Wandering

Chapter 38

I saw that Daoist He Xi had a very strange expression on his face, as if there was something really hard to decide.Everyone didn't speak loudly, but they all pointed their eyes at He Xi.He Xi said with some hesitation: "Shi, Junior Brother Shi, I can't make a decision on the situation you said, and I have to go back to the mountain to report to Master Ming before I deal with it.... If what you said is true, then today is the day." I offended... If you are talking nonsense, then I will never give up easily!"

Mr. Zhang also asked: "Shi Ye, is everything you said true?"

Depend on!This is troublesome, obviously a big misunderstanding, Lian Hexi called me Shi Xiaoshi just now.This kind of matter is related to the elders, and it is better to believe it or not. Even if He Xi doubts it in his heart, he has to go back and ask the real person Shouzheng.I hurriedly explained: "Senior, I don't know what you are talking about. The old god who taught me the Taoism in the dream is like that, but he never told me his name."

It's better to leave some leeway when talking, and He Xi will reveal his secret when he goes back and asks his master.So what?Anyway, there are so many Taoist priests in the world, why can't others patch the Taoist robes?Can't others use a small sword as a hairpin?However, saying this sentence is tantamount to not saying it.He Xi asked me again: "Did you worship Master in your dream?"

I replied: "The old god held an initiation ceremony for me in my dream. I remember praying to the sky, asking questions, and receiving precepts, but he didn't let me become a master, and he didn't allow me to call him master."

Most of these words are true. If the old god is replaced by a gentleman, it will all be true.Lying still requires a combination of truth and falsehood. As soon as I uttered this sentence, there was a difference in the way Xi looked at me, and the element of suspicion was obviously less.I saw him say again: "The masters in the world act in unpredictable ways. Since this is the case, I will not ask why today....Buddha, I am really sorry to disturb you today!"

The living Buddha smiled and waved his hands and was about to speak, but he heard the monk Facheng behind him curiously shout: "Can the Dharma be taught in dreams? Why have I never seen anyone in my dreams to guide me to enlightenment?"

Many people couldn't help laughing at Facheng's words. The living Buddha said: "Everyone has their own fate, and not all of them seek liberation in dreams. My tantric school also has achievements in dream vision. What happened to Shi Xiaoren It's not impossible. Since He Xi, you don't have anything to ask, I do have something to say."

"Buddha, speak up if you have something to say."

Living Buddha: "Little Master Shi, according to what you said, you met a fairy in your dream, and taught the Dharma without worshiping a teacher, so what school and school are you now?"

This old living Buddha is very powerful, and he hit the key point in one sentence.Feng Junzi said that it is a taboo in the practice world to pass the Dharma without asking a teacher, because it means that this disciple will cause trouble in the future, and no one will come out to take the responsibility of cleaning up the sect.After the Living Buddha said this, everyone became quiet again.He Xi looked a little anxious, but didn't speak.

I asked curiously: "Is it necessary to have a sect? Didn't someone create it before the sect was established? You can establish your own sect without a sect!..."

When I was talking, He Xi kept coughing, and Mr. Zhang also kept blinking.When I mentioned the phrase of self-reliance, it was like pouring a ladle of cold water into a boiling oil pan, and the room exploded all of a sudden. Everyone said anything, most of them expressed surprise, and some expressed anger.I looked at the living Buddha at a loss, and thought: What does it have to do with them if I want to set up my own family?
The Living Buddha took a fixed look at me and sighed: "So you really don't know! You can't speak casually about establishing your own sect. For thousands of years, no one in the practice world has established a new sect except demons and heretics. Among them are You, a child, don't know many joints, so let's retract this sentence."

I finally got a little angry when I heard this.I really don't know, but that doesn't mean I can't talk.I think back when I was not yet able to study the Fa, I met Monk Fayuan. He didn't even give me a chance to speak, and he wanted to break into the mountain temple and smash the statue of the mountain god.Later, in Qiyunguan, I met a group of Taoist priests in Zezhong, who were obviously bullying people and didn't take me seriously at all.Later, when I made a big fuss, everyone suspected that my background was hardened, so they politely invited me to Guangjiao Temple.

Today I said that I want to set up my own family, and I saw that these high-level people all looked uncomfortable.I was just talking about it, but now I really have this plan.I didn't do anything wrong, so why did these people call me here to ask questions?Just because they are big sects and have the right way?Thinking of this, I replied coldly: "Buddha said that those who are doormen are not doormen, they are called doormen! What's wrong?"

This is exactly the syllogism of the Diamond Sutra that Mr. Zhang taught me, and I did not expect to use it here.As soon as I spoke, I heard the monk Facheng shouting among the crowd: "That's right, what this child said is right! The root of life and death without beginning... Bodhi Nirvana without beginning..." But no one echoed.

