After almost arranging the matters for the mortals in the city, Cheng Yun came to Thunderclap Temple.
Because Medicine Master City has a high status in the surrounding area, Thunderclap Temple in the city is naturally prosperous.
Before entering the temple gate, Cheng Yun saw three towering white pagodas, with wisps of white mist steaming up, making the tops of the pagodas appear to be in the clouds.
A low sound of chanting Buddha came from the temple. Cheng Yun stepped over the knee-high threshold and took a quick look and saw the Buddha statue of Glazed Buddha Ancestor in the Mahavira Hall looking at him.
Several monks and officials were banging wooden fish under the Buddha statues and reciting scriptures.
Outside the temple, many believers were burning incense, praying and kneeling devoutly.
Even though Great Thunderclap Temple has attracted many ordinary people in the city, there are still a small number of people who are closer to Thunderclap Temple, and they are even a little hostile to Great Thunderclap Temple.
Not to mention those monks and officials.
Seeing the Cheng Yun Outer Dao monsters from this place Great Thunderclap Temple come to the door, these people stopped knocking and reciting sutras. They only stared at Cheng Yun warily and angrily, but they did not dare to speak.
Cheng Yun, on the other hand, felt particularly at ease, just like visiting a scenic spot, walking slowly and looking left and right.
This gesture made those on the opposite side even more shocked and angry.
He walked to the door of the Mahavira Hall, put his hands together and saluted several monks, and said loudly, "Great Thunderclap Temple Maitreya, Your Majesty Cheng Yun, come to visit Medicine Master Bodhisattva."
The loud voice echoed far away in Thunderclap Temple, causing several waves of whispers.
But no one responded.
Cheng Yun was not embarrassed, looked calm, and seemed unwilling to leave.
I don't know how long it took before Medicine Master Bodhisattva's voice came to everyone's ears. "Please come in the Medicine Master Hall."
A monk came out of the main hall and led Cheng Yun around the Mahavira Hall.
Behind the Mahavira Hall is Medicine Master Hall.
Medicine Master Hall is also quite impressive, two stories high. In the main hall sits the Medicine Master Bodhisattva Buddha statue, which is even a little taller than the Glazed Buddha Ancestor Buddha statue in the Mahavira Hall.
The layout of Thunderclap Branch Temple is very unique - they have a certain sense of territoriality and adopt a system similar to Divine Way's enfeoffment system.
Mahavira Hall is owned by every Thunderclap Branch Temple, and it is enshrined in the Buddha statue of the current person in charge of Thunderclap Temple. It used to be Lu Mo, but now it is Glazed Buddha Ancestor.
But in Thunderclap Temple, in addition to the Mahavira Hall, there are various other palaces, and these palaces are not the same.
For example, Medicine Master City has Medicine Master Hall. In fact, Medicine Master Hall is a little more important than Mahavira Hall -
This means that the "lord" of this place is Medicine Master Bodhisattva.
This is also the origin of Five Direction Buddhas.
These five people are actually the five largest "lords" of Leiyin in the past. The directions in their names point to their territory in the Western Continent.
In other words, the most accurate name of Medicine Master City, Thunderclap Branch Temple, should actually be Medicine Master Temple. Medicine Master Bodhisattva has great control over this place.
Cheng Yun walked into the Medicine Master Hall. There was no figure of Medicine Master Bodhisattva in the main hall. He looked around and walked up the wooden stairs against the right wall to the second floor.
Medicine Master Bodhisattva sat on a futon and looked at him with complicated eyes.
This person probably guessed what he was going to do.
Cheng Yun walked to the futon in front of Medicine Master Bodhisattva. A young novice monk offered fragrant tea and quietly left.
There are only two people left on the second floor, Medicine Master Bodhisattva and Cheng Yun.
But Cheng Yun still didn't speak.
After a long time, Medicine Master Bodhisattva sighed, and a golden wheel flew out of his hand. The golden wheel slowly rose and flew to the roof, and the precious light covered the two of them.
"Your Majesty, you can speak now."
Cheng Yun did not get down to business first, but looked curiously at the golden wheel above his head, and suddenly smiled and said, "You really have a way to hide it from Glazed Buddha Ancestor."
"How did you guess that?"
"Because only Medicine Master City is the most lenient to us." Cheng Yun said calmly, "We have also met other Bodhisattva Arhat in other places. They don't say how loyal they are to Glazed Buddha Ancestor, but they won't let us do whatever they want like you. We even have conflicts from time to time."
Cheng Yun also said it was easy.
In some places, Maitreya and Azure Maiden even need to take action to suppress it.
However, Glazed Buddha Ancestor must have been hiding in Thunderclap Temple because he was afraid of being beaten one by one by justice.
I have to say that they still caused a lot of obstacles to Great Thunderclap Temple.
The situation of Medicine Master City naturally attracts attention.
Medicine Master Bodhisattva is one of Glazed Buddha Ancestor's most trusted disciples, but he doesn't care much about Cheng Yun and them at all.
The thoughts behind it are naturally puzzling.
Not only that, there are actually many places where Arhat Bodhisattva dare not confront Great Thunderclap Temple.
