Chapter 178 Buddhist Sutra
Boom——
The heavy bell echoed over the temple, startling a flock of birds flying from the lake outside the temple.
In the Main Hall, the highest and most central location of Fanyin Temple, Fu Qingzhou and a group of lay disciples sat cross-legged at the back of the hall.
“There are so many people...”
Fu Qingzhou looked at the figures in the front row wearing monk robes and narrowed his eyes slightly.
A rough count shows that in addition to these lay disciples, there should be forty or fifty monks in the Buddhist hall here.
At this time, the three senior masters of the Yuanzi generation had not yet arrived, and the chanting of Buddha had not yet begun. These monks were all silent and had their eyes closed, as if they were asleep.
The Buddha statue enshrined in the Main Hall is different from any Buddha statue that Fu Qingzhou knows.
It has a majestic appearance and a golden body like the sun, but underneath it are layers and layers of wailing boneless human skin. Those human skins turned into lotus pedestals, and it seemed that it had grown from these layers. It's like emerging from a skin.
"Old guy."
Fu Qingzhou called in his mind: "Have you seen this thing?"
"No." The smoker's voice sounded: "Who knew this was What the hell?"
Fu Qingzhou looked at the group of monks in front: "Where are these guys?"
"Most of them are not as good as you."< br>
Yan Gui responded: "Eighty percent of them are under the five realms, and there are only eight or nine serious five realms."
Fu Qingzhou said "Oh?" "That means there are still a few five realms. Above the realm?"
"Yes."
Yang Gui said: "Three six realms, two seven realms, and one eight realms."
Fu Qingzhou looked slightly. Rin: "There are really masters in this temple...the three round ones haven't come yet."
"Isn't this coming?" Smoker whispered.
At the same time as it opened its mouth, Fu Qingzhou's eyes were naturally attracted to it.
I saw the door of the side hall of the Main Hall being pushed open, and three young monks slowly walked out.
They all looked very handsome, with fair skin like women. They were dressed in golden and red cassocks. They held a wooden fish in one hand and raised a single palm in the other hand. They came to the statue and sat down cross-legged without looking away.
“Ode to the Bai E Nan Buddhist Sutra.”
Three monks of the round generation spoke at the same time: "Avalokitesvara Buddha, who has traveled through hundreds of samsaraes, saw that the five aggregates are empty, and survived all sufferings."
The sound of wooden fish sounded, and all the monks spoke together, The three masters recited the sutra at the same time.
Fu Qingzhou naturally couldn't recite this sutra. Some of the lay disciples around him were familiar with this sutra, and some recited it intermittently, but they more or less followed along and the sound of Buddha continued in the hall for a while.
“The flesh and blood bag, the basis of reincarnation, is replaced by hundreds of lives, and the pain is endless. However, it is difficult for Buddha to have no self and no form. He uses pain as practice and reincarnation as nirvana. Every life and death are endless. Live in life and death without thinking about reincarnation. In the midst of life and death, observe the emptiness of life and death, in the midst of reincarnation, reflect the silence of reincarnation..."
He started to talk, intending to act casually.
But the strange thing is that when he opened his mouth, he unconsciously made a sound along with the other monks!
"The Buddha of Hundred Efforts, in hundreds of reincarnations, has developed great supernatural powers. He has no life and death, no reincarnation, no pain...".
Fu Qingzhou's heart was shocked, and he subconsciously looked to the side. I found that the lay disciples who had been unable to read the scriptures intermittently now became clear word for word!
He wanted to shut up, but he couldn't control himself at this time!
“It is difficult for a Buddha to achieve Buddhahood through hundreds of hardships, and to save all sentient beings. All living beings suffer, and only by practicing this practice can we escape suffering...”
Fu Qingzhou still wanted to resist, but his eyes seemed to be stuck on the golden body of the Buddha statue in the temple, and he could no longer move away. His body was extremely relaxed and had no power to resist. He could only open his mouth and chant sutras along with the monks.
Not only that, his mind gradually became clear, and all distracting thoughts were swept away, leaving only boundless tranquility.
