Female Buddha

Chapter 1 A Predestined Relationship with the Buddha
The sky has just dawned, and the first ray of light from the horizon has just shone on Yangshan Village, and the entire village has begun to wake up.The hard-working farmers always get up early. The sounds of people, livestock, and pots and pans interweave in the sky above Yangshan Village, making this small mountain village come alive.At this time, in the three large tile-roofed houses at the head of the village, the sound of chanting sutras and chanting Buddha's name could already be heard.The villagers of Yangshan Village are not surprised by this.

In this Yangshan Village, where most of the houses are made of mud walls and thatched houses, large tile-roofed houses with blue bricks are rare.There is only one house in the village head's house, which is built with blue bricks and tiles, and the other houses are all thatched houses.It can be seen how different this family is.The five members of Chen's family lived in these three big tile-roofed houses.The master of the Chen family was also from Yangshan Village back then.Later, he passed the Jinshi examination and served as an official in the capital for many years.Although Mr. Chen was born in a farming family, through hard work, he also became the secretary of the household department.Later, when he was old, he retired and returned to his hometown, so he returned to Yangshan Village and built these three large tile-roofed houses for the elderly.Mr. Chen has passed away for many years now, and his eldest son, Chen Bangye, is an official in the capital.The youngest son, Chen Bangjian, and his family stayed in their hometown to accompany their old mother, Mrs. Chen.

The reason why Chen Bangjian's family is willing to stay in their hometown to serve their mother is because of their uniqueness.Mrs. Chen Dai believed in Buddhism all her life, and took her two sons to the temple to offer incense in her early years.As a result, the youngest son, Chen Bangjian, was found to have the roots of wisdom and can practice.But Chen Bangjian's qualifications are not very good, and he is unwilling to become a monk.In the end, he was presented with a book of Buddhist exercises and became a lay disciple of the Buddhist sect.Later, Chen Bangjian met his wife, Li Shi, who was also a Buddhist lay disciple, and the two became husband and wife.Although the aptitude of both of them is not very good, they are only asking the third level of Buddha, which is equivalent to the third level of Qi training.But the two of them can be regarded as practitioners at any rate.Besides, Buddhist cultivators are not as competitive as other practitioners after all.The couple simply stayed by their mother's side, practicing while repaying their mother's kindness in giving birth.

Chen Bangjian is also a man of fame. He has been admitted as a scholar, and now he is a teacher in Yangshan Village, and it is also a merit to educate the villagers' children.People in the village don't know the identities of the two, but they also know that the Chen family is a devout Buddhist, and they chant sutras every morning and evening.Therefore, the villagers are not surprised by the sound of chanting scriptures coming out of the Chen family's yard in the morning and evening.

Chen Bangjian and his wife gave birth to a daughter three years ago.This child was born with a difference, holding a string of Buddhist beads in his hand, so he was named Prajna.At this time, Prajna, who was only three years old, was doing morning lessons with his family in the Buddhist hall.After finishing morning classes, Prajna sat at the table waiting for food, while thinking about something in a trance.

Prajna believed in Buddhism with her grandma in her previous life. Although she is not a complete Buddhist, she is also a person with a kind heart and loves to do good deeds.The eminent monk in the Buddhist temple where she often accompanied her grandma once said that she was a good person of ten generations and had a predestined relationship with the Buddha.Prajna just smiled when she heard it, and didn't take it seriously.After all, Tang Seng in Journey to the West is also known as the reincarnation of the ten good men.She didn't think she could compare with Tang Seng.At least her flesh does not grant immortality.Besides, as a good young woman who grew up under the red flag, she still has a lot of youth to squander.The first impression she had about having a relationship with the Buddha was to shave off three thousand threads of troubles, and she would be next to the ancient Buddha with a green lamp.How could she, who loved beauty since she was a child, bear it.

Unexpectedly, she just saw an arsonist pouring gasoline downstairs in the community. She stepped forward to stop him from lighting the fire, and she was stabbed to death in the end.Thinking of seeing the arsonist caught before she died, she felt very grateful.At least people in the community don't have to encounter fires.Unexpectedly, she came to this magical world with her memory.In her previous life, she only watched the Dream of Red Mansions, and knew that Jia Baoyu in it was born with jade.But that's a novel, Banruo doesn't think that such a thing will happen in real life.But in this life, she has become a person who was born holding a pearl.She remembered that when she was still in her mother's belly, she didn't notice anything in her hand.She just felt an energy surrounding her wrist, which made her feel extremely comfortable.As a result, after she was born, a string of Buddhist beads appeared on her wrist, which was said to have emitted a golden light.If Father Chen hadn't reacted quickly and set up a barrier in time, she probably wouldn't have been able to stay peacefully in Yangshan Village.

