Chiran came to Baoen Temple six years ago to defect to Shishu Ciku. Unlike his younger brother, he was not picked up by his master since he was a child and became a monk.
Chiran was not originally called Chiran, but a beggar with no name. He lived hungry and full every day, and was beaten and beaten. He wandered in the countryside, not knowing the meaning of life at all.
Until one day, he was dying of hunger, and he was not far from death, so he had to find a mass grave and lie in there, waiting to starve to death.
At that time, he met the kindness that came to the mass grave to save the dead.
He had heard before that there were monks who practiced asceticism for those who died unjustly, in vain, or with incomplete corpses, so that they could find peace in the next life and be reincarnated into a good family.
But he always felt that this fact was absurd. If they had this kind of ability, wouldn't they know that they had surpassed themselves and made themselves rich? If you die, even if you are rich in your next life, people in this life don't know, what's the point.
At that time, he was so young, and he had never lived a good life since he was a child, and his heart was full of resentment towards this world and this world. Hearing such a thing, he just sneered.
A monk can naturally take in homeless people and those who want to become a monk, but even a monk can't just leave anyone. Therefore, those who have family wealth and can bring their income into the temple are often regarded as the priority to take in. candidate.
He also thought that he would starve to death sooner or later if he had been wandering all the time, and he had also thought of taking shelter in a monk. But at that time there were wars all over the world, whether it was military households, or ordinary people who had to perform corvée to transport military rations and build city walls, all sharpened their heads and wanted to drill into Buddhist temples.
The monks pick and choose the people who come to defect like animals. A wandering beggar like him who is neither strong enough to work nor can provide anything to the Buddha will naturally not be looked at at all.
After trying several times in a row, he also put out this thought.
It is said that it is to save suffering and save all sentient beings, but in the end, it is still no different from this world.
It is nothing more than dividing people into three, six, nine and so on, and then treating them differently.
Until he was lying in the mass grave, enduring the bursts of fire from his stomach, closing his eyes and waiting to die, he heard the continuous sound of chanting.
He had never heard anyone chanting before.
Lying in the slightly sunken hole, he turned to look at the monk with his eyes closed, walking step by step as if he was walking in his own house, reciting the Sanskrit that he could not understand even half a sentence.
People who have not experienced waiting for death will not know how terrible it is to watch death come. Not only grief and despair, but more of a kind of anger at his own powerlessness.
Before hearing this Sanskrit chanting, death seemed like an abyss to him. He stood on the edge of the darkness, trembling while trying to escape, no matter how numb he was to the world, he was not so stubborn. To the point of not caring about life and death.
This terrifying place full of corpses and no one cared about brought a violent shock to him, as if a completely invisible barrier completely isolated him from the world. The anger and all kinds of negativity brought about by death made him see nothing but darkness.
But the arrival of this monk allowed him to see a ray of light.
It turned out that someone would still care if he died or not.
It turned out that even if someone like him who was not even worth a pig or dog died, someone would come specially for them and recite a passage of scriptures for them.
His injustice to the world and the grief and anger he felt for the pitiful and humble life he had spent over the past ten years were all calmed down by this Sanskrit chant.
He began to look forward to death, to what Buddhists call "the afterlife". He has closed his eyes and is ready to meet the coming good family. In that life, he will be a useful person who will not worry about food and clothing, will not be despised, and will not be beaten and scolded by others.
But he still didn't die. The monk rescued him and named him "Chiran", and since then he has a name and a place to go.
"You shouldn't have saved me, I've seen the good family I'm about to be reincarnated into." Sometimes, they would also starve, smacking their lips, and complaining that the master saved him.
At this time, the master will put down the scriptures in his hand and joke with a smile: "Haven't you been reincarnated into a good family now? Which family would be better than Elysium?"
"But I'm hungry now."
"That's when the Buddha reminded you to 'persuade people to do good'."
"Master..."
"Um?"
"Why don't I take your alms bowl as a pawn. It's still worth a few dollars."
"Amitabha, as a teacher really shouldn't stop you from reincarnating."
He has been by the venerable monk's side for many years, but he has never been conscious of being a monk. Although he also took alms, attended morning classes that he usually did not understand, and recited his favorite scriptures, he always felt that the so-called "sramana", like the "beggar" in his youth, was just a choice in life .
Being a monk is no different with him, and a beggar with him.
Therefore, following his senior brother Yan Ran and second senior brother greedy, he was also driven down the mountain by his master.
"Go for a walk in the secular world and walk as a monk, and you will understand the difference between a beggar and a monk. Airan will inherit my mantle. If you have nowhere to go, go to Pinglu, Dongping County. Baoen Temple is looking for your uncle, he is my junior brother and will take you in."
Chiran thought for a long time that his master must have driven them down the mountain on purpose. There is really not enough food to eat in the mountains. If they all stay on the mountain, they will starve to death together.
He is the most flexible of the four brothers, and he will definitely not starve to death when he goes down the mountain. There is no difference between begging and almsgiving, and it is a principle that his master insists on.
