Zhongnan Mountain, the southern foothills.

The mountains are undulating and endless.

It is less than 40 kilometers away from the city of Xi'an.

It's the middle of winter, and the snow on the mountain doesn't melt for days, and the morning sun shines brightly, reflecting bursts of bright white light.

From the mountainside, all the way up, every distance, you can see one or more thatched huts.

These thatched huts are inhabited by some hermits from Zhongnan Mountain.

Some of these hermits are Taoist priests, monks, nuns and laymen who come for their faith, and there are also ordinary people who come to pursue a quiet and modest life.

There are elderly people, there are also young people who have just stepped out of school, in addition to Chinese, there are also many foreigners from Japan, South Korea, France and other places.

According to incomplete statistics, there are at least four or five hundred such hermits who have lived in Zhongnan Mountain for a long time.

Turning from the mountainside, somewhere in a beautiful place, in a thatched courtyard with a stone façade, there lived at this moment such a nun and two hermits.

Ni is an old nun, the law name is 'Xuanjing', the Tao is an old Tao, and the Tao name is 'Yuyang', all of them seem to be at least seventy years old.

Master Xuanjing and Yuyang Daoren sat in the courtyard in front of the thatched hut basking in the sun, their faces were unfathomable, and in front of them, there were a group of seven or eight students and believers from the city under the mountain, who were sitting around them with respectful faces, constantly asking for advice.

I only heard a boy who looked like a college student about twenty years old and said respectfully to the Yuyang Daoist: "Yuyang Daoist, they all say that cultivation is the Tao, but what is the Tao of cultivation and how should it be cultivated? Also, can you really cultivate immortals and attain the Tao? I don't understand a little. ”

The boy looked like he was asking for a good student, Yuyang Lao Dao glanced at him, and said with a smile: "Cultivation, that is, not cultivation, but the false name of cultivation, because it is not me who is the master and cultivates, but I do nothing and the Tao is self-doing, and the Tao is naturally transformed into the name of cultivation." "Wuzhen Chapter" said: "Guarding the medicine furnace to watch the fire, but calming the nerves and letting it be natural." "Into the Realm of Medicine" also said: "Produced in Kun, planted in dry, but sincere, the law is natural." In the Tao Te Ching: "Heaven and earth can last forever, because they are not self-generated, so they can live forever." "Actually, it's all about monasticism. ”

Yuyang Lao Dao's words were in a fog, the boy obviously didn't understand, his face showed a confused look, some of the others were pensive, some were smiling, and some were shaking their heads, and they didn't know whether they realized or pretended.

But anyway, even if they didn't understand it, they didn't know it.

Seeing that everyone seemed to be shocked by his words, Yuyang Lao Dao couldn't help but stroke his beard slightly, slightly chin his head, and smile on his face.

Master Xuanjing next to him glanced at Yuyang Lao Dao slightly, as if he couldn't get used to his appearance of being a master and a virtuous person, and then said: "It's just a side door, don't listen to his nonsense, if you really want to practice, it's better to enter my Buddhism." ”

Master Xuanjing's words were obviously dismantling his platform, Yuyang Lao Dao was suddenly unhappy, and hummed: "Your Buddhism is the side door and the outer way, not my Central Plains sect, and Xuanjing Lao Nun, I don't know if you cultivate Buddhism, Zhenru, nature, Yuanjue, Miaoming, have you cultivated to that realm?"

Yuyang Lao Dao and Master Xuanjing have been practicing together for nearly 20 years, so they naturally understand some of the principles of cultivating Buddhism, and Buddhist vocabulary is even more handy.

Hearing him speak out loud, Master Xuan Jing glanced at him too displeasedly and said, "It's a matter for poor nuns to cultivate to that level, what about you?

In addition to meditating and chanting every day, Yuyang Lao Dao is to swallow the sun and moon at noon, and it is also called the Taiyin Sun Refining Method, which is really unknown.

Master Xuanjing's words were clearly against Yuyang Lao Dao, and Yuyang Lao Dao was so angry that his beard trembled, is it really good for you to expose people's shortcomings like this?

None of us know who we are.

It's half a catty, eight taels, and half a bucket of water.

Yuyang Lao Dao was very unhappy, so angry that he blew his beard and stared, and Master Xuanjing was also in a state of needle-to-wheat mang, and a group of people who admired the Buddha immediately opened their mouths to persuade him.

"Master Xuanjing, Daoist Yuyang, you are all great masters, so don't quarrel. ”

"Yes, yes, the two great virtues, both of them are dissipated, and their anger hurts their bodies. ”

Everyone opened their mouths to persuade them, even if the two of them quarreled like ordinary people, it was because of the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism, and they were still great and virtuous people in their hearts, worthy of their admiration.

Hearing that the big guys all spoke out to dissuade them, Yuyang Lao Dao and Master Xuanjing also knew that it was not good to make a big fuss, so they all snorted coldly and turned their heads, and no one paid attention to anyone.

"Master Xuanjing, you are a teacher, and I also like Buddhism very much, can you tell us what Buddha is and how to practice Buddhism?"

