Cultivation little Taoist

Chapter 675 Merit Box

"Back then, Ji Chenzi was traveling and practicing, and after he came to Shaolin, he went up the mountain and met me.

At that time, I could only help my seniors to do some activities like Pursuing All Beings, reciting the three thousand Buddha Dharma, but I couldn’t practice it and could only lecture on the scriptures.

Because I want to be freed by death, let alone enlighten others on real events.

Seeing me like this, Ji Chenzi didn't leave.

Coincidentally, the general movement of sentient beings was very big that day. After the brothers sent me back to the meditation room, I was busy sending pilgrims and cleaning up the square. At that time, I got a chance to die. "

Master Dehong said, his eyes gradually became far-reaching, "After I apologized to Patriarch Sakyamuni, I was about to bite my tongue and commit suicide, but Ji Chenzi noticed my action and just took a piece of five emperors' coins It hit me in the mouth, and that bite didn't let me succeed."

"After he walked in, he saw my withered limbs, so he knew the reason for my suicide." Master Dehong's eyes shone with brilliance: "It was his words that made me dispel the idea of ​​suicide. idea.

Ji Chenzi told me that Buddhism and Taoism belong to a family, and they are similar in thinking, and there are similarities between seeking Buddha and Tao.

If you embark on this path, you can't regard yourself as an ordinary person, and naturally you can't demand yourself according to the requirements of ordinary people.

If you follow the clear principles, you will be different from ordinary people if you abide by the rules.In fact, this is a process that will inevitably happen when the ambition is constantly refined. It is not about self-esteem, but to be honest, you take a different path, pursue different pursuits, and when your ambition is different physiologically, your attitude towards affairs will be different. Different from ordinary people.

And the most important thing is to have a different view of frustration and suffering from ordinary people.

Before you were 20 years old, you also practiced physical skills, right?Every time I am tired, I tremble and grin my teeth. Once I loosen it, I will be twisted and paralyzed. At this time, the master will teach me to straighten my waist. The more tired I am, the more I correct the mistakes I have made. best time.

Tiredness means that the deep part of you has been touched, so you will be tired. The wind and rain all day, in fact, can only touch the surface layers that have always been, and cannot change the deep problems.

When the intensity is reached, the deep part will start to be turned. This is the time for the best shaping to develop new good habits.

In the same way, you and I are not ordinary people. You are a person who seeks Buddha, and I am a person who seeks Tao. You and I are both noble lives. Have you ever heard of a real person who seeks Buddha commits suicide because of some tribulations.

Therefore, no matter how much pain you suffer, you have to work hard to live on. When you can't stand it, that's when you practice. "

After Master Dehong finished speaking, he gave a wry smile, "But I still don't understand. It is said that it is the time of cultivation, which is what Taoism said. I am a person who seeks Buddha, and I live against death. I am not unable to withstand hardships, but What is wrong with going to my Buddha?
Unexpectedly, Ji Chenzi also understands Buddhism and said such a paragraph to me. "

Master Dehong looked at Ye Feng with a smile and said:

"If the hot fire wheel is spinning on your head, you will never suffer from this, and you will lose your bodhicitta."

Ye Feng was not very surprised, because the little Buddhist principles he knew were also secretly read from the Buddhist scriptures found in Ji Chenzi's study.

He has known for a long time that his master also has his own understanding of Buddha.

"At that time, I was dumbfounded.

I didn't expect that a truth that I, a person who seeks Buddhism, ignores, would be said by Ji Chenzi, a practitioner of Taoism.

He also told me that the spread of sects, the interpretation of Taoism, and the development of sects are actually changes in this matter.

The so-called three births and myriad things, and myriad things work together, I can observe its repetition.The dust of the wild horses blows with each other.

Therefore, only by pruning branches and leaves, restraining oneself, and surviving hardships can one recover.

Only by self-cultivation and self-cultivation can those who do not go well die.It is the wild horse dust that is surging and galloping against the road.

Therefore, not being indulgent and overcoming hardships is precisely the retrograde search for the source, and it is precisely the return to the original concept.

Seeking the Buddha and the Tao is nothing but an all-round challenge, a step-by-step challenge, and a challenge that does not compare every week.

At that time, I had an epiphany. "

Master Dehong said with a smile: "For the next 60 years, I kept in mind what Ji Chenzi said, restrained my thoughts of committing suicide, and worked hard to practice, and finally reached the point where fate is known.

Similarly, I don't have much resentment for asking people from the Taoist sect for help in this matter.

After all, my mentor is that Maoshan Celestial Master. "

Ye Feng nodded, which perfectly explained why Master Dehong didn't go to the same sect in Mount Wutai, and why Guan Xie waited for him.

What he was waiting for was Ji Chenzi's apprentice—himself.

Ye Feng made a slap in the face: "There are many things involved in Zhonglongmai, so naturally we can't just stand by and watch.

What happened on Shaolin, which made you feel that this matter is not simple? "

"In the merit box, disciples of Bo Xun appeared." Master Dehong said simply.

