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Chapter 233 See the Sweeping Monk, the Realm of Buddhist and Taoist Practice (4K)

In the middle of the night, the moonlight shines, the soft wind blows, and the sound of water murmurs.

There is a pavilion standing beside the mountain stream, with a plaque on the top of the building, which reads the three characters "Zangjing Pavilion".This building is built near the water, away from other houses, in case of fire in the temple, destroying the precious scriptures.

Zhao Qing skimmed over the stream lightly and walked half a circle around the Sutra Pavilion. On the corridor outside the pavilion, a skinny monk in a green robe was bending over to sweep the floor with a broom.

This monk is not young, his sparse long beards are all white, his movements are slow and weak, he doesn't look like he has martial arts at all.

Even Zhao Qing, if she hadn't deliberately searched for the old monk's trace, she would have almost ignored him at a distance of ten feet.

The "Great Treasure Accumulation Sutra" says: "Like a person in a thorn forest, if you don't move, you won't get hurt. If you don't move your mind, you will always be in the bliss of extinction. Only when you move your mind for a while, you will be stabbed by all things."

Observing the behavior of the floor-sweeping monk, Zhao Qing can be sure that the other party has obviously reached the extremely high state of "always inattentive, momentarily immobile". If his mind is unmoved, outsiders can ignore him and no longer have the intention of probing him.

Perhaps, he stayed in this Sutra Pavilion for over forty years, although he was pretending to be a serving monk doing chores, but he was actually not known to the official monks of Shaolin Temple, it is also possible.

"The body is a bodhi tree, and the heart is like a mirror stand. Always wipe it diligently, so as not to stir up dust." What is swept is not only the real ground, but also the pure land in his heart.

The moment Zhao Qing sensed the sweeping monk, the sweeping monk also sensed her at the same time.

He slowly turned his head and looked at Zhao Qing, his eyes were dull, as if he was blind to anything, he didn't seem to have any reaction, but fell into Zhao Qing's induction, under this appearance, the aura of the floor-sweeping monk was constantly moving Climbing up is not only the accumulation of skills, but also the concentration of spiritual power.

Under the gaze that sees the night as day, Zhao Qing saw that the old monk's brows showed a bright red color in an instant. This means that his practice has reached a certain level. Gathering, it will naturally become bright red, like a cinnabar mark.

Being able to cultivate the orifice between the eyebrows to this level, there is no doubt that the sweeping monk has reached the level of "sympathy between heaven and man".

However, after he sensed me, he immediately had such a big reaction, which is really not normal.

Zhao Qing thought secretly in his heart, spread Mingyu's aura within five feet around his body, gathered his voice together, and said to the other party: "Senior, I came here this time without any malice, I just want to exchange martial arts with each other. "

At her current state, she can already see the flow of true energy on the opponent's body surface. Although she can't fathom the specific yin and yang changes, she can sense the general characteristics of her internal force.

Under Zhao Qing's observation, the characteristics of the sweeping monk's internal strength are somewhat similar to those of the Little Wuxiang Gong, but exudes a faint Buddhist aura.

"Exchanging martial arts?" The sweeping monk's aura no longer climbed up, and quickly fell back to the undetectable state before. The redness between his brows disappeared, and he asked in an old voice.

As if thinking of something, he nodded quickly, and replied: "When you come to the Sutra Pavilion, you have formed a good relationship with my Buddha. The exchange of martial arts between you and me is due to fate."

It's quite easy to talk about. Could it be that his reaction just now mistaken me for an enemy?Zhao Qing's thoughts moved slightly, and he asked, "I don't know the senior's name and dharma name? Zhao Qing thanked you in advance."

"Name? Dharma name?" The old monk had an apologetic look on his face, and replied, "I don't remember the layman's name very clearly. It seems to be Li. As for the Dharma name, I have never had it before. You can call it whatever you want."

Surname Li?Zhao Qing knew that most of the sweeping monks had some connection with the Xiaoyao Sect. Could this surname "Li" be Li Qiushui's "Li"?

"I don't know if the communication that lay Buddhists want is through mutual discussion or verbal discussion?" The old monk glanced at the package containing "Yi Jin Jing" in her hand, and said lightly:

"With Layman Zhao's level of martial arts, if you want to cultivate the inner strength of this book of Yi Jin Jing, as long as you can enter the state of 'separation of spirit and energy', there is not much difficulty. However, it is written in Sanskrit, so it is quite difficult to understand; For the subtle twists and turns, if you don't know much about the essence of Buddhism, there may be some miscalculations."

"However, the old monk has already memorized and mastered each of the key points of practice. If you trust the old monk, you might as well write down the scriptures and put them back where they belong. You can find old monks to communicate with each other."

