"You," the great monk held back his anger and asked again: "Master Zheng, you have never spoken, may I ask if you have a Buddha in your heart?" ”

The word layman is hastily interpreted, in fact, it refers to a wider range of meanings, some Taoists are also called laymen, and some literati can also be called laymen, such as Li Bai's Qinglian monks, Ouyang Xiu's Liuyi monks, used in Buddhism also has a lot of meanings, Sanskrit means parents, or have property, family people, or Tianzhu third class of the Visha clan in the rich and respected people. To be more strict, it is called a Buddhist at home, who has received the three returns and five precepts. But after arriving in China, the meaning changed many times.

But at the very least, you have to believe in Buddhism, otherwise Zheng Lang, a layman, cannot be called a layman of Buddhism.

Overturning this, everything Zheng Lang did just now would be useless.

Zheng Lang can speak, only the monks don't speak, Zheng Lang has always done what he says, and he is more believable than what some monks say. Therefore, this great monk keenly grasped this point and asked questions.

Suddenly, a voice like a golden bell came from the sky, shouting loudly: "You are so bold, you actually peep into our Dharma body, go!" ”

And it came from the curtain.

Most of the people knelt down, but a few did not believe it.

The main reason for this is Zheng Lang himself, who asked a ghost in Taiping Prefecture. In order to avoid suspicion, he took the initiative to reveal the truth. There are still many strange legends among the people, but there are also some people who know the truth and know that this is the more strange Zheng Gewuxue.

In particular, some people have also been to Taiping Prefecture and seen all kinds of miracles in the courtyard, with sketches of the principles drawn on them and explained the principles. There is also a chamber for small hole imaging. Although the principle is written, few people can understand it, and the imaging of that small hole is different from that of the mantle, and it is more difficult. However, some people thought that Zheng Lang had done some tricks, so they didn't believe it, and quietly squeezed through the crowd and came to the back mountain.

More people are paying attention to the Buddha. However, some of them were near the high platform and picked up the gold pieces on the ground to watch, including Ji Ying and Ma Zhongfu, who didn't know the truth. I looked at it repeatedly by the moonlight, and it was actually an ordinary iron sheet with copper plated on it. The petals are also ordinary petals. If someone were standing on top of that mantle and falling down by the gentle northwest wind, most of them would land near the high platform.

It's very ordinary.

How Guan Jian stood on the top of this giant mantle, Hugh said people, how the giant mantle was straightened, it was also incomprehensible.

The people who infiltrated the back mountain had this kind of thought, and not all of them were malicious, but mainly curious.

Some people are very familiar with this peak, saying that the peak refers to Wulin Mountain, which is actually not high, but it is surrounded by three sides, and only people from the southwest can climb it. So I made a detour to the southwest, and it seemed that I saw a column of light from the ground hitting the giant mantle. But the next scene made these people scared one by one.

Above the golden giant mantle on the front are the shadows of four King Kongs moving, and it can be seen more clearly in the back, not shadows, but four huge King Kong standing in the sky carrying the giant mantle. Don't ask why King Kong can stand in the air, the four King Kongs must have this ability.

Looking at these King Kong, which are several feet high, they finally went around to the southwest direction of the peak, and bowed to the ground one by one, so frightened that they couldn't even walk, and they climbed the mountain.

Zheng Lang had no choice but to stand up, take the officials and soldiers, and walk out of the crowd.

Seeing that some of the people were frightened by King Kong's drink, they ran back in fright, and immediately ordered Zu Zhongru to lead the soldiers to surround the back mountain and disperse the motionless crowd lying on the ground. According to Buddhism, they do not have themselves, but they have Dharma bodies, or thousands of Dharma bodies, which are not seen by ordinary people. Now that the Dharma Body doesn't like ordinary people to see them, Zheng Lang is also acting according to orders.

But what exactly the reason, God knows.

Zheng Lang did not come back, but there was a louder noise in the crowd, and one by one they quickly passed on the news, and then looked at the giant curtain in awe, and many people fell down again, muttering prayers.

Ma Zhongfu scratched his head desperately, and asked Fu Bi again: "What's the matter with those four King Kongs?" ”

It made his legs limp, and he wanted to kneel.

Fu Bi did not answer.

Ma Zhongfu grabbed Fu Bi's hand hard, but Fu Bi was helpless, so he had to whisper in his ear: "It's Gewuxue." I can only say so much, the rest depends on whether you have the ability to learn from a few ministers after a while. ”

"What kind of answer is that?"

