After being divorced, my identity as a poet was exposed

The Zen room in the backyard of Bodhidharma Monastery.

Monk Bu Nian lit a pillar of incense for meditation and then brewed a pot of tea.

He and Li Chenan sat across from each other at a small table, and Master Pukong sat on one side with him.

Old Wei stood in front of the door.

Zhongli Ruoshui and the other five people sat around behind Li Chenan.

Their eyes all fell on Li Chenan's back. There was no weight at all, but there was a lot of surprise——

This gentleman can only write poems and articles.

He is already a poet in the world!
Martial arts training...he is also a supreme prodigy in martial arts training!

I wonder if there is anyone like him in the world who can break through without practicing martial arts and just falling in love with bed?

At this moment, he actually wanted to talk to the young monk Bu Nian about the true meaning of Buddhism...

These days I have been with him day and night. How often have I seen him read a Buddhist scripture?
Not only Zhongli Ruoshui and the other five people were confused, but Master Pukong was also confused.

As a close disciple of the great monk Jiudeng, the monk Bu Nian not only comprehended the mighty heavenly dragon, he also memorized the forty-two chapters of Buddhism by heart.

Monk Bu Nian is the next abbot of Xilin Zen Monastery that Monk Jiudeng has worked so hard to train, and he will be the future Great Master of the Protector of the Yue Kingdom!

Although he is only about twenty, his attainments in Buddhism have already impressed Master Pukong.

At this moment, Li Chenan actually wants to talk to Monk Bu Nian about Zen...

Master Pukong was in a daze and felt that this fact was a bit ridiculous.

It's like Monk Bu Nian wants to talk poems and articles with Li Chenan.

Isn’t this using one’s own shortcomings to attack others’ strengths?

He is the emperor, and Monk Bu Nian doesn't know much about the ways of the world. He has to help Li Chen'an a little bit, but he can't let Monk Bu Nian push Li Chenan too hard and cause death.

Master Pukong looked at Monk Bu Nian.

Apparently Monk Bu Nian is serious about teaching Zen.

He arranged his gray monk's robe and sat cross-legged in front of the coffee table.

Putting his hands on his knees, he raised his head and looked at Li Chenan with those innocent eyes like Xiao Wu's eyes on that beautiful face.

Li Chenan looked at the top of Monk Bu Nian's head.

Sunlight just passed through the window and fell on the top of his head. At this moment, he seemed to be bathed in a golden Buddha's light!

This boy has a majestic appearance and looks a bit like an eminent monk.

This guy is a monk!
But you have to eliminate his desire to return to secular life, and when the time comes, give him three disciples and let him go to Tianzhu to obtain Buddhist scriptures!

The water in the teapot is boiling.

There was smoke.

Li Chenan had an idea, pointed at the smoke, and asked: "Smoke is a heartless thing, why does it move?"

Monk Bu Nian turned to look at the window, looked back at the floating smoke, and replied:

"The wind blows the smoke."

"The wind is also a heartless thing. Why does the wind move?"

Monk Bu Nian was stunned, why did the wind move?
If the wind doesn't move, will it still be wind?

But since Li Chenan asked this, there must be a reason for asking.

Zen is a mysterious thing, so let’s answer it in terms of mystery:

"...the harmony of causes and conditions means that the smoke does not move, but the wind takes its own initiative!"

"wrong!"

Monk Bu Nian opened his mouth in shock, "What's wrong?"

The old god Li Chenan is here:

"Whatever the wind moves or the smoke moves, it's just your heartbeat!"

"..."

Monk Bu Nian was suddenly startled, and he looked at the still moving smoke.

Smoke and wind are both external objects, and the movement of external objects depends on their shape.

Re-shape is revealed in the appearance of things, it is obsession!
Obsession creates troubles, and troubles are like demons, which can break meditation!
Meditation cannot focus on external objects, but it can focus on the original mind.

If the mind does not move, what if external objects move?
He seemed to be suddenly enlightened and was meditating, but then he thought again, even if I practice Zen to fix my mind, the wind will still move!

If the wind blows the smoke, the smoke will also float!

Before he could figure out how to defend himself, he saw Li Chenan smile slightly, take a pinch of tea from the jar and put it into the teapot. He raised his eyes and asked again:
"What is Zen?"

Monk Bu Nian knows this.

"Zen is meditation, thinking through meditation, and seeing good through abandoning evil thoughts."

