Chapter 67: The Realm of Buddhism (Happy Double Festival)
Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, Buddha Light Pavilion, 18th floor.
Ichifeng heard a strange and mysterious voice, it was sharp and piercing, as chilling as a claw scratching on a smooth stone face, and there was no small movement, but the elder stationed there did not move, as if he did not hear.
Master Ran turned his head and smiled as a sign of comfort, but he didn't explain much, turned to the middle-aged elder and said, "Senior brother, be polite, I have already asked the abbot, please let me go." β
The middle-aged elder didn't speak, just nodded.
Master Ran smiled and rushed forward, unexpectedly passing directly through the body of the middle-aged elder!
Ichifeng was dumbfounded.
Standing inside the eighteenth floor, through the body of the middle-aged elder and the golden circle of light around him, Master Ran said to Yifeng, "Come up, Yifeng, it's okay." β
Maybe it's a kind of mechanism!
Yifeng thought about it, so he had to keep up with Master Ran, lowered his head and rushed through the body of the middle-aged elder, and at the moment of passing, a feeling like a spring breeze suddenly came to his heart, just like the body of the middle-aged elder, there is a very comfortable, very peaceful and powerful Buddha power.
Yifeng turned his head to look, and the middle-aged elder was still standing at the top of the stairs, which was very magical.
He looked around, but saw a stone tablet standing at the entrance of the eighteenth floor of the staircase! β
The layout of this level of the loft is unlike any of the lofts below.
There are no bookcases on this floor, and although it is narrower than the attic below, it looks more open.
Under the feet is a huge black stone slab paved with a smooth black texture, giving people a very solid feeling.
The center of the attic is imprinted with golden lines, the complex lines are circular, around the circular gold lines, is a colorful and bright painting, there are auspicious clouds, Buddha, Vajra Bodhisattva Arhat, spirit animals, strange mountains and strange stones and beautiful plants and trees, as if depicting the scene of the grand event of the Buddha Kingdom of the Twenty Heavens, the lines are smooth, the brush style is delicate, and the painted scenery is lifelike.
The Buddha painting extends outward, that is, the walls around the attic, the crimson wall is not the appearance of the bookcase made into the attic below, there are also a lot of murals painted on the wall, painted with rich colors such as golden yellow and green and deep purple, gorgeous colored clouds, elegant red glow, many Buddha statues of compassion, and the sleeves fluttering to the heavenly goddess, like the murals on the wall and the ground paintings on the ground echo each other, providing a feast of the Buddha painting scroll in heaven for the comers.
Drawn to these images, Ichifu unconsciously came to the center of the attic.
Suddenly, a cool breeze blew from nowhere, and the wind seemed to see the auspicious glow between the murals slowly being blown by the wind, and the goddess's sleeves suddenly fluttered, and his ears immediately sounded a thick and deep Sanskrit sound that seemed to come down from the nine heavens, distant and empty.
Yifeng's eyes widened, and in the blink of an eye, all those Buddhas came to life, smiled at him, waved at him, and called his name in a deep Dharma voice, making his head suddenly groggy and buzzing.
He just wanted to shout Master Ran, a strong wind pushed him violently, a wind staggered, like stepping into the Buddha country isolated from this attic, just in front of Master Ran disappeared, the brilliant color gradually emitted a dazzling light, covering the sky, the attic disappeared, only a blazing bright light was left in front of him, misty and flickering.
The surrounding walls and the pictures under his feet were obscured by colorful light, making him unable to see his direction clearly, only feeling suspended in a space with no edge, and his heart was beating violently, dazed and overwhelmed.
Then he felt someone walking by him, touching and caressing him, someone whispering to him, and the warm, broad, or slender, soft palms of his hands landed on top of his head, rubbing like elders.
The gentle murmur was like the tolerant admonition of the elders, he wanted to see clearly, he wanted to hear clearly, but the bright light blurred these people, and the solemn and thick Sanskrit sound blocked his ears.
In an instant, the Sanskrit sound became even grander, and there were loud bells and chaotic fairy music, constantly impacting his mind, hitting his chest and heart one after another, and the spiritual power and blood of his whole body immediately boiled!
