() Ergou’s sense of smell is dozens of times better than that of ordinary people. It is a natural ability. After Shi Sheng came to Fufeng Village, he formulated a systematic training method for Ergou. After Ergou practiced, he would train his own
In the past few months, Ergou's sense of smell has improved to a higher level. He often goes hunting with kites and bulls. He can identify the location of prey within a radius of more than ten miles with just one sniff. No matter how far the prey escapes, as long as it is
Leave a trace of scent and two dogs can follow it.
Although Yichi came and went very quickly, the smell left behind did not disappear in a short time. The two dogs followed Shi Sheng for dozens of miles, and finally found Yichi hidden in a cave, a hundred feet away from the cave.
, Shi Sheng asked Er Gou to go back to the village first, and went to see Yi Ai alone. After all, Er Gou was also from Fufeng Village, and Yi Ai would not be merciful to him. Er Gou knew that it was meaningless for him to stay, and it would make Shi Sheng angry.
Xin listened to Shi Sheng's instructions, said "Brother, be careful", and then returned to the village on his own.
Ergou sent Shi Sheng away and walked into the cave alone, but saw a bonfire burning in the cave. There was a branch leaning next to it, and several roasted sweet potatoes were skewered on it. They were smoking on the fire. He sat cross-legged and closed his eyes.
Closed, the statue is solemn, holding a string of Buddhist beads, chanting sutras in a low voice, seemingly unaware that Shi Sheng has entered.
Shi Sheng did not interrupt, and sat quietly aside. After reciting Buddhist scriptures, he opened his eyes, looked at Shi Sheng, made a namaste, and said, "I'm sorry for keeping the donor waiting for so long."
"So he knew I was coming." Shi Sheng thought to himself, smiled slightly, and said: "It's okay, Master Yihai. I was saved by you a few days ago. I will always remember it in my heart."
"Amitabha." He said angrily, "The donor is serious. Everything is predestined. When you and I meet, it is the donor's fate that should not be cut off. This is cause and effect. The poor monk has no merit, and the donor does not need to remember it."
Shi Sheng smiled and said: "I don't know about cause and effect, and I don't believe in fate. Anyway, my life was saved by Master. I, Shi Sheng, have revenge and kindness, and I will never forget it in this life." Yihe smiled slightly.
, said: "The donor is a free man."
Shi Sheng laughed and said: "Yes, he is a free man!" He changed the topic and said: "Young man just listened to the Buddhist sutra recited by the master. The meaning of the sutra is subtle. I wonder what sutra it is?"
Yiyi said: "This sutra is called the Lotus Sutra, also known as the Lotus Sutra. It has seven volumes, twenty-eight chapters, and sixty-nine thousand words. It is the supreme Mahayana sutra of our Buddha."
"I see, no wonder it's so subtle." Shi Sheng smiled and said, "I just heard this passage in the scriptures, 'This Lotus Sutra is also like this, it can free all sentient beings from all suffering, all diseases and pain, and it can relieve all the bonds of life and death.
’, I don’t know, I don’t know what ‘the bondage of life and death’ is?”
"Amitabha." said angrily: "The so-called life and death are actually cause and effect. Life is the cause. Since death is the effect, if it is contaminated by cause and effect, it will enter reincarnation. Bodhisattvas fear the cause, and all living beings fear the effect. The world does not know cause and effect, and does not understand death and life. Life is like catkins.
, due to various causes, death is like approaching an abyss, fear of the consequences of one step, greed for life and fear of death, this is the so-called bondage of life and death."
Shi Sheng has been exposed to the classics of hundreds of schools of thought since he was a child. He has a high level of enlightenment and is fascinated by listening. He temporarily forgot the purpose of his trip and pondered without saying a word, understanding the meaning of Yi Ai's words. When Shi Sheng saw that he had some enlightenment, he would not disturb him.
, just smiled slightly, said nothing, and let him realize himself.
After a while, Shi Shenghu said: "According to what the master said, if there is a cause, there will be an effect, and if there is life, there will be death. The Bodhisattva is afraid of the cause, but in fact he is afraid of the effect. All living beings are afraid of the effect because they are afraid of death. Isn't the Bodhisattva's fear of the cause not greed for life?"
Yi Nai was stunned for a long time and was speechless for a long time. Shi Sheng challenged the scriptures and questioned the Buddha, which was really audacious. Yi Nai had been familiar with Buddhist scriptures since he was a child, understood Buddhist principles, and had deep faith in the meaning of Buddhist scriptures. Facing Shi Sheng,
Sheng had no answer for this question, and after a long while he said: "The Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra says: 'All dharmas are empty and have no appearance, neither birth nor death, neither dirt nor purity, neither increase nor decrease.' My Buddha has already
If you are neither born nor destroyed, how can you be afraid of life and death and be bound by it?"