Li Chenan raised his eyebrows:
"You got half the answer right!"

"In my opinion, Zen is actually very simple." "It is a kind of wisdom that seeks liberation and a state of mind that pursues a happy life."

"All things are empty and silent. Only by not giving up attachment and taking things seriously can we transcend the secular world and see the origin of all things in the world!"

"And you..."

"You traveled thousands of miles from Jishan Temple to come here and want to compete with me. This is persistence and sincerity!"

"That's why I came up with the idea of ​​telling you the true meaning of Buddhism. In my opinion, although you are tonsured and put on monk's robes, your heart is not calm!"

"The emptiness and silence of all dharmas is a state of Zen!"

"The reason why Buddha is called Buddha is that he is never moved by external objects!"

"And you... your body is moving and your heart is moving. Not only have you not given up on your obsession, you have actually given birth to the desire to return to secular life... You are still a thousand miles away from becoming a Buddha!"

Monk Bu Nian's beautiful face suddenly turned red.

Master Pukong looked at Li Chenan with shock in his eyes.

What Li Chenan said is not a more profound point of view, it is in the Buddhist scriptures, and both himself and the monk are aware of it.

You know, you know, but people are not Buddhas!

People live in this world and eat all kinds of grains. How many monks can cut off the seven emotions and six desires?
The so-called eminent monks just have less obsessions!
Xiao Baozi looked at Li Chenan with something strange in his eyes.

She was suddenly very worried.

When had Li Chenan ever read such an unhealthy book?

If he is really unmoved by external objects... what should he do if he doesn't respond to beauty?

No!

I'll have to search for it when I get back!
All these books must be burned!

You have to show him "Stealing Fragrance and Stealing Jade" and "In Search of Joy"!
What is the meaning of living in this world with a pure heart and few desires?
If everything is empty, it would be better to die!
Li Chenan leaned over, picked up the teapot, poured three cups of tea, looked up at the confused monk Bu Nian, and said:
"The Buddha said that form is emptiness and emptiness is form!"

"Therefore, emptiness is the highest state of Zen!"

"What is emptiness?"

"Empty is not nothing, but no dirt, no desires, no thoughts!"

"You should remember that the environment disappears with the mind, and the mind disappears with the environment. There is no birth in two places, silence and emptiness!"

"If there is Zen in the heart, there will be Zen everywhere. If there is Buddha in the heart, you will see the Buddha all the time. Zen comes from the heart, and the Buddha is in the heart."

"Therefore, you can meditate while sitting, and you can meditate while walking, and you can live your life in a Zen way, with prajna at ease!"

After a pause, he looked at the shocked monk Bu Nian and thought to himself, I haven't fooled you into being lame!
"Are you calm now?"

Monk Bu Nian nodded blankly.

"Are you empty-hearted now?"

Monk Bu Nian sighed and shook his head.

Li Chenan picked up the tea cup and said, "So, if you still have obsessions in your heart, just say it out and then put it down!"

Monk Bu Nian's handsome face suddenly had a smile.

He looked out the window, and his bright eyes became even more dazzling!
"There is a person living in my heart."

Li Chenan was startled, "There should be a Buddha living in your heart!"

"She is my Buddha!"

"..."

"Her name is Xiaoxian,"

"I met her at Xilin Temple in July and a half last year."

"She stood in front of the Buddha, carrying a sword on her back, gnawing on a roast chicken, and asked... How much have you solved the world's confusion by sitting for thousands of years and receiving countless incense?"

"Are you hungry?"

"...How do you answer?"

Monk Bu Nian turned to look at Li Chenan, his beautiful face becoming more pious and sacred:
"I said, Buddha may not be hungry, but I am!"

"She turned around and handed me the roast chicken. At that glance, I saw Buddha!"

Li Chenan stood up.

This kid forgets Buddha when he sees sex!
It's hopeless!
As he walked forward, Monk Bu Nian also got up and chased after him:

"Benefactor Li..."

"She looked at me and smiled!"

"She said to me when she was leaving...the five aggregates are empty, listen to the sweet sound of the pine trees, the monks have the right way, and the wonderful truths and proverbs are proof of nature!"

When Li Chenan heard this, he stopped and turned around: "Then you go back and tell her,"

"Spotless, look at the soothing clouds, the boundless Dharma, and meditate together with the clear breeze and bright moon!" (End of this chapter)