Chapter Seventy-Three: The True Meaning of the Washing of the Marrow Sutra
Faced with Xiao Banxian's question, Pei Feng did not rush to answer.
The answer to this question is actually very simple, it is nothing more than the reason why the Washing the Pulp Sutra has not been spread to the world, it is because it is very difficult to practice, not just as simple as it seems on the surface, just according to the above commentary, chanting the Sutra in the mouth, after a long time, it will work hard, that is obviously a wrong understanding.
Pei Feng faintly felt that the marrow washing scripture was even more difficult to practice than the tiger and leopard thunder sound.
That's right, even what Pei Feng said to Wu Tun before, the marrow washing scripture that he understood by himself, was wrong, but he only realized this problem now. This is thanks to Xiao Banxian's allocation.
If Pei Feng's head was not clear at all, then he would not know where he was wrong. This is also where Xiao Banxian, the 'master', is more clever, he will not point out the mistakes of his apprentices directly, but after learning about them, he will only contain them in a few words, so that the apprentices can understand. If you can feel it, it means that this apprentice is qualified, and if you can't feel it, it means that this apprentice is dull and unbearable, and he is an ordinary person.
In the story of Journey to the West, Bodhi Ancestor has so many apprentices, why did he only teach Sun Wukong seventy-two changes and somersault clouds? It's not because Sun Wukong realized his good intentions for himself in Bodhi Ancestor's words and deeds.
Pei Feng thought about it for more than twenty minutes, and Xiao Banxian also waited for him silently for more than twenty minutes.
Gradually, Pei Feng once again set his eyes on the two Washing Sutras and said: "The two Sutras are both Sutras of Washing the Pulp, but none of them is the manuscript of the ancestor of Dharma. Presumably, this is not because Bodhidharma's manuscript was lost, or whatever, but Bodhidharma himself, who did not record the marrow washing sutra in a handwritten way at all, but passed it to Hui Ke in the way of teaching and dictation. ”
As soon as these words fell, Xiao Banxian smiled and said, "How do you say this?" If those great masters of boxing in ancient times did not record the essence of their lives in the form of handwriting, then those profound boxing techniques in ancient times, not all of them can be lost and can no longer be lost? Where is I now? Isn't my martial arts a joke? "The implication is that if there were no profound martial arts manuscripts, where would my martial arts come from.
"Not everyone can express the essence of their body in words. In other words, some clever things are not related to words. ”
Pei Feng shook his head and said, "It's not just Dharma, there is a person who is also like this. I once read the Sutra of the Six Patriarchs, and there is a little story in it, about the six ancestors of Zen Buddhism, Huineng, who was a person who did not know how to read, and when he was in Caohou Village, Shaozhou (now Shaoguan, Guangdong), there was a female nun called Endless Tibet, and the other party was the aunt of Liu Zhiluo, his friend of the eight worships. When I was in peacetime, I always recited the Nirvana Sutra, and if I didn't know something, I took the scripture and asked Huineng, but Huineng said that I don't know the words of the scripture, but if you encounter something that you don't understand, you can ask me. Endless Tibetan said, I don't know the words, how can I understand the meaning of the scriptures? Huineng said that the various wisdom of Buddhism is not related to words. In fact, it is not only martial arts, Buddhism, and the well-known music is also the same, it is said that there is an extremely powerful figure in China, who was a singer at the beginning, and was popular across the Taiwan Strait, but later entered the Tao, and the law made no longer has words, but it gives people a sense of detachment. ”
"It's a little interesting, the Six Ancestors Altar Sutra you said, I have also read it, there is indeed this little story in it, out of the seventh chance product, and also, the extremely powerful character in the mainland you said, I also know, he is a person from the capital, surnamed Dou, but unfortunately he is addicted to music and rhythm, and he does not enter the martial arts, otherwise he must be a great character." Xiao Banxian nodded, raised his hand to make a gesture, and said, "If there is anything else, you can continue." ”
Pei Feng took Hui Ke's "Washing the Marrow Sutra" in one hand, and "Qiuyue Zen Master's Commentary on the Pulp Washing Sutra" in the other, and said: "Although these two marrow washing scriptures have something in common, they are not connected everywhere, because one of these two books is Hui Ke's and the other is Qiuyue Zen Master's, and the reason why the latter is called "Qiuyue Zen Master's Commentary on the Pulp Washing Sutra" is not that he annotated it to the public, but that he simply annotated it to himself. There is such a sentence in my head, in the eyes of a thousand people, there are a thousand Hamlets, and now I will say this, a thousand people practice the Washing the Pulp Sutra, there are a thousand kinds of exercises, although each practice is called the Washing the Essence Sutra, but it is just the same name, after all, everyone is different from birth, a person's avenue is limited to one person, even if there is a person who has the words of the ascension of the chicken dog to heaven, but after the ascension of the chicken dog, it is still a chicken dog. ”
After listening to Pei Feng's words, the divine light in Xiao Banxian's eyes was slightly sluggish, he had thought that Pei Feng's martial arts were very high, but his martial arts and comprehension were different, before he reached the Great Dao, it was difficult to pass the law, ten thousand laws, but Pei Feng was different, he could actually understand the road ahead before reaching the limit of the body's martial arts, which was quite rare, and it was not something that any genius could do.
Then, Xiao Banxian took the "Washing the Pulp Sutra", turned to the sixteenth page, pointed to the above paragraph and said: "In this Washing Sutra written by Hui in the vernacular, it does record what you just said, the reason why Bodhidharma did not leave the manuscript of the Washing Sutra is completely the Washing Sutra that he understands, and it cannot be expressed in words at all. Hui Ke, this guy, was a Confucian when he was young, well-read, and easy to learn from Lao Zhuang, but after meeting Bodhidharma, he did not hesitate to break his arm in the snow, and he also wanted to worship Bodhidharma as a teacher, which shows how profound Bodhidharma's attainments are. ”
"If it's not profound, how can it be a myth?" Pei Feng sighed.
"Becoming a myth is also Bodhidharma's enlightenment alone, and has nothing to do with other people. The reason why his apprentice Hui Ke was able to attain the Tao was completely through his own efforts and reached his own avenue. Xiao Banxian said: "I took out these two marrow washing scriptures, just to explain this problem to you, you and these two marrow washing scriptures, just like the relationship between Hui Ke and Dharma, Hui Ke saw the outline of Bodhidharma's profound attainments, and then used this to realize what belongs to him, his own path." And whatever I want to teach you in the future, it is limited to showing you, you can't draw a scoop according to the gourd, that will only harm yourself, what is mine is mine, and what is yours is yours, do you understand this truth? ”
"Got it." Pei Feng said.
"These two marrow washing scriptures, you can take a look, see how Hui Ke washes the marrow, and how Zen Master Qiuyue washes the marrow, after all, everyone is human, and the outline is still equal, come to me after you finish reading, and then I will teach you how to wash the marrow according to your physical characteristics. Yourself, and then annotate a book of marrow washing. After speaking, Xiao Banxian walked out of the door and closed the door, like a stern master.
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