The leisurely life of rebirth.

"Are you afraid, they all look terrible!" said the six sons, holding Dabao's hand and pointing at King Kong in the hall.

"Don't be afraid! They are all Bodhisattvas. Whether they are kind-eyed or angry-eyed Vajra, they just show different appearances." Dabao shook his head.

"You guys know this too," Ni Baohong said in surprise. Some grown-ups don't even know it. They say it's burning incense and worshiping Buddha, but it's actually just sightseeing.

"Brother Ni, you forgot that I learned Shaolin Boy Kung Fu, and I still know a little about these simple nonsensical things about Bodhisattvas." Er Ya pulled his hand and said with a smile, "Use Buddhism to dispel hostility and practice supreme martial arts." "

"Oh! There is such a scene in "Tian Long Ba Bu"!" Ni Baohong smiled, she is not as good as a child, it seems that it is really time to practice the Taoist classics [

The six sons stood in the middle of the hall, half-covered their black eyes, "It's the same reason, in fact, the social economy is developing rapidly, and many people have the opportunity to display their talents, status and wealth, just like possessing the supreme martial arts, so they can do whatever they want. But the increase in ability and wealth, accompanied by hostility, gradually lost a peaceful heart."

Leaning back against the big red pillar in the palace, Yue Houming said lightly, "However, they turn a blind eye to it. In fact, it is very dangerous. They destroy others and themselves."

"You say that Buddhism is on the side. Since it is on the side, he should be able to do it. Why is there still a Dharma protector? Who is the vajra force defending against?" Fang Monan asked with a smile

Fang Monan stood with a smile. In fact, whether it is the Four Heavenly Kings or the Four King Kongs, they all have one basic characteristic, that is, they are all big men with angry eyes. sharp weapon

Even as soon as you enter the mountain gate, there are two vajra warriors on the left and right sides, the Dharma protectors holding a vajra to protect the Dharma. The image is generally majestic, wrathful, wearing a crown, naked on the upper body, holding a vajra, legs open

The difference is that the left image opens its mouth in anger, and uses the vajra as a blow, and the right image closes its mouth angrily, holding the vajra pinned, and stares angrily.

"King Kong descends the devil, of course it is the devil." Ni Baohong smiled and said, "Didn't Dabao just say that?" Looking at Fang Monan, he seemed to ask a stupid question

"Then who created the devil?" Fang Monan continued to ask

Yue Houming said in a deep and soft voice, "In Eastern culture, God created man, in Western culture, God created everything, and Satan, the fallen angel in the Bible, is a fallen angel who rebelled against God. He is one of the seraphs in front of the throne of God, responsible for placing temptations in the world. Later, he degenerated into a devil, and was regarded as the source of evil darkness opposite to the power of light." He paused and continued, "And Lucifer used to be The highest-ranking angel in heaven—Seraph of the Holy Light, served as the archangel before his fall"

"Then why did the devil defect? ​​The devil obviously does not belong to all living beings. He has mana, inexhaustible power, and an immortal body like a god. In a world ruled by gods, all living beings are imprisoned. There is no all-round elimination of devils, this is the duty of gods, and sentient beings have no fighting power in front of gods and devils, they will crush you to death, just like crushing an ant," Fang Monan said slowly

The eyes of the six sons flickered silently

Fang Monan sat cross-legged on the futon and continued lazily, "The bodhisattva's compassionate expression is useless to kind-hearted beings, because he is kind-hearted, so he doesn't need anyone's or God's guidance or Purdue And saving sentient beings is not in the devil's den. The so-called depravity or decay, the sharp weapon of Vajra's angry eyes, is useless to kind-hearted sentient beings. Sentient beings have not done anything that needs to be punished or flogged. aboveboard"

"The bodhisattva's compassionate expression is useless to those devils who do evil. Devils are always ready to destroy the world because they are afraid of chaos. To the smile of the Bodhisattva, The devils will only get worse, and the sharp weapons of the Glaring King Kong are useless to the devils. The devils have limited combat power, immortal soul and body, they have enough strength and ability, and they will always have the capital to fight."

"God created the devil, and the function of the devil is to ruin all living beings..."

Yue Houming continued, "Then the gods will deal with the devils who ruined all living beings."

Fang Monan nodded, "The smile of the Bodhisattva makes all living beings admire and worship, and the might of Vajra makes all living beings fear and timid. These two things have no effect on the devil." She looked up at the Maitreya Buddha in the center of the hall, "So , Bodhisattvas live benevolently in heaven, devils live rampantly in hell, and kind-hearted beings live with difficulty in this turbulent world.”

