Second Continuation of Golden Plum

Chapter 47

After paying for the sins of the past, the son saw his mother's new fate and made a guest and returned home. The poem said:

Under the long pine forest, there is a happy Kuntou, and rubbing the top is like traveling with ancient Buddhas.

The mountain birds sing from the moon after autumn, and the white clouds often light rain before autumn.

Because of his lack of skill, he mourned Jia Shi, and laughed at Kong Zhou with articles in his belly.

In the dark night, the sorrow is endless, and the thatched cottage lies alone with a lamp left.

Shanbiao Yunniang, Xizhu, and Teacher Gu live in the house of Shanren Wang's widow.Hearing that Taiding said Brother Hui had faith, she was so happy that Yunniang didn't sleep all night.Wait until dawn to search all the temples near Taiding.There is information, but I can't find it.After resigning from Yunniang, I want to go across the mountain to follow her in the distant temple.Yunniang said: "We are waiting for you at the benefactor's house here. We must not go far. When you come back, you have to cross the sea and go to Luojiali." Tai Ding said: "I know. There are many clean rooms on this mountain. I know He is alone in that clean room, there is no place to hide! Since he has faith, mother will wait patiently." After finishing speaking, he walked away.After waiting for two days and not returning, Yunniang often made Xizhu look around at the door.

But it is said that the men and women who came to Henan to offer incense for a while, originally crossed the sea with Yunniang, and there were four nuns and monks in them: two older ones were 60 years old, and two younger ones were less than 25 years old, very elegant.Because I lived at the foot of the mountain after crossing the sea, I also waited for the favorable wind to go to Luojia before I went to the big temple to offer incense, and I would like to be a dojo and return to repent.The boatman refused to sail because of the small number of people.Seeing that Yunniang and her party were also nuns, these nuns came and asked Yunniang to cross the sea with them.I asked Yun Niang, she was originally from Wucheng County, Dongchang Prefecture, Shandong.Yunniang asked him that he was a nun from Dajue Temple in Bianliang, and she didn't ask his name or origin. The appointment was over tomorrow, and he got off the boat and crossed the sea early.Now there are more than a hundred pilgrims sailing, not just one or two people.Yunniang took the foot of the boat with him, and the teacher and aunt were anxious to take advantage of the boat to cross the sea, but they couldn't wait for Taiding to come back.Tomorrow, everyone waited anxiously for Yunniang to set off the boat, but they had no choice but to leave Xizhu to wait for Taiding at Lord Wang Zhai's house: "Tell him to wait in the village. I went to the Bodhisattva with my teacher and father, and my wish was fulfilled. If there is a favorable wind, it will only take two I'll be back here in the next day." After saying that, he said goodbye to the widow Wang, hung a sachet and counting beads on his chest with the teacher's aunt, and left after reciting Buddha's name.A small port at the foot of this mountain leads to the tide, leading to the ocean, looking at Luojia Mountain.

It turns out that there are more than three hundred miles around the South China Sea, and there are the main hall of Guanyin Bodhisattva and the Great Jungle Temple, not Luojia Mountain.In this fairy land where Bodhisattva practiced, the black ocean was extremely windy and rough.These benevolent people offered incense and fulfilled their vows, and they only went to the big temple to burn the incense, which is regarded as sincerity.No one dares to enter the ocean to visit the Bodhisattva in Luojia.At the foot of Luojia Mountain, Putuo Rock, Zizhu Forest, and Chaoyin Cave, there is a living Avalokitesvara, which is well-known and visible.But if people are devout, reality is everywhere, and there are also white parrots, five-color lotus flowers, precious railings and pearl trees, and golden and green lotus stands; With rations and clean water, I returned hungry, and I was afraid of capsizing the boat.Because many pilgrims dare not go, they just finished the name of offering incense.When Yunniang and her party got on the boat, they saw Master Baogong of Ganlu Temple, carrying a tin staff, also coming to drive the boat.Yunniang didn't dare to recognize each other, so she only talked about her hometown with the female monks in Tokyo and asked for their names.This year's younger one is Lianjing and Meixin; these two teachers and fathers are both monks in Dajue Temple.Because the fourth prince of Tokyo abolished Liu Yu and set Dajue Temple on fire, these nuns all lived outside and each sought a clean room, so the two nuns traveled south with them.After asking Yunniang, Yunniang also explained the reason for becoming a monk.When the north wind is coming, it is no problem to leave the boat in the harbor and wait for the wind.