"Buddha is immortal, so he is naturally not afraid, but we humans are born and die, who is not afraid of death?" Shi Sheng smiled slightly and said: "I remember that my grandfather once said, 'Everything is in vain after death.
, it’s all over, the living’s longing for the dead is a kind of fetters, which prevents them from being freed, and the dead cannot rest in peace. In the hell of the world, there are always different roads, and they cannot see life and death. It not only hurts themselves, but also makes the dead unable to rest in peace.
People should not be dragged down by the dead, and the dead should not be entangled by the living. The past should be let go, and people must look forward to survive.' Although I can't remember my grandfather's appearance, these words have always stuck with me.
Remember, Master Yikai, if you study Buddhism carefully, you should understand these principles better than I do."
After listening to it, he remained silent, his expression changed several times, and after a while he sighed and said, "Tan Yue, please listen to the poor monk tell a story." Shi Sheng sat upright and said, "Master, please tell me."
Yi Wei said: "Once upon a time, there was a couple who went to the mountains to pick mulberry. Unfortunately, they encountered a wolf demon. The husband was killed by the wolf demon and the wife was also defiled by the wolf demon. They attempted suicide but luckily survived. Ten months later, the widow was born.
The next child turned out to be a wolf baby. The villagers accused the widow of colluding with the wolf demon to murder her husband and wanted to burn her and the wolf baby together."
"The widow couldn't bear the death of her child, so she escaped with the help of her parents-in-law. The villagers were so angry that they killed the widow's parents-in-law, then caught up with the widow and forced her to jump off a cliff."
"Fortunately, the widow and the wolf baby were caught by the vines on the cliff and fell on a rock on the edge of the cliff. They luckily escaped with their lives, but the widow broke her leg and was trapped on the cliff, unable to escape.
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"The mother and son had no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth. At first, the mother still had milk, but the wolf baby had the blood of a wolf demon and had a huge appetite. Soon after, the mother's milk dried up, and the wolf baby was crying for food. The mother could not,
She had to squeeze her breasts hard to squeeze out some breast juice to feed the wolf baby. Later, all the milk squeezed out was blood, so the mother fed the baby with blood. In the end, the whole breast was gone and there was no more blood to squeeze out.
The mother used gravel to cut open the veins in her arm and fed the wolf baby. It wasn't until a few days later that all the blood in her body was gone that she breathed her last."
"It rained and the wind blew very hard for those few days. The mother was cold and hungry, but she took off her clothes and wrapped the baby and hid it under her body to protect him from the wind and rain. The baby fell asleep peacefully without getting wet at all.
There were only weeds and soft mud on the cliff. In order to feed the baby, the mother drank rainwater when she was thirsty and ate weeds when she was hungry. Eventually, even the weeds were eaten, and the mother gnawed on the mud.
She fed the baby with blood, and she lived desperately just to give the baby some life. When she died, she held the baby in her arms and used her last remaining warmth to protect him." At this point, tears welled up in her eyes.
She couldn't help closing her eyes, and two lines of clear tears slid down her face, "The mother persisted for seven days. Later, a holy monk passed by collecting medicine and heard the baby crying, and then he discovered the mother and child. The holy monk saved the baby, and the
My mother has been dead for a long time."
After finishing speaking angrily, he closed his eyes and shed tears for a long time. Then he opened his eyes, looked directly at Shi Sheng, and said: "I am that wolf baby. My mother sacrificed her life for me, so that I can live to this day. My mother was an orphan back then."
Helping me with fear, helplessly watching death approaching, but unable to do anything in despair, I want to return everything to the villagers of Fufeng Village! Let all of them taste the pain that my mother suffered!"
Although Shi Sheng had heard Shen Dayou's story, he had no idea that Mingxiu and Yihai fell off a cliff and had such an experience. Mingxiu fed the baby with blood and persisted for seven days. This mother's love and will were truly touching.
Yi Hao's determination to take revenge was so firm, far beyond Shi Sheng's expectation. Shi Sheng didn't know how to persuade him for a moment, and sighed and said: "The villagers were indeed at fault for what happened back then, but you really want to kill someone to avenge one person."
Could thousands of people commit such a crime?"
"That's right." Yiyi said angrily: "Now that the matter has come to this, Tan Yue doesn't need to persuade me to avenge my mother. Even if I fall into the infinite hell, I will not hesitate to do it!"