Huineng is a well-known filial son, and it is the first night when he returns home on a mountain trail. The stars are shining in the sky, and the village is lit up. The croaking of frogs in the pond shows the silence of heaven and earth.

"Is Neng'er coming back?"

Huineng hesitated for a moment before replying, "It's me, mother." He pushed the door open. The mother sat on the futon in front of the Buddhist altar, her eyes half-squinted, and her whole body was full of kindness.

Li Shi watched with concern as Hui Neng hung the rope on the wall, leaned his pole against the corner of the wall, and asked, "Neng'er, why did you come back so late today?" ”

Huineng didn't know how to speak, so he could only smile shyly and wryly, avoiding his mother's warm gaze. Thinking that I was going to go out to seek Buddha, leaving my mother at home alone, I felt very uncomfortable. But the desire to throw yourself into Buddhism is like waves on the sea. Pounding on his heart.

In order to hide his flustered demeanor, Huineng had nothing to say: "Mother, have you eaten?" ”

"If you don't come back, how can my mother eat?"

"Then, let's eat." Huineng moved the small table to her mother, brought food to the stove, filled a bowl, and handed it to her mother with both hands. He himself picked up the rice bowl, but he was absent-minded, and the chopsticks holding the vegetables reached for the oil lamp.

Li Shi smiled, put down his rice bowl, and said, "What do you have on your mind today?" ”

Huineng had no choice but to face his mother. The mother's gaze was extremely kind, as if she could dissolve his thousands of knots at any time. He gritted his teeth and mustered up the courage to say, "Mother, I encountered a few incredible things today. First, I saw a small waterhole in the mountain forest. It'......"

Huineng didn't know how to describe that wonderful scene to his mother, let alone tell his own spiritual feelings. So, after changing the topic, he said: "Later, on the road, I met a monk who sang strange songs. ”

Li subconsciously asked, "What does the monk look like?" ”

Huineng said: "I can't say exactly what he looks like. He was dressed in tatters and sloppy, but you always felt that he was pure; He acts insanely, but gives the impression of being mysterious. Oh, by the way, he's fat, but dexterous. ”

Li suddenly realized: "Oh-that, it's him, it must be him!" ”

Huineng was very strange: "Mother, have you seen him too?" ”

"The morning you were born, he came with another monk. He still gave you your name! He also said that you will ...... in the future Neng'er, what did he say to you today? ”

Huineng said: "He has nothing but a few crazy words. He said...... Give me ten taels of silver......" and Hui Neng noticed that he had slipped his mouth.

His mother was already sensitively aware of something, and asked Huineng again and again: "For no reason, why did he give you so much silver?" ”

Huineng thought to himself, sooner or later, he would have to discuss with his mother, so he simply made it clear: "He said, with this money, you can live with peace of mind." And I can go to Huangmei and worship the great monk Hongren as a teacher and learn Buddhism......"

Suddenly hearing that his son was going to become a monk and study Buddhism, Li was stunned for a long time and did not say a word. Like a rising tide, her eyes slowly filled with crystal tears, which gathered into round teardrops, trembled, and finally rolled down......

Pity the hearts of parents all over the world.

Although the Li family has been fasting and reciting Buddha for many years, the thought of separating mother and son can't help but feel sad. Also, her husband Lu Xingyao was left alone from Fanyang to Lingnan, leaving only the only seedling of Huineng. If you leave the house, it means that the bloodline of the Lu family is broken......

She then thought: her husband Lu Xingyao has been studying for many years, but he has no ambition for the rest of his life, and finally dies of depression......

Thinking of this, she felt that it was not a good thing for her son to become a monk. The ancients said that if one person becomes a monk, the nine clans ascend to heaven. The merits of monastic practice are incredible. Besides, Huineng has been related to the Buddha since he was a child, and it seems that he has a history......

The knots in Mrs. Li's heart were untied, and she burst into tears and laughed, saying, "When my son is older, sooner or later he will leave his mother." Alas—it's like a bird that has grown all its feathers and is about to fly away. ”

Huineng heard his mother say this, and remembered that his mother had worked hard to pull himself into a big difficulty, he was very embarrassed, he had tears in his eyes, and muttered: "I really can't rest assured that my mother is left alone to live alone." But, but ...... I really don't know what to do. Otherwise, I ......"

