After two days of exploration, Li Ye found the method of practicing in the Big Buddha Temple, and on the third day, before the morning bell rang, he got up to wash, carried a bucket to the back mountain road, and traveled all the way.

After seeing all the behaviors of Li Ye on the second day, the monks who lined up in front of the hall to fast were no longer curious.

It's just that a few monks were shocked that Li Ye was able to carry back three buckets of water at a time at a young age, and he was still walking like flying, and they all pointed out: "It's another demon who trains the flesh." ”

Li Ye carried water and chopped firewood, and did not say much, waiting for everyone to finish lunch, he just took the well water to wash his body, sat in the hall by himself, and bowed his head to eat.

Thinking that he still has to work harder, and strive to catch up with the monks for lunch within a month, he will never let the senior brother leave food and vegetables for him.

I got up in the afternoon and went to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion to sweep the floor as usual, but I saw the Buddhist edict written by the long-bearded and white-eyed old monk on the pillar of the eaves with a broom:

The Buddha taught to the bhikshus: "There are five special merits of sweeping the earth: one is to purify one's own mind, two to purify the hearts of others, three to rejoice and praise the heavens, four to plant the good causes of good appearance and majesty in the next life, and five to die in the heavenly realm. ”

Li Ye didn't sweep the floor immediately, but stood in front of the pillar and read it silently a few times, carefully understanding the essence of it. After a while, he stretched out his hand, gently took off the Buddha's confession, and put it into his space ring, thinking that he would ask the old monk master for advice when he had time.

The old monk told him to sweep the floor, he thought that the temple was falling more and more leaves in autumn, and needed a clean place to practice, so someone should sprinkle and sweep the morning, in order to keep the Buddha clean place.

I didn't expect to see the Buddha on the Yongzhu today, only to know that there are five kinds of merits in sweeping the floor, and the current sweeping is less troublesome and more joyful. The old monk Master Mo Bei said: Troubles are Bodhi, and he has some insights at this time.

The next cleaning is not in a hurry or impatience, just like the state of mind when I practiced the "Phaseless Dharma Body" at the beginning, moving and still, but maintaining a speed, he carefully cleaned every corner of the inner courtyard.

Let the long-bearded and white-eyed old monk upstairs secretly admire in his eyes, and say in his heart that this little guy really has a wisdom root, and he can understand it at one point.

When he cleaned the inner courtyard and the outer courtyard twice, and was about to leave, the wooden door of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion "creaked" open, but it was the old monk with a long beard and white eyebrows upstairs who walked out and beckoned: "Wuchen, you come with me." ”

Li Ye was stunned, and said in his heart that he hadn't seen the old monk for three days, so he actually greeted him, and immediately saluted with his hands: "The boy is dustless, I have seen the seniors." ”

One old and one young, one in front of the other, went up to the second floor of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion. Meditate in the Buddhist hall where the long beard and white eyebrows practice.

"According to the seniority in the temple, you should call me uncle, do you know why I called you up today?" The old monk took the teapot from the stove and poured a cup of tea for Li Ye.

"The younger generation used to be a teacher, but I don't know, is it because I haven't swept the land cleanly these days?" Li Ye replied worriedly.

"No, I saw that you read the Buddha I wrote to you, and then took it off and took it back into your arms, thinking that you and I have a fate, so I came to chat with you for a few words. ”

"It turned out that the teacher was merciful, and the younger generation was grateful. Li Ye kowtowed to the old monk.

"Do you know why there are five virtues for sweeping the floor?"

"After the younger generation watched it, I didn't know much, and I was thinking about asking my master for a while, and I would like to ask my master to solve my doubts here. Li Ye picked up the teacup in front of him and raised the old monk.

The old monk nodded and said: When the Buddha was practicing in the dead forest, he saw that the land was not pure, so he wanted to sweep the garden with a broom. When Sariputta, Gandharan the Maha Eye, and Ananda heard the loud voice, they all swept the garden with brooms.

After the Buddha and his disciples finished cleaning, they went into the cafeteria and sat down.

The Buddha told the bhikshus, "Whoever sweeps the earth has five special qualities: one is pure in his own heart, two is pure in his heart, three is in the heavens for joy, four is for good karma, and five is born in heaven at the end of his life." ”

When Li Ye heard this, he folded his hands and exclaimed: "I see, thank you for solving your disciples' doubts." ”

The old monk looked at him and smiled, ignored it, and continued to say,

"The Buddha taught the world by example, but later generations have a narrow understanding of these merits, thinking that as long as the monastery is cleaned, there will be five kinds of merits. ”

"Isn't it?" asked Li Ye.

