Look at the shaving in the nunnery

Look at shaving in the nunnery [original]

Recently, I drove to a nearby place called Qingcheng Mountain with several painters who learned to paint. By the way, I also engaged in style-gathering activities. The bamboo here is swaying, the trees are towering, and the environment is very quiet. Standing on the third floor of the farmhouse and looking into the distance, I saw a temple halfway up the hillside. After dinner, I climbed more than a hundred grades of bluestone with several painters to visit the mountain. Turns out it's a nunnery.

There is a couplet on the door of the nunnery, which never dies and is dust-free. Walking into the nunnery, the nuns in the nunnery are very clean, their faces are beautiful and their robes are neat. The incense platform is spotless and the surrounding sundries are neatly stacked, giving people a very refreshing feeling. This is also normal. The Buddha Kingdom is a place known as the Pure Land. These nuns also read and attend classes, but Lao Ni explained to them all the books of eminent monks in the past, and what they chanted were all Buddhist sutras.

After chanting the sutras, eight or nine nuns entered the hall and sat down neatly. One of the nuns brought several plates of soup, but Lai did not see any meat. During the meal, two little girls laughed and played a few words, but they were stopped by the sharp eyes of the old ones. Xiao Ni smiled at us, stole a glance at Lao Ni, lowered his head and chewed his meal, while Lao Ni bowed his head and ate a small bowl of white rice, drank a few mouthfuls of soup, and then went to the main hall to close his eyes and meditate.

At about four o'clock in the morning, I was awakened by the morning clock and the sound of chanting. Lying in bed, I couldn't help laughing at the naive smiles of the two little girls last night. I couldn't understand why they stepped into this secluded door when they were so young. It seems that if they want to achieve positive results, they will have to do some penance.

At about 10:00, I went to the right side Hall alone and saw the host shaving a woman. The woman sat upright around a piece of black cloth, with several nuns standing beside her. The old man said something piously, and he saw him raise his razor to shave the woman's head. Brush, the little girl's hair suddenly appeared a bluish white road, standing by to watch the small Ni people all over the face of the sacred and solemn. The woman soon showed her bare forehead, and Lao Ni still did not relax, and the razor was still shaved up and down, left and right, and then he stepped back and looked at Xiao Ni's bald head as if he were enjoying a precious work of art. Finally, showed a satisfied smile. With a bang, he withdrew the razor, took off the black cloth and shook it hard, the black hair fell to the ground one after another, and the woman's dull face was suddenly covered with tears.

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It may be a blessing for Xiao Ni, probably she has been pious to worship the Buddha for a long time, today she is willing to shave Cheng, and finally realized her own wish. in this vast world, there are many traps and evils around her, and it is difficult for people to extricate themselves. so they avoid the mountain gate, green lights and twilight drums in the morning and twilight for a lifetime, but I always think that this kind of blessing is probably very limited, can the pure place really be so clean? I want to stay in the world ups and downs, although exposed to the flow of human desire, from time to time will be hit by some inexplicable eyes and indifference, the vicissitudes of life these years, it can be said that the ups and downs along the way, although I have had the idea of becoming a monk before, but the feelings of parents and children can not be given up. Now, my heart has long settled down, and I have already left a pure land in my heart, and I live quietly. Although I cannot do anything to save people from hardship and suffering, I can try my best to do something of great kindness and compassion to help each other punish those who are evil. This may also be a blessing for me as a layman.

After thinking about it, in the face of the continuous green mountains in front of me, I secretly recited in my heart: sitting in floating clouds, especially sitting on the stage, the ancient temple of Kongshan is at ease. If you want to seek the truth, the sun, the moon and the stars are all in your arms.