Liao'an Province, Haicheng City, Maoqi Town;

A bus stopped outside a valley.

Yang Zhu opened his eyes, stood up, and said to the dozen actors and three instructors in the car: "Now, pick up the paper bag in front of you, put your cell phones, all the cash, watches, cigarettes, snacks, chewing gum and other things in it, and leave it to the staff for safekeeping;"

"In a word, except for your clothes and emergency medicine, nothing is allowed. Once discovered, you will be punished strictly!" At the end of his speech, his voice was extremely stern.

Everyone who had been vaccinated countless times dared not neglect them. They put their things in bags and wrote their names and handed them over to the staff;

After getting off the car, the crowd was lined up in two lines and walked up the mountain.

Half an hour later, a leading Yang Zhu stopped at the door of a slightly larger ancient temple, calmed down his breath, turned around and said to everyone, "Remember what I have told you,"

"This ancient temple is different from the temple you think of, it is a real place to practice,"

"So, after entering, don't make loud noises, don't be disrespectful to monks, don't speak ruthlessly, don't hear it!"

Although the voice was deliberately lowered, the tone was a little more stern;

Everyone unconsciously looked a little serious. They looked at the three big words "Dafei Temple" on the plaque and nodded one after another.

After entering the temple, everyone slowed down. The extremely quiet temple was swept clean, but there were not many pilgrims;

Looking at the entrance, there were several plaques with words such as "Practice Temple, Travel is not allowed", "It is strictly forbidden to place money, take photos, smoke, spit" and other words,

After walking for a while, Liu Xun said in surprise: "This temple does not sell tickets and does not have a merit box, but it actually has such a strong incense. It is really strange."

Yang Zhu turned his head and lowered his voice: "Teacher Liu, although this Dape Temple belongs to the Southern Sect as Shaolin Temple, it is also the Golden Pinlu Sect, and he practices the Toutuo;"

"According to worldly understanding, it is an ascetic monk."

"They do not catch money, leave no personal belongings, and pursue self-sufficiency; they do not beg for alms, and they do not ask for help;"

"So here, you can't see any place to spend money, even vegetarian food is provided to believers for free;"

"It is precisely this behavior that many people have changed their views on temples, which has attracted some local and foreign lay Buddhists to come and worship,"

"But because Dapesi Temple does not accept any worship, these people can only light a few incense sticks in front of the Buddha to express their respect."

"This is why although Dapeshi Temple has no commercial activities, the incense smell is so strong."

After hearing this, Liu Xun looked at him repeatedly, and his face showed a look of yearning. He sighed: "This kind of temple is really unheard of. It seems that this place is really a real place for practice."

Yang Zhu smiled: "There are thousands of ways of practicing Buddhism, some of whom have entered the world and some have been born. It cannot be said that other places are definitely not the place of practice;"

"It's just that in China now, there are indeed not many such temples that pursue fundamentalism, so it makes you so moved by Teacher Liu."

"But this kind of ascetic life is easy to [enter the phase], which will change the temperament of the actors in a short period of time."

"That's why I've traveled thousands of miles to send these actors here."

"It's just that you have suffered, Teacher Liu, and you still have to suffer at such an old age."

Liu Xun waved his hand disregardedly: "If it is true as Director Yang said, how many people may not have encountered such a precious experience once in their lifetime? What's the point of suffering?"

"Besides, for me, how can the glory of the world be compared to the ethereal heart of a moment?"

Then he looked at the young director who was respectful to him and smiled and said, "It's Director Yang, you are really smart in this training method."

Yang Zhu knew what he meant, let alone those actors, not even ordinary public and some professional monks, who looked frivolous and anxious? Which eyebrows are not full of arrogance?

Therefore, if you want to perform the feeling of becoming a monk, [Entering the Face] is the most important, but also the most difficult method. Yang Zhu could actually think of finding such a place of hard work to help actors enter the Face, and he had prestige and courage, and dared to pay for his own expenses, so that the actors would practice here in isolation for half a year. The methods and courage in it were unsurprising to Liu Xun.

Yang Zhu smiled and said a few humility.

After a while, everyone stopped outside the abbot's room, and a teacher left the team and walked in;

After a while, a middle-aged monk wearing a slightly worn patchwork robe with a slightly bitter face but a compassionate face came out.

Yang Zhu bowed respectfully and respectfully: "Zen Master Miaoxiang, Yang Zhu is polite."

Everyone was curious. This person was the abbot of Cifeng Temple. Where is the cassock? Where is the tin staff? Where is the Vairocana hat? Where is the aura?

If I didn't say it, I would have thought that this was a monk who specializes in growing vegetables in the temple.

Zen Master Miaoxiang returned the ceremony: "I already know the purpose of Mr. Yang, but I want to ask Mr. Yang a few questions."

Yang Zhu's eyes drooped slightly and his face was solemn: "Please say it by Zen Master."

On the sad face of Zen Master Miaoxiang, his eyes that seemed to be able to see the world were staring at the young man in front of him: "I have read Mr. Yang's script, so I would like to ask Mr. Yang, whether you are here on this trip, should you promote my Buddha or...slander my Buddha?"

Everyone's faces changed, thinking that they were planning to turn us out?