The old monk shook his head.

"Actually, it's not, your master didn't teach you by example yesterday, telling you not only to pick up fallen leaves on the ground, but also to pick up fallen leaves on your heart, so as not to make the Buddha's heart dusty. ”

"Later, if you don't sweep a courtyard, why can you sweep a temple, and if you don't sweep a house, how can you sweep the world. These are all things to tell you that you can do not only in the Great Buddha Temple, but also in the world. ”

When Li Ye heard this, he suddenly realized, nodded and said, "It turns out that the master and the master are talking about the same truth. ”

The old monk looked at him with a smile, and his heart was really happy, and the young man in front of him didn't need to say much to understand what he wanted to express.

"The principle of the Dharma is accessible, and after the Dharma is attained, it is the Dharma of the world, and if you can practice in the temple until you see the Buddha nature clearly, you will not let the Sacred Heart be dusted when you enter the world in the future. ”

Li Ye bowed down and bowed again, and said, "May I ask my uncle, what is the clear seeing of Buddha nature?"

The old monk smiled and said: "Seeing Buddha nature is still very far away for you at present, and the sutras such as "Great Nirvana Sutra", "Fang and Other Prajna Sutra", "Great Compassion Sutra", ......"Lotus Face Sutra", etc., all mention seeing Buddha nature, but in the end they lead to the supreme Mahayana classic "Great Nirvana Sutra". ”

These scriptures were like heavenly books to Li Ye, who just nodded subconsciously and was silent.

"To achieve the clear view of the Buddha-nature, the abandonment or fixed phase is: it can eliminate all afflictions and causes, second, it can reconcile all the root evils and ungood causes, third, it can make the three karmas become silent, fourth, it can make sentient beings get rid of the five desires, and the mountains can clear greed, hatred, and ignorance, and the three turbidity causes. ”

The old monk's heart is me, and some scriptures have not been read carefully, let alone you.

"After all, you are not a monk in this life, and you can't read them one by one, but when you have the opportunity to go to the Prajna Temple in Fangcun Mountain to cultivate the Great Buddha Sutra, you will understand what it means to see Buddha nature. ”

Li Ye kowtowed to the old monk again and said: "The disciple is practicing in the Tianshan Mountain, and occasionally gets the inheritance of the monk who breaks the void in Fangcun Mountain, and there are many similarities between the disciples of the Lotus Sutra after reading it and what the master said, and the disciples will copy this scripture another day and offer it to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion in the temple. ”

When the old monk heard this, he clasped his hands together, and exclaimed excitedly: "I can't imagine that you can have some adventures, there is no collection in the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion in this temple, if you copy and offer, it is the supreme merit, there is no Amitabha Buddha in the south, good and good." ”

Li Ye said: "If it is a blank scripture in the temple, the disciple will start copying it tomorrow." ”

The old monk's body trembled lightly under the excitement, stretched out his hand and touched his head and said: "There is one in the Tibetan Pavilion, I will bring you a few volumes in a while, you can get the true scriptures, so that I can have the fate to hear the avenue." What a blessing. ”

"I met the two predecessors of the old ape and the old wolf on the Tianshan Mountain, and I also had to hear this sutra and enter the Tao, thinking that I would soon be able to survive the tribulation and ascend. ”

Li Ye sat in front of the Buddha, and at this time there was already a treasure on his face. Chant softly:

Manjushri, the guru why

The eyebrows are white, and the light shines

Rain mandala, manshushava

Sandalwood wind, pleasing to the hearts of the people

......

This is the first preface to the Lotus Sutra, and the master wants to know the essence of it, and then savor it after the disciple has completely copied it. ”

Li Ye chanted lightly for half an hour, then stopped, and somehow he was already holding flowers in his left hand and using a dervishes in his right hand.

The most wonderful thing is that a thirty-two-petal golden lotus rose above his head, and it was gently spinning, and after he stopped chanting, Fang Zi gradually disappeared......

When he looked back at the long-bearded and white-eyed monk, he actually prostrated himself on the ground, chanting the Buddha in his mouth, his whole body trembling slightly, and his mouth kept chanting the six-character mantra.

Thinking back to the golden lotus rising above Li Ye's head, the old monk looked at him and muttered to himself: "It's a pity that Master Wuchen's nephew is not in Buddhism in this life, otherwise it would be a great fortune for Buddhism." ”

Li Ye, who came back to his senses, smiled and said: "The disciple has too many concerns in this body to offer to the Buddha with his body, but when he walks in the world in the future, he should remember the teachings of the master and not let the Dharma be dusted." ”

The old monk admired again and again, and then he sat upright and added some water to the kettle on the stove.