But they will always show some signs of resistance to Great Thunderclap Temple - for example, instead of showing up in person, they let their subordinates harass them, which is a meaning.
The reason is also very easy to think about. The characteristics of Divine Way Method allow Glazed Buddha Ancestor to monitor various disciples. Those Arhat Bodhisattva have to act like it in order not to arouse Glazed Buddha Ancestor's suspicion.
But Medicine Master Bodhisattva doesn't do anything.
Maitreya They naturally guessed that he had a rare treasure that could isolate Divine Way Method.
Medicine Master Bodhisattva glanced at Cheng Yun, seemed a little impatient, and asked directly, "What do you want from me?"
"Bodhisattva is willing to take refuge in me Great Thunderclap Temple?"
"----"Medicine Master Bodhisattva's face changed slightly, and he didn't say yes or bad.
Cheng Yun feels confident.
This Medicine Master Bodhisattva really wants to jump ship, at least he has lost confidence in Glazed Buddha Ancestor.
Therefore, we do not want to offend Great Thunderclap Temple excessively.
But on the other hand - he is also afraid.
It is not Glazed Buddha Ancestor who is afraid, but like Maitreya and the others, they are afraid of Thunderclap Buddha Ancestor and are unwilling to place bets easily.
That's why I hesitated. Faced with Great Thunderclap Temple's invasion of Medicine Master City, I didn't want to resist, and I didn't dare to join. I didn't make any move, like an incompetent husband.
But doing nothing is also an option.
I can only congratulate Glazed Buddha Ancestor believer for his success.
"What do you want me to do?"
"Glazed Buddha Ancestor."
Medicine Master Bodhisattva turned pale. "You want me to lure out Master?"
Cheng Yun nodded slightly.
After temporarily solving the problem of Blissful Incense, Maitreya and the others naturally cannot let go of Glazed Buddha Ancestor and Blissful Heavenly Maiden.
Blissful Heavenly Maiden Fortunately, Glazed Buddha Ancestor is a bit troublesome. The biggest problem is that he has been hiding in Thunderclap Temple and dare not come out.
Thunderclap Temple Maitreya and Azure Maiden dare not go to that place.
Therefore, Great Thunderclap Temple needs someone to lure the snake out of its hole, and Medicine Master Bodhisattva is the best candidate.
Medicine Master Bodhisattva's face changed back and forth, refusing to agree.
Cheng Yun waited for a long time and finally said, "It seems Bodhisattva still doesn't believe me Great Thunderclap Temple."
"It's not that I don't believe it----" Medicine Master Bodhisattva seemed to want to explain.
Cheng Yun waved his hand. "Great Thunderclap Temple's elementary school class has started, does Bodhisattva know?"
Medicine Master Bodhisattva nodded.
"Bodhisattva If you are free, why not come with me and take a look?"
Medicine Master Bodhisattva was startled for a moment, knowing that Cheng Yun still wanted to convince himself, but what's the big deal about being educated?
Unexpectedly, Cheng Yun added mysteriously, "Bodhisattva I don't know, there is another important event tonight."
"Big deal?"
Medicine Master Bodhisattva became more and more curious, but Cheng Yun seemed to really want to sell it off, so he just said, "Bodhisattva just let me go and I'll find out."
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Medicine Master Bodhisattva pondered for a moment, finally nodded, and followed Cheng Yun, quietly flying out Medicine Master Hall.
Great Thunderclap Temple There are four elementary schools in Medicine Master City, one each in the east, west and south cities. For no other reason, it is mainly to facilitate children to go to school.
The two of them hid their bodies and flew into Beicheng to study.
This kind of architectural style is unheard of by Medicine Master Bodhisattva. As soon as you enter the door, there is a two-acre martial arts training ground on the left, and a six-story building stands on the right. There are stone guardrails on each floor. There are densely packed children sitting in the classrooms behind the guardrails.
"There are not many children in the city anymore." Cheng Yun sighed, "We have taken away all those who are illiterate under the age of 16 from our elementary schools. There are only so many people in four buildings."
Medicine Master Bodhisattva's face flashed with embarrassment.
The two of them knew the reason why there were not many people.
The bell rang, breaking the awkward silence between the two.
Figures walked into the classroom one by one and stood on the podium. They were obviously teachers of elementary school.
Medicine Master Bodhisattva was surprised.
These people are all good at cultivation!
Do you need monks to teach children how to read?
"Great Thunderclap Temple is so rich in manpower?"
Cheng Yun thought for a moment and explained, "According to the research of Nine Mountains Immortal Court, for disciples under Nascent Soul, learning before the age of sixteen is very important."
"So the quality of elementary school teachers is very important."
In fact, Modern World also discovered this.
To put it bluntly, the period of adolescence is when the human body's neurons are most active. The learning during this period greatly affects the success rate of monks - because if you want to transform the nervous system on a large scale, in addition to Spirit Root Modification, you have to wait until Nascent Soul or even Spirit Transformation.
Therefore, monk Nascent Soul's cultivation during this period relied heavily on his early knowledge reserves.
In fact, the contrast between the two worlds is very obvious. If modern people want to practice cultivation, they must first have a bachelor's degree, and the success rate is a little higher than that of Nine Mountains Immortal Court.
