Chapter 929
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The old abbot had a hunched back, wearing ginger yellow robes and a string of prayer beads in front of his chest. His face was old, his eyebrows were white, his eyes were deep, and his eyes were muddy but not clear.
The old abbot looked at the undisciplined Yan Fan and sighed softly. "This old monk is only here to give you a word of advice."
Yan Fan got up from the chair. He did not ask what the old abbot wanted to say but said carelessly, "Since you are old and your legs are not good, sit down first. Don't ask me to send you back to the meditation room."
Hearing this, the old abbot shook his head. "No need."
The old abbot looked at him. Yan Fan looked at him and then slowly put away the lazy naughtiness on his face.
Yan Fan saw the old abbot put a page of a book on the table in front of him. The old abbot sighed and slowly turned to leave.
Yan Fan did not look at the paper on the table but frowned at the old abbot's staggering steps. He said, "Eh, old monk, let me send you back."
The old abbot stopped and shook his head with a smile. "No need, this old monk's body can still walk."
The old abbot did not let Yan Fan send him back so Yan Fan did not.
He turned and picked up the page of the book. When he saw the line of words on the book, Yan Fan's body froze.
He seemed to hear the old abbot's hoarse and deep voice behind him.
"Once a person decides to leave, once a period of prayer."
Yan Fan muttered these words in his heart. Then, a cold smile tugged at the corners of his mouth.
He released his fingers and a wind blew over. The page of the book was blown away by the wind …
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After that, the monks of the Sanskrit Temple were surprised to find that they saw Yan Fan's figure several times during the morning classes.
He was still lazy and looked like he didn't care about anything. He kept calling the old abbot 'old monk'. The shishu on the side were very angry and said that Shixiong Yan Fan did not follow the rules. But the old abbot was not angry at all. Instead, he indulged Yan Fan to call him that.
While everyone was praying with their eyes closed, Senior Brother Yan Fan was looking around lazily, looking very naughty and mischievous.
Yan Fan often made the shishu in the temple angry, especially Shishu Dao Zhen. The young monks in the temple could always hear Shishu Dao Zhen scolding Shixiong Yan Fan.
They said Shishu Dao Zhen caught Shixiong Yan Fan secretly eating pheasant and drinking wine. Shishu Dao Zhen punished Shixiong Yan Fan to copy sutras.
Shixiong Yan Fan did not copy and was locked in the Sutra Pavilion by Shishu Dao Zhen.
One day, the young novice monks found a book that had been passed down from generation to generation by the venerable elders of the temple in the Sutra Pavilion. The content of the book was nothing more than the inspirational and touching story of how they sacrificed themselves for the sake of others and enlightened the masses. There were also some soul-stirring chicken soup for the soul.
In the end, the little novice monks saw that on the last page of the book, there were two words written in flamboyant handwriting — —
[False]
In the end, the matter was found out by Shishu Dao Zhen, and Shixiong Yan Fan was punished again.
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Note: 'The meeting separates' comes from the Nirvana Sutra of Buddhism. The sutra says, 'When a man flourishes, he will decline. When meeting, he will part.' It means that people who often meet in the world will also part, and those who meet will eventually part.
'One meeting, one prayer' comes from a variation of the Japanese Zen saying, 'One meeting, one prayer'.
The meaning of the two sentences is that we have to treat meeting each other as a once in a lifetime fate.
Therefore, he had to cherish every encounter he had with others.
If we miss it, we will never meet again.
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