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"Oh, what a bastard. Fortunately, this temple is at the foot of the mountain. If it were at the top of the mountain, I think I would be exhausted." The fat man said while wiping his sweat.

Yang Wanli looked at the trembling flesh on his body, shook his head and said, "You'd better find a way to reduce it."

The fat man said nonchalantly: "Don't lose weight. You can just look like this figure. Why do men care about their figure? This is good. It looks nice, but it doesn't. As the saying goes, being friendly makes money. This is the appearance that makes money.

If I lose weight, won’t I go bankrupt?”

Yang Wanli smiled bitterly. He just saw that the fat man's body was too heavy to carry up the mountain, so he gave a suggestion. Unexpectedly, the fat man had a lot of lies.

Some people say that Mount Song is the peak where Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism coexist, and it has its own unique cultural connotation. On Mount Song, the Taoist Zhongyue Temple and the Confucian Songyang Academy also occupy a place.

"Why is there such a stone tablet here?" Yang Wanli asked.

Not many people can answer this question.

On this stone tablet in front of the Shaolin Temple, there is a portrait of Laozi, Confucius and Sakyamuni. Just like the three lives of Tathagata, do they also represent the past, present and future of mankind?

The future? However, as a mountain peak, Mount Song should be the only one in the history of Buddhism, just like Mount Tai is the only one in the history of Confucianism.

Although Mount Wutai in Shanxi, Mount Emei in Sichuan, Mount Putuo in Zhejiang, and Mount Jiuhua in Anhui are collectively known as the four famous Buddhist mountains in China and have been popular for thousands of years, they are only the four famous mountains of Manjusri, Samantabhadra, Guanyin, and Ksitigarbha.

The dojo of the great Bodhisattva, and these four great Bodhisattvas are only the disciples of Sakyamuni, and Bodhidharma is not the same

Well, he is the 28th generation direct disciple of Sakyamuni and the successor of authentic Buddhism. Just like a founding emperor, only one son can become the emperor, and the other sons can be named prince at most.

From this perspective, Bodhidharma's stay in the Shaolin Temple is of great significance in the history of Chinese Buddhism.

The door of Shaolin Temple does not look prominent. The three characters "Shaolin Temple" are mentioned on it, and it does not appear to be majestic and domineering. It is just that the three large characters are said to be Kangxi's own inscriptions. Kangxi and Qianlong are the same, and their fonts are not tough.

skeleton, but very

Flesh and blood. Kangxi’s father Shunzhi and grandmother Xiaozhuang were both believers in Buddhism. I think they had a great influence on the young Kangxi. I think this kind of flesh-and-blood font is more suitable for Shaolin Temple than the sharp and domineering font.

The artistic conception.

But it is still a little disappointing.

The fat man shook his head and said: "Is this the Shaolin Temple that is famous all over the world? It has always been so popular before. I thought it was a holy place, as majestic and solemn as the city of Mecca. I didn't expect it to be like a temple in the south of the Yangtze River during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

You live in an inconspicuous private house. Why do you feel a bit petty?"

If you don't know much about Buddhism, you will really be disappointed with this mountain gate, because it is not as majestic as the "No. 1 Ancient Temple in the World" sign at the bottom of the mountain.

Zhang Taiping shook his head slightly and said, "What do you think the mountain gate of Shaolin Temple looks like?"

"What do you mean? Even if there is no luxurious building, at least the mountain gate should be made more presentable. It is just a facade after all, isn't it?" said the fat man.

"There seems to be no such thing as luxury in the teachings of Buddhism." Zhang Taiping said, "Do you think the term Qingdeng Ancient Buddha is really just a word?"

Fatty really didn't know much about Buddhism before, so it was naturally impossible for him to know the teachings and history of Buddhism.

Zhang Taiping also had some understanding of Buddhism due to his health in the previous life, and continued: "At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Mahayana Buddhism was introduced to Songluo. 'Cheng' means vehicle, Hinayana Buddhism talks about self-liberation, and Mahayana Buddhism talks about universal salvation.

All living beings. The first Han monk was named Zhu Shixing, and he studied Mahayana Buddhism. The earliest Shaolin Temple was built because of this man."

The fat man asked strangely: "Didn't it say that the founder of Shaolin is Bodhidharma?"

"When Bodhidharma came to the Shaolin Temple, the Shaolin Temple had been established for thirty years. The reason why Bodhidharma is called the Patriarch of Shaolin is because Bodhidharma was the first disseminator of Zen Buddhism in China." Zhang Taiping said.

