Hmm... I just heard from Meng Lang that the lottery in this temple seems to be very effective...

I don’t know what my psychology was, but somehow, I slowly walked in...

"Click!" "Click!"

Lin Haitang stood up and picked up the fallen bamboo stick.

Then I found the corresponding signature based on the numbers above...

“Looking at each other five hundred times in the previous life, only to rub shoulders with each other once in this life.

It takes a hundred lifetimes to cross the same boat, and a thousand lifetimes to sleep together..."

…

The sun is gradually setting in the west.

In the Main Hall, Meng Lang's frowning brows had now relaxed.

Sure enough, you can't do anything behind closed doors. It's extraordinary to have an eminent monk at your side to give guidance, and your experience points will keep rising!

Many obscure and difficult questions in the scriptures were suddenly revealed.

The eminent monk that the brothers introduced to me is indeed a good one!

His brows relaxed, but the intelligence master opposite him was down...

Buddhas are people from the past, people are Buddhas from the future...

Who is reincarnating? Why does reincarnation involve life and death? And who thinks I am reincarnating?

I originally planned to help people solve their doubts, but why is my head buzzing now...

Meng Lang was still discussing with him at first, asking for advice.

But the deeper you go, the more you discover some strange worldviews that make people feel paradoxical, familiar, and vague.

Buddhas are people from the past, people are Buddhas from the future...

The intelligence master chewed on Meng Lang's words over and over again, thinking about the series of weird questions the other party had just asked.

The more I chew, the more wonderful it becomes...

Since Buddhism has been passed down to this day, almost all the classics have been thoroughly studied. It is very difficult for people today to introduce new ones.

However, Meng Lang's previous words, although not profound, gave him a sense of novelty: "Huh? Can you still understand it this way?"

This kind of novelty is enough to make an eminent monk like him think about it for a long time...

“Thank you, Master Smart, for clarifying my doubts today!”

"Where! I didn't expect that Meng Xiaoyou, at such an age, would have such attainments in Buddhism. It's really amazing!

I wonder who my little friend is studying under?”

In his opinion, since Meng Lang knew about his past and was so proficient in Buddhism, he must have had a great disciple from a famous teacher.

Maybe he also knew Meng Lang's master.

From "Meng Benefactor" to "Meng Xiaoyou", it is obvious that in the eyes of this master, Meng Lang has changed from an outsider to a fellow believer with whom he can sit and discuss...

Who did you study under?

Meng Lang thought for a while.

I said Bodhidharma, Xuanzang and Xue Huaiyi... Well! Plus the collective wisdom of the brothers, there should be nothing wrong, right?

"Ahem! I just figured it out when I had some free time.

I... really like to get into trouble, haha..."

Did you figure it out on your own?

The intelligence master was stunned for a moment, then smiled and shook his head.

"The donor is indeed extremely talented!

However, judging from the confusion raised by the little friend just now, Buddhism, which pursues ‘the realization that everything is empty’, is probably not very suitable for the little friend to understand.”

"Well..." Meng Lang sighed slightly when he heard this.

How could he not notice it...

After all, I am not a serious monk who can achieve the purity of the six roots. What's more, I am still wallowing in the world of mortals, and there is even greater horror in life and death...

What kind of love threads, worries threads... I'm afraid even three thousand threads can't stop them.

Even Xue Huaiyi, the senior who became a monk on the way, was inevitably "died young". As a "lay disciple", if he wanted to cross the river by feeling the stones, he would probably only be able to touch the middle of the river...

Even if he has thoroughly studied this scripture, it is probably similar to Nie Feng's recitation of "If your heart is as clear as ice, you will not be surprised if the sky falls" when he was possessed by demons.

The effect is there, but not much...

"Haha! If you are willing, little friend, you can go beyond the family. Why don't you try the Taoist method of 'keeping one'?"

"Taoist?"

"Yes, Buddhism and Taoism have the same origin.

The Buddha entered the Tao through annihilation, performed ruthless acts, and left the world to stand.

The Tao indeed maintains oneness, but oneness refers to the mind and not the matter. It is the oneness of the mind. If the mind is constant and permanent, then you will have eternal life.

Tao follows the heaven and earth and follows nature, Yin and Yang are all-encompassing and all-encompassing, so Laozi said that Tao is the most important of the four major elements in the universe.

It’s not just Buddhism, it’s called all sentient beings and all dharma, and it’s not without the word Tao.

I see that my little friend’s character may be more in line with this Taoism.”

Taoism?

Meng Lang fell into deep thought.

In fact, after Buddhism was introduced to China, it merged with local sects and learned from each other, and it had long been separated from the original birthplace of Buddhism.

Bodhidharma's "Zen" incorporates a large number of traditional Confucian and Taoist philosophies.

Meng Lang has been studying the Huayan Sutra these days, and he does have a vague feeling...

The self-help route of "seniors" is to learn Buddhism, but the "predecessors" of "seniors" have always studied Taoism!

It is said that Comrade Jiang Ziya lived to be 139 years old.

This is definitely an extremely enviable lifespan, but...

The biggest problem is that it was so long ago that there are very few written records left.

Even Xue Huaiyi, an archaeologist from "a thousand years later" is embarrassed, let alone him from "two thousand years later"...

Crossing the river by touching the stones of an "ancestral" senior like Jiang Ziya?

Not to mention stones, you can almost only touch stone chips like this...

I also want to learn, but conditions don’t allow it!

However, when it comes to Buddhism and Taoism having the same origin, in fact the most integrated form of Zen is Taoism, especially the theory of Zhuangzi, which is why there is a saying that "Buddha is originally Tao".

And speaking of Zhuangzi... that was definitely a mudslide in the cultural circle of the Warring States Period!

This guy says he is a subjective idealist, but in the end he just follows his heart!

However, I am sharp-tongued and aggressive, don't like work and love freedom, and I am very tolerant.

It's euphemistically called "Happy Journey", but actually it just means two words - "Happiness"!

Zhuangzi said: Rule by doing nothing, your nature is sacred!

Because of the sacred nature, Zhuangzi advocated that the highest state of the world is to be without waiting, not relying on other things, and living a happy life.

That’s why “heaven and earth exist side by side with me, and all things are one with me.”

This is the famous Taoist "unity of man and nature".

Because of his divine nature, Zhuangzi was dissatisfied with the chaotic state of things being divided among various schools of thought, and was especially dissatisfied with the scientific spirit of famous scholars who wanted to get to the bottom of things.

He believes that there is no limit to learning and life is short, so there is no need to worry about it...

Two words... lie down!

If this guy is also his "senior"...

Then his choice is probably to delete the "technical appendix" to reduce the burden on the brain, so that the brothers can have no work or study, have houses and fields at home, and live a happy life...

Hmm...how long has Zhuangzi lived?

It seems to be more than eighty?

Based on the average life expectancy at that time, this person was definitely a birthday boy!

This is an idea...

Could this be the third way to solve one's own rift - just be happy and that's all?

I am happy, and so are the brothers. Then after "all things are one with me"...
To be continued...