The Monk That Wanted To Renounce Asceticism

Founder can't help crying when he sees this, what is this? He's seen a lot of accounts, and this is the first time he has given gifts.

No way, Founder could only thank him, chose two bundles of yellow paper money, a few candles, some nails, and then left.

The last stop was Wang Yougui's house. When you entered the door, you saw that Wang Yougui was busy there. Song Ergou, Ma Xunzi, Accountant Yang Ping, Yang Ping's elder brother Yang Hua, Secretary Tan Juguo, Jiang Zhou, Fan Qing, Qiu Xiaoye, Guan Xiangfeng is all in the yard, saying something.

Seeing Founder's arrival, the crowd quickly got up.

Wang Yougui laughed: "Fangzheng abbot, you came just right, we are discussing, how big is this altar? How old is this village? In the past, our villages were poor. They were all foolish. This year, we have money, so we ca n’t foolish it. At least I have to be the first beautiful in Shiliba Village. "

Fang Zheng shook his head helplessly: "The ancestral sacrifice does not need such a big pomp. The ancestor sacrifice is like worshipping the Buddha. The heart is better than anything. Take a simple example, Tan Shizhu, you hope your grandson and granddaughter will buy you a luxury house , Filial piety that luxury cars don't return once a year? "

Tan Juguo decisively shook his head and said, "I'd rather those little cubs come back and look at me, chat and let me scold them. I can give them money ..."

Fang Zheng nodded: "The ancestors are also similar. It is not easy for them to come back. What they want is to see sincere filial piety, not a pile of eating and high tables. Everyone is gone. What is the use of these? "

Wang Yougui said: "Let's make it bigger, and let the ancestors touch it."

"That's what you think, what's the next, have you ever been to it?" Fang Zheng asked back.

Wang Yougui is dumb ...

Founder continued: "The poor monk hasn't been there. What's going on below? The living people don't know. With the eyes of the living, the world of the dead is like you put comfortable shoes on the feet of elephants. Is he comfortable? Since I do n’t know, it ’s better to filial them with sincerity and affection. Whether it ’s the living world or the deceased's world, there is one thing whose value is constant, then true feelings. ”

Everyone suddenly realized ...

Jiang Zhoudao: "It's the first time I've heard this kind of remarks. Some masters and wealthy people I met in the city can't wait to burn real money to show their filial piety. Now think about it, they It ’s not true filial piety, it ’s just showing ... ”

Guan Xiangfeng said: "I have seen a local tyrant, burned ten Ferraris at a time ... now think about it, it's really stupid."

Founder laughed: "It does n’t matter if you burn more than pollute the air and promote the concept of copper smell. Maybe you can show your face to the living, but what about the ancestors? It ’s useless to burn even more babies. .If the ancestors knew it underground, it was probably the one who was laughed at ... "

Speaking of this, Founder said, "No one knows whether there is a soul in the world," but since the ancient times, the ancestor worship has been a kind of filial piety. If the ancestor sacrifice has become a pure show, there is no filial piety inheritance. A family will also have no cultural heritage, no more money, and no matter how much money is left, sooner or later, the ship will be drowned. "

When everyone heard this, they nodded thoughtfully.

Jiang Zhou sighed: "Mr. Founder, you should take these words to the classroom ..."

Founder shook his head and said, "The poor monk sees the ground. What a pity to stand on the podium. People who understand better than me. People who don't understand may not be useful."

Everyone was lost in thought.

The topic is divergent. Since the altar does not need to be too luxurious, it is simple. Everyone brings the materials to the village mouth and starts to build the altar. Founder himself, Jiang Zhou cooperated, and with the concerted efforts of everyone, a simple, altar-like altar was set up.

Said to be a sacrificial altar, in fact this table is called Shi Gutai. There is a mage seat on the mage stand. In front of the mage seat is the statue of the Jizo King Buddha who surpasses the evil spirits underneath. Made of rice, peaches and other items, at the same time on the Shi Gutai three spirit cards and soul-calling chanting. Founder inserted a triangular paper flag of blue, red, green and other colors on each offering, and wrote the words "Yunlan Festival" and "Ganlumenkai", so Shi Gutai was set up.

Looking at Shi Gutai that was built in front of him, a picture flashed in Fang Zheng's mind. One finger Zen master once said that One Finger Village did not have these particulars in the early years. It was simply a simple burning of paper money. These stresses are all from the south. Who brought them specifically did not say with a single finger. In this way, there are only a few villages near Yizhi Mountain to pass the Obon Festival, and in these villages, a one-finger Zen master will always lead the way with the founder. The village where the one-finger Zen Master has not been, is basically not so particular about it ... Now, it seems that most of the exquisite methods were brought by one-finger Master Zen.

After Shi Gutai was set up, he would open the altar. First, the Founder had to perform clean, that is, recite the scriptures such as "The Great Tragedy", "Ten Small Curses" and "The Heart Sutra" to the Buddhist altar. However, the Internet is well-developed. He has read and recited these verses on the Internet, so he is no stranger.

