Huadu Xiaoxuanyi

Chapter 261 Chanting
Qu Mei shook her head and said, "If I can know why the green mist lingers for a long time, this plague can be completely over."

Lin Ruofan sighed, and then said, "Let me figure out a way."

"Okay! Those who are newcomers, let's rest early today. The fog in the village has weakened in recent days. You can bring some herbs with you, which can effectively avoid the fog."

Later, Pluto had already settled Ma Lan's affairs, and when she came, everyone gathered in the same room.

Because Ma Lan didn't know much about what happened during the day, seeing everyone's dignified and puzzled expressions, she couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with you all? Are you all frowning?"

Tian Ye said, "We have to ask Ruofan about this matter, what did he see at the entrance of the village?"

Ma Lan asked curiously, "Ruofan! What does this bastard mean? What did you see?"

"I don't know how to tell Aunt Mei about this matter, because I don't know if they can accept this kind of thing. Hey! To put it bluntly! What I saw at the entrance of the village was a large group of ghosts gathering."

"Ghost?" Everyone said in unison, and then looked at each other to express their incomprehension.

It is also true that the underworld is where the ghosts live, although they are different from the general human concept.But it would be a bit ridiculous to say that there are ghosts in the underworld, and it's still invisible to everyone.

Lin Ruofan said with a wry smile, "Have you seen it? Look at your reaction, even you don't really believe it."

Xiao Ke said, "We didn't say we didn't believe it, but it suddenly sounded a little unbelievable, so you can continue to talk about it."

Lin Ruofan took out a cigarette from his pocket. He had tried his best to save cigarettes in the underworld for the past few days, and now there was only one left.On the contrary, Wu Di showed a rare smile, and handed two packs of unopened cigarettes to Lin Ruofan with a little satisfaction.

"Yeah? Why are you smoking so much?"

"I'm a big smoker, so I usually bring more. If we didn't come here in a hurry and didn't think about it this time, we should really prepare more things. Go ahead and talk about yourself."

Lin Ruofan lit a cigarette and took a few quick puffs, then asked, "Do you know the way of hungry ghosts?"

"The way of hungry ghosts? You mean the way of hungry ghosts in Buddhist theory?"

Lin Ruofan nodded, "Yes", and then continued, "I have also read some Buddhist scriptures, which said that the sentient beings in the hungry ghost realm were reborn in the hungry ghost realm due to karma. They suffer every day, without food in their stomachs and hungry , the sweet food you see in your eyes is an illusion, once you get close, you will be bitten by poisonous snakes and beasts, and you will be burned by fire!"

Tian Ye asked childishly, "Then what do they eat?"

"I can't eat anything, I can only cycle in endless hunger and the pain of being attacked..."

"Oh my god! How miserable! Then..."

Lin Ruofan quickly took a few puffs of cigarettes, then nodded and said, "Yes, what I saw was the same as the hungry ghosts described in the Buddhist scriptures."

Ma Lan suddenly remembered and said, "I remember meeting a monk before, and he told me about this. I remember saying that the hungry ghosts and sentient beings need human beings to constantly chant sutras for them."

Tian Ye asked curiously, "So there is still salvation! Why do you return?"

Ma Lan thought for a while, and then said, "For example, before you eat something, you should recite the scriptures first, and then dedicate the merit to the hungry ghosts, so that they can eat the food without turning into poisonous snakes, beasts or raging fire." .”

After finishing speaking, everyone looked at Lin Ruofan together, Lin Ruofan said with a wry smile, "Don't look at me, I don't know what to do, but chanting should be useful."

Xiao Ke said with a smile, "That's not easy? Then let's organize everyone to chant scriptures together?"

"But...do you know how to recite Buddhist scriptures?"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. Right now in the underworld, everyone's mobile phone has no signal, and no one has Buddhist scriptures stored in their mobile phones.

Wu Di said, "I have a solution. Since it is chanting, there is no distinction between length and length, right? Then what we usually talk about, such as Namo Guanshiyin Bodhisattva, such as the six-character mantra, aren't they all?"

Everyone gave Wu Di a thumbs up, so everyone decided to try this method and act immediately.Since Lin Ruofan saw that the fog gathered at the entrance of the village was thicker, he should go there to try it first.

After arriving there, Lin Ruofan turned on the perspective to check, and now there are fewer ghosts gathered here than when they first came in.

Just like this, everyone sat on the ground, and each of them recited the six-character mantra in a serious manner, but at the moment everyone couldn't concentrate, and Tian Ye even laughed.

Even so, when those ghosts heard someone chanting the six-character mantra, they began to look around.

"Ruofan, won't you come together?"