But it is said that Taiding met Kong, and the master and servant did not dare to walk at night, so they slept in a clean room on the mountain. At dawn the next day, they did not eat breakfast, resigned from the old monk, and walked down the mountain.The two of them ate some dry food on the way, and they didn't arrive at the entrance of the village until it was dark.I saw Xizhu standing at the head of the door, and saw Taiding leading a young monk coming from afar, knowing that Brother Hui had found it, he hurriedly greeted him, and said with a smile, "I saw you today anyway!" I took a closer look. Then I remembered: "Xizhu fled everywhere behind my back, and we meet here today!" Unconsciously, tears came to her eyes, and she asked, "Is mother in the house?" Xizhu said, "I have been waiting for you for three days, I didn’t come back, and went to the sea with a boat of pilgrims to head towards Luojia, but I’ll be back in two days. I’m afraid you won’t find it anywhere, so leave me here to wait for you. His master and his disciples followed some aunts and went away for a day.” After finishing speaking, he entered Wang Shan's house.When Mother Wang came out, she was very happy, she said that it was inspired by the Bodhisattva, mother and son were reunited, and quickly arranged a fast meal for Kong and Taiding.Xizhu took a closer look at Brother Hui under the lamp, and saw that his ears were drooping and his shoulders were red, his lips were red and his teeth were white. He was so solemn and dignified, as if he still looked like the shadow in his arms back then, because he remembered: "Who was that scolding yesterday? Really , there are many with the same name!" So he couldn't help laughing secretly.Brother Hui asked: "Why are you just laughing at me?" Xizhu said: "Just because my mother was at the door the day before yesterday, I saw a little novice monk, black and thin, not like a human being at all, with an empty name on his chest. I suspected it was a fake, and we scolded it. Today, seeing the real one, it’s different.” Liao Kong heard about it, and laughed, “I was the one you scolded the day before yesterday, so why is there a real one? I devoted myself to looking for my mother, and she recovered from her illness. The day before yesterday, I met a granny in white at the foot of the mountain, and told me that I drank Zhuogou spring water, and my illness was cured in a short time, and my skin became much stronger." Widow Wang heard that, and hurriedly put her palms together and chanted: "This granny is The Bodhisattva will appear and make your mother and child meet again!" Then everyone recited the Buddha's name together.After fasting, Xizhu went to sleep alone in her room.Liaokong and Taiding slept outside and discussed: "I have been in the South China Sea for more than a month, and I want to visit Luojia in person, but because my mother is gone, it is difficult to go far away. Now I just take advantage of the boat to go to Luojia together. Thank you Bodhisattva for guiding me. Great kindness to mother and son. It seems that the wind is favorable, and the tide catches up. It is also convenient to meet the Bodhisattva and see the mother! It is better than you and me sitting here." Tai Ding said: "It is true, I am afraid If you haven't gone, follow the boat." Because he got up early and looked at the top of the mountain, he saw a big boat moored in the harbor.It turned out that there was no big canopy, it was a flat wide boat with only a small mast, and a piece of bamboo strips and cattail mats, not very neat, but strong.Taiding stepped forward and asked, "Can this boat go to Luojia?" There was an old man with a white beard, 70 years old, leading three sailors, all dressed as Taoists and wrapped in Taoist monks.Seeing Kong, Taiding asked the boat and said, "Did you go to Luojia to drive pilgrims into incense?" Even if the morning tide will catch up tonight." Tai Ding promised him five qian silver and two buckets of rice, which was too little for the public.The sailor said: "He is a monk, how much money do you have to pay me? Send him a ride, walk across the mountain, and pick up the pilgrims at the gate of the big temple." He hurriedly called: "Come up, come up." Each picks his own clothes and sits in the upper cabin.With a gust of wind, it was sent out of the port early and headed for the ocean.

It is:

The front boat only goes to the back boat, and the front wave first flattens and the back wave urges.

The rolling waves have been hated through the ages, and when will the fluttering boats return.

In the end, the children in the lotus field meet their mothers, and the pearls in the palm of the palm have fetuses.

The same as boarding the French boat on the other side, one flower and five leaves emerge from the tide.

