Chapter 328 Buddha Nature

Amitabha!

A Buddhist chant rang in his ears, and He Ping slowly turned his head. Strangely, he saw a man wearing monk's robes.

No, strictly speaking, it's not a human being. This so-called human being does indeed dress like a monk. However, this human's head is not a human head, but a donkey's head that has been forcibly installed on it.

This is a monk with a donkey head. He clasped his hands, chanted the Buddha's name in a low voice, and walked down the stone steps of the mountain gate step by step.

"Is this also a puppet?"

He Ping was also surprised. He had to admit that this monk puppet with a donkey head was very delicately made, and its movements were undoubtedly that of a living person. Especially the living donkey head, it should be a living one. Donkey, and through very clever techniques, this donkey head can completely imitate even the subtle expressions on a person's face when speaking.

"Are you a monk here?"

He Ping asked.

"Yes, the young monk is the monk of this ancient Jialan Temple."

The donkey-headed monk clasped his hands together and said calmly: "This Jialan Temple was founded by Jialan Great Sage, a direct disciple of Buddha. It lasted for thousands of years. It was even earlier than the establishment of Dayou Shichan Temple. This temple is in Among Buddhists, he is famous as the 'Ten Ancients'."

"The first ancient one is the first ancient temple in southern Xinjiang; the second ancient one is the first stupa among the temples in southern Xinjiang; the third ancient one is the oldest place where the bones of the Great Sage Jialan are buried; the fourth ancient one is The earliest Sanskrit Buddhist scripture "Baye Sutra" is also hidden in this temple; the fifth ancient..."

"enough!!"

He Ping interrupted him.

The donkey-headed monk was verbose. Halfway through his words, he became obviously overly excited and began to introduce himself to this ancient Jialan Temple. If he continued talking, he didn't know where it would lead.

At this moment, he couldn't help but think of a proverb, "The donkey's head is not as good as the horse's mouth." This was the feeling that this donkey-headed monk gave him.

'Unfortunately, this temple is more troublesome than that town. I'm afraid the cat demon can't handle it here. Unless I personally take action, it's a waste of time to just rely on puppets or other subordinates...'

This is why he took action personally. After Gein got here, he tried other methods, but it had no effect.

"Listen...I'm here to find someone, not to listen to your nonsense."

"Oh! Who is the donor looking for?"

After being scolded by He Ping, the donkey-headed monk was neither anxious nor annoyed. It was originally a living person, but a puppet. It did not really have any intelligence, and its mind was only designed. Therefore, no matter what he said, If anything, these puppets won't have any special reaction.

"Worry-free life..."

He Ping also tried to throw out this name.

"Do you have this person here?"

"The name does not sound like a monk. There are monks from outside the temple, but unfortunately there is no such person."

The donkey-headed monk answered unhurriedly.

"Then, I want to find a person named 'Yukura'."

He Ping read out another name. Yu Juluo was the "puppet man", and that was its name.

Chixinzi had been to Meilingju Liao Pass in the past and had a brief contact with the puppet. During that contact, he also learned that the puppet claimed to be "Yu Juluo".

The donkey-headed monk made a sound, nodded his head first, and then replied quite plainly.

"...It turns out that the donor is talking about Master Jura, and the master is in this temple. I just don't know what the donor has to do with Master Jura?"

"'Master Kura'?"

He Ping was puzzled by the name of the donkey-headed monk. He thought to himself that the puppet was too weird. Could it be that the other party created this Buddhist temple to become a monk? It was a puppet, and it built a town. What is the purpose of creating this Buddhist temple?

"The master is an eminent monk. He has studied Buddhism in Jialan Temple for many years. He has already attained enlightenment and has witnessed the extremely high realm of Buddhism. In these years, he has not left the temple and only practiced hard and meditated in the temple..."

The donkey-headed monk replied slowly.

These words made him even more confused, so he continued to ask: "I have something urgent to look for. Can you take me there?"

"This is easy to say. Donor, please enter the temple with the young monk!"

The donkey-headed monk didn't waste any time, turned around and led him the way.

He Ping followed the puppet and walked towards the mountain gate. The ancient Jialan Temple is on the mountain where the mountain gate is located. It is located at the highest position. The entire temple becomes misty in the mist. It is very spectacular and majestic, like an ancient Sanctuary.

In front of the ancient temple, there is a rusty copper plaque with several characters engraved on it, with iron paintings and silver hooks, which are vigorous and powerful. They are the three characters "Jialan Temple".

He Ping followed the donkey-headed monk along and found that there were many monks outside the courtyard of the ancient temple. Some were chanting sutras, some were meditating, and some were practicing Zen... However, there was one very strange thing, that is These all look like monks' "things", all with animal faces, some are horses, some are cows, and some have the heads of leopards or tigers.

"They're all animals... not human?"

He frowned slightly.

"What if it's not a human being...?"

The donkey-headed monk stopped and turned around.

"Is it possible that if we are not human, we cannot practice Buddhism and realize the true meaning of Buddhism?"

This strange puppet suddenly raised this question. At this moment, He Ping's pupils shrank slightly, and he noticed that the donkey-headed monk's tone was a little strange, so he replied calmly.