He wanted to roar, he wanted to swing his fists and feet, he wanted to release the energy accumulated in his body's hot blood spiritual power!
He opened his mouth vigorously, letting the voice rush to his throat with abundant power from the dantian: "Roarβ"
Just when the golden conch on his chest was about to flash with golden light, echoing this strange and grand vision, Yifeng's shoulder was suddenly patted hard!
He turned his head suddenly, saw Master Ran's solemn expression, and subconsciously was startled, and the dazzling and dull and chaotic music in front of him disappeared in an instant!
The attic reverted to the way it had been, with the golden Buddha beads shining on the crimson walls, the murals on the walls and the paintings on the floors lurking quietly, the Buddha statues were deep and solemn, His Holiness was solemn, and the Bodhisattva closed his eyes.
After a pause, Yifeng shook his head vigorously, and said to Master Ran: "Master, what's going on?"
Master Ran bent down and touched the ground with his hand, stood up, carefully observed the surroundings, and said: "Lao Qu is also the first time to see such a scene, here is the Great Brahma Layer, it is said that there is a supreme Dharma circle of Buddhism here, there is a great chance of wonderful law, it is the ancestors of Nanzong Temple who became a Buddha before, specially guarding the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, Lao Qu and the abbot have also been here a few times, but I have never heard of anyone to start, today Lao Qu is fortunate to see the true face of this place." β
As he spoke, he looked around and sighed.
Yifeng also looked at the Buddha statues and goddesses on the ground paintings and murals, closed his eyes and carefully recalled the pictures and sounds just now, trying to find some clues, but helplessly just like a dream, everything disappeared into the wind.
Master Ran pondered for a moment and said, "Yifeng, do you know why the old man brought you here?"
Ichifeng shook his head.
Master Zhiran said: "Because, the old man and the abbot already know that you are a Buddha!"
Yifeng was suddenly startled, his heart moved, and his whole body was instantly covered with goosebumps.
The matter of the Buddha is the biggest secret of Yifeng and his brothers and sisters, since the Qingshan Temple came down from the mountain, except for the specious words of the scholar named Wang Jun, no one has ever been able to perceive this shocking secret in the ordinary him, how did Master Ran know?
Master Ran also saw his doubts and said to him, "Do you know how to divide my Buddhist cultivation realm?"
Yifeng said: "The disciple only knows the three realms of Hinayana, Jade Vehicle, and Mahayana, and the Hinayana realm has three small realms of Buddha power, Buddha qi, and Buddha light. β
Master Zhiran nodded, and then told Yifeng about the Buddhist cultivation method: "Yes, but the Hinayana realm is only the beginning of my Buddhist cultivation, and the Hinayana realm is self-cultivation, so the cultivation is also all focused on cultivating oneself, tempering oneself through exercises and supernatural powers, and improving one's cultivation."
"Buddhist cultivation, in general, is divided into three major realms and nine minor realms.
"Each realm will produce the power of the corresponding realm, for example, the Buddha power, Buddha qi and Buddha light you just said, all belong to the power of the realm that comes from cultivation, and on top of this, there are more realm powers.
"After the first monk tribulation, cultivating into great compassion, and expanding the spring in the body into a jade pool, accommodating more spiritual power, it is cultivating to reach the 'Jade Realm'. The Jade Realm is also divided into three stages, which are divided into three small realms: Buddha sound, Buddha shadow, and Buddha power, giving birth to the power of the corresponding realm.
"'Buddha sound' is at the lower level of the Jade Vehicle, and through intensive practice and meditation on the Dharma, one can perceive the Buddha sound of the Buddha Kingdom above the heavens. When facing the enemy, choose the right time to attract the Buddha's voice containing powerful mana, shock the enemy's soul, and defeat the enemy. As long as you are able to perceive and attract the sound of the Buddha, it means that you have cultivated to this state.
"The 'Buddha Shadow' is the intermediate level of the Jade Vehicle, and through continuous study of the exercises, the enlightenment of the Buddha's teachings, and the concentrated operation of the exercises to the peak state, one can perceive the golden body of the Buddha, Bodhisattva, Vajra, Dharma Protector, Arhat, etc., and pull the golden body phantom to bless one's own body, and the blessing of the golden body can urge the supernatural power to exert more powerful and terrifying power.
