After listening to Huineng's "Epiphany and Buddhahood", the endless nun was so impressed that he threw himself to the ground, prostrate at the feet of the young Huineng, and kowtowed continuously...... Huineng was unprepared, and couldn't dodge from her chair. With an idea, he held a Buddha statue on the offering table to his chest. In this way, it is the endless nun who prostrates to the Buddha. After a while, the state of mind of the Endless Tibetan Nun calmed down.

She knelt there, folded her hands, and respectfully asked Huineng: "Master, how to practice in order to become a Buddha?" ”

Huineng said slowly: "Zen people do not think about good, do not think about evil, they contemplate their minds, see their own nature, and then they can have an epiphany." ”

When he saw that the Endless Tibetan Nun had not followed his teachings, he suddenly shouted, "Endless Tibetan Nun! The Endless Hidden Nun subconsciously responded, "Here! ”

Hui Neng said with a smile: "What the mage answered just now is the effect of your sincerity. If you look at it with this non-thinking mind, you will find that in an instant, all your delusions are gone. ”

The Endless Nun's eyes were slightly closed, and she was still, and gradually, her face was filled with a peaceful, peaceful look......

Huineng lost no time in guiding her: "Wisdom contemplation, internal and external clarity, and self-knowledge." If you know your own mind, you will be liberated; If you are liberated, you are prajna samadhi, that is, you have no thoughts. What is non-thought? If you see all the Dharma, and your mind is not greedy or stained, then you have no thoughts. When you use it, it is everywhere, and you are not attached to everything, and you come and go freely, without stagnation or hindrance. This is liberation. If you know your own heart and realize the Dharma of non-thought, you will reach the Buddha land and see the Buddha realm. You are the Buddha! ”

The Endless Tibetan Nun has suddenly realized! Her face was filled with the same kind of smirk that Venerable Ka Ye had when he was in Vulture Mountain, and there seemed to be a strange light radiating from all over her body! The other three people in the room were stunned by the sight, and their mouths were open, unable to speak for a long time.

I don't know how long it was, maybe an hour, maybe an instant, the endless nun woke up from the joy of enlightenment. She said seriously: "Master, please accept the disciple's worship." ”

This time, Huineng did not shy away again. Cao Shuliang also stood up, straightened his clothes, and shook Huineng to the end, saying: "The disciple has eyes and does not know Mount Tai, and he almost missed the knowledge of goodness, and he is guilty of sin. ”

Huineng returned the salute and said, "Don't dare, don't dare." ”

For some reason, Liu Zhiluo laughed. The Endless Tibetan Nun glared at him reproachfully: "What are you laughing at, you, don't study Buddhism, don't practice Zen, laugh all day long." Look at Master Huineng. ”

Liu Zhiluo said: "I just laughed when I thought of Hui Neng." He had never studied the Confucian classics, and he couldn't even read a word, but he was better able to get into the essence and grasp the essence than me, who had read all his life. He has never heard of the Nirvana Sutra, but he has attained more samadhi than you, my aunt, oh no, the Master, who has been reciting it all your life. He only licked rice for eight months in Dongchan Temple, but he surpassed 800 monks and got the mantle of Zen Buddhism in one fell swoop, don't you say strange? ”

The Endless Tibetan Nun glanced at him: "What's so strange about this, the Buddha said that the Bodhisattva has five understandings." Speaking of Buddhism, even the writings of Confucianism and Taoism, as well as medical skills and craftsmanship, there is nothing that he is not proficient in. ”

Liu Zhiluo shook his head and said, "Won't it?" So godly? Isn't that an omnipotent immortal? I don't believe it. ”

Cao Shuliang said: "Zhiluo, if you don't learn Buddhism, you naturally don't understand, Buddhism is indeed incredible." ”

Liu Zhiluo glanced around and said, "You are all studying Buddhism, so let's come to Mengmeng together, right?" Since studying Buddhism can be wise and attainable, why does the master lose to me every time he plays Go? Huineng, you are a bodhisattva in the flesh, let's play a game of chess, if you can win me in chess, I will really convince you. ”

Huineng smiled: "I'm sorry, I've never played chess. ”

When Liu Zhiluo heard him say this, he was more relieved, set up the chessboard, and said as if he challenged: "You are all Buddhists, just me, I am the only one who respects Confucianism, who dares to score a point with me on the chessboard?" ”

The Endless Hidden Nun said, "You are messing around! ”

"Didn't you say that you can learn Buddhism? Why don't you dare to fight? ”

Phantom Silence sat silently at the other end of the board. Liu Zhiluo smiled and shook his head: "Oh, little master Phantom Jing, I taught you chess, you dare to play tricks with the master?" ”

Phantom Jing smiled, silently picked up a white child, and gently placed it in the three or three places below. Liu Zhiluo had no choice but to fight. After thirty or twenty moves, Phantom Jing fell to the downwind, and a large dragon was trapped by the black chess.

