All five aggregates are empty

Miaoguang Temple was built in the 40s. It is located between the foothills of two mountains. In front of the temple is a tributary of the Tuojiang River. Behind the temple are green mountains, shaded by green bamboos, and the scenery is beautiful.Due to the attachment to the foot of the mountain, the temples of Miaoguang Temple are taller than each other.After entering from the main entrance, there is a temple dedicated to the Four Heavenly Kings and Maitreya Buddha.Going inside and climbing up a few steps, you will come to the temple where Bodhisattvas such as Manjusri Bodhisattva and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva are enshrined.Then turn right and go up, there is a platform at about 100 or [-] steps, on which a stone statue of Avalokitesvara is enshrined.Continue to climb more than [-] steps, and you will come to the main hall of the temple.The main hall is dedicated to Sakyamuni Buddha. On the front of the hall, there is a plaque of "The Miaoguang of Zhengfa". On the platform in front of the main hall, you can overlook the whole Miaoguang Temple.

Two years ago, Miaoguang Temple started the renovation project. First, the muddy mountain road was turned into a stone road, and then the temple was repaired, and the Buddha statues in the temple were repainted with gold paint.In addition, the local rich people also asked craftsmen to carve a statue of Guanyin and donate it to the temple, which is exactly the one placed on the stone platform.The consecration ceremony this time is mainly aimed at this Guanyin statue.

The temple sent a special car to take Mr. Zheng and his party to the foot of the mountain. At about nine o'clock in the morning, there was already a long queue at the gate of Miaoguang Temple, all of them were ordinary people who lived nearby and came to watch the ceremony.

Walking to the entrance of Miaoguang Temple, Meng Lijun discovered that entrance tickets are still required to enter the temple, no more, no less, 30 yuan per person.He couldn't help applauding in his heart, the temple is really getting better at doing business now.

Naturally, Meng Lijun didn't need a ticket to follow Mr. Zheng, and the volunteers in the temple took the five of them in respectfully.

Not long after entering the temple, Meng Lijun found that Miaoguang Temple was different from ordinary temples.First of all, there is not a single monk in Miaoguang Temple, all of them are volunteers.I looked around and found that there was no monk's dormitory in the temple, and it seemed that no one was practicing here.

There are many people who come to worship, but the part above the stone steps is not open to the public.The relevant personnel of the consecration ceremony and Yanda and his party stood on the platform of the stone steps, just overlooking the people standing below.

At ten o'clock, the consecration ceremony officially began. Some ordinary people who failed to enter the Miaoguang Temple stood outside the temple to watch the entire ceremony.

Meng Lijun looked around on the platform for a long time, but he didn't see Minghua.Not only Minghua, there is not even a monk in this consecration ceremony.The host was a middle-aged man in a suit with a red badge pinned to his chest.Meng Lijun took a closer look, the badge was somewhat similar to the party badge, but not exactly the same.

The middle-aged man first introduced himself, and then introduced the guests.Only then did Meng Lijun know that this person was actually Teacher Zheng's student and the abbot of Miaoguang Temple.

The whole consecration ceremony was also very strange.It is said to be a consecration, but there is no Buddhist ritual, just remove the red cloth covering the Avalokitesvara, and it's over. I don't know what kind of consecration it is.

However, Meng Lijun observed the reactions of the people below, and no one seemed to think anything was wrong.It seems that most of the people are mainly here to watch the excitement. Even a small number of believers only regard Buddhism as an unstructured folk religion, and do not take this consecration ceremony seriously.

Perhaps most people are like this. They regard religion as superstition, and praying to gods and worshiping Buddha is just following the trend, looking for some psychological comfort for themselves, or going to the doctor in a hurry.

"I don't know if Guanyin Bodhisattva agrees with such consecration." Standing behind Ding Weichao, Meng Lijun muttered.

"Doctoral students of Yan University don't say such superstitious words." Ding Weichao applauded along with the others, hiding his whisper with Meng Lijun in the applause.

"It's not superstition, it's respect for culture."

"Did you not respond to Teacher Zheng? What are you doing?"

"That's right, Mr. Zheng didn't respond at all." Meng Lijun glanced at his mentor curiously, smiling like a Maitreya Buddha, completely integrated into the atmosphere of the celebration.

"The abbot is his student. All these must have been ventilated beforehand. Maybe it was arranged by Mr. Zheng."

"The three treasures of Buddhism, Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha are indispensable. Except for Buddha statues, there are neither Dharma nor Sangha here. It feels like a large-scale community activity center."

"you do not say."

At this time, the business representative started to speak, and the audience fell silent again, and Meng Lijun didn't answer any more.He stood at the back of the crowd, seeing that no one noticed him, he quietly walked to the stone steps behind him, and then tiptoed to the main hall at the top of the stone steps.

Everyone went to the ceremony, and there was no one in the main hall.The Sakyamuni Buddha enshrined here is about five meters high, and it is shining golden, so dazzling.

Before studying religion, Meng Lijun had a strong resistance to worshiping Buddha.Although he could see some supernatural things when he was a child, for him who studied natural science since he was a child, worshiping Buddha is still a superstition, because even though he worshiped Buddha when he was a child, he can still see those things, which shows that this practice of worshiping Buddha It doesn't work at all.

But after entering university, Meng Lijun discovered that he had many misunderstandings about religion.Religion is indeed inseparable from superstition, but in fact it is more related to society and culture. Through religious phenomena, we can learn a lot of useful knowledge and information.

