"Illusion?" The professor looked at me in surprise and said, "Isn't the illusion cracked?" ”

I nodded helplessly and said, "Who told you that there is only one illusion?" We just cracked a simple one, the mirror is just to let the intruder out, but once the illusion enters this, it is to let the intruder die, if I guess correctly, if we continue to move forward, I'm afraid it will be a cliff, and we will become the burial goods of Luanniao. ”

The professor was silent for a long time before he said, "I seem to have seen a similar record, but I can't remember where it is. ”

"I'll look into it." I looked around at the whitewashed cemetery and thought of a way to do it.

At this time, I also have to sigh, it would be nice if the fat man was here, although he is usually stupid, but for the illusion thing, it can be said that it is easy to crack. Now I can only hold this string of Buddhist beads and worry.

That's when I think of four words: color is emptiness. These words are taken from the "Mahaprajnaparamita Heart Sutra" "color is emptiness, emptiness is color", the original four sentences: color is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from color, color is emptiness, emptiness is color. It is not a Buddhist idea, nor is it a Taoist idea. It is the fact that all animals and non-animals that have their own nature at all times and in all places, and what they see and perceive when they are quiet.

I still vividly remember this passage in the note that Master left me, and the title of this paragraph points out that a fantasy is too powerful to find a flaw, so it would be helpful to think about these words. It's a pity that this passage ends here, and there is no follow-up.

Actually, I've heard of this passage, but I don't know what it means.

"Xiaokang, what's wrong with you?" The professor leaned over and said, "Is there no way?" ”

When the professor asked me this, I suddenly felt that although the professor's knowledge of metaphysics was about zero, he should be able to know the meaning of this familiar sentence, right? So I said to the professor, "Of course, there is a way, and the key to getting out is in a few words, but I don't understand the meaning of those words." ”

"What word, you don't even know it?" The professor said curiously, "Tell me, I can't guarantee that I know, but we can study together!" ”

Without hesitation, I asked directly: "Color is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from color, color is emptiness, emptiness is color, what is the most fundamental meaning of color?" ”

The professor suddenly laughed a little, and then said with a smile: "The meaning of these four sentences is that color is emptiness, emptiness is color law, and there is no color method except emptiness, and there is no emptiness except color law. This is in the Heart Sutra, your aunt has been particularly believing in Buddhism for a period of time, so she often copies the Heart Sutra, and I occasionally look at it, and this sentence is in the Heart Sutra. ”

"Great!" This should be regarded as a blind cat encountering a dead mouse. I happily said, "Can you elaborate on that?" ”

The professor nodded, looked around, and then said slowly: "From the perspective of the Kusha Treatise, the concept of "color" in the five aggregates is different from the concept of "color" in the "color" seen by the eye, that is, the "color" in color, sound, fragrance, taste, touch, and dharma. And in the "Mahayana Five Aggregates", it is also said: The clouds and the color aggregates are the four major kinds and the colors created by the four major kinds. The so-called "four species" refer to earth, water, fire, and wind, and the color aggregate is composed of these four species. In the "Mahayana Abhidharma Collection": What is the color of the essence? Answer: The manifestation phase is the hue, and there are two kinds of this, first, the touch becomes bad; Second, the party is shown. ”

"What does that mean?" I hurriedly asked, what the professor said made me a little confused.

The professor then said to me, "The so-called "touch becomes bad", that is, what can be touched and can be changed, damaged, or even destroyed by other factors, including the five roots of the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and body, as well as the objects that the five roots feel. The so-called "square appearance" refers to red, yellow, long, square, pleasant, pungent, sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, rough, soft, and other abstract concepts. Although the statements are different, the general meaning is similar - the color method is not only a coarse substance that can be seen by the naked eye, even if it is something that cannot be seen, it can also be called color law. ”

I frowned and said to the professor, "Why do I think this view is contradictory?" How can these things that I have seen and felt in person, such as your school bag, be emptiness? And this illusion in front of you, how can it be inseparable from "color"? How is this possible? If the bag is empty, how can it hold so many tools? It's certainly not empty. ”

The professor laughed again: "Your understanding is the same as my original opinion, I feel that the Buddhist scriptures are going around and around to make people dizzy, until I met a Buddhist master and asked many questions, one of which was this, and the master said to me: People who have not studied Madhyamaka, cause and understanding, or who do not know anything about emptiness, will also have such doubts, and those who say this point of view do not understand the Buddhist principle of emptiness. We need to distinguish between appearance and reality. There must be appearances before beings with confusion, and Madhyamaka teachers admit that there is no Madhyamaka school that really obscures appearance, but that appearance is not separated from emptiness, emptiness is not separated from appearance, and that manifestation and emptiness are actually one. ”

In the professor's round-and-forth words, I gradually understood the meaning of this sentence, the professor is worthy of being a professor, and such awkward words are the head of the way, which is admirable.

Seeing that the professor cleared his throat and began to speak at length again, I quickly waved my hand and said to him, "Professor, I understand, you just have to wait a minute!" ”

The professor's mouth was choked back by me, and his face turned red, so I laughed and ignored him. Looking at the illusion around you, color is emptiness? It is not that the colored grass and trees here are empty, but it can only be said that they are emptiness, and this so-called emptiness is filled with real images in reality.

I have a heart, and I see that I have broken through this falsehood! Then I took out the fat man's Buddha beads, his Buddha name I naturally don't know, but this string of Buddha beads is the best artifact to crack this delusion. It's just that I don't know if with the Taoist magic and the Buddhist appliances can realize this barrier-breaking magic technique.

Thinking of the domineering spirit when Master taught me the barrier-breaking magic technique, the corners of my mouth turned up, and I sat directly on the ground.