Chapter 64: Mingsha Mountain Preaching

There is an endless stream of pilgrims on the mountain road of Mingsha Mountain, like a long dragon. Pen fun pavilion www.biquge.info Taoist temple, bustling, incense. After being suppressed for many years, the Taoist temple on Mingsha Mountain finally brought a different feeling to Hermes-Epitek. Like before, you have to be sneaky to worship your ancestors. lest anyone find out.

On the grass pavilion, Xuan Xuzi sat on the futon. Below was a crowd of believers who had come to hear the sermon. A few teenagers who broke into the mountain gate in the morning were dressed in green cotton robes at this time. But he did not wear a scarf, nor did he wear cloud shoes. A Taoist boy dressed up and followed Chen's side, watching from a distance.

The word Tao contains all things in the world and all kinds of methods. It's not just just one immortal cultivator. Now Xuanxuzi is talking about the way of Jindan Huangbai to prolong life. There are countless examples interspersed in the middle, which also makes the underground believers nod their heads when they hear it, and they just want to write it down word for word, and go back to live the age of the turtle king. It's just that the first lecture specially requested by Xuan Xuozi is really just a general way of health preservation?

Lichen in the distance smiled, and after sweeping the various divine senses of the believers below, everything was clear to his brother. Perhaps what the general believers hear is only the Taoist way of maintaining a clean body and a vegetarian diet in Chang'an. But the occasional obscure characters in it are always inadvertently ignored in the past. But I don't know the true way of immortality, just in that passing by difficult words!

Discarded jade, papaya. When the chapter of Xuanxuzi was finished, everyone saluted and thanked them, and left after feeling that they had gained a lot. Only one old and one young remained.

This old and young will stay, not only dust, but even Xuan Xuozi is a little surprised. I thought it would be good to have one or two discoveries in the sermon in the past few days, but I didn't expect to have two surprises just after the first sermon.

"The sermon is over, why are you two staying?" Xuan Xuozi sat on the futon and asked with a smile.

"When the disciple heard the immortal master preach, some of the words were obscure and seemed to have deep meanings. But I couldn't figure it out. May I ask the immortal master to guide me through the maze. The first to answer Xuan Xuzi's question was the old man who was at least in his fifties. Dressed in brocade clothes, it is obviously either rich or expensive.

"It's the same with disciples, I always feel that I have heard those unexplained words somewhere, but I can't remember them." The boy replied as well.

As soon as the young man spoke, not only Xuan Xuozi, but even the dust smiled. Unexpectedly, a fate came so simply.

After Xuan Xuzi laughed, he took out a jade plate, handed it to the old man first, and asked, "There is something on this jade, you can help Poor Dao to see, what is on it?" ”

The old man took the jade plaque, only glanced at it, and then he was confused for a while, and his eyes closed unconsciously. It's as if you're asleep.

When the old man woke up again, he asked very strangely: "There is a Taoist temple among the jade pendants, but why is there no Taoist temple?" “

Xuan Xuzi smiled and asked: "You have a relationship with my view, there is no one in the view, but there is a lack of host, are you willing to become a monk in this view, and from then on you will serve the three purifications, keep the precepts and be vegetarian, and practice a lifetime of meritorious deeds?" “

After pondering for a moment, the old man suddenly knelt on the ground and pleaded: "The disciple knows that he is old and decrepit, and if he does not give up, he is willing to worship the master as a teacher." Although he didn't dare to ask for extravagance, he was willing to serve for a long time, practice the precepts, and always accompany the three cleans. “

Xuan Xuzi nodded and said: "This is very good, there are tens of millions of Taos, and different paths lead to the same end." Since you and I have today's fate, the poor road should live up to you, how about being a named master and apprentice with you? Although you don't have the way to live forever, you have your own merits, how about it? ”

The old man nodded, kowtowed three times to Xuan Xuozi and replied, "The disciple is willing!" “

Xuan Xuozi smiled and nodded: "Since this is the case, this Taoist temple will be handed over to you to preside, and you can be the master of this view." Cultivate the body and mind on weekdays, keep the precepts, do homework in the morning and evening, and transform sentient beings. After 30 years, when your 3,000 deeds are complete, the poor Dao will let people extradite you, how about it? ”

The old man replied, 'The disciple has thanked the teacher. “

Xuan Xuozi smiled and asked the old man to hand the jade pendant to the young man. The young man took the jade pendant in a daze, and immediately looked at it. This time, he didn't sleep like an old man, but stared at the jade pendant very seriously for a long time and replied: "Isn't this the immortal master himself preaching, it seems to be what he just said, but it is much more complete than before." “

Xuan Xuozi was shocked, and his face changed. Immediately asked, "You might be able to memorize it?" “