Seeing what I said, the living Buddha did not refute, but changed his words: "The old monk is not good at talking about the things in your Taoism. Today in Guangjiao Temple, please don't bring up this topic again. . . . It's time to eat , let’s have a vegetarian meal at Guangjiao Temple today.”

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Guangjiao Temple is a monastery of the Yellow Sect in Tibet. I don’t know if the lamas of the Yellow Sect are vegetarian or not, but Guangjiao Temple is located in the south of the Yangtze River, and they also go to the village to do as the Romans do. The monks in the temple are also vegetarian.This vegetarian meal tasted very good. I never thought that dried tofu could taste like chicken thighs and roast beef, especially the deep-fried pumpkin flowers, which were really crispy and delicious.

Daoist He Xi didn't eat fast in the temple, but said that he had to go back to the mountain as soon as he had something to do, and left in a hurry.Everyone didn't talk much during the meal, and they always looked at me with flickering eyes, as if seeing some monster.Only monk Facheng was an exception. While eating, he curiously asked me why the fairy I met in my dream looked like a child pestering an adult to tell a story. I wonder how this old monk has such a heart?
Most of the people used the fast just for show, almost took a few mouthfuls and then left in a hurry, and the living Buddha didn't want to stay.I was really hungry, I ran twenty miles with Shang Yunfei in the morning, just in time for a meal.So I was the last to go.The old lama didn't send me off, but just told me that if there is something in the future that I can't get rid of by myself, I can come to him again and try.

Walking out of the gate of Guangjiao Temple, Shang Yunfei was not there. He probably went home. His family lived near Guangjiao Temple.I didn't want to run back like I did in the morning, so I walked towards the bus stop.I ran into an acquaintance head-on, it was Taoist Zeren who sent me flying with a wave of his sleeve at Qiyun Temple.Zeren made a special trip to wait for me there, and when he saw me coming out, he came up to him and said, "Fellow Daoist Shiye, Pindao has been waiting for you here for a long time."

Today at Guangjiao Temple, nominally the Living Buddha came looking for me, but in fact it was obvious that Zheng Yimen had something to ask me, and the person who came forward was the Daoist Hexi.What I never expected was that after all the nonsense, the suspicion of the old Living Buddha was cleared up. How did it involve the head of the Zhengyi Sect, Shouzheng Zhenren?It's not my fault, if you want to blame it, you can blame Zhengyimen himself. After today, I don't know how practitioners in the world talk about Zhengyimen.

When I went out and saw Zeren, I felt a little uncomfortable.I don't like those Taoist priests in Qi Yunguan, Hechen and Zezhong, but this Zeren is an exception.This man has real kung fu, his brain is not stupid, and his manner is not so arrogant.Strictly speaking, I was suspected of framing him for what happened last time, which made him very passive at the time, but he didn't get angry in front of everyone.Seeing Zeren greet me, I didn't hide, so I stepped forward and asked, "Isn't this Daoist Zeren? What do you want from me? Is it because of Qi Yunguan?"

Zeren shook his head: "No, no, I'm waiting for you here at the order of my master. It's not convenient to ask you in public at Guangjiao Temple. His old man asked me to ask you here."

"Your master? Who is it? He Chen?"

Zeren: "No, no, Master Hechen is my uncle. My master you just met in Guangjiao Temple is Master Hexi."

It turned out that Taoist Priest Zeren was not He Chen's disciple, but He Xi's disciple.How the master is, you can often tell by looking at the disciples.This Zeren's skills and self-cultivation are extraordinary, it seems that although He Xi is a fat man who is not surprising, he may really have some skills in his hands.I asked Zeren: "Does Priest He Xi have anything else to ask me?"

Zeren didn't answer directly, but said with a smile: "Shi Ye, it should be the chief disciple He Feng who represented the Zhengyi sect today. Uncle He Feng has an upright temperament and a cold and selfless face. I'm still worried about you. Unfortunately, I have something to do with Uncle Feng, so my master came here for him. My master is always easy-going, so I was relieved."

According to what Zeren meant, not only did he not blame me for what happened to Qi Yunguan last time, but he was worried about me.Reaching out without hitting the smiling face, I also politely said, "Thank you, Brother Dao, for worrying about me."

Zeren waved his hand: "Don't be in a hurry to call me Taoist brother, I might call you little uncle in the future... I have also heard what you said about meeting an immortal teaching the Dharma in Guangjiao Temple."

Damn, this kind of story spread quickly!They all misunderstood that the old fairy in the dream I mentioned was the real person Shouzheng.I understood what was going on in my heart, but I had to pretend to be confused: "Zeren, what do you mean? I learned the Taoism in my dream, isn't it okay? Why do you want to call me little uncle?"