"The 'Buddha Authority' realm is the high level of the Jade Vehicle's realm. Cultivating the Dharma to a high level and comprehending the truth of the Buddha's path can touch the power contained in the supreme Buddha kingdom of the heavens, and drag the power of the glorious Buddha kingdom from the heavens to the supreme power of the enemy.
"Next, survive the tribulation of the monks, cultivate great wisdom, expand the jade pool in the body into the sea of Buddha, swallow the boundless spiritual power with the momentum of the sea, and achieve the 'Mahayana realm'.
"The 'Mahayana realm' is also divided into three small realms: the Buddha's heart, the Buddha's god, and the Buddha's domain, and the power of the realm is also stronger, and it will attack the root of the enemy's cultivation, that is, the enemy's divine soul, and it will also achieve itself more.
"The 'Buddha Heart' cultivates the Buddha's mind and soul on the basis of previous cultivation, so that the Buddha's mind is immovable like a mountain, and the soul is connected with the Buddha's country.
"'Buddha God' is to cultivate the soul to the immortality of the soul, and the immortality of the Buddha's path to immortalize the soul. Even if the body is destroyed, the divine soul can still survive in the mortal world, and it can be said that the divine soul has become your second life from this time on.
"The 'Buddha Domain' is a realm of great power in practice. This realm is called the Buddha Domain, which is connected to the Buddha realm above the heavens, and is controlled by the cultivator's own laws in the realm, transcending the Three Realms and becoming a heaven and earth of its own. β
Yifeng was fascinated by what he heard, he only heard about the three small realms of the Hinayana realm from his master, Master Diyi, but he didn't expect that the Jade and Mahayana realms of Buddhism actually have a cave, and there are so many powerful and magical small realms, and the power of each stage of the realm sounds very powerful!
Master Ran looked at Yifeng with a smile and continued: "In the end, if you want to ascend to Buddhahood, you have to survive the Great Monk Tribulation. This calamity is the most difficult, and the difficulty lies in the great monk tribulation, to be able to use all wisdom to transform sentient beings at all times and cultivate great power.
"Among them, the use of all wisdom to transform sentient beings requires an extremely tenacious and extremely strong Buddha mind and Buddha nature, even if you go down to the eighteen layers of hell, even if you are enemies of the demons in the world, even if you spend your whole life, even if you sacrifice everything you have, you must unswervingly build immeasurable merits with selfless thoughts and transform sentient beings.
In this way, the Buddha realm that has been cultivated by oneself can be integrated with the Buddha Kingdom of the Heavens, and the cultivators can carry their own Buddha Realm to the Buddha Kingdom of Western Heaven Bliss and become the Venerable Buddha of God and Buddha. β
"What if the world is peaceful and there is no catastrophe?" Ichikaze asked.
There was a rare hint of mockery on his face, and he said: "If there is no luck and the world is peaceful, then you must devote yourself to cultivation for an unknown number of years, spend the life of even every ant with the heart of a Buddha, and wait for the merit to be completed in the distant practice."
"And when the times are not good, the world is in chaos, and the lives are ruined, but it is the time to establish the supreme cause of merit. At this time, as long as you uphold the truth of Buddhism, surrender the demons of the world, and overcome the evil thoughts of the world, you can practice to perfection and become an immortal and a Buddha. β
"So, the catastrophe in the mortal world is a good thing for us Buddhist cultivators?" Yifeng was a little surprised.
"That's right. "Master Ran was a little sad.
Yifeng sighed softly, thought for a while, and asked again: "So, what are the Ziquan, Jade Pond and Buddha Sea of the Realm of Discernment, as well as the Wisdom Root and Divine Soul Light Group of the Divine Court Pure Land, as well as the Divine Pure Land?"
Master Ran replied, "These are all found in the cultivation space of cultivators, and they cannot be found in the body and flesh and blood. Only after becoming a cultivator by absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, using the exercises, using the consciousness of the divine soul, also called divine consciousness, can it be explored by internal vision.
