Me: Master, how did you get here?
Master: The poor monk came on a crane...
Me: Master, what a crane?
Master: Mercedes Maybach.
Me: Dare to ask the master in which monastery he meditated and practiced?
Master: The place where the poor monks meditate is called the Mercedes "temple".
Me: Master, why did you drive an Audi today?
Master: Your pattern is small, the four circles represent the four emptiness, the poor monks are dedicated to the Buddha, and they keep the Buddha in mind when they travel.
Hello, there's hello.
A few days ago, I saw a news item on the Internet that a monk was photographed by a tourist getting out of a Bentley.
At first, I thought this kind of thing was too normal, what is Bentley?
I have also brushed the monk who drove a Rolls-Royce before, just an 8888 license plate is enough for ordinary people to struggle for a lifetime, and the co-pilot is still sitting with a beautiful woman, a modern version of the "Jigong Living Buddha".
In fact, this kind of Buddhism chaos is too common, but the original network is not developed and everyone has never heard of it.
Is it true that all the money from pilgrims is used for temple repairs?
Hehe.... (Not universally refers to all, please do not sit in the opposite number)
Seriously, it's been a few days since this incident, and as an ordinary person, I don't want to comment on it.
But last night, I heard that this incident was debunked?
The more I looked at it, the more unpleasant it became, so I got up overnight and wrote this article.
On May 7, a reporter from Dahe Daily Yu Video "Seeing" asked the Haining Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau for verification.
The staff of the Haining Municipal Bureau of Ethnic and Religious Affairs responded: "The Bentley is not Master's, Master just opens the door for people who come to burn incense." ”
At that time, a foreign believer, Chen (pseudonym), with his sister, grandson, and niece, drove a Bentley car with a Shanghai license plate to Yanguan Xiaoputuo Temple to worship the Buddha.
At about three o'clock in the afternoon of May 2, the Buddha ceremony was completed, and the "car owner" wanted to go to the surrounding area, but because he was not familiar with the local roads, the monk Shi Mouxiang drove there.
I'm sure you've all read these chats.
The staff especially emphasized that the screenshots of the chat between Master and the person who took the picture were deliberately misleading.
I also carefully analyzed the authenticity of these screenshots, and there is a high probability that they are fake.
The person concerned found the person who took the photo to delete the picture, which is reasonable in the past, but everyone can see from the chat notes that the photographer is also a monk, and he also blew himself up and drove a BMW, which is too obvious.
I speculate that these screenshots are deliberately fabricated by some unscrupulous self-media in order to attract people's attention.
However, I think the temple's attitude towards refuting rumors is a bit ambiguous.
First of all, it is certain that there are some monks with driver's licenses in the temple, after all, they belong to religious people, and there is no law in our country that says that monks cannot drive.
Let's leave that at that.
Secondly, the temple said that since the believers were not familiar with the local roads, the person concerned was helping the believers to drive, and I did not agree with that.
If I had believed this 20 years ago, I would have believed it.
The current car has no navigation, and AutoNavi is also connected to the Beidou system, the positioning is quite accurate, and even the accident in front of it can be broadcast in time.
In such a situation, do you need a monk to help you drive?
Monks worship the Buddha for the believers, do they still need to provide tour guide services?
Another one, Bentley can be regarded as a top luxury car, a monk who is in the temple all the year round and does not often drive, and the owner is so relieved to let him drive?
I was fortunate enough to drive a Bentley once, and the first time I drove it, I couldn't even find a place to light it, and I was overwhelmed by the top-level luxury buttons, if it wasn't for people who were often in contact with luxury cars, who would drive it..
So, either way, I think it's ridiculous.
Could it really be that as netizens said, the car belongs to the pilgrims, and the pilgrims belong to the monks?
Seriously, I've seen a lot of this kind of whitewashing PR tactics.
But I haven't seen it getting darker and darker, and the day before it was said that it was to help the female pilgrim open the door, and the next day it was said to be a substitute driver?
If I were a publicist, I would have generously admitted that the Bentley is a monk, and maybe some of you are shareholders in this Bentley.
Everyone is happy and happy to promote the development of Buddhism in China.
Support monks to drive luxury cars, only in this way, can they be more pious when worshipping Buddha for believers....
Even if your wish is not fulfilled, there are still monks, and they will "help you" fulfill it.
A few years ago, I prayed in a temple and happened to see a monk driving a BMW X5 to work, and the co-pilot had a girl like a flower.
I also saw a comment from a netizen saying that he saw a monk with a money bag going to a top hotel for a big meal many years ago.
There is also a monk in the service area who drives a Mercedes...
In my opinion, don't go to the temple to pray for blessings, just become a monk and your wish will soon come true.
