The Buddhist name of Hanshan is Chengyin. In the first year of Wanli, when he visited Mount Wutai, he saw the beautiful scenery of Hanshan Mountain in Beitai, so he named himself Hanshan.
When Zhu Yijun arrived accompanied by the empress dowagers of the two palaces and the eunuchs, Hanshan had been waiting outside the Nuan Pavilion of the Yangxin Hall for a long time. After everyone was seated, the eunuchs ushered him into the main hall.
Han Shan is a Zen monk. According to Taizu's regulations, he can only wear dark brown monk clothes and green sash and jade cassocks. When he entered the door, Zhu Yijun looked up and saw that he was in his thirties, with silkworm eyebrows, red phoenix eyes, and a calm demeanor.
Some eminent monks are like this.
Zhu Yijun turned to look at Queen Mother Li again, and saw that she was smiling, clasping her hands together, and nodded slightly to Han Shan. He thought to himself: "It seems that she believes deeply."
Hanshan didn't dare to look around, so he bowed to the ground as soon as he entered the door, like worshiping a Buddha, with his palms up and his head bowed.
According to the tenets of Buddhism, this monk was an outsider. Even if he met the emperor, he would just put his hands together and bow his head in salute. However, Shaman Tongfaguo in the Northern Wei Dynasty said to the emperor: "I am not worshiping the emperor, but worshiping the Buddha's ear."
"At that time, the emperor was regarded as the Tathagata.
This solves the etiquette problem for Buddhist disciples when facing the emperor. Faguo said that when a monk kneels down to worship the emperor, he is not worshiping power but worshiping Buddha - but he is deceiving himself. Faguo was the first monk in the history of Chinese Buddhism to advocate kowtow to the emperor. Since then, monks have been fortunate
Seeing the emperor, his knees bent according to the principles advocated by Fa Guo.
When Zhu Yijun saw him prostrated, he waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite, I'll give you a seat."
Hanshan thanked him, stood up and bowed to the two palaces before taking his seat.
Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "You first held a religious ceremony in Wutai to pray for the emperor's heir, and then returned to Beijing all the way to preside over the ritual. Princess Rongchang, mother and son are both safe, thanks to the protector."
Han Shan hurriedly folded his hands and said: "The poor monks and others dare not take credit. The emperor is the living Buddha, and he has the protection of hundreds of gods. The queen and princess have golden branches and jade leaves for thousands of years, how can all evils invade the body? This is the emperor's own blessing, not
The power of a poor monk."
The kind sage Empress Dowager Li laughed after hearing this and said: "Master, there is no need to be too modest. According to what you said, the late emperor had two children before the emperor, but unfortunately they died - didn't the late emperor not have the blessing of a hundred gods? It can be seen that, or
Master protects the Dharma well."
After Hanshan heard this, he was very worried about Queen Mother Li's brain after she fell into religious fanaticism. He knew that Queen Mother Li was asking him for merit in front of the emperor, but what he just said was a polite word, but she took it seriously and defended it.
.I was caught off guard and couldn’t pick up this topic.
But it's not okay not to answer the call. Firstly, it's disrespectful. Secondly, if the emperor takes it seriously, if any prince or princess dies in the future, will he still be alive?
Although Empress Dowager Rensheng believed in Buddhism, she was not superstitious. After hearing what the always shrewd Empress Dowager Li said was out of tune, she secretly smiled in her heart and also showed it on her face.
When Hanshan raised his eyes slightly, he saw the emperor looking at him with a smile on his lips and a blush on his face. Then he suddenly thought about it, wanting to complete this proposition.
Because Zhu Yijun didn't speak, Empress Dowager Li was confused, and Empress Dowager Chen just smiled, the atmosphere in the Yangxin Hall was slightly awkward.
Hanshan was a very perceptive person. After being slightly embarrassed, he put his hands together and said honestly: "What the Queen Mother said is that the poor monk got the appearance. The so-called blessings come from practice. When the emperor's true spirit was ignorant, the seven treasures were missing.
Although I later sought the true truth, I was unable to obtain the true result due to the lack of luck.”
While he was talking, he glanced at the emperor again and saw his serious face. Han Shan's heart skipped a beat. He quickly clasped his hands and said a verse: "The future is unthinkable, and the past is nothing." He lowered his eyes slightly and held the hand.
Draw out the majestic treasure elephant and pull up the force grid fiercely.
Seeing his boldness, Zhu Yijun raised his eyebrows and became somewhat interested in Hanshan. He comforted him first and said, "You don't have to be restrained. I am serving the Queen Mother today, and I originally wanted to listen to some Buddhist principles."
