Happy Little Scholar

For normal people, "Who am I" is not a question at all. If you ask it in public, you may be arrested as a lunatic.

But for a small number of people, this is the first of the three ultimate philosophical problems in the world.

This small group of people includes philosophers and monks, especially eminent monks.

Who am I? Where do I come from? Where am I going?

This question has troubled philosophers for thousands of years without a conclusion, and it is not something that any monk can answer.

"Who am I?" Li Yi smiled and said, "I am just an ordinary citizen of Jingguo."

At this time, Li Yi has replaced Master Tanyin and become the focus of the scene.

Therefore, every word he said attracted everyone's attention.

"An ordinary citizen of Jingguo..., what Buddhist principles does this sentence contain?"

"I don't know, but it's definitely not as simple as we imagined."

"Master, please explain what this sentence means?"

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The old monk of Hanshan Temple, who temporarily served as an interpreter, shook his head helplessly. The young donor obviously changed his mind about the question just now and did not respond directly.

Or, he has not yet understood the deep meaning of it?

Sighing in his heart, his Buddhist attainments are still not enough, so the old monk simply kept silent.

The old monk Zhixin sighed and said, "An ordinary citizen of Jingguo has such attainments. This Kyoto is indeed a place where dragons and crouching tigers are hidden."

Li Yi ignored the old monk, picked up the cakes on the ground, wrapped them in paper, and threw them into the wooden barrel for garbage beside him. He patted the shoulder of the little maid who was afraid of being obviously frightened, and asked, "Are you okay?"

"Son-in-law, I'm fine." Xiaohuan looked up at Li Yi and said with a forced smile.

"No matter which country you are from, if you dare to make trouble again, you will be dragged out and beaten to death. No one will help you." Li Yi looked at this group of foreign monks and said coldly.

Aren't monks supposed to practice Buddhism and save all living beings? Fighting for power and profit, going to other temples to mess things up, do you really think you can become a master by shaving your head?

Master Tanyin stepped forward and stood shoulder to shoulder with Li Yi, saying: "Hanshan Temple Water 6 Dharma Assembly, everyone is a guest, if you have other thoughts, you should go back to where you came from."

Even Master Tanyin stood up, so naturally everyone didn't need to tolerate it.

"That's right, foreign monk, dare to act wildly on the land of my Jing country, are you looking for death?"

"You can't even argue with the master in Zen, and you still have the face to stand here?"

"If you know what's good for you, get out of here quickly, otherwise don't blame us for being rude!"

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The foreign monk Lunfo who came to mess up the place not only failed to argue with Master Tanyin, but was even inferior to an ordinary young man in their Jing country. If he did anything out of line, the dignitaries present might really do something.

"We are here to discuss Zen and practice Buddhism. Is this the attitude of your Hanshan Temple? What a famous temple in Jing country, but it's just like this." A young monk behind the old monk Zhixin said angrily.

"Buddha is not bad, practice yourself first!" Li Yi said lightly.

Only he would talk a few useless words with these monks here. If it were Miss Liu Er, based on the behavior of the iron stick monk just now, she would have cut off her head with a sword and kicked it like a ball.

One sentence choked the young monk speechless.

Master Tanyin and the old monk of Hanshan Temple looked at each other with strange colors. The people around them were stunned for a moment. After they came to their senses, they also exclaimed.

"The Buddha is not broken, cultivate yourself first?"

"Great, it's really great!"

"This young man's attainments in Buddhism are really profound!"

"Well said, foreign monks, go back and cultivate yourselves first!"

As soon as Li Yi said this, everyone cheered. The other party talked about Zen meditation and Buddha, and the next moment he was pulled back by the sentence "The Buddha is not broken, cultivate yourself first". Seeing the foreign monks being defeated, everyone felt very happy.

What foreign monks, they still want to come to Hanshan Temple to make trouble. Master Tanyin and those real monks didn't do much, and they were all defeated by a young man who was not even a monk. What face do they have to call themselves monks?

"Cultivate Buddha, cultivate Buddha, this cultivation is not that cultivation, the little donor is obsessed." Monk Zhixin still said with a kind face.

"Master, you keep saying that you want to cultivate Buddha. So, what do you think is Buddha?" Li Yi looked at him and asked.

They were the ones who provoked them first. If they didn't teach them a lesson, they would think they were easy to bully.

Everyone secretly applauded. This was to give him a taste of his own medicine. They also asked the old monk the same question.

"What is Buddha?" Let's see how the old monk would answer.

"Amitabha..." Monk Zhixin uttered a Buddhist name and said, "Buddha is wisdom, virtue, and compassion. You are Buddha, I am Buddha, and all sentient beings are Buddha. Buddha is everywhere and can do everything."

"Bah! Shameless!"

"Isn't this what this young man said just now?"

"Plagiarism, this is naked plagiarism. The old monk is too shameless!"

Hearing Monk Zhixin's answer, everyone was indignant and spoke up one after another, condemning this shameless plagiarism.

"Buddha is everywhere?" Li Yi suddenly asked.

"Buddha is everywhere." The old monk replied.

"Buddha is omnipotent?" Li Yi asked again.

"Buddha is omnipotent." The old monk answered again.

"In that case..." Li Yi folded his arms, looked at him, and said slowly: "Can your Buddha create a stone that he himself cannot move?"

The old monk Zhixin moved his lips, as if he was about to speak, but then he remained silent.

Master Tanyin frowned, and seemed to be lost in thought, leaving everyone confused.

"Why didn't the monk speak?"

"Is he also demonstrating the Dharma invisibly?"

"Can Buddha create a stone that he can't move? Of course he can, Buddha is omnipotent!"

"Stupid, since Buddha is omnipotent, why can't he move a stone?"

"Oh, I see, Buddha can't create a stone that he can't move."

"Stupid, since Buddha is omnipotent, why can't he create a stone that he can't move."

"Who are you calling stupid? Say it again!"

"Stupid!"

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Ignoring the two people fighting outside, everyone was shocked. When they looked at the young man inside, they immediately felt awe.

How did he come up with this question? This is simply not giving the old monk a way to live!

No matter what he said, it would be wrong, unless he took back what he just said and admitted that Buddha is not omnipotent, but is this what a monk can say?

He actually sent all the foreign monks to death with just one mouth.

This is a master, a real master!

While everyone was thinking about how Buddha moved the stone, Li Yi had already walked through the crowd with the little maid and walked away.

The question "Can Buddha create a stone that he cannot move?" was adapted from a famous paradox in another world, called "God Paradox".

The God Paradox means "God is not omnipotent". The Church in another world published a book, which used the most popular mathematical reasoning at the time to derive the conclusion that "God is omnipotent". At this time, a wise man asked tit for tat: "Can God create a stone that he cannot move?"

So the wise man was in trouble...

Regardless of whether this story is true or false, and whether the wise man was tied to a pillar and burned to death in the end, the reason why a paradox is a paradox is that it can never have an answer unless the original hypothesis is overturned. Obviously, that is an assumption that Master Zhixin cannot overturn.

So, for a long time in the future, he will be deeply trapped in this paradox and cannot extricate himself.

[ps: The plot requires it, everything is made up by me, children don't take it seriously. 】