"Detachment from the ......"

Gu Qingfeng muttered these four words, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "How to transcend yourself." ”

The old monk didn't answer and asked, "Does the ancient monk really want to transcend himself?"

"Of course. ”

"The old man asks again, does the ancient monk really want to transcend himself?"

"Of course. ”

"Do the ancient monks really want to transcend themselves?"

"Of course. ”

The old monk asked Gu Qingfeng three times in a row if he really wanted to transcend himself, and Gu Qingfeng answered without hesitation every time.

"No, the old man felt that the ancient monk did not want to detach himself at all. ”

"That's just your feeling, I feel like I want to be detached. ”

This time the old monk didn't speak again, and after being silent, Gu Qingfeng said again: "You don't care if I want to or not, I want to ask you how to transcend yourself?"

"If you want to detach yourself, you must first recognize yourself. ”

"How do you recognize yourself?"

The old monk asked again: "Does the ancient monk really want to recognize himself?"

"Of course. ”

"Does the ancient monk really want to recognize himself?"

"Of course. ”

The old monk asked Gu Qingfeng three times in a row if he wanted to recognize himself, but Gu Qingfeng still answered three times of course.

Not only did the ancient layman not want to detach himself, but he also didn't want to recognize himself. ”

"You are not me, how can you know what is in my heart. ”

"The old man can feel it. ”

"Yes......" Gu Qingfeng smiled: "That's just your feeling, but unfortunately, you're not me." ”

"Ancient Monks. The voice of the old monk came, still like the bell of the desolation across the primeval, ancient, and ancient, and said, "Who am I?"

"Who are you?" Gu Qingfeng was confused and replied, "Aren't you an old monk?"

The old monk asked again, "I!"

"Nonsense! You're you!"

The old monk asked for the third time: "I! who is!"

"You didn't tell me who you were. Gu Qingfeng said: "How do I know who you are!"

The old monk asked again, "That ancient monk, do you know who you are?"

"Of course I do. ”

"Who are you?"

"I'm me! I'm Gu Qingfeng. ”

"No, the old man is not asking for a name, the name is just a code name, you can call Gu Qingfeng, you can also call Gu Qingfeng, anyone can call Gu Qingfeng. ”

"Then you ask me who I am, and what am I asking not by name?"

"The old man is asking who are you besides the code name?"

Who are you without your name?

That's a really hard question to answer.

At least, Gu Qingfeng at this moment didn't know how to answer this question.

"Lao Gu asked Gu Jushi another question, who am I!"

"You've already asked that question. ”

"No, Gu Jushi, the old man just asked about the self, and now he is asking about the self. ”

Gu Qingfeng had a headache and asked, "Is there any difference between the self and the self?"

"What does it mean when the old man uses my code name to communicate with the ancient monks, and the code name of the ancient monks is also me? Does this mean that you are me, and I am your ......?"

Gu Qingfeng was a little confused when he heard it.

And the old monk continued: "Where did I come from in life and where did I die? Why did I appear in this heaven and earth? What does my appearance mean to this heaven and earth? Did heaven and earth choose me, or did I choose heaven and earth?"

Gu Qingfeng is more and more confused the more he listens.

Correct.

The old monk was still talking, and his words were becoming more and more profound, and he said: "Is there an inevitable connection between me and the universe and the Xuanhuang of the heavens and the earth? Is there an end to heaven and earth? Is there a length of time? Where does the past time disappear? Where does the future time stop? Is the question I asked at this moment the same question that the ancient monk just asked?"

"Who am I, are you me, or am I me, and who am I!"

"Where am I from?"

"Where am I going?"

Gu Qingfeng only felt a headache when he heard this, and immediately shouted: "Stop! Stop! Don't say anything! Lao Tzu can't stand it anymore." ”

"Alas......"

The old monk sighed and said, "It's not that the ancient monks can't stand it, and the ancient monks are not unable to detach themselves, let alone be unable to recognize themselves, but the ancient monks didn't want to detach themselves from the beginning, and they didn't want to recognize themselves. ”

This time, Gu Qingfeng did not refute.

"The ancient monk has been asleep for ten thousand years, and after he wakes up, he has long realized that he is confused, and the confusion of the ancient monk has nothing to do with original sin, nor has anything to do with cause and effect, but has to do with the ancient monk himself, and the ancient monk knows very well in his heart that as long as he transcends himself, he can understand it thoroughly. ”

"It's a pity that the ancient monks don't want to detach themselves from themselves, the ancient monks can't let go, they can't let go of the 'self' in their hearts, to be precise, what the ancient monks can't let go of is the memory related to the 'self'. ”

Gu Qingfeng closed his eyes and looked very sad.

After a long time, he asked, "If I give up my ego and become detached, will I still be me?"

The old monk did not answer this question.

"After detachment, I may still be me, but I am not the same person I used to be. ”

The old monk sighed again and said, "In the final analysis, Gu Jushi still doesn't want to let go of the self in his heart after all. ”

"Even though I don't want to, I have to admit that what you're saying is true, and I really don't want to let go of my inner self. ”

"Gu Jushi, can the old man ask, why can't he let it go?"

"Because I just want to be myself, this journey, although it has been very bumpy, there are painful memories, there are good memories, but whether it is painful or beautiful memories, they are all memories that belong to me and myself. ”

The old monk said: "Even if you are detached from yourself, this memory is still the memory of the ancient monks, and no one can take it away." ”

"You're right, no one can take it away, but the memories of the past have become memories. ”

"Is there a difference between memory and recollection?"

"Yes, the memories are what I have experienced now, the memories are what I have experienced, the memories I have experienced still throb when I think about it, and the memories I have experienced, looking back, will only gradually pass like a cloud of smoke until I forget. ”

"The old man doesn't understand. ”

"It's right if you don't understand, I'm a human being, you're a Buddha, how can you understand. ”

The old monk said: "Buddha is also a human being. ”

Gu Qingfeng retorted: "But people are not Buddhas. ”

"Is there a difference between a Buddha and a human?"

"Of course there is, you are the Buddha of the four great emptiness, and I am a person with seven emotions and six desires!"

"The four Buddhas are empty, and the people with seven emotions and six desires!"

The old monk muttered, "I see...... I see......"

"My master once taught me a sentence, abide by my nature, never forget my original intention, this is the nature of human beings, and it is also my nature. ”

"So, the ancient layman will neither become a Buddha nor become a saint in this life, right?"

"Of course. ”

"Even if he is detached from himself, Gu Jushi will still be human. ”

"I don't know if I am still a human being after detaching myself, but one thing is certain, after detaching myself, I will not be a layman. Gu Qingfeng smiled and said, "Old monk, have you forgotten, I said it...... I am a layman, I was, I am, and I will be a layman with seven emotions and six desires. ”

(End of chapter)