Fu Bi looked at the frightened monks in the field, he grinned and was very relieved.

Zheng Lang walked back to the field, continued to sit on the high platform, looked at the monk, and replied, "I believe it." ”

"Impossible!"

"I ask you, what is a Buddha?"

"Buddha too."

"What is a Buddha?"

"Shakyamuni can also refer to the great priest, the person who feels the poor."

"Then why don't I believe it? Shakyamuni renounced the throne and became a monk. At that time, Tianzhu had a variety of cultivation methods, but Shakyamuni thought that none of them were the way, and went to the snow-capped mountains to practice penance for six years, eating only one dried fruit every day, and was so hungry that he was not sincere and benevolent. But after six years he had not found out the truth, so he decided that such ascetic cultivation was not the way to go, and went down to the Ganges, where the shepherdess offered him a good cheese. Shakyamuni received nutrition and regained his physical strength. Then meditate under the Bodhisattva tree for six days. ”

This is the story of Shakyamuni's Buddhahood, Zheng Lang said it very concisely, but it attracted a great monk's good voice.

"Let me ask you again, what kind of path did Shakyamuni preach under the Bodhisattva tree?"

Buddhism has thousands of scriptures and laws, and countless precepts, only six days, Shakyamuni could not think so much, if the great monk dared to say, Zheng Lang would use his mouth to let him run away. The theory of Buddhism was perfected step by step, not only by Shakyamuni himself, but also by the efforts of those who came after him. At that time, Shakyamuni's enlightenment was only an outline of Buddhism.

The great monk replied, "The origin is empty." ”

"No, it's not just the origin of the surname Kong, but also the origin of the surname Kong," Zheng Lang was afraid that the people would not understand, so he turned his head and said loudly: "Origin is that there is no unique surname in the world, there is no permanent residence and unchanging things, everything is caused by fate." ”

Isn't it familiar, and other Taoists have similar truths, just like the earth, how many planets are there in the universe, and how many coincidences can produce advanced intelligent life? Not to mention advanced intelligent life, it is similar to the earth's environment, gravity air, the probability of which cannot be lower. With this environment, the odds of creating human beings could not be lower. Maybe one day, human beings will toss themselves and finish tossing themselves, and this high-level intelligent creature in the universe will become extinct.

This is fate.

Water is impermanent, soldiers are impermanent, this is the remark of the soldiers, in fact, it is not a surname. The environment of the Song Dynasty was different from that of the Tang Dynasty? It is not right that some officials like to use things from the past as legislation.

To put it mildly, Buddhism in the past may not be applicable to the present, and Confucianism in the past may not be applicable to the Song Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty. This is the truth that Zheng Lang said in the book of the mean to keep pace with the times.

He continued: "It is the past that makes us fruitful today. Perhaps I am here to discern that it has changed the fate of many people. The cause of the front is changing the effect of the back, and if we want to have the effect of the back, the effect of our today becomes the cause of the back, and if we want to have it, we have to put it down, and when the pocket is empty, we can hold things, and the more empty we have, the more things we have. On the contrary, the more full it is, the less it is, so if the surname is not empty, it cannot be had. To put it in layman's terms, clenching your fist is the origin, and putting down your fist is the surname Kong, and Taoists have also said similar remarks. Therefore, it is not only the dependent origin of the surname emptiness, but also the surname of the void dependent origination, and the two sentences should be connected together, which is the great road that Shakyamuni realized. Great monk, you only said four words, and you still have to practice. Therefore, Shakyamuni said at the beginning of the enlightenment that everyone has a Buddha surname, and all living beings have a Buddha surname, not only can everyone become a Buddha, but even a dog can become a Zhou Li Pandhaga. Do you know about this Zhouli Pandhaga? ”

Most shake their heads.

Zheng Lang said: "When this person became a monk, Ananda was not allowed, so he quarreled outside the mountain gate, and the Buddha meditated inside and heard it and came out to ask why he was not taken in, and Ananda and others replied that this person had nothing to do with the Buddha for 500 years. The Buddha said, you can only see within 500 years, but you can't see the future, what was he 500 years ago? It was a dog that ate feces under the Hanging Foot Building (the toilet of Tianzhu Mountain) in the high mountain, and someone happened to go to the toilet, fell on its tail, and fled to the tomb of an Arhat, and with a flick of his tail, he threw this poop to the tomb of the Arhat. This Arhat tomb is the tomb of my previous life, and it used this feces to support me, so it has a relationship with me. Because he was reincarnated as a dog, he was so stupid that not only did he not know how to recite sutras, but the Buddha asked him to recite a broom, and he forgot about it after reading it. But he has great magical powers, once the demon king pressed the Buddha under the mountain, he pointed behind and pushed the mountain away. Even a dog can become a Buddha, and besides, it is a human. Why? Because everybody has a Buddha surname, and all living beings have a Buddha surname, but because of the confusion and ignorance, they can't attain it. Cutting off ignorance, brushing away dust and dirt, you, me, and him can all become Buddhas. Such a Buddha, do you think I don't believe it? ”

The great monk is bitter, such a Buddha is not a Buddha, but all beings, everyone, how can Zheng Lang not believe it?