Empress Dowager Li interjected again: "Your Majesty, you don't know how deep this monk's practice is! Zibai told me that Han Shan had already arrived when he was twenty-eight years old. This, when he arrived -" but he couldn't explain it in professional terms.
Hanshan hurriedly took over the topic and said: "Returning to the Queen Mother, the Avatamsaka Sutra says that it is "Sea Seal Luminous Samadhi". It is like a person on the sea, the sea and the sky are one, his thoughts are empty, and he is in a cool and bright world."
Seeing Zhu Yijun nodded slightly, Hanshan said to the Empress Dowager Li: "Besides, I know that even though I have been in this state during my practice, I can't be blinded by him, but I still have it. It's just an empty mind, it's nothing special, and you must not be greedy.
But if you are attached to this, you will abandon the fundamental and pursue the inferior.”
Empress Dowager Li happily praised and nodded to accept the instruction. Empress Dowager Chen's eyes were dull, and for the first time she felt that she was much worse than Empress Dowager Li in terms of cultural level. Zhu Yijun originally had no interest in this Buddhist scriptures, but was overwhelmed by Hanshan's style and showed curiosity.
color.
When Han Shan saw Zhu Yijun's expression, he was as excited as beating a drum, but his face didn't show it at all. After saying this, he once again looked solemn and maintained his dignity.
Zhu Yijun pondered for a moment and then said: "I heard from my mother that it is rare for you to pierce blood and copy scriptures in order to repay your parents' kindness."
Han Shan hurriedly bowed and clasped his hands and said: "Because the Queen Mother was ill, the Emperor used blood to copy the scriptures at a young age. All the people in the world shed tears for the Emperor's filial piety. The poor monk only admires the Emperor's filial piety just in case, but it is inappropriate.
The Emperor’s praise.”
Zhu Yijun hummed and asked the monk with a smile: "Then do you think that apart from repaying the deep kindness of your parents, do you think that monks have any other favors to repay?"
Han Shan listened, thought for a moment, bowed and echoed: "Return to the emperor. The poor monk thought that he still had to repay the blessing of the emperor and his family, country and country." Zhu Yijun knew this was a man as soon as he heard his words.
The one who walks the right path.
Without comment, he continued to ask: "Is there any more?"
Han Shandao: "There is also the kindness of the master's preaching and the kindness of all living beings to protect you. These kindnesses are what people outside the country need to keep in mind day and night and remember to report them at all times."
"Then how to repay?"
"Because of the suffering of all sentient beings in the three realms, if you develop bodhicitta and perform compassionate deeds for the Bodhisattva, you will repay your great kindness to the emperor, parents, teachers and all sentient beings."
"Meditating, participating in Zen, and practicing all kinds of things can be called compassionate deeds. Is it a bodhisattva's practice?"
Although Hanshan saw that the emperor was asking more and more questions, he was used to playing tricks. Apart from having to be careful when speaking because of his status as the emperor, this kind of question did not trouble him at all: "If you go back to the emperor, practice all kinds of things."
, it’s just a matter of sharpening the knife and chopping firewood.”
I thought this was a perfect answer. According to the practice of Zen Buddhism, this sentence was enough to make the opponent think for a long time. Unexpectedly, the emperor did not care about martial ethics and actually started to get to the bottom of it: "Master Hanshan thinks,
Doing compassionate deeds is the foundation of being a Bodhisattva, but practicing enlightenment is the end?"
Han Shan initially thought that the emperor was just asking casually, but when he saw that the emperor was trying to show off his ideas, he actually had an in-depth debate on Buddhism with him, and he couldn't help but ignite his own fighting spirit.
This is a debate, but you can't follow your opponent's train of thought. Han Shan put his hands together and first pronounced the Buddha's name: "Amitabha! The emperor's words pointed to the root of wisdom in the heart and asked about the root cause." Well, let's pat it first to avoid irritating the debate.
The brain is not safe.
"Knowing kindness and repaying kindness is essentially cultivation. When bodhichitta arises, not only doing things, walking, sitting, lying down, but also sleeping is also cultivation. Is there any difference between the basic and the basic?"
Seeing the emperor listening and thinking quietly, he then said: "Your Majesty, unless a person has attained the true state of enlightenment, he or she will only have one body in this world. Even if there are causes and effects in previous lives and cannot be seen, they will still be in this body.
However, none of the four kinds of kindness can be fully repaid. You can only devote yourself to practice to repay the kindness, so that you will have no regrets when you die, and only with no regrets can you have ultimate happiness. This is a simple insight of a poor monk.
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Seeing that the emperor's face was smiling more and more, Hanshan quickly thought about his answer and added: "If people outside the country care about what they can achieve, this is persistence; if they only care about their realm when they are brave and diligent,