"Amitabha."

Faru looked at me and Chunting, and once again seemed to call the Buddha's name softly.

"The benefactor must have heard of the fatalistic man."

Chunting looked at me playfully when he heard it, and I couldn't cry or laugh after listening to it, but I didn't expect to hear this statement again here.

It seems that this great monk should also know something, maybe he also has some kind of connection with Guan Shan, no wonder he doesn't dare to tell the story to others, and now he is ready to spit out to me and Chunting.

Although I didn't answer, the great monk was also a shrewd man, and he obviously understood our expressions, and then motioned for us to sit on the futon that had been prepared in the Arhat hall, and at the same time he put down the Zen staff in his hand and sat down on the side, his brows full of memories.

After a while, Faru held his beard in his hand and did not continue to talk about the fateful man, but began to tell us another story that had been dusty for a long time.

And this story should start with the five ancestors of Zen Buddhism, Hongren Zen Master.

Hongren, a monk in the Tang Dynasty, was born in the first year of Sui Renshou, shaved his hair at the age of thirteen and worshiped as a monk under the door of the four ancestors of Daoxin, engaged in labor during the day and meditated at night to practice Zen, Daoxin often tested him with the purpose of Zen Buddhism, he touched the matter and realized the Taoist Zen method, after the death of Daoxin, Hongren succeeded to the Shuangfeng Mountain Dharma seat, leading the people to practice.

Subsequently, with the increasing number of participants, he built another dojo in Fengmao Mountain, Shuangfeng Mountain, named Dongshan Temple, and received the public, so its Zen method is also known as the Dongshan method, and later generations called it the five ancestors of Zen Buddhism.

In the first year of Tang Gaozong, Hongren passed away at the age of seventy-four, and the Tang Dynasty was called Daman Zen Master.

Speaking of this, the great monk looked at me and Chunting, who were listening attentively to what he said, and there seemed to be consideration in his tone.

"Do the two donors have an understanding of Zen Buddhism, can you know who the six ancestors of Zen Buddhism are?"

I didn't know much about this, and looked at Chunting helplessly, Chunting pondered for a moment, and slowly spoke, observing the face of the great monk as he spoke, lest he say something wrong.

Zen Buddhism, also known as the Buddha's Heart Sect, is one of the sects of Han Buddhism, which began with Bodhidharma and became the mainstream of Han Buddhism after the Tang Dynasty, and is also one of the most important symbols of Han Buddhism.

Most of the Buddhist sects come from Tianzhu, but only Tiantai Buddhism, Huayan Buddhism and Zen Buddhism are three local Buddhist sects independently developed by China, among which Zen Buddhism has the most unique character, and its core idea is: "Do not set up words, do not pass on outside the teaching, point directly to the hearts of the people, and become a Buddha by seeing nature." ”

According to records, the first ancestor of Zen Buddhism was Master Bodhidharma, followed by the second ancestor Master Huike, the third ancestor Master Seng Can, the fourth ancestor Daoxin Master, the fifth ancestor Master Hongren, and the sixth ancestor in the mouth of the great monk, it should be Master Huineng.

"Even if the donor has an understanding of this, but he only knows a little about it."

The great monk smiled after hearing Chunting's explanation and shook his head at him.

"Master Huineng is indeed a person with great wisdom, but he is not the position of the Six Ancestors."

Without waiting for us to ask, he continued to talk to himself.

"Xianheng three years, the five ancestors of Hongren to find the heir of the law, is the order of the people of each side of the door, indicating their own enlightenment, when the seat of the god show is a side said, the body is a Bodhi tree, the heart is like a mirror platform, always diligent wipe, do not make dust, the walker Huineng heard about this, also made a verse, Bodhi has no tree, the mirror is not a platform, there is nothing originally, where to stir up dust."

"Hongren Zen Master compares the two sides with each other, thinking that Huineng's realm of understanding is higher than Shenxiu, and at night for Huineng to preach the general idea of the "Diamond Sutra", to 'should have no place to live and give birth to its heart', Huineng Dawu, the master then passed the clothes to Huineng, and ordered him to return south overnight, since then there is a saying that the six ancestors of Zen Buddhism Huineng."