Looking at Li Yedao, "It's really rare that you have such an understanding of the Dharma, and you are still willing to practice the path of suffering of the Dharma." ”

"If you want to copy the scriptures, do you want to tell the priest to tell the hall and let them arrange for someone else to temporarily do your many chores, so that you can calm down and copy the scriptures?"

The old monk frowned slightly, thinking that he had obtained the scriptures copied by Li Ye earlier.

Li Ye clasped his hands together and hurriedly said: "Master Uncle must not, the disciple has just swept the courtyard for three days, wouldn't it be a matter of stopping to make the senior brothers in the temple laugh at me for fishing for three days and drying nets for two days!"

The old monk looked at him and smiled.

"The disciples will do their homework and carefully copy the scriptures, and strive to make offerings to the Tibetan Pavilion as soon as possible. ”

Li Ye looked at the person and said softly.

The old monk added hot tea to Li Ye, and said with a guilty face: "Uncle Shi is in a hurry and is ashamed." ”

"The disciple originally thought that he wanted to copy a volume to the master of the Big Buddha Temple on the Tianshan Mountain, but because of a coincidence, Mr. Tang Qiuyu of Qingcheng in the Central Region asked for a volume, and left a volume for each of the two seniors on the Tianshan Mountain, so he now has to re-transcribe it to the master. ”

Li Ye picked up the teacup and said with a smile.

"Good, good! The teacher and nephew not only practice the Dharma themselves, but can also preach the Dharma to those who have been born and entered the world in the Tianshan Mountains, and the merit is truly immeasurable. The Buddha said: It is better to speak the Dharma to others than to study the Dharma yourself, and this is the truth. ”

Li Ye smiled, looked at Li Seng and said, "I'm ashamed to say that when the disciple first copied the scriptures, it was not for the purpose of practicing Buddhism, but for practicing calligraphy. ”

"How can you be presumptuous?" asked the old monk.

"Later, when I practiced with my husband, he asked me to practice swordsmanship by copying the Dharma, and now the two outer stone walls on the Tianshan Mountains are still completely carved with the entire scriptures of the Jizo Sutra and the Lotus Sutra. ”

Li Ye looked at the person and said.

When the old monk heard this, he was shocked again and exclaimed: "Doing charity, the so-called non-stop giving...... If the bodhisattva does not stop giving to each other. Its fortune is incredible. ”

"Unexpectedly, my master and nephew have already given two complete volumes of scriptures to each other on the Tianshan Mountains without sutras, and all the beings in the Tianshan Mountains and the cultivators of later generations can receive your blessings. Good, good!"

"Do you want to tell the master about this?" the old monk looked at Li Ye with a smile.

"I came here in a hurry, and I haven't talked to my master about many things on the Tianshan Mountain. Touching his head, Li Ye smiled.

The old monk sighed again and said: "You practice the Dharma unintentionally, and then comprehend the Dharma, and then give the Dharma, and then you don't like to preach the Dharma after giving the Dharma, even if you are not the reincarnation of the Buddhas, you are also the Bodhisattvas descending to earth, Amitabha!"

"The disciple is stupid, and he can't stand such praise from his master. Li Ye hurriedly kowtowed to the old monk.

The old monk shook his head and said: "There is a sequence of hearing the Tao, and there is no time to enter the Tao. When you are lost, you are a teacher, and when you are enlightened. You only need to practice for a few more years, and when you come back from the back of the square inch, maybe I and the Kuzen disciples will be waiting for you to come to the transformation. ”

"The disciple is terrified!"

"You don't have to be humble, you have already cultivated the "Phaseless Dharma Body" to the Five Realms, and at this time there is already a Buddha with you, and when you have to cultivate the "Phaseless Dharma Body" from Fangcun Mountain to perfection, you may have become a Buddha on the ground. ”

After speaking, the old monk stood up straight, went to the cabinet in front of the Buddha platform, took out three blank scriptures, and handed them to Li Ye.

"Transcribe in my spare time, the coming day is long, I can afford to wait. ”

Li Ye took it with both hands and said, "The disciple will carefully transcribe the scriptures and strive to offer the scriptures to the master as soon as possible." ”

After speaking, he got up, folded his hands, saluted the old monk, and then pushed the door and left.

When you have to walk out of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, look up, a crescent moon bends, shining on the entire Big Buddha Temple.