Chapter 79 Enlightenment
Chapter 79 Enlightenment
In front of the main hall, there is a large box on the table beside it, which contains three sticks of incense, which are provided for tourists to offer incense free of charge.
Mu Song took a stick of incense, turned around to find the lotus platform where the incense was burning, was pressing the incense, and lit one end of the incense with the flame of the lotus lamp, and a crowd came beside him to join in the fun.
You don't even need to look at it. There is no other person except Lu Yuan who insists on putting incense on his incense and not taking it away after lighting it up.
"If you don't take it away, the incense will burn out."
Mu Song turned his face to the side and looked at Lu Yuan angrily, the man smiled and took the incense away.
Following Mu Song, he fanned out the open flame on the incense stick, and followed him to the front of the main hall.
"Song, how to pray, teach me."
Lu Yuan had nothing to say, and Mu Song still ignored him.
As if you were ignorant, restrain all your emotions, stand upright, fold your hands together, and hold the three incense sticks in your palms.
One, two, three...
Facing the main hall, Mu Song bowed devoutly in worship, concentrating on himself, as if he forgot all his concerns in the world of mortals.
For a moment, Lu Yuan was stunned. He didn't notice that the incense in his hand had been burned for a long time. When the breeze swept away, the burning incense ash was swept onto the back of his hand.
"hiss……"
Lu Yuan let out a low cry, just being heard by Mu Song, who had been worshiped by him, glanced at him, and saw the soot on the back of his hand.
Mu Song sighed, leaned over, and helped Lu Yuan drop the ashes, urging him with a cold face.
"If you want to pray, hurry up, and if you don't, put the incense directly into the incense burner."
"I pray!"
As Lu Yuan said, just like Mu Song did just now, slowly and respectfully, he lowered his proud back.
Mu Song stood aside, looking at the scene in front of him, inevitably a little bit embarrassed.
You know, after being together for ten years, Lu Yuan has never accompanied him into a temple.
Even if they were traveling together, every time Mu Song specially arranged to visit famous local temples and ancient temples, Lu Yuan could not help but skip it and let Mu Song go by himself.
The reason is simple, he doesn't believe it, and he doesn't like it.
Even if Mu Song has gone deeper and deeper on the road of Buddhist practice these years, he still cannot infect Lu Weiwu Yuan, who has a scientific worldview.
"What are you talking about, you are happy to believe it, you go by yourself, I would rather make up for it."
Every time Lu Yuan refused coldly, although Mu Song was angry, he was helpless, knowing that such things as belief could not be forced.
After all, Fodu has predestined people.
Even if he thought that for a person like Lu Yuan who wasted his mind and energy in trivial matters in the world of mortals, in fact, he needed such spiritual support and guidance the most.
But Lu Yuan doesn't think so, and often mocks his feudal superstition in a bad tone.
"Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand! Buddhism is not only a religion, it is also a philosophy, and it is also an education..."
"Education, what education? Educating you to be idle and looking for trouble? Don't you keep talking about cause and effect?
You are like this, what is the cause and effect?Or are these principles only used to educate others? "
Rarely, Mu Song was rendered speechless by Lu Yuan. He couldn't let Lu Yuan know about his "underground work", so he couldn't refute his slander.
Every time the persuasion failed, and he was so angry that he couldn't speak, Mu Song was defeated again and again, and later, he mentioned less and less about letting Lu Yuan accompany him into the temple.
But he himself is persistent, and from time to time, he will go to the temple near G City to wander around, staying for a whole day.
Generally, I don’t do anything, just follow the masters, recite scriptures, be in a daze, and eat vegetarian meals.
But it is very able to regulate his body and mind, as if charging.
This is something Lu Yuan can't understand.
Fortunately, Lu Yuan is busy and can't take care of it at all. I don't know what he does and who he meets all day long. He engages in "feudal superstition" all day long from time to time.
So, yesterday when Lu Yuan asked him what attractions he wanted to visit, Mu Song deliberately asked him to burn incense, but he didn't expect that the spokesperson of Lu's materialism would agree.
This feng shui turned too fast!
