Chapter 767

Lu Yang's mouth twitched. The development process of Kaihuang Temple was really unexpected.

"The Western Temple is the orthodoxy of the Buddha Kingdom, so they shouldn't kill..."

Master Duanchen stroked his white beard: "Monks don't kill living things. That abbot's life should be safe, but the treatment outside of life is hard to say. Our Kaihuang Temple has no fate with the Western Temple, so we have no way to inquire about the whereabouts of that abbot."

"After that abbot disappeared, the scale of Kaihuang Temple has not changed, and there is no enterprising spirit."

"After I became the abbot, I made a great vow to make Kaihuang Temple prosperous with incense, with an average annual passenger flow of 10 million people."

"In order to complete the great vow, I worked hard to find ways to expand the popularity of Kaihuang Temple, make Kaihuang City comparable to big cities, and make the people in the city live better."

"... Master, the great vow you made is quite detailed."

"This is natural. The two benefactors should have never been to our Buddha Kingdom, and don't know how we make great vows. The great vows we make in the Buddha Kingdom have always been very precise. If you only make a great vow of 'prosperous incense', then how should the standard of judgment be set?"

"What counts as prosperous incense? Does it count as prosperous incense if 1 million benefactors suddenly come one day? Does it count as prosperous incense if one benefactor buys the incense of the whole temple for a year? Does it count as prosperous incense if the temple catches fire and all the incense is lit?"

"If the standard is not set, the great vow is just talk and can never be completed."

"Master has truly racked his brains for Kaihuang Temple, which is admirable."

Master Duanchen laughed: "Monks don't lie. I'm not that great. The more prosperous the incense in Kaihuang Temple, the more benefits I, the abbot, will naturally have, and I can also complete the great vow. Why not do it?"

According to Lu Yang, 50% of the incense money obtained by each temple belongs to themselves, 30% is used to shape the golden body for the Buddha, and 20% is handed over to the Western Temple.

Cultivation cannot be separated from the word 'wealth'. The more prosperous the incense in Kaihuang Temple, the more spirit stones Master Duanchen will get, which can be used for cultivation.

Originally, Master Duanchen felt that it was late at night and wanted to take Lu Yang and the two to the guest house to rest, but Lu Yang felt that the opportunity was rare, so it was better to go to the Mahavira Hall to see. He had only seen the Mahavira Hall built by the Decayed Fairy in the spiritual space before, and hadn't seen the real one.

Meng Jingzhou had never been to the Mahavira Hall either, so he agreed with Lu Yang's proposal.

Master Duanchen led Lu Yang and the two into the Mahavira Hall. The golden-cast Buddha statue of Vairocana was in the center, smiling with flowers, compassionate and saving people.

It was night, and the Mahavira Hall was brightly lit. The Buddha statue reflected the brilliance of the candlelight, looking unusually sacred.

"What's good about the Mahavira Hall? The Mahavira Hall I built is the most authentic." The Decayed Fairy pouted. According to Buddhist classics, as the founder of Buddhism, where she is is the Mahavira Hall, sacred and inviolable.

In the spiritual space, at the end of the desert, a Mahavira Hall rose from the ground, even more brilliant than the Mahavira Hall of Kaihuang Temple.

In the center of the hall, the Decayed Fairy, who was wearing vermilion eyeshadow and Western-style clothing, stood half-squatting on the lotus platform, with one foot on her thigh, putting her hands together, charming all living beings.

Lu Yang looked at the Mahavira Hall in the spiritual space and then at the Mahavira Hall in reality, feeling that the one in reality was more authentic.

"Master, I heard that the Buddha Bathing Festival is a festival to celebrate the birth of the World Honored One?" On the way, Lu Yang studied the origin of the Buddha Bathing Festival in detail, so as not to know anything when he arrived at the Buddha Kingdom, as if he were here for tourism.

"Benefactor Lu is right. It is said that in the ancient times, the World Honored One could walk as soon as he was born. He stepped on a lotus flower with each foot, pointed to the sky with one finger, and pointed to the ground with the other, saying 'In heaven and on earth, I alone am honored'."

