Great Xuanwu Sheng

Chapter 532: Obtaining the true meaning in reincarnation (6k6)

Temple backyard.

In the small temple, bursts of chanting came from the temple.

"As for me, Buddha, there is no fixed Dharma called Anuttarasamyaksambodhi, and there is no fixed Dharma that the Tathagata can explain. Why? What the Tathagata teaches is undesirable, unspeakable, illegal, and not illegal."

As time goes by, the abandoned baby Chen Mu who was abandoned outside the temple has now grown into a seven or eight-year-old novice monk, wearing a shabby cassock, kneeling on a futon and reciting Buddhist scriptures.

"True samadhi, how should we view all the dharma in the world?"

Suddenly, an old monk wearing cassocks came from outside the hall, chanted the Buddha's name, and asked Chen Mu.

Chen Mu responded: "All dharma in the world that arises from causes and conditions are like shadows in bubbles, elusive and impermanent. Therefore, all conditioned dharma are like bubbles in dreams, like dew or lightning, and should be viewed as such."

After hearing this, the old monk smiled slightly and walked away.

The old monk is the supervisor of Fatan Temple. He is also the monk Jingnian who brought Chen Mu back to the temple. In the seven years when Chen Mu grew up, he became the supervisor of Fatan Temple. He now firmly believes that Chen Mu has a predestined relationship with the Buddha, because Chen Mu knew it almost from birth. Ever since he could speak, the first thing he recited was a Buddhist sutra.

From then on, he was completely free of the restlessness and naughtiness of ordinary young children. He only liked to listen to the chanting of Buddhist scriptures in the Buddhist hall. Later, when he got older, he began to read the scriptures on his own every day. At the age of only seven or eight, his understanding of the meaning of the scriptures even surpassed that of There are some monks in the temple who have been chanting sutras for several years.

thus.

The monks in the temple even secretly spread rumors that Chen Mu was the reincarnation of Arhat and came to Fa Tan Temple to save all sentient beings.

Therefore, although Chen Mu is only a young novice now, his status in Fatan Temple is quite high, and he was even groomed by the abbot as his successor early on. The reason why Jing Nian was able to become the supervisor was because he picked Chen Mu up. The reason for returning and raising children.

"All conditioned dharma should be observed in this way..."

But just after Jing Nian walked away, Chen Mu murmured scriptures and looked up at the small Buddha statue enshrined above.

Like this, like contemplation, like Dharma, like Tathagata.

When he was an official in his second life, he also visited Buddhist temples and Taoist temples after retiring from old age and returning to his hometown, but he never realized a problem. It was only now that he realized that it seems that no matter where in the world, there is a Buddha and a Tao. respect.

Beliefs are all kinds of strange, and the human race is in disaster. It is normal to have faith as a sustenance for the soul, but it is unusual to be able to make other worlds, including his previous life before coming to Daxuan, do the same. .

And no matter which world's Buddhism or Taoist scriptures it is, the meaning of the scriptures has some meaning pointing to the great road.

Chen Mu had no intuitive feeling before.

Because since he has been practicing martial arts, great power has been attributed to himself, and he will even transcend the world and reach the realm of gods. Naturally, he does not care about the talk of gods and Buddhas, and only regards it as the fantasy of ordinary mortals. But now he feels that things may not be that way. Simple.

Just as he comprehended the avenue of void, he comprehended the avenue of time.

If someone fully understands the avenue of time and masters the complete power of time, can his name run through the entire long river of time, flow through the years, and never be wiped out?

And if someone fully understands the Great Way of the Void and masters the complete power of the Void, can his figure be reflected in the heavens and projected anywhere in the billions of worlds, endlessly, without birth or death?

If figures like Buddha and Taoist Lord existed in only one world, it would not be strange, but the two real worlds he experienced existed, and the same was true for this side of the world in reincarnation. In addition, he is now in the void. Entering the Tao, while meditating on the Great Way of Time, I had a vague hunch that both the Buddha and the Taoist Lord might actually exist.

They may all be characters who have reached the end of the road, so their names and figures can be reflected in the heavens, exist in any world, and evolve into various situations and spread.

certainly.

All this is just Chen Mu's speculation now.

After all, the world he is in so far is still completely different from his real predecessor. The former place was the vast starry sky and the universe, but here, there is endless void and endless air space, giving birth to countless worlds.

For him now, he is not qualified to explore the connection between the two, and he cannot touch the thread that brought him to this world. Perhaps he can only wait until he truly masters the complete Avenue of Void or the Avenue of Time. Only then can we know all the answers, and there will be no confusion as far as our eyes can see.

