I laughed at the fat man's lack of knowledge, not only is this not a demon law, but it just proves that this old monk is a master of Taoism.

This has to start with the realm, we often say the realm realm, what does the realm mean?

In fact, the word realm is actually a Chinese word that evolved from Buddhism, saying that people have six senses, namely eye knowledge, ear knowledge, nose knowledge, tongue knowledge, body knowledge, and consciousness.

To put it simply, it is what the eyes can see, what the ears can hear, what the nose can smell, what the tongue can perceive, what the limbs can touch, and what the mental consciousness can comprehend.

To use an analogy, some people have developed 'six senses' and can recognize a province. Some people's 'six senses' are sluggish, and they can only recognize one village, and this is the difference in 'realm'.

Through the practice of Buddhism, some eminent monks have developed the six senses, and the realm of perception is even greater. When you practice to a certain level, you will open a heavenly eye, which Buddhism calls Tianyantong, and more powerful monks can transcend the distance of the earth, the past and future of time, and all phenomena can be seen.

The naked eye, the heavenly eye, the discerning eye, the Dharma eye and the Buddha's eye, from ordinary people to the Buddha's position, have increasing the depth of the investigation function of things and phenomena. This old monk can cultivate to the second heavenly eye, which can be regarded as shocking in the world.

When the old monk saw that what I said was the Tao, he smiled, called himself the Buddha's name, and asked me to sit down.

I looked left and right, the tables and chairs around me were broken, and I couldn't sit down, so I had to sit on the ground, and said, "Master, the junior doesn't understand anything, please give me advice." ”

"It's okay, please."

"The master has the magic power of Tianyantong, presumably Qingshui Temple deceived the world and stole his name, and used the name of the Buddha to collect money, he has already known it, why didn't he make a move earlier? Is this contrary to Buddhist teachings? ”

Xuan Bei smiled slightly, "Buddhism talks about cause and effect, fate has not yet arrived, even if I have the heart, I can't interfere with it." In the past, Dezhi built a temple with demon law, deceived the believers of incense, the so-called upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked, and in his later years, he was imprisoned by his disciples and grandchildren to practice into a physical relic, which is also his retribution. Now he has tasted the evil fruits of the past, the karma has been cleared, and the opportunity has come, so he has escaped from captivity by your hand and is free from misery. ”

I nodded and asked again, "Taught." But I don't know what happened to Master Xuanbei inviting the juniors here? ”

Xuan Bei opened his eyes and glanced at his disciple Kongcheng, who understood and said respectfully: "The disciple will retire first." After that, I couldn't help but pull the fat man out.

The fat man also knew that the old monk had something to say to me, so he followed Kong Cheng out with interest.

In the dilapidated small temple, I was left sitting opposite the old monk, the candle flame was swaying, reflecting the simple and solemn appearance of the Buddha statue.

Xuan Bei didn't answer my question, but asked thoughtlessly: "I see the donor, and it seems that I have studied Buddhism quite a bit." In the benefactor's view, what is the essence of Buddhism's teachings? ”

I muttered in my heart, daring to love that this old monk was testing me, thought about it, and said, "It's in the four words 'dependent arising emptiness'." ”

The old monk's face was overjoyed, and he asked, "What is dependent voidness?" ”

The so-called "dependent arising" means that there is no such thing as a unique existence in the world, and there is no permanent and unchanging thing, and everything arises from the combination of causes and conditions. The so-called "emptiness" means that the false existence that arises from the harmony of causes and conditions is void in nature; If self-nature is not empty, then there cannot be, and this is the meaning of "vacuum creates wonderful existence". ”