"In order to commemorate the birth of the World Honored One, this day is set as the Buddha's Birthday, and the Buddha Bathing activity is held."

Meng Jingzhou interrupted: "In heaven and on earth, I alone am honored. The World Honored One's words are so domineering."

Master Duanchen laughed and said unhurriedly: "It's not strange that Benefactor Meng has this misunderstanding. Most people have misunderstandings about this sentence, thinking that the World Honored One is an arrogant person, but it is not."

"The deep meaning of 'I' here is the 'Buddha nature' inherent in every living being, referring to the body that is everywhere, the 'True Self' that is inherently perfect and pure, and also the 'Self' of 'Permanence, Joy, Self, and Purity' mentioned in the Nirvana Sutra."

"The Rui Ying Sutra says: 'In heaven and on earth, I alone am honored. The three realms are all suffering, what is there to be happy about?' It can be seen that the 'honored' here mainly refers to the heavy responsibility of saving all living beings from suffering."

"So the original meaning of this sentence is that the World Honored One indicates that he has shouldered the mission of saving all living beings since birth, to save all living beings from the sea of suffering of life and death. When all living beings become Buddhas, they must also be like this."

Listening to Master Duanchen quoting scriptures to help him understand this sentence, and they were all Buddhist scriptures he had never heard of, Meng Jingzhou nodded frequently. It was his misunderstanding of the World Honored One.

In the spiritual space, the Decayed Fairy standing on the lotus platform scratched her head when she heard this.

"Ah? Isn't this what I said when I defeated Ying Tian and the others, and I had a flash of inspiration and learned the tone of Ying Tian Immortal?"

"This Immortal thinks this sentence is quite domineering and can describe this Immortal's ability, so I let Ying Tian and the others write it into the Buddhist scriptures, indicating that I am the head of the five ancient Immortals."

"Does this sentence have this meaning?"

Meng Jingzhou put his hands together: "I didn't expect the World Honored One to have the world in his heart. It was my misunderstanding of the World Honored One."

Master Duanchen smiled slightly: "The World Honored One has great wisdom, great perseverance, and great compassion. I wonder if Benefactor Meng has heard that when the World Honored One was enlightened under the Bodhi tree, the Demon Buddha Bo Xun sent three demon women to offer flattery and interfere with the World Honored One's enlightenment. The World Honored One was not disturbed by the demon women, was enlightened in seven days, and achieved perfect enlightenment, cultivating great wisdom."

"After the World Honored One was enlightened, the Buddha light was ten thousand feet, shining on the ten directions of the world, and even the Four Immortals of the ancient times came to congratulate him."

"There is such a thing." Previously, Meng Jingzhou hadn't had much contact with Buddhism, but now listening to Master Duanchen talk about the past of the World Honored One, he felt that the World Honored One was truly admirable.

"Speaking of the Bodhi tree, at that time, this Immortal felt that my cooking skills were great, and I wanted to compile a 'Cooking Encyclopedia' to benefit all generations. I was compiling this book under the Bodhi tree. Little Ling, Lianyi, and Qinghe always liked to revolve around this Immortal, asking this Immortal to play with them, interfering with this Immortal's writing."

"It's strange to say that this Immortal remembers that Little Ling and the others had something to leave, and shouldn't have appeared there. Was it an illusion created by someone, or some inner demon?"

"Anyway, this Immortal's will is firm, and I was not disturbed by them. It took seven days to finally finish the 'Cooking Encyclopedia'."

"Then Jiu Chong Immortal brought several golden crows over, which were so bright that they almost burned the book that had just been written. Later, Ying Tian and the others came one after another to congratulate this Immortal. This Immortal saw that they were laughing very happily, and they were all moved to tears."

Lu Yang looked at Meng Jingzhou chatting happily with Master Duanchen, considering whether to tell his good brother the truth about the World Honored One.