That morning, Li Yuanlang attended the plenary meeting of the United Front Work Leading Group of the Ruozhou Municipal Party Committee.

United Front Work Minister Lian Yun, Municipal Party Committee Secretary General Cheng Yong, Deputy Mayor Xia Mengjiao and other city leaders, as well as relevant department heads attended the event.

At the meeting, Li Yuanlang made an important speech.

He said: "Today's meeting conveyed and studied the spirit of the relevant provincial party committee meetings and informed the work of the united front in the first three quarters."

"Although the meeting was not long, it was rich in content and fruitful, achieving the purpose of unifying thoughts, clarifying understanding and promoting work."

"Since this year, the whole city has conscientiously implemented the decisions and arrangements of the capital and the provincial party committee, and coordinated the promotion of reform, development and stability. Overall, in the first three quarters, the city's economic momentum of steady progress was further consolidated, deepening reforms were vigorously promoted, the situation of opening up to the outside world was further improved, people's livelihood security was further strengthened, the work of governing the party was further carried out in an all-round way, and the people's sense of gain was further enhanced."

"Among this, united front work, as an important aspect of overall work, has been very active and effective for a long time. The united front department highlights political leadership, consultative democracy, unity and inclusiveness, builds consensus, gathers wisdom, and gathers strength, and plays an important role in promoting social and economic development and optimizing the political ecological environment. The achievements deserve full recognition."

At the end of the meeting, Deputy Mayor Xia Mengjiao caught up with Li Yuanlang, "Secretary Li, I want to report to you something."

The Ruozhou Municipal Government has two female deputy mayors, one is Cai Meiqin, deputy mayor of the Standing Committee, and the other is Xia Mengjiao.

Xia Mengjiao is in charge of the Bureau of Ethnic and Religious Affairs, and the content of her report is naturally related to this.

Li Yuanlang called Xia Mengjiao into the car, and Guo Zichen and Wang Jinrui hid as usual.

"Secretary Li, according to Master Jue'an of the Buddhist Association, a new sect called the Three Life Sect appeared in our city. It is currently spreading among the people and developing religious friends. Master Zhigao said that the Three Life Sect is developing rapidly. In just one month, more than 5,000 people believed in this religion."

Li Yuanlang was stunned. According to the constitution, citizens have freedom of religious belief and allow different religions to exist.

The premise is that no religious group shall destroy social order or hinder the national education system. Religious groups and religious affairs shall not be dominated by foreign forces."

What he was worried about was that the cult organizations that had appeared before were not about practicing qigong, but about learning the Fa.

The demagogistic thoughts and instigating behaviors evolved from ordinary sects into reactionary organizations that opposed the state and disrupted social order.

In the end, it took the country more than 20 years to ban it by mobilizing a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources.

Judging from Xia Mengjiao's reflection, the Three Life Sect was derived from Buddhism.

The purpose is to be born from the earth, the earth produces water, and the water produces people. People have three cultivations: cultivating heaven, cultivating earth, and cultivating water.

Cultivating water to nourish human nature; cultivating the earth to nourish the mind and nature; cultivating heaven to nourish the nature of enlightenment.

To put it bluntly, people must first cultivate their character and then cultivate their conscience. Only when they cultivate their minds can they become true.

To be honest, Li Yuanlang was filled with mist when he heard it.

However, what worries him was that a little-known Three Life Cult spread for a month, and there were 5,000 people who had faith in it, and developed so rapidly that they could not help but be taken seriously.

Master Juean, president of the Buddhist Association, is the abbot of Baoshan Temple in Ruozhou.

Li Yuanlong took advantage of his rare free time in the afternoon and drove fifty kilometers to Baoshan Temple at the foot of Zixian Mountain with United Front Minister Lian Yun.

Because of the prior contact, when Li Yuanlang and Lian Yun's two Red Flag cars were parked in the parking lot in front of the temple gate, Jue'an led the temple and a group of people to welcome him.

Master Juean is in his seventies this year. He is not tall, thin, full of energy, and speaks like a big bosom.

"Welcome Secretary Li and Minister Lian to the temple to guide."

Master Juean is the president of Ruozhou Buddhist Association. He has experienced a lot of official experiences and his speech naturally has a strong political color.

"Master, you are polite." Li Yuanlong said modestly: "The guidance is not enough. Minister Lian and I will visit everyone and communicate together."

Li Yuanlang and others walked into the temple.

Baoshan Temple covers an area of ​​nearly 180,000 square meters and has a construction area of ​​20,000 square meters, with a history of more than a thousand years.

There are the Heavenly King Hall, the Great Hall, the Sutra Pavilion, etc.

There are bells and drum towers, meditation halls, living halls, and warehouses on both sides.