Pilgrims are basically religious, come over to say a few words of blessing, and then leave some "foreshadowing", for example, you have not had good fortune in the past few years, what do you need to do, otherwise it will be....
Most pilgrims will choose to "break the fortune and avoid disaster", after all, our country has the greatest respect for Buddhism, and people cannot do without faith.
But isn't it too much to worship the Buddha for profit?
However, we have to look at things on both sides, and the chaotic behavior of monks does exist, and there are many of them in society.
But we can't say that all monastics are bad.
I saw a video before, a real ascetic monk from Dabei Temple in Haicheng, Liaoning Province, who walks 600 kilometers every year without touching money and only has leftovers for life, using asceticism to cultivate merit.
They don't even accept offerings from tourists.
I was so touched that I looked up information about ascetics on the Internet, and after reading it, I was filled with admiration and tears.
In today's society, there are still such simple monks, I really feel distressed.
Compared to those monks who hint at every turn that you want to give money for incense, it is simply a great contrast.
When it comes to today's monks, the first thing that comes to mind is the words high salary, luxury car, villa, and liar.
They wear robes to work and chant scriptures, and drive luxury cars after work, not so much that they are monks, but that they are actors with a high salary of 10,000 yuan.
The original pure and solemn Daxiong Treasure Hall has also become a tourist attraction for tourists to burn incense and make wishes.
To put it mildly, this group of people has completely disgraced the face of the Buddhists.
In my opinion, most of all religions are beliefs and metaphysics, which we ordinary people cannot experience.
I have a friend by my side, he is a "heavy lover" of the horse fairy, claiming to be a fairy family, he can give people things, and sometimes he will go up, but the hexagram is not empty, just give some incense money with fate.
At first, I really thought of him as a "great god".
Until one time he drank too much and told me the truth, he was "pretending to be a ghost" just to make money, and I also pretended to drink too much at that time, and didn't respond anything.
In my opinion, everything in the world has cause and effect, and it is not that the time has not yet come.
Don't be pretentious, at a young age, you will make yourself a cocoon and not a ghost.
However, some people have real skills.
As for the metaphysics inside, I still haven't figured it out.
A week before May Day, my friends and I drove to a national 4A scenic spot, and at that time, we also took into account the large number of people during the holiday, so we traveled in advance.
The scenic spot is dominated by the mountain, which is said to be the hiding place of the Zhao orphans, and at about ten o'clock in the morning of the same day, our group began to climb the mountain.
Halfway up, I saw that there was a temple where the incense was very strong, so I went over with my companions to take a stick of incense and worship.
In fact, as a Chinese, Buddhism is still relatively deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and even the so-called atheists dare not be in awe.
I hope that my career will be successful and my family will be safe. At that time, I also bought a stick of incense (30 yuan) with a pious heart, knelt down and kowtowed a few times, and the monks on the side were still reciting Buddhist scriptures in their mouths.
Then, I got up and prepared to leave.
At this moment, the monk said, "There is a 00-year-old dragon girl next to you, who is very good to you, and I didn't bring it with me today."
When I heard this, I was stunned directly, because my girlfriend was born in 00 and loves me very much.
Then I said a lot, and every word was in my heart.
The master didn't say anything, and I volunteered to offer incense money (266 yuan), although it was not much, but it was also a snack.
And then I took my girlfriend to go again, and the master also put forward some suggestions for our temperament and character, telling us to stay up less late, work hard, and you can get married and grow old in the future.
also said that I am the life of the earth, she is the life of gold, and the earth is born of gold, and they do not restrain each other.
I also learned about this thing from the side, it seems to be related to the Book of Changes, and I don't know much about it, Chinese culture is broad and profound.
You can not believe it, but you can't be disrespectful.
But those who swindle and deceive in the name of Buddhism are really hateful.
As one of the four famous Buddhist mountains in China, Wutai Mountain has become a famous tourist attraction since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
However, in recent years, a strange phenomenon has emerged: a large number of nuns with beautiful looks and sweet voices have suddenly increased, changing people's perception of monasteries and monks.
Tourists are slaughtered by these nuns, and after buying Buddhist beads and other items, they find that they are sold at a high price, causing suspicion and dissatisfaction among tourists. After investigation by the public security department, it was found that these people were fake nuns.
In 2021, the police cracked down on an online media fraud ring that used materials from Buddhist and Taoist activities to defraud the public by selling products such as Buddhist beads at high prices.
A true practitioner does not seek material gains.
The monastery strictly selects monks and nuns, who are the inheritors of Buddhist culture and have a profound impact on their words and deeds.
Buddhist holy sites should be kept clean and no imitations of monks and nuns should be allowed.
Only by strengthening management and supervision and severely punishing lawbreakers can the image of Buddhism be restored.
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