Chapter 71 Master and Mei Knocking on the Mountain Gate
There is a temple in a certain mountain in Shanliang Prefecture of the Dalong Dynasty. The temple is not big, but it is well-equipped with all the internal organs. There are eight hundred Arhats inside, and supplies from all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are everywhere. There are also Buddhist Dharma Protectors in front of the door on both sides.
The abbot of the temple sent away the last group of pilgrims in the temple, and looked at the back of the figure who was still kneeling on the ground in the main hall with his hands clasped together: "Amitabha, everything is cause and effect, and the cycle of cause and effect is a fixed number. God's will cannot be violated, God's will cannot be violated
change."
Liao Fan knelt in front of a golden Buddha, his lips moving, silently praying for something.
At this time, the old monk with a kind face walked up to Fan silently, looked at Liao Fan who was still kneeling, and sighed softly.
"Master, it's getting late. This temple is about to close. Donor Yan has been waiting outside the temple for a long time. Master, it's time for you to go down the mountain. Master has been traveling here but there is no guest room in this temple. I hope you can forgive me and I hope you can come down early and find a place to stay.
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Liao Fan raised his head and looked at the old monk in front of him: "Abbott, do you think the Buddha can really hear the young monk's prayers?"
The abbot shook his head: "Master, the poor monk doesn't know either, but the Buddha pities the world. If there is a fate, the master's prayer will definitely be heard by the poor monk."
Liao Fan closed his eyes in disappointment: "Abbott, they all say that the Buddha's Dharma is boundless. The young monk has always believed it in the temple. Could it be that the Buddha can't relieve the anger in the young monk's heart?"
The abbot shook his head: "Master, my Buddha pays attention to cause and effect. As the saying goes, if there is a cause, there will be an effect. Whatever cause you plant, you will get the effect. Everything is destined. The benefactor just depends on God's will."
Liao Moran said: "Since the Buddha cannot relieve the pain in my heart, what is the use of chanting sutras and chanting the Buddha's name every day? In the end, it will be all in vain, everything is empty, only I, the Buddha, is not empty? What's the point?
All four elements are empty?”
The abbot closed his eyes: "Amitabha, the Buddha said: Cause and effect cannot be changed, self-cause feeds self-result, and others cannot replace it; wisdom cannot be given: anyone wants to develop wisdom, and cannot do without his own training; the true Dharma cannot be said:
The truth of the universe cannot be explained clearly in words and can only be understood through empirical evidence; it cannot be understood without destiny: People without destiny, including those who do not believe in Buddhism at all and those who are half-believers, will not believe it no matter what you say, and they will not listen to your words.
Although the rain from heaven is heavy, it cannot moisten the grass without roots; the Buddha's Dharma is boundless and difficult, and there are no predestined people. Master, do you understand?"
Liao Fan's expression became gloomy: "The abbot is saying that I am a monk with a weak heart towards the Buddha? Is it difficult to seek liberation?"
The abbot said to Amitabha: Master, everything has its own destiny, why do you have to suffer and worry about yourself, and why do you need to make things difficult for poor monks."
Liao Fan said: "Since the Buddha said that all things can be saved, and since all things can be saved, why can't he save just a little monk? The little monk's delusional thoughts have moved beyond the reach of other people."
The abbot recited the name of the Buddha: "All living beings are Buddhas, and Buddhas are all living beings. Donor Yan is a living being and a Buddha. Why does the master need to have a sign?"
Liao Fan stood up with his hands clasped together: "Abbott, it's not the monk who is in trouble. The monk comes to worship the Buddha and recite sutras every day. Since the Buddha said that all living beings will be saved, why didn't he see the Buddha save the monk? But the abbot said that everything can be saved.
Fixed number."
The abbot seemed to have fallen into the world of obsession: "Suffering is not suffering, happiness is not happiness, it is just a temporary obsession. If you stick to one thought, you will be trapped in it; if you let go of one thought, you will be free in your heart. Things will change as you like.
