Chapter thirty-six Buddha fighting for a stick of incense
The people in the village were still dubious, but in the end they used hooks to fish out the body that had sunk in the well. The body was dressed in white and had been dead for decades. It was soaked in water, but it did not rot and was still the same as when it died.
From her appearance, it can be seen that she was a beautiful woman during her lifetime, but unfortunately, she met someone unkind. No special accident happened this time.
The people in the village chose a suitable location and buried it that same day.
The body was buried. This time, no one cried, and there was only a small amount of paper money. Few people in the village knew the story of this once infatuated woman, and there were only sighs of emotion from a few old people.
Wu Sheng recited the Rebirth Mantra several times, but she had already lost her soul and could not re-enter reincarnation. The Rebirth Mantra had no effect, it was just for peace of mind.
"By the way, what was the name of this dead woman?" he asked the old man beside him.
"Du Honghua." said the old man in the village.
"Where's that man?"
"Ning Xiaoquan."
The matter of the female ghost was settled. At noon, Wu Sheng had a fast meal in the village. The people in the village were very grateful, and then he left the mountain village and went back to the mountains.
When I returned to the temple, in the main hall, Monk Kong was holding a rare copy of the "Infinite Life Sutra" in his hand, and I was very fascinated by it.
"Master, I'm back."
"You're not hurt, are you?" Kong Kong didn't ask if the matter was resolved, but first cared about whether Wu Sheng was hurt, which moved him very much.
"fine."
"Has the matter in the village been resolved?"
"Solved." Wu Sheng said.
"Okay, okay, you're tired now, why don't you go back to the house and rest?"
Wu Sheng returned to his room, but did not rest. Instead, he continued to practice standing outside the room. After what happened last night, he was deeply touched. Since there are ghosts and demons in this world, he wanted to live a better life.
Go on, only if you are strong enough.
Cultivation, hard work, accumulates over time, today it is an inch loose, tomorrow it is half a foot loose, and in the long run, it will be loosened a lot. Moreover, he does not know what will happen tomorrow, time is not waiting for us, seize the time to practice, you will never go wrong.
Two days later, several people from Ningjia Village at the foot of the mountain came to express their gratitude and burn incense and worship Buddha.
Looking at the incense smoke curling up in the incense burner, Wu Sheng felt that the temple had a bit more flavor. This was something it should have had but had been lost for a long time, and it gradually came back.
People compete for a breath, Buddha competes for a stick of incense.
I'm talking about this incense.
This is not just a stick of incense, it is faith and sustenance.
"Amitabha." Wu Sheng clasped his palms together and shouted the Buddha's name to the Buddha. At this moment, he felt that he was a monk, a monk in Lanruo Temple.
In the next few days, people came up one after another from the villages down the mountain to burn incense and worship Buddha, bringing some food along with them, and some donated copper coins, which surprised and delighted all of them.
Unknowingly, the incense in this temple was almost running out. There wasn't much left in the temple. They were all old things accumulated over the years.
"Wu Sheng, my teacher is going down the mountain to Jinhua, are you going?" said Kong Kong on this day. He wanted to go down the mountain to buy some incense to prevent pilgrims from going up the mountain to burn incense, but found that there was no incense available, which would be very embarrassing.
"I'm not going." Wu Sheng said.
In the past few days, he concentrated on practicing, reciting scriptures every day, keeping his spiritual altar clean, and practicing the Mahavairocana Sutra day and night. He could feel his progress almost every day. He could use the Buddha's Finger twenty times a day without feeling any pain.
No matter how tired he was, it took at least two days to go down the mountain to Jinhua. It wasn't a long time, but he didn't want to waste it.
"Let's go down the mountain and take a walk. During this period, I think your practice is almost crazy." Kong Kong said.
"I won't go." Wu Sheng waved his hand, and after saying that, he continued to practice.
"Wusheng, cultivation cannot only rely on hard work, but also on enlightenment. It is very necessary to refine one's mind in the world of mortals. If you follow Master down the mountain this time, you might have a chance. Let's go to Xu Ji's pawnshop and ask.
, maybe we can also find some other scriptures." Kong Kong didn't leave, so he stayed beside Wu Sheng and talked to him.
After hearing this, Wu Sheng opened his eyes and looked into the void.
"Okay, I'll go down the mountain with you."
He understood clearly. If he didn't agree, he would probably keep muttering beside him that this practice would not be possible. What he said was right. Maybe he could find those scriptures after he went down the mountain.
The master and apprentice made preparations and then went down the mountain.
"Master, how many scriptures did the Sutra Pavilion have in the past?"
"Then how do I know? I heard from the abbot that when it came to him, it was basically gone, and the Sutra Pavilion had collapsed long ago, but maybe a few copies could still be dug out from the ruins."
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Wu Sheng stopped and asked.
"You didn't even ask!" Kong Kong said with a smile.
"I won't go down the mountain with you, I have to go back." Wu Sheng turned around and left, going back to the mountain.
"Hey, monks don't lie. If you promise Master to come down the mountain, you must keep your word." Kong Kong grabbed him.
"No, the lie you told me when you were trying to trick me into being a monk at Lanruo Temple was not just a lie, was it?"
"That was a white lie. Without those words, how would you be where you are today?" Kong Kong said with a smile.
"I can't help you, let's go down the mountain."
The mountain road was quiet and winding, and Wu Sheng looked into the woods on both sides from time to time.
"Don't worry, after the abbot talks to them that day, they will live in peace for a long time." Kong Kong said.
"Now I hope they won't live in peace, and I also want to talk to them." Wu Sheng said.
He also wanted to know how far his cultivation level was now, so he could practice his skills with a wild beast.
"This is easy. You can take the initiative to come to the door and talk to them?"
"Well, I'll go when I get back." Wu Sheng nodded after hearing this.
When we came to Ningjia Village at the foot of the mountain, the villagers here greeted them from afar after seeing them. They were sincere and enthusiastic, and they even rushed to treat them to a meal.
They went to Ning Xiaohong's house again, had a vegetarian meal, and then came out and rushed to Jinhua.
Along the way, Wu Sheng stared into the void.
"Wu Sheng, do you feel the enthusiasm of the villagers?"
"Yeah, I feel it." Wu Sheng said.
"It's good to know how to be a monk."
"This only shows that you guys were doing too poorly in the past." Wu Sheng said disdainfully.
"Why are you always staring at me? Are you fat again?"
"No, Master, then so many people in Ningjia Village invite us to have vegetarian meals, why do you have to go to Ning Xiaohong's house? Do you have any special relationship with her?" Wu Sheng said.
"Don't you think the dishes made by Donor Ning are particularly delicious, especially the vegetable buns?" Kong Kong asked in return.
Chapter completed!