Li said: "Neng'er, you tell your mother the truth, do you want to go?" ”

Huineng was in a dilemma, and said: "I want to think about it, but my mother is old, and I need someone to serve me in the future, and I really can't bear to leave you." ”

The mother held one of Huineng's hands and said resolutely: "Neng'er, my mother has thought about it, you should go!" Young people, you should go out and have a good time. Staying at home all day, no interest. Buddhism is as high as a mountain, Buddhism is like a deep sea, if you can worship a famous teacher like the Five Ancestors, it is like seeing a bright light on the mountain road at night. Yes, this is your great creation! ”

"However, since Daddy's death, all these years have ......"

"Over the years, my mother has lost her husband, and our mother and mother have been displaced to a foreign land, but why is my mother's mood getting happier and happier? It's all because I recite the Buddha every day and have the blessing of the Bodhisattva. Now, if you want to go to the temple to learn Buddhism, your mother is a thousand joys and ten thousand wishes. I've always dreamed that you will become a Buddha! ”

Hui Neng wanted to speak, but Li stopped him, and then said, "What do you have to worry about? Mother has already calculated, with your uncle, with the neighbors to take care of, An Dashan and Jintai Temple Lonely Zen Master to fund so much silver, do not worry about food, do not worry about clothing, what are the Zhuang people afraid of? ”

Huineng said: "If my mother gets sick, there is not even a person around to bring water and medicine." ”

At this time, it was Mrs. Li who persuaded Hui Neng: "Silly boy, you go to learn the Dharma Dao, the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas will bless your mother, in case there is any difficulty, there are well-wishers who take the initiative to help." You see, before you left, you met enthusiastic people like Shopkeeper An and Zen Master Shankong. I see, the main thing is you, Buddhism is not something that ordinary people can enter, people who study Buddhism should think of the common people in the world, and they should train the heart of helping the world and saving people to be as vast as the sky, as thick as the earth, and as merciful as Guanyin Bodhisattva, as wise and wise as Manjushri Bodhisattva, as dare to practice as Puxian Bodhisattva, and as brave as Dizang Bodhisattva...... And this, I'm afraid you can't do it. ”

Huineng listened to his mother's words, and couldn't help but be proud: "Mother, don't worry, I will definitely live up to the great wishes of the Buddha and Bodhisattva!" ”

"That's it!"

Only then did Huineng know that her mother was using the method of agitation. He burst into tears and looked at his mother gratefully.

The breeze gently brings the sound of nature's most harmonious nature. A firefly flew in and around around Mrs. Lee's head, and then flew away gently. "The food was cold. Let's eat, and rest early after eating. "A bright moon hung in the deep blue sky. In large and small ponds and streams, there is a moon; As long as there is a pool of pure water, there will be a moon.

There is water in thousands of rivers, thousands of rivers and moons, and thousands of miles of cloudless sky. Thousands of rivers and water moon in January, thousands of miles of clouds are too empty.

There is a saying among the countrymen, called "Thunder in the sky, uncle in the ground." "Huineng lost his father at the age of three, and his uncle's majesty is even more prominent.

At this time, it happened that Huineng's uncle Li Cunde arrived with a load of new rice and some dried potatoes.

So, Huineng went to Langcun's uncle's house and told him that he was going to leave his hometown and go to Dongchan Temple in Hubei to seek Buddhism.

Huineng's uncle listened to Huineng's words, and his heart was nervous, and he persuaded him: "Huineng, escape into the empty door, meditate and practice, it's unspeakably miserable!"

Huineng calmly: "What's so terrible about suffering? Didn't you and your mother always teach me what to say, 'If you eat hard, you will become a master'?"

Uncle was blocked by him all of a sudden, and his mouth snorted: "This ......"

Huineng said in a resolute tone: "I heard people say that Patriarch Bodhidharma has faced the wall for nine years, as long as I can become a Buddha and purify all sentient beings, I can endure any suffering." ”

"That being said, it's hard to really do it!" Uncle shook his head.

Huineng pleaded repeatedly, but her uncle still refused.

After my uncle put away his things, he went home.

Huineng chased after his uncle, grinding while walking, until he reached the head of Jiulang Village.

Li Cunde saw that his bitter persuasion was ineffective, and deliberately made a difficult problem to make Huineng die.