Chapter 45: Three Questions for the True Self
The puja at the Great Zen Temple was followed by a ceremony.
Ji Tian was about to leave, and at this moment, a small bald head ran over directly.
"Layman, can you follow me to the main hall, our abbot is invited."
Seeing this, Ji Tian said to Wang Zhen next to him: "I may have something to do, so I won't accompany me." ”
"It's nothing, it's just that I didn't expect that Brother Ji is not only proficient in Confucianism and Taoism, but also so proficient in Buddhism, and has such a profound understanding of the truth."
Ji Tian nodded, did not speak, and then followed the little monk to the walk.
After walking a long way, looking at the surrounding carved beams and paintings, and the majestic treasure hall, Ji Tian only sighed.
You must know that Taoist masters and martial artists in this world have never been productive, Ji Tian looked around, looking at the overlapping palaces, covering the mountain peaks, observing the underground earth qi, full of dragons, obviously occupying a dragon vein, built on the dragon vein.
After walking for a long time, Ji Tian felt that he was just walking the periphery of the Great Zen Temple, such a gorgeous building, I am afraid that it is not worse than the palace. It is said that there are also monks and soldiers, and there are treasures such as Qiankun cloth bags for marching and fighting, as well as countless exercises, resources and treasures.
There are countless sturdy monks walking around busily on the road, seeing the grand occasion of such a large Zen temple, Ji Tian thought of it and turned into ruins in an instant, which can only prove that foreign objects can not be relied on.
Soon I walked to the front of a large hall, but I saw a total of one hundred and eight steps, and the stone lions next to them were carved lifelike, and a stone slab in the center of the steps was carved with a flying dragon.
Walking up to the main hall step by step, I saw that the old monk named Yinhai was sitting on a chair, and there were a few small novices serving around him, and when he saw Ji Tian coming here, he pointed to the chair next to him and said, "The layman can sit here." ”
Ji Tian sat in front of him, and there were people who came to hold the tea, put it, it was quite fragrant, if ordinary people often drank this tea, it would be like a clear mind every day, and become extremely intelligent, and if the Taoist master drank this tea, the practice was diligent every day, very fast, and it could only be said that this tea was also a treasure.
I took it and blew the tea powder and tasted it gently.
"The truth of the layman is indeed profound, and the concept of the sea of merit is really a unique idea. I don't know who the layman learned from, and where he learned such a mysterious truth. ”
He put down the teacup and said, "I studied in a sect of the Wang family, and the theory of the so-called merit sea is just a truth that I have learned from reading, and there is nothing mysterious. ”
"In other words, this is the self-realization of the layman?"
"It's like this, where can you talk about it, you don't realize it, the world you see is the same world, with different names, but it has never changed at all."
Yin Hai was silent for a while, and then spoke:
"I don't know if the layman can have the intention of seeking the Buddha's way, the layman is a person of great understanding, and he has not been able to prove a bodhisattva, I see that the layman is full of gods, and he is still a congenital martial artist, but the bone age has not reached the age of the crown."
"Such talent and qualifications are simply astonishing, whether it is practicing Taoism or martial arts, you can get great achievements. It is definitely not worse than the Wu Wen Hou of the Great Qian Dynasty, which is known as 'Wen Neng Anbang, Wu Neng Ding Guo'. ”
"There are countless martial arts classics and Taoist scriptures in my Great Zen Temple, and if you can join the Great Zen Temple, these can be open to the laymen."
Ji Tian picked up the teacup and took another sip, in fact, this tea, which can be called a treasure outside, is of little help to Ji Tian himself, because Ji Tian is running the wheel of wisdom all the time, and his mind has always been in a state of clarity.
If the Great Chan Temple does not have the disaster of overturning, it is not impossible for Ji Tian to join, backed by the big forces, it is also easy to improve the Taoist skills on the other side, and it is not a rare thing to absorb martial arts nutrition, martial saints and even human immortals.
But Ji Tian knew that the number of qi in the Great Zen Temple was approaching.
But Ji Tian can't refuse directly, in the face of Yinhai, he is still a real powerhouse, his will can be changed, but he can't be tough and relative.
Ji Tian nodded and said: "I'm just a person who is willing to seek wisdom, the sons are my guides, if the Great Zen Temple can let me seek the truth, why not live here?" But I have three doubts, and if the Zen master can solve them, I can join the Great Zen Temple. ”
"Layman, please." Zen Master Yinhai smiled and said, he has studied Buddhist scriptures since he was a child, and he is still a master of Taoism, even if this mortal has deep roots, there are few things in the world that can solve his own problems.
"The Great Zen Temple inherits the way of the Zen ancestors and takes the cultivation of the mind as the foundation, isn't it?"
"Not bad!" Yin Hai nodded in approval.
"Then my first question...... The heart is vast and boundless, so where is the vast and boundless heart? ”
Yin Hai was about to answer, and then he thought about it carefully, thought about the flow of hundreds of millions of pieces of information, and began to calculate.
'The heart is in the body? Non-also, extracorporeal non-also, middle, six ......'
None of this is the case. ’
"Where the heart is at stake." Yin Hai thought for a moment and replied.
"If the ocean doesn't make waves, isn't it the ocean? Thoughts are waves, the heart is the ocean, and it is not right to say that the heart is thoughts. If your thoughts are extinguished, then your mind will not disappear? ”
"This ......" Yin Hai pinched the rosary, if you have a heart, whether you have a thought or not, your heart exists, then where is the heart. If I take my thoughts as my heart, then my heart will be destroyed as soon as my thoughts are destroyed, am I still me?
Yin Hai began to use Taoism and scriptures continuously, thinking hard about this doubt.
Ji Tian waited for a while, and seeing that Yin Hai did not continue to answer, he continued:
"My second question is...... What is there in this world that is eternal? ”
At this time, Yin Hai no longer dