Chapter 123: The identity of Zen Master Huijing
"That's true, I see the Lotus Temple as a sect more than a temple. β
As soon as he finished speaking, on the opposite mountain, more than a dozen bald monks descended the mountain, all with snow-white beards. Looking at the appearance, there should be seventy or eighty. But fortunately, the pace is steady, and the speed of descent is not slow.
"Junior Shen Ling, meet Zen Master Huijing-"
"Lu Sheng visits Zen Master Huijingβ"
"The little prince came to our temple, it was really brilliant. The old man respectfully invited the little prince Lu Shizhu to go up the mountain. β
Greeted by more than a dozen monks, Lu Sheng and the two slowly went up the mountain. Quietly, Lu Sheng's eyes glanced at Shen Ling, and a sound wave spit out from Lu Sheng's mouth and entered Shen Ling's ears.
"Why is Zen Master Huijing so polite to you?"
"It's not polite to me, but polite to Nanling Palace. β
"Although I have always known that Nanling Wangfu is very 'awesome', I have never heard of why it is 'awesome'. Tell me about it?"
"You'll know when the time comes. β
In the silent exchange, Lu Sheng and Shen Ling were taken to the Lotus Temple.
"It's getting late, the little prince and Lu Shizhu should be hungry after rushing all the way, right? It just so happens that it's the dining time of our temple at this moment, if you don't dislike it, let's have some fasting together?"
"Who doesn't know about the food in the Lotus Temple? β
Vegetarian rice is indeed very simple, just four dishes and one soup. The presentation is not elaborate, but the aroma is tangy.
After Lu Sheng had eaten fasting, he suddenly became interested in the back kitchen of the Lotus Temple.
This may be the best meal Lu Sheng has ever eaten in his two lives combined. It's just green vegetable tofu, but it makes the taste of a full Han banquet. Perhaps, the back kitchen of the Lotus Temple is really like what the God of Food movie says, integrating the essence of martial arts into cooking, right?
After the meal, Lu Sheng and the others were invited to the meditation room of Zen Master Huijing, in addition to Zen Master Huijing, there were seven or eight heads of each courtyard.
"Amitabha Buddha - the little prince has come all the way, there must be something important to say, please speak up. β
"There's nothing to do, I just want to ask the Great Compassion Palm, is it the Lotus Temple's mastery?"
Shen Ling's words landed, and everyone looked at the first seat of the Praruo Hall. Prajnado specializes in palms, and they are also responsible for studying palms.
"Yes, the Great Compassion Palm was created by the 500-year-old Red Lotus Patriarch and integrates the Great Compassion Buddhism of the Red Lotus Zen Master. Originally, the Red Lotus Zen Master wanted to use this palm method to help others cultivate the heart of great compassion.
But after it was created, I found out that it was wrong, and the Red Lotus Zen Master had already comprehended great compassion and reached the realm of an arhat, so this palm method needed to comprehend the meaning of compassion before it could be cultivated. β
"So, this palm technique is actually very weak, and being able to cultivate successfully can only mean that his Dharma cultivation is profound?" Lu Sheng asked.
"That's right, so although the Great Compassion Palm is stored in the Prajna Hall and is a peerless study for the Lotus Temple, no one cultivates it. One is that cultivation is not possible, and the other is that it is not necessary. β
"Then who in the world today has cultivated this palm technique?" Shen Ling asked again.
"Amitabha, as far as I know, no one has practiced the Great Compassion Palm for nearly a hundred years. If someone is successful in cultivation, the Lotus Temple will definitely invite them back to the temple to preach the scriptures. β
"What does the master mean is that the Great Compassion Palm Dharma is not enough to cultivate? Is it that you can't cultivate or is it hurting to cultivate?" Lu Sheng asked again.
"Buddhism and martial arts are in accordance with the principles of Buddhism, first practice meditation, and then practice martial arts, if Zen is not realized, the Buddha qi in martial arts will damage the body, the deeper the practice, the greater the damage.
