Chapter Three Meditating on Zen and Discussing Tao
Chapter 3: Meditation and casual discussion
It has been three days since Qi Xiang’s envoy arrived at Chen State. King Chen Liang was not able to meet him because of his illness. King Wuyou knew that Chen State was testing him. Chen State surrendered tens of thousands of troops in his own hands.
The king doesn't care about these surrenders, and the eldest prince is reluctant to part with them. As for imprisoning these tens of thousands of people to consume some food, until the peace talks are completed, Chen Guo will pay all the compensation. Anyway, he has already arrived at Chen Guo, so he will
Anzhi.
This morning I heard Xu Boxiong say: King Chen has not recovered yet and needs to wait for another day. King Wuyou asked Prime Minister Xu to send someone to take him to You'an Temple to pay homage to Zen Master Jingming. Xu Boxiong knew about Zen Master Jingming
Buddhism is profound, and there is an endless stream of dignitaries from all over the world who come to You'an Temple to worship and receive teachings. Naturally, they agreed wholeheartedly, and immediately arranged for someone to go to You'an Temple to inform them.
The palace is restored.
King Wuyou waited for Xu Boxiong to leave and followed Zen Master Jingming to his inner hall without concealing the purpose of his visit. Talking about the wars in various countries for many years, the master deeply sighed for the people in the wars and hoped to worship together.
Abandon worldly disputes, enter Buddhism, concentrate on meditation, and achieve enlightenment. King Ashoka could only sigh softly and expressed his thoughts: Whether he can let go of the butcher's knife or not, he cannot influence the general trend of the world's disputes, but in times of war,
Sometimes war can only be stopped by fighting. The Buddha has a compassionate heart and also has thunderbolt means. However, King Ashoka also said that when he saw the killing, it was not what he wanted. He also felt that the murderous intention was too strong and the sin was serious. He implored the Zen Master to recite sutras for him.
, to transcend the sin of killing carried on the body.
Wuyou King Qi Si clasped his hands together and knelt down on the cushions. He listened quietly to the chants of Master Jingming. He liked the quiet scenery of You'an Temple and even listened to Master Jingming's talk about Zen. He listened to the master's oral recitation.
Listening to the melodious scriptures, King Ashoka's heart suddenly became clear and clear, and his whole person fell into concentration.
After reciting the sutra, Master Jingming stopped the wooden fish in his hand and looked at King Wushu who was in meditation with kind eyes. When King Wuyou opened his eyes, Master Jingming saluted with one hand and recited: "Amitabha." He asked.
: "What insights does the young prince have?!"
King Wuyou paid homage to the master. He put his hands on his knees and said respectfully: "Master, my Buddha is merciful and saves all living beings. However, all living beings are obsessed and cannot escape reincarnation. The Buddha said that all living beings are future Buddhas.
It is a pity that all living beings are entangled in hardships and are reluctant to let go of what is before them and what is behind them, so it is difficult to become a Buddha."
Master Jingming smiled unconsciously, "As long as there is a Buddha in your heart, you are a Buddha. If your heart is free from worries, your six roots will naturally be pure. The young prince has a Zen heart and wisdom, so you can naturally understand it. If you can let go of nostalgia, you can naturally live in it.
I am Buddha.”
Seeing King Wuyou hanging his head and saying nothing, Master Jingming called him out of the Buddhist hall and came to the meditation pavilion in the courtyard. This pavilion was located among the green pines and green cypresses, which made it even more quiet.
Ying'er came to the Zen temple with King Wuyou and was waiting in this pavilion. At this time, she saw the Zen master and Qi Si coming in. They took down the hot pot from the charcoal stove, knelt down by the coffee table, took out the teapot, and used the spoon to
Gently put the tea leaves into the teapot with a spoon. Pour the water from the hot pot into the quick pot, and use the water from the quick pot to pour into the teapot. The aroma of tea immediately filled the room. Ying'er first used the pot of water to wash the cups.
After going through it once, he brewed another pot, poured it into scented cups, fastened the small tea cups, turned them over skillfully, and sent them to Master Jingming and King Wuyou. Master Jingming and King Wuyou watched.