In the Buddhist school, many people like to call Xie Chong a follower of the demon king Bo Xun, Ye Feng nodded: "I understand, I will investigate this matter."

"If you have any needs or encounter any difficulties, you can come to me at any time. Above Shaolin, they even sell me this old thing to save face."

As members of the Taoist sect, Ye Feng and the others, together with the two female relatives, may be quite restricted in this Shaolin land, but if there are Master Dehong's words, then there is no problem.

"Little Six, let's see off the guests." Master Dehong said, the little novice next to him with freckles, Amitabha, sent a few people out of the Zen room.

After Guan Xie and Ye Feng went out, they glanced at each other: "Then start checking from the merit box?"

"Otherwise?" Ye Feng shrugged and turned on his fourth-grade transfer to the maximum, but found one thing:

This is the land of Buddhism.

My own fourth-grade transfer was actually greatly restricted because of the power of Buddhism.

It seems that although the different paths lead to the same goal, the paths are different, and they still do not seek each other.

At least in terms of transfer, I have been greatly restricted.

But Ye Feng has always disliked relying on such things, so it doesn't matter.

"There are so many merit boxes, which one should I find?" Guan Xie asked worriedly.

"It's not a merit box, but a box with a wide variety of blessings written on it. That's the real merit box." Ye Feng explained, and wandered around the land of Shaolin.

But wandering around until night, I didn't see anything. Even if I got close to the merit box, I felt surrounded by Buddha Dharma, and there was no shadow of evil at all.

"It's evil, so Master Dehong must have said something wrong, right?" Guan Xie felt a little depressed after running around for a day.

"Master Dehong is a person who understands destiny. There are not many people with this kind of cultivation in the world. Do you think he will make such low-level mistakes as slips of the tongue?" Ye Feng thought for a while, "The whole Shaolin has been visited by us. Is it? In that deep mountain, will there be any small courtyards or something like that?"

"Even if there is a merit box, it is impossible to set up a merit box!" Guan Xie shrugged, "If there is a merit box in a place like that, no one will pay incense money."

"As I said, look for the box that says 'widely planted blessing fields', not the merit box." Ye Feng held his forehead, "Now that we have entered the Dharma-ending era, many disciples of Bo Xun entered the temple and began to destroy the reputation of Buddhism.

I remember that I went to Tanzhe Temple, a thousand-year-old temple with my master a long time ago, which should be a national 4A-level scenic spot now.Entering dozens of halls in the temple, "merit boxes" can be seen everywhere.

However, there are two kinds of merit boxes painted with red paint, one with "Gongde Box" written on the front, and the other with "Guangzhong Futian" written on the front, and the latter is older.There were a total of 53 merit boxes in each hall that was open that day, [-] of which were marked with "merit box".

Moreover, the number of merit boxes placed in each hall is also quite different: in the Daxiong Hall, Yuantong Hall and other halls, there are only one or two "wide planting Futian" merit boxes, but there are many merit boxes in the small halls on the side of the scenic spot, such as the East Guanyin Cave. There are seven "merit boxes", and there are even twelve "merit boxes" in the small Temple of Wealth.

At that time, Master and I heard from an eminent monk in the Daxiong Hall that the merit boxes with the words "widely planted blessing fields" belonged to the monks living in the monastery, while all the boxes with the words "merit boxes" belonged to the scenic spots.

In other words, all 53 "merit boxes" belong to the scenic spot, more than [-]% of the total. If believers and tourists invest money in these "merit boxes", they will eventually become the income of the scenic spot!
What the hell, Master and I were struck by lightning at that time, it was so black as hell.

That is to say, those so-called merit boxes are fake, and only by putting money into the boxes for planting a wide range of blessings can you truly plant a field of blessings and get the blessing of Buddhism.

This is simply fraud.

But later the state also intervened, and Tanzhe Temple was also rectified, but now there are still more or less such merit boxes.

What Master Dehong said must be that there is a problem with the wide variety of Futian boxes.

Moreover, the boxes of the wide variety of blessings are not placed according to the amount of income, but where there is a need, the box will be placed there, so if there are temples in the depths of Songshan Mountain, there must be boxes of the wide variety of blessings inside . "

After Ye Feng finished speaking, Guan Xie looked at Ye Feng suspiciously: "Why do I feel that after you retire, you are more likely to become a monk?
Why do you know more about Buddhism than Taoism? "

"Put it down, I know more about Buddhism than you about Taoism. Don't compare your shallow knowledge of Taoism with my weak knowledge of Buddhism." Ye Feng rolled his eyes and said.

Guan Xie was speechless for a moment, "Are you able to play tricks on me?"

"Sorry, I'm telling the truth." Ye Feng shrugged.

"Okay, I know I can't talk to you when I study less, so let's continue to go to the deep mountain? Wear more at night, and try to find the reason today."

Ye Feng nodded, expressing agreement, and looked back at the two girls at the same time, and the two girls also nodded together: "We're fine, brother just follow your rhythm."

Since this is the case, there is nothing to say, and the few people continue to march into the depths of Songshan...

(End of this chapter)