This is also to prevent people with unscrupulous intentions from learning Buddhist martial arts and committing evil. Great compassion is especially remarkable. The Buddha's principle is compassion, what is the compassion of my Buddha? The Buddha cut meat and fed the eagle for mercy, and sacrificing one's life to feed the tiger is also compassion.
Without this fearless dedication, the cultivation of exercises alone is enough to make people's qi and blood go against the flow of fire and demons. Therefore, if the Dharma is not enough, forced cultivation will not only fail to achieve it, but will also lead to the destruction of martial arts. β
"So...... Can the monk Miaoyuan of your temple practice this palm method?"
"Amitabha, Miao Yuan is a disciple of a poor monk, and his martial arts are all taught by a poor monk. The poor monk never allowed him to practice the Great Compassion Palm, and with his wonderful Dharma attainments, he could not reach the realm of practicing this palm. Amitabha, this benefactor, what happened to you so inquiring into the Great Compassion Palm? Could it be that this palm method appeared in the rivers and lakes?"
"Five days ago, in Shanghai Mansion, Princess Changling was assassinated by dozens of masters, and the person at the head of them was the Great Mercy Palm. After injuring Princess Changling, he fled away. And the Great Compassion Palm is a peerless study of the Lotus Temple, and no one else will think of it. β
Shen Ling said faintly, his eyes paying attention to the expressions of several old monks. But unexpectedly, several old monks were expressionless.
"Amitabha...... The Great Compassion Palm is both martial arts and Buddhism, although this palm can hurt people, but to kill people, first break their own merits. If it is an assassination...... Why do you use this technique? Amitabha, I'm afraid the donor has misunderstood?"
Shen Ling slowly stood up and took out a jade from his arms. In front of Zen Master Hui Jing.
"That's just right!" Zen Master Hui Jing picked up the jade and gently crushed it.
"Hum-" A Buddha light burst out from the jade, intertwined into tens of thousands of words, there was no semblance of slaughter in the palm power, but there was a soft intestine around the fingers in the fierceness.
Lu Sheng looked at the scene in front of him in a daze, and completely refreshed his three views.
Nima, I thought it was a world of martial arts, but I didn't expect it to be a fantasy world.
What Shen Ling's jade is, Lu Sheng doesn't know, but it must be something that can store martial arts and internal strength.
I thought I knew a lot about the world, but suddenly I felt as if I had only learned about the skin.
"Amitabhaβ"
As soon as the Buddha horn stood up and recited, several masters closed their eyes and folded their hands.
"Master, on the night of the assassination, I was also at the scene, and the man's palm power was collected by me and sealed in the original stone, but the palm of great mercy and compassion?"
"This is indeed the Great Compassion Palm, but no one in the Lotus Temple has practiced this Palm Method for nearly a hundred years......"
"Master, is it possible that there is an outflow of martial arts?"
"Impossible! Even in this temple, there are only five people who have practiced this palm method in the past five hundred years......" Suddenly, Zen Master Hui Jing was stunned and stopped his words.
"Did the master remember something?"
The old man suddenly remembered that twenty-five years ago, a wandering monk came to our temple and said that he was afraid that his painstaking cultivation would be ruined. The demons in his heart have risen, and the murderous thoughts have suddenly arisen, and he asks for help from the old man in the hope of resolving them with Buddhism.
Seeing that he sincerely resolved the murderous thoughts in his heart and devoted himself to the Buddha, he left him in the monastery to influence the Dharma every day. Who knows...... Which wandering monk is also profound in Buddhism, and discussing the scriptures with the old man has also benefited the old man a lot......"
"The person that Senior Brother said, but Senior Brother Huiming?"
"Exactly!" Zen Master Hui Jing slowly closed his eyes, "Later, the old man accepted the apprentice on behalf of the master and gave him the Dharma name Hui Ming." Hui Ming lived for three years, and after three years, Hui Ming's anger in his heart had disappeared, and he could calmly face the hatred in his heart.