"Tathagata..."

Chen Mu murmured in his heart, recalling the extremely long memory of his past life, the 'Rufa' he had talked and laughed with. He couldn't help but smile, but after laughing for a while, he became stunned again, because the more he thought about it, the more he felt that there was indeed a lot in it. mysterious.

It's like he came to this world and has experienced three reincarnations. He has been an Orion, an official, and an emperor... But as time goes by, all the traces left by his first three lives have been lost in the dust of history. middle.

So has he been to this world?

Tathagata.

It’s not ‘what comes, then let it go’, but ‘the Tathagata’.

The original avenue is exactly the kind of thing that cannot be explained clearly, which is hazy, mysterious and mysterious.

Vaguely.

Chen Mu seemed to see a little bit of the thread of the Great Way of Time, but when he tried to grasp it, it slipped away from his fingers.

"years."

He muttered, but there was no regret in his heart. Instead, he felt a little happy.

In the past three lives, he had not made any progress on the Avenue of Time, and this life finally began to move forward. Although he had not caught the aura of the Avenue of Time, as long as it had flashed, it would one day be caught by him. .

After all, he had endless time.

Chen Muzhong continued to lower his head and looked at the scripture at hand.

Time flies.

In this way, seventeen years passed.

The 24-year-old Chen Mu, whose Buddhist name was "Zhending", represented Fatan Temple and debated scriptures with a group of visiting monks from Lingtan Temple. With one enemy against many, the leading monks of Lingtan Temple and a group of rising stars argued. All were eclipsed, and their reputation suddenly rose.

Three years later, Chen Mu was twenty-seven years old. All the monks of Fatan Temple in the past generations had the tradition of going down the mountain to practice. Therefore, Chen Mu also followed the tradition and walked down the mountain. He spent ten years traveling all over the country, visiting In various monasteries, when he returned to Fatan Temple, he was already a famous monk throughout the world, and even had many young monks following him.

Four years later, at the age of 41, Chen Mu took over the position of abbot of Fatan Temple. Since then, he has promoted Buddhism and spread the meaning of scriptures, becoming a generation of eminent monks recognized by the world. After that, even the royal court invited Chen Mu to the court several times. Even the contemporary emperors understood the sutras and began to believe in the Buddhas. They even listed Fatan Temple as a national temple, which was a glorious time.

Forty years later.

Chen Mu walked down the mountain countless times, either to educate the ignorant people in the barbaric land, or to rescue the poor in the years of disaster. The more people respected him, the more he was respected by the people. Even the imperial court, which was supposed to be shaken by many natural disasters, greatly reduced the consequences of disasters. influence.

Two generations of emperors conferred honorary titles on Chen Mu several times, and he was honored as the "Great Master of the Dharma King of the World Ying Neng Ren".

So for another ten years.

Chen Mu, who is over ninety-one years old, has slender white eyebrows, waterfall-like beard and hair, with a dry body but still rosy face. He still walks quickly in the temple on weekdays. All visitors call Chen Mu the 'real Buddha in the world'.

Someday.

Chen Mu put on his cassock and looked out the window, watching the sun rise in the east. He took a gentle breath, then stood up and walked outside the hall.

Although his movements were very gentle, and it was just sunrise, there were still monks waiting outside the temple. They came over immediately, bowed their heads with great respect, and said, "Abbott, what are your orders?"

The previous two generations of emperors believed in Buddhism, which led to the great prosperity of Buddhism in the world. Although the current third generation of emperors does not believe deeply in Buddhism, they do not reject it. Buddhism is still prosperous, and no matter which temple or temple is in the world today, As a monk, everyone knows that Chen Mu is the most eminent monk in the world. All true Buddhas in the world regard being able to serve Chen Mu as the most respected thing.

Especially Chen Mu is over ninety years old.

Outside the hall where he usually rests, there are naturally monks waiting day and night.

"Pass my decree to all the monks to go to the main hall. I have something to announce."

"yes."

The serving monk immediately responded respectfully, turned around and trotted away.

Not long after.

In the splendid hall of Fatan Temple, all the eminent monks with white beards and hair took their seats one by one, followed by a group of middle-aged monks kneeling, while the younger ones with lower status could only stand respectfully outside the hall.

At this time, Chen Mu walked slowly and arrived in the main hall.

"Abbott."

Both the eminent monk and ordinary monks inside and outside the hall bowed respectfully to Chen Mu.