Therefore, Nine Mountains Immortal Court is also reforming, preparing to provide scientific education first, and then allow disciples to enter Daoism.
The emphasis on elementary education is also increasing day by day.
Medicine Master Bodhisattva naturally doesn't understand.
Cheng Yun thought for a while and gave another reason, "We also need to consider employment. Well, we just have a lot of monks."
Not only are there many modern monks, there are also many monks from Nine Mountains Immortal Court.
At this time, in the classroom closest to them, the disciple Great Thunderclap Temple began to speak, "Students, please open <Essentials of Great Thunderclap Temple Buddhism>, read the first chapter first, and then read with me."
Medicine Master Bodhisattva looked at it for a while, then turned to look at Cheng Yun and asked, "You want to teach them literacy using Buddhist principles, are you not afraid that they will not understand?"
"That's why it's called Jianyi."
Medicine Master Bodhisattva frowned.
Buddhist scriptures and Buddhist doctrine are two different things.
Most believers will chant the sutras, but when it comes to literacy, not many can do it. If they want to be proficient in doctrine - Thunderclap Temple doesn't have many disciples.
"The content of the first chapter is, Maitreya three major principles."
"The first principle is that all sentient beings have Buddha nature. Maitreya does not ask where sentient beings are born, only what they do."
Medicine Master Bodhisattva was slightly shocked when he heard that the teacher did not read the original text, but asked downwards, "Do you know what this sentence means?"
Of course these children didn't understand much and shook their heads.
The teacher added, "This sentence is actually very simple. Everyone, such as you Liu Xiaohu, Juanjuan, has Buddha nature."
The kid named Liu Xiaohu got excited. "Teacher, what is Buddha nature?"
"Buddha nature is the possibility of becoming a Buddha."
"Can I also become a Buddha?"
"Of course, so the meaning of this sentence is that anyone can become a Buddha."
The children in the classroom couldn't help but commotion. After all, they were too shy to whisper to each other. They just looked at the teacher eagerly.
"Do you want to know how to become a Buddha?"
"Think!"
"This is the second sentence. Becoming a Buddha does not depend on where you come from or who your parents are. It only depends on what you have done. Do you understand?"
"Got it!"
Medicine Master Bodhisattva opened his mouth, knowing in his heart that the first importance of Great Thunderclap Temple had already drained the foundation of Thunderclap Temple.
Thunderclap Temple is very popular, especially in the past life. For example, if a Buddha Ancestor is reincarnated, as long as Dharma Aspect is retrieved, it will still be Buddha Ancestor.
Therefore, according to the teachings of Thunderclap Buddhist Law, not everyone can become a Buddha.
The teacher naturally didn't know the turmoil in Medicine Master Bodhisattva's heart, but continued to lecture, "Do you want to become a Buddha?"
These kids yelled loudly, "Want it!"
The teacher smiled softly.
"If you want to become a Buddha, you must follow the second principle, which is self-interest and altruism, compassion and wisdom."
"This principle tells us what we need to do to become a Buddha."
"Self-interest means learning and seeking wisdom. For example, when you come to learn, you are practicing cultivation. Do you understand this?"
"Altruism means helping others. Only by doing these two things can you become a Buddha."
"Is it simple? Do you understand?"
The children in the classroom nodded.
"Let's look at the third great principle now, the nature of dependent origin is empty, all living beings are equal, and all dharmas are impermanent."
At this point, the teacher's tone became more solemn and he said slowly, "This principle is the most difficult, but you have to remember that we have a final exam, and you will definitely pass this one."
Those children didn't understand much and just looked at the teacher blankly.
Medicine Master Bodhisattva whispered this sentence in a low voice. The first four words were not unfamiliar to him.
This is also the fundamental teaching of Thunderclap Buddhist Law. To put it bluntly, it means that all things are formed by the aggregation of various causes and conditions, and the essence of matter is nothing.
This is the most fundamental concept of Thunderclap Buddha Ancestor Dao of Karma.
But the last eight words should not be said to these children, or even to any mortal.
He heard the teacher explain a little about the emptiness of dependent origination with a few examples, and then said, "Since everything is emptiness, is there no difference between my essence and your essence? It's just that my experience is different from your experience, which makes us different?"
Some children are still ignorant.
Some, especially the older children, nodded their heads.
Then the teacher continued, "Then think about it again, Maitreya Buddha Ancestor, and any other Buddha Ancestor, are they no different from you?"
Medicine Master Bodhisattva remained silent. This is actually a conclusion that can be easily drawn.
"Therefore, you and Buddha Ancestor are actually the same, all living beings are equal."
The classroom was silent, and every child was frightened by these words.
"Then what is the impermanence of all dharmas?" The teacher said slowly, "Since everything is empty, then the Dharma of Buddha Ancestor will also die. Therefore, if anyone tells you that his Dharma will never be wrong or even the best, it is all lies."
"Maitreya is crazy?" Medicine Master Bodhisattva couldn't help it, and shouted angrily at Cheng Yun, "You ---- do you know what you are teaching?"
His voice was full of fear.