Lin Ruofan waved his hands and said, "Keep reading! Those ghosts seem to have a sense, let me observe."

Hearing what Lin Ruofan said, everyone became serious, and they all closed their eyes and recited the six-character mantra.

After a while, all the nearby ghosts gathered around them, as if a Buddha and Bodhisattva were preaching scriptures, and they all listened very carefully.And that hunger state also disappeared.

The simple six-syllable mantra is so powerful!
"Why don't you read along with me?" Lin Ruofan turned sharply and looked at an old villager standing behind him with a cane and a smile on his face.

"I want to see their reactions, and I want to know what everyone should do to be most effective. Old man, can you see those ghosts too?"

The old man smiled and shook his head, then said, "I can't see them, but I can sense their existence."

"Then, old man, do you want to chant along with us?"

"I can't chant."

Lin Ruofan asked curiously, "Ah? Why?"

I don't know who this old man was in his last life, maybe he was a monk.According to his description, in this place of the underworld, except for those ghost clansmen with particularly great blessings, the rest cannot chant sutras, which is caused by the cycle of past evil karma.

Just like these sentient beings in the realm of hungry ghosts, even if they want to hear the Dharma, they can’t hear it, and they can’t find the way to liberation.Moreover, most of the ghost people don't know what Buddha is at all, they have never seen Buddhist scriptures, and they have never heard of it.

When there was a plague in Wuwang Village, the old man suggested to everyone to recite Buddhist scriptures to relieve their grievances, but at that time everyone was in a dazed state, and they had no idea what the old man was talking about, and there was no concept about "" Buddha" impression.

This old man lived not far from the entrance of the village in the bureau, perhaps it was due to fate. He felt that someone was chanting scriptures, so he came over curiously to have a look.

"Thank you, old man! I'm confident after hearing you say that! Then I'll go there too!"

"Go."

Lin Ruofan quickly came to everyone's side, followed by chanting with closed eyes.

An hour later, everyone felt that the surroundings were much "quieter", so they opened their eyes, and the green mist had disappeared.Lin Ruofan turned on the perspective to check, and the ghosts had all dispersed.

Xiao Ke exclaimed, "Wow! It really works! Great!"

For the sake of caution, Lin Ruofan made a guess based on this matter, wanting to see if the problem of the plague was really completely solved.As a result, the hexagram of lingering was obtained, indicating that this matter is not so easy to solve, and it has to be delayed.

Lin Ruofan sighed lightly, and everyone understood what that meant.

"Forget it, let's talk about it tomorrow, let's have a good rest tonight."

In the early morning of the next day, Aunt Mei prepared a delicious breakfast for everyone, it was not delicious!But serious food!The porridge and some wild vegetables.

Don't look at these "thin" breakfasts in the human world, for Tian Ye and Wu Di who have been smelling the fragrance for a few days, it is considered a delicacy!
Auntie Mei smiled and watched everyone gobbling it up, and then said, "I heard from Wenyuan that you all came from the human world. Fortunately, Wuwang Village has some food that you can eat."

"It's really great! Thank you, Auntie Mei, for your hospitality!"

After eating and drinking enough, Lin Ruofan told Aunt Mei about the green mist and their action of chanting scriptures last night.

Sure enough, just as the old man said, when Auntie Mei heard the word "Buddha", she felt like a rare word, and she didn't understand what it represented at all.

Even if Auntie Mei asked curiously, Lin Ruofan and the others didn't know how to answer it, because in the human world, it didn't need an in-depth explanation at all, because everyone knew it, at least they could understand it.

Not to mention that "Buddha" means liberation and enlightenment, so Auntie Mei can't understand it even more.

Xiao Ke anxiously changed the way of saying, "Let's say it like this, Aunt Mei! You can treat it as a kind of medicine! A medicine that can cure the plague! That's all." Xiao Ke's way of saying it was just right.

Aunt Mei said dubiously, "A disease can be cured just by talking about it? Your Aunt Mei and I have been practicing medicine all our lives, and we have never heard of such a method."

Lin Ruofan asked curiously, "Auntie Mei, I heard from Wen Yuan that you all came from the heavenly realm. Why haven't the heavenly beings heard of Buddha?"

"At least I haven't heard of it."

"Ok."

That being the case, Lin Ruofan felt that Aunt Mei might not have a connection with Buddhism.Anyway, the breakthrough point of the matter is here.

When everyone was ready to continue chanting sutras after eating, they were all dumbfounded when they came to the entrance of the village.The green mist is still very thick, even thicker than last night.

Tian Ye said suspiciously, "Could it be that we have aggravated the plague?"

"That can't be! It should be that there are too many grievances here, and our chanting power is too small, which is not enough."

(End of this chapter)