The leisurely life of rebirth.

"Actually! What's the use of Buddha burning incense in everyone's heart? Wealth is not obtained by seeking, but by cultivation." Fang Monan said.

Mr. Lin said, "Master Jingkong often said with emotion: Buddhism is not a religion but an education, but today, people say that we are a religion, that we are a superstition, and we can say something. Because Buddhism gives people the whole body. That's the impression. We can't blame others for not understanding, and we can't give the responsibility to those who misunderstood. We must admit that we did not do well, and people misunderstood."

"Hmph! Modern people are basically divided into temples and temples. There is a fundamental difference between the two. Temples are places where heaven, earth, ghosts and gods were worshipped in ancient times. The emperor had Taimiao, and the folks had earth temples, Dragon King temples, etc. The temple is an ancient administrative unit. For example, Dali Temple is in charge of evaluating officials. Honglu Temple is in charge of diplomacy." Fang Monan put down his bowl and chopsticks and said. "The front hall of the imperial palace is also called a temple, so the imperial court is also called a 'temple hall' and a 'temple gallery'. Fan Zhongyan, a famous writer in the Song Dynasty we know, has a famous sentence:

If you live high in a temple, you will worry about your people; if you live far away from the rivers and lakes, you will worry about your ruler.No one would say that the temple here is a Buddhist temple! "

"Huh! That's really the case. But..." Lin Jiaxiang raised his eyebrows and asked, looking at Mr. Lin, asking for advice!

This half-knowledge is really uncomfortable.

"Oh! This Nannan is right!" Mr. Lin said with a smile, "A Buddhist temple in history is equivalent to a university today. Its purpose is to popularize education. There is a Buddhist scripture building in the Buddhist temple, which serves as the current public library. Function. It contains not only Buddhist classics, but also Confucian and Taoist classics. Many scholars, such as Wang Yangming, Zhu Xi, Fan Zhongyan and other great Confucian scholars, have been reading books in monasteries for a long time. Moreover, there are regular lectures on Buddhism in monasteries, and local people can read them. Go and listen, this is to popularize Buddhism. It is also a place for the public to practice together. When Buddhism was invited to China by Emperor Han Ming, it had nothing to do with religion at all. It was entirely academic and very important. About the universe and life academic."

"Then what happened to the White Horse Temple." Lin Jiashang asked suspiciously. "It's the number one Buddhist temple!"

"Because the scriptures in the temple were carried by white horses. The imperial court named it 'White Horse Temple'. In this way, the White Horse Temple in Luoyang became the first Buddhist temple in ancient times. After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the title of the temple as an official office became less and less , and gradually evolved into a special term for Buddhist architecture." Fang Monan explained. [

"Oh I got it."

"But, but... There are so many images of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in the temple, and people still worship, offer flowers and fruits, and burn incense. Isn't this similar to a temple?" Lin Jiaqi asked suspiciously.

Mr. Lin explained, "This is why Buddhism has been greatly damaged in the past hundred years. The public and even Buddhists have a lot of misunderstandings about traditional Buddhism. The most obvious misunderstandings are that one is to enshrine Buddha statues. The other is to donate money to temples. Temples Enshrining Buddha statues here is equivalent to offering statues of Confucius in private schools. In ancient times, teachers were highly valued, and students were very respectful to their teachers. Therefore, of course, they should also respect "big teachers" like Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. This is like Americans treating the four presidents as Carved on rocks, or collected in wax museums. One purpose of the statue is to commemorate the teacher, and the other is to learn from others, and use the image of the teacher to remind ourselves to work hard. It is not to treat Buddha statues as gods. As for monasteries donating money. It is the localization of the begging system of the Indian Asan Sangha in China.

In ancient times, there were two professions whose prices were not clearly marked, one was a teacher and the other was a doctor.Teachers teach students, or doctors see a doctor. Students and patients are given according to their distribution. If they have money, they will give more, and if they have no money, they will give less.

Buddhist monasteries are equivalent to community colleges, and they don't have a clear price tag themselves.Just put a merit box.Everyone also distributes according to the distribution, which is equivalent to raising funds from the public to run schools.Because we are not like Indian Asan, who had the custom of monks begging before the emergence of Buddhism.This is different from our cultural background, and the form needs to change according to the environment.Because the monastery’s money is used for education, donating money to the monastery is equivalent to supporting education. This is a great good deed, but it is not a meritorious deed.According to the principles of Buddhism, merit comes from concentration, not from doing good deeds.In history, Emperor Wu of Liang built 480 temples, and Bodhidharma also said that it was a meritorious deed. "

"Oh! You have been taught." Everyone nodded.

"Ah! Doctors and teachers are clearly marked with prices now!" Aunt Lian sighed.

Fang Monan said, "Let's talk about monk. Now monk has become a common term, which generally refers to family members. In fact, in Buddhism, monk is a very honorable title. Only the abbot of a temple, or the keynote speaker of a dojo, is called a monk. Besides, Heshi, Heshi is a Buddhist etiquette, which means to restrain the chaotic mind. We usually open our ten fingers, but now we close them together, which means concentration and samadhi. The core of Buddhist practice, so this etiquette has a deep meaning. It is like Christians making the cross, which also has its meaning. Every move of Buddhism has its meaning, but there is no mystery and "superstition" in it."

