Thailand's first living Buddha, the spiritual leader in the hearts of 66 million people, has passed away.
Fu Song personally witnessed this process.
He panicked and said to the young novice monk beside him, "Young Master, Living Buddha Long..."
The little novice monk who had been standing behind Long Gu Po just slowly closed his eyes and chanted something silently.
The other novice monks outside the door also walked in as expected. The four of them stood around Long Gu Po's body and chanted scriptures silently.
Without the little monk's obstruction, Jin Xiaobei and the other two followed in.
When they saw the scene in the room, they were stunned.
Tang Bing pulled Fu Song's sleeve with a strange expression: "Brother Song, this couldn't be you who did it, could it be you?"
Fu Song was stunned: "What did I do?"
Tang Bing pointed at Grandma Long and said, "Of course it's his death!
Seeing that the Living Buddha of Thailand is well-treated and has a high status, you decided to go all out and kill him and replace him."
Fu Song's face turned dark immediately. This guy dares to say anything!
The key is not to distinguish between occasions.
He was about to cover the other person's mouth, but he saw Tang Bing's expression suddenly become serious, and he slowly bowed to the body of Long Gupo.
Seeing this, Fu Song also followed his example and comforted the deceased.
Fu Song saluted, and Jin Xiaobei followed suit. Wu Tianlang hesitated for a moment, then saluted Grandma Long.
This was his customary way of mourning.
Unexpectedly, the next moment, Tang Bing's voice rang out again: "I say, the three of you, just show your appreciation.
This old man has no relationship with us, do you really intend to smash the pot on him?"
Seeing Fu Song staring at him with a bad expression again, Tang Bing chuckled and said, "It's okay, this is Thailand, they won't understand what we say.
Maybe these novice monks thought we were chanting the Great Compassion Mantra."
Who knew that just as he finished speaking, he heard a gentle and calm voice saying: "Thousand-armed and Thousand-eyed Unhindered Great Compassion Dharani,
Namo Heluo Dana Duo Luo Ye, Namo A Li Ye, Balu Jie Di Shuo Bo Luo Ye...
Donor, if you want to learn the Great Compassion Mantra, I can teach you. However, if you recite it randomly or incorrectly, the Buddha will definitely blame you.
Fu Song turned around and saw a man in his forties with a gentle gaze like jade and a spotless monk's robe.
If it weren't for his dark skin, which is unique to Thais, Fu Song would have thought that the other person was a high monk from Shaolin Temple.
Fu Song quickly saluted: "I'm sorry, my friend has a bit of an eccentric personality, please forgive me if I've offended you."
The other party also bowed and said, "Buddha, you are too polite. Since they are your friends, they are naturally also Basong's friends.
For monks, everything is empty, so there is no such thing as offending or not offending. "
Fu Song was stunned: "What did you call me? Buddhist disciple?"
"Yes!" Basong nodded. "You are the descendant of Long Gu Po. After Long Gu Po passes away, of course you will inherit the position of Buddha's son."
"I will inherit the position of Buddha's son?" Fu Song was even more confused. "What is a Buddha's son? I have never thought of inheriting the position of Buddha's son. Are you mistaken?"
Basong smiled and said, "It's normal for Fu Fuzi to not understand the rules here since he has traveled all over the world.
In Thailand, Nakhon Pathom pays the most attention to inheritance. From the time when Venerable Sukhothai spread Buddhism to the present, there have been a total of nine Buddhist disciples.
These nine Buddhist disciples were all identified by the Buddha's bone relics, and they were all people of true wisdom and intelligence.
Just like Longgu Po Buddha.
Eighty years ago, Thai Buddhists suffered from hunger and poverty.
The Buddhist disciple Long Gu Po single-handedly brought about the Buddhist Treasure Assembly, and the Dharma illuminated the world.
Bathed in the holy light of the Dragon Buddha, donors from all over the world generously donated money to help the Buddhists escape from the sea of fire and become more devout to the Buddha.
Tang Bing, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but interject, "Master Basong, do you mean that Long Gu Po made a lot of money through the Buddha Treasures Association?
Then you use the money to exchange for food and clothing and sell them to the people.
As a middleman, you have once again profited from the price difference, but now that the people have enough food and clothing, they will have more energy to work for you?"
Fu Song glared at Tang Bing fiercely: Will you die if you speak more tactfully?
Feeling Fu Song's murderous gaze, Tang Bing slapped his mouth hard: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said the people, I should have called them Buddhists.
After all, 95% of people in Thailand believe in Buddhism.”
Basong was not angry at all: "Although Donor Tang Bing's words are a bit mundane, the principle is the same."
Tang Bing was about to make a joke, but after hearing what Basong said, the words on his lips were instantly stuck.
Okay, I'm shallow.
Fu Songdao said: "Long Gu Po Living Buddha is indeed of immeasurable merit in the eyes of Thai Buddhists, but Master Basong, although Long Gu Po saved me, I am really not qualified to be your Buddhist disciple.
You should look for someone more qualified, like yourself, who is very suitable."
Basong's expression remained unchanged: "Fu Fuzi, your status as a Buddha's son was determined when you were born, and it cannot be changed.
Besides, if you don't want to be a Buddhist, why did you come to Wat Pho today?"
Fu Song: "This... I just want to see Living Buddha Long and thank him for saving my life.
Besides, I am not from your Reclining Buddha Temple, so I have no idea what the situation is here or how it is managed.
It’s like a software company wants to make a program, so they grab someone from the street and make him their chief design engineer.
Is this a joke? "
Basong smiled and said, “So Fu Fuzi is worried about this, but you don’t have to worry about it at all.
This is because before inheriting the position of Buddha, the Buddhist disciples of all generations almost never met with the original Buddhist disciples.
For example, Luang Por Sut, the disciple before Luang Khu Po, lived in the Grand Palace until his passing.
Luang Por Sut and Luang Khu Po only met twice in their lives.
The first time was when Luang Khu Po was eight years old and Luang Por Sut enlightened him.
The second time was when Luang Por Sut passed away. Luang Kwu Po went to the Grand Palace to pay a visit and inherited the position of Luang Por Sut.
And Longgu Po Buddha did not choose the Grand Palace as his palace, but the Reclining Buddha Temple.”
Fu Song was really stunned: "Could it be that in the inheritance of Thai Buddhist disciples, the old and new disciples only met twice?
The first time was to help him gain wisdom, and the second time was to inherit his mantle?"
Basong nodded and said, "That's right, but different Buddhist disciples gain enlightenment at different ages. Long Gu Po was eight years old, and Fu Fozi was five."
After a pause, he continued, "Fu Fuzi was the first of all the Buddhist disciples throughout history to attain enlightenment."
Fu Songdao said: “So, if I inherit the Buddha’s throne, I don’t necessarily have to live in the Reclining Buddha Temple.
It could be the Grand Palace, Wat Phra That Doi Suthep, Chitralada Palace, Ananda Palace, or even just any hotel?"
Basong seemed to understand what Fu Song meant: “Not only that, Fu Fuzi can also choose other countries.
In fact, it doesn’t matter where you live, and it doesn’t matter whether you understand Buddhism or not, as long as you have Buddha in your heart.
For example, the fourth Buddhist disciple spent most of his life in Lizhi and even became the head of state there.”
Huh——
This is really a mess. I wonder how the people of Lizhi would feel if they knew that their former head of state was a living Buddha of Thailand.
After a moment of silence, Fu Song said, "Okay, in that case, I will be the disciple of Buddha."
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