There is a release pond in front of the temple, and the entire temple is magnificent and arranged in an orderly manner.

According to Master Juean, there are more than 1,500 monks and lay people in Baoshan Temple.

Among the several temples in Ruozhou, Baoshan Temple is the most famous and large, and is also famous in Minzhong Province. It is also one of the famous tourist attractions in Ruozhou.

At this afternoon, it was the winter of December again, with few tourists.

Accompanied by Master Jue'an and others, Li Yuanlang visited the tour all the way to the backyard.

In front of me is a row of gray buildings, with two monks guarding the door of the largest double door.

"This is..." Li Yuanlong pointed.

Juean took a step forward and bowed and said, "This is the place where my master lives. He is over 100 years old and practices the mind and meditation every day, and rarely receives guests."

The implication is inconvenient to disturb.

Li Yuanlang nodded and was about to leave.

However, a cough came from inside. Juan heard it and quickly walked a few steps and pushed the door in.

After a while, he turned around and said respectfully at Li Yuanlang: "Secretary Li, my master wants to see you, please come in alone."

Please?

Li Yuanlang was a little surprised. He had not met this hundred-year-old master, so why did he do it?

In order to dispel doubts, Li Yuanlang walked to the door accompanied by Master Jue'an.

At the gesture of Master Juean, Li Yuanlong knocked on the door lightly. With the words "Please come in" coming from inside, Li Yuanlong pushed the door and came in.

The room was wide, and what caught my eye was a back in a gray Buddhist robe sitting cross-legged on the futon.

"Donator Li, don't be fine."

After saying hello, the person on the cushion slowly turned around.

White eyebrows and white beards have a fairy-like spirit.

Li Yuanlang looked at it closely, and as he looked, he suddenly exclaimed, "Are you Master Zhiqian?"

"Haha." Zhiqian nodded slightly, "It's been ten years since we parted with each other."

"Yes." Li Yuanlang said hurriedly: "Master Zhiqian was ninety years old at that time, and now he is a centenarian. I see that you have a good body and are worthy of being a Taoist monk."

Zhiqian said politely: "Donor Li is so serious. I am not enough to cultivate the Buddhist teachings of the mind. It is much different from my predecessors. Donor Li, please sit down."

Motionally Li Yuanlang to sit on the chair opposite him.

A tea bowl was placed next to it. Master Zhiqian said: "This is a black tea made by our temple itself, and it is not noble. It has an orderly craftsmanship and good Buddhist minds. The quality of the tea is guaranteed."

"Thank you." Li Yuanlong picked up the tea bowl and blew it, and a refreshing smell came to his nose.

He pursed and nodded and praised: "It's indeed a good tea."

Seeing Li Yuanlang put down the tea bowl, Master Zhigan said bluntly: "Donor Li is here to investigate the affairs of the Three Life Sects. I can tell you how I feel."

"Add all the teachings."

Master Zhigan did not beat around the bush, but went straight.

"The sect in the world, no matter which sect, must be based on the word "heart". What I mean by the heart is public heart. If a person does not have selfishness, he will not have selfish desires."

"The reason why the sects that have been passed down for thousands or even thousands of years now believe in the founder's purpose is to have no selfishness."

"But in recent years, some temples have violated their original intentions, material desires and deviated from the original intentions of Buddhism, and have commercialized the temples, making them chaotic and become a place full of money-making smell."

"It's off topic." Master Zhigan sighed helplessly and continued: "The Three Life Teachings will seek to cultivate heaven, earth and water, but only abandon the most important practitioners, which requires the strong donor to pay attention to it."

"Cultivating people is the most important thing for all old-fashioned sects. Only one person can cultivate the sect's mental methods by abandoning all his inner selfish desires."

"Donor Li, you are not you ten years ago. Compared with that time, your mind and nature have undergone qualitative changes."

"I have always paid attention to you over the years. Everything you do is based on the essence of kindness. The reason why you can achieve today is that you have given up a lot of personal desires."

"A man is blessed with good deeds, and a man is punished by evil deeds. Blessings may not come to you. It is possible that your next generation, or even several generations, will enjoy it."

"The same is true for God's punishment. The evil will be punished by evil people, and his fate or his next generation will definitely be rewarded. The old saying passed down for thousands of years is absolutely accurate."

The reason why Li Yuanlong likes to chat with Master Zhigan is that he rarely speaks the Buddhist Heart Sutra in a Buddhist tone.

All of them are replaced by vernacular language that ordinary people can understand, expressing the truth.

Just a few words made Li Yuanlang suddenly open up and he had plans in his heart.

Everything that should be said was said. Seeing that Master Zhigan couldn't stop breathing, Li Yuanlang quickly stood up and said goodbye.
Chapter completed!