Chapter 262 - 206, as usual
"No self, no person, no sentient beings, no life span..."
The Chen Family’s Buddha Hall was brightly lit by candlelight, and the smoke from the burning candles twirled around the beams.
Inside the Buddha Hall, the gilded Sakyamuni Buddha, with his left hand in the giving mudra and right hand in the wish-granting mudra, had compassionate brows and a dignified aura. Chen Ji and Mrs. Liang sat cross-legged, whispering with parched mouths and fatigued bodies and minds, their faces twisted.
Outside the Buddha Hall, servants, maids, and nannies gathered in a group, nearly falling asleep while standing. Xiao Man, seeing Chen Ji step out to pay respects yet not return for a long time, also waited outside the door, leaning against the wall, nodding off bit by bit.
Outside the Chen Mansion, a night patrol passed by, striking a gong and calling out in a high voice, "The air is dry; be careful with candles and lamps!"
Midnight.
Mrs. Liang’s personal maid, ’Dongzhi,’ heard the night patrol’s voice and her lips twitched slightly. This session of paying respects had started in the early hours of 5 to 7 AM before dawn and lasted until midnight, for a total of ten hours.
With only twelve hours in a day, who else would spend a whole day paying respects? With such sincerity, even Buddha should have been summoned by now.
In the Buddha Hall, Mrs. Liang stealthily glanced at the two people beside her, knowing that they were young and strong and certainly would outlast her. If she were to perish here today due to Chen Ji’s perseverance, it would turn into a huge joke.
But she had initiated this herself; it was not enough to recite a volume of Buddhist scripture—she insisted that Chen Ji recite another volume, ultimately bringing trouble upon herself.
After pondering for a moment, Mrs. Liang slowly set down the Buddhist scripture, her voice hoarse, "You two continue reciting. I suddenly wish to read ’The Diamond Sutra,’ which we do not have here. I will go elsewhere to find it."