Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 250 The world should be like this
There was silence in the room for a while.The three of them drank tea silently without speaking.

Seeing the embarrassing situation, Chen Yuyi said, "Master Zen, there is a reason for keeping the certificate of defense and not issuing it. You don't need to think about it. Many soldiers died in the First Battle of Jingmen, and the common people want to hold a puja to save these heroic spirits. Let's hope." The Zen master walked down the mountain."

Zen Master Faleng said: "Emissary Chen Yun came to invite me for this matter, and I have already agreed. At that time, seeing that the gate of the mountain was neglected, he wanted to promote Buddhism, so he asked for [-] degrees. I just don't want Xiangyang to have them, and the degrees are all in Zhizhi's hands. There is some misunderstanding. Even if there is no ultimatum, I will not refuse."

Chen Yuyi hurriedly said, "Thank you so much Zen Master!"

Wang Xiaolie said, "Why doesn't the Zen master not want the Duyi here?"

Zen Master Faleng smiled: "Officer, why did I say no? If the official is willing to give it, I will naturally thank you."

Wang Xiaolie said: "So you decided that I wouldn't give it?"

Chan Master Faleng said: "I said before that officials are extraordinary people, and they should do extraordinary things. However, for my Buddhist school, it is not a blessing."

Wang Xiaolie said: "Why? I have never done anything to damage Buddhism, nor do I intend to destroy the mountain gate."

Zen Master Faleng sighed: "The promotion of Buddhism depends on the compassion of the Buddha's heart and saves the world. It is knowing that the world is suffering, and wants to save all living beings and go to the boundless wonderland. Officials come to this world to save people from suffering. In such a world, how many people are willing to believe in Buddhism? If this life is not suffering, why pray for the next life? Officials may have great achievements in the world, but they are not the blessings of Buddhism."

Wang Xiaolie thought for a while and said: "The Zen master said, if the Buddha cultivates the afterlife, if everyone is happy in this world, no one will enter the Buddhist gate?"

Chan Master Faleng said: "It's not entirely true. The Buddha not only cultivates in the afterlife, but also hopes to understand all kinds of Dharma in this life, see the true nature, and become a Buddha. The so-called everyone has a heart, and everyone becomes a Buddha. It's just that if the world is happy, people in the world are blinded by material desires. How difficult it is to say goodbye to authenticity."

"If you are blinded by material desires, you can't become a Buddha?" Wang Xiaolie looked at the lamp and said slowly.

Faleng's expression remained unchanged, and he said calmly: "There are naturally people with innate wisdom roots in the world. No matter whether they are poor or rich, whether they are suffering or enjoying happiness, their minds are self-evident, and nothing can cover their eyes. It's just that this kind of person is born with the Dharma, so why bother?" To cross? Buddhism crosses those who are struggling in the sea of ​​worldly desires without knowing it. If the world is happy, this matter will be difficult."

Wang Xiaolie lowered his head and thought for a while, then shook his head slowly: "The words of the Zen master can't convince me. All kinds of things you said, don't say whether I can do it slowly, and it has nothing to do with promoting Buddhism. Zen master, you It's messed up."

Chan Master Faleng was silent for a while.After a while, he said: "Officials should make unworldly merits, and not my Buddhist blessings, so they are two different things? I confused it? Once the officials said it, I couldn't convince myself."

Chen Yuyi on the other side was in a fog.Taking this opportunity, he asked, "Dare to ask Zen Master, why do you say that defense is an extraordinary person?"

Zen Master Faleng said: "Because he is an extraordinary person. It was originally like this, so what is the reason?"

Chen Yuyi was startled when he heard this, not knowing what Chan Master Faleng meant.Zen Master Faleng had never met Wang Xiaolie before, even if he had seen Wang Xiaolie in the past two years, whether he was running the region or the army in an orderly manner, it shouldn't be said so.

Wang Xiaolie looked at the lantern, and his heart turned a thousand times, not knowing what kind of feeling it was.It can be said that I underestimated this Zen master.Not only is he not the deceitful monk he thought before, but he probably really knows something.

After a while, Wang Xiaolie said: "Dare to ask Zen master, why do you think I am an extraordinary person? Why do you think I should be an invincible merit?"