, Situations are created by the heart, and troubles are all caused by the heart. Some people and some things are hard to come by, and forcing them is only painful. In this case, just relax your mind and let nature take its course. The donor is a blessing, not a curse, and the master should do the same.
That's it.
Liao Fan shook his head: "I understand what the abbot said, but I just can't let go of my obsession. Since the Buddha cannot save the monk, why should the monk kneel down and worship him every day? Isn't this just an empty dream?"
The abbot sighed: "Master, please note, if you are optimistic, you will be in a good mood; if you are optimistic, you will be in a good mood. Everything is telling you, it depends on how you look at it. Everything is a multi-prism, and you will see different results from different angles. An apple,
Some people like to admire its color, and some people want to taste its deliciousness. What you care about is good to you. Times have changed, and what you once longed for may be worthless today. There are three thousand prosperity, but looking down is just a cloud; think about it.
It’s sunny when it opens.”
Liao Fan chuckled: "Being bearish? Can you be open-minded? Not to mention me, even the Buddha can be bearish or open-minded?"
The abbot said: "Buddha said that there is no sign of self and no sign of living beings."
Liao Fan took a step back and said, "Since the Buddha has been downplayed, if the Buddha is not greedy, why should the world worship him? The Buddha does not love vanity, so why should the world kneel down and worship him? There is a Buddha in my heart, but the Buddha has no self. When the young monk endures the pain of delusional thoughts, he gets this sentence
Everything is determined, how can you, the young monk, be willing to accept it?"
Liao Fan took a staggering step back and looked at the golden Buddha statue in front of him: "I only saw the Buddha crossing the gold, but not the Buddha crossing people. If that's the case, why does the young monk worship him every day? Abbot, what's your explanation?"
The abbot shook his head: "Everyone in the world has seven emotions and six desires. The seven emotions and six desires are all delusions in the eyes of my Buddha. If people in the world don't have delusions such as greed, why would they come to worship the Buddha for peace of mind? Master, if you don't have delusions because of the benefactor, you can just wander around freely.
Well, why seek liberation from the Buddha? The master is a human being, not a Buddha. The master is also a human being. People in the world have seven emotions and six desires. What’s wrong with the master’s delusional thoughts?”
Looking at Fan Jing's listening expression: "The master asked why the Buddha needs to be worshiped by the world. The donor knows that the Buddha is just a belief, and the Buddha statue is just a clay body. What is worshiped on it is not the Buddha himself, but the human heart.
As long as the human heart has seven emotions and six desires, it is delusion. If the delusion is not eliminated, this Buddha statue will be enshrined here forever."
The abbot seemed to have thought of something, sighed slightly, held the beads in his hand, and silently recited Amitabha.
"As for what the master said, why the Buddha enjoys the world's kneeling and worshiping, the donor can know that the Buddha is innocent, the sin is in the human heart, and having evil thoughts in the heart is not a Buddha. Having good thoughts in the heart and not having a Buddha in the heart is also a Buddha. This is how Buddhas are all sentient beings.
, all living beings are Buddhas, so what people in the world kneel down to is not the Buddha, but their own repentance. When they litigate in front of the Buddha, they are just releasing the evil that is suppressed in their hearts, just like a master coming to talk about their passions."
Liao Fan's eyes widened: "Master, do you know why the young monk is troubled?"
The abbot smiled lightly and nodded: "Master has been cultivating in the temple for a long time. When he first entered the mortal world, he was inevitably blinded by the flowers and willows in the world. It's not that the master's heart towards the Buddha is unstable, but that the master has always been a man in the mortal world.
The benefactor accompanied the master to the temple every day to chant sutras, and his eyes were full of tenderness. The master's delusion was that he was trapped in lust and could not extricate himself."
Seeing Fan's eyes gradually becoming enlightened, the abbot smiled: "Master asked the poor monk why the Buddha's body was plated with gold, but the Buddha never liberated the world. Master, if the world has no evil thoughts, why would it be necessary to plate the Buddha's body with gold to pray for him?