"Song, what are you going to do with Xiang?"
Mu Song was still lamenting the great changes, when Lu Yuan came over and asked him curiously.
Looking at Lu Yuan with an expression of trying something new, Mu Song suddenly had a thought.
Since, people are very interested in delivering it to your door, why waste such a good opportunity?
After a quick calculation, Mu Song decided that today, he will hold hands with Young Master Lu and have an in-depth Buddhist experience.
If, after one day, Young Master Lu suddenly opened his eyes and realized the mysteries of Buddhism, then he could be regarded as having attracted a disciple for Buddhism and planted a good cause.
But if they are still stubborn, it will also let Lu Yuan know that they are all far behind in terms of ideology, and it will be meaningless to continue entanglement.
The more he thought about it, the more Mu Song felt that this matter really killed two birds with one stone, it was too stable!
Therefore, Mu Song, who had never had a good face since the reunion, suddenly broke into a sincere smile, which stunned Lu Yuan.
"Incense, of course it's a censer. Come here, here...just plug it in here."
Mu Song led Lu Yuan to the giant incense burner in front of the main hall, avoiding the incense sticks inserted by other pilgrims in disorder, and inserted the stick in each hand into the thick incense ash.
"So there is such a big incense burner..."
Infected by Mu Song's good looks, Lu Yuan's mood brightened for a moment.
Although he didn't know why Mu Song suddenly changed his attitude, but he really missed Mu Song who greeted him with a smile.
Therefore, he didn't think too much, just stared at Mu Song greedily, keeping his smile in his heart.
"Next, what are you doing?"
"Next..."
Mu Song blinked, and a flash of "I'm impressed with you" flashed across Lu Yuan's heart.
Next, Mu Song led Lu Yuan to worship one temple after another in the large temple covering an area of nearly [-] mu for more than two hours.
When he arrived at the last hall, Lu Yuan was sweating all over, feeling more tired than playing a game of golf.
"My God, do you pray like this every time? The amount of exercise is too much..."
Lu Yuan sat on the steps, casually picked up the scriptures that were on the sidelines, and fanned them loudly, but was snatched by Mu Song.
Mu Song stared at Lu Yuan, held the scripture to smooth out the wrinkles, and put it back carefully.
"I……"
Lu Yuan was a little nervous, not knowing what kind of trouble Mu Song had encountered.
Seeing Lu Yuan's bewildered expression, Mu Song sighed helplessly. After all, those who don't know are innocent.
"The Buddhist teachings of righteous faith do not worship the statues of clay gods and Buddhas in the main hall, but the Buddhist teachings that have been handed down to this day.
And these teachings are contained in the Buddhist scriptures.Therefore, what we really need to respect are Buddhist classics.
This is the same as when you were in school and treated the textbooks well.
It's disrespectful to do what you did just now..."
"Ah? Then what should we do?"
"Pfft... what should I do? Don't you not believe in these gossips?"
"I... even if I don't believe it, I still have to pay attention to their rules..."
Lu Yuan curled his lips, seemingly very righteous, but in fact, he was a little guilty.
Although he was not afraid of offending those invisible gods and ghosts, he was afraid of making Mu Song angry.
"Come on, the Buddha is merciful, so he won't care about you, a brat."
Mu Song didn't care about it, and even wanted to tease Lu Yuan.
"what?"
Lu Yuan was amused by Mu Song.
"Who are you calling a brat?! I'm three years older than you, and I'm still your senior brother. How dare you call me a brat?"
Seeing Mu Song's red and white face, with clear eyebrows, and finally the appearance they had when they were together, Lu Yuan's heart was moved for a while, and he couldn't help it, and stretched out his hand.
But still touching everything, Mu Song turned around and opened a safe distance.
"Let's go, I've been praying for so long, I'm hungry, I'll take you to eat something delicious."
At noon, Mu Song led Lu Yuan, one in front of the other, half a step away, to the corner of the temple, in front of a row of low flat tile houses.
"Five View Hall?"
Lu Yuan looked up and saw a three-character plaque hanging on the small door facing them.
