After Huineng said goodbye to Master Yide, on the way back to the thatched house, he remembered that he had chatted with Master Yide in Tianlu Temple, and faintly felt that he had lived in seclusion in Tianlu Mountain for a period of time, and his mother's illness had been cured, and it was time to go down the mountain to make plans. Huineng thought of this and wanted to take a look at the scenery of Tianlu Mountain before leaving.

Huineng walked on the fairyland-like Tianlu Mountain, unconsciously, Huineng found that there is a small hill pier at the northern foot of Tianlu Mountain, at the intersection of Shimen Valley and Chanlong Canyon next to the ancient post road, the environment is very quiet, the original ecological and beautiful natural scenery and the mountain flowers all over the mountains intersect; The two water sandwich gold is full of aura and vitality, and rare flowers and trees such as sparrow flowers, pomegranate flowers, camellias, and alders form a green treasure house.

Huineng stopped and pondered: the aura here is compelling, and the land is fertile, the water source is abundant, and the light is excellent, so it is a good place to live in seclusion and plant plums. When the time for Huineng to go out of the mountain has not arrived, there are still some mundane things that have not yet been completed, so he found this small mountain mound, which is called Buddha Zidun by the locals.

Huineng has a special preference for plum blossoms, thinking that planting plums here, the flowers of the green calyx plum that grow out will definitely have a petal of ice and jade, like Zen heart as fine and dusty, ethereal and flawless, looking at the past will make people distracted thoughts disappear. He especially took a fancy to the confluence of these two waters, and whenever he had free time every day, he and Liang Yulian came here to plant plum trees.

The land is fertile, the water is abundant, and the light is excellent, so those plum trees grow fast and well.

The mountain people of Tianlu Mountain love the plum tree very much, and they believe that the plum tree is the plum kernel left by the immortals such as Tie Guan Li when they came to Tianlu Mountain to hold the Hundred Fruit Banquet and absorbed the aura of heaven and earth.

Under the leadership of Huineng, the mountain people planted plum trees in a large area on the mountain, and it didn't take long for the plum trees on Tianlu Mountain to be all over the mountain.

In the season of plum blossoms, up and down the mountain, a piece of white is boundless, like white clouds falling to the earth. The mountain breeze blows, the fragrance of plum blossoms ripples, intoxicating, it can be said that the mountain people are living in the sea of flowers, the world of incense, and they are at ease. On the other hand, when plum blossoms fall and plum trees bear fruit, countless green plums hang on the branches, and the fruits bend the branches. The harvested plums can be soaked in wine or sold as preserved fruits. In this way, the plum tree has brought them a lot of tangible benefits.

On this day, the vast sky was blue and blue, like a huge curtain that had been filtered out of variegation. A few snow-white clouds, blown by the wind like a boat in the sea, floated gently.

Huineng had just planted more than a dozen plum trees, came to the stream, and watered them with a bucket, and was about to leave, but was stopped by a pair of middle-aged men and women not far from the stream.

The man was from Gangjiao Village at the foot of Tianlu Mountain, his name was Xie Daohua, and the woman standing next to him was his wife Ah Fang. Judging from her depressed face, she had encountered something unsatisfactory.

Xie Daohua waved to Huineng and shouted, "Little brother, please come over for a while." ”

Huineng put down the bucket, waded across the stream, and asked, "Uncle, is there something wrong?" ”

Xie Daohua was about to speak, but when he saw his wife standing next to him, his face was blushing, and he immediately said nothing, and pulled Huineng to the big banyan tree a few feet away.

Xie Daohua blushed, lowered his voice and told Huineng the crux of his heart: he has been married for more than ten years, but his wife has not been able to give birth to children. His father and mother urged them again and again, and they had also sought out some Langzhong, but after taking many pills, they did not see his wife pregnant. The more anxious they are, the less effective they become. His parents had a lot of opinions about his wife and often accused her for no reason. Fortunately, his wife had a good temper and swallowed her anger and did not quarrel with the old man. But it is not easy for Xie Daohua to be caught in the middle.

There is a way, there are thoughts in the day, and dreams in the night. Last night, Xie Daohua had a dream that there was a living Buddha on Tianlu Mountain who could solve difficulties. When he woke up in the morning, he took his wife straight to the Tianlu Temple on the top of the mountain. After listening to his appeal, the abbot Yide Zen Master admitted frankly that he was only a Buddhist cultivator, and he had no ability to guide and send children, and everything in life could only be fate.

