Vol 5 Chapter 41: Become famous overnight

Pingshu, a language art form, appeared in the Tang Dynasty, and began to gradually rise in the Song Dynasty. It was Buddhist classics that were first commented on.
The storytelling in the Song Dynasty was still in its rudimentary form, and its artistic expression was relatively simple. Later generations brought together the wisdom of the people, combined with the brainchild of storytelling artists of the past generations, and gradually matured with the continuous development of mass creation.
The "Jigong Biography" mentioned by Luo Feng is a classic vine that has been tested by audiences for thousands of years.
Huo Sizuo, a native of Bianjing in the Northern Song Dynasty, is famous for his
speaking three points
,
not to watch people from the wind, rain, cold and heat, every shed sees people, day by day.
He said that "Three Kingdoms" has countless listeners, "Jigong Biography" is closer to the lives of the masses, Jigong Named as a living Buddha, he acts like a knight, caring about the people, punishing corrupt officials, destroying demons, and laughing and cursing with Buddhism, thought-provoking and fascinating.
In the eyes of the people of the Song Dynasty, this story is a contemporary Shuangwen with Buddhist themes.
When it got to the treetops that month, it was getting late, Luo Feng struck the Sanskrit bell and said: "If you want to know what is going on, let's listen to the next time!" Shi Shiran turned and left.
The people in the audience sighed together. They only felt that their intentions were still unfinished, and they were unwilling to leave for a long time. Even if Zen Master Luo got off the podium and returned to the apse to rest, the people gathered at Maha Temple were still crowded. We hope that Zen Master will return. A paragraph.
The common people love to hear about it, but the monks have a look of entanglement. Zen Master Luo tells stories a hundred years later. They are distinguished by modern novel classification. It is not sure whether it is science fiction or overhead history. He deliberately quoted the scriptures as nonsense, but he couldn't find it. To what basis.
The living Buddha of Jigong in that story acted madly and in line with Buddhist principles, but he was too deviant from the scriptures. It seemed to promote the Dharma, but it seemed to be satirizing the current monks who did not understand the truth in the cultivation of the Buddha. Like the clay puppets, they occupy the pit and do not shit. .
As soon as Luo Feng returned to the apse, the host of the Prajna Temple, Dabei Zen Master, led a group of monks to usher in angrily, and scolded: "Laughter Zen Master, you won't say anything about the broken Dharma name Lao Na you took. Dare to talk nonsense at the Jialan Fa conference, you know that slandering the Buddha is going to hell!"
Zen Master Luo smiled all over his face without being annoyed. He laughed and said with a smile, "All beings love to hear and hear. If you don't like it, how old are you? Thousands of years later, the names of you and me are forgotten, but the living Buddha of Jigong will always live in the hearts of all beings. Who has cultivated the Fa-rectification and needs you to judge?"
"This kind of kitsch market trails, even if sentient beings are obsessed, are also a bewitching saying!"
Zen Master Da Bei said bitterly: "Lao Na thought that Maha Temple was the leader of the right way. The monks in the temple must have high opinions, but the Dhamma that I never wanted to teach can not be on the table. I can't climb the magnificent golden temple or the elegant hall! Speaking deceives people's hearts!"
Luo Feng sneered and said, "Is the bodhicitta of my generation save sentient beings or the nobles? No trace of sentient beings can be found in the elegant hall! All sentient beings don't understand your elegant noble theory!"
Zen Master Da Bei's face sank, and he was still waiting to argue with Zen Master Luo, but Luo Feng laughed, and walked away, chanting as he walked: "The Buddha left a poem. I cultivated his body and he cultivated his mouth; others cultivated his mouth but did not cultivate his heart. , I am the only one who repairs my heart but not my mouth."
Only a group of high moral monks looked at each other.
Zen Master Luo walked away, and the monks who wanted to stop him were shaken by the infuriating energy that he turned on Alaya Consciousness and deterrence plus protective body. They couldn't catch the corners of clothes even if they wanted to tear them. The monks had no choice but to find Zen Master Qianye Commenting, so that Zen Master Qianye will prevent Zen Master Luo from continuing to tell the story about evil ways.
Zen Master Qianye sat on the futon, watching his mouth and his mind with his nose and mouth, and waited for the monks who had surrounded him to finish the report, and asked: "Then the lustful Zen master is teaching the Fa, have sentient beings listen to it?"
The monks said: "Listen."
"In the story, do all sentient beings listen to the principle of persuading people to be good and repaying good and evil?"
"Listen."
"Did all beings laugh?"