Ying'er conducted a delicate and quiet tea ceremony. After she divided the tea, she first put her hands together to say thank you, then each took the scented cup and gently smelled the fragrance of the tea in the cup.
Master Jingming picked up the tea cup and took three sips slowly. After putting down the tea cup, he said with a smile: "Ying'er's tea ceremony has improved again. The temperature of the water and the brewing heat are just right." The little girl smiled when she heard the compliment.
She lowered her head in silence and looked at King Wuyou with joy in her eyes. Seeing King Wuyou drinking tea with a smile on his face, she breathed a sigh of relief. After pouring another cup for the two of them, she took the cup
He picked up the tea in front of him and sipped it gently while smiling.
Master Jingming looked at the two people in front of him and said slowly: "With a peck or a drink, you can practice; with a branch or a leaf, you can manifest a thousand things."
King Wuyou listened to the master's Zen message, but did not answer. After thinking for a while, he said: "Master wants to save me and take refuge, but I can't let go of the worldly world and can't cut off the three thousand threads of troubles. The Buddha said that everything exists
Cause and effect, I may not be able to give up my mortal mind in this life, so just let me linger in this world. If this is my cause, then I will suffer the consequences of going to hell."
Master Jingming nodded, "Opportunities sometimes happen, so don't force them. But you must remember to have more good causes and less bad consequences."
King Ashoka put his hands together to receive the teaching, sipped the fragrant tea and listened to the master's allusions to Buddhist Zen.
The mission went from Xiang State to Chen State, and there were two light snowfalls on the way. It was already the fourth day after arriving in Chen State's Luo City, and the sky was full of snowflakes. According to the solar term, it was already approaching heavy snow. This snowfall
It started falling lightly in the early morning, and by noon the snowflakes were as big as goose feathers, and soon the roofs and floors were thickly covered with snow.
Ying'er became very happy when she saw the snow, and ran out to take a look from time to time. After lunch, she saw that it was snowing heavily. She put on her clothes and put on her fur hat, and took King Wuyou out to see the snow. The inn was covered in snow.
, the sky and the earth seemed to be empty in the wind and snow. The snowflakes were dancing in the wind. Ying'er happily stretched out her little hand to catch the large snowflakes, watching the snowflakes turn into a clear drop of water in the palm of her hand. King Wuyou watched quietly.
Ying'er, looking at her pink face against the white snow, smiling faintly, is like admiring a beautiful picture. He feels that this kind of self is the real self, and there is no need to worry about the common people in the world, and there is no need to worry about thousands of armies.
Ma Laoshen, he really wanted to watch the snow and listen to the wind quietly with Yinger's company, and grow old together.
In the evening, the snow slowly subsided, and the guards in the post house quickly cleared away the snow. The idle sergeants of Qi Jun and Xiang Jun also joined in the cleaning. Although Dai Rongzhen was a civil servant, and he was the prime minister, he was a man who couldn't stay idle.
He rolled up his sleeves and took a broom to sweep up the snow.
King Wuyou and Lu Zheng stood in front of the window and watched, whispering something.
As soon as the snow stopped, Ying'er ran to the yard with her two guards, shaking the tree for a while, and throwing snowballs at each other. Under their leadership, the soldiers of Qi Jun and Xiang Jun were cleaning up.
There was a snowball fight while the snow was accumulating. Dai Rongzhen looked at a group of lively young people and just smiled and shook his head gently. Lu Zheng was about to go out to scold him, but King Wuyou stopped him. After coming to Luo City for a few days, everyone was bored
In the post house, how could these young people who spent all day fighting on the battlefield bear such leisure? King Wuyou felt that there was no need to interfere now that he had an opportunity to let them vent. Although Ying'er and the three of them were wearing men's clothes,
, but couldn't hide their beauty. Listening to their silver bell-like laughter, the soldiers quickly targeted them for attack. Fortunately, the two maids were very skilled. Seeing that they couldn't resist it, they quickly protected Ying'er.