This sentence is similar to what Chen Yuyi asked.But Chan Master Faleng said: "To know is to know. Sometimes I don't understand why I know. When I heard your name before I saw the officials, I suddenly realized in my heart that you are an extraordinary person. When I met the officials today, I just feel a pair of big eyes in the sky, looking at everything in the world. In those eyes, I can only see the shadow of officials. Why? There is no reason!"

Wang Xiaolie looked at Faleng, neither sad nor happy, and did not speak.For a moment, the abbot's room fell into silence again.

On one side, Chen Yuyi only felt sweat on his forehead, rapid heartbeat, and dry mouth.He didn't expect that such a weird thing would happen when he came to Lumen Temple with Wang Xiaohun today.There is nothing wrong with monks uttering wild words, there are quite a few such things.It was Wang Xiaolie's calm reaction that really scared Chen Yuyi.This shows that what Zen Master Faleng said is not without basis.

Zen master Faleng looked calm.He picked up the teapot and poured tea for the two of them.

Wang Xiaolie suddenly picked up the tea bowl, raised his head and drank it down in one gulp.Putting down the tea bowl, he said in a deep voice, "Master Zen, you know that although I don't read much, I don't know much, but I have a firm mind. There is always a reason for things in this world, but I don't believe in gods, Buddhas and ghosts!"

Chan Master Faleng said indifferently: "Things in the world are reasonable, and they shouldn't be wrong. The presence or absence of immortals, Buddhas, ghosts and gods is not related to whether officials believe or not."

Wang Xiaolie sneered: "If there is a Buddha in the world, Zen master please come out and see one. Empty words, who will believe you!"

Zen Master Faleng said: "Almsgiver, everyone in the world has Buddha nature, and everyone can become a Buddha. Buddhism has been introduced to China for thousands of years, and there are not many people who become Buddhas. It's just that this Buddha is not that Buddha, and it is not the supernatural power that ordinary people think. That’s it for the great characters.”

Wang Xiaolie nodded: "I understand that Buddhism is different from other teachings, and Buddha is also different from other gods. Anyone who understands the true nature and sees the Tathagata can become a Buddha. It's just that the Zen master said just now, but it is not such a Buddha."

Chan Master Faleng said, "I didn't say it was a Buddha either."

For a moment, the abbot's room fell into silence again.Chen Yuyi picked up the teacup and sipped it, suppressing the shock in his heart.

Wang Xiaolie knew about his affairs, and was not very surprised.A person travels through the millennium, and there are some clues that are discovered but nothing.A man can't act entirely on the basis that others don't know about it, and others don't know about it, only he himself knows it.I don't have any skills at all, all relying on knowing a little bit more knowledge than others, just thinking that no one can match.It's just that I didn't expect it to come from a monk.

Such absurd things have happened through time travel, and it is not surprising that there are any ghosts and ghosts.What Zen Master Faleng said is correct, immortals, Buddhas, gods and ghosts do not depend on Wang Xiaolie to believe it or not.Existence is existence, non-existence is non-existence.

After a long time, Wang Xiaolie said slowly: "It's because I don't believe in Zen Master, I push you too hard."

Chan Master Faleng smiled: "I said I know, it is the benefactor who is thinking. What the benefactor thinks is not something that poor monks can control."

Wang Xiaolie said: "Because the Zen master said that the matter involved gods and monsters, I don't believe in gods and monsters! Offended!"

Chan Master Faleng sighed: "Why does the benefactor think that the matter is related to gods and monsters? Human beings are insignificant like ants in the world, and there are many things that cannot be explained clearly. If you can't explain it, you can't explain it. Why force it?"

Why force it?Wang Xiaolie couldn't help but frowned.Yes, the most important thing for people is to do what they can, so why force it?How many years later, looking back, what I did now may be insignificant, or full of mistakes and omissions, so what?As a human being in two lifetimes, Wang Xiaolie does not believe in gods and monsters anyway.There are really gods and monsters in the world, how could history be like that?How can there be loyal and hard-working people in the world who have to work hard, and people who steal and play tricks and enjoy wealth?
But there are no gods and monsters in the world, why did Chan Master Faleng have a strange feeling?How can you feel that there are big eyes in the sky?Could it be that the Dharma is profound?
The world is like a stage, on which we are arranged to play roles one by one, with everything in between.Some people are the protagonists, some are supporting roles, and some are playing the audience.Walking out of this stage, you will feel that your appearance on the stage is so weird.But as long as we are on the stage, we don't know we are acting, we just need to perform well.