"Laughed……"
After some questions and answers, some monks' accountability attitudes became less firm.
Seeing to be perfunctory by Zen Master Qianye, Zen Master Da Bei said: "Brother Qianye, he follows the preferences of sentient beings. Of course sentient beings love to listen, and of course sentient beings laugh with frivolous words!

Zen Master Qianye asked again: "What the Haose Zen Master teaches in the morning is the Dharma and the Scriptures?"
"This...yes, but..."
The monks do not lie, and Zen Master Da Bei has to admit that Luo Feng's teaching level in the morning is indeed extraordinary.
Zen Master Qianye asked again: "Why can I clarify the truth in the morning, and slander the Buddha in the afternoon?"
Zen Master Da Bei was questioned, but he didn't understand how Luo Feng was so good and suddenly became ill-mannered. In the morning, he returned with admiration.
"Lao Na is not up to the level of progress of the lecherous Zen master. Lao Na can only comprehend the lectures in the morning."
Zen Master Qianye looked compassionate and sighed: "What he said in the afternoon is ridiculous in your ears, but it is quite enlightening in the ears of sentient beings. Is it because what he said is problematic or what is wrong with you? He wants to talk about the sutras you like to listen to, so he can naturally talk like the morning, but if you and my generation want him to save, are we still worthy to be called practitioners?"
The old Zen Master Dabei who said this blushed, and he hurriedly greeted him, and walked away in shame.
In fact, Luo Feng had already planned it. In the morning, he was plagiarizing the essays of the later generations of eminent monks in a serious manner, just to silence these monks, so as not to talk about storytelling as soon as he came up, and people thought he was unlearned.
In the morning, he demonstrated extremely high professionalism and theoretical level, admired by these monks who listened to the scriptures, and waited until the afternoon to say the three vulgar jokes that the masses liked to see, and in the morning as a comparison, those who doubted his nonsense first had to be guilty and reflect on others. Is it true that the lecherous Zen masters are too high in their realm and speak insignificantly? On the contrary, they are unhappy because of their lack of practice.
After this episode, the high monks gathered at Maha Temple saw the lustful Zen masters who were smiling, silent and non-arguing, their eyes were different, as if they had realized something, and they didn’t know what they realized. I just feel that Luo Feng’s level is really high, and the irritating name "Laughter" becomes more profound as I think about it. It is the extraordinary people who do extraordinary things, ridiculing them for not paying close attention to the red dust. In the dunya, just go to the scriptures to find the false sky.
Zen Master Luo will not return to the scene to talk about the scriptures, and the people gathered at Maha Temple can only disperse, but this Jialan puja will be held for three days. Today is the first day, and people have agreed to come back to listen to the scriptures tomorrow. Have a good time.
After the people returned to the city, Zen Master Luo’s reputation began to ferment among the crowd. Many people in the teahouse and tavern were talking about what they had seen and heard at the Jialan Dharma meeting. They had a good memory and retelled Luo Feng’s "Jigong The funny paragraphs in "Biography" made others laugh.
"Zhao Yuan opened a porridge shed and porridge. Jigong came to go inside. Jiading stopped and said that the porridge was there. Jigong said: ‘I don’t drink porridge, I want to order food!’"
"Said that Jigong is going to catch the white bone corpse demon who turned into a beauty and cannibalism. After seeing the monster, Jigong said:'I like you, I want to hug!'. The monster froze for a long time and said:'You go back, here is pretty dangerous.'"
Every time a joke was said, people laughed.
...
Some idler questioned: "You said that the lecherous Zen master's Dharma is profound, but what he talks about, funny is funny, but it's not serious, I think he is not a serious monk!"
Immediately, a layman who had heard the morning lecture refuted: "The Scriptures taught by the Zen master in the morning are profound and mysterious, and the living high priests and living Buddhas are just like this. In the afternoon, they take care of the believers, deliberately incorporate the Dharma into the story, and tell the story. It is vivid and colorful, and makes people enlighten subtly in the laughter. If you don't believe it, you will know by listening to it tomorrow morning, don't slander here!"
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As the saying goes, the gold and silver cups are not as good as the common people’s reputation. Luo Feng’s monk’s debut became a hit immediately. In modern times, he can be called a
net celebrity monk
, but there was no Internet in the Song Dynasty, only word of mouth, so he can only be regarded as A "lipstick monk".
Whether it's an internet celebrity or a lipstick, in short, the lecherous Zen master was an instant hit and his reputation spread throughout Kaifeng Mansion overnight.