Ninety-nine: Apprenticeship in Kongwu Mountain
It is said that Zeng Qingfeng and Linghu Subai drifted all the way down the creek to the foot of Kongwu Mountain, the two climbed the steps and climbed for about an hour, and finally saw a temple across the mountainside, surrounded by cyan lotus peaks, sharp and wide, as if in the concave mirror gathering point, the sun and the moon always shine brightly.
The two go forward again, cross a cool bridge, see a stone cross frame in the secluded stream, four stones inherit each other and call themselves a hole, this huge stone is called "marble", the stone can be carved with the word "Buddha", the diameter is about seven meters.
There are ancient pines on both sides that are lush and green, straight into the sky, and the stream under the stream in the cave is sorrowful, and the pine sound is faint and quiet.
There is also a waterfall under the flow, directly hitting the rock root, its sound rumbles, like thunder, the pool water is deep and clear. There is a couplet next to it: Niu Su Yaofeng, the wind drifts to Beijing, and the wise man of a hundred generations of Xianzun; The next link is: the moon is reflected in the secluded stream, the human understanding is empty, and the three vehicles are steaming.
Linghu Subai couldn't help but admire: "Youxi Mirror Valley, surrounded by stalagmites, is really a good place for hermits to live." β
The two stopped and admired, came to the temple and knocked on the door, and a young bald little monk came out and asked, "What are the two donors doing in our temple?" β
Zeng Qingfeng politely said: "This time I came to visit Master Xiuzhen, I don't know if Master Xiuzhen can be in the temple?" β
The little monk folded his hands and replied, "The master went out a few days ago and has not returned. β
"Did you say where to go? When will you return? β
"There is no fixed return date, or three or five days, or the rest of the month, and return as you like."
Zeng Qingfeng frowned and said, "How is this good?" β
Linghu Subai replied: "You and I can stay in the temple for a few days, if Master Xiuzhen does not return after three or five days and then make other plans, what do you think?" β
"It's fine."
"Donor, please."
"Please".
Entering the temple, I saw the temple hall people, the house is like, there are monk's room, Zen room, bell tower, Tibetan scripture pavilion, etc., and there is a platform like a platform, according to my Tan, hollow spring.
There is a bronze bell in the pavilion in the south of the temple, as big as a copper tripod, and the two pillars of the pavilion are engraved: Hear the bell, the troubles are clear, the wisdom is long, and Bodhi is born.
Legend has it that there is a high monk who travels straight here, sees the ancient trees in this place towering to the sky, the environment is quiet, and there are secluded streams, waterfalls, giant pines, stalagmites and other scenes, so this secluded stream tower courtyard was built according to the mountain.
There is a round hole next to the Youxi Pagoda Courtyard, and the three stones intersect to form a natural cave, and the monks often sit in it to meditate and meditate.
One day, when he heard a baby crying, the monk got up to check and saw that a baby had been abandoned on the boulder.
The monk was compassionate and kind, and he couldn't bear it for a while, so he took the baby and raised it himself, until he was chΓ©ng rΓ©n.
The child is gifted and intelligent, since he was a child, he has been meditating and chanting with the monks, and at the age of thirteen, he can give lectures and open the law, purify all sentient beings, and can chant poems against him, and the vassal is elegant, and the monks are very important.
After the death of the monk, he passed the presiding position to him, and he began to open the hall to receive disciples, and the temple was prosperous for a while, and the incense was extremely prosperous.
One day, the mountain bandits attacked the courtyard, the Buddhist books were destroyed, and there were many dead and wounded. He went down the mountain and traveled all over the world, learned martial arts hard, and after learning something, he returned to the hospital to set up a precept: practice martial arts to protect the courtyard, since then the temple has practiced martial arts, and the believers have doubled.
The original infant baby was later the master of Xiuzhen, who created the method of "Prajna Heart Sutra" many years later, which has since become famous all over the world, known to the world, and admired countless people.
However, it is rumored that the "Prajna Mental Method" has always been passed on only to those who are destined, so there are only a handful of people who have learned it so far.
"The two donors can rest here." The little monk turned around and left.
Zeng Qingfeng and the two were arranged in a guest room in the backyard, and after a short rest, the two were invited to the dining hall for dinner.
What they ate in the dining hall was nothing more than tofu, vegetables and other vegetarian food, but the two of them, who were already hungry, ate with relish.
After a full meal, Linghu Subai said: "These rice and noodles and vegetables must have been planted by the monks in the temple. β
"Hmm."
"I wonder when Master Xiuzhen will come back?"
"Huh...... Take things as they come. β
The two chatted for a while, and it was getting late, and they didn't have much to sleep with.
Hearing the bell and resting at sunset, the two of them have lived in the temple for more than three days unconsciously.
But after a long time of seeing the return of Master Xiuzhen, the two couldn't help but worry.
Linghu Subai proposed: "Let's go around when we have nothing to do." β
"Well, Master Xiuzhen may be in a place where Yunshen doesn't know where."
"Hahaha...... To this day, the righteous brother can still laugh and admire. β
The two of them went out of the Qingliang Bridge and climbed all the way, looking up, the mountain peaks are stacked, endless, the main peak is majestic and beautiful, towering into the clouds, and there are clouds and mist, like a fairyland.
After climbing for a few hours, I saw a pine abrupt halfway up the cliff, and there was a cave standing next to the cliff.
Zeng Qingfeng said: "That cave is very interesting, let's go and have a look." β
"Yes, if ordinary people definitely don't go, you have to be a martial arts practitioner like you and me who can do light martial arts."
The two of them flew lightly and flew to the entrance of the cave, only to see that the cave was bottomless and dark.
A few meters inside, the light gradually brightened, and a white-bearded monk sat there and closed his eyes and meditated.