"Hehe... so many people go to Buddhist temples to burn incense, and they can't even tell the difference between a temple and a temple. If he doesn't even know what the terms Buddha and Bodhisattva mean, he would already burn incense and kowtow there, saying that they are "fascinated" Believe it, it doesn't count as wronging them, right?" Xiong Baochun said with a smile.

"Hmph! So many people go to Buddhist temples to burn incense. Isn't it because Buddhism says that Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are merciful and able to save suffering? They even say that Buddhas and Bodhisattvas 'responsive to requests'! Are Buddhas and Bodhisattvas really responsive to requests!" Lin Jiaxiang raised his eyebrows road.

As soon as he finished speaking, Grandma Lin slapped him on the back of the head, "It's true that all the four lessons have been read into the dog's stomach."

"It hurts!" Lin Jiaxiang said coquettishly, rubbing his head. "Grandpa..." Qiu comforted.

"It hurts! I think the beating was light." Mr. Lin scolded with a smile.

"Hehe..." Everyone laughed.

"Buddha Sakyamuni resigned from his succession to the throne and went out to find the Dharma for saving suffering and suffering. In the end, he suddenly realized: saving others first, saving others first, saving oneself first, saving heart and saving suffering. Self-saving is the foundation." Grandma said with a smile. [

"Yeah!" Fang Monan looked at grandma in surprise.

Grandma raised her eyebrows and said, "I read it from the book, isn't it?"

"That's right..." Fang Monan nodded hurriedly. "People must have faith sustenance."

"Let's go! You should go." Grandma got up and said, "Go early and come back early!"

Hulala...a large group of people left, only grandma was left to entertain the family of the uncle and the second uncle.

Of course, Fang Monan and the others missed the Burning Touxiang when they went up the mountain during this period of time. There are quite a lot of people going up to Lingshan!But they still burned a stick of incense, praying for peace.

In fact, the burning head incense can continue to this day, which shows that for more modern people, the pursuit of good luck and auspiciousness is still an eternal theme.For tradition, people can completely remove the core of "superstition" and retain the form of sincerity and cultural etiquette.

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On the second day of the new year, when I went back to my mother’s house, there were no relatives on the farm to visit. In the blink of an eye, on the third day of the new year, Fang Monan brought a gift to Dr. Chen to pay New Year’s greetings. Uncle's family dinner.

It was just that seeing Gong Xiyuan appearing at the banquet by accident, Fang Monan raised his eyebrows, and seeing Xia Jinzhi's happy blooming, he knew how satisfied she was with this son-in-law.

He kept praising how good Gong Xiyuan was like grandma and Fang Manan!

Listening to her mother's bragging, Mo Qiaoyun's temples twitched, the corners of her mouth twitched, and she looked at her grandma and Fang Monan apologetically.

Regarding Xia Jinzhi's words, grandma will never rest assured at all, as long as the children live well, her words will only be hummed like flies!

Fang Monan pressed his thumb on his temple, stroked his forehead lightly with his index finger, and said with a light smile, "I don't know when you will have a wedding, did your in-laws and mother-in-law agree? You must know that the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is an eternal problem. "

"Gah!" Fang Monan's words made Xia Jinzhi's chattering mouth shut immediately, but he became more honest, and kept looking at Gong Xiyuan suspiciously.

Mo Qiaoyun's face froze, Gong Xiyuan shook her hand from below, looked at the people present and said seriously, "My family is fine."

In Gong Xiyuan's heart, the so-called family disagreement, he is not on soft food, he depends on his family for everything, without any freedom.

He was even very moved by Mo Qiaoyun's defense in front of his so-called family.

In fact, Gong Xiyuan still has to thank his family for their interference. If it wasn't for them, he would still be struggling to 'capture' Mo Qiaoyun!

Although she was just talking out of anger for a while, it also made him laugh for a long time. It is true that IQ can drop when you are in love, but it does not distinguish between men and women.

Although a bit 'despicable', how can you catch up with your wife if you are not thick-skinned.

After getting the guarantee, the smile climbed up Xia Jinzhi's face again.

Since then, Xia Jinzhi has not been heard showing off everywhere in the county. It seems that she, as a mother, is not yet confused. Everyone knows that she is yelling when she is not married. destroyed.

During the banquet, Fang Monan was like watching a play, watching his uncle and second uncle being friendly and trying their best to please grandma, Fang Monan shook his head and laughed.

After the reunion banquet, on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Fang Monan, his grandmother and Vera, Xiong Baochun drove, and a group of four went south to see Father Fang and the others.

The road conditions were as expected, it was not easy to walk, but fortunately, there were fewer cars on the national road during the Chinese New Year, so it was so-so.

However, after driving for more than 200 kilometers, after half of the journey, it was snowing heavily, and the snow chains did not affect the speed of the vehicle.

But the world is a vast expanse of whiteness, and this road is so easy to find, especially when you get off the national highway.

At this time, thanks to Fang Monan, the half-immortal, there will never be a wrong way.

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