Taoists and monks worship gods and Buddhas all the year round, so their bodies are inevitably contaminated by the smell of sandalwood. However, this middle-aged monk does not smell of sandalwood, but a smell unique to animals. It is not fishy, ​​not smelly, or smelly.

It's not smelly, it doesn't smell bad, but it doesn't smell very good either.

"Could it be a spirit from a different species?" Big Head muttered.

Neither Shi Xuanming nor Datou answered the question, and they couldn't answer Datou's question, because even adults who are aliens will have all seven orifices after surviving the tribulation and becoming immortals, just like ordinary people.

Datou looked at Shi Xuanming, "Hey, true man, do you have any unusual monks in Buddhism?" .??.

"Yes," Shi Xuanming nodded, and then shook his head, "but all monks who have achieved Zhengguo will be reborn in the Western Paradise, and will not go down to the underworld, because the underworld has always been under the jurisdiction of Taoism and is not under the control of our Buddhist family."

"It's not like there isn't one, right? As far as I know, don't you have Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva down there? Could he be Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva?" Datou asked.

Shi Xuanming glanced at the big head with disdain, "Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva has achieved the status of Bodhisattva. He has already transcended life and death and has not entered reincarnation. It cannot be him."

"That's right, Ksitigarbha doesn't seem to be an alien." Datou nodded.

"What does it mean?" Shi Xuanming frowned.

While Datou and Shi Xuanming were chatting in low voices, the gray-clothed monk had already walked slowly to the west side of the Tai Chi Stone Platform, "Namo Amitabha, there are rules for the transmission of spiritual talismans. According to the old practice, the martial arts competition comes first, and the discussion comes later. Now let's start the martial arts competition.

, I also ask all donors to be merciful and wait till the end.”

After the monk in gray finished speaking, everyone outside the venue immediately rushed to the stage. This was the eighth competition for the bronze amulet. In the eyes of everyone, the competition in the last one was definitely the fiercest, and this one would be relatively gentle.

Yang Kai turned around again and saw no response, so he stayed where he was and watched the battle coldly.

Not all fights are fierce and exciting. This eighth fight was quite satisfactory and lifeless. The monk in gray hopes that everyone will show mercy and stop it. It just gives those who try to delay time a reasonable excuse, that is, those who have

Those who were heartbroken and killed did not dare to do their best, for fear that the attack would be too harsh and they would be rejected by the monk in gray in the subsequent Dharma discussion session.

Everyone on our side had no intention of participating in this fight at all. Seeing that the fight on the field was not interesting, the bulk of his attention turned to the gray-clothed monk again, looking at him from left to right, and from time to time he would wrinkle his nose and smell.

Not only was Datou curious about the gray-robed monk, but he was also quite confused about his identity. As Shi Xuanming said, the underworld has always been governed by Taoism, and there should be no monks. To be precise, there should be no immortals.

Monk, ordinary monks and nuns will still be alive after passing away

Go down to the underworld to review your merits and demerits, and accept rewards and punishments. Only those bhikkhus who have achieved Arhat status or above will be reborn in the Western Heaven.

"Xuanming, the master on the stage is called Longyuan. Which generation of monk is Longyuan?" he asked in a low voice.

"Long is not of our Shaolin seniority," Shi Xuanming shook his head and said, "As far as I know, no Zen temple has this seniority."

"Could it be that he is a wild monk?" Datou said with a smile. He had two bronze talismans with him, so he was confident.

"No, Buddhism has the most important inheritance and will never use the Dharma name randomly." Shi Xuanming shook his head.

"Could it be a tantric seniority?" he asked.

Before Shi Xuanming could speak, Yu Yi on the right spoke up, "I know a monastery that has a monk of the Long family."

"Where?" everyone said in unison.

"Huacheng Temple in Jiuhua Mountain," Yu Yi said, "Long is now the junior of Huacheng Temple. In my early years, I went to Wuxin Temple at the east foot of Jiuhua Mountain to check in, and there was a young monk with a round face who went to Wuxin Temple.

To send melons and fruits, I asked Sister Zhike about the origin of the young novice monk. According to her, the young novice monk came from Huacheng Temple in the back mountain, and his Buddhist name was Longqing."

After hearing Yu's words, everyone suddenly realized that the gray-robed monk on the stage was indeed closely related to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, because Jiuhua Mountain was the monastery of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, and Huacheng Temple was where Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva became a monk.

temple.

"Hey, what is the name of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva?" Datou looked at Shi Xuanming.

Shi Xuanming did not answer Datou's question, but frowned and looked at him.

Datou was confused and said, "Look at what I'm doing. What is the name of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva?"

"Big head, what's your name?" Shi Xuanming asked casually.

"Nonsense, my name is Datou," Datou finally responded, "Oh, I understand, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's name is Ksitigarbha."

Shi Xuanming did not take the opportunity to tease the big head, but said, "Master Longyuan was probably Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's attendant when he was practicing from Jiuhua Mountain, and he followed Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva down to the underworld, but he did not

After attaining the status of Arhat, in order for him to continue to take care of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's daily life, the underworld made an exception and granted him a bronze protective talisman so that he could stay in the underworld for a long time."

"It makes sense. You see he was only wearing ordinary monk robes, which means he didn't even wear red cassocks when he was alive." Datou nodded and said, "It is said that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva was

There is also a mythical beast called Diting next to him. In addition to taking care of the Bodhisattva, he may also have to feed the mythical beast called Diting. This should be the source of the strange smell on his body."