Many people look at religion and only see some superficial religious culture.Just like many people always think that Buddhism is about burning incense and worshiping Buddha. If you believe in any Bodhisattva, this Bodhisattva will protect you.But in fact, every religion has its own religious philosophy, which few people understand.Just like few people really understand the meaning of "form" and "emptiness" in the sentence "form is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from form, form is emptiness, emptiness is form".

Learning Buddhist theories is actually learning a certain kind of psychology. The knowledge in it is very deep.Worshiping Buddha can be seen as some kind of boring ceremony, but at the same time it can also be seen as respect for wise men and this culture.

There were incense sticks placed beside the altar, and Meng Lijun picked up three sticks and lit them on the incense candles.After a while, the three incense sticks ignited tiny flames, and he blew on them with his mouth, and the cigarette smoke immediately floated up.

Meng Lijun retreated to the back of the futon, and when he was about to make a bow, a hand suddenly stretched out from nowhere, and took the three sticks of incense from his hand.

Meng Lijun's first reaction was that Minghua came, because in his impression, only Minghua liked to do it directly.But when he raised his head, he found that standing beside him was a white-haired boy in a black sweater.

The hat of the sweater was casually hung on the boy's head, blocking most of his hair.The young man raised his eyebrows and said to Meng Lijun, "Hello."

"Ha... huh?" Meng Lijun replied subconsciously, and then asked curiously, "Who are you?"

"I'm a wage earner here." The boy smiled, showing two canine teeth.

"Oh...does the temple still recruit migrant workers?" Meng Lijun always felt that the young man in front of him was a little weird.

"Isn't it?" The boy said and threw the three incense sticks in his hand, and then took out three stick incense sticks with a darker color and thicker shape from nowhere. "use this."

Seeing that Meng Lijun didn't reach out to take it, the young man took the initiative to walk to the side of the altar, and lit the three sticks of incense in his hand with a joss stick.

"Hey, here it is."

The incense was handed to Meng Lijun, but he was too embarrassed not to accept it, so he had to raise his hand to accept it. "Is this some high-end incense? It won't be charged separately."

"Haha, this incense is very advanced." The boy laughed again, and a fresh youthful breath came over his face, "This is Tibetan incense, I made it myself."

"Tibetan incense?" Meng Lijun knew that many things in Tibetan Buddhism were different from Han Buddhism, but he didn't expect that even incense sticks were so different. "Aside from the shape and color, is there any difference between this and our incense?"

"To put it simply, Tibetan incense has a health-preserving effect. The incense in your hand is made of cypress mud, saffron, musk and other precious medicinal materials. If you don't believe me, smell it and see if it smells like medicinal materials."

Meng Lijun took the incense to him and smelled it. It was sweet and bitter, and it smelled really good.

"Is this easy to do? I'm afraid it will take a lot of work."

"It's really not easy to make, but in order to customize it for you, I can only make it myself."

"...Special order?"

"If you smell it again, do you have a feeling that you are floating in the sky, and you are about to die."

"Death?" Meng Lijun suddenly felt that his tongue was not in control, and his head became dizzy.The youth in front of him appeared many figures, and the whole temple was spinning.

Before losing consciousness, Meng Lijun saw the young man laugh evilly, revealing two cute canine teeth that did not match his expression.

The consecration ceremony came to an end before noon, and the abbot of Miaoguang Temple led Mr. Zheng and his party to have lunch in the city four or five kilometers away with local wealthy businessmen.Lunch is very rich, big fish and big meat without any scruples.But fortunately, the abbot of Miaoguang Temple didn't touch meat, otherwise it would be unreasonable.During the banquet, the teachers and businessmen chatted with each other happily.While boasting that the other party is a pillar of the country and making contributions to the motherland, on the other hand it is boasting that the other party is the foundation of local development and the economic pillar of the country.

After two o'clock in the afternoon, Mr. Zheng and his party drove to Mount Emei not far away.

Mount Emei, located in Meishan City, Sichuan Province, is one of the four famous Buddhist mountains in China.It takes about two days to hike from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain, but the teachers did not travel to climb the mountain, so when they arrived at the foot of Mount Emei, they packed a car and went directly to the hotel on the top of the mountain.

The top of Mount Emei is also known as the Golden Summit, and there is a Huazang Temple built in the Tang Dynasty on the top, which is the highest Chinese Buddhist temple in China.In the early years, the Golden Dome was relatively dilapidated, and tourists went up the mountain mainly to see the four wonders of Mount Emei - the sunrise, the sea of ​​clouds, the Buddha's light, and the holy lamp.However, in 2006, when the statue of Samantabhadra in the ten directions on the Golden Dome was completed, the four wonders became the five great wonders—one more golden Buddha was added, and since then, the Golden Dome has become a paid tourist place.

After putting down his backpack in the hotel room, Ding Weichao sent Meng Lijun a WeChat message asking where he was, but Meng Lijun didn't reply for a long time.

When I was still at Miaoguang Temple, Teacher Zheng said that Meng Lijun had already set off for Mount Emei, but now we have all arrived at the hotel, and there is no sign of Meng Lijun.Ding Weichao came to Mr. Zheng's room and talked about Meng Lijun's situation, but Mr. Zheng and Associate Professor Zhao were not particularly worried, and only said, "That kid should still be climbing mountains."

Ding Weichao had no choice but to return to his room.However, when he passed Assistant Professor Zhou's room, the door suddenly opened, and a monk-like figure came out.