It turns out that the sea is vast, and it is thousands of miles away. Everyone is driving his own boat, and everyone is walking his own way. They look at each other and catch up with each other. Ships are extremely difficult to catch.In the middle of the night, I saw a little light on the boat in front, like a fishing fire.At first it was only as big as a lamp, but then it gradually became brighter, like a wheel, the fire rolled up and down, and then suddenly went out again.The sea was full of black clouds, and the sea water swelled like a pot boiling.I saw a strange wind coming, and the dragon was slightly fair: "It's not good, the dragon is here to fetch the pearl!" Tai Ding asked: "How can the dragon come to fetch the pearl?" The old man said: "But when there are jewels in the sea, there are The precious light shot into the sea treasure of the Dragon Palace, like a rainbow light. When the Dragon King came up to fetch the treasure, the sea was turbulent, and the boat could not move, and the boat would surely capsize. Unless there is a great divine power to protect the jewel, the dragon cannot take it away. It can be preserved." Before he could say anything, he saw flames in the sea, and saw two dragons churning the waves in the sea, drumming their manes and beards, and approaching the side of the boat.The sailors on the boat were just chanting Buddha's name, and the boat, like willow leaves following the wind and peach blossoms chasing the waves, was turning around and about to capsize before its eyes.I saw Kongshang sitting cross-legged on the bow of the boat, and I don't know what mantras he was chanting.For a while, the wind was raging and the water was surging, and the two dragons sailed between the boats, with the sound of wind and rain in their ears, and they couldn't tell the north from the south in the middle of the night.When I got to the root of Luojia Mountain, I first heard a plop beside the big ship, and the mast of the ship was blown off, the ship turned over, and a ship of people sank into the sea, screaming and saving people.There were many people on the big boat that moored first, and they rescued Kong and Taiding from the water long ago.Seeing his wrecked boat, even Shaogong's sailors sank into the sea and disappeared.Just because Liaokong had [-] pearls, he recruited a dragon to steal some of the Buddha's power from Kong, and the dragon did not dare to take it away, so he sent a gust of wind to meet his mother and son.This is the beauty of Buddhism.Two people were rescued from the boat, and when dawn took a look, Yunniang called out, "Taiding, why are you here?" The old monk Yueyan saw Kong and said, "Why are you here?" Taiding said to him. Yunniang said: "Brother Hui is here too!" It turned out that the mother, son, teacher and apprentice were all in the same boat.If you don't meet the wind, how can you see it?Only then did I realize that it was the guiding power of the Bodhisattva, so it goes without saying that all the people on the boat recited the Buddha's name.Brother Hui and Yunniang hugged each other and cried, Zen Master Yueyan persuaded them: "Since you have become a monk, don't be tied down by affection." All the pilgrims will also cry.

When I got to the shore, I saw a barren mountain and rocky stream. How could a Bodhisattva come?All the people looked up and said in unison: "Namo Bodhisattva of great compassion, great compassion, spirituality, and gratitude, the disciples will go to see the old mother devoutly, and ask for some supernatural powers. Everyone is looking forward to it, and they are determined to do good." , Covering Luojia Mountain, there are thousands of castles in the air in the sea, and there are Guanyin in the doors and windows.After staying for a while, the crowd chanted the Buddha's name again, and saw a gust of wind again, there were no pavilions, and the sea was full of five-color lotus flowers, red, yellow, green and green, and Guanyin was on each lotus flower.There is no end to the Buddha here, only a gust of wind comes, and there are no lotus flowers. Under the cliff at the entrance of Chaoyin Cave, a golden plum blossom hangs upside down, which is more than ten feet high.The stems are like gold, the flowers are like white jade, the ancient stems are thousand-hired, and the fragrance is everywhere.Blow down two pieces of flowers and stick them to the plum heart and lotus net clothes.The sky is full of smallpox.Another finch and white parrot appeared in the air and went to the cave door.It is really the fate of Buddhism and fairyland, the spiritual mountain and blessed land, appearing for a while.

The monk Yueyan clasped his palms together and recited a verse:

What you see is not what you see, and so is the dharmadhatu.

The sea is also the same, and the pavilions are mirages;

The wind will lose the smoke tower and turn into merit water.

Waves of lotus flowers, five colors rotten and purple;

Recalling the power of Avalokitesvara, one flower and one Buddha child.

The Buddha has no form, and the sky and water are actually empty.

Yu Hemei produces fragrance, fragrance produces color and death.

When the color and fragrance are gone, the stone girl is the heavenly girl.

For example, when a mother finds her children, they miss each other when they see each other.

Because there is nothing to gain, so the name is nothing to wish

Elder Yueyan finished reciting the gatha, said goodbye to Kong, picked up his tin staff and went to Putuoyan.A group of pilgrims and nuns boarded the boat as usual.After resigning from everyone, I went back to Wang Shanren's house, and saw that Xizhu was still sitting and waiting.Liaokong paid eight obeisances to Yunniang, and thanked Teacher Gu.

The next day, a group of people entered Putuo Temple.A few times into the archway, the golden rope leads the way, the pagoda is empty, and the pine, bamboo and elk are not like the world, it is the fairyland of the Buddha.When they arrived at the main hall, they paid homage to the Bodhisattva with a golden body of Zhang Liu, and everyone fulfilled their wishes as they wished.Mei Xin, Lian Jing and his party recited the "Liang Huangbao Repentance" and worshiped Buddha.Yunniang's recitation of "The Sutra of Repaying Grace" will be completed in seven days.Going back east with these pilgrims, with the large number of people in the conference in Henan, it will be a good journey.

The next day I went out to sea, took a small boat to Lin'an, and rented a wave boat to cross the river, starting from Yangzhou.At this time, Shandong is in great chaos, and it is inconvenient to go it alone.When I arrived at Huxin Temple, I bid farewell to Mrs. Lu, so that mother and son could return home.Mrs. Lu went on to see that Yunniang had Brother Hui, and everyone cried for a while.Remembering that I have no children, it is inconvenient to live in other places for a long time, so I buried the two coffins in front of the temple, and returned to Wucheng County with Yunniang's mother and son.

It is:

In the old days, Wang Xietang's front swallows flew as a pair in autumn.

Let's listen to the next chapter.

(End of this chapter)