(Continued above).
At the Gion Monastery, Michicho looked around, and suddenly saw a monk walking out of the back of the hall, and it could be seen from his slow movements that this monk would not be less than age.
Eight, ninety. Sure enough, this monk was already old and dizzy, and his ears and mouth were clumsy. Dao Cheng and Fa Xian stepped forward and greeted him several times, but he didn't hear it, and he was still doing what he was doing. Until Dao Cheng stepped forward and pulled his sleeve, he raised his head, squinted and looked at it for a while, and saw that he didn't know it, and knew that there was a guest monk.
Why is there no one in the monastery? Fa Xian took a lot of effort and spoke very loudly.
They all went to the bushes and went to zazen. ”
Is the bush far away? ”
Not far away, just north of the temple. I went to sit after lunch and returned shortly. ”
Isn't it good to sit in the garden, why go to the bushes outside the temple to sit in meditation? He was puzzled and raised his voice.
The name of the miscellaneous bush is Deeye, haven't you heard of it? Fa Xian and Dao shook their heads, indicating that they had not heard of it.
Once upon a time there were five hundred robbers in the land, who banded together in bands, and robbed houses and houses, and ran amok against them. The king of Bosnian took them by force, gouged out their eyes, and abandoned them in the forest.
Five hundred blind robbers were cornered and wailed aloud. At that time, the Buddha heard their painful voices in the ashram and went to speak the Dharma for them with compassion.
After the Dharma was finished, the robbers also swore to change from evil to good, and at this time, eyes grew out of their eye sockets, and they saw light and Buddha. They waved the stick they were holding in their hands to the ground, and then they fell to the ground and bowed to the Buddha.
The sticks that were waved on the ground took root, and the people of the world respected these sticks with roots, and never cut them down and destroyed them, and after a long time, they became a forest of miscellaneous trees. People call it "Eyesight".
After the old monk said such a long paragraph, he was actually a little out of breath.
At this moment, Fa Xian and Dao Cheng heard footsteps and talking, and when they looked back, they saw many monks walking in outside, about twenty or so.
When the monks came back from sitting in meditation, they suddenly saw that two strange monks were already in the hall, and everyone was stunned. At this moment, Fa Xian and Dao put their hands together and saluted the monks. When the monk saw it, he hurriedly returned the salute.
Fa Xian spat out Tianzhu and said slowly: "We are monks from the Han region, and we have been on the road for six years to come to Tianzhu to seek the law and learn scriptures. We know that Gion Monastery was once the residence of the Buddha, so we came to pay our respects. ”
A young novice asked, "Where is the Han land?" Is Han land big? How far is Han Land? ”
Fa Xian replied: "The Han people call the Han land also called China, and the Tianzhu countries together are about the same size, the Han land is far away in the east, we have been walking for six years, and we can't tell how far it is." ”
The monks were amazed and amazed.
A middle-aged monk said to Fa Xian, "My name is Shi Man, and I have been a monk in Gion since I was a child. We have passed on the teachings from master to apprentice, chanting sutras and giving lessons, but we have never heard of any Han monks coming to our monastery. Now you border landers can come to our monastery in order to seek the Dharma, and you are the distinguished guests of our monastery. ”
Monk Shi Man's sincerity touched Fa Xian and Dao Cheng, so Fa Xian introduced himself and Dao Cheng to the monks, and the monks also introduced Shi Man to Fa Xian and Dao Turtle.
At the Gion Monastery, Ho Hyun and Michicho were with Shi Man, listening to him tell the story of what happened at the Gion Monastery, listening to him praise the prosperity of the Gion Monastery in the past, and listening to him lament the current depression of the Gion Monastery.
Update tomorrow. 