"Song, what is this place..."
Mu Song ignored Lu Yuan's question, saw a monk coming, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
"Amitabha, hello master, I am a lay Buddhist who has taken refuge, can I have a fast meal?"
The monk glanced at Mu Song, then at Lu Yuan behind him, said "Amitabha", nodded, and led them into the Wuguan Hall.
As soon as you enter the door, you will see a Maitreya Buddha with a smile on his face, sitting on a high platform.
Mu Song followed the monk, bowed and prostrated three times, then straightened up, made a seal with his hands, raised them to the center of his eyebrows, nodded, and then took Lu Yuan and sat down with the monk.
"Song..."
Just as Lu Yuan started, he didn't even ask the phrase "What are we doing?", but was held back by Mu Song's eyes.
Since he was not allowed to ask, Lu Yuan, who had never experienced it before, turned into a curious baby, with a pair of restless eyes, looking around.
After a rough look, Lu Yuan probably figured it out, the Wuguan Hall is the canteen in the temple.
It was meal time at this time, and there were monks in various monk uniforms sitting beside rows of long wooden tables.
Although the young and the old were fat and thin, they all lowered their heads slightly, concentrating, opening and closing their mouths, chanting words, but there was no sound.
Besides those monks, there were also some tourists like them, sitting quietly in twos and threes.
This entire room, filled with dozens of people, was quieter than usual company meetings.
Lu Yuan was a little surprised, but soon, he was attracted by the monks who came out of the small door, carrying large basins.
The head monk, with a large stack of bowls in the basin in his arms, put down two bowls and a pair of chopsticks in front of everyone as he walked.
When he arrived in front of them, Mu Song took the bowl, saluted the monk with clasped hands, and then helped Lu Yuan put the two bowls parallel to the edge of the table, and then arranged his own.
Lu Yuan was heartbroken by Mu Song's actions. After all, it had been a long time since he took good care of him, and he felt a mountain-like figure standing in front of him.
"Tap", a spoonful of rice fell into the bowl in front of him, Lu Yuan raised his head, and saw a generous monk holding a bowl full of rice, looking at him expressionlessly.
Looking at each other, Lu Yuan was a little dazed, wondering why this man was staring at him.
Just as he was about to open his mouth to ask, he was pulled by Mu Song, turned his head to look, and saw Mu Song making a few gestures like he was dumb, and the monk added another spoonful to Lu Yuan's bowl, and then moved to the next bowl. bit.
Lu Yuan was amazed. After observing the others carefully, he realized that these monks carrying basins were "waiters" who shared meals.
Each person is in charge of a kind of dish, and distributes meals to the diners who are full of food in a row. However, they are all provided in moderation according to the appetite of the diners.
For example, when the monk in front of him added tofu to his vegetable bowl, he only gave him five or six yuan, as if counting.
Just as Lu Yuan wanted someone to add some more to him, the monk went straight to the next one.
After that, the monks who were in charge of other dishes were not too bad, and each had a small spoonful, which seemed really not enough to fit between the teeth.
……
Lu Yuan was speechless. He has never been so "skimped" in his life, especially in terms of diet.
As long as he can remember, top-level dishes from all over the world have been served in front of him.
Young Master Lu felt a little aggrieved, but in such a quiet place, he didn't want to make a fuss, so he could only pick up his chopsticks and eat silently.
When he first moved his chopsticks, Lu Yuan planned to solve it quickly and leave this uncomfortable place as soon as possible after eating.
Unexpectedly, with each mouthful of the vegetarian meal, a strange mood slowly surfaced in his heart.
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The author has something to say:
Mu Song: Huh?Is Lu·Science·Materialism·The Light of Reason·Yuan about to be enlightened?
Lu Yuan: Yes, yes, how about it, my wife can forgive me for the sake of fellow practitioners? /expect
Mu Song: I think you are still far away...
Lu Yuan: Huh, huh... It's okay, I can do it even if it's difficult! /firm
Mu Song: Sigh... What did I owe you in my previous life?
Lu Yuan: Probably... you owe me your whole life!
Mu Song: ...
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