Zeren: "It turns out that you don't know that the appearance of the fairy you mentioned is that I am a real person who is the patriarch of my school, Shouzheng."

I continued to pretend to be confused: "But the old god didn't tell me that he is a true Shouzheng? There should be quite a few Taoist priests wearing patched Taoist robes in the world, right? There should be more than one holding a golden dust whisk and using a sword-shaped hairpin, right?"

Zeren smiled: "Accordingly, there should be more than one, but with such a dress, and the cultivation base has reached the state of spreading the law, I am afraid that it is the contemporary head of Zhengyi."

Zeren said "teaching the law with a ecstasy", is this level very high?I was also very puzzled, Feng Junzi has been teaching the Dharma in his dreams, can he also be compared with Shouzheng Daoist?I originally thought that this was an ordinary thing, as long as a practitioner would do it, it turned out it was not like this!The more I talked about it, the more twisted it became, and the more I talked about it, the more it became true. I couldn't hold it back anymore, so I hurriedly asked: "Actually, it's easy to figure it out. Your master will go back to the mountain and ask Senior Shouzheng, will you know? Why bother to come to me?" ?”

Ze Ren: "How could the patriarch be able to see him if he wants to? He just retreated to practice not long ago, and he can't leave the seclusion for a while. Therefore, my master has no way to ask him about the old man, so he can only go back to the mountain and meet Uncle Feng first. We went to discuss."

It turned out that Master Shouzheng had retreated, and I breathed a sigh of relief for a while.A little worried, he asked again: "When will Senior Shouzheng leave the customs?"

Zeren: "Before the sect meeting."

"Zongmen Assembly? What is it?"

Ze Ren: "That's exactly what I want to tell you, Shi Ye, you said in Guangjiao Temple that you want to establish a sect, are you serious?"

That's it again!I want to establish a sect, originally it was just a talk, but later it became an angry statement.These people obviously have their own sects, so what does my establishment of a sect have to do with them?Why did Zeren ask me that again?Thinking of this, I said, "How about the real thing? So what if it's fake?"

Ze Ren sighed: "It's not as simple as you think. It seems that your master hasn't had time to explain it clearly to you, and you are still young and don't know the rules..."

Zeren explained to me the rules of establishing a sect. After listening to it, I found it very complicated, not as simple as I imagined.It's not like the government setting up some kind of agency, just find an office, put up a sign, and appoint a group of cadres.Since ancient times, there have been many people who founded sects and schools, but most of them are not recognized by practitioners all over the world. There are many reasons, the most important point is that they cannot be called gods in this world!
Living people cannot be called gods in this world. This is not only a principle of religion, but also a principle of modern civilization.I have heard of this before, not from Mr. Feng, nor from Mr. Zhang, but from our political teacher Mr. Tang in class.Thinking back when Zhang Daoling founded Taoism, he regarded Lao Tzu as the patriarch, and he himself did not dare to call him a god in the world. As for the title of Tianshi, it was conferred by the emperors of successive dynasties. (Xu Gongzi’s note: Jesus did not claim to be God in this world, and a movie called "The Da Vinci Code" was recently made in the United States, which also talked about this matter.)
From a religious point of view, this is the most important criterion for distinguishing orthodoxy from cults.If someone gathers people to start a sect, claims to be the leader, proclaims that he is equal to the existence of a god, and is worshiped by people as a god in the world, he is not far from a traitor.At the same time, this also violates the first of the three major precepts in the practice world: Do not confuse the world and shock the world with Taoism and supernatural powers.This kind of situation has existed since ancient times, but it didn't last long, so there is no need to say more about the reasons.Therefore, some careerists have adopted another method, which is to recognize their ancestors indiscriminately.For example, the White Lotus sect follows the Pure Land sect of Buddhism and worships Maitreya Bodhisattva. Although it is neither fish nor fowl, practitioners don't care about it.The most interesting thing is the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which enshrines the gods of the West, but it combines the clan ideas of China. Hong Xiuquan is called the eldest son of God, Yang Xiuqing is called the second son of God, and the other leaders can be deduced by analogy.Even if this is not a cult, it is no different from heretics.

From the perspective of modern civilization, claiming to be a god in the world often only brings disasters, such as Hitler, and the emperor of Little Japan.Of course, this is not easy for me to understand at a young age.I didn't expect that if I wanted to establish a sect in the practice world, I would first have to face this problem. I couldn't respect myself, but I couldn't respect my elders.Think back then when Zhengyi sect established a sect, it was the sect established by his disciples after Patriarch Zhengyi became immortal.If I start a sect, who can I establish?If I am really Taoist, I can start a generation of ethos, but to establish a school for me, that is the business of my disciples in the future, not my business.This is the rule of the practice world.

(End of this chapter)