"All living beings are Buddhas, you and I are Buddhas …"
"Master has already told us the answer."
"So that's what Master Tan Yin meant when he looked at us just now."
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With the reminder of the handsome young man, everyone finally understood Master Tan Yin's deep meaning. The Master was indeed a Master, able to demonstrate Buddhist principles to an intangible level. They couldn't help but admire him deeply.
Of course, the few people who had doubts about Master Tan Yin just now regretted it so much that their intestines turned green. This was disrespectful to Master Tan Yin and also to Buddha. After they went back, they must donate more incense money to wash away their sins.
As for the handsome young man who had high attainments in Buddhist dharma, he naturally won the favor of everyone. They didn't know which family this young man came from. The younger generation will surpass the older generation!
The monks of Cold Mountain Temple were overjoyed. With Li Yi's reminder, they immediately remembered which eminent monk of the former Tang Dynasty had said that sentence. It was the wise words of the Sixth Patriarch, and the foreign monks couldn't refute it. Because to refute this sentence was to refute the Sixth Patriarch, and to refute themselves.
The monks had all heard of this sentence, but they didn't expect it to be able to answer that question. They sighed in their hearts. Compared to this young benefactor, their cultivation was still not enough.
Some people were happy, some people were sad. The monks of Cold Mountain Temple were happy, but the expressions of the young monks of the Qi Kingdom suddenly changed. They didn't expect that they would be able to solve the problem so quickly, and in such an incredible way.
This was like going for wool and coming home shorn. It didn't stump the monks of Cold Mountain Temple, but helped them become famous.
"All living beings are Buddhas … Master Tan Yin, you really live up to your reputation." Old monk Zhi Xin had a smile on his face all along, but when he spoke, he looked at Li Yi with an inexplicable gaze.
As for the monk with the iron rod, who MIngzhu called a sadhu, his expression was as calm as ever.
"Master really means this?" Li Xuan looked at Li Yi suspiciously.
He did not believe that Li Yi had the ability to read minds, nor did he believe that Master Tan Yin really thought so. He only believed that with Li Yi's mouth, he could turn black into white and wrong into right. He had a deep understanding of what the monk meant by renouncing asceticism.
"Is that important?" Li Yi glanced at him and whispered.
"Is it not important?"
"Is it important?"
"Is it not important?"
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"Son-in-law!"
While Li Yi and Li Xuan were debating about philosophy, an exclamation suddenly came from the opposite side of the crowd. Xiao Huan was holding a paper bag in her hand, carefully squeezing through the crowd.
Walking up to Li Yi, he happily waved the paper bag in his hand and said, "Son-in-law, try this. This is the flower cake I just bought outside. It's delicious."
Li Yi pinched a piece and put it in his mouth. Although the taste was not as good as Ruoqing's, it was still passable. He looked at Xiao Huan and asked, "Why are you here alone, where is Miss?"
"Miss is accompanying the old madam to listen to the master's sermon. I sneaked out alone." The little servant girl said happily, "I will go find them now and tell them that the master has also come."
She wanted to hurry back, but because she was in too much of a hurry, she accidentally dropped the paper bag in her hand. The pastries scattered all over the ground, and a few pieces even landed on the shoes of the old monk, Zhi Xin, who was closest to her.
"Ah, sorry, sorry." She hurriedly crouched down to pick them up. Just as she was about to pick up a piece that had fallen by the monk's feet, a stern expression suddenly appeared on the monk's face. He shouted in a low voice, "Go away!"
Finishing, he lifted his foot and kicked the little servant girl.
Clang!
At the same time, a palace guard felt the long knife at his waist suddenly leave its sheath. A flash of knife light shot out and headed straight for the monk's thigh.
The monk could still kick the little servant girl away, but the price would be one of his legs.
Whether this was a good deal or not, it could be understood just by thinking about it. In the next moment, he did not hesitate to pull his foot back.
Li Yi helped the little servant girl up and threw the knife in his hand to the guard. He looked at the monk of the Qi Kingdom with a cold gaze.
"The monk hates women the most, he does not like women to get close to him." MIngzhu came forward to explain.
This sudden scene interrupted Master Tan Yin and Zhi Xin's affectionate gaze. The surrounding people's gazes also temporarily shifted over.
"Du Nan, do not be rude." Zhi Xin spoke up to stop the middle-aged monk who was holding the iron rod tightly.
"Is this all your Buddha has taught you?" Li Yi asked the monk with narrowed eyes.
The surrounding people also understood what had just happened and the atmosphere became a little noisy.
"That monk actually dared to commit murder here. It's better to drag him out and beat him to death to avoid being an eyesore." After someone made a suggestion, it was unanimously agreed by everyone.
"Who are you?" The middle-aged monk's eyes were filled with violence as he asked in a low voice.
"You don't know who I am?" Li Yi looked at him and did not hide the coldness in his eyes.
"Why would I …" The middle-aged monk had just said these three words when Zhi Xin suddenly stepped in front of him and stopped him from continuing.
Zhi Xin's expression finally changed. He looked up at Li Yi and said slowly, "I did not expect there to be such a powerful person in the Jing Kingdom. I was blind and did not recognize a master. May I ask, young benefactor, who are you?"
"What are they talking about?" The proud girl's face was filled with confusion as she looked up at Li Xuan and asked.
"I don't know." Li Xuan shook his head. His mind was also a mess.
However, there was one thing he was very clear about. This group of foreign monks was probably not going to have it easy this time.
The expression on Li Mingzhu's face was also puzzled. One of the masters who taught her martial arts was an eminent Buddhist monk. Under the influence of what she saw and heard, although she couldn't say that she was well-versed in Buddhism, she had some foundation. However, she was still confused by the conversation between Li Yi and the old monk.
It wasn't just Shou Ning and Li Xuan. Everyone present had a blank look on their faces. Once again, they felt like their IQ wasn't enough.
That young man had clearly only asked a question that could not be any more ordinary. How did he become a mighty figure and an expert? Was there something wrong with the old monk with the Buddhist name of Zhi Xin?
When they looked at Master Tan Yin, they found that the master seemed to have fallen into deep thought.
"Could it be that there was really something profound about that question?" Everyone could not help but have this thought.
They turned around and looked at each other. They could see the confusion and confusion in each other's eyes.
"This young benefactor's understanding of Buddhism has probably reached another level." At this moment, the old monk who was slapped back by the sadhu said softly.
"Master, what do they mean?" Just as everyone was scratching their heads, someone finally appeared who understood. The old monk's shiny head suddenly became the focus of the crowd.
"Amitabha." The old monk chanted the name of Buddha and explained, "The question young benefactor asked just now was' who am I '. It seems simple, but it actually contains great wisdom. The' I 'in the question is not the' I 'that we think. To answer this question, we must first jump out of the' I 'and look at everything around us with a detached heart … Therefore, this question young benefactor asked is extremely difficult to answer. And Master Zhi Xin's question of 'who are you' is also similar to this question. "
Hearing the old monk's words, everyone was stunned. The expression on their faces … was even more confused than before.
What 'who am I', 'I am me, I am not me', jump out of the 'I' … Motherf * cker, who am I?
He was a master after all. With just a few words, he made them doubt their lives.
They still did not understand what the crux of the question was. However, they finally understood one thing.
This young man's Dharma was very profound, so profound that they couldn't see through it at all. The old monk named Zhi Xin couldn't answer the question he had asked just now, so he beat around the bush and kicked the question back at him.
Can't this foreign monk have some shame!?!?
In an instant, everyone looked at Monk Zhi Xin with incomparable contempt.
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