Zhao Qing was slightly startled, the sweeping monk had learned the Yi Jin Jing, which was not beyond her expectation.

If you get the other party's guidance when practicing "Yi Jin Jing", it will undoubtedly reduce the time you spend on groping for the meaning.

After all, even if Bodhidharma, the second ancestor of Zen Buddhism, studied hard alone, he would not be able to decipher much of the content.Relying on the help of Buddhist monks Bancimiti and Li Jing, they realized the secrets of Zen Buddhism and martial arts respectively.

What really surprised her was that the other party saw through the contents of the package at a glance. If it wasn't based on guessing, then could it be an astonishing magical power?
The six supernatural powers of Buddhism, namely Tianyantong, Tianertong, Hexintong, Fatetong, Shenzutong, and Leujintong. Perhaps, the sweeping monk used the Tianyantong and other Xintong among them to discover the treasure in the package with the ability to see through or detect the soul. Case.

Zhao Qing nodded, and replied: "It would be great to be able to share the practice of "Yi Jin Jing" with seniors. In fact, this Sanskrit "Yi Jin Jing" has two scriptures in one book, and it uses a kind of Tianzhu Medicinal herbs were soaked in water to paint a miraculous yoga technique called "The Sutra of Desiring Samadhi Breaking and Accomplishing God's Foot."

Speaking of this, Zhao Qing took out the Yi Jin Jing from the package, manipulated the water vapor in the air to soak the first few pages of the book, and saw a line of Chinese characters appearing between the crooked words on the page: "Moga Tuoguo wants to break through samadhi and accomplish the Divine Foot Sutra."

Next to the Chinese characters, there is a figure of a foreign monk. The monk has a strange posture, his head sticks out from his crotch, his hands are holding his feet, and many tiny red arrows are drawn on his body.

When the old monk saw the newly revealed content in the scriptures, his dull gaze suddenly returned to normal, and a faint white light shone from his brows, showing the fluctuations in his heart.

"There are four kinds of samadhi, and the supernatural power is also divided into four supernatural feet. Those who want to samadhi will be entangled in all evil and unwholesome dharmas, and they will be able to keep them away without causing permanent harm, and their afflictions will follow them to sleep."

"'God's feet' means the meaning of the mind and thoughts. To cultivate 'desire samadhi' is to cultivate the 'desire to god's feet', and it is also the method of practicing the four meditations of 'purity of mind and mind'. Living in purity, forgetting both mind and body, all the world Take a break."

The old monk briefly described the meaning of this scripture, and added: "If the old monk's expectations are correct, the monks of the Magadha Kingdom created this skill in the past. environment without being disturbed by the outside world.”

"If a layman can share this exercise with me, I will be very grateful."

Speaking of this, he suddenly sighed self-deprecatingly, and said: "The three thoughts of 'greed, hatred, and ignorance' in the seventh sense, the old monk's 'anger, and ignorance' have long been cut off, only this word 'greed', There is still the last thin layer left. Alas, it is really difficult to cultivate the 'Arahantship' and generate greed."

With a slight movement in Zhao Qing's mind, he already understood the meaning of this "Shenzu Jing".

The mystery of this skill is not only a method of detoxification, but also a method of cultivating the mind and calming the mind. It can promote the entry threshold of the four-goal arhat and the "clean ground of equanimity" in meditation. territory.

In other words, the sweeping monk claims that he wants to practice "Arhatship", does it mean that his realm has reached the level of three-goal arhat, that is, "Arahantship"?

The level of "Anagamin Fruit" has cut off the confusion of seeing and thinking, and there is no desire for me, people, sentient beings, and longevity in the heart, and all kinds of scenes and things are like floating clouds to the outside world.

In Zhao Qing's view, the state shown by the sweeping monk is indeed quite in line with him.

Seemingly seeing what was going on in her heart, the old monk gently put the broom beside him, and began to talk about it:
"According to the information informed by a close friend of the old monk, the practice of Taoist martial arts is generally divided into four realms, namely, 'refining essence to transform qi, refining qi to transform spirit, refining spirit to return emptiness, and refining emptiness to unite the Tao."

"The latter two stages can be subdivided into four realms of 'refining the gods, returning the emptiness, refining the emptiness, and combining the Tao'. The realm of 'returning the emptiness' is also called 'sympathy between heaven and man', and the realm of 'refining the emptiness' is called For 'Heaven and man as one'."

"Therefore, it has been said that if you have reached the ultimate state and limit of the 'unity of man and nature', as long as you take another step forward and surpass the limit of man and heaven, you will be able to 'break through the void and ascend to the Tao'."

Zhao Qing nodded and listened quietly.

