Take your sister to catch a ghost

Chapter 215
The abbot was with the old man named Chen Yuming. The abbot still had that compassionate look, and the old man's gloves hadn't been removed yet.

When I saw them, I went forward to salute, and after they returned the salute, they said, "Let me take you two to see the bodhisattva in the body."

"Excuse me!"

This temple is built on the top of the mountain and has a rectangular shape. The Daxiong Hall is in the middle of the rectangle. It is a three-story tower building.

There are two circles of buildings surrounding the Daxiong Palace. Some of the buildings in the first circle are for accommodation, and some are for storing things.

I haven't been to the second lap yet, because the second lap is considered the inner courtyard of the temple. Like Taoist temples, the inner courtyard has not been authorized and generally cannot be entered privately.

The abbot led us out of the Daxiong Palace, went straight to the rear, passed through two walls, and stopped in front of an ancient building.

The gate is closed, and there is a plaque above the gate, which says the words 'Compassionate to the World'. Although this building is not as majestic as the Daxiong Palace, it is rare to see its grandeur.

Standing in front of the door, the abbot folded his palms, closed his eyes and recited Amitabha several times, and then said, "Please follow me!"

He stepped forward and slowly pushed the door open, making a heavy creaking sound.

The abbot's face was very heavy, his brows were tightly furrowed, and his face was full of sadness.

"That's the bodhisattva in the flesh." As soon as he entered the room, the abbot pointed to a golden statue sitting cross-legged directly above the Buddhist altar.

This is the first time I have seen a bodhisattva in the flesh. I didn't expect it to be like this. I thought the body was placed here for people to admire, but it turned out to be covered with a layer of gold.

This body bodhisattva looks like a woman, but because of the gold-plated body, she can't see clearly.

In front of the Buddha statue is a red stone, and then there is a green bracelet.

Even with a golden body, it can still be seen from her outline that she used to be gorgeous.

There is no woman in the world who does not love beauty. As long as she loves beauty, she will cherish her hair. I don't understand why she can give up her long hair and escape into Buddhism, and I don't understand why she freezes her ugliest moment and puts it in Here for the world to look up to.

If you don't understand these things, you won't understand them. Could it be possible to go down and ask her if it's okay?
There are three futons in front of the body, and Xiaoxi and I kneel down and salute.

I have seen some things about Buddhist worship before. Buddha worship is divided into four steps, palms together, questioning, kneeling, and prostration.

Xiaoxi follows me every day, and has a subtle influence on these things.

The abbot looked at us and smiled with satisfaction!
After kneeling down, the little monk handed us six sticks of incense, and Xiaoxi and I each had three sticks.

Although I have seen the etiquette of worshiping Buddha, I don't know the etiquette of offering incense.

I hesitated for a while, the abbot seemed to see that I was a little embarrassed, and said blankly: "It is good to be sincere."

I hummed, although I don't understand the etiquette of offering incense in Buddhism, but I am very familiar with the etiquette of Taoism.

Only two incense sticks are used for people who have attained the Tao, and the one for offering sacrifices to ghosts is simply discarded.

I took out a stick of incense and put it aside, then lit the incense and prayed, holding the incense stick with the middle finger and index finger of both hands, and holding the tail of the incense with my thumb, holding it to my chest.Raise the fragrance to match the eyebrows again, and put it back on the chest.

When inserting incense, start from the right side, and silently recite "Fusheng Wuliang Tianzun" several times, expressing the highest respect.

In Taoism, there is no such sacred name as "Infinite Heavenly Venerable" at all, it was just fabricated by people who don't understand.There are only holy titles such as 'Fusheng Wuliang Tianzun', 'Saving People's Immeasurable Tianzun', 'Blessed Virtue of Immeasurable Tianzun'!

I don't know much about Buddhism, but I have heard of the titles of Buddhas such as "Infinite Life Buddha" and "Amitabha Buddha".

The abbot frowned when he saw the way I offered incense.

In fact, the first purpose of offering incense in this way is to express respect for this Bodhisattva, and the second is for the abbot to see. Judging from the techniques performed by the monk last night and before, they must have something to do with Taoism.