Run back to the house.
Seeing the embarrassment of Yinger and the others, King Wuyou shook his head gently, brushed off the falling snowflakes on Yinger's body, and walked out of the house. When the sergeants saw the prince coming out, they quickly stopped playing and quickly cleared the snow.
King Wuyou didn't say anything and walked towards the door of the post house. Ying'er also hurriedly followed. Passing by the soldiers who threw snowballs at her, she covered her mouth and snickered. Seeing King Wuyou come out, Dai Rongzhen also threw snowballs at her.
I got off my broom to greet him, and together we arrived at the door. The post house is located in the west of Luocheng City, and there is a wide street in front of the door. People and cars are coming and going on the street. The merchants and residents of the street shops have already cleaned the ground before going out. Worry-free
The king looked at the people coming and going, and there was no sign on their faces that Chen Jun was defeated in Xiangcheng. King Wuyou thought that the people in the capital could be so calm, either because Chen Guo had blocked the news of the defeat;
The capital city has rich heritage, and the people have looked down on the outcome for a while. King Wuyou turned around and said softly to Dai Rongzhen, "Prime Minister Dai, let our people go to the city to make a fuss and defeat Chen Jun. King Chen invited us to come
Spread the peace talks."
At night, when I heard Lu Zheng came to report that several Xiang Jun and Qi Jun soldiers who had asked for leave to go to the city were beaten by Luocheng thugs, King Wuyou smiled coldly. Although he was not in a hurry to negotiate, he still imposed pressure on King Chen.
A little pressure is still necessary.
Sure enough, Chen Yi and Xu Boxiong rushed to the post house early the next morning. They invited King Wuyou and his entourage to go to the palace to discuss peace negotiations and apologize for the fact that Qi Xiang's soldiers were surrounded and beaten by the Chen people. Dai Rongzhen spoke righteously
Expressing dissatisfaction, King Wuyou remained coldly silent.
King Chen Huaji was nearly sixty years old and described as thin. He was injured on the battlefield in his early years. The old injuries never healed and he often coughed up blood. He knew that his life would not last long, so he wanted to take advantage of the victory of the Northern Yi.
They invaded Xiang State, occupied Xiang City, and plundered all the wealth and grain of Xiang State to supplement the national strength. This time they invaded Xiang State, they never thought of winning first and then losing. Not only did they bring in more than 60,000 troops and horses, but even the eldest prince was captured by the Qi army.
If you want to continue to use troops against Xiang State, firstly, the Qi army has already intervened. If you attack Xiang State again, you will be at war with Qi. Qi and Chen are indistinguishable in terms of strength. If you really use all the troops in the country to fight Qi, you will be surrounded by the tigers and wolves of Yan and Qin.
The country is bound to seize the opportunity to attack; secondly, the Qi army has captured its eldest prince and tens of thousands of Chen troops, and has thrown a rat-proof weapon, and the Chen country does not dare to use force. Therefore, the king of Chen proposed peace, intending to first ease the relationship with Qi Xiang, and release the captives
The tens of thousands of soldiers will wait for a period of time to recuperate and then look for an opportunity to fight Qi in a decisive battle to avenge their previous humiliation.
Chen Guo suffered a defeat this time and proposed peace again, knowing that he had lost a lot in terms of momentum. When Qi Xiang's envoy arrived, he deliberately did not see him for a few days because he wanted to show off and destroy the spirit of Qi Xiang's envoy. But Qi Xiang's envoy
The envoy was not in a hurry at all. They visited Buddha, played in the snow, and even went to the city to fight with the people. They seemed to regard Luo City as their own home and had a great time. King Chen saw that it was no longer possible to avoid seeing him.
, In addition, it was the middle of winter, and my prince was afraid of suffering from cold, hunger and endless torture in the Qi camp. Therefore, he discussed with several princes all night and received Qi Xiang's envoys early in the morning.
As usual, King Wuyou and Dai Rongzhen demanded that Chen Guo need to cede territory, pay compensation, and promise an armistice; Chen Guo bargained.