That's all, it's better for him to go down the mountain than for the younger brother to go down the mountain.
With such a tearful personality, he would be scared to death when he descended the mountain.
Holding the bowl that Master gave him, he took the edge of the road and took the donkey and mule carts of passers-by, and slowly arrived at Dongping. During the journey, as long as he has the conditions, he will follow the example of his master and go to the unattended wild graves by the roadside, or recite the scriptures for those who died in vain or prematurely, telling others that he has been reincarnated well. people go.
In fact, he will not overdo it, and the sutras he recites are only the "Forty-two Chapters Sutra" and the "Pan Ruo Parami Heart Sutra".
Sanskrit is hard to remember, and it took a lifetime of brain power for him to recite these two.
But slowly, he seemed to understand what Master meant.
Understand that beggars and monks are indeed different.
It may be that he was born with a low life. Even if he finds his uncle, and is praised as a "daoist", with a meditation room larger than the small temple in the mountain, the good days will not last long.
First, the emperor ordered to return to the secular world, and then there were officials who came to loot every now and then. He didn't want to return to the secular world, and the master let him use the identity of a monk to walk in the secular world.
So he hid in this pagoda with his stupid apprentice, and only sneaked down in the middle of the night when no one was there, and brought some things back to the pagoda with the help of the elderly monks in the temple.
Good men and believers will support them whenever they have the opportunity. His uncle taught people to read and see doctors for many years, and he has long forged countless "karma". Now, the people in this temple are protected by his karma. live to this day.
Until the beginning of this year, all the monks from a temple were dispersed under the order to exterminate the Buddha, and no one dared to say that there were still two people hidden in the stupa. Chanting the sound of Buddha, there will probably be no more people who know that they can open the door for them.
What was supposed to be a trick to confuse the officials turned out to be a foolish decision to send them to the grave.
He wants to experience the nightmare of his youth again.
For the first time, the Buddha-Master in his mind saved him.
This time, I am afraid that no Buddha can save him anymore.
In such absurd years, even if the Buddha descended to the world, he would have to cover his head in panic and flee for his life.
The second floor of the Buddha.
He Mulan tore off the copper box tied to the belt from her waist, holding the Night Pearl in one hand and looking for a place to put it in the other.
The walls of the stupa have been dug out a lot of holes, a bit like the walls of the exhibition room, and a bit like the cabinets of the laboratory are not inlaid with glass.
All kinds of small jars and boxes were placed in it, and He Mulan was stunned for a while, only to realize that the bottom floor of the tower was not used to place bones, because she came all the way, except for the unpleasant smell, and did not see it. What kind of container, did not see so many extinguished oil lamps.
Thinking that there are so many containers around are the remains of the monks of this temple, He Mulan thought for a while, knelt down and meditated in her heart why she came, then stood up and looked for a place to put the box. place on the wall.
"Damn it, we're already on the second floor, why is this smell still following me?" He Mulan sniffed in confusion, always feeling that the ominous smell seemed to haunt her.
"It won't be the same as in Hua's house. After squatting in the toilet room for a long time, the whole body smells like this, right?"
She shook her head and began to grope on the wall with the night pearl.
"What the heck is a relic? Don't you say that only the monks who have attained the Tao can have it? There are so many in this stupa. Could it be that the Baoen Temple is an amazing temple that specializes in producing all kinds of virtuous people?" He Mulan Looking at the wall with almost no vacancies, a trace of unease rose in my heart.
And the Master of Mercy and Suffering, I don't know what's going on now.
The little monk Airan is not bad, and his master is also a kind-hearted person, and the master of kindness and hardship who can be trusted by them should not be far behind.
Will there be a day when the five floors of this pagoda cannot be put down
As long as He Mulan thought of that scene, he couldn't help shivering.
While fumbling around, He Mulan accidentally knocked over an oil lamp, and the oil lamp that ran out of fuel fell down with a bang, making a loud noise in the pagoda.
bang bang bang...
The rolling sound of the stone lantern sounded like it was dragging something along, and it seemed like he was running away from He Mulan.
He Mulan was startled when the stone lantern suddenly rolled away, and then vaguely, he seemed to hear a scream from somewhere.
Scream
Huh
A certain association suddenly came to her mind. Although it felt a bit absurd... He Mulan cautiously held the Night Pearl to look for the stone lantern that rolled away, and bent down to pick it up.
She put the night pearl on the ground and raised the stone lamp with anticipation...
rubbed.
Wipe again.
"Hey! Nothing appeared." He Mulan put the stone lantern back on the ground in disappointment and picked up her night pearl. "Fortunately, I thought there would be a Buddha Pagoda Light God or something..."
***
"Ah!" Ruo Ye hugged his master at once. "Yao Yao Yao Yao... down below!"
He had no idea that someone would come in.
The door was sealed so deadly that no matter how he and his master bumped into it, they couldn't open it. If someone knocked into the door, the movement would be shocking, and there would be almost no sound!