"This is the law of balance in the world," Liu Zi said with emotion, the ruffian smile disappeared on his face, and his black eyes half covered his thoughts, how similar this is to human society

"It's no wonder that in Buddhism, all living beings are suffering. In the vast world, the three realms and the six realms, everything is like this. The unknown world after Xing's death is suffering." Ni Baohong shook her head and said

"Pfft..." Li Yi smiled unceremoniously, "You are still suffering" [

"To apply a line of lyrics, you and I are all mortals, born in the world, running around all day long, never idle for a moment," Ni Baohong laughed

The six sons said, "The Buddha said that seeking is suffering, and the Heart Sutra says: form is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from form, and form is emptiness, emptiness is form. Feeling, thinking, and knowing are also like this. In the world, nothing is empty, nothing does not exist, so the five aggregates are all null

"The sea is tolerant to all rivers, and if it is tolerant, it will stand on a wall, and if you want it, you will be strong," Yue Houming said.

"Cut! Don't talk about me, we are all ordinary people." Ni Baohong waved his hand and said

"Let's go! Ordinary people have to eat too." Fang Monan had a serious look just now, but now he has become an ordinary person

"In the pure place of Buddhism, there are only vegetarian dishes to eat," the six sons said with a smile

Everyone left the Palace of Heavenly Kings and became ordinary people, just now it was just a dream

At lunch time, Fang Monan and the others went to the place where the temple provides meals for pilgrims. It is called Suxinzhai. A larger-scale Buddhist temple or a temple that also operates temple food. Since it is a place of Buddhism, it is easy to name it like this Of course, the brick and wood structure is relatively simple, and the facilities are relatively simple. There are large and small tables and chairs in the huge hall. The tables are made of wood, and the color of the logs is painted with tung oil. not tall

Considering that the access to Jialan Temple is all on foot, there is no high-altitude cable car, and these building materials and wooden furniture are carried up by manpower. It is already very good to have such a scale and layout.

When Fang Monan and his group walked to Suxinzhai, it was already crowded with pilgrims and tourists who came up on foot. It took a long time, and they must have a meal on the mountain at noon, so the business here It can be said that the independent business is quite good

Of course, there are also many pilgrims scattered in the square outside the Jialan Temple in twos and threes, sitting on the edge of the flower bed, eating their own dry food and water. These pilgrims are either particularly frugal or not good enough in economic conditions. After all, they are just getting rich first. batch of people

Fang Monan and the others found a long table that could fit the seven of them including the two children. They had just sat down on their side when a few young monks came over and put down the teapot and cups

Li Yi got up and poured water for everyone one by one

The six sons took the little novice's menu, "Let's try the Luohanzhai here." Afraid that the big men won't be full, "Let's have some more rice"

Everyone nodded and said, there is nothing to be particular about going out

"Donor benefactors, don't worry, the taste of our Luohanzhai is comparable to that of chicken, duck and fish. It's definitely worth the trip," said the little novice monk, clasping his hands together.

Another little novice said, "Luohanzhai is made of eighteen kinds of raw materials, implying the reverence of the eighteen arhats in Buddhism. The ingredients include flower mushrooms, mushrooms, mushrooms, fresh mushrooms, straw mushrooms, hair vegetables, ginkgo, vegetarian chicken, sausage, potatoes, carrots, bamboo shoots, and winter bamboo shoots. Made of sharp bean curd stick oil gluten, black fungus, day lily and seasoning, the shape is plump, and the taste is fresh"

"What is vegetarian chicken?" Dabao asked curiously

"Vegetarian chicken is a soy-based food with tofu skin as the main ingredient. It uses vegetarian meat to imitate meat. The texture and taste are indistinguishable from the original meat, and the flavor is unique," said the little novice respectfully.

"That vegetarian sausage, is it imitation meat sausage made from soybeans?" Erya guessed

"The little benefactor is very smart," said the little monk

Dabao looked curiously at them with bare heads and wearing gray monk robes, very ordinary monk robes, "You are a monk in this temple"[

"Yes, but we haven't been ordained yet." The little monk knew why they had such doubts, and continued, "The real practice is to practice in the world. The real practice is not only on the mountain, not only in the temple, but also in the society. To live, to be born is to enter the world better"

After the little novice retreated, Ni Baohong looked at them and said, "This reason is really sufficient, you can't say he is wrong"

The six sons said indifferently, "Hongchen's state of mind remains the same no matter where it is.

During the conversation, the Luohanzhai was complete. Each person had a tableware similar to a bowl bowl for holding vegetables. It was mostly used by Buddhists for alms. Most of them were made of copper and iron. They can be tapped when chanting. Bowl of formulation

It's really in a temple, there is a temple atmosphere

"All benefactors, please use it slowly!" The little novice said with a smile, "This dish consists of 18 kinds of vegetarian ingredients in total: 7 kinds of rare and precious bacteria, 3 kinds of edible medicinal materials, 4 kinds of soy products, and 4 kinds of stems. Vegetables are made by placing them in a special container, carefully stewing them in vegetable broth for 18 hours, and they are made."