Xie Daohua was not discouraged, and he and his wife climbed high and low, went up the hill, waded into the stream, entered the woods, went down the ravine, and searched everywhere, but they couldn't find the living Buddha.

Seeing that Hui Neng was carrying water by the stream and planting plums, in desperation, Xie Daohua had no choice but to ask Hui Neng for help and asked, "Little brother, do you know where the living Buddha is in the mountains?" ”

Although his voice was small, but at this time the mountain was quiet, Ah Fang still heard it, and said to himself ashamedly: "Alas, this is not to blame." ”

Xie Daohua continued to say to Huineng: "Some people persuaded me to divorce my wife and remarry. But I think that one day husband and wife for a hundred days, we become husband and wife, this is God's arrangement. My wife is hardworking and capable, and she is very filial to my parents. How can I divorce my wife and marry another? ”

Huineng praised: "Uncle, you are really a good man. ”

Xie Daohua poured out his heart to Hui Neng: "But you should also know that in our rural areas, there is such a custom, what is said is not filial piety, there are three things, and no queen is the greatest." If you don't have descendants, you will be despised by others, and your family business will not be inherited in the future. Therefore, we burn incense and worship God at home every day, and meditate every night. Alas, I have been so sincere in worshiping the Buddha and have done so much hard work, but I have not seen my wife happy. My wife and I are both almost forty years old, and if my wife can't have children in the past few years, then it will be even more slim in the future. So my wife and I went up the mountain, hoping that the Living Buddha would give us some guidance so that I could continue to see the incense lamp. ”

The hill is surrounded by irises that symbolize love and good fortune, and among the green grass, the purple-blue flowers bloom like flocks of butterflies. There is a big stone under the big banyan tree in the center of the mound, and Hui Neng often rests on this big stone after planting plums.

Hui Neng had an epiphany and said, "Uncle, you don't have to work so hard to find other places in the mountains. I ask you, what is that? ”

Xie Daohua followed Huineng's point, saw a big stone, and replied casually: "Little brother, the question you asked is too simple, this is obviously a very ordinary big stone." ”

Huineng's words were subtle: "Yes, you say it's a big rock and it's a big stone, but what if you think it's not just a big stone, but something else?" You might as well use your brain to imagine."

"This ......" Xie Daohua walked up to the small hill pier, pinched the short whiskers of his chin, looked left and right at the big stone, and fixed his eyes in the middle for a while: the bottom of this big stone is wider, triangular oblique upward, and the top is round, a bit like a human brain, if he has an understanding, and then beckoned to his wife, and said, "Ah Fang, come and see, what does this look like?" ”

After Ah Fang answered, he walked under the big banyan tree, looked at the big stone carefully for a while, and then said, "Daohua, I see this stone like a person." ”

Xie Daohua asked, "Who are you like?" ”

Ah Fang pointed to the big stone and said, "The upper part of this big stone looks like a human head, and the lower bulge looks like a person's big belly, I think this looks like a Maitreya Laughing Buddha sitting cross-legged." ”

Xie Daohua slapped his thigh and shouted: "Yes, it is indeed like Maitreya laughing Buddha!" Wife, your vision is still sharper than mine. ”

Huineng laughed when he heard the couple say this: "Just now you replied that this is a very ordinary big stone, why do you now say that it is Maitreya Laughing Buddha?" ”

Xie Daohua pointed to the big stone and asked Huineng: "Little brother, why did I feel completely different just now than now?" ”

Huineng said loudly: "Uncle, uncle, if you believe in it, you are a Buddha, and if you don't believe it, it is still a stone." ”

Xie Daohua seemed to be enlightened, and said seriously: "Now it is a Buddha in front of my eyes, and it is a Maitreya Buddha who sent a son." ”

Huineng nodded: "Uncle, that's what I said just now." ”

There is nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get them.

Hui Neng saw that the gloomy clouds on the faces of Xie Daohua and his wife were swept away, and he became radiant, pointing to his heart: "The Bodhi nature in the world is originally pure, but with this heart, you can see the nature and become a Buddha." ”

Xie Daohua pondered the meaning of this sentence: "Seeing nature to become a Buddha? ”

Huineng further nodded to him: "Uncle, in fact, the living Buddha you are looking for is in your own heart. ”