build a good relationship with the authorities.

It is impossible for the monks to build such a grand monastery by themselves. They need government funding or private donations.Therefore, monks cannot completely reject the secular requirements.But if you are coerced by the world, it is not good for Buddhism.

Therefore, the monks from Quanshan put forward some requirements, asking the management department and the tourism company to agree to open the mountain gate, otherwise they will continue to meditate.

They mainly objected to the travel company's plan to build a giant Buddha in the mountains, because it was a project to attract incense to the company.

Another thing is that Buddhists also charge tickets, which blocks many believers, especially many poor believers.But how do you prove that you are a Buddhist?Now, if you have a conversion certificate, you can get free tickets.

Opening restaurants on the mountain and selling incense and specialty products cannot be eliminated.Since he can open it, it means that someone has such a need.There is a famous Buddhist mountain here, and countless people come to worship Buddha, and the towns under the mountain revolve around religious tourism.

Moreover, the tourism company also expropriated the villagers' land to develop tourism.The villagers also have to eat.Sitting on a mountain and receiving offerings from the ten directions, it is also appropriate to allow the people of one side to survive and develop through Buddhism, which is also to save all living beings.

Monks were the earliest travelers, and monasteries were also established with the support of the government and believers. Buddhism never approves of cutting off contact with the world.

Therefore, religion and tourism cannot be completely severed.It's just that the temple has become a scenic spot, and it will test the concentration of the practitioner even more. Otherwise, it will take more effort to not be moved by the outside world.Nor can travel companies turn religion into a purely profit-making tool.

Today we are not only here to worship Buddha, but also to travel.The government and tourism companies build roads and toilets, which is really convenient for us.There is no such trail, and it may take us two days to climb the ancient trail that Xu Xiake walked.

Regardless of whether tickets, cableways, sightseeing cars, horseback riding, sedan chair lifts, or meals are expensive or not, you can choose to walk, choose to bring your own dry food, and you don’t need money. If you choose these services, don’t complain.

You may say that tickets should not be charged. A place that can charge tickets must have a large number of people.You can see that Wenfeng Temple is also beautiful, so I won’t accept it.But if there are too many people, do you think it will be accepted?

First, the local area will not give up such a development opportunity. Second, if there are too many people, it needs to be managed. If something happens in those wild mountains and undeveloped areas, why don’t you go to the local government?
You can't think that they are nosy and make money from you.Take sanitation as an example, there are fewer people and nature can accommodate it.There are too many people and no one cares, so can this place still come?will eventually be destroyed.

Moreover, the temples in Jizu Mountain are quite good, the accommodation in Su Zhai is not expensive, and the incense is free.So don't blame the temple for tickets and transportation fees.That's the tour company's business.The monks were unwilling and protested against it.

So I ask you not to buy those big incenses and high incenses at the foot of the mountain, and give them directly to the merit box of the temple to rejoice.I am a tourist myself, and I still understand travel companies.

They also built roads, built toilets and provided services. They also invested. They were losing money in the past few years, so they wanted to increase development, so they recruited temples all over the mountain to protest behind closed doors.

When you come to travel, you will be happy after spending money. After negotiation, the current charges are still reasonable, much cheaper than those charged by famous mountain temples.

If you come to pray to Buddha, you should suffer a little bit and rejoice a bit.Rejoice with joy, be happy when you come, don't suffer bitterly, don't complain. "

The pilgrims and tourists behind nodded.

Before I knew it, I heard people's voices and cigarettes curling up, and I went to a big temple again.

(End of this chapter)