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Chapter 474: What Does It Mean to Respect Buddha?
Seeing the little monk’s reaction, all the netizens in the live broadcast room laughed.

"Hahaha, this little monk's reaction is so interesting. Why does he act like he just found out about these things?"

"I even feel that the little monk is not as familiar with these things as Xu Gou. Xu Gou is really amazing. He can always give people unexpected surprises. Is this also considered a skill?"

"Of course he counts. He is a born tour guide. I can only say that if you have been a tour guide, you will know how powerful Xu Gou is. Fortunately, Xu Gou is not a tour guide, otherwise our industry will only become more and more competitive in the future."

Anyone who has worked as a tour guide knows that most tour guides will first run a planned route themselves before leading a group, and may even follow other groups to see how they run the route.

In some places, in order to avoid vicious competition, the commentaries prepared by all tour guides on the route are unified.

Such unified commentary has both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that it can maximize the level of the tour guide's explanation, so that the entire explanation does not appear to be of very low quality.

The downside is that it is too templated and formulaic, so the commentary is the same no matter which tour guide you take. It would be better to just bring a walkie-talkie and listen to the explanation on the walkie-talkie.

But Xu Wen is different.

Xu Wencai is the real tour guide.

Although he had never been to this place, he was able to give a good explanation of the historical background and some special landscapes of the place.

It can be said that Xu Wen is the person that a real tour guide should possess.

Not only can they answer various questions raised by tourists at any time, but they can also always provide explanations from various novel perspectives, or lead everyone to understand and appreciate this beautiful landscape from another perspective.

After passing this corner, the group of people finally walked into the temple.

Different from those temples with huge incense burning, the temples here seem to have little incense burning, and are more peaceful and quiet.

There is a pond in the temple, and there are goldfish and lotus flowers in the pond.

There are not many incense burners or pilgrims, but more monks living in this temple.

Occasionally, the sound of bells ringing came from a distance, and the women would feel unusually at peace.

Netizens in the live broadcast room quickly felt this atmosphere and couldn't help but admire it.

"This atmosphere is really good. I've been to many temples before, and it's not like this at all."

"Yes, now many temples in the city are too utilitarian. As soon as you walk to the door, you can see smoke. To put it nicely, it's called a flourishing incense business. To put it bluntly, isn't it environmental pollution?"

"I also think that it's the 21st century now, and many things can be changed. For example, things like incense are really not environmentally friendly and harmful to health. Why haven't they been banned yet?"

"Brother, you don't think that burning incense is really for the Buddha, right? If pilgrims don't burn incense, do you think this temple can still operate? To put it bluntly, this is just a business operation model. If you don't allow others to burn incense, isn't that a slap in their face?"

Sun Ya and the others took a deep breath and found that there was no air pollution like sandalwood in the temple. Instead, there were scents of various flowers and grasses.

Sun Ya couldn't help but ask, "Young Master, where can I burn incense here?"

Jingkong thought for a moment and said, "You can burn incense in the central hall, but we don't open it to tourists. You can go in and worship, but you can't burn incense."

Sun Ya was immediately happy when she heard this.

"Why is that? Who goes to a temple without burning incense? Isn't that disrespectful to the Buddha?" Jingkong said with a smile, "It's not disrespectful to the Buddha. As long as you have Buddha in your heart, there are Buddhas everywhere. Even if you are not in a temple, even if you are at home or on the road, it is still worshiping Buddha. The Buddha will not blame you."

When netizens in the live broadcast room heard what Master Jingkong said, they immediately became interested.

"Oh, this little monk is quite capable. What he said is really extraordinary."

"This little monk seems to be indifferent to fame and fortune, but I wonder how their abbot will react after hearing what he said. You know, temples make money from incense."

"Some temples really don't need it. At least I know that some temples are key national protection units, and even the monks inside have official positions. They really don't lack money."

"I think this is a better approach. After all, if you are a monk and you only think about making money instead of studying Buddhism, then you are just like working. How can you be called a monk?"

"Everyone who has been a monk knows that there is no such thing as becoming a monk in this world. Everything has its rules. For example, if the abbot asks you to sweep the floor today, can you not go? As long as you go, it is not following your heart, it is just going to work, right?"

Nowadays, many people are studying Buddhism, or are obsessed with Buddhism.

They always feel that if they want to appear sincere, they must stay in a temple for a few days, or become a monk for a few days.

But in fact, such practice goes against Buddhist teachings.

True practice is everywhere and at every moment.

It doesn't mean that you can attain enlightenment or practice cultivation by temporarily putting aside worldly affairs and staying in a temple for a few days.

On the contrary, those who work and live seriously are more like those who are practicing.

Because they have no distractions and just want to live a good life.

Xu Wen said to Sun Ya: "Jingkong is right. As long as you are respectful, there is no need to be too restrained."

Sun Ya shook her head and insisted on her own idea.

"No, I feel something is wrong if I don't burn incense in the temple. I must burn incense."

Xu Wen smiled slightly.

"What's the difference between your behavior and those who kowtow on the mountain to show their sincerity?"

"They think that if they kowtow and go to the mountain, they will have perfect merits and the Buddha will have mercy on them and grant their requests or wishes."

"But if everything is really that simple, then everyone will kowtow, so who will work hard?"

"You are the same. You always think that burning incense is the only way to worship Buddha. But if this is considered worshiping Buddha, and worshiping Buddha is useful, then wouldn't it be better for everyone to burn incense and worship Buddha at home? Why do we still have to go to work?"

Xu Wen's words left Sun Ya speechless.

Because this is a classic logical paradox.

If praying to Buddha is useful, who would still go to work?
If praying to Buddha is useless, why do you worship him?

Sun Ya couldn't figure it out for a moment and was silenced by Xu Wen's question.

(End of this chapter)