The boy winked innocently and replied honestly, "I don't remember exactly." “

Xuan Xuozi clapped his hands and laughed: "That's right, the law is not passed on lightly, if you say that you can remember, the poor Tao is really your nonsense." You have a relationship with the poor road, are you willing to worship me as a teacher? “

The young man was overjoyed and said, "Disciple to see Master." “

Xuan Xuzi smiled and helped up the apprentice sent by God and said, "Maybe it's really heaven's will, but you are my disciple, if you really want to inherit my Taoism, it's not so easy." When you go home today, discuss with your parents, and if your parents agree, you can come with your parents and some of your companions to pass your uncle's conscience. “

Xuan Xuozi was happy with his apprentice, but it was inconvenient to disturb him, he was just joking for a while, but he didn't expect Xuan Xuozi to be really moved, and God really sent him another apprentice with a lot of fate, such a coincidence, is it really the intention of the three Dao Zun?

Lichen thought about the lawsuit, and said to the few young people behind him: "You don't have to envy him, tomorrow you will have the opportunity to have a great array of conscience." If you really have a relationship with the Tao. Naturally, I won't lose to that one. “

Several teenagers hurriedly bowed down. Lichen waved his hand and said with a smile: "Your father and mother are looking for you everywhere in the Taoist temple!" Why don't you hurry up and kowtow and admit your mistakes? The faces of the teenagers changed, and they immediately retired with a bitter face.

Just when several teenagers were looking for their mothers, the prefect's wife also sat in a quiet room of the Taoist temple with a gloomy face for a long time, waiting for her son to come to the door. At a young age, he is not small. It's not enough to run away from home without permission, I've been here for so long, and I haven't even seen each other. Could it be that he really raised a white-eyed wolf? Cultivating immortals, cultivating immortals! Could it be that cultivating immortals is more important than his parents?

"Mother, mother!" Just when the prefect's wife was almost unable to sit still, a call came from afar, and after the prefect's wife breathed a sigh of relief, any resentment disappeared without a trace in an instant. I was just about to get up to greet him, but I immediately thought of something, and then I continued to sit motionless on the chair with a tiger face, but my eyes still couldn't help but look at the door, which caused a few maids to laugh secretly.

The mother and son are "reunited" here, and a few families are happy and a few are sad. Xuan Xuzi came to the quiet room of the dust and began to discuss whether to postpone the trip again. After all, it just doesn't allow an apprentice who can inherit the mantle, and he just throws away without even teaching, which is really unusual.

Lichen was secretly amused in his heart, and now Xuanxuzi finally has a concern, and he is no longer so anxious. It just so happens that he still has something to do, so it's easy for both of them to do it without objection.

In the Taoist temple, it is still the tea melon fruit to entertain the pilgrims. The crowd did not dislike it. After all, at this time, it is not easy to see such fresh melons and fruits. Especially the tea, I don't know if it's a problem with tea or spring water, after drinking a sip, the whole body is comfortable, and after people drink it, they are still reluctant. They all asked the boy if this tea was still for sale.

Just when all the pilgrims were resting, Xuan Xuozi was under the witness of the dust and crowned the old man with a scarf. Although the Taoist Sect has three years of precepts and only says, but things are urgent, and the Taoist temple cannot always be maintained by the children. And as a Xuanxuzi, dust was added. Even if an exception is made, who can say anything?

After the crown scarf, the old man is a real monk, and all mundane things will be cut in two from today onwards. Xuanxuzi, as the master, also gave the old man a nickname "Qingyangzi" on the spot, but he couldn't stand up to the dust, it was really different.

Qingyangzi appeared on the top of the Sanqing Hall in a cyan robe, wearing a crown scarf, and cloud shoes on his feet, and when he entertained the pilgrims, he scared all the pilgrims.

There are really not many people who don't know Qingyangzi in Dunhuang City, who is called a famous businessman in Dunhuang Chengnei, with a lot of money, and can be called the richest man in Dunhuang. Why did he suddenly become a Taoist monk?

Qingyangzi was indifferent, and was not annoyed by the secular title of "Master Chen, Master Chen" in the mouths of the people, but patiently explained, everyone realized, is there no longer a big businessman in Dunhuang City, and there is an old master?

Sermons, twice a day. Many people deliberately stayed in the temple after burning incense, just to listen to the afternoon sermon. The afternoon sermon was delivered in the dust. When Lichen appeared in front of everyone in a green robe, the prefect's wife and her son almost exclaimed.

"This is the immortal master who unsigned for your master back then?" I don't know when, several of the prefect's wife's girlfriends also quietly leaned over, biting their ears and whispering.

"Well, I guess that's it!" The prefect's wife nodded. He also listened to his master, but she hadn't seen it.