Chen Mu recited a Buddhist name, stepped to the abbot's seat in the center, and sat down cross-legged. His long white eyebrows dropped to his knees. His face was still rosy and his breath was as usual, but the first words he spoke shocked everyone present.

"I will enter Nirvana tonight."

Chen Mu said in a normal tone.

There was a moment of silence in the temple, and countless monks looked shocked. The senior monk with white beard and hair was also surprised by this. After a moment of silence, he couldn't help but said: "My Buddha is merciful...Master has achieved the true enlightenment, and is the true enlightenment in this world." "Buddha, why is he still passing away? Is it because we are so stupid and Master doesn't want to guide me anymore?"

In the eyes of everyone, Chen Mu is almost the same as a real Buddha. Not to mention other things, just the fact that he is still rosy and light and healthy even after he is over ninety years old is far beyond the reach of ordinary people. There are many people in the world today. How many people can live to be ninety years old?

Not to mention that at the age of ninety, he is still as normal as a normal person.

But now,

Chen Mu, who looked normal, said that he would pass away tonight. This news was undoubtedly like thunder.

Chen Mu looked calm and said: "Everything in the world has its destiny. Although my physical body is silent, I have achieved the immortal Dharma body. I entered reincarnation just to comprehend the wonders of all Dharmas. After entering silence, it will still manifest in the world again. , you can continue to respect my name.”

As soon as this statement came out.

All the monks present looked at each other in shock.

Some young monks were shocked and couldn't help but become excited.

Although people who believe in Buddhism all believe in the existence of the Buddha and believe that practice can transcend reincarnation, after all, no one has ever seen a power beyond the ordinary in this world.

It is said that Chen Mu is the true Buddha in the world and has the supreme Dharma, but no one has ever seen it with his own eyes.

And this time.

Listening to what Chen Mu said, his death was just getting rid of this superficial appearance and would reappear in the world.

Although the theory of reincarnation is a branch of Buddhism, and countless people are familiar with it and believe in it, no one has witnessed it with their own eyes. Now it seems... they are about to witness the true meaning of reincarnation.

It's night.

Chen Mu, with a peaceful face, sat upright on the Dharma altar, peacefully falling into silence amidst the chanting of sutras by all living beings.

After falling into silence this time, although Chen Mu's sight gradually rose, his consciousness was not enveloped by the power of time. Instead, he quickly spanned tens or even hundreds of years, and instead grasped a trace of the thread of time from somewhere. , settled itself.

that's all.

Soon his thoughts moved with the heaven and earth again and entered the world.

This time, he was born in a farmer's family, but there was only a gap of three years between his consciousness entering the world this time and his passing away as the 'True Buddha' in his previous life.

This time, when Chen Mu was born, he signed the seal of reincarnation with his hands, exactly the same as when he passed away, with one finger pointing to the sky and the other to the ground, and he was between the reincarnation of heaven and earth. Although there has never been any vision manifested in heaven and earth.

However, the birth of the baby in this way still surprised the farmer's family, and soon the news spread from one to ten, and then to hundreds of people.

Half a month later.

The abbot of Lingyin Temple, the nearest temple to the farmer's home, was shocked when he heard the news. He quickly thought of something and immediately led many monks to visit in person.

The extremely old host walked slowly to the farmer's house with slow steps, and bent down to enter the grass reed.

He looked towards the shabby bed among the grass and reeds.

He saw the baby-like Chen Mu lying on the bed. He seemed to have heard the sound of him coming in, so he slowly opened his eyes and glanced at him.

It was this look that immediately put this old host who was over seventy years old into a trance.

He seemed to have returned to ten years ago, when he went to Fatan Temple and listened to Chen Mu's opening sermon. When he looked up at Chen Mu, the look he saw on Chen Mu's face at that time was the same as the one lying on the bed at the moment. The babies have the same look in their eyes.

In a daze, the old host seemed to see the baby smiling at him, and then heard a voice. Although the voice was a little immature and unclear, he could still hear it clearly.

"Get through trouble."

That is his dharma name.

The old host trembled, and finally recited the Buddha's name, clasped his hands together, and respectfully bowed to Chen Mu as a disciple, saying: "Disciple is going through trouble and welcomes the master."

Three years ago, after Chen Mu passed away, he heard Chen Mu's last words, saying that although he had achieved immortality and transcended the world, he would still enter reincarnation again to save all sentient beings.

Three years later, he saw Chen Mu's reincarnation, and he couldn't control his excitement.

