"Indeed, people of the older generation should know something about Aunt Jin. I will leave this matter to you."
"I?"
There was something strange on Fu Lijun's face, and he said: "The only people who know about Aunt Jin's past are people in the circle, and since those people in the circle didn't say it before, I'm afraid they won't say it now to offend Aunt Jin. It's even more complicated. I
I don’t get along with the elders of the Fu family. Except for Fu Yue, I don’t get along with the children of the Fu family. You are the only one who is familiar with Ji Chenling’s grandparents. You should ask Ji Chenling’s grandparents when the time comes.”
"What if Ji Chenling's grandparents don't know?" Bai Xi asked worriedly.
"I will also ask the old people on the edge of the circle. Let's do this for now. I have a few more meetings here." Fu Lijun said, without giving Bai Xi a chance to speak, and hung up the phone directly.
She hasn't had time to talk about the fund yet?
Forget it, the fund matter is not urgent anyway.
Bai Xi went back to the room, closed his eyes and rested for a while, when there was a knock on the door.
She opened the door, and Aunt Jin stood outside the door and said: "Let's go to have dinner first. After dinner, we will go to the symposium. It will definitely be over before 9 o'clock. Go to bed early tonight and get up at five o'clock tomorrow for morning meditation."
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"Okay." Bai Xi responded.
She followed Aunt Jin to the place to eat.
It was a self-service vegetarian banquet, and there were people wearing monk robes inside, including men and women, old and young.
Aunt Jin didn't eat at night, she just took some watermelon, looked around calmly, and her eyes fell on Bai Xi's face.
"You seem to be in a much calmer mood now. You were very restless in the car," Aunt Jin said.
"Yeah." Bai Xi responded, "I see there is no charge at the door, and there is no key card at the accommodation. How can we pay?"
"There is no charge for eating, staying here, listening to Zen classes, offering incense, praying, asking for autographs, and answering questions. When you leave, there is a fate box. You can put as much money as you want into it," Aunt Jin said.
"Is that so? That's good. Some homeless people can come in."
"You need to make an appointment to come here. Not everyone can come in. When we came here, we saw a long queue at the door. Many of them came from other places because of their reputation, and they didn't necessarily come in. They just
If you can sign in, leave a number and wait for the drawing, if you win, you can come over next time." Aunt Jin explained.
"Did Aunt Jin also get it by drawing lots?" She looked like Aunt Jin was very familiar with the process, so it probably wasn't her first time here.
"I am the person on the merit monument here. Call in advance so you can come over." Aunt Jin said.
"Monument of Merit?" Bai Xi's first reaction was that Aunt Jin had done very good things and was praised by the country to be on the Monument of Merit. She wanted to know what good things she had done.
"When the hospital was rebuilt, I donated 500,000 yuan, so I went up to the merit monument and enjoyed the incense." Aunt Jin said.
"When was this temple built?"
"This temple has a history of hundreds of years, but it was destroyed due to some specific reasons and later rebuilt. That was also decades ago."
"At that time, the abbot here wasn't Mingfa, right? Where was the abbot at that time? Did he travel in the clouds?" Bai Xi asked tentatively.
"It's already passed away." Aunt Jin said, not wanting to talk anymore, so she changed the subject and said, "You hurry up and eat. I'll finish eating and wait for you."
"Yeah." Bai Xi didn't have much appetite, so he simply took a few bites and stopped eating.
Aunt Jin checked the time and saw that it was still early at seven o'clock. "Let's go to the library first."
Bai Xi followed Aunt Jin there. The library is also free for people to read, not only Buddhist books, but also medicine, classics from all over the world, science, geography, humanities, exploration, history, etc.
Aunt Jin took a copy of the Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic, put on her reading glasses, sat aside, flipped through the middle part, and continued reading.
Bai Xi looked around, picked up a book of World Geography, and sat across from Aunt Jin.
Aunt Jin glanced at the book in Bai Xi's hand. There was nothing strange on her face, and then her eyes fell on the book.
Time passed minute by minute, and Bai Xi watched quietly.
With a bang, the bell outside rang.
Aunt Jin closed the book and said to Bai Xi: "The discussion will start in ten minutes. Where did you get your book? Put it back where you got it."
"Okay." Bai Xi put the book on its previous place and followed Aunt Jin to the meeting.
There were more people than Bai Xi imagined, one to two hundred people, all sitting cross-legged on the blanket.
Bai Xi followed Aunt Jin and sat in the corner.
After a while, Master Mingfa came with two disciples and sat on the high platform.
"Today, I want to talk to you about Zen. Does anyone know what Zen means?" Master Mingfa asked first.
Bai Xi saw many people raising their hands.
"c6." Master Mingfa said.
A microphone was handed to an old man.
Only then did Bai Xi discover that the people in each position were numbered.
"I think Zen is tranquility, quietness, and calmness. When we talk about Zen, we mean open-mindedness. Zen is also a kind of faith."
"Does anyone have different opinions or ideas?" Master Mingfa asked.
Many more people raised their hands.
"f9." Master Mingfa said.
A microphone was handed to f9, "I think Zen also means meditation. Zen enlightenment means understanding life."
Master Mingfa nodded, "Does anyone else have a different idea?"
There are still many people raising their hands.
Master Mingfa smiled and said: "d4."
d4 stood up and said: "I think Zen means returning to nature. Next to Zen is a list, which means that people are born lonely, and they are also lonely when they leave. In nature, walking alone is just a shadow."
"I believe that there are many people who have different views on Zen. This is what I want to talk about today." Mingfa said, "You were walking on the road, and a passerby came over and scolded you for no reason.
You stupid pig, you can each tell me what you think."
"This person is insane. He curses people for no reason."
"Did you admit the wrong person?"
"If he calls me a stupid pig, I will definitely call him a stupid donkey. Isn't this kind of person looking for scolding?"
"I'll give him a mouthful."
"He must be a pervert and wants to blackmail me. It's better to stay away."
Bai Xi and Aunt Jin remained silent. In fact, Bai Xi couldn't listen at all, her thoughts were still focused elsewhere.
"w8. What do you want to say?" Mingfa said.
Bai Xi saw someone hand the microphone into her hand.
She saw many people looking at her, confused.
Mingfa specifically reminded: "You are walking on the road and a stranger suddenly calls you a stupid pig. What will you do?"