Seeing the admiration of Buddhism on her face, Master Xuanjing finally showed a smile on her face, and said kindly: "Linlin, you have been here a few times, I know that you are an understanding person, so I won't say anything, the so-called cultivation of Buddha and Buddha, what is Buddha? This truth is too profound, I won't explain it to you if you don't reach the realm." In fact, the main thing in cultivating Buddha is also to cultivate the mind, as the so-called diligent cultivation of precepts and wisdom, to eliminate greed and hatred, first to keep the precepts and then to cultivate before we can give birth to wisdom, only when this wisdom is born, can we really start to cultivate Buddhism. ”

Master Xuan Jing explained in simple terms what is precept and wisdom, what is greed and hatred, and how to practice? How to enter concentration? The girl who called Linlin and a group of students and believers listened to it was called a person who was fascinated and dizzy, and only felt that Shi Tai's Dharma cultivation was so high that it was simply unbearable to look up to the mountains and worship from the heart.

Yuyang Daoist also listened quietly for a while, and nodded from time to time, looking appreciative of Master Xuanjing's Dharma realm.

Yuyang Lao Dao is like this, obviously giving Master Xuanjing too much face, so when someone asks Yuyang Daoist for advice, she will no longer talk about sarcasm.

The sedan chair is carried by everyone.

The scene was peaceful, Master Xuanjing and Yuyang Taoist people continued to explain the questions raised by a group of students and believers, talking about the lotus tongue, the mouth is like a river, and there are constantly witty words and profound words, and the Taoist Buddha and Buddha in the past are estimated to be like them.

"Okay, Master Xuanjing, Yuyang Lao Dao, you two don't blow there, let's both come and drink saliva. ”

Just when Master Xuanjing and Yuyang Lao Dao were talking about the head of the Daokou tongue, and everyone was fascinated by it, a person who looked like an old farmer walked in and said with a smile.

Seeing that he was still holding a hoe in his hand, and there was mud on the hoe, he knew at a glance that he had just finished doing farm work outside.

Yuyang Lao Dao and Master Xuan Jing obviously knew this person, but when they heard him say that they were not in front of so many outsiders, they immediately turned angry.

Yuyang Daoren's face was flushed with blue anger and said: "You old man, you want to drink water and scoop it yourself, are we blowing? ”

Master Xuanjing also looked at her and said with an unhappy face: "Everyone in the world is ignorant, and if you don't practice Buddhism, you don't know how big the world is. ”

"Amitabha, sin, sin, poor nun has committed the precept of anger. ”

After Master Xuanjing finished speaking, she quickly folded her hands and recited the Buddha's name, as if she hadn't committed the reluctance when she quarreled with Yuyang Daoist before.

Seeing that the eyes of the two of them were not eyes, and their noses were not noses, the old farmer laughed again, and simply didn't bother to take care of them, and ran to drink water by himself.

"He is an old grandson, and he also lives with us, he doesn't practice Buddhism, he doesn't seeker, he is just a layman, you just call him the old grandson. Seeing that the old farmer didn't give them face at all, Yuyang Lao Dao and Master Xuanjing couldn't help but feel slightly embarrassed on their faces, and explained to the group of confused students and believers.

When everyone heard this, they all nodded in understanding, no wonder they looked like a peasant, and they turned out to be a layman.

Everyone looked suddenly enlightened.

Since he is a layman, then they don't need to pay attention to it, how can an old farmer compare with a master like Master Xuanjing and Daoist Yuyang.

Everyone only glanced at Lao Sun a few times, and no one paid attention to it.

Lao Sun Tou didn't care about himself, after drinking a bowl of water and putting down the hoe, he came to Master Xuanjing and Yuyang Daoren, and sat on the ground to bask in his own sun.

Seeing this scene, Master Xuanjing and Yuyang Lao Dao's faces were dark again, but they also understood the temperament of the old grandson, that is, a stinky stone in a pit, smelly and hard, so they didn't bother to pay attention to him.

Since they ignored the old grandson, Master Xuanjing and Yuyang Daoren naturally continued to say the law, and they talked endlessly to everyone, and everyone felt that the two great virtues were so unfathomable, not true immortals and true Buddhas, but also half-immortal bodhisattvas, so that the old grandson on the side was speechless for a while.

The old grandson shook his head and was speechless on the side, and directly disturbed the statement of the two, and Master Xuanjing and Yuyang Daoren immediately became dissatisfied.

Master Xuanjing looked at him unhappily and said, "Old Sun, what do you mean by this? You don't practice Buddhism and don't cultivate Taoism, do you know what we're talking about? Do you understand? If you have nothing to do, you can go and grow vegetables, and make trouble here." ”

Yuyang Lao Dao also frowned and said: "Old Sun Tou, on weekdays, Poor Dao and Master Xuanjing said that they would teach you to practice, we are kind, but you don't do it, you talk about you like this, what's the point of living." ”

Yuyang Lao Dao said with a serious face, looking like he hated iron and steel.

Seeing this, the rest of the students and believers also opened their mouths at this time and counted unhappily.

"Uncle Sun, it's not right for you to be like this, why are you still unwilling to do so well when the master and the Taoist master are so kind? ”

"That's it, who are these people, don't be angry with the two masters, let's not be like him. ”

"That's it, that's it, don't be angry, you two masters, we still have to listen to your teachings. ”

“……”

The number of people counted, the persuasion of persuasion, all of them showed anger, as if they were all old grandchildren.

The old grandson shook his head greatly when he heard this, and was about to say something, but his face suddenly changed, he looked up into the distance, and his body flicked on the ground, and he stood up.

"Hey, why are you still angry......?"

When a believer in his thirties saw the old grandson suddenly stand up, he thought that he was angry because he was counted down by everyone, and immediately looked angry.

It's just that the next thing I saw a burst of blue light flashing on Old Man Sun's body, and as soon as his body moved, he suspended in the air, and this person's mouth was immediately closed, and his eyes almost fell out.

(Thank you Brother Mo for your tip)