Chapter 551 - Being Straight To The Point (1/2)
Chapter 551: Being Straight To The Point
Translator: CKtalon <i class="_hr">Editor: CKtalon
Fangzheng was left at a loss and didn’t knohether to laugh or cry What the heck! He had seen people act scoundrelly to defer on their debts, but this was the first tiift
Helpless, Fangzheng could only thank him and choose two bundles of yellow paperhiui’s place TheSong, La Hua, Secretary Tan Juguo, Jiang Zhou, Fan Qing, Qiu Xiaoye, and Guan Xiangfeng were all chatting in the yard too
Upon seeing Fangzheng, everyone iui s, you ca do you think the offering platfore was small so we did it haphazardly Now that we have ht? At the very least we should es in the area, right?”
Fangzheng shook his head helplessly “Honoring your ancestors does not need a grand stage Honoring your ancestors is just like praying to Buddha Sincerity isAs a simple example, Patron Tan, do you wish for the kind of filial piety where your grandchildren buy you a mansion and fancy cars but do not couo immediately shook his head “I’d rather those brats come back for no apparent reason to chat with ive the nodded “It’s the same with our ancestors It’s not easy for the sincerely filial, not a pile of food and tall platforoods?”
wang Yougui said, “If it’s bigger, our ancestors will rub off soht?”
“That’s what you think Have you seen what it’s like in hell?” returned Fangzheng with a question
wang Yougui was left silent
Fangzheng continued “This Penniless Monk has not been there either The living do not knohat the conditions are like in hell To view the world of the deceased with the viewpoints of the living is like letting an elephant wear a pair of shoes you find comfortable Would it find the shoes comfortable? Since you do not knohy don’t you use your sincerity and real emotions to show your filial piety towards the or the deceased, there are certain things of which the value does not change One of those things is true e Zhou said, “Despitesuch a theory The masters or rich people I encounter in the city can’t wait to burn vast riches to showcase their filial piety Now that I think of it, they are not really being filial, but just showing off”
Guan Xiangfeng added an example too “I’ve met a baller before who burned ten Ferraris! Now that I think of it, he was quite a retard”
Fangzheng s to the air pollution to flaunt one’s wealth, doing nothing but kicking up a stink Perhaps it , but what about their ancestors? If their sincerity is lacking, it’s pointless no matter how many treasures they burn They are ultimately unfilial If the ancestors were to know of this in hell, they would probably end up beingpaused “It’s unknown if the mortal world has spirits and souls, but since ancient times, we have honored our ancestors It’s a way to pass down the virtue of filial piety If honoring our ancestors is done solely to flaunt our wealth, ill lose the cultural virtue of filial piety Fae Without this heritage, no matter how much money one has, without the morals to back it up, everyone will eventually fail and drown”
When all of theht and nodded in unison
Jiang Zhou sighed “Venerable Fangzheng, what you said should be said in a classroo shook his head “How can This Penniless Monk be shah to share this little bit in a lecture? Those who know this know it better than me As for those who are not in the know, This Penniless Monk’s words ht not be useful to theain
The topic had been diverted Since the offering platfors were sie entrance and began building an offering platfor Zhou assisted hih everyone’s co platfor all over was co platform, it was in fact known as the Lone Alms Platform There was a spot on it for a urine of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva who redeeurine were plates of items such as rice and peaches made out of flour At the same time, the Lone Alzheng separately inserted a blue, red, and green triangular flag into every offering, and he wrote key words like ‘Yulanpen Ritual’ and ‘Opening of the Door of Nirvana’ With that, the Lone Alzheng’s mind when he saw the readied Lone Aler Village had not been very particular about things early on All they used to do was simply burn some paper money, and that was all there was to it The current particularities were froer had kept a mum on who exactly had spread the customs But the Yulanpen Festival was celebrated only by the few villages around Mt One Finger Further with hies that Zen Master One Finger did not visit were not very particular about things From the looks of it, the particularities were likely a result of Zen Master One Finger
After the Lone Alin the cereive a Buddhist sermon As he faced the Buddhist altar, he recited the scriptures like the Great Compassion Sutra, the Ten S was clueless about these in the past, he had read they He had memorized them before as well, so he was fauidance fro thean the soul beckoning ceremony He read from the piece written on yellow paper to welco the Heart Sutra, the Sutra of Rebirth to the Pure Land, and the Three Truths Finally, theYougui, used a red-inked brush to dab on a notice, indicating the end of the opening asse assembly basically amounted to the Buddhist version of Mass Typically, they would follow the rites as laid out in the Cozheng lacked rand cere with the recital of the Buddhist Repentance Verses During the ceres and a sietarian food before the end of the Mass