Then write well, and pray for the guidance of the lower bound of compassion of the Buddha and Bodhisattva;

Then Founder performed the soul-drawing ritual, read the sparse text written in yellow paper, drew the ghost into the altar, and then read the Heart Sutra, the Curse of the Dead, and the Three True Words; That is, Wang Yougui used a little pen on the list of the Fa Conference, indicating that the opening of the altar is complete!

The agenda after the altar is worship, usually in accordance with the "Compassionate Water Margin" ritual, but the Founder has insufficient manpower to arrange such a large ceremony, so simply recite the scriptures and read the "Exercise" to end Already. In the middle, join simple activities such as Shanggong, Zhai Monk, etc., and worship ends.

There is another major reason for this simplicity. If you really follow the "Compassionate Water Margin", it is good that Founder can finish the one-finger village this evening, and other villages need not go. After all, the ceremony really has to go through the whole process, but it is very tedious and troublesome.

Of course, lack of manpower is also a flaw, and there is nothing you can do about it.

After arranging Shi Gutai, Wang Yougui took Fang Zheng and the monkey to several other nearby villages on a motorcycle, and helped them to get rid of Shi Gutai one by one. When he returned to Yizhi Village, it was already evening. Because there are too many villages to go and time is short. When the sun goes down, it is dark. Fang Zheng and the monkey simply ate some fast food and shouted to the top of the mountain. The next moment, the bell rang, and the Bon Festival The practice begins!

As the bell rang, every family stepped out of the house, and then inserted a bunch of incense at the door. The family would insert a lot of incense, which is called Butian, which symbolizes the richness of the grain. From a distance, the entire village is shrouded in this layer of green smoke, and the stars are a little dreamy, as if the sky is hanging upside down and falls in the village, shining stars.

Then the large pots and small pots of sacrifices were removed and placed on the table for the ancestors.

The monkey carrying a large basket of tributes followed behind the founder and came to Shi Gutai. The founder took out these tributes and sprinkled them around. This is called Yankou. The tributes that were spilled were given to those lonely souls and ghosts. Resentment, sacrifices to the dead.

Later, the Founder appeared on the stage and sat on the mage seat. The spirit card in front of him also wrote some words. This spirit card is no longer much, as long as it is there. And the flame mouth that Founder Shi just had, no matter how many ghosts, can be memorialized together. Chanting again ...

After reading the scriptures, Yankou ended, Founder got up and went down to the altar, nodded slightly to many villagers, and all came to the river.

A lotus lamp was lighted by a man's hand, and the candle on it was put into the river. It floated down the river, and some of the lights soon went out, but the crowd was not angry, but they were a little happy.

When the monkey saw this, he didn't understand it again, and whispered, "Master, their lights are out. Are you happy?"

"Everyone has a way, ghosts have a ghost way, people go to the sun, and ghosts go to the yin, the ancients believed that the underwater was obscure and difficult to understand, dark and humid, like **** in the underworld, so they thought it was a yin, which is also a ghost road. Tonight a hundred ghosts At night, it ’s easy to get lost. If you ca n’t enter the palace, you will become a lonely ghost and a ghost. So, let the water lanterns help them to illuminate the road and guide them to the palace. In some places, a spiritual ship is also prepared. , The haunting house, the haunting ship can carry the ghost directly to the prefecture, and the haunting house allows them to have a residence below. But we do not have this condition, so we did not get it ...

As for the light being off, why are they happy, because the light is off, it means that a ghost was sent away. "Fang Zheng explained in a low voice.

The monkey suddenly realized, but still had many doubts in his eyes.

The water lantern was put away and the dead souls were sent away. A grand Obon festival was over. Founder hurried to the other villages on his motorcycle and walked down in a circle. When the founder returned, the sky was already clear. Lit up, walking on the mountain road, the monkey finally asked the doubts in his heart: "Master, you said, the ghost is in my heart ... Actually, you don't believe that there are ghosts in this world, why are you making this? Lanpen Festival? Since there are no ghosts, why spend so much energy and waste so much manpower and material resources? It feels useless and wastes food? "

Fang Zheng shook his head slightly: "I said for the teacher long ago, do n’t look at the surface, you have to see what he brought. The teacher really does not believe in ghosts, but also said for the teacher, everyone has a ghost in his heart, some ghosts They need to be suppressed, they need to be sacrificed, or they will come out and make trouble. "

"I don't understand ..." The monkey shook his head decisively and bluntly.

Founder turned his eyes and said, "Frankly, in this world, money is easy to make, and if there is no conscience, nothing will be gone! Without a conscience, no matter how much money is, it is just a big scourge! On the contrary, people with conscience No matter how poor people are, there will be a lot of hatred and a lot of warmth in this world. This ritual is also good, as is the Qingming Festival ancestor worship, just to remind everyone not to forget to honor your parents. One hundred filial piety first, if a person is filial, then It ’s not bad, too. Maybe the effect of this festival ca n’t make the evil people look back, but it can prevent the gradual change, wake up the children, and give birth to some people with new evil thoughts, and cultivate their filial piety in childhood and grow up. Now, as long as filial piety is still there, it won't be hopeless if it is bad. Do you understand now? "

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