(Continued above).
On the fifteenth day, the Sariputta Temple is extremely lively, good men and women, and the house of blessing comes one after another.
The monks in the temple said the Dharma at the conference to persuade goodness, and the tone was subdued and frustrated, which was extremely beautiful and touching. The pagodas of the temple are full of flowers, and red candles and sandalwood are burned. In the courtyard of the Sarifu Pagoda, it is full of flowers, the candlelight is bright, and from a distance, it is a piece of yellow and bright.
When Fa Xian and Dao Cheng came to the courtyard, there were already many people here to worship and make offerings.
After Fa Xian and Dao Cheng worshiped and made offerings, they retreated to a corner of the courtyard and saw a monk who specialized in managing the Sariputa Monastery also standing there, because Fa Xian and Dao Cheng had lived in the temple for a period of time, and they were familiar with each other, so they nodded their heads and palms together, and exchanged salutations.
The monk's eyes looked at the flickering candle flame, and he said, "The two guest monks can come here to view the pagoda at night, and the scenery is excellent." There is a bright moon on the top, and there is a candlelight below, reflecting up and down, all night. ”
Oh, such a beautiful night, we really want to come and see it in the evening. Don't you know that other towers are like here? "Dao Cheng seems to be interested.
The other pagodas are now lit with lights, but at night they are all extinguished, except for this place, where candles are lit all night. The monk replied.
Fa Xian said: "There are many pagodas in Sariputta Temple. ”
The monk said: "There are the Sariputra Pagoda, the Mujian Pagoda, the Ananda Pagoda, the Buddha has ten **, and here are three; There are Abhidharma Pagoda, Vinaya Pagoda, and Shutara Pagoda, which are the three Tibetan pagodas of commentary, Vinaya, and sutras; There is also the Rahulo Pagoda, which was built to support the son of the Buddha before he became a monk; There are also pagodas dedicated to Prajnaparamita, Manjushri and Avalokiteshvara. ”
The monks reported so many tower names in one breath, which aroused Fa Xian's curiosity.
Fa Xian asked, "Why are there so many pagodas built in the monastery?" Old monks are common in the temple monks to support the temple towers are different, I don't know what to pay attention to? ”
The pagoda was not built because of the temple, but because of the pagoda. There is no temple here, only a family tower, and later for the convenience of offerings, many monks' houses were built to become temples. ”
Before the monk finished speaking, the Taoist had suddenly realized, "Yes, yes, the pagoda temple we have worshipped, the tower is always in the center of the temple, if there is not a tower first and then there is a temple, then the tower can be in the front and back of the temple or left and right." ”
The monk went on to answer Fa Xian's question: "There are thousands of monks in the Sariputta Monastery, both bhikshus and nuns; There are both Hinayana and Mahayana students. ”
Bhikshuni made offerings to Ananda because Ananda asked the Buddha to allow women to become monks as well; The novice made offerings to Rahurota because Rahura became a novice at the age of fifteen, which is the origin of the novice. ”
The one who learns the treatise offers Abhidharmata, the one who learns the Vinaya makes the offering to Binayata, and the one who learns the sutras makes the offering to Shutarata. Ordinary monks make offerings to the Sariputa and the Mujian Pagoda, and those who study Mahayana always make offerings to the Prajnaparamita, Manjushri and Avalokiteshvara Pagoda. ”
I see. Fa Xian then understood the reason, this habit of directional offerings is very different from the monasteries in the various countries that Fa Xian passed, Fa Xian couldn't help but ask: "But the old monk doesn't know, do all the monasteries in the country of Matouluo support the temple tower in this way?" ”
Similar. Since the Buddha's nirvana, this majestic law of the monks of the Matoura country has been passed down from generation to generation. The guest monks are here, and they can look at the past and know the past from the present. ”
This monk really knows a lot of things, which makes Fa Xian and Dao Quan admire, because he seems to be just a monk with a very low status.
Fa Xian heard him mention that the monks who studied the Vinaya mostly offered to Binayata, and remembered that the main purpose of his westward trip to Tianzhu was to seek the precepts of Buddhism, but since he arrived in Beitianzhu, he had never received a precept, because the precepts of the Northern Tianzhu countries were taught by the master and apprentice.
Although the monasteries of the Matouluo Kingdom have strict precepts, I asked a few monks who studied the Vinaya, only to know that they did not have a book, and the way of learning was similar to that of the Northern Tianzhu Kingdoms.
Fa Xian suddenly realized that he should go and make offerings to Penayata, and this was a great opportunity for them to find the precepts from then on.
Thinking of this, Fa Xian clasped his palms together and thanked him, said goodbye to the monk, and then pulled the sleeves of his shirt and said, "Let's go, let's go to the Penayata Temple." “
Dao Cheng immediately understood what Fa Xian meant, and the two of them walked one after the other, walking in the direction of Binaya.
Update tomorrow. 
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