Wei Wencheng arrived in Handan Guangfu Temple in the fourth year of Tianjia, but the local follow the Northern Qi Chronicle, which should be called "the second year of Heqing". Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info He followed Hui Ke Zen Master to study the "Dafang Guang Buddha Huayan Sutra" for five years, until the fourth year of Tiantong, then he set off for the west and rushed to Songshan.

The area around Songshan had fallen under the control of the Northern Zhou Dynasty at that time, and the reign of Emperor Wu Yuwen Yong of the Northern Zhou Dynasty was three years for Tianhe.

In the past five years, Wei Wencheng cultivated the land in Guangfu Temple during the day and chanted scriptures at night - no way, Hui Ke said that everyone had to work, and he couldn't sit and eat idle meals, no matter how much he valued Wei Wencheng, he had to go to the ground. Poor Wei Wencheng, he has never carried a hoe or shaved mud in his two lives, and turning the ground up at the beginning made his head bigger than pinching the needle and embroidering. Fortunately, in his previous life, he never dared to despise the working people, nor did he dare to despise manual labor, and he did not dare to put on the stinky temper of the scholars and Hui Ke for this reason, but in Hui Ke's view, this can be regarded as an innate "Buddha nature".

After planting for five years, Wei Wencheng has exercised his muscles and bones to be strong, his muscles are strong, and when he looks at himself by the water, he sees a swarthy rough embryo, which is no longer the weak scholar appearance of the previous life and the previous years.

However, although he had a shaved head, wore a monk's robe, and was commensurate with the monks as a brother, in fact, theoretically speaking, he had not really been ordained, and he was not a true monk. The monks didn't know much about it at first, and thought that he was already a serious monk when he was in the Southern Dynasty, but then they chatted occasionally, and when they learned about it, they were very confused, so they ran to ask Hui Ke, saying that since you have taught Wencheng's disciple Jingyi, why don't you accept him as an apprentice? He has always been a layman so far!

Hui Ke smiled slightly: "Although he was taught by me, the Dharma is not here. ”

So what is the reason for Wei Wencheng's Dharma? Eventually, Hui Ke summoned him to him and asked him, "Are you willing to take the ordination and worship Buddha?"

Wei Wencheng said in his heart that I have been a fake monk for so many years, I am in my thirties, I am homeless and unemployed, and it is too late to ask for a wife...... Well, I don't have to think about marrying a wife and having children, since I have already made up my mind to practice, and I can't meet any reliable Taoist masters, and I bump into all the high-ranking monks, so what else can I cultivate if I don't practice Buddhism? I have to be a monk to cultivate Buddhism, I haven't heard of any lay disciples who can become a great way, since sooner or later they have to be ordained, it is better to suffer late than early.

Even if I am not a "fetal element", raising in the temple as a child, the word "halfway home" sounds uncomfortable after all.

So he pious and said, "The disciple is willing to take the precepts, and I beg the master to be included in the disciple." ”

However, Hui Ke still said: "Although you have been taught by me, the Dharma is not here." ”

He said that although you came out of the Three Treatises, I really like your understanding, and I hope you can accept my mantle of Zen. I was taught by the Bodhidharma Patriarch, once abbot Songshan Shaolin for a period of time, and then traveled eastward, met a layman, accepted him as a disciple, and ordered him to return to Shaolin - this monk is called Seng Can. Your Dharma is in the monk's place, and the monk's practice of the "Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Law" has a lot of experience, and it just makes up for your shortcomings in a certain aspect, so you go to Songshan to see the monk.

Wei Wencheng's expression was unwavering, and he promised, but in fact, he was saying in his heart: "Why don't you want to accept me as an apprentice, and want to push me to Seng Can, then won't I just be plain for a lifetime? If Seng Can passes on the precepts for me, I will no longer be your apprentice, but your disciple and grandson......"

In fact, most of the sects of Buddhism in China at that time had not yet taken shape, let alone the same situation, and the matter of accepting disciples across sects and generations was not so strict. Even if Wei Wencheng became Seng Can's apprentice, he could still call him "Master" when he met Hui Ke again, instead of "Master" or anything. Originally, Buddhism originated in India, and Indians did not Chinese such a clear division of generations, and all living beings were equal, and monks were also equal, so how could it be as hierarchical as later generations? Wei Wencheng has read too many martial arts novels and legendary novels in later generations......

However, he was also thinking, if I inherited the mantle of the monk, would I be able to be the fourth ancestor of Chinese Zen Buddhism in the future? Then if I am the fourth ancestor, maybe Hongren will not be able to be the fifth ancestor, and Huineng will not be able to be the sixth ancestor...... You say that this is a hallucination caused by my hypothesis, this fake world is too reasonable, if I really have crossed over, will history be changed, or is this a parallel world?