I was worried that one day he would have demonic thoughts again, so I passed on the Great Compassion Palm to Hui Ming, hoping to restrain his demonic thoughts. Later, Hui Ming left the Lotus Temple, and once again traveled the world to preach Buddhism, and crossed the common people, more than 20 years have passed, and there is no news of Hui Ming. β
"Huiming?" Lu Sheng chewed on the name in his mouth, suddenly thought of something and hurriedly stood up and asked, "I remember that monks and monks need to register Buddha plates, and in addition to the one on my body, all the monasteries I go to need to be kept for safekeeping." Do you still have Master Huiming's Buddha Plate?"
"Yes, I'm looking for you!"
Monks do not produce, and the construction of monasteries requires a lot of gold and silver. Therefore, the Yu Dynasty formulated a lot of conditions in order to restrain the people from producing in the name of becoming a monk.
For example, the only son in the family is not allowed to leave the house, and the wife and children are not allowed to leave the house, and before leaving the family, they need to eat fasting and recite the Buddha for a year, and they need to memorize at least ten scriptures. After becoming a monk, you need to have an official Buddha disc, and you must also have a master apply for a Buddha disc for you.
After a while, a middle-aged monk came to the meditation room with a Buddhist saucer.
Lu Sheng took the Buddha plate, and after taking a look at it, he suddenly showed a clear expression. Shen Ling curiously snatched the Buddha disc and glanced at it.
"Zhao Min, born in the seventh year of Chenghua, his ancestral home is Chongming County, Hushang Prefecture, Wuzhou, and he studied under the Hongyan Zen Master of Jinshan Temple...... People from Chongming County?
"Yes, it's supposed to be the fishermen. β
"That's right, the assassin that night was the Fisherman, and the person who escaped was thought to be the monk Huiming. But...... Even if he knew that he was a fisherman, there was nothing he could do, he must have gone into hiding now. β
Shen Ling said this, and suddenly saw Lu Sheng's confident smile, and immediately understood that Lu Sheng was afraid that he already knew Hui Ming's identity.
"Zen Master Huijing, dare to ask if there is any treatment for being injured by the Great Compassion Palm?"
"Amitabha, after the Red Lotus Zen Master created this exercise, he also understood that although this exercise cannot be used to kill people, but the palm power is like a Buddha and a demon, if you don't waste martial arts, unless you specialize in Buddhism and comprehend the meaning of compassion, it will be difficult to resolve the palm power.
But how many people in the world can put down the red world and concentrate on cultivating Buddha? Therefore, the Red Lotus Zen Master also left a "medicine" prescription to relieve the power of the palm.
But because no one has cultivated for nearly a hundred years, there is no cause pill in the temple, and we need to be given ten days to refine. β
"Then I implore you masters to refine the Indan!" Shen Ling bowed down and pleaded, the two stayed in the Lotus Temple for one night, and left the Lotus Temple early the next morning to take a leaf boat to Hushang Mansion again.
"Lu Sheng, are we friends?"
"Yes!"
"Then why don't you tell me who the assassin is, I know you already know. β
"I don't know!" Lu Sheng's mouth hooked up a wicked smile, and he said that he didn't know, but the expression on his face was full of knowing.
"Are you doubting me?" Suddenly, Shen Ling's deep voice sounded, and his eyes were full of melancholy.
"You put me in charge of tracking down Guan Yin! The last thing I should suspect is you, so I don't suspect you, but I want to rule out your suspicion first. If I still get there and the people behind the scenes are the first to get there, then I will immediately pack my bags and go back to Suzhou. β
"Why?"
"Actually, you've already guessed it, but it's pretending to be garlic in front of me. You keep asking me just to tell me that you don't know the true identity of that Huiming monk, so if something happens to him after we go back, of course I will remove your suspicions, right?
However, with what I know about Shen Ling and Shen Qingshan, it is impossible for him to react so slowly. So, you know! And, only you know. β