After the visit, the abbot frowned, and led us out of the room without any other indication.

"What's the name of this Bodhisattva?" I thought the abbot asked the Buddha name of the bodhisattva in the body.

He thought for a while and said, "I don't know her name, nor her Buddha name!"

"Ok?"

"In the past, this was a wasteland with no people inhabited. After I came here, I found her body and the suicide note beside her. I obeyed her last wish and enshrined her in the temple." The abbot Say.

According to the usual routine, I should have asked the abbot to take a look at her suicide note, but it was obviously unreasonable, so I kept my mouth shut.

This is considered to be the end of praying to the Buddha. During the walk, I asked the abbot: "Master, have you heard of Chishi Mountain?"

The abbot was stunned for a moment: "Where did you hear this name?"

I was also taken aback, is there anything wrong with this name?

"Someone told me to come to Chishi Mountain to find someone, but I don't know the location when I get here."

The abbot nodded thoughtfully: "There is no mountain called Chishi Mountain here, only Jigong Mountain and Shigu Mountain. The benefactor must have found the wrong place!"

I chuckled, and the abbot said, "Just now I saw Shande's expression very happy. Judging from his trajectory, he must be so happy to see the benefactor. He stays on the mountain all year round and rarely sees people. If If the benefactor gets acquainted with him, I hope the benefactor will not disappoint this fate."

I smiled stiffly, does this count as keeping me?

After I nodded, the abbot asked the little monk to take us to have breakfast, and he returned to the main hall where the body Bodhisattva was alone.

I don't know why, but I suddenly felt that the abbot's steps were a little staggering, as if he was going to fall over at any time.

"Master, what happened to him?" I asked the old man.

The old man glanced back: "I don't know, I'm just talking about it."

I groaned, my eyes noticed the old man's hand, and asked: "You wear gloves every day, don't you feel uncomfortable?"

The old man raised his hand to look at it, and then chuckled: "I don't wear it every day, I take it off when no one is around."

"What's wrong with your hand? I know some native methods, please let me see, I may have a way."

I have some experience in Taoist mountain doctor's fate divination, but I am not very good at it.

"You know medicine?" The old man looked surprised.

"It's just some fur." ​​I replied modestly.

The old man nodded with satisfaction: "Chinese medicine or Western medicine?"

"Chinese medicine!"

"Well, that's right. Young people are now studying western medicine. It's great that you can remember things from our ancestors!" The old man said full of praise.

I laughed.

"But my hand can't be cured."

The old man obviously didn't want me to see his hand, and I couldn't force it, so I smiled and followed the little monk.

The old man walked in front of me, and I observed him from behind him. Judging from what happened last night, he must be not an ordinary person. Both of them should be related to Taoism.

People in the group have said that a prosperous branch of the Maoshan sect suddenly disappeared.

The Taoism used by the abbot last night happened to be the Taoism of the Maoshan sect, so I naturally linked them with the disappearing Maoshan sect.

Although the old man was old, he was still very healthy. Apart from the gloves he often wore, there was nothing special about him.

"What do you want to find in me?" When I was fascinated, the old man suddenly turned his head and looked at me and said.

I choked on my words for a moment, subconsciously said something, and then said with some embarrassment: "No, it's nothing."

The old man smiled: "Let's go eat, I haven't seen him for decades, so I have to slaughter this old monk for a few meals."

While I was still eating, the Shande monk came and waited for me, saying that he would take me for a walk in a while!
I speeded up, let Xiaoxi go back to the house after dinner, and I went to visit the temple with the monk.

He told me that he rarely went down the mountain, and the number of times he went down the mountain was no more than ten times in his memory. No wonder he was so excited when he saw someone he had seen before.

He took me around the temple, and he patiently told me which house was used for what.

I was not interested in these, and finally asked about the abbot.

Speaking of the abbot, his face is full of respect, I have seen such a look in the underworld, and those ghost soldiers have this look when they see the king of reincarnation.

Can make people have this kind of awe of him behind his back, it seems that the host is indeed not a simple person.

(End of this chapter)