This time, Lichen is talking about the way of bearing cause and effect in his new Taoist scriptures. Compared with the vast content of the old Dao Collection, the new Dao Sutra has been deleted a lot, and it is easier for people to understand.

Taoism has a longer timeline than Buddhism's theory of cause and effect. Pay more attention to the causes of the predecessors, and the descendants will get the results. mixed with this kind of story, and the explanation of the dust, made everyone below in a cold sweat. They all connected what they had done in their lives, and some were happy, but they were terrified.

"The Tao sets life to reward good, and death to threaten evil, the cycle of heaven and earth, it is impossible not to repay it, and the time has not yet come. Or to reduce the merits of the ancestors, and when the merits are exhausted, it is the time when the burden comes. Or by accumulating all evils, and when the evil is full, the retribution comes. Among them, the fate law can be reported to oneself and to one's descendants. And the way of doing good is useless, the predecessors planted trees, and the descendants enjoyed the shade. Bear a shadow to accompany you..."Lichen sat on the futon and talked eloquently for half an hour before he stopped.

"Dare to ask the immortal master, who can know what he has done and how to bear it?" Someone in the crowd asked.

Lichen smiled and said: "God knows, the earth knows, you know yourself, and I know too." ”

Immediately, some people in the crowd were unconvinced, and a middle-aged man asked, "Does the immortal master know how the villain bears the burden?" ”

Lichen glanced at the guy who asked the question and said with a smile: "Your ancestors once planted thousands of trees to give future generations a cool ride, so you have no worries about food and clothing in this life, although you are not expensive, but you are well-off." It's just that you are short of two pounds on weekdays, and your burden is reduced. So your business is not as good as it gets. What's more, the person who died on the road the year before last took two pieces of silver, but did not go into the earth with the person, and abandoned it. Tianda cause and effect, bear the burden and accompany it. So your son has been seriously ill recently, and you came to burn incense and pray for blessings. ”

As soon as Lichen's comments came out, there was an uproar and discussions. The man's face suddenly turned blue and red, and he suddenly knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Ask the immortal master for guidance, I am such a son." How can the villain save him! ”

The man knelt down and cried, and everyone didn't know that the immortal master on the stage was right. For a moment, the crowd was silent.

Lichen sighed lightly and asked, "Do you know what's wrong?" ”

"The villain knows that he is wrong, and asks the immortal master for mercy." The man cried.

"In this case, you should make good changes, buy and sell honestly, and do not deceive others. As for your son's illness, there is a talisman in the poor road, go back and burn it, and give it to your son to drink! But when your son is safe, you will go to the corpse that you have abandoned in those days, and bring out the bones of the man, so that he may be buried alive, and give him back the silver taels. The poor road is with you a scripture of the past life, and you recite the scripture every morning and evening, and you do not change it for three years. When this misfortune is eliminated. After finishing speaking, with a wave of his sleeves, a talisman, and a copy of "Taishang Cave Xuanling Bao Tianzun Said to Save Suffering and Pull Out Sin" appeared in front of the man out of thin air. The man immediately kowtowed and thanked him. Everyone was also shocked to the point of stupidity.

"This is a real immortal law!" After a burst of excitement from the audience, everyone in the audience suddenly remembered their own affairs and immediately pleaded for help.

Lichen shook his head on the stage and smiled: "Why do you ask me, the way to bear it is all in your own body." If you can always think about your own mistakes, always have a good heart, and do good deeds, why are you afraid of the consequences of suffering? ”

"Then what's the use of us burning incense and worshipping God?" A middle-aged woman in the crowd suddenly asked.

"Incense comes from sincerity, and smoke comes from letters. Sincerity leads to the heavenly realm, and all truths go down the Yao level. Believers burn incense and pray for the gods, spread sincerity, summon the soul, calm the body and mind, ward off evil spirits, and pray for blessings with others. Burning incense is merit. With the gods, people, and ghosts have formed a good fate, naturally protect the Jiao believers' family, the family door Diji (1), and the family members are safe. Lichen replied.

"Is it okay to believe in the gods?" I don't know when a man stood up in the crowd, but he was dressed and obviously not a Han people, although he had a Han face, he was no longer a Chinese citizen.

"I don't know how you gods are, the disciples of the three purities of the poor way, the way of the three purities of cultivation, and the Taoist law of preaching. I dare not vouch for your gods. If he has faith, let him appear and see him. Lichen sneered.

From the moment this guy entered Mingsha Mountain, Lichen and Xuanxuzi knew it. But since he came, he had to be subdued and converted. Otherwise, how can I show the wonder of my Xuanmen and the nobility of Taoism? (To be continued.) )