Prajna stroked the Buddhist beads hanging around his neck and sighed slightly in his heart.Others don't know it, but she still recognizes it.This string of Buddhist beads was given to her by the eminent monk in her previous life who said she had a predestined relationship with the Buddha.She kept it on her wrist.Now she is only three years old and she is hanging from her neck.Although the family members didn't say much, Prajna knew that she might have a real destiny with Buddha in this life.Since I heard that there are practitioners in this world, and my parents are also Buddhists, Prajna does not exclude being a Buddhist practitioner.Anyway, she is not a person who pays attention to her appetite, so eating fast is not a painful thing for her.Her only worry was shaving her head.However, when she saw that her parents, who had become Buddhists, still wore gold and silver, got married and had children, she no longer worried about having their heads shaved.

On the day that Banruo was born, Master Liao Yuan, the patriarch of Fahua Temple, came here.He also directly pointed out that she had a predestined relationship with the Buddha, and picked her up to the temple when she was four years old.As a practice sect, Buddhist sect also recruits disciples.Every three years, children aged five to eight can go to the big temple in charge of the local area to participate in the blessing ceremony.And Shangyun Temple, Fanyin Temple, Tianjing Temple, Liuguang Temple, King Kong Temple, and Yaowang Temple will send people to secretly observe whether there are people with wisdom roots.If there are, some masters will go to their homes to talk with the family members of these people.If the other party is willing, they will be connected to the temple.If you don't want to enter the temple, you will be given a book of basic Buddhist exercises.As for whether the other party is practicing or not, the Buddhist sect does not insist.

As the ancestral temple of Buddhism, Fahua Temple is generally used as a place for further training for outstanding personnel from branch temples.But this does not mean that Fahua Temple does not accept disciples.Fahua Temple's recruitment of disciples has always been done by the masters in Fahua Temple themselves.Therefore, those who can enter Fahua Temple must have the root of great wisdom.To be honest, it is not that the Buddhist sect does not accept female disciples, but they are usually recruited by Qingyun Nunnery.Although men and women are different, in the eyes of monks, all living beings are equal.What's more, Buddhist practice is different from ordinary people, and there are not as many rules as in ordinary temples.But for some unknown reason, there are too few women with great wisdom.The outstanding ones were only accepted by Qingyun Temple.Prajna was the first female disciple to be favored by Fahua Temple since its establishment.Thinking of the vision when Prajna was born, the Chen family and his wife were quite looking forward to Prajna's future.Because Prajna would be practiced in Fahua Temple in the future, the Chen family did not teach her how to practice.I just let her do morning and evening classes and teach her to copy Buddhist scriptures.

When Banruo knew that she was going to practice in Fahua Temple when she was three years old, she knew that in this life she should not think about dressing herself up in splendid clothes.She just asked not to shave her head.Fortunately, the senior brother who came to give her something from Fahua Temple told her that Master Liaoyuan knew what she was thinking, and told her that since everything was empty, it would make no difference whether the hair was shaved or not.Prajna let go of the last bit of worry.She also thought that since she was in Yangshan Village, the master knew what she was worried about, and this Buddhist practice was really miraculous.From this, Prajna is looking forward to practice even more.

When Mrs. Li put the food on the table, Banruo came back to her senses and began to eat.Banruo ate the same meal as the Chen family, but there was an extra bowl of milky white liquid.Hannya thought it was ordinary soy milk at first, but found that it had no beany smell.Seeing that only she has it, she wants her family to drink it together.Later, it was Chen Jianbang who told her that it was Liuhua pulp from Fahua Temple.This is a good thing that can improve aptitude, but ordinary people can't stand the effect.The Chen couple did not have permission and did not dare to move lightly.Although Prajna has not practiced, but he was born with the root of wisdom, so he can enjoy this Liuhua syrup.

(End of this chapter)