"Of course, generally speaking, others can also be snooped through various methods of exploration and diagnosis, especially some people who are not right-minded, and there are many supernatural powers that can detect other people's cultivation. If you want to avoid it, unless you have cultivated some magical power to completely conceal it, you can only look inward. β
"Then how many places are there in the cultivation space?" asked Yifeng.
Master Zhiran said: "This kind of cultivation space is divided into two places, one is hidden under the body dantian, which is a place to store cultivators to absorb the spiritual power of heaven and earth, whether it is Confucianism, Buddhism or other cultivators, after absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, they will all merge into this place, and through the meridians of the dantian and the body, borrow the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and use it to cultivate and release the energy of heaven and earth.
"The second place is hidden within the acupuncture points of the Skull Divine Court, which are also connected to the meridians. In the Pure Land of the Divine Court of Buddhist practitioners, there are wisdom roots that can nourish and grow into a Bodhi tree, and a group of divine soul light that gradually turns into a human form.
"Confucianism, Taoism, and other cultivation sects have similar space, but it's not Huigen but something else. Huigen will also vary from person to person, and some people will be born with low quality, so the path of cultivation will also be bumpy or stagnant.
"So, in general, whether or not you can absorb the aura of heaven and earth and open up these two kinds of cultivation space is the most important indicator to discern whether a person can cultivate or not.
"And our wisdom root is an important material for how long we can cultivate the Buddha Tao and to which realm we can cultivate. β
Yifeng listened to Master Ran teach him the Fa, and he was fascinated by it, but Master Ran stopped talking.
Yifeng raised his head to look at him, only to see that he had a sad and helpless face, and even a trace of mockery, looking up, and asking with a look that seemed to break through this scripture pavilion and approach the heavens.
Yifeng was puzzled: "Master, what does this have to do with discovering that I am a Buddha?"
Master Zhiran lowered his head, and his face gradually calmed down: "Senior Brother Abbot and Lao Qu have cultivated to the Buddha realm of the Mahayana realm, and they have the ability to perceive the spirits and bodies of others, but it will be difficult to advance from now on.
"On that day, when you and Shuli and the others came to the abbot's courtyard, the abbot and the old man were amazed by your soul and body, especially the divine soul, although it is still very immature, but it shows the ability of the world-shattering Buddha's light, can you perceive it yourself?"
Yifeng suddenly understood a little, and said to Master Ran: "The disciple heard from the master that something happened in the Qingshan Temple where I was born, so that the Qingshan Temple, which was originally an ordinary person's senior brothers and sisters, gave birth to Huigen, and since then embarked on the road of Buddhist cultivation.
"Also, when I stay in one place for a long time, the flowers and trees around me will become different, and some will grow strange fruits. β
After Yifeng finished speaking, he remembered that Jin Luo, the third senior brother of Qingshan Temple, liked to eat nasturtium fruit the most, but it was also because he was poisoned and injured, and finally left him, and he couldn't help but feel a little sentimental.
Master Ran's face was different, even if he had heard of the Buddha's ability to shine, but he really didn't expect it to be so against the sky.
Whether it has a wisdom root, that is the number of human life, the fixed number of heaven and earth, how can it be artificially changed?
Could it be that the Buddha said that everything has a fixed number and can be changed?
Impossible, certainly a coincidence!
Master Ran's face changed uncertainly, and he paused for a moment before slowly continuing: "At this point, Senior Brother Abbot and Lao Wei have eight points of certainty. And that night, when you checked into Nanzong Temple, the patrol monks at the foot of the mountain reported that someone had followed you, and after a personal visit by the old man, after a fight, a man in black was captured, and they did not know the purpose of the mission, but the target was indeed you.
"The key thing is that they were sent by Solomon, and Solomon has been searching for the Buddha for countless years, this is a secret that the Great Martial Kingdom is not a secret, even if this clue is a bit far-fetched to identify your identity, but through the previous insight into your soul, it has been nine points certain. β
Master Ran let out a sigh of relief: "The last remaining point is also bringing you here, the vision of the powerful magic circle of this Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, and the answer you just made, have been revealed!"