The white-bearded monk looks clear, fluttering like a fairy, and at first glance he is a monk.
Zeng Qingfeng and Linghu Subai hurriedly knelt down and hugged their fists and said: "I don't know that the senior monk is cultivating here, and it will disturb us a lot if we are reckless, forgive me." β
The white-bearded old man slowly opened his eyes, and said with a kind smile: "Two young heroes, please get up." β
Linghu Subai asked, "Who is the monk?" Why do you want to cultivate halfway up this mountain? β
"Hahaha, the poor monk called for cultivation."
Zeng Qingfeng and Linghu Subai smiled when they heard this: "It turns out that you are a master of cultivation, and you have admired the name for a long time. β
Master Xiuzhen smiled with a red smile: "In this way, it is also fate, I think I travel all over the world all year round, and I rarely stay in the temple to avoid the disturbances of the world." There are no less than 100 people who come here every year, but only four or five people actually see me in person, and there are very few of them who are destined for me. Some people are not right, some people are dedicated to martial arts, but the world does not know that the so-called martial arts in the hands of people with improper hearts can only be a sword to do evil, can not benefit everyone, only in the hands of people with pure character and the world, can it become a sharp weapon to kill demons and eliminate evil and benefit the people. β
"The master is reasonable, and listens to the teachings."
Master Xiuzhen opened his mouth again and asked, "I have this "Prajna Method" You two can cultivate here on your own, and if you have any questions, you can ask me. β
Zeng Qingfeng wondered in his heart and asked: "It is reported that Master Xiuzhen, this peerless study of yours has always only been passed on to people who are destined, why did you and I just meet ...... three of you?" β
Master Xiuzhen smiled: "Hahaha...... Listen to me. Previously, I saw two young heroes enter the Psychedelic Valley, but they were able to retreat in the face of beauty, which is enough to show that the two are of good character, which is one of them. Second, this cave is located between the half-waist of the cliff and the non-martial arts master can not come, the two young heroes are young and light, which is enough to show that it is the material for martial arts. Third, meeting is fate, since the will of heaven allows us to meet, why should we go against the will of heaven? Why not chΓ©ng rΓ©n, the beauty of this fulfillment of the relationship between you and me. β
Zeng Qingfeng and Linghu Subai immediately knelt down when they heard this: "Thank you, master." β
Prajna Mind: The emptiness of all dharmas, unborn and imperishable, uncriticized and impure, unincreased and unsubtracted, is therefore empty and colorless, unreceiving, unreceiving, unseen, untouched, colorless, fragrant, tasteless, triggered, unsightly, and even unconscious, without ignorance, without the end of ignorance, without old age, without old age and death, without suffering and extinguishing the path, without wisdom and without gain.
Master Xiuzhen opened his mouth and said: "When cultivating the true qi, you must have pure ears and roots, no distracting thoughts, and realize your own nature, as the so-called everything is empty, emptiness is the true appearance, the phase is born from the heart, and the pure heart is empty in everything." β
"Yes, master." The two replied in unison.
Open the scriptures, which record the fifty-eight styles of cultivating internal strength, the first type is quiet and non-action, the whole body is empty, the qi is condensed in the chest, and the qi is gathered in the Ren pulse to open up the Ren pulse. The second type of Parkway penetration, after the second pulse of Ren Du is opened, he continues to cultivate and even open up the veins of the whole body. The third form, the fourth form...... Layer by layer, until the fifty-eighth style is integrated, and after the practice is completed, the "Prajna Heart Sutra" dΓ fΗ is completed.
Zeng Qingfeng and Linghu Subai are both people with excellent understanding, and within an hour, they have actually opened the veins in their bodies.
Master Xiuzhen sighed: "I thought that when I first created the "Prajna Mind Method", it took me seven days to complete the cultivation of the first style, but I didn't expect you to do it in just one hour.
In the next few days, the two of them had been concentrating on cultivation in the cave, picking some wild fruits when they were hungry, grabbing some game to fill their stomachs, and the rest of the time they concentrated on cultivating the Prajna Heart Sutra, which lasted for eighteen days without stopping.
On the nineteenth day, Zeng Qingfeng had completed the fifty-eighth form of the method of integration, and the Prajna Heart Sutra was finally completed.
Although Linghu Subai's talent is good, Zeng Qingfeng is still a little worse, and it was not until the twenty-fifth day that he practiced the Prajna Heart Sutra.
Master Xiuzhen smiled with satisfaction: "Hahaha, I didn't expect that you have all practiced the Prajna Heart Sutra in such a short period of time, I thought at first that it would take you at least a year and a half to complete, but I didn't expect you to do it in just one month." β
"Thank you for your patience."
"Where's the word? Qingfeng, Su Bai Since the two of you have practiced the Prajna Heart Sutra, you two can go down the mountain, I have a word of encouragement before leaving. β
"Master, please speak."
Master Xiuzhen sighed and said, "I have a letter to Lin Lanji, the Jade Maiden Sect, and I bother you to bring it to her." Back then, I just saved her with a good heart, but I didn't know that she was obsessed with sins and sins. I know that my luck has arrived, and my life is short, but I can not rest assured about this matter. I was originally good, but I had no intention of inserting willows and causing trouble, and you handed this letter to her after you went down the mountain, and it was also my heart. β
"Yes, master. But how can you be ...... if you are strong? β
"Hehe, you must not be sad after I die, as the so-called life and death have life, I am a monk who has long put life and death out of the way. Both of you are talented in martial arts, especially Zeng Qingfeng, you have clear bones and extraordinary talents, and I hope you will be good and benefit the world. β
"Disciples obey the teachings."
After a while, the Xiuzhen master passed away, and after his death, the cranes in the empty valley sang in unison, and the birds wailed.