Chapter 338: Stubborn Void, the First Step in Cultivation!
The Monkey King was stunned, a little bit unaware of the meaning of Ao Qing's words.
However, he also knew that this should be another rare opportunity for him. Just like the last time in the Water Curtain Cave, once he refused, maybe the Dragon God Emperor in front of him would leave in the next moment.
So he hurriedly said: "As long as the emperor commands me to cultivate a method of immortality, then I can do anything!" ”
"Okay."
Ao Qing bowed slightly: "Do you have a surname?" ”
"Master, I'm sexless! What you command, how I do! ”
When the boys and virgins heard this, they couldn't help but laugh. The virgin who led the monkey in said, "The Lord asks you if you have a name, not your temperament, and not your gender!" ”
"I ...... Born and raised, without father and mother...... So there is no name either. The Monkey King said.
Ao Qing said: "In this case, in the future, you will be called Sun and Wukong." ”
The Monkey King was overjoyed: "So I also have a name!" Thank You, Master! But what does that name mean? ”
Ao Qing said: "Sun, the meaning of the monkey." Wukong is the meaning of breaking the stubborn void and Wukong. Those who are stubborn are ignorant and unconscious, thoughtless and inactive. You were empty by nature, but now you are stubbornly empty. In the future, when cultivating, we must first comprehend wisdom, first break through the stubborn emptiness, and then return to the basics and return to the vacuum. Only then can we attain enlightenment. ”
The Monkey King's heart sank, and he hurriedly said, "Disciple, remember." ”
"Good."
Ao Qing nodded with satisfaction and looked at the boy and maid who led the Monkey King in: "The mountains are green, the water is blue." You two take Goku to find a place to live. ”
Only then did Wukong know that the boy and the virgin who made him come in were called Shanqing, and the virgin was called Shuibi.
At that moment, under the leadership of the two of them, they went to find a place to live.
Ao Qing looked at Sun Wukong's distant back and knew that this was the beginning.
He didn't correct Sun Wukong for calling himself Master, after all, what he was about to do was indeed worthy of this title. Although he is now accepting apprentices on behalf of Patriarch Bodhi, the so-called named disciples are like this. If Sun Wukong does not have enough qualifications to attribute to the true biography of the Sanxing Cave, then he cannot be called a disciple of the Sanxing Cave.
It's like in Journey to the West, there are so many brothers and sisters of Sun Wukong, but in fact, none of them is the true biography of Sanxingdong. Compared with the children and virgins turned into fox girls today, they are probably more ignorant, and they are not as good as them.
At that time, the monkeys were not much different from them to the Bodhi Patriarch, except that they had learned the Great Heavenly Immortal Recipe and the Seventy-two Changes.
Before practicing, Ao Qing felt that those two exercises were very precious. But now, he also knew that the Great Heavenly Immortal Recipe was the foundation of cultivating immortals, but it was not necessary. And the seventy-two changes are just scratching the surface.
It can also be seen that in Journey to the West, although Patriarch Bodhi is good to Wukong, he does not regard it as a true biography. Perhaps it wasn't until the end of the Journey to the West that Wukong was truly regarded as a disciple.
But it's also normal.
Just look at Patriarch Bodhi's attitude towards the golden cicada. Last time, Jin Chanzi came over, and after being kicked out, he was never allowed to come to Sanxingdong again.
Obviously, the patriarch doesn't care much about this journey to the west. The monkey can worship the door, and it is more that he does have a certain master-apprentice fate.
Since the next day, Sun Wukong has learned the etiquette of sprinkling and sweeping and maneuvering. Every day, I preach the scriptures and discuss the Tao, learn words and burn incense, sweep dust, chop firewood and carry water, raise flowers and trees, and plant flowers and hoe gardens.
Goku was stunned.
Didn't you say that you should cultivate?
Why do you let yourself do some chores?
Although these "brothers and sisters" are very good to themselves. But Rao is like this, Wukong, who recites the path of immortality every day, also feels very depressed and has a sense of crisis.
One day, two days...... One month, two months...... One-year, two-year ......
In the blink of an eye, two years had passed, and the monkey began to become more and more anxious.
If he hadn't seen the Dragon God Emperor's mana with his own eyes, he might even start to wonder if he had met a liar.
It's the same as the young Taoist priest who juggled and caught himself to do acrobatics......
Or like the bald head who said he was doing something wrong, so he locked himself in a cage and didn't let himself leave......
In a word.
Two years have passed in the blink of an eye, but the monkey has not realized that he has changed anything!
Thinking about it this way, the peaches in the rotten peach mountain are no longer fragrant.
However, monkeys are monkeys after all, born saints.
On this day, when he was chopping wood, he cut down a bamboo forest.
Originally, it was thought that bamboo was hollow and should be easier to cut than trees. But when the knife goes down, it is hard and tough. It took a lot of work to cut it off.
"Strange...... How is it that a hollow is harder to cut than a solid one...... Hollow......! ”
The monkey snapped back to his senses.
In my mind, I remembered Master's words.
"The obstinate empty, the unconscious, the thoughtless. You were empty by nature, but now you are stubbornly empty. In the future, when cultivating, we must first comprehend wisdom, first break through the stubborn emptiness, and then return to the basics and return to the vacuum. ”
My heart is so messed up!
The tenacity of bamboo lies in emptiness. If it's solid, it's easier to break!
It's like, once in Nanbu Zhou, he saw a blacksmith striking iron, and they all need to be quenched. If it is not quenched, the sword will be extremely strong, but it can easily break.
If you say this, you are a sword that seems hard and easy to break!
My heart is too messy. Wanting to pursue everything and blindly clinging to "immortality" is the same as a person who clearly wants to meditate, but is obsessed with meditating. This is called "stubborn emptiness"!
As long as there is attachment, then how can you calm down?
Thinking of this, the monkey realized. He picked up the peach and took a big bite, the juice of the peach was extremely sweet, and there was no longer the bitterness of the square.
At the same time, in the three-star cave, Ao Qing bowed slightly.
This monkey is so smart.
So easily, he has already begun to realize the ethereal heart. Yes, the so-called unintentional willow willow shady.
Often, people with ethereal spirits are more likely to be persistent.
It's like in life, what is the most important thing that everyone insists on?
Eat, sleep, breathe.
This is more than anything else, persistent. But these have never been seen.
On the contrary, those who strive to learn, work, and progress retrospectively. There is even a special mechanism for punching in and supervising.
It's easier to heat up for three minutes, and it's easy to give up.
This is "too rigid and easy to break", and it is also the "five poisonous hearts" mentioned by Buddhism.
It seems to be the pursuit of hard work and progress, but in fact, it is just a desire triggered by greed, hatred, ignorance and suspicion.
Such efforts will not last long.
The only way to do that is to make it a part of your life. Even if it's not hard work, it's a success!
Seeker, too!
For Ao Qing, this is the second level for Sun Wukong, "moving mountains and building steps".
It's just that, from this point alone, Ao Qing is even more clever than what Patriarch Bodhi did!