But the people didn't care about Zheng Lang's so-called belief or not, on the contrary, they were asking about Zhou Lipantuojia's deeds. There are still many people who are stunned, can they also make offerings with stool?

"Go, I haven't even figured out the Buddha, what kind of Buddha is with me!" Zheng Lang said.

In the corner of the clearing, a young girl asked faintly, "Gao Lang, are there really four King Kongs behind that curtain?" ”

"You also believe that this is that kid's trick to pretend to be a god!" The young man said disdainfully.

"Why do they stand in the air?" The girl asked. The two of them crowded in the northeast corner, close to the high platform, there was no way to squeeze under the peak on the west side, only to hear some people who came back to rumor, saying that the four King Kongs were as high as ten zhang, standing solemnly in the air. But the front is covered by a golden curtain and cannot be seen. Ten zhang is exaggerated, you can see from the shaking shadow, at least a few zhang high, a piece of cloth without roots and no climbing can not stand in the air, and there are four King Kong statues as high as several zhang.

"You're still thinking about him."

"Gao Lang, why don't you believe me, now ......" The girl looked at Zheng Lang on the high platform, and then at Jiang Xing'er in the crowd with a happy face, and this sentence was never said. I am qualified to miss others, and I am afraid of hurting my husband's self-esteem.

But how can you not regret it in your heart?

If then, then...... What she couldn't have thought of at that time was that Zheng Lang might not be able to possess Zheng Lang.

However, the two of them came to Hangzhou and did some things, but Zheng Lang didn't expect it.

The young man continued: "I also have to admit that he has some side and evil skills, this is now, he is still young, and he is not qualified enough to squeeze into the two mansions. In a few years, once he squeezes into the two mansions, with his careful eye and various means, can we still stay in the Song Dynasty. ”

The girl was gloomy.

"Xixia is not as bitter as rumored, Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao are a fallen scholar, and I am still a lifter, why can't I make a difference?"

If Zheng Lang has supernatural powers, he can strangle him to death when he hears this sentence, no matter what, he can flee to a foreign country for refuge, but he can't hurt his own country and his compatriots like Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao. But do you have what it takes?

The girl didn't answer, she married a chicken and followed the chicken, but she left the prosperous Song Dynasty and went to Xixia, and she couldn't give up in her heart.

The voices of the two were small, and no one else heard them, and they thought that the little couple was whispering, and they didn't care. On the other side, Zheng Lang's wives and concubines have many people's attention.

Jiang Xing'er was also asking: "Xian'er, is that Zhou Lipantuojia really the reincarnation of a dog?" ”

"I've heard a little about Zhou Li Pantuojia."

"Big lady, let's hear it." It happened that the big monk was speechless by Zheng Lang, and his face was red and his ears were red, so Si'er and Huan'er asked curiously.