The old monk looked at her carefully, and continued: "For example, layman, you have already reached the middle and late stages of the 'Returning the Void' stage. You only need to make one or two small breakthroughs, and you can enter the 'Refining the Void' stage." stage. At the age of a layman, I am afraid that he is the most hopeful person to 'ascend' in the past thousand years."

"As for the practice of Buddhist martial arts, because it is foreign, it has incorporated a large number of elements from the Central Plains. For hundreds of years, there is not much difference between the practice of internal strength and Taoism."

"However, most of the more advanced Buddhist exercises are still integrated into the Buddhist philosophy. If the realm is not enough, if you practice forcibly, you will be attacked by the hostility in martial arts."

Speaking of this, the old monk pointed to the content in the "Yi Jin Jing" and added: "The "Yi Jin Jing" created by the ancestor Bodhidharma needs to use 'discovering the appearance of people and my appearance' as the basis of practice. The premise, in my view, is that the reason is that I don’t want the disciples of the younger generation to be hurt by hostility when practicing, so I set up such a threshold on purpose.”

"Later, the second patriarch Huike and Li Jing jointly comprehended the martial arts in the "Yi Jin Jing", which led to the publication of the Chinese version of "Yi Jin Jing". At that time, most of the power was lost, and I didn't realize the painstaking efforts of Patriarch Dharma back then."

"The masters of the contemporary Shaolin Temple, the lay monks may have seen some of them on the way here, and they can see that the power of 'Shaolin 72 stunts' is not strong. The reason is also similar to the "Yi Jin Jing" .”

"In my opinion, what the disciples of Shaolin Temple should do is to understand the Buddhist principles contained in these Buddhist martial arts. As for the martial arts themselves, that is not very important."

"Alas! Patriarch Bodhidharma only taught his disciples some ways to strengthen the body. A healthy body is conducive to the mind, and the mind is easy to understand. But the disciples of the later generations are often obsessed with martial arts, so that they discard the basics and ignore the martial arts taught by the ancestors in the past. The purpose, lamentable, lamentable."

"So that's how it is." Zhao Qing thought to himself, trying to understand the reason why Shaolin Temple only has the top martial art "Yi Jin Jing": it's not that Bodhidharma can't create it, but he doesn't want his younger disciples to go astray and be brutalized. Hurt by anger.

But what exactly is this hostility?Is it a backlash caused by the mismatch between cultivation base and realm?
The sweeping monk continued: "In order to practice Buddhist martial arts without generating hostility, you need to cultivate the corresponding realm of Buddhism. These realms, from a certain point of view, can also be regarded as the practice of Buddhist martial arts. stage."

"From low to high, they are respectively: the position of accumulation, the position of adding behavior, the position of seeing the way, the position of cultivating the way, and no degree. Those who have no learning will cut off all troubles and have nothing to learn. The realm of branch Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the eighth stage."

"Roughly speaking, it can correspond to Taoism's refinement of qi, refinement of qi into god, refinement of spirit, return of emptiness, and refinement of emptiness. And above the 'no degree', it is the 'big arhat', 'bodhisattva above the eighth stage' 'The level is equivalent to the realm of Taoism's 'unity' and 'ascension', which can break away from the shackles of the 'desire world' and the 'color world'."

"As long as the realm of Buddhism is reached, it is really easy to practice Buddhist martial arts corresponding to the level, and it can be done quickly in a very short period of time."

Zhao Qing's mind moved slightly, can it be done quickly in a short period of time?Probably because of the level of the world, the spiritual cultivation is higher than the same level in the high-level world, so there must be a bonus effect.

The state of "Anagamin Fruit" of the sweeping monk is only one step away from the "no degree" and "Arhat Fruit" which is equivalent to "the unity of heaven and man". If you reach the limit, you will be a little higher.

In this way, he should be a good opponent to learn from?

For more than a month, I haven't met a suitable opponent who can ignite my desire to fight.And this old sweeping monk who practiced Buddhist martial arts, and perhaps Taoist martial arts, believes that he can bring him a lot of inspiration.

However, in the original novel, the floor-sweeping monk was actually injured by Qiao Feng's palm, which is somewhat inconceivable.Is it because the consumption of letting Murong Bo and Xiao Yuanshan enter the Turtle's Rest Sleep is too great?Or does he have hidden dangers such as old injuries?
At the moment when Zhao Qing's fighting spirit was slightly revealed, the old monk who swept the floor seemed to have sensed it, put his palms together, and said: "Amitabha, the layman is willing to testify the martial arts and ideas of Buddhism and Taoism with the old monk, that would be the best .”

As soon as he finished his words, he took a big step, like walking on the sky, flitting lightly out of the Sutra Pavilion, and walked straight to the place where there was no one on the mountain.

(End of this chapter)