All kinds of strange thoughts came to his mind, and Hui Ke suddenly shouted: "Duh, how do you think yes?!" But it seems to be all the phases in the mortal world, but the Dharma of the Buddha Gate, and the rest of the miscellaneous thoughts should be thrown away!"

Wei Wencheng hurriedly retracted his thoughts and nodded to Hui Ke again and again: "The disciple's heart is not strong, this time to go to Songshan, you should follow the example of the ancestor to face the wall, cut off the dust, and prove the road early." ”

I said in my heart, I just thought a lot when I was young, and I guess I can't change it. But what kind of Buddha fate and understanding are all of them, do I really have them? When you all see it, you all say that I am suitable for the practice of Buddhahood, but I really don't know how you found out...... And in the past five years, as long as you are kind to others on the surface and behave honestly, it seems that your Master Hui Ke has not been able to discover the secret in my heart, I am so good at disguise, in fact, this can be pretending to be a monk and eating all directions......

After going back and packing his bags, he left Guangfu Temple and set off for the west. He is basically still dressed in the same clothes as when he came, but his hair has been completely shaved, and the monk's robe on his body is more neat; in addition to luggage, he also has several volumes of genuine scriptures on the bamboo frame on his back; he no longer holds a bowl in his hand, and asks his brother for an old whisk -- it is like the Tang Dynasty Master Xuanzang on the portrait.

As for the book of heaven, Wei Wencheng found a place to bury it before entering the temple, and this time he left the temple, and quietly dug it out again and put it in his arms.

There was nothing to say all the way, and soon arrived at the Shao Room, where he buried the Book of Heaven at the foot of the mountain, and then went to Shaolin to pay homage to the monks. Although the Shaolin Temple is very different from later generations in terms of architectural form, it is still a grand scale, and the houses are lined up one after another, which is much more brilliant than the small Guangfu Temple. Wei Wencheng looked closer, but said in his heart: I don't know if I need to work in the field in Shaolin?

As soon as I handed the letter of introduction inside, it didn't take long for me to see the monk in the abbot. Seng Can was also an old monk - he was already in his forties when he received the ordination of Hui Ke - but with a round head and few wrinkles on his face, he looked like he was plain and well-nourished. Wei Wencheng knelt down to salute, and Daoxin asked, "What are you doing here?"

Wei Wencheng replied casually: "Come to the monk and ask for liberation." Monk Can asked again: "Who binds you?" Wei Wencheng was stunned for a moment, and replied: "No one binds." The monk smiled and said, "Why is it more liberating?"

Wei Wencheng said in his heart that I just said a casual sentence according to the habit of Shimen, you want to enlighten me with an analogy, this kind of tricky public case text, in fact, I will too. Ten thousand means of refutation flashed in his heart in an instant, but he was not stupid after all, and his EQ was not low, so he didn't dare to say it at all, but he just praised it with joy, and said Master, you are right, and you have made me understand a lot of truth in a few words.

Although Seng Can smiled, there seemed to be a hint of disappointment in his eyes. He said you go down first, think about it for three days, and after three days, come and tell me what you think, and then I will decide whether to allow you to take the ordination in Shaolin.

Wei Wencheng had no choice but to leave with a bitter face, and meditated in a small monk's house arranged for him. What kind of perception does he have in his heart, what avenue, I have not read the scriptures and scriptures in vain for so many years, even if I don't sincerely believe in Buddhism, I can casually put out a large set of truths. The problem is that Seng Can will play the official case when he comes up, and if I just talk about the truth in the vernacular, he will definitely not be satisfied -- he has to think of one or two sentences that are concise and to the point, and it is not convenient for the other party to refute them, and he can only do it from the bottom of his bones.

I pondered for two days in a row, but I couldn't get the gist of it, and on the third day, a little novice came to summon him, Wei Wencheng couldn't help but feel a little flustered, and said that if I didn't take the precepts, it would be just a matter if I didn't enter Shaolin, and if he drove me out, where should I find a foothold? This was directly blasted out, where would I have the face to go back to Handan or even to Taihu Lake? If I really pretend to be a monk and cheat to eat and drink, I just think about it, but the lower limit is not so low......

Suddenly, I thought that I wasn't a traverser, and the traverser's biggest killer - plagiarism - how could I forget it? Why do I have to meditate hard and make original?!