"The story I heard was a little different from that of the officials, saying that this master was born stupid, but his brother was very learned and intelligent, and it happened that Shakyamuni came to the country of Shawei to teach Buddhism, and his brother became a monk, and Pandhargya was considered too stupid, so he had to live nearby. His brother advised him to ask Ananda, but Ananda did not agree, and the omniscient Buddha, knowing the humble and pure heart of Pandhaga, asked Ananda to become a monk in the Garden of Solitude. Ananda saw that he was stupid and taught him a simple verse, "Do not do all evil, free yourself from evil thoughts, do all good, do not cling to yourself, and be free from harm and troubles by having righteous thoughts, correct knowledge, and correct life, and this is what Buddhism has revealed. He couldn't remember such a simple verse. Pandhargya was very sad and told the Buddha about the problem, and the Buddha said to him, "Because you were an overly proud Brahmin scholar in your last life, you ruthlessly denounced the teachings of other scholars, so you will suffer from lack of wisdom in this life." Pandhargya asked the Buddha how I could get rid of this suffering. The Buddha said that it is better to be despised by the wise than to be praised by young children, and to know that he is a young child, he would rather be a wise man; He who boasts of being clever is really naïve and stupid. After finishing speaking, he asked Pandhargya to clean the monastery diligently, help other monks wipe their shoes to remove karma, and memorize two sentences while doing things, dust and dirt. At first, I couldn't remember these four words, but after remembering them for a long time, I was finally able to familiarize myself with these two words, and I could think while sweeping the floor. After a long time, he pondered the question, when the Buddha said dirt, did he mean the external dirt or the inner dirt, what is the external dirt, what is the inner dirt, and where is my karma? In this way, the most stupid temple sweeper unknowingly meditates while doing chores. Suddenly, one day he thought of one of the Buddha's sons, dust is attachment, not mud dust, and the wise man abandons it; Dirt is hatred, not dirt, which the wise discard; Dirt is ignorance, and there is nothing else; The wise man removes this dirt and obstacle and is liberated. Actually, when the Buddha said it, he didn't know at all, or even remembered it at all, but this one lit up in his heart. This momentary epiphany made Pandharga realize that the three poisons of attachment, hatred, and ignorance are the root of samsara, and also broke the root of self-illusion and all confusion. So the people present saw the stupid Pandharga and shouted for joy, and I saw it, I saw it clearly. This is something that no one expected. Later, he became one of the Buddha's most famous arhats, teaching 12,000 monks and monks at one time, enabling 12,000 people to attain different levels of enlightenment at the same time. ”

"I'm so moved," Si'er said excitedly.

Cui Xian smiled, this question has also been communicated with her husband, it is a legend, it can't be taken seriously, it's so stupid that she can't even get her little daughter as wise, how can she become enlightened?

The story of enlightenment is not true, Buddhism needs this story, to teach believers to be pure in their hearts, to know that they must not be attached, they cannot be angry, they cannot be stupid, they must always clean their hearts of distracting thoughts and dusty thoughts, and they must not do evil.

"But didn't the officials say that he was reincarnated as a dog?"

"I haven't heard the officials talk about this, about Tianzhu has this statement, otherwise so many high-ranking monks in the field will not let the officials insult a great Arhat who has attained Taoism."

After Cui Xian finished speaking, she pursed her good-looking little lips and stole fun.

This is also a skill, in addition to the perverted memory of the official, if you want to find a second person, I'm afraid you can't.

Another monk came out, and when Zheng Lang was arguing with that monk just now, the picture on the giant curtain was changed and replaced with a lotus flower. Let some great monks breathe a sigh of relief, otherwise it will be hell when it is their turn to speak, and it will be the Buddha when it is Zheng Lang's turn to speak, and there is no way to distinguish it.

Zheng Lang really wanted to, but the time difference couldn't keep up, so he couldn't do it.

The great monk Heshi said: "Master Zheng, Pantuojia Arhat is unintentional and unintentional, so even if it is a bad thing, he has a Buddha relationship with the Buddha. It's that people can't be mindless and formless, and if that's the case, they all become Buddhas. ”

This is another Zen machine, Zheng Lang nodded.

No objection, according to the teachings of Buddhism, the great monk is very reasonable.

"Therefore, Maitreya Buddha abandoned the country and donated the king to support the king of freedom, and became a bodhisattva and a Buddha."

It is a dog that can make offerings to the Buddha with stool, but a person cannot do that. This is another distinction. I also have to argue that no one will really use that kind of thing to support the temple, but after the people are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, it will be bad to use some inexplicable things to support the temple in the future.

Zheng Lang did not underestimate the difficulty of identifying the Buddha this time, but in terms of alms and offerings, Zheng Lang was very happy and asked, "Are you cultivating the Pure Land Sect?" ”

This history comes from the Amitayus Sutra, the Pure Land Sect defines the Amitayus Sutra, the Guanamiyus Sutra, and the Tuomida Sutra as the Three Sutras of the Pure Land, and the Amitayus Sutra is the first Sutra of the Pure Land. That's why it's also called the Pure Land sect. Therefore, from the eleventh to the thirty-second article, this sutra devotes almost half of the content to describing the beauty and majesty of Amitabha Buddha's blissful world, precious trees, precious stones, brilliance, music, pure springs, fragrances, flowers and fruits, sounds, flowers and rain, and so on.

The passage that Zheng Lang said to Yi Niang is from it.

"Poor monks are not, Master Zheng can identify Buddha as a Confucian student, I am a disciple of Buddhism, why can't I read the Sutra of Amitayus?" The Great Monk retorted calmly.