Those who practice Buddhism in the world don't want to escape suffering and transcend the world, but no one knows to what point they have reached in their cultivation, and whether they can really transcend reincarnation. But now, people who truly transcend reincarnation have appeared.

And as Chen Mu said, he has already become an immortal body and has transcended reincarnation. He only enters reincarnation again to understand the wonders of all dharma and guide all sentient beings in the world. This is undoubtedly a great merit. After all, the world is full of disasters and a sea of ​​suffering.

Chen Mu has reached the other shore, and now he is going back to the sea of ​​misery.

After spending half his life practicing Buddhism, he could not suppress the turbulence in his heart. He couldn't help but respectfully said: "Sir, it's bitterly cold here. Can I be welcomed back to the temple by my disciples?"

“…”

Chen Mu did not open his eyes, only shook his head slightly.

Du'e immediately understood what Chen Mu meant, and immediately clasped his hands together and recited a Buddha's name.

A few days later.

The news about the reincarnation of the real Buddha of Fatan Temple spread quickly and gradually caused a sensation!

In a thousand-mile radius, monks from various temples heard about it and were shocked. Regardless of their status, they all set off one after another to the place where Chen Mu was reincarnated. Not only the monks, but also many famous people heard about it. It was shocking.

The previous two generations of emperors believed in Buddhism, which made Buddhism prosperous in the world. Chen Mu's name was also spread throughout the world. His death three years ago was also spread everywhere. At that time, there were many people who firmly believed that Chen Mu would reincarnate and reappear in the world. It was just three people. Over the years, some people gradually forgot about it.

Now, let alone those who believe in Buddhism, even those who do not believe in Buddhism are shocked and suspicious when they hear this news.

for a time,

The remote village became extremely boiling. Thousands of monks and tens of thousands of Buddhist believers rushed here from all directions.

Naturally, the imperial court was alarmed by such a movement and could not sit idly by. The local magistrate was frightened and reported to the police all night long. The prefect was also shocked, fearing that something might happen, so he reported to the admiral to mobilize troops. , and also rushed to deliver documents to the central center for 800 miles.

After the news reaches the center.

The whole court was also shocked!

The previous two generations of emperors believed in Buddhism and regarded Fatan Temple as the national temple. Chen Mu, the abbot of the national temple, naturally had an extremely high status. Even if he was the prime minister, he would respectfully address Chen Mu as "Shangshi" when meeting him.

It's just that most of the officials in the dynasty did not believe in Buddhism. Many old ministers even advised the previous emperors, but now they have come up with the matter of reincarnation, which undoubtedly made these old ministers suspicious. Some even said that "Lingyin Temple is playing tricks on others" "If a party is causing trouble, its heart can be punished, please ask the imperial court to dispatch troops to suppress it."

As for the emperor,

After learning the news, he was also very suspicious.

He didn't believe in Buddhism very much, but the previous two generations of emperors believed in Buddhism. He didn't want to overthrow the system of the two generations of emperors without authorization. He just tried to control it as much as possible. But in recent years, as he got older, his ideas gradually changed, and Gradually I thought about immortality.

Now, the ‘sergeant’ at Fatan Temple can actually be reincarnated?

So the thing about transcending the other side is also true? !

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty?"

The **** standing by saw that the emperor was confused and couldn't help but call out in a low voice.

The emperor shook his head and finally came to his senses, then took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Pass on my decree, please ask Sergeant Zhending to enter the palace... No, I'll go in person."

Through intelligence from all parties, he was basically certain that this incident was 90% true, and he did not think that the monks in Lingyin Temple dared to play tricks on themselves and do something like this that would shock the world.

If everything is true, then Chen Mu is still a baby today. Ordering people to travel thousands of miles to bring Chen Mu into the palace is undoubtedly too many variables, and it is also too rude. After all, if Chen Mu really transcends the other side and jumps out of reincarnation, If he attains immortality, then he is truly a living Buddha, not to mention that he also wants to obtain the method of transcending reincarnation.

A few days later.

Emperor Hongguang's royal carriage out of Beijing once again caused a sensation in the world.

If there were still people who had doubts about the reincarnation of ‘Senior Zhending’ at first, then now that even the emperor has driven out of the capital and headed west in person for this purpose, it is undoubtedly eighty-nine percent credible!

finally.

After more than a month.

Emperor Hongguang visited Xijun in person and met the reincarnated Chen Mu.

At this moment, Chen Mu was still a baby, but he was no longer in a newborn state. Surrounded by many monks, he sat on the lotus platform, watching Emperor Hongguang approach step by step, and said calmly:

"His Majesty."

