The Monk That Wanted To Renounce Asceticism

Fang Zheng laughed: "I have told you for a long time that in Huaxia, Buddha and Tao, in the endless years, the cultures of each other have merged with each other, exchanged and complemented each other, and today we have the Buddha and Tao. The essence of the person is to make the world more good and less evil.

According to legend, this festival first began with Taoism, that is, the parade of the lower bound of the three officials.

Taoism believes that this day is the day when the magistrate Qingxu Emperor pardons his sins. To put it simply, it is the day when senior officials come down, observe the people's situation, and correct those misjudged or vindicated cases. On this day, Taoist chanting practices welcomed the advent of officials and the release of evil spirits. Transcendence of Ancestors ...

Corresponding to this is the folk custom of July and a half, the ghost moon is out, and the ghost door is open.

People believe that the entire July is a ghost month. On the first day, the ghost gate was opened, and on the fifteenth, the ghost gate was closed. This month, after the silence of spring and summer, the ghost can come out again, so it is called ghost gate opening. Hundreds of ghosts traveled by night, and the ghosts rushed around. In order to avoid hurting people, the folks held various activities to appease the ghosts. Similarly, on this day, their ancestors will return from the prefecture, and future generations will welcome and worship the ancestors, which is similar to the Qingming Festival.

The name of the Bon Festival comes from Buddhism. The Buddhist scripture "Buddhism says the Bon scripture" records such a story:

One of the ten disciples of Shakyamuni, Mulian, after receiving the Six Supernatural Powers, wanted to repay the parenting grace, that is, to inspect with the eyes and see that the deceased mother was suffering in the path of the hungry ghost, and was skinny and skinny. Mu Lian was very sad, so she used a bowl to serve rice and wanted to give it to her mother, but the rice was delivered to his mother's hands, and it turned into a fire before the entrance, burning her mother's mouth and suffering.

Helpless, crying and begging the Buddha to help save his mother. The Buddha said: "Your mother is so sinful that you cannot be saved by yourself. You have to rely on the power of the ten monks. You must worship the grand on the day when the monks settled in Xia'anju on July 15th. Obon offerings to the ten monks with a hundred-food diet, relying on their sense of power to save your mother. "

So Mu Lian followed the Buddha's instructions to do so, his mother really broke away from the hungry ghost.

The Buddha also said: "In the future, when Buddhist disciples perform filial piety, monks can sacrifice themselves on July 15th, the day that Buddha likes, that is, during the summer and ninety days of the Buddhist system, the monks gather to live in one place. Persevering in precepts and pursuing cleanliness, on the last day, the monks practiced self-confidence, that is, they asked the monks to list their faults, reveal their confession among the masses, and be pure and happy, which is called self-confidence. The Buddha rejoices in his perfect living practice, so it is also known as the Buddha Joy Day and Joy Day. On this day, you can prepare Baiwei diet and set up Obon pots to support the monks. In doing so, you can add benefits to your biological parents. And leave the bitter sea for the deceased parents and get happiness in return for their parenting grace. "

So there was the Obon festival of Buddhism, which happened to be July 15th, and they all advocated the worship of ancestors and the promotion of filial piety culture.

Therefore, the so-called Zhongyuan Festival is a Taoist saying; the Bon Festival is a Buddhist statement; the ghost festival and July half are folk sayings.

Taoists can celebrate the Central Yuan Festival and Buddhism to celebrate the Bon Festival, but what about folk? When the festival is too many and too complicated, many festivals collide on this day. Some are forgotten, abandoned, and some are messed up. After a long time, they are integrated with each other. Pay attention ... At least in folk, there is not much difference. "

After listening to the red baby on the side, he said nothing. The Bon Festival is also a first-class festival in his world. In his world, the gate of **** is wide open, and all ghosts are out of the universe. Countless gods and Buddhas gather together to cross the dead soul, that is the big scene! But the world is different, and he has nothing to say.

"So it is, Master, what are we doing on this day?" Dulang asked curiously.

Founder Road: "You will know when the time comes, calculate the time, tomorrow is the day." Founder's voice did not fall, the village accountant Yang Ping came up the mountain, as soon as he came in, he took the Founder to talk and said After the pile, it went downhill again.

"Master, what is Yang Shiren doing?" The squirrel asked curiously.

"What about the Tianyu Lanpen Festival, what made you sculpt the little lotus flower?" Fang Zheng asked a different topic.

Upon hearing it, the squirrel shrank its neck awkwardly and carved the lotus flower honestly. When Founder saw this, he shook his head helplessly. The squirrel's nature was so active that he kept squatting there quietly for carving, which was really a bit difficult for him. I don't know, his temporary interest can persist for a few days.

The next day, Fang Zheng went down the mountain early, and the monkey followed closely behind. As for the red baby, today there is no interest in blending down the mountain ...

After going down the mountain, Founder saw that the village had begun to decorate. Every family had placed a supply table at the door. A black line was drawn with black firewood behind the supply table to separate his yard from the supply table.

