Chapter 18 The Exam Begins (Part 1)
After hearing Master Zhiyun’s profound words, Lu Feng was not nervous.
Ten years of waiting is just to move up the ladder.
Even if he obtains the degree of "Good Knowledge", it is only the first step on his way up.
Every step forward may not be easier than this one.
He calmly returned to his monk's room, took out the clothes from the bottom of the box, took a shower, changed clothes, then sat cross-legged and silently recited the six-syllable Great Ming Mantra.
He felt someone following him.
At this moment, this person has probably arrived at the door of the monk's room.
The six-character Great Ming Mantra made his heart feel like loose stone.
He never felt any threat from the person behind him.
Looking up, he saw a strong man who looked like a yak king standing in front of the door, blocking the sunlight outside.
He was wearing a skull rosary, wearing a dark red monk's robe, with a black face, and holding an iron rod. It was only at this moment that he uttered the sound of "to", "to".
When the surrounding monks saw him, they all hurriedly saluted, even the red monk was no exception.
"Elder Mingli."
They all clasped their hands in salute, wishing that Elder Mingli could not even see them, and regarded them as weeds in the wasteland, unable to enter this world. The Dharma Eye of the Great Monk.
Elder Mingli passed by them with his head held high.
Not only do they not feel ignored.
On the contrary, I don’t dare to say anything.
Only those people dare to take action until Mingli has really gone far away.
Take a long breath and take a long breath.
I'm glad I'm fine.
The Dharma Protector is different from the Dodo Monk Soldier. The Dharma Protector is the disciplinary monk and judicial officer of the entire temple.
Elder Mingli and the other guardians of the Discipline Academy will appear in every Dharma assembly, god worship ceremony and major ceremony in the temple. They are responsible for the discipline of the entire ceremony. Their eyes are like the sternest eagles, scanning the surroundings. All the monks present.
At that time, when they were the most strict, monks with status could even punish animals to alleviate their sins, but groups like Buddhist monks did not have the privilege to exempt themselves from punishment. Breaking the commandments.
It is not a problem if it is as light as copying scriptures or cleaning.
But if it is a little heavy, whether it is hanging outside the monastic discipline academy or being whipped in the square of the disciplinary academy, it is an extremely terrifying thing.
There are many monks who have died in the precepts. Some of their heads will be hung in the meditation room for some great monks to understand the "impermanence of life and death". Some are even more miserable, offending the great monks and being punished. He was dragged to a cave outside the temple and tortured.
So when he saw this person, Lu Feng stood up quickly, clasped his hands together, and saluted reverently.
Don’t dare to neglect at all.
Elder Mingli saw Zasa and said: "Hey, Zasa, come with me to the Debate Academy, the time is about to start."
He personally led Zasa to the Debate Academy.
Lu Feng quickly picked up the robe, took out coptis and red flowers, and handed them to the master for worship.
The master looked at him like this and accepted the offering.
Move to him and give him the robe.
He cannot enter the Debate Academy with these few belongings.
Lu Feng hesitated slightly and handed the gauze to the master. The master directly put the gauze on his body and motioned Lu Feng to follow him.
I met Master Zhiyun on the road. Master Zhiyun motioned Lu Feng to follow him and Elder Mingli.
To be precise, he was following him. He was following Elder Mingli, and the hierarchy was very obvious.
This is the strict hierarchy.
There are clear regulations on how to walk.
When Master Zhiyun saw Elder Mingli, he also folded his hands and bowed: "Uncle Mingli."
Elder Mingli didn't understand Yun, he hammered his iron rod on the ground, and made a dull "beep, beep, beep, beep, beep." "The voice. Get ahead of the curve.
Hearing this sound, the monks walking in front, no matter who they were, hurriedly avoided the side, forming a road leading to the Debate Academy. No one dared to block it. .
Lu Feng took one look and knew that this was the power brought by the Discipline Academy. He had the power to deprive people of their lives with just one word.
Just an elder of the Discipline Academy can do this.
It is not difficult to imagine how astonishing the power of the head of the Discipline Academy and the head of the academy further up can be.
One word can determine the life or death of another person.
Control the distribution of all benefits in the temple.
Even if we are both monks.
There is also a difference as big as a chasm.
Not to mention monks and slaves, monks and chiefs, chieftains and monks, nobility and monks.
Of the many faces Lu Feng saw along the way, he remembered their names in his mind, their expertise in scriptures and debate methods, and some rumors about them. Everyone was familiar with them. It was recorded in his mind like a file.
Not only that, but all the information about the elders in front of him was also recorded in his mind.
Such a rare moment of clarity is the so-called use of things in vain.
Anyway, Lu Feng clearly recorded all these things in categories, and they were all beneficial and harmless to him.
His brain seemed to have been enlightened with great wisdom at this moment.
Without any chance of rest, Lu Feng heard the sound of the gong at this moment.
Hearing this voice, all the monks started to move. They put on their hats and clothes, and followed various roads towards the Debate Academy from all directions.
There are five sounds of the Dharma gong, and the interval between each one is eight hundred heartbeats.
After five gongs, all the monks will be in place.
Endless White Pagoda Temple has an academy with sixteen classes.
Every debater monk needs to sit down in order according to his own class and his status in the class, that is, according to his "profound knowledge" and "class ranking", he must sit down in.
Everyone finds a place to sit down, and then you can start to debate the scriptures.
These monks went from the Debating Institute, the square of the Debating Institute, to sit in the courtyard of the Debating Institute.
Lu Feng originally sat closer to the front, but not at the front.
He has studied hard over the years and is somewhat famous in the School of Debate. Logically speaking, he should sit in the fourth row, the row under the steps of the School of Debate.
But who knew, Zhiyun took him directly past everyone and walked directly into the debate courtyard behind the Bible Debate Academy, no longer following the old rules.
Elder Mingli stood outside the Bible Debate Academy, standing there and no longer moving forward.
Lu Feng's robe is still hanging on his body.
The monks who saw this were very envious.
They knew that this meant that the monk was favored by the senior monk. They avoided the step of debating in the class and went directly to the last step, debating with all the winners. After the debate, the senior monk began to ask questions. .
Generally at this point, the monk’s questions are no longer a problem.
The monk who likes this sutra-study monk will open up the relationship.
After the debate.
It is a "big donation".
After the "Great Giving" is completed.
It means that this person has completed all the exams of "Good Knowledge".
And after reaching this point, you don’t have to worry about finding a guru.
Because the step of directly entering the backyard is the evidence and step for the master to directly exempt him from the "preliminary examination" after taking a fancy to him.
(End of this chapter)