Contrary to Phantom Jing's sorrowful eyebrows, Liu Zhiluo was full of spring breeze and said proudly: "Quickly admit defeat, the big dragon is trapped, 'don't use the hidden dragon', there is no hope." ”

Phantom Jing struggled with her hands, and the situation became more and more sinister. Liu Zhiluo said unashamedly: "You have studied Buddhism for a year, but your chess skills have not grown. It seems that Buddhism is just Buddhism and has nothing to do with other studies. ”

Phantom Jing blushed and got up to admit defeat. Huineng said: "Wait, this game has not been decided." ”

Hui Neng casts a disc in the blank space of the board. Like the finishing touch, although the white dragon on the chess game will still have a small tail cut off, the entire dragon body will immediately come alive and soar into the sky. And the black chess piece was a little bit by this white piece, but the break point was complete, and the danger was full of dangers. Liu Zhiluo thought for a long time, but still had no countermeasures, and muttered: "What kind of trick are you?" ”

Huineng smiled faintly: "This seems to be a virtual float, but it is actually a big dragon's wings."

The so-called 'don't use the hidden dragon' has therefore become 'flying dragon in the sky'. You are so competitive that you can't wait to swallow others in one bite, and you use too much force, resulting in being cut off. It's called 'Kanglong has regrets'! ”

Phantom Jing whispered to herself: "Why didn't I think of this hand? ”

Huineng said: "You are too persistent. Let go when it's time to let go, and give up when it's time to give up. This is true not only for playing chess, but also for learning Buddhism. If you don't give up something, how can you get it? Only empty bottles can be poured into Daigo! "The Endless Tibetan Nun, Cao Shuliang and Phantom Jing all said yes.

Liu Zhiluo jumped up: "Huineng, didn't you say that you haven't played chess?" ”

Huineng nodded seriously: "That's true." ”

Liu Zhi pursed his lips and said: "Liar, people who have never played chess can come up with such a good trick?" ”

Huineng said inscrutablely: "I just said that I have never played chess, not that I don't know chess.

Because Buddhism is like chess, life is like chess, and everything is like chess! What's more, many years ago, in a cave, I once watched a Zen master play a game of chess with a Taoist master. ”

"Wow, wouldn't it? You've just watched a game of chess, and your understanding of chess theory is so exquisite, you can't ......" Liu Zhiluo felt incredible.

Huineng said, "If you want to improve your chess skills, read more Buddhist scriptures, and practice more meditation and prajna." ”

Liu Zhiluo asked, "What is meditation and prajna?" What does this have to do with playing chess? ”

"In layman's terms, emotional cohesion is meditation, and wisdom manifestation is called prajna. The human mind is very vast, like the void, there is no boundary, no square circle, no size, no color, no up and down length, no joy and anger, no good and evil, no head and tail. Transcending opposites in this way, melting contradictions, not attaching to and not coveting, is prajna and meditation. ”

The three of them, including the Endless Hidden Nun, nodded yes, but Liu Zhiluo fell into the fog and was dumbfounded. Huineng patted him on the shoulder and said, "Just now, you regarded the opponent's chess on the chessboard as a mortal enemy, and you were bent on eating the opponent and conquering the opponent. In this way, contradictions appear, antagonisms arise, persistent and greedy for their own strength, resentment and hatred of each other every chess piece, can you still take care of the overall situation? Can there be a vast mind like the void? ”

As he spoke, Hui Neng glanced at Phantom Jing. Phantom Jing was shocked, his heart was enlightened, and he bowed to Huineng and said, "Thank you Master for teaching and guiding the poor nuns to practice." ”

Liu Zhiluo fell into the clouds again: "He was originally talking about chess, when did he talk about Buddhism?" The Endless Tibetan Nun pointed to his head and said, "You, if you don't study the Dharma, how can you know that Master Huineng is so witty?" ”

The sky was already dark, and the oil lamp was lit by phantom silence. Cao Shuliang asked, "Master, you just said that Prajna and meditation, so what is the difference between the two?" ”

Hui Neng explained in detail: "According to my experience, these two are like the palm of the hand and the back of the hand, and they are two inseparable sides of the same body. Meditation is the source of prajna, and prajna is the wonderful use of meditation. Only in the condensation of the mind can the light of wisdom be revealed. Just like the lights in this room, the light on the wick is the source of light, but the light is the function of the oil lamp, and the two are inseparable. ”

Liu Zhiluo got up to pour tea, and the wind he brought up made the lights flicker and darken. When he sat down, the lights stopped flickering, and the room was much brighter. Huineng asked, "Do you think the oil lamp is a little brighter than just now?" ”

The crowd nodded. Huineng said: "The more windless and calm the light, the more it can show the light of the spirit." Meditation is the same as prajna, and the deeper the meditation, the more it stimulates the wisdom of prajna. ”

Seeing the expressions of others listening attentively, Liu Zhiluo couldn't help but be very interested in Buddhism, and said to Hui Neng: "Brother Hui Neng, no, I should be called Master Hui Neng, Master Hui Neng, can I learn Buddhism with you?" Am I having a poor foundation? ”

Huineng seriously: "Mahayana Buddhism, not only everyone can learn, but also everyone can have an epiphany and become a Buddha. ”

Liu Zhiluo was full of joy: "Really? So, when will I become a Buddha? ”

The Endless Tibetan Nun counted him and said, "Buddhahood? With your impetuousness, you won't be able to become a Buddha in eight lifetimes. Okay, after talking about it for half a day, Master Huineng has traveled a long way again, and he must be hungry. Phantom Jing, you go cook. ”

Huineng said: "Your master and apprentice must hold noon, we won't disturb your master and apprentice's retreat, I'll go to Brother Zhiluo's house to disturb it." ”

After speaking, Huineng and the others got up to say goodbye.