He looked at Chunting, and the smile between his eyebrows was even bigger. Qi Yan reads

"It is precisely for this reason that the donor thinks that Huineng Zen Master is the six ancestors of Zen Buddhism?"

Chunting nodded, seeing him for the first time like a curious child, he was quite interested in his words.

"Exactly, dare to ask Master if this rumor is wrong?"

The great monk nodded and began to tell us about the origin of the six ancestors of Zen Buddhism.

Most of the six ancestors of Zen Buddhism that the world is familiar with are "South Hui Neng North Shenxiu", but in fact, Hui Neng has been under the Hongren Sect for three years, and Hui Neng is just a practitioner, and the walker, that is, the person who works in the temple, has not even been ordained a monk.

And Shenxiu only served under the Hongren sect for six years, and left Hongren early, as for the one who always served by the side of the five ancestors of Zen Buddhism, Hongren, and did not leave until the death of Hongren, only Master Faru, who served the five ancestors Hongren for a total of 16 years.

Judging from the words and deeds of Master Faru, he is very different from Shenxiu, Dao'an, Huineng and other brothers, in contrast, Master Faru is more like a Zen who has obtained the true transmission of Hongren, Dao'an and Shenxiu practice Zen in the north, with a prominent reputation, and Huineng went south to Lingnan, and Master Zongyin preached the "Nirvana Sutra", taking the opportunity to play and take the lead.

Fa Ru is different, after he arrived at the Shaolin Temple, the Shaolin monks did not know his origin for three years, this kind of unassuming and not greedy and resentful characteristics and Dharma, Hui Ke, Seng Cang, Daoxin, Hongren The first five ancestors of Zen Buddhism are similar, so in the "Tang Zhongyue Shamen Interpretation of the Law as Lines" praised the Fa Rudao "so keep the book and be simple, abandon the world and be glorious, the virtue of honesty, and the spirit of the Magi; Outside the collection of famous weapons, inside the Xuangong, the way of a few people, the wind of high escape. ”

The reason why there is a saying that Shenxiu and Hui Neng are the six ancestors of Zen Buddhism is actually the disciples of these two people, and they continue to build momentum in later generations, as for the real six ancestors, they are actually Master Faru, but this vein has been hidden here for thousands of years, and its reputation is not obvious, and at the same time, it does not fight or grab, guarding a mysterious mission.

Speaking of the mission, the great monk got up from the futon, and he looked at the Arhat statue in the hall with a solemn expression.

"In fact, the real reason why Master Huineng and Master Shenxiu are not the six ancestors of Zen Buddhism is not that these two Zen masters are not advanced enough, although these two are not the position of the six ancestors, but the same Buddhism is exquisite, the only difference is that they are compared with Master Faru, they lack a mission inheritance from the five ancestors Hongren Zen Master."

"And the reason why I have inherited the Dharma name of my ancestor from generation to generation, and at the same time strictly ordered future generations not to go out and live in seclusion here without authorization, is precisely because of the mission of this inheritance."

Because I didn't know much about Zen Buddhism, I was full of doubts after listening to it for a long time, and I couldn't help but urge when I heard this.

"Master, please give me some guidance, this inheritance mission is related to the two of us?"

Faru looked at us indifferently, but what he said surprised me.

"Since the two of them are the legendary people of fate, I think they already know what Ancestral Dragon Yingzheng did back then."

Dayu, Guigu, Zulong.

The connection between these three people and Guan Shan and what the three of them did for the safety of Shenzhou, I only learned about it by chance from Chunting not long ago, where did the great monk in front of me know such a secret?

Chunting's face was as usual, looking at Faru's humble and polite attitude.

"In this way, this inheritance mission is indeed inseparable from the two of us."

Chunting's face was as usual, the reason why I was shocked was only because Faru actually knew about it, not because of how difficult the incident itself was to accept, Faru saw this, and was even more convinced that the two of us were the ones who were destined to do so.

I saw him tidy up his robe, then took the Zen staff placed aside with his left hand, and held a single palm salute in front of his chest with his right hand, staring at my eyes word by word.

"What my vein has done for generations is all Zhenlong!"