Must be a monster! The monster entered through the wall!
Yes, yes, that strange shaking sound must be the sound of the wall being pierced!
The monsters stole the Buddha bones of the ancestors below, and they must have eaten them all!
He also threw the bones of the ancestors to the ground!
In Ruo Ye's mind, the monster with a tiger's back, a strong waist and a green face and fangs opened the jar with a hahaha grin and fell into his own bloody mouth.
It must also burp, "Well, it smells like a monk." Then it brutally threw the bone in its hand to the ground!
hateful!
Even the officials who robbed the temple did not dare to enter the stupa for fear of retribution!
"Are you angry? Or afraid?" Chiran sat up. "Don't be afraid, the two of us are suffering here, and we only have to wait to die. Even if a monster comes, it's just a different way to die."
"What's more, I have been wandering around since I was a child. I have been to everywhere, and I have been lying in mass graves. There are no monsters in this world at all, but I am just scaring myself."
"What's the voice down there..." Ruo Ye closed his eyes, "Master, I'd rather starve to death than be eaten!"
"You're so short and you don't have any meat. If you want to eat it, you will be eaten first." Chi Ran touched Ruo Ye's head and stood up. "Master is not afraid of demons, go down and see what's going on."
"What if it's a monster?"
"If it's a monster, Master will transform it."
"Can Master transform demons?" Ruo Ye's eyes were shining.
Of course not.
But fool, can I tell you no
Crazy smiled.
"Master is amazing."
Obsession has spent a long time in the dark, and even in the dark, he can know the outline of the object. He was very familiar with walking to the stairs of the lower tower. Even if he didn't need lights, he could step on these steps accurately and never roll down.
Although he is not a person who loves Jie extremely, as long as he still has the strength, he must insist on going downstairs for convenience. He originally thought that even if those deranged officials came up with the idea of the Buddha's bones, as long as he saw the dirt in that place, he would dispel such thoughts.
Although it is really disrespectful to so many masters, he was so hungry that he was trembling when he went downstairs, and he really couldn't think of any way to stop these wicked people who had hidden demons in their hearts.
The ossuaries on the fourth floor are decorated with gold and silver, and many oil lamps on the third floor are made of copper. Now they are still compelled by the prestige of Buddhism for a long time to dare not to destroy the Buddha, but when the time for the extermination of the Buddha has been issued and the Buddhist temples in various places are gradually destroyed, the little fear of "retribution" in their hearts will also be The smoke disappeared.
When they find that there will be no retribution for killing a monk, and when they find that there is no retribution for destroying a Buddhist temple, then what is the fear of grabbing a Buddhist ossuary
Biquge
The demon will not devour the relic, because the relic is just a bone and does not have any divine power. Even if it was a demon who came downstairs, he was willing to sacrifice himself to the demon in exchange for it to stay here.
If there is a demon living in the stupa, no one will waste the relics of these high virtues, right
"Ruo Ye, what are you doing here?"
"Master, I thought about it. Since you are very powerful, there is no difference between following you and hiding at the top of the tower. I don't worry about you, I'll just follow you."
Chiran smiled slightly.
"You are not afraid?"
"I'm afraid, but I'm even more afraid of being alone at the top of the tower."
"...Okay. But if there are monsters, you have to run away, otherwise Master won't be able to take care of you."
Ruo Ye's legs trembled after hearing this.
"But Master, you said you were amazing!"
"But you're not great...".
He Mulan searched for a long time, and finally found a vacant seat and put Airan's master on it.
God knows how difficult it is to touch a grid in such a dark place. Airan kept telling her not to put the relic directly on the ground, otherwise she would put it down and leave.
Just when she placed the relic and was about to turn around and leave the tower, she suddenly heard a strange sound from the stairs going upstairs.
It sounded like a few mice sneaking through.
Could someone be trapped here
He Mulan was startled, she immediately held the night pearl and walked towards the stairs.
Ruo Ye tremblingly grabbed the corner of Master's robe and walked down the stairs as if going to the execution ground.
The hunger for many days made his steps vain, and there were always strange spots of light floating around in front of him.
He walked and walked with his master, walked and walked, until he went down a few floors, but he didn't see anyone, let alone any monsters. Such a result made him overjoyed, and even wondered if he had been hungry for too long and had hallucinations. In fact, there was no sound at all, just auditory hallucinations.
Otherwise, it was the Buddha who tested them before he came to pick them up.
As soon as he thought of the possible outcome, he couldn't help but let out a relaxed smile.
Then, he saw that figure...
Bi Youyou's light reflected a strangely distorted face. The figure floated in the green light and floated up the stairs without a sound. It was vaguely seen that it was taller and more stable than ordinary people.
Green-faced fangs!
Tiger's back!
Ruo Ye's smile condensed on his lips, and when he saw his master approaching him excitedly, he screamed out in fright:
"Master, there are monsters!"
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Ruo Ye: Master, there are monsters!
He Mulan: Well, Master was captured by the monster again.