What’s even weirder is that this feeling is very comfortable.
He felt as if he was back as a baby in his mother's arms. The buzzing sound of Buddha chanting and Sanskrit chanting in his ears made him intoxicated, feeling as if he was half awake and half asleep.
You don’t have to think about anything or worry about anything. Just chanting Buddha’s name with everyone, and it seems to be the happiest thing in the world. "Hey! Hey! Hey!"
At this moment, the smoker's sharp and hoarse shout rang in his mind.
Compared with the comfortable numbness brought by the Buddhist scriptures, the sound was like fingernails scraping on a blackboard. It was unbearable and made Fu Qingzhou feel uncomfortable all over.
But even though he felt uncomfortable, he was barely able to save him from that weird state.
Fu Qingzhou suddenly woke up, but was horrified to find that he was still chanting Buddha's name along with the monks.
"All pain arises from the heart. When the heart arises, suffering arises. When the heart ceases, suffering ceases. This is why all living beings..."
"Old man!" He chanted the sutra on his lips and struggled to roar in his mind. Said: "Help me!"
"Hmph..."
The smoker said with a proud smile: "I know you can't live without me!"
The next second, Fu Qingzhou An extremely obscure and complicated mantra sounded in his mind.
In this confused state of mind, he couldn't hear what it was at all. He only felt that the sound was like a ghost crying, a howling wolf, or a ghost prison, eerie and terrifying.
But as the mantras ended, the Sanskrit chants that were buzzing in his ears finally had a physical isolation. They turned back into normal chanting sounds instead of wrapping him up in layers. world.
Looking around, the lay disciples were all chanting sutras with immersed faces and solemn expressions. They were obviously in the same situation as themselves just now.
"That Abbot Yuanwu... is in the realm of cave heaven."
The smoker's voice was also a little solemn: "He is casting a kind of brainwashing spell, and it is not aimed at you. If you operate Qi Ran Jueying can also resist, but it will inevitably be exposed.”
Fu Qingzhou was still frightened. He had been careful enough when sneaking in this time, but he still almost got hurt.
"It seems that Fanyin Temple has brainwashed all the people who entered the temple into becoming one of its own by reciting the Buddha's name twice in the morning and evening."
He whispered: "No wonder Fa Zheng and Fa Yuan are , Those guys in Fa'ai are obviously very capable, but they are loyal to Fanyin Temple..."
"This brainwashing won't work once or twice," Yan Gui said: "But if it lasts forever...hehe. "
Fu Qingzhou took a long breath and his eyes became stern.
Naturally, he would not speak again, and everyone around him was immersed in Sanskrit singing, and no one noticed him.
This hour was very long for him. Looking at the solemn Buddha statue in front of him, he gradually felt that its face was ferocious and extremely vicious.
Finally, with the sound of a bell in the distance, the sound of wooden fish and the chanting of Buddha stopped.
"I wish to use this merit to adorn the Buddha's Pure Land. Repay the fourfold kindness to me, and relieve the hardships on the three paths. If anyone sees and hears it, please arouse the bodhicitta. After completing this sambhogakaya, we will be reborn in the Land of Ultimate Bliss."
The three monks at the front sang in unison, which was the end of the morning chant.
All the monks stood up one after another, bowed to the Buddha statue and the three monks, and then left.
Fu Qingzhou also stood up with everyone, and someone around him smiled and said: "How about Brother Qing, are you feeling comfortable after reciting the sutra?"
He smiled: "It is indeed very comfortable. . ”
“For this reason, we also want to become a monk here.” Another lay disciple said: “If I can feel so comfortable every day, it will be fine even if I don’t practice Qigong.”
Fu Qingzhou didn't say anything and let out a breath.
Just as he was about to leave with everyone, a soft voice suddenly came from the hall.
“The new lay disciple who has entered the temple is Zhou Qing.”
Fu Qingzhou was startled and turned around to look.
The person calling him was none other than Abbot Yuanwu of Fanyin Temple standing under the Buddha statue. With a calm face and compassionate eyes, he said calmly: "Please come and talk."
(This chapter End)