Chapter Ninety-Three: Smiling Flowers
In fact, whether it is a Buddhist or a layman, almost everyone admires the lotus flower and respects its holiness and purity of "only being viewed from a distance, not blasphemed". Perhaps, only the lotus flower is a sacred flower that never withers, forever fragrant in the spiritual world of mortal earth.
"When you look at the lotus flower, you should know that you don't stain your heart. The Buddha said: calm is calm, the wind and moon in the world, do not forget the original intention, the mood of appreciating the flowers, can always be calm and peaceful. Understand the gathering and dispersion of life. Like the smoke of the past, in the reincarnation, precipitation. In the Zen of the lotus, the floating flowers bloom, and the years are quiet. In the end, listen to a piece of Sanskrit Buddhist language, and life is incense. Shuying thought, "Am I going to be killed again?"
Shuying closed his eyes, waiting for the sword of the Xiangxiang Fairy, while not understanding why the spell would be broken, he didn't know, but either the jade was attracted to him, or he was attracted to the jade hao.
No matter who moves his heart first, it is wrong, it is a betrayal of his love, and for the two of them, it is also a kind of sadness.
Shuying felt that he had betrayed Brother Huchen and Sister Luzhu, so he simply died, he raised his head slightly and looked at the fierce lion in front of him,
Shuying calmed down for a moment, grabbed the blade of the sword pointed at her with her hand, and often took a step forward and stabbed straight into her chest, she looked at the anger and despair in the eyes of the Xiangxiang fairy, and said, "You kill me!"
Seeing this, the flames of anger subsided slightly, and said fiercely: "You should have died, it was you who pretended to be Luzhu and robbed my brother Yuhao, which attracted my brother to be attracted to you and broke the spell." ”
The jade bulb immediately flew down from the hall, he flew in front of the autumn fragrance fairy, took the winning and losing hands away from the sword with his hands, and then inserted it into his chest and looked at Shuying and said, "If you want to kill, kill me." "The eyes are as deep as a mysterious sea, and the silence hides the stormy waves.
Seeing that Yuhao did not hesitate to let himself kill him in order to protect Shuying, his anger arose spontaneously, and gradually turned into a sense of pity: "Brother, did you even care about your own life for him?"
"My good sister, if you are innocent and others want to hurt you, I will also protect you. It's just that this matter really has nothing to do with Shuying, you also saw it just now, and she is also very remorseful, don't hurt each other anymore. ”
She didn't want to hear his words, but still said, "After all, you still like her." ”
Yu Hao said coldly: "If you don't get angry, you can kill me!" Shu Ying calmed down for a moment, grabbed the sword pointed at her with her hand and stabbed it straight to her chest, she looked at the anger and despair in the eyes of the Xiang Fairy, and said, "You kill me!"
Seeing this, the flames of anger subsided slightly, and said fiercely: "You should have died, it was you who pretended to be Luzhu and robbed my brother Yuhao, which attracted my brother to be attracted to you and broke the spell." ”
The jade bulb immediately flew down from the temple, and he flew in front of the autumn fragrance fairy, took the winning and losing hands away from the sword with his hands, and immediately plunged them into his chest.
The story of "Smiling Flowers" comes from Song Puji's "Five Lantern Huiyuan, Seven Buddhas, Shakyamuni Buddha": "At the Lingshan Meeting, the World Venerable held flowers and flowers, and everyone was silent, but the Venerable Ka Ye smiled with a broken face. Shizun Yun: "I have the Dharma Eye, Nirvana, the reality has no appearance, the subtle Dharma, I don't set up words, I don't teach outside the teachings, and I give instructions to the Mahakasya. Ka Ye smiled heartily and obtained the true transmission of the Buddha. This is Zen Buddhism that transmits the heart from the heart. In the statues of the Buddha caves, there are people who donate flowers to hold flowers, Buddha disciples to hold flowers, and even Bodhisattvas to hold flowers. In Buddhist statues, the hands of Shakyamuni Buddha have specific seals, and the holding flowers only appear in Chinese Ming and Qing Dynasty prints, which should also be a counter-evidence. However, the "flower smile" has become a form of Zen Buddhism's selection of the mantle of the heirs, and as for what the content of the meeting is, it has become a privacy between the inheritors, and others do not know.
In the Buddhist scriptures, flowers are used to explain the righteousness, and the characteristics of flowers symbolize the purity of the Buddha's country, the Buddha's virtue, the subtlety of the Dharma, and even explain the process of cultivation and the realm of Zen enlightenment. Take flowers as a metaphor: flowers are fragrant and colorful, pleasant, and are the spirit of giving; when flowers bloom, they do not overpower others with beauty, which is the spirit of keeping precepts; and flower seeds are buried deep in the soil, and they must endure darkness, dampness, and loneliness, which is the spirit of forbearance. After unearthing, it is necessary to endure the wind, frost, rain and snow, and let the bees and butterflies collect nectar after flowering, which is the spirit of forbearance; regardless of the length of the flowering period, always strive to show the most beautiful side, and bear seeds after the flowers are endless, which is the spirit of perseverance; its quiet and peaceful temperament is the realm of meditation; shape, color, fragrance are ever-changing, containing wonderful wisdom. The realm of Zen enlightenment is nothing more than a convenient guide, hoping to make yourself understand the Buddha statue on the road of painting.
A person who knows how to appreciate the beauty of flowers and gain the enlightenment of life from appreciating flowers is also a kind of cultivation with clear insight. There is a saying in the Huayan Sutra that "a flower is a world, and a leaf is the same". But in China, it has evolved into the common saying "flower world", which is used as a metaphor for the prosperous world.
In Buddhism, I think the most important thing for a worldly person is to have faith in one's own life force, and to recognize one's purified nature.
I read the "Lotus Sutra of the Mystic Law": "When the Buddha comes out, he will use this Huahua, respect the Buddha, turn into a canopy, rejoice and enthusiasm, and respect faith, so he will die, and he will be born in 33 days, that is, he will take the palace and the best Dharma Hall." "Because of the scattered flowers offered to the Buddha, you have to be reborn in the highest heaven. "Compilation of the Book of Hundred Yuan", "The Book of Wisdom and Foolishness" and so on have similar records. In the 80th volume of the Ahama Sutra, "The Buddha Speaks of the Difference in Karmic Retribution for the Elders of the Buddha", it says: "If there are sentient beings, they will receive ten kinds of merit by offering incense flowers. One is as pure as a flower, two are free of smell, three are blessed with incense and abstain from incense, all over the world, four are born with the place where they are born, the root of the nose is not bad, five are superior to the world and are admired by all, six are always pure and fragrant, seven are happy and correct the Dharma, and are held to read and recite, eight have great blessings, nine are destined for life, and ten are quick to attain nirvana. It is a name that gives incense and flowers to obtain ten kinds of merits. "Incense Flower Offerings" embodies the pious beliefs of Buddhist believers, and also contains their yearning and expectation for good fortune, wisdom, and a better life.
In the paintings, the painter paints the deceased, although small, but also broad. Man is a part of the natural being, but he sees the self as a detail of the natural creature and becomes invisible, and at the same time expands the self into the totality of nature. Using a very small force to shake up the entire space, and conveying more life through small things, is like using the original small power of human beings to transform the world. The art of painting and artists cannot transform the world, but they can change the people who make the world and create a new realm of self-perception in their own works.