So after meeting Seng Can, Seng Can asked him what he felt, and Wei Wencheng said directly: "If you have a side, monk, please listen-

"The body is like a Bodhi tree, the heart is like a mirror platform, and it is diligent to wipe it every day, so as not to cause dust. ”

This is the legendary monk Shenxiu, the founder of Northern Zen Buddhism. And said that Zen Buddhism passed to the hands of the five ancestors Hongren, one day Hongnin ordered the monks of the temple to come to do it, in order to show what they had learned, Shenxiu inscribed this side on the wall, thinking that he could get the mantle inheritance. Who wants to come to the illiterate little monk Hui who doesn't know how to jump out of the rice and ask someone to write another poem under this side:

"Bodhi has no tree, the mirror is not a platform, there is nothing originally, where to stir up dust. ”

Hongren was overjoyed to see it, and secretly summoned Huineng that night to pass on his mantle - Huineng became the sixth ancestor of Chinese Zen Buddhism and the ancestor of Southern Zen.

This public case is very famous, and many people who are not interested in Buddhism have heard of it in later generations, and Wei Wencheng is naturally very familiar with it. If this is a brainless one, it is estimated that he will directly copy Huineng's words, but Wei Wencheng has read Buddhist scriptures for a few years after all, and knows that Buddhist theories are also advancing with the times, and Chinese Zen Buddhism is far from Indian Zen Buddhism and even traditional Buddhism. For example, traditional Buddhism is a cold weapon, Shenxiu's side is a hot weapon, and Huineng's side is an energy weapon...... In this era of cold weapons, it will be quite bluffing for you to throw a hot weapon, and if you go directly to the energy weapon, people must be demon magic!

You can't step too fast, you will pull the eggs, and you can't pretend to be too forced, if you go too far, you will definitely play the piano to the cow.

Shenxiu is a great monk decades later, he originally inscribed that side, not only himself was proud, but the monks of the temple thought that he deserved the mantle of the patriarch, and later Shenxiu also became the ancestor of Northern Zen, and once his reputation far exceeded that of Huineng who was exiled in the south, so can this side be bad? How can it be the best among the students. When you face a teacher, you reach the highest level among the students, and if you go directly to the results of the top experts, it is a question whether the other party can understand it, and even if you do, you won't be suspicious?

Sure enough, as soon as he said this, Seng Can's expression remained unchanged, but there was a hidden light in his eyes. He immediately stood up and beckoned to Wei Wencheng: "You can come with me." He directly took Wei Wencheng to the main hall, and under the attention of the monks, he ordained Wei Wencheng and incorporated it into the door wall.

In addition, he also gave Wei Wencheng a new legal name - the original legal name of Wencheng was only made up by Wei Wencheng with his own name - called Daoxin.

-- In real history, the four ancestors of Chinese Zen Buddhism were called Daoxin, a fourteen-year-old novice who came to pay homage to the monk a few years later. Of course, Wei Wencheng didn't know about this, he himself only remembered Dharma, Hongren, Shenxiu, and Huineng in the Zen inheritance, and even the name of Hui Ke was a little vague, and it was the first time he heard that the three ancestors were monks, let alone Taoism......

After receiving the ordination, Wei Wencheng studied the Lotus Sutra of the Mystic Law, also known as the Lotus Sutra for short, with Seng Can. I don't know if it's because he has learned the secret method in the Book of Heaven, but his memory is now extremely good, and he can memorize the scriptures backwards in just five days. So Seng Can pointed out a few difficulties in his scriptures, and then stretched out his hand and pointed: "I have led you to the door, and the peep of the mystery must be carried out by yourself." Immediately, he ordered Xiao Shami to take Wei Wencheng to find the "face wall stone".

This "face wall stone" is a holy object in the Shaolin Temple, legend has it that the Bodhidharma patriarch face stone sitting meditation, for nine years without moving, actually cast his own shadow on the stone. The little novice led Wei Wencheng to see the "Facing Wall Stone" and said that the abbot cares, please follow the example of the ancestor to sit on the stone here. Wei Wencheng was taken aback when he heard this: "Will it be nine years?" "If I don't say anything for nine years, don't go to the toilet and don't eat, where can I bear it?!"

Xiao Shami smiled: "Senior brother is not an ancestor after all. "Say you're sitting, there's a latrine next to it, and I'll bring you food and water when it's sometime. Wei Wencheng was relieved at this time, and immediately sat down in front of a vague black shadow on the stone.

The little novice left, and Wei Wencheng looked at the shadow, and the more he looked at it, the more curious he became--what was going on with this shadow? Could it really be the figure of Patriarch Bodhidharma? This thing is not scientific...... Well, there are immortals, Buddhas, ghosts, and Yamas in this world, which is not scientific in the first place...... The question is, is that a true story or a legend? Could it be that there was a barely human-like shadow on this stone?

couldn't help but reach out to touch the shadow, who wanted to finger a pestle up, but there was no object, he didn't control the center of gravity, he couldn't help leaning forward, and the whole person fell into the shadow!