Zen is "quiet contemplation", and Buddhism calls quiet contemplation as meditation. Bodhidharma proposed a new method of meditation, which denied the ladder level and life-long practice of Indian Buddhism, and advocated that everyone has Buddha nature, which is the original nature.

, everyone has innate wisdom to become a Buddha, which is Bodhi

, everyone can become a Buddha by awakening to the Buddha nature, although it is difficult to predict when the sudden enlightenment will occur. The reason why sentient beings fail to become a Buddha is because they have no awareness of their own nature. Once the fog is cleared and the blue sky is cleared, and the mind is clear and the nature is clear,

The self-nature is the Buddha, and the Buddha becomes an ordinary person who can be seen by looking up.

"The teachings of Zen are enlightenment in silence. All other things outside the body are just dreams and bubbles. Even the body is a piece of shit. How can this temple be built so magnificently?"

Except for Ye Ling, everyone else looked at Zhang Taiping with strange expressions.

Yang Wanli stared and asked: "Brother Zhang has also studied Buddhism?" Zhang Taiping, a man who would be thought of as a standard rough guy at a glance, could actually express such a lot of Buddhist Zen ideas. It is really surprising.

It surprised a few people.

"It's not about research, I just learned a little bit about it in my spare time," Zhang Taiping said.

The fat man scratched his hair and asked in confusion: "Do you understand Buddhism?"

"What?" Zhang Taiping asked with a smile, "Is there anything wrong?"

"No, not really. It just feels weird." The fat man looked at him with strange eyes and said.

Zhang Taiping ignored his look and said, "You can take a look if you are interested. I think your wide body and fat body must be related to the Maitreya Buddha or the Happy Buddha."

This was a joke that the fat man told himself when he was at the foot of the mountain, but if he was really asked to study Buddhism, he would not do it even to death. He shook his head and said: "Forget it, I am destined to wallow in the world of mortals."

Common people have no connection with Buddhism."

After resting for a while, we met the tourist group outside the temple gate.

The tour guide was using the loudspeaker to introduce the temple gate to a group of tourists. When they finally entered, he said: "When visiting the permanent residence of Shaolin Temple, be sure not to step on every threshold, because in Buddhism, temple thresholds are very particular. It is said that

It will be unlucky to step on the threshold of a temple or Buddhist hall; it is also said that the threshold is made of Sakyamuni's forehead. If you step on it, it will be disrespectful to the Buddha." After saying this, he stepped over carefully.

Zhang Taiping and others temporarily followed this group of tourists. With the reminder from the front, they naturally would not step on the threshold for no reason.

After entering the temple, the first thing that catches the eye is the rows of ginkgo trees. The one in the middle is the largest, vigorous and powerful, and the pavilions cover most of the yard like a canopy.

A girl among the group of tourists who entered first asked: "Can I take pictures here?"

The tour guide nodded and said, "You can take pictures here."

It is estimated that this group of young tourists had wanted to take pictures for a long time, but they were worried that this was a Buddhist pure land, so they did not take any action. Now they all dispersed to take pictures after hearing these words, and only a few people remained.

Listen to the tour guide's explanation.

The tour guide continued: "All the ginkgo trees in the Shaolin Temple are both male and female. Only the largest one in the middle is a single ginkgo tree. It is more than 1,500 years old. It only flowers but does not bear fruit. It is called Luohan tree.

Unmarried young men and women must not take photos with this ginkgo tree."

A young couple who had just stood in front of this huge ginkgo tree to take a photo stopped when they heard the tour guide's words and asked with some confusion: "Why?"

The tour guide smiled and clasped his hands together and replied: "This is a holy land of Buddhism. The Buddha's spirit will see it. I don't need to tell you what this single ginkgo tree represents."

The young couple put away their cameras politely, and no one else stopped taking pictures in front of this 1,500-year-old bachelor.

"Why are there so many holes in the tree?" one person asked the tour guide.

"Put your fingers on the edges of these holes and try it," the tour guide said with a sweet voice.

Some curious boys immediately put their fingers into these holes, which were just big enough to accommodate their fingers. Some people said in surprise: "Could it be that someone poked them out with their fingers?"

The tour guide nodded: "These small holes in the ginkgo trees are said to have been left by the monks from the Shaolin Temple who practiced the one-finger and two-finger bombs."

"Isn't this a bit exaggerated?" The boy punched the tree with his fist, and there was immediate pain. He covered his fist and said in disbelief. Other young people also gathered around to look at the tree carefully and touch it, feeling the tree.

It was so hard that it was difficult to pierce it with a dagger. How could it be possible that these holes were poked with fingers? Everyone expressed disbelief.