Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 62

Wuzhen Temple is one of the famous ancestral homes of the Pure Land Sect. Master Shandao founded the Pure Land Sect here.Pure Land Sect, also known as Nianfo Sect, is a branch of Buddhism that uses fasting and reciting Buddha as a practice method, and belongs to Mahayana Buddhism.People of the Pure Land sect must recite Amitabha more than 10 times a day, and some eminent monks even say that "reciting it [-] times sincerely" at the end of life can be reborn in the Pure Land of Amitabha.

Xu Qing got off the horse and wanted to visit the monastery. Xun Xueer also wanted to worship Buddha and pray for safety.Worship Buddha.If you don't ask for anything, what do you want him to do?Looking around, this Wuzhen Temple has the atmosphere of a "clean place", unlike the later generations, where incense ash is piled up into mountains, and people are still people at a glance. There is no purity, and there is no Buddha-nature.Putting on a barbecue stall, you can't tell whether it's a Buddhist gate or a snack street.

A little novice at the door was sweeping the floor. The autumn wind fell and the monastery was cleared up. Xu Qing wrapped his clothes and took a cloak for Xun Xueer to wear.

"Little novice monk, we want to go in and worship Buddha..." Xu Qing bowed slightly.

"Almsgiver, please..." The little novice calmly replied, but he did not recite Amitabha, because the current Pure Land Buddhism has not yet spread, and Buddhists bow to each other like ordinary people.

"Little novice, what is your Dharma name?" Xu Qing looked at the bald little novice and asked with great interest.

"My little monk's Dharma name is Shandao..." The little novice led Xu Qing and his party into the main hall and replied.

"Hiss, you are a good teacher, tsk tsk tsk..." Xu Qing laughed inwardly when he heard this, he didn't expect an old ancestor of the Pure Land Sect to be here.

"Blesser, please do what you want, but you can't go to the backyard. The monk is going to sweep the floor..." the little novice said calmly.

Xun Xueer went to worship Buddha, and Xu Qing was just wandering around.Walking to a courtyard, I heard two young monks sweeping the floor and talking:
"Xianxing, why do you think there are so many leaves, and you can't even sweep them all!"

"It's like this every autumn. The leaves are blown by the wind and they fall..."

"No, why are the leaves blown down by the wind in autumn, but not easy to blow down in summer?"

"Shanwu, what do you think is going on?"

"It's the leaves that are moving by themselves. Autumn moves so much that they fall..." Shan Wu thought for a while and said.

"Shan Wu, how can the leaves move by themselves? The leaves are not living things...it is obviously because of the wind." The little monk named Shan Xing asked back.

"Then how do you explain the difference between autumn and summer?"

The two young novice monks had already reached a deadlock after discussing this point. Xu Qing thought, isn't this just a copy of Flag Dong or Feng Dong?Hey, it's time to pretend to be x!Xu Qing stepped into the other courtyard and said slowly:
"It's not the flag that's moving, it's not the wind that's moving, it's the heart that's moving..." Hearing this, the two young novice monks were taken aback for a moment and fell into deep thought.Xu Qing nodded, thinking it was good, he could actually think seriously about the words of a stranger, with the concentration of a Buddhist seeker.

"This benefactor is so understanding..." An old monk came out: "Be kind and enlightened, go pour a bowl of water..."

"This person must be the presiding officer. I haven't asked for the name of the Dharma..." Xu Qing bowed after seeing him.

"The poor monk's name is Mingsheng..." After the old monk finished speaking, he asked Xu Qing to sit in the house. There were no tables and chairs here, so he could only sit cross-legged on the futon or kneel on the mat.Kneeling was too uncomfortable, so Xu Qing chose the futon, and then two young monks came over with a bowl of water.

"What the benefactor said, 'It's not the wind, it's not the leaves, but the heart is moving', made the poor monk suddenly enlightened, and he was ashamed of having practiced Buddhism for decades, which is no better than the words of the benefactor..."

"The host has won the award, but I just realized it occasionally, everything is fate..." Master Ming Sheng was so self-effacing, which made Xu Qing feel embarrassed.