Bless the Buddha. It is not that the Buddha does not save the world. He prays for the Buddha's protection just because he has desires. How could the Buddha save people who are not destined to be saved? The poor monk also has secular thoughts in his heart, so he saves the golden body of the Buddha every year and goes to the Buddha every day.
Chanting."
Liao Fan bowed to the abbot: "The abbot solves the little monk's confusion, and he is the master of Taoism. The young monk is too obsessed with it. The young monk reads scriptures in the temple, and every time he asks his teacher, the teacher says that the young monk's Zen is in the secular world, but he never
I didn’t tell the young monk how to resolve Zen in this world. It turns out that Zen is really not in the Buddhist scriptures.”
The abbot looked at Chen and said: "Master, there are eight sufferings in life: birth, old age, illness, death, separation from love, long-lasting resentment, being unable to seek, and being unable to let go. The Buddha said: Destiny is created by oneself, appearance is born from the heart, and everything in the world is transformed.
Phase, if the mind does not move, all things will not change. If the mind does not change, all things will not change. Sitting and meditating, walking and meditating, one flower and one world, one leaf and one Tathagata. When spring comes, flowers become green, and when autumn leaves fall, infinite prajna
The mind is at ease, and the movement and stillness of speech and body are natural."
After the abbot finished speaking, Fan looked at the abbot: "What the abbot said has moved the young monk's heart?"
"Master, Buddha said: "No matter who you meet, he is the person who should appear in your life. He has a reason and a mission. It is no accident. He will definitely teach you something. People who like you will teach you something.
Warmth and courage; people you like teach you love and self-control; people you don’t like teach you tolerance and respect; people who don’t like you teach you self-examination and growth. No one appears in your life for no reason
Everyone's appearance here is fate and deserves gratitude. Every flower and leaf is a Zen opportunity, and Donor Yan is also the master's Zen. If we don't owe each other, how can we meet each other."
Liao Chen opened his eyes slightly: "Abbott, although the young monk understands, the young monk wants to know whether to become a Buddha when entering Zen or to become a Buddha when leaving Zen?"
The abbot said: "Tao cultivates this life, and Buddha cultivates the next life. Even a poor monk doesn't know. This answer must be asked by the master himself."
Liao Fan bent down and said, "Abbott, you are an eminent monk. Please answer this question for me."
The abbot said the Buddha's name: "Master, thank you very much. A poor monk from the mountains, An Neng can be called an eminent monk. The master brought his beauty and knocked on the mountain door. The master's Zen Buddha said: It cannot be said, it cannot be said."
"Amitabha, the young monk bids farewell to the abbot."
In the nameless temple on the nameless mountain, the abbot enlightens the little master. The obsessed monk suffers a love disaster, and it is unknown whether he will enter Zen or not.
"Little monk, you came out, my feet are sore from waiting."
"Amitabha, the young monk has met Donor Yan. Donor Yan has been waiting for a long time."
Yan Yu looked angry: "Little monk, how many times have I told you that you can call me Yan Yu or Miss Yan, but you are not allowed to call me Donor Yan. I have never given anything to you."
Liao Fan held the rosary in his hand and sighed: "The donor has given, but he doesn't know it yet."
Yan Yu waved her hands unhappily: "You talk about your Zen language every day, but I can't understand it. Will the young monk come to chant Buddhist scriptures tomorrow?"
"The young monk's sutra has been understood. There is no need to climb the mountain anymore. The young monk will continue to wander around."
"It's great. Finally, I don't have to climb the mountain gate to see the Buddha statue every day. My legs are hurting."
"It's the little monk's fault. How about the little monk carrying the donor down the mountain?"
Yan Yu hesitated for a moment, then gently lay on Fan's back. Liao Fan gently held Yan Yu's plump and smooth legs, which were as heavy as carrying a mountain on his back.
The abbot looked at the two people walking down the mountain and nodded gently: "Carrying up is the mountain, putting it down is Zen. The master traveled to the nameless temple, and the fate before the Buddha is not fate."