After Da Tou said this, everyone nodded. Da Tou's inference was both reasonable and reasonable. As the saying goes, people are not just grass and trees, and no one can be ruthless. When people in high positions go to foreign lands, they usually take away the waiters who accompany them day and night.

Tao, it is normal for humans for chickens and dogs to ascend to heaven. The reason why they are criticized is that people in the world are jealous and angry that they are not the chickens and dogs next to those who have attained the Tao.

Since the fight on the stage was slow and orderly, everyone lost interest in watching the battle. When Datou mentioned Ksitigarbha before, he became interested in Ksitigarbha, but this time he did not ask Shi Xuanming, but turned around and looked at

, "Hey, Your Majesty, what on earth is Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva doing in the underworld?"

Although Datou's expression was not very precise, he knew what he wanted to ask, "This is a long story to say. Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva has thoroughly participated in Buddhism and has achieved great enlightenment. He could have attained Buddhahood, but he sympathized with the ghosts in the underworld.

Suffering and helplessness, voluntarily give up the Buddha status, choose to realize the Bodhisattva status, and live in the underworld forever to use the supreme Buddha Dharma to transcend the resentment and hostility of the ghost souls. It is like a bright light in the endless darkness, although it cannot let out the thousands of ghost souls staying in the underworld.

Escape the punishment they deserve, but you can give them hope and comfort."

Seeing such high regard for Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, Shi Xuanming and Yu Yi clasped their hands together and sang the Buddha's name together.

He continued, "It is the Taoist immortals who are specifically in charge of the underworld. Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's responsibilities in the underworld are somewhat like supervisors in the army. He may not directly intervene in the affairs of the underworld, but if he wants to intervene, officials from various departments in the underworld

I won’t refute his face.”

After saying that, Datou said, "Your Majesty, can I understand that there are too many people who believe in Buddhism, and the people in the underworld who have the final say are Taoist gods, and those who believe in Buddhism but cannot become Buddha will still have to do it after death."

When you go down to the underworld, to put it bluntly, you have to fall into the hands of the Taoists. The Taoist gods look at it and think, good guys, you didn’t believe in us when you were alive, but you will fall into our hands when you die, so they may not have a good face towards these people.

, and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva stays in the underworld, even if the Taoist gods are dissatisfied with those who believe in Buddhism, they cannot blatantly bully them."

The big head laughed angrily, "Whether it is heaven or the underworld, the judgment of merits and demerits is done impartially. There are not so many people who pretend to be public and selfish. However, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is always in the underworld and can indeed play a supervisory role. Although the underworld officials are not

He will bend the law for personal gain."

After hearing the explanation, his doubts disappeared and he immediately said with a smile, "My lord, you are also a Taoist priest. If nothing else happens, you will definitely become a god. We will follow you."

I have confidence in my heart that even if I really die one day, you can still take care of us down there."

"Don't say that, I don't know who to ask for help," he said with a smile, "Besides, you just got the bronze amulet, so death is very far away for you."

"But pull it down, why do I feel like I die faster if I have a magic talisman on my body," Datou curled his lips and said, "It would be great if this thing couldn't be accumulated. If it can be accumulated, it would be a waste. If you have a copper talisman, you want to kill two more coppers.

The one who had the silver talisman wanted to kill two more silver ones to get the gold talisman. The one who had the gold talisman was afraid that others would snatch it from him, so he could only snatch it from others first. This thing is a hot potato.

, even though there are only eighteen people, we will definitely become a pot of porridge in the end."

"You are wrong, there are not eighteen people, only seventeen," Shi Xuanming said with a smile, "Don't forget, you got two of them each. Anyone who wants to snatch the talisman will come to you first."

"Damn, it's true." Datou cursed in a low voice.

Datou always likes to tease Shi Xuanming on weekdays. Seeing that Datou is worried, Shi Xuanming will take pleasure in his misfortune and say, "I'll let you eat more and occupy more. You must be punished."

"I didn't want to eat more. They gave it to me on their own initiative," Datou said, grabbing Shi Xuanming's hand. "How about I give it to you?"

Shi Xuanming pushed and pushed, "Go aside, I don't want it."

In the eyes of the world, monks are all good-tempered, and if they heard the monk in gray speak modestly, people outside the venue would not be afraid of him, and there would be many people whispering.

With his big head and short arms, Shi Xuanming was no match for pushing, but Shi Xuanming couldn't resist his reluctance. In desperation, he suggested, "Hey, hey, stop making trouble. You already have two bronze talismans.

If you get one, you can make a silver talisman, and it will be much safer then."

"It makes sense, but whose one is it for?" Datou sat back in his seat and pondered deeply. After a while, he turned to look at Gongsun Chengwei who was leaving his seat, "Who is it for that donkey-faced person?"

Gongsun Chengwei didn't know what Da Tou was thinking. Because of the help he had received before, when Da Tou turned to look at him this time, he gave him a kind smile.

Once the protective talisman enters the body, it is connected to the heart. If the talisman is lost, one will die immediately. Datou is just talking about it and does not really want to snatch Gongsun Chengwei's talisman. However, he does not have a good impression of Gongsun Chengwei.

He laughed, but he ignored him.

He had been watching the battle with waning interest before, but only at this moment did he say, "Stop messing around. It's a good thing to have two magic talismans. You can advance and attack, retreat and defend. When necessary, you can collect one silver talisman or separate it."
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