After saying this, the old monk Mingsheng stopped talking and began to settle down. Xu Qing also closed his eyes to feel this rare tranquility, his mind was blank, he didn't do anything, he didn't look at anything, he didn't listen to anything, and he didn't think about anything. .After a long while, Ming Sheng suddenly said: "The almsgiver is going to Chang'an. If you recognize the true Buddha, you will have no worries."

Xu Qing didn't know how the old monk knew his itinerary, but there are so many strange people in the world, it's not very good to know people by looking at them.On the other hand, the old monk's last words have some deep meaning, like prediction and guidance, to recognize the true Buddha?True Buddha... Xu Qing also knew that Ming Sheng was about to leave, so he didn't delay, just as Xun Xue'er had finished worshiping the Buddha, Xu Qing and his party went to Chang'an again.

Beside the Taiye Pool, only Li Yuanping retreated the others, leaving Yuan Tiangang alone.Yuan Tiangang cupped his hands and bowed, saying:

"Your Majesty, Xu Chuliu has arrived in Chang'an, but Pindao learned that he has another name, Xu Qing..."

"Oh? This guy is not in a hurry. He just came now. Who else would do this?" Li Yuan said with a half-smile.Yuan Tiangang then asked:

"Your Majesty, do you want to pick him up?"

"Pick him up, it's too embarrassing for him, pass a note and let him enter the palace secretly." Li Yuan tapped on the railing beside the Taiye Pool, and thought for a while: "Let him hang out for three days first, let him enter the palace secretly." who to visit..."

"The emperor is wise..." Yuan Tiangang said in a deep voice.

"When did you learn these flattery words hahaha..." Li Yuan scolded with a smile, he knew that Yuan Tiangang dared to tell the truth and would not flatter others, so he was very happy to say that he was brilliant this time.

"Your Majesty, the war against the Eastern Turks has gradually become clearer. Li Jing won such a big victory this time. I'm afraid there will be a lot of discussions in the ruling and opposition parties."

"Well... Li Jing is a loyal minister." Li Yuan thought about it. The loyal minister he said meant that Li Jing was neither on the side of the crown prince nor on Li Shimin's side, but remained neutral and was a pure minister.

The carp in Taiye Pond dispersed because the figure feeding the fish had left.

Xu Qing arrived in Chang'an at noon. As usual, he first looked for board and lodging, and then went to inquire about Chang'an's chief officials.Xu Qing was shopping with a cow grazing, when he suddenly heard singing from a small building:
"One coir, one hat, one fishing boat, one fisherman, one hook.

One pat, one shout and one smile, one person alone catches one river autumn! "

Xu Qing said in her heart, my God, who is plagiarizing my poem, it's too shameless, &... %()￥#@.You must go to the door and find out this thief!

"Master~~~Come in and play~~~" the person standing at the door shouted to Xu Qing.

"No, no, you don't need to play. I want to ask who wrote the poem you sang?"

"Oh~ My sister will tell you if you come in to play..." The "little sister" who greeted the guests said coquettishly.

Xu Qing had no choice but to go in. After all, a place with three teachings and nine schools is a good place to inquire about news.What's more, I'm here to catch thieves, hehe, for me, I'm here to catch thieves:
"Huh? The cow is eating grass, what are you looking around, be careful, I will tell Xiao Ruha!" Seeing that the cow was eating grass and couldn't walk, Xu Qing took his elbow to bucket him.

"Sister, can you speak now?"

"Okay, let me tell you, it was written by a great talent. It's called Chu Liu, and he is a good brother of another young talent, Shang Guanyi..."

"It's just that this talented scholar from the sixth grade has never met. We all guess that the talented scholar from Shangguan is a humble and fake person! How can there be a talented person called the sixth grader?"

"In addition to this most exquisite "One Autumn", this sixth-grade talent also wrote a song "Wang Yue", a song "Jiangnan Spring", and a song "Waves Washing the Sand". Every building in Chang'an City, that Zhonglou...are singing these poems."

"Thank you sister, I won't bother you anymore, see you again..." Xu Qing was so beautiful in his heart, it turns out that I am already famous in Chang'an.

"No! The minimum consumption is one tael of silver!"

In the end, Xu Qing was hacked for a tael of silver and came out.

(End of this chapter)