When Emperor Hongguang was young, he followed his late emperor to meet Chen Mu. After he became emperor, although he did not believe in Buddhism, he went to Fatan Temple several times and met Chen Mu more than once. At this time, he only glanced at the baby. , he couldn't help but take a deep breath.

After all, he was an emperor, and he was still in a calm state of mind. At this time, he said slowly: "Since the sergeant has reached the other shore, why did he return to the sea of ​​suffering again? Is he here to guide all living beings?"

"No."

Chen Mu shook his head slightly and said: "Guide all sentient beings to just follow the trend, and enter the world only to understand the mysteries of all dharma."

Emperor Hongguang was silent for a long time, then he made a Buddhist salute to Chen Mu and said, "Sir, can you teach me?"

Chen Mu said: "All living things have the opportunity to transcend."

Although the rules of this world are extremely restrictive and extraordinary power is almost completely impossible to display, the original avenue is everywhere, and Chen Mu has also noticed that the names of Buddha and Taoist Lords are projected onto the heavens, and those scriptures themselves are a kind of guidance.

Normally, it is impossible for ordinary people to understand the original path, but if you are enlightened through these scriptures, there is a slight possibility that you will be guided when you die, and your consciousness will leave this world and be reincarnated elsewhere.

certainly.

He wouldn't say this clearly.

He came here just to understand the path of time, and everything he did was done in accordance with the trend.

finally.

As Emperor Hongguang was converted by Chen Mu and began to believe in Buddhism, the commotion in the world began to gradually subside.

More than ninety years later, Chen Mu, who sent away three generations of emperors, passed away again. Three years later, he reappeared in the world and was found again. He continued to be revered as the living true Buddha. While preaching the Dharma to the world, Also continue to comprehend the avenue of time.

Two hundred years later.

The world is in chaos and turmoil, and dynasties are changing. This is something that Chen Mu cannot change, or he has no interest in changing it. The change of dynasties is the result of the natural evolution of heaven and earth.

And because of his existence, the development of these hundreds of years has made the status of Buddhism in the world unshakable. Even if a new generation of dynasties is established, they will still follow it as the state religion and regard him as the supreme deity. His status is already above the emperor. .

For emperors, if they are ordinary people whose dignity is higher than them, then they will naturally not tolerate it, but if they are a 'living true Buddha', they can accept it, because the previous generation, Chen Mu was even involved in the succession of emperors in the past dynasties. When some emperors were old, they would even ask Chen Mu to choose their successor.

certainly.

If that were the case, the founding emperor of the new dynasty might not be able to tolerate Chen Mu's existence. However, Chen Mu not only had the status of the previous dynasty, but also had followers all over the world. Even his own reincarnation has long been recognized by the world. .

Who can shake the status of the ‘living true Buddha’ who has been in this world for hundreds of years?

Even the emperor of the founding country could not do it.

in this way,

Chen Mu continued to live in the world, generation after generation, until the twentieth generation. Nearly two thousand years had passed in this world, and after three generations of dynasties, he finally told his disciples that one day, after this Nirvana, he would return and never return. Resident.

When the news spread, the whole world was saddened, and countless believers came one after another.

It's night.

Chen Mu passed away peacefully.

This time, as he said, he was no longer living in the world. He looked at the world's time course with a dull gaze, once again accelerating in front of his eyes, and running faster and faster.

Hundreds of years, thousands of years, tens of thousands of years... Until hundreds of thousands of years later, natural disasters came, the sky was freezing and the ground was frozen for thousands of miles. The world fell into a great silence, everything was buried, and after tens of thousands of years, the world Warmth gradually returned, and the surviving human race finally began to thrive again, and everything he left behind was once again buried in history.

This time.

Chen Mu just looked at it calmly.

His consciousness was no longer pulled into this world, and he just watched the passage of time, watching the changes of thousands and tens of thousands of years in a flash, and the entire world was constantly in reincarnation.

Until an unknown amount of time passed, everything suddenly collapsed, the whole world collapsed, and finally disappeared into the void, completely returning to a dead silence, turning into nothingness.

Chen Mu slowly closed his eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, what he saw was no longer nothingness, but the familiar scenery of the Qixuan Sect's back mountain cave, and his consciousness had quietly returned here.

"years…"

Chen Mu looked around and murmured softly.

Everything that had changed in the world before was now like a dream in his mind. Although he had been in the world, he was only a witness. In the end, he realized the true meaning of the road of time in reincarnation!

(End of chapter)