Hui Neng listened, listened, and seemed to be floating all over, wandering to a realm of Buddhism with golden wheels and ten thousand paths, red light, and all chaos and foolishness were swept away......

"Three more teachings, people don't know, then spread the teachings", since then it has become a popular story in the Buddhist Zen sect.

After the five ancestors taught the secret to Huineng, they took out the golden bowl of the robe and handed it to Huineng: "You came to Dongchan Temple in order to purify the body and mind, to verify Bodhi, in just eight months of investigation, although you have not yet issued a full precept, not in the Buddha Gate, but all kinds of signs have shown that your Dharma fate has been combined, the results are complete, and you have reached the other side." In the past, Bodhidharma came from Tianzhu at the beginning, and people did not believe him, so they taught the holy relics such as robes and golden bowls as evidence tokens of my Buddha's true transmission. It has been passed on through Hui Ke, Seng Can, Daoxin, and then to my Hongren, which has lasted for five generations. The method of the Dun religion is to communicate with the heart, and let them know and understand, since ancient times, the Buddhas have taught only the nature, and the secret of each generation of patriarchs is the original mind. Tonight, the teacher will teach you this holy relic. In the future, you will be the sixth generation of our Buddhist Zen Forest. “

Huineng took the robe and the golden bowl, and said gratefully, "Thank you, Master." ”

The Fifth Patriarch said earnestly: "You have to understand your current identity, you are no longer an ordinary Buddhist disciple, and you are shouldering the heavy responsibility of carrying forward the past and opening up the future. You have to protect the mantle and spread the breadth of all sentient beings, so that the Dharma can be passed on to future generations, and not let it be interrupted and lost. ”

Huineng: "Master will explain the scriptures tonight, and I should keep it in mind. ”

The fifth ancestor stroked his long hair: "Shenxiu holds the power of Dongchan Temple, and he has a lot of followers, plus his jealousy and hatred. Your status is low, and it is difficult for you to convince the public for the time being. Therefore, if you stay here, I am afraid that there will be a bloody disaster. ”

Huineng speculated: "Listening to Master's words, I'm going to escape from Dongchan Temple?"

The Fifth Ancestor nodded: "Yes." ”

"Where do you flee? I look forward to Master's guidance. "Huineng knelt in front of the five ancestors.

"You'd better go south at night!"

"Nangui?" Huineng was a little dazed." Where will I go back to the south?"

When the fifth ancestor was young, he had been to Lingnan many times, and he was familiar with the mountains and rivers there, that is, he took a piece of yellow silk, dipped it in ink, and wrote on it, saying: "This is my pre-departure message to you. ”

Huineng stretched out his head to look, and the five ancestors wrote on the yellow silk is "every time you are in the arms, you will stop, and when you meet, you will hide".

Huineng was a little puzzled: "Master, what does this mean?"

"Heaven must not be divulged. The time has not yet come, but when the time comes, you will know. The fifth ancestor said, took out a large green cloth, and together with Hui Neng, wrapped the robe and gold bowl.

Thinking that tonight and the Five Ancestors would be life and death, Huineng's heart was sour, tears poured down, and he knelt in front of the Five Ancestors again, his voice choked: "Forgive the disciple for not being able to serve the left and right, I hope the master will take care of himself." ”

"Clothes are disputes, but you don't have to pass them down. Inherit the law from generation to generation, pass on the heart from the heart, and self-understanding and self-understanding. The fifth ancestor said as he helped Huineng. Usually, the Five Ancestors did not have any special enthusiasm for this apprentice on the surface, but they paid special attention to and loved Huineng in their hearts.

The fifth ancestor found that Huineng's eyes were filled with tears, and said: "I will pass on the robe and golden bowl to you, you will be the sixth ancestor of Zen Buddhism in the future, you should be happy, how can there be tears?"

Huineng knows that if he says goodbye tonight, there will be no more meetings with the five ancestors. Although it is said that the cultivation of the monk is like stopping water, this is the secret of life after all!

The Fifth Ancestor put his bag around Huineng's neck and urged: "It's almost dawn, you leave as soon as possible!"

Huineng endured the sadness, knelt on the ground, and thanked the five ancestors again and again, before carrying the bag containing the robes and gold bowls, and opened the door of the five ancestors' abbot's room. Standing in the doorway, he seemed a little hesitant.

