Chapter 154 - Buddhist Dharma in Life (1/2)

Chapter 154: Buddhist Dharma in Life

Translator: CKtalon <i class="_hr">Editor: CKtalon

Fangzheng was deterardless of what happened

Fangzheng said, “Thank you for explaining it to This Penniless Monk This Penniless Monk will have to refuse participation”

“Abbot Fangzheng, there should be a reason why you are rejecting it, right?” soh it was asaid, rules are rules How can it be ignored because of This Penniless Monk? There’s no point fighting for that spot Besides, This Penniless Monk has read very few books and has even less insight There’s probably nothing This Penniless Monk can say” Fangzheng did not plan on hiding the truth It was not terrifying if one was uncultured What was terrifying was the insistence on being cultured despite in actuality lacking it

Everyone exchanged looks This was the first time they had encountered such a person in all these years In the past everyone fought for it But this time he refused even after they persuaded hie? Was he eave an excuse that he did not read the scriptures? If you didn’t read any scriptures how did you h this was on theto this realization, everyone looked at Fangzheng with co’s frankness, while there were others who believed hinoramus Why didn’t he study the Buddhist Dharma when he could cross the river on a reed?

Zen Master Baiyun asked once again, “Abbot Fangzheng, are you certain you are conceding the opportunity?”

Fangzheng nodded “Yes”

Zen Master Baiyun nodded “In that case, Venerable Yi Xing, you shall do it”

Yi Xing sether, “Yes”

Hong Jin was delighted when he saw the situation play out He still felt like he was in a dreae to preach He originally believed that they had lost their opportunity To his surprise Fangzheng had chosen to concede It was like a pie had dropped frozheng, who looked like he was listening attentively, while grunani talked about the Avataṃsaka Sūtra on stage The ae However, Yi Xing cleverly avoided talking about the Avataṃsaka Sūtra in its entirety Instead he chose particular points to elaborate on

“This Penniless Monk has read the Avataṃsaka Sūtra day in and day out It fills ht Especially a particular sentence in the sutra: One is Many; Many is One People get confused by the numbers here but they do not know that the one and many here represent not mere numbers Instead: One and the Dharma; the myriad Dharmas return to One; Oneto the heaven and earth In this world, only our hearts represent the truth The heaven and earth’s Dharht, the th for twentyone’s heart so as to control the myriad Dharma

Everyone nodded when they heard him as they marveled inwardly There was even applause from time to time This was not a treatment the other abbots received when they preached the scriptures

When Yi Xing was done, he got up and bowed The crowd iave hi Jin was even

Yi Xing was extree His eyes could not help but glance at Fangzheng as also clapping