"My understanding of Buddhism is limited, but I also know that Buddhism claims to be able to enable sentient beings to achieve enlightenment. However, in addition to sentient beings, all grass, trees, rubble, mountains, rivers and land are all ruthless things. Such ruthless beings do not even exist. Seeing, hearing, and knowing the mind, they can’t even listen to the Dharma, so how can they achieve enlightenment.”

"That's right."

The donkey-headed monk nodded, and the expression on his donkey-head became more and more vivid, as if at this moment, wisdom and insight were born in his dark eyes.

"However, heartless beings can also be transformed into sentient beings. The Buddha said that there is reincarnation in the world. Besides reincarnation, are there other ways to turn heartless beings into sentient beings and listen to the Dharma?"

"There is some truth to this."

When He Ping heard this, he thought of the legend of the Immortal Puppet Sect. According to the legend, the founder of the Immortal Puppet Sect is a doll with a real mind. If it is a doll of this level, it may really transform from a ruthless object to a sentient one. All living beings.

"It's just unrealistic. Not to mention that the theory of reincarnation is too elusive and difficult to understand. As for transforming heartless sentient beings into sentient beings, this is not a simple matter. Furthermore, even among the sentient beings, if they are cattle, horses, sheep, and pigs, in the final analysis In the end, it is just an animal way. A lifetime of hard work is a thousand miles away from attaining the Buddha Dharma..."

He glanced at the half-human, half-animal monks in the ancient Jialan Temple, and smiled coldly: "How can a group of beasts achieve enlightenment? They are just dreaming!"

When the donkey-headed monk heard this, he shook his head and said, "Donor, may I ask if the dog has Buddha nature?"

He Ping also shook his head.

"Dogs have no Buddha nature."

"This is strange. From Buddhas to ants, they all have Buddha-nature. Why does the donor think that the dog does not have Buddha-nature?"

There was a hint of indifference in the eyes of the donkey-headed monk, and a hint of coldness in his tone.

"The donor's words may be a kind of prejudice."

"This has nothing to do with prejudice."

He Ping gave a false sigh.

"Changing the topic, monk, have you ever heard the story about 'Shit offered to Buddha'?"

"The young monk has never heard of it."

The donkey-headed monk clasped his hands together and chanted the name of the Buddha.

"The owner of this story is named Zhoulipanthaka. He was a former disciple of the Buddha. He was very dull. After Zhoulipanthaka was accepted as a disciple of the Buddha, he was already very old and he was also very stupid by nature. He couldn't even pronounce the Buddha's name well. No matter what scriptures or verses were taught to him, he would forget them at first glance. For this reason, all the disciples of the Buddha looked down upon this Zhoulipanthaka... and even Zhoulipanthaka. His elder brother, the Venerable Mahapanthaka, who entered Buddhism before him, persuaded him to leave Buddhism."

He Ping continued in a gentle tone: "It was at this time that the Buddha learned about the matter with his supreme Dharma eyes. He was very angry at the actions of his disciples and reprimanded him, "Zhouli Pantaka has the heart to worship the Buddha, why do you To stop him."

"Disciples including Ananda, Subhuti, and Shariputra all said, Lord Buddha, we have also observed the five hundred reincarnations of Zhouli Pantaka with our eyes of wisdom, and found that this person has not been destined to be a Buddha for five hundred lives. How can such a person I can be accepted as your disciple."

"The Buddha smiled and said, so you only have the status of Arhat and cannot become a Buddha. You can only see Zhouli Panthaka for five hundred lives. He once worshiped me five hundred lives ago. Do you know? How did he worship me? "

"Donor, how did Lipanthaga worship the Buddha this week five hundred years ago?"

The donkey-headed monk heard this and asked quickly.

He Ping nodded and continued.

"Buddha said that five hundred lives ago, Zhouli Panthaka was a dog. Once, the dog ran to eat shit. Unexpectedly, the shit got on his tail, so he ran as fast as he could and ran to a Buddha. When I was walking on the pagoda, the dog flicked its tail and threw the feces on the ancient pagoda. The ancient pagoda happened to be the relic stupa where the Buddha attained Paccekabuddha cultivation in his life. The Buddha said, it was at this time that Zhouli Panthaka became associated with me. , you will definitely achieve the status of Arhat, which can be said to be a blessing that is immeasurable!"

For a moment, the donkey-headed monk was stunned for a moment and muttered "immeasurable merit".

He Ping laughed when he saw the donkey-headed monk's behavior: "How is it? How does my story go?"

Suddenly, the donkey-headed monk spoke blankly and said: "The merits are immeasurable. Why are the merits immeasurable?"

The donkey-headed eyes flashed fiercely and stared at He Ping.

"Why? Tell me why?"

At the same time, those half-human and half-animals who were chanting sutras, meditating, and meditating, dressed as monks' puppets, stood up one after another. The eyes of these strange puppets glowed faintly in the darkness.

"Why? Why is there so much merit? Why would the Buddha accept people who are so stupid? Why can such people attain Buddha Dharma and become Arhats?"

The puppets spoke the same voice from their mouths. They stood up straight one after another, staring at He Ping with their eyes.