Fifth Ancestor: "Huineng, do you still have anything on your mind?"

Huineng: "I came to Huangmei from Lingnan, and it was dark tonight, and I was not familiar with the nearby terrain, so I was afraid that I would not be able to recognize the mountain road back at once, after going down the mountain." Should I go left or right?"

The fifth ancestor stood up from the futon: "I'll give you a ride." ”

Huineng waved his hand and pushed: "No, no, you are so old, how inconvenient it is to send me at night." ”

The five ancestors sincerely: "I have devoted my whole life to practicing Zen to the Buddha, and my only wish is to find a suitable heir and be the six ancestors of Zen Buddhism, so that I can have successors to Zen Buddhism and carry forward Zen science and transform China." Now, I've got what I wanted. The only thing left is for the six Zen ancestors to leave this dangerous place safe and sound, and find a suitable place to hide first. In this way, I will die without regrets. Stop pushing back, let's go. ”

Huineng still wanted to say something, but the Fifth Ancestor had already walked in front of him, took his hand, and walked through the south corridor.

The five ancestors listened carefully, and the surroundings were quiet, and the monks of Dongchan Temple had already fallen asleep.

The five ancestors and Huineng passed through the courtyard with mottled shadows and went out to the gate of the temple.

The warrior monk guarding the door was named Hongbiao, he saw two black shadows coming in a hurry, stepped forward to intercept him, approached and looked, it turned out to be the five ancestors, so he immediately saluted the five ancestors: "Ah, the master went out of the temple overnight?"

"Hmm." The fifth ancestor nodded, stood in front of Hong Biao, and said solemnly, "The matter of going out of the mountain gate with Huineng overnight for the teacher, the whole temple is up and down, and now only you know." If after dawn, when others ask, you will say that Jiangzhou Assassin Shi invited me to give a lecture alone, and I will return within two or three days, and as for Huineng's departure, you have to pretend that you don't know anything. ”

The gatekeeper monk Hongbiao is a loyal monk, after coming to Dongchan Temple, he has followed the five ancestors for six years, and he has never seen the five ancestors' expressions so serious, knowing that his instructions tonight are not trivial, he nodded and said: "The disciples know." I'm going to keep it a secret. Master, you can go with confidence. ”

Out of the mountain gate, Huineng looked back at the twin peaks standing in the dark blue sky, and couldn't help but have mixed feelings. The magnificent Dongchan Temple, the tall Bodhi trees, the low mills, the towering rocks, and the rushing mountain streams...... This is the dwelling place where I have sprinkled my sweat, this is the holy place of my hard practice, where every mountain and water, every grass and tree, all embody how much I have longing and how much true feelings!

"Let's go." The Fifth Ancestor urged.

Huineng reluctantly turned back one step at a time.

After the five ancestors got off the Shuangfeng Mountain, they sent Huineng to Jiujiang Xunyang Station.

The night was dark, and the waves of the Yangtze River were rolling away.

"Ah, on the other side is Jiujiang City." The fifth ancestor pointed to the opposite bank.

The lights of thousands of homes in the city on the south bank are faintly and flickering.

The river breeze is gusting, which is refreshing.

The fifth ancestor pointed to the surging waves of the river, and said with deep feelings: "The new leaves of the bamboo forest urge the old leaves, and the waves of the Yangtze River chase the front waves!"

There was a little hazy boat fire under the dark rocks, and apparently there was a small boat moored by the river.

After the five ancestors and Huineng got on the boat. After saying a few words to the father, the grandfather nodded and handed the wooden oar in his hand to the fifth ancestor.

The five ancestors stood at the stern of the boat, and pushed the oar to the river bank a little, and the boat left the river bank and swung out towards the river.

The fifth ancestor was about to shake the oar, but Huineng hurriedly stepped up, pressed the wooden oar with his hand, and said, "This kind of heavy work, let me do it." Master, you should sit upright on the boat and rest!"

The fifth ancestor smiled: "You were born in the mountains of Xinzhou, you just collected firewood and cut wages in the dense forest, and when you came to Dongchan Temple, you were doing rice and planting vegetables. And I was born on the banks of the Xunyang River. ”