Yang Zhu smiled slightly: "I don't understand what Zen Master said very much;"

"What you call [Buddha] is a clay sculpture wrapped in gold and copper in the main hall?"

Zen Master Miaoxiang's voice is peaceful: "Of course not."

Yang Zhu's voice became slightly lower: "Is that what the pilgrim is entrusted to the wall of the house, thinking in his heart, begging for pity every day?"

Zen Master Miaoxiang shook his head, and a smile appeared on his sad face: "Of course not. Mr. Yang has his own research on Buddhism, so why bother to tease me?"

Yang Zhu smiled and looked a little respectful: "Don't blame Zen master, I am very angry and offended many words."

Zen Master Miaoxiang waved his hand slightly: "It's okay."

Yang Zhu looked at the brown patch with a slightly washed body with a slightly colored background and pondered for a moment: "The Zen master also knew that the so-called [Buddha] is actually the kindness in your heart, the pity, and the detachment in your heart."

"I have only a simple and simple study in my studies, but I have never read a few Buddhist scriptures. My research on Buddhism is very superficial."

"I once thought that the essence of Buddhism lies in [seeking oneself in all things], [never dirty mind and nature], [wisdom and sentient beings];"

"In order to allow the world to cleanse one's own hearts and resist all kinds of inner demons,"

"It was not until one day when I opened the Diamond Sutra that I hesitated. Is this really the case?"

“It says: Yesterday’s heart cannot be obtained; today’s heart cannot be obtained; future heart cannot be obtained;"

"I just thought it was just about [empt] when I read these three sentences ten years ago;"

"But later I climbed through this dirty ten-foot soft red for several years before I realized a truth;"

"As long as you still live in this world, for most people, there is no long-lasting [good]."

"There is never a possibility that you can truly be outside of things and thus [untained in the mind];"

"Because you must have something to gain if you seek your life;"

"If you have something to gain, you must have something to ask for;"

"If you want something, you will inevitably be unable to avoid cause and effect;"

"What corresponds to this is the trace of evil in the heart that people have never given up on their own initiative, and as time goes by, they actively indulge this evil thought and let them thrive;"

"In the end, in this world, demons fly and infect each other."

"After having these insights, I will read these three sentences alone,"

"I realized that these three sentences were clearly saying,"

“Human nature is fickle and unpredictable.”

"The Buddha of yesterday is the demon of today; and the demon of today is not the Buddha of the future!"

"The so-called [Buddha] and [Demon] are originally one;"

"It's only between your thoughts, only the difference in the present [seeking something]!"

"So, I dared to think that since the gentle means of [Buddha] cannot infect everyone,"

"Then why not turn into a [demon] and use the thunder of the rage of King Kong to scare the world into panic and fear, and dare not continue to fall?"

"Of course, there is definitely no way to express so much in this movie;"

"But I just want to use intimidation to prevent the world from trying to find a reason to escape for their laziness and weakness by lying on the [Pseudo-Buddha]."

"So... on the surface, what I asked this time was to slander Buddhism;"

"But in terms of purpose, we are indeed promoting Buddhism and striving to [removal of dirt] to all living beings!"

...

After hearing Yang Zhu's words, Zen Master Miaoxiang nodded and shook his head again;

Wensheng said: "Mr. Yang's understanding of this Buddhist scripture is somewhat fragmented and extreme;"

"But, there are thousands of Buddhas, but I can't say you are wrong."

Then he raised his head and looked at everyone:

"This temple practices hardships, keeps the precept of not catching money, does not beg for alms, does not ask for help, does not obey outsiders, and does not obey any other people. They usually rely on their own hands and feet to eat, wear, live and travel. I wonder if you may endure it?"

When everyone heard this, they nodded.

"There is one food in our temple, and no one can eat it. Anyone who eats the same food after vegetarian food will eat it. In the afternoon, you cannot eat anything except water and medicine. I wonder if you can abide by it?"

Everyone's faces were a little bitter, but fortunately they had been mentally prepared before, so they gritted their teeth and nodded.

"The temple will have 15 days of begging for food every year; stay away from the countryside and walk around the world to be indifferent to life and to get rid of love and donate to the burden; and in this process, we will slept in the wild and begging in the dust. I wonder if you can accept it?"

Everyone remembered the information that Yang Zhu showed him before: the blisters on his feet, the figures curled up in the bridge holes and the bottom of the tree, the monk bent down to beg; he didn't know what it felt like, but he nodded in his heart.

Zen Master Miaoxiang nodded, and a calm smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Since that's the case, please hold your order, please follow me."

Just after taking two steps, Zen Master Miaoxiang suddenly stopped and turned around: "Mr. Yang, I see that you are very resentful and only want to talk about it. If possible, I will not place it here for a while to practice, so I can discuss Buddhism with you."

Yang Zhu smiled a little far-fetchedly: "No, Zen Master, I am plagued by trivial matters, and I need to rush over and deal with other things."

Zen Master Miaoxiang stared at him, sighed slightly, gave a bow, and then turned around.

Watching the ragged patchwork robe disappear from sight,

Yang Zhu then breathed a sigh of relief, looked around, and accelerated his pace on his feet.

Leaving this place of practice that made him uncomfortable...
Chapter completed!