The so-called Death Zen is another way to become a Buddha born from the "Six Wonderful Methods" of the Tiantai sect of Buddhism. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoThis method, also known as the small stop view, is a brief method of the Tiantai sect to practice the Bodhi path fruit, and it is also a kind of the ten recitation methods, including one number, two followers, three stops, four views, five returns, and six purifications.

Death Meditation and the Six Wonderful Methods parted ways after the "Three Stops", and the previous practice was the same as "incoming and out", that is, outgoing, entering, and resting. The so-called breath is the pause between the breath out of the nose and the breath in, when the person does not exhale and inhale, everything returns to the innate realm before the mother's womb, and the breath circulates in the body, which is called the innate Qi. Death meditation is the main practice of the "breath" of this innate state of Qi, and then attaining the Dharma through a long period of meditation.

Usually when you enter meditation, the longest is only a few years, and there are very few people who can do this, and then the opportunity in the body is activated, and you wake up naturally, and it is still a fresh life. Death Zen is different, after entering the meditation, you can't afford to feel it, as short as a lifetime, as long as hundreds of thousands of years, or even tens of thousands of years, even if the body is destroyed, the original spirit still remains, and does not enter the six reincarnations, until the road is cultivated.

When I was in the north, I heard that the abbot of Famen Temple, Miaohua, the old monk cultivated the Zen of death, and the body did not rot for 500 years, and appeared in front of the university scholar Ji Yun (Ji Xiaolan) during the Qianlong period, which can be called a wonder in the world, although for some reason it was not recorded in the "Notes on Reading Wei Caotang", but there are many records in the field history notes of its students.

In front of them, these monks of Hushan Niangniang Temple have all cultivated the kung fu of Death Zen, which is really an outlier! Could it be that this is the place where Buddhism flourishes?

I saw Brother Momiji holding a torch and going around the hole several times, but he never found any signs of the Ming Weapon, not to mention anything valuable, and he didn't even see half of a candle. Could it be that the rumors are false? Emperor Zhao of the Song Dynasty was not willing to bury a thing after ordering people to bury Ni Niangniang? It's not right, Zhao Gou's image in history is the kind of person who wants to die to save face and suffer crimes, and the annual tribute to the Jin State is enough to build thousands of Niangniang Temples, where is he reluctant to give up this funeral object?

Also, why do these monks practice death meditation in Ni Niangniang's temple?

I said what I thought in my heart, and after listening to it, Brother Hongye nodded and said, "After all, Brother Xian is a scholar, and he thinks more carefully than I do." Brother Yu carefully inspected these monks before, and it could be seen from the clothes that they should not be people of the same age, perhaps from generation to generation. There must be conditions in this cave that are suitable for them to cultivate and attain the Dao, so they rush to come in and practice Death Meditation. Something odd though...... Hey? Why is this happening? As he spoke, he groped over the heads of the monks, his face full of bewilderment.

I was curious: "Big brother, what's wrong?" Is there something wrong with the heads of these monks? ”

Brother Hongye said in a deep voice: "When I was young, I had the fate to deal with a high monk who cultivated Death Zen, and I learned that all those who practiced Death Zen were stiff and cold all over their bodies and were no different from dried corpses. But these monks' whole bodies were cold, and there was no residual warmth of a living person on the top of their heads, they were completely like dead corpses, not dead Zen at all! But who else but Death Zen can do this? Weird, weird! ”

After a closer look, it finally dawned.

They were indeed not dead monks, just corpses that had been treated by special means.

Since the flourishing of Buddhism in Middle-earth, it has absorbed a lot of local witchcraft and Taoism, and there is an extremely secret method of disposing of dried corpses in many temples.

During their lifetimes, the monks secretly took a large number of special drugs every day to achieve the effect of chronic dehydration and to remove some substances from the body that can cause post-mortem decay. When they have attained nirvana, the disciples place their bodies in large round vats with lime, charcoal, and sandalwood at the bottom, which are sealed and opened several years later. At this time, if the faces of these monks are lifelike and their bodies are not corrupted, they will be molded into golden bodies and become "dead Zen bodhisattvas" for believers to worship.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help sneering: "I thought that Hushan Niangniang Temple was a holy place for Buddhism, but it turned out that it was also doing this kind of deception and stealing fame, so that this temple is not a quiet place, could it be that the burial goods in this tomb are constantly smuggled away by the monks in that temple?" You also said they had a key, so it seems ......"

Unexpectedly, Brother Hongye shook his head and said, "Absolutely not." Before our army invaded Hangzhou, I had sneaked into the city and saw the abbot of Hushan Niangniang Temple, although he was not a living Buddha like Jigong, but he was also a monk who was a monk in the world. I lived in the monastery for half a month, and the life of the monks was very hard, and all the living expenses were provided by the believers under the mountain, and there was no trace of any treasure. According to the county records and local rumors, the burial utensils in the cave are enough to buy half of Hangzhou City, if the Hushan Niangniang Temple has such wealth, a little repair of the temple can be, why is it still so dilapidated for thousands of years? No, there must be something else going on here. ”

As soon as the words fell, a weak voice came from a corner of the darkness: "You don't have to guess, my Hushan Niangniang Temple has been abiding by the law for generations, and since Emperor Zhao of the Song Dynasty has been guarding this cave and Ni Niangniang's Dharma body in the open and secret, how can he covet this worldly treasure?" You tomb robbers must live in the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain! ”

We didn't expect that there was a third person in this dark hole, not to mention what kind of demon and spirit, Brother Momiji immediately shone the torch around and asked, "What person?" Why don't you dare to show up? Isn't it unsightly! "I'm also shocked in my heart, just now the eldest brother has held a torch to illuminate every corner, but he has never seen the shadow of a living person, not to mention what kind of goblin has changed this voice now!

Seeing that we couldn't find it left and right, the voice couldn't help but hurriedly say, "I said, why are you two tomb robbers so stupid, can't you look up with a pair of eyes just pointing to the ground?" ”

When Brother Hongye heard this, he hurriedly raised the torch, raised his eyes, and saw a figure hanging there on the top of the dark cave, and couldn't help but take a step back and shouted, "Where is the demon?" ”

I also shouted: "Where did the hanged ghost come from, he dared to scare your grandfather Li Baosi!" Well, look at Lao Tzu's flying knife and turn out you! As he spoke, he picked up the short knife and threw it there.

"Hey, don't, don't! If you have something to say, it's good to say! Seeing this, the voice hurriedly shouted, "I said you two are sick, aren't you?" How do you see that everyone is a youkai? I'm a good person, I don't look like a monster, do I? ”

I was also numb by the goblins and ghosts in the cave, and sneered at the moment: "You dare to call yourself a human just because of your pickled sloppyness?" Which man have you ever seen hang in the air like a hanged ghost? Hehe, I look at your appearance, most of them are changed by those ghost kings and demon bats! (To be continued.) )