"Master, what are you doing?" The monkey asked, watching such a scene.

Founder Road: "There is a saying in the folk that this kind of plant ash is equivalent to the bottom of the pot, which can prevent ghosts from entering the door. Tonight, the ghost door is wide open. Although everyone takes the opportunity to worship the ancestors, they must also guard against the introduction of evil spirits."

The monkey suddenly realized, scratching his head, and said, "Master, you've talked about ghosts more than once. Are there ghosts in this world?"

Fang Zhengdao: "Ghosts are in their hearts, their bodies are upright, and the ghosts in their hearts are the ancestors, protecting you for a lifetime; their bodies are crooked, and the ghosts in their hearts are the evil spirits.

The monkey's face is confused, I don't understand ...

Founder did not intend to explain clearly in a few words. Some things should be understood when it is time to understand them. It is not helpful to say more.

The tribute has not yet been placed on the villagers' supply table. This hot day is set early, and it is going to break.

The village's crossroads were also painted with circles of white lime, some larger and some smaller. No matter what they were, they were concentrated at the crossroads. When the two came, Sun Qiancheng was drawing a circle with Mengmeng there. The big one and the small two were very serious and didn't notice the arrival of Founder.

Mengmeng held the lime basin, her eyes flickered and her head crooked, "Dad, why are your uncles and uncles all drawing circles in this circle ..."

The monkey looked at Founder almost at the same time, and Founder smiled slightly and looked forward to let him listen.

"This circle represents the graves of the deceased ancestors. There should be a mouth in the circle, which represents the entrance to the burial chamber, and this mouth should face the direction of the grave. Tonight, when we burned the paper money for the grandma, it was here Burn ... Meng Meng, how is grandpa and grandma doing to you? "Sun Qiancheng said.

Mengmeng didn't know much about life and death. After thinking about it with a crooked head, he said, "It's good for me."

"Yeah, so Mengmeng is going to burn paper with dad tonight, you know? Also let grandparents see how filial their granddaughter is." Sun Qiancheng said.

Meng Meng nodded again and again: "Okay, okay ... Meng Meng is coming." The little girl jumped, the lime basin in her hand shook, the lime burst, a gust of wind blew, and the lime hula flew.

The monkey was originally curious to get closer. This time, OK, Lime came in, he was stupid and didn't know to avoid!

At this moment, a big hand blocked the monkey's eyes and blocked the lime out, but he still made a face of lime and his hair was white.

As soon as the news came out, Sun Qiancheng looked up, and when he saw it was Founder, he quickly hurried and laughed, "Master Fangzheng, how did you go down the mountain ... Hey, I almost forgot, July and a half, today you have to work hard again. "

The Founder folded his hands and said, "Amitabha, this is what poor monks should do."

Sun Qiancheng said: "Mage, I told you last time that our family moved here. Except parents, grandparents are not buried here. To be honest, I do n’t know where they are buried. Clear. Seeing July and a half ... "Speaking of this, Sun Qiancheng looked at the white circle on the ground. The reason why he chose to ask Founder is because during the Qingming Festival, Founder helped him to solve the problem of ancestor worship and understood how to worship all ancestors. Today, if the Founder does not come, he will also go up the mountain to ask. Since he encountered it, he would naturally ask for it.

Founder Road: "Donor, this thing is easy to handle, just point the tomb to the west. As the saying goes, drive the crane west, facing the west, it must be right."

As soon as Sun Qiancheng heard, his eyes suddenly lighted, and he quickly thanked him: "Thank you Master for pointing me, to be honest, this problem has troubled me for a while. I didn't expect it was so simple ..."

After speaking, Sun Qiancheng hurriedly squatted down and drew a big circle with the gap facing the west.

He and Sun's future left. Founder took the monkey to the only shop in the village. The shop changed hands several times, and now it is Chen Jin who opened the shop. Chen Jin originally wanted to pit Founder, but was rescued by the founder because of a fire, and the other side was very grateful. Later, the Chen Jin family was rebuilt. Chen Jin wanted to go and did n’t want to plant land, so he bought the kiosk and sat in the kiosk every day, put on two tables, and watched everyone play cards and chat. ,Kill time.

However, no one at Chen Jin's kiosk today played cards because it was full of various paper money. Since Founder told them that **** currency only recognizes paper money and no one recognizes gold ingots, no one in the village burns those things. . Therefore, all the Chen Jin family entered were yellow straw paper money, which was piled up there.

Chen Jinzheng was sitting at the door and playing with his mobile phone. When he heard the movement, he looked up and saw Founder. He quickly got up and smiled: "Mr. Founder, are you here? What do you want? Take it casually, not money."

Founder shook his head and said, "The poor monk had no money before, no choice but to take it in vain. Now that the temple incense is strong, how can it be taken in vain? The money still has to be paid."

"Mr. Founder, you're boring. My wife and children's lives are saved by you. What do you want? You must take this, take it casually! If you don't take it, I will ... Go up, whether you want it or not, I don't want it anyway. "Chen Jin began to play tricks.