Although Ye An is from the history department, he does not know everything. Kumarajiva is of great significance to Buddhists, and he is a kind of venerable existence.
It is said that he is the person closest to the Buddha. To be praised like this is by no means an ordinary person.
But in Ye An's eyes, it was just a method he used to stimulate Monk Kong Kong.
Xuan Chengzi looked at the turmoil on the table, picked up the sweet and sour pork tenderloin on the table with one hand, raised his fingers with the other hand and said: "This is the second time. People who practice Buddhism are liberated from the six paths, and their minds are as calm as water.
Kumarajiva's body is like mud and his heart is like a lotus. If you are like this when provoked by a young man, how can you practice Buddhism?"
Monk Kongkong sat down panting like an ox: "At such a young age, just a few words can break my meditation practice. My dear friend, I really have spiritual roots and fruit!"
Ye An raised his eyelids slightly, then continued to eat and ignored Monk Kongkong. He had "showed his face" and his tricks no longer worked.
He was a little disappointed in his heart. If he wanted the monk in front of him to break his desire to practice, it seemed impossible to rely on external stimulation alone.
Using this little trick once can make Monk Kongkong covered with bruises, and using it twice can make him furious, but there is no way to use it a third time.
His state had obviously returned to the way Ye An had just met him at the gate of Shangqing Palace. He was free and easy, free and free. This was the best state for an idealist, and it was also the state that Ye An disliked the most.
Buddhism emphasizes that "all things arise from the mind", which in the final analysis is idealism.
Therefore, their way of transcendence is very special, which is to use liberation in the heart as the only way. Only by so-called "letting go" can we get infinitely close to liberation and even become a Buddha.
But how many people in this world can let go? What exactly is so-called letting go?
The funny thing is that this is not a religious issue or a spiritual issue, but a philosophical issue that is very difficult to define!
In Ye An's view, everyone in Buddhism, especially those who pursue great liberation, are fools!
If you let go of your seven emotions and six desires, are you still a human being? When you give up everything to pursue great liberation, does it still count as letting go? Since you let go, why should you pursue liberation?
So since Siddhartha Gautama died, no one has become a Buddha...
Ye An could only say, what a big pie and what a big trap.
People who practice Buddhism will not gain anything. On the contrary, they will struggle and waste time in it.
Those who say "let it go, great liberation" are probably sighing helplessly when they finally wake up to their lifelong pursuit, right?
Ye An was still full of sympathy for the fat monk in front of him. Once sympathy appeared in his heart, his eyes would naturally change.
So in Ye An's eyes, Monk Kongkong is like a "second senior brother", fat, stupid, bad, and naive, and ultimately quite pitiful.
The confrontation at the dinner table was finally over, and Ye An returned to his previous peaceful appearance.
Zhan'er clearly felt the difference between him and Monk Kongkong. Tie Er was also able to snatch back his own bench. He was really startled by the great monk in front of him just now.
I thought I was a good and unstoppable man, but when the great monk got angry, his liver trembled violently.
How did he know that Buddhism also has its own vajra protector, who can also use the heart of a Bodhisattva to perform thunderbolt methods!
Monk Kongkong’s name is quite interesting. The so-called Kongkong means that the heart is empty and the belly is empty.
This is a kind of self-mockery, but it is also a pursuit. It is a common practice for those who cultivate their minds to clarify their aspirations with Dharma names, but Monk Kong Kong seems to have not worked hard towards his aspirations.
He may seem carefree and casual, but he is actually very thoughtful and may have countless thoughts in his mind.
As for an empty stomach... Looking at a fat man weighing more than 200 pounds, Ye An really didn't think he could do it.
The previous tranquility returned to the Shangqing Palace, and Ye An settled down here and began his daily life as a Taoist priest.
It's funny to say that Ye An suddenly felt like he was back to the way he was after passing the college entrance examination.
Now he has nothing to do, he is just waiting for the summons from the most noble woman in the palace, and of course he has to pay a visit to the two elders.
Shangqing Palace is a rare place for pure cultivation. In a prosperous place like Tokyo, it is hard to find such a quiet place. The Taoist priests here are naturally Taoists.
And it gave Ye An a very different feeling, because he saw the Taoist priest sitting cross-legged on a thick tree branch, the Taoist priest meditating on the top of the pavilion, and the Taoist priest walking past him with a futon and sitting in the middle of the Shangqing Palace.
Wonderful truth in the open space.
It seems that the Taoist priests in the Shangqing Palace can do whatever they want. There are not so many taboos and not too many constraints. They can do whatever they feel comfortable with.
Of course, Ye An knew that they also had their own rules and bottom lines, otherwise the little Taoist priest Miaozhen would not teach him "Sun Zhenren's Hygiene Song" in the East Kitchen.
What Buddhism pursues is great liberation, which requires restraining oneself, abandoning the seven emotions and six desires, and finally going to the Western Paradise.
Taoism, on the other hand, pursues the avenue, and what they pursue is also an illusory avenue. So where does the avenue exist?
Taoists believe that the Tao is everywhere, so one should experience and understand the world. Therefore, Taoism does not reject the secular world. It believes that human life is governed by the rules and guidance of heaven, and even human beings themselves are part of heaven.
"There is something mixed, born in advance of heaven and earth, lonely and lonely, independent and not changing, moving around without dying, it can be the mother of heaven and earth. I don't know its name, the word is Dao, the strong name is big. The big thing is death
, passing away is said to be far away. Far away is said to be reversed. Therefore, the way is big, the sky is big, the earth is big, and the people are also big. There are four big things in the domain, and people live in one of them."
Xuan Chengzi stood on the steps of Taixu Palace, his voice echoing in the courtyard of Shangqing Palace. Whenever he lectured, Ye An always felt that this cheap master seemed to have changed into a different person.
There is an indescribable Zen feeling in the voice, which makes people feel comfortable and enlightened.
In fact, this sentence is not difficult to understand. It means that I am describing the great road, but he also says that the great road is difficult to describe. He is just describing the great road in his own opinion.
"This is Lao Jun's insight when he realized the Tao. You can't make it a fixed formula, otherwise you will be in trouble!"
The so-called "big" is not an adjective, but a "name", and "Tao" is a "word" that represents something illusory but real.
So now Ye An understands that the so-called great road does not refer to the great road...
Three extremely serious "believers" were sitting on their knees in front of Xuanchengzi. Zhan'er didn't know when he was sitting next to him. His devout appearance made Ye An feel ashamed, while the Wang Gang looked at Xuanchengzi with admiration, as if they wanted to
Every word he said was engraved in my mind.
As for Tie Er, he no longer knew where he had gone. In his mind, the best way was to dance with swords and guns in the palace of the Shangqing Dynasty after eating and drinking.
Monk Kongkong leaned against the pillar and muttered to himself: "The Dao is empty, the sky is empty, the earth is empty, people are empty, all four are empty!"
Ye An curled his lips and looked at how obvious the plagiarism was. Taoism proposed four majors, so Buddhism had all four majors.
He does not contradict Taoist thought. Taoism is actually the same existence as Confucianism, Legalism, and Mohism. They are all the learning and knowledge of the Chinese nation.
Ye An just turned Xuanchengzi's "Tao" into "natural laws" that everything in the world will follow. Although this is science, it does not conflict with Taoist ideas, and it still makes sense!