On a rainy night, lightning and thunder roared.

The sudden heavy rain disrupted the travel plan of Master Ran and the others, and they who had lost the treasure of the divine beast became difficult under the siege and interception of Zhan Yanzhang.

They fought and fled, and time passed quietly, but the road was still far away, and during this time, they had to be afraid to guard against the surprise attack of Zhan Yanzhang behind.

Now, they are temporarily resting in a ruined temple to avoid the rain, and in the lit bonfire, everyone's eyes are looking at Ben Yuan, who looks back at them with wide eyes, and his expression is unreasonable.

Master Zhiran coughed twice and said, "Ben Yuan, this hell karmic fire is the release of the hell fire seduced by the demons in the heart, and the demons in the heart are all kinds of obsessions, including self-attachment, selfishness, selfishness, greed, hatred, ignorance, suspicion, and ······so on."

Ben Yuan interrupted him angrily and said, "Master Ran, I naturally know what a heart demon is, but why do you think that my heart demon is the heaviest?"

The fire monkey interjected beside him and mocked: "Don't be kidding, Ben Yuan, we knew from the beginning that you were sent by Elder Fa to harm Yifeng, but what happened later influenced you, and it can be regarded as a blessing in disguise." ”

"Hmph!" Ben Yuan said angrily: "So you still suspect that I am going to harm you? If this is the case, I will go my own way next, and I will throw away each of them, and each has nothing to do with it!"

Ben Qian persuaded softly: "Senior Brother Ben Yuan, everyone doesn't mean this, everyone is also for the good of Yifeng." ”

"One wind, one wind, you only know him, so what am I? a tool?" Ben Yuan's eyes reflected the bonfire in front of him, as if a fire had been lit in his pupils.

Shuli glanced at Yifeng, who was lying next to him with his eyes closed, and said lightly: "Ben Yuan, the demon in your heart is not as simple as you think, if you say get rid of it, you can get rid of it."

"If it were so simple, there wouldn't be so many people who couldn't break through the Three Monks Tribulation when they practiced Buddhism. For the thoughts that have been rooted in the heart since childhood, they are like tenacious seeds, and their vitality is extremely strong, and it is useless to press any stone in the heart.

"The things that grow from that seed will sometimes keep shaking, sometimes the midnight dream is still thinking hard, and regret and troubles will continue to erode those stones, and the practice of Buddhism is to experience these things. ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Master Ran and continued, "What is the non-mindless and selfless nature of the Buddha's path that we often talk about? I have been thinking about it a lot these days.

"Later, I gradually understood that 'me' is a nihilistic concept, and I need to bump into something in the outside world, such as 'power', 'interests' or 'love', 'right and wrong', etc., and then bounce back, so that I can gradually explore and personify the image of 'me'.

"When we practice the Buddhist path, perhaps not to fight against it, but to recognize the nature of these things, and to know 'me' myself. Once you recognize yourself, you will have no self, let alone demons, which is the so-called 'selflessness'. ”

Master Ran was amazed when he heard this, and Yuchuuni smiled and nodded.

No one saw it, I don't know when, Yifeng silently opened his eyes and looked at the leaky roof of the broken temple, on which was the constant roar of thunder, and the lightning was like a silver dragon.

Although his eyes were confused, when he heard Shuli's words of enlightenment, his heart was also churning.

In his practice, how could this not be the case?

The most powerful collision is the word "love", which is hesitant and bleeding for this.

When will he be able to endure all the pain and walk through the thorny road paved by "love" that burns with raging fire, completely understand "love", and completely recognize himself, get rid of his demons, and then he can be liberated.

The demon is oneself, and without oneself, there is no demon.

Only listening to Shuli continued: "Senior Brother Benyuan, your previous idea was very simple, but like Elder Fa, protect your own power and interests, maybe it is worldly financial interests, maybe it is the high power of the people, or even something more terrifying.

"But along the way, you find that those things may not be the most important, maybe the lives of the victims, or maybe the cry of a child, are much more important than what you thought was important.

In this way, you recognize the original things and know yourself better. Do you think I'm right?"

Ben Yuan turned his head away, looking disdainful.

Shuli smiled and said, "In fact, our experience along the way is not only that our cultivation has increased, but also that our understanding of this kind of Heaven and Earth Dao has become more profound, and the latter is the most valuable wealth compared to cultivation and growth.

"Speaking of hell karma, hell karma is nothing but a spark created by our collision with an unknown substance in this world, and the sharper and more painful the collision, the bigger the spark.

"And you, Senior Brother Benyuan, have turned back from one road to another, and there have been more bumps and bumps along the way, and they are more impressive, and they are imprinted in your heart.

"You just need to put together the most painful memories and the most contradictory thoughts in your mind, and that's when karma arises. ”

Listening to the Shuli being seducing Benyuan, Master Zhiran sighed when he heard the words and said: "Shuli, the old monk only discovered at this time that the Buddha who has practiced all his life is not as good as you young people, which is just respectable and lamentable!"