After thinking for a long time, Wang Xiaolie only felt his head was in a mess.After drinking a cup of tea, he said to Chan Master Faleng: "So, I can only believe that Chan Master's Dharma is profound. Since we are destined to meet today, can you teach me?"

Chan Master Faleng said: "What is there to teach people about Buddhism? Everyone has Buddha-nature, and Dharma is just to awaken Buddha-nature."

Wang Xiaolie said: "So, doesn't Buddhism have many similarities with Confucianism? Confucianism says that everyone has a heart of benevolence, and everyone can be a saint. Everyone can become a Buddha, and everyone can become a saint. It sounds about the same."

Chan Master Faleng said: "One word is different, the world is far apart! Buddha is not a saint. He is not different from others, but just a state. Confucian saints are not like this. A saint must be very different from ordinary people!"

Wang Xiaolie lowered his head and pondered, chewing on the words of the lamp, and gradually realized something in his heart.Many things cannot be considered to be alike just because they are said alike.There are still important differences between Buddhism and Confucianism.Although Buddhism is introducing Confucianism into Buddhism in this era, and Confucianism is introducing Buddhism into Confucianism, there are still fundamental differences between the two.This difference makes the two families far apart in understanding the world and the human world.

Wang Xiaolie didn't know much about Buddhism, and he didn't want to spend his energy on it.There are still many things in the world that need to be done by ourselves, and each one requires countless efforts. Where can we find the time to sit in meditation and visit the Buddha?

After thinking for a long time, Wang Xiaolie said: "Caodong sect is the great sect of Buddhism in the world, so there must be something special about it. I'm stupid, and I feel that I don't have enough energy to devote myself to political affairs. Where do I get the energy to study Buddhism? Today is a fate, and I invite a Zen master Just teach me a few words, this trip is worthwhile."

Chan Master Faleng said: "The benefactor is an extraordinary person, and he should have extraordinary merit. This kind of merit is in the world and in the hearts of thousands of people. How can it be in a Buddhist school? I don't have anything to teach the benefactor. Take a few sentences from "San Tong Qi" If so, give it to the benefactor."

"The source of the spirit is bright and clear, and the branch is undercurrent. The deacon is originally a mystery, and the truth is not enlightened. All situations in the door, return to each other and do not return to each other."

Wang Xiaolie read these few words silently, chewing on their meaning.The meaning is not complicated, it is nothing more than the relationship between things and reasons, things exist, and reasons also exist.Buddhism says that everything is empty, and reason and things must be unified in the Buddha-nature in the end.The peculiarity of these few sentences lies in pointing out that it is wrong to cling to external things, but reason and things have a mutual relationship.If you don't understand this mutual relationship, even if you agree with reason, you can't say you have realized it.

After meditating for a long time, Wang Xiaolie clapped his hands: "Buddhism is the most taboo word for holding on. I am thinking about the meaning of these words here. Isn't it holding on? What the eminent monks, saints and sages in the world tirelessly seek is nothing more than reason." It’s just about things. What’s the difference between reason and things? This is how it is in the world!”

After finishing speaking, he folded his palms together to Chan Master Faleng: "The Dharma that Zen Master said has little fate with me. In my opinion, all the laws in the world cannot be compared with the word "Heavenly Dao"! What is "Heavenly Dao"? The world is originally like this, the world should be like this, and the world is So! How do you seek the Dharma? Dao follows nature. Although Taoism is called Taoism, it cannot learn the four words of Tao and nature. Why do you need to seek the way of heaven? The law is natural! These four words are for Zen masters!"

Zen Master Faleng looked at Wang Xiaolie, and said calmly: "I am a disciple of Buddhism, and I have my own Dharma, why should I learn it elsewhere? The benefactor listened to the Dharma and found it boring. I listened to the benefactor's lecture on the way of heaven, so why not?"

Wang Xiaolie laughed loudly after hearing this: "Understood. Why did the Zen master say that I am an extraordinary person? At this moment, I have a clear understanding!"

(End of this chapter)