"To borrow a Confucian saying, it is the threesome who must have my teacher, and you are not the most genius disciple of the calligrapher. However, there are many things that need to be experienced to be more understood, and now that I have found the outline of the practice, I still need to feel the details myself. ”

Shuli said: "What the master said is true. Even if you understand this, in the process of going through it, you may fall into the quagmire set by the demons and become unable to extricate yourself.

"This is also what I want to remind Senior Brother Benyuan, once those thoughts and memories are turned out, maybe they will fall back into it, this is the great danger of karmic fire, I don't know if you are prepared for this. ”

Ben Yuan looked outside the ruined temple, it was still raining heavily, lightning tore the black dome, thunder roared, they were like a lonely boat adrift on the sea on a rainy night, the lights were shaking.

He didn't answer Shuli's words, but asked, "How many seats is this?"

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what they meant.

I only heard Ben Yuan ask, "Do you know how many broken temples we have encountered?"

Everyone was stunned, because the steps of the escape were in a hurry, and the escape was panicked, and everyone didn't notice it, and they couldn't remember it clearly for a while.

I only heard Ben Yuan say: "The one hundred and eighty-seventh." This is the one hundred and eighty-seventh temple to be demolished. When I saw the first one, I was shocked.

"I don't understand why the good Buddhist temple has to be demolished to pieces, and I don't understand how the 'power' and 'benefits' I wanted before are so fragile, and others can easily slap me in the back when they have them. ”

Ben Yuan turned his head and looked around at everyone, then his eyes fell on the bonfire, and he continued: "My master's idea seems ridiculous to you, but in my opinion, it is also his own way.

"He went through the battle of Gangwon and knew a lot of things, and he was vulnerable to war and power. Many people don't know that at that time, according to the Battle of Gangwon, on the surface, Nanzong Temple was a giant, and the calligrapher, Jiulongguan, and Xuanyin faction were just clowns jumping off the beam, and the victory and defeat had already been decided.

"In fact, Nanzong Temple, especially the faction that you advocate not participating in the war, insisting on what to talk about, watched from the wall and ignored it indifferently in the war, which made my master and Venerable them fall into a crisis of life and death in the war. ”

The eyes of Master Ran and Yuchuni flickered, they both insisted on opposing participation in the war at that time, but they really didn't know that if they didn't participate, they couldn't really stay out of it.

Ben Yuan sneered: "When the danger came, he knew that it would be useless to come back and beg you, so he went to the Beizong Temple.

"He knelt in Beizong Temple for a day and a night, was ridiculed and ridiculed, ridiculed and abused, and how much he suffered in his heart, only he himself knows.

It wasn't until later that an elder in Beizong Temple finally couldn't stand it anymore and led his disciples and some monks to rush to the rescue, which resolved the crisis. ”

Master Ran's eyes widened, and he asked in disbelief, "Why haven't we heard of these things at all?"

Liao Yu sighed slightly, she didn't know that the Fa would suffer so much because of this.

Ben Yuan sneered twice, and said coldly: "If you go to Beizong Temple and kneel in a low voice to beg for help, can you still make meritorious deeds and glory and go around to publicize it?"

Master Ran and Yuchuni looked at each other, silent.

I only heard Ben Yuan continue, his tone became more and more excited, and he said indignantly: "It's just that Shizun, poor Shizun, after returning to Nanzong Temple, you will be despised by you for killing people on the battlefield, on the surface cold and serious, and when you can't get rid of it when you are depressed, you will get drunk and pull me to say these things." ”

He pointed at Master Ran and shouted, "Why do you look down on him on a superior basis? He is for worldly interests, he is for power, but you can open your eyes and look at this ruined temple, isn't this worldly power and interests destroying the Tao that you swear to defend?"

Ben Yuan waved his severed palm: "Is your Tao useful? Aren't you being chased and beaten like a rat crossing the street? I haven't had my palm cut off, and I still have to endure the pain?"

Everyone looked at Ben Yuan, only to see that his face was becoming more and more distorted, and the pupils reflecting the bonfire were getting brighter and brighter, he gritted his teeth and said: "The Tao in the world, existence is reasonable, what is right or wrong, it is just my own self-righteousness, speculation, but the fear of being excluded, so I can't help myself and go with the flow of poor maggots!"

They all felt that something was wrong, and slowly stood up.

Ben Yuan's face was hideous: "Do you think what you think is right? Do you understand other people's experiences? Have you experienced other people's feelings? Do you know what a person has loved and hated?"

"I don't even know what kind of fart, I only care about myself and I am full of benevolence, righteousness and morality! What kind of bullshit heaven and earth, you can't be a master, it's all bullshit, you are all ants, rats, and flies who stand on top of the world and will be condescending to each other, and can be pinched to death with one hand!

Ben Yuan laughed wildly: "You all say that I am wrong, am I wrong? I will be a master, and I will take this road! What about killing people and creating evil? What about death?

As soon as the words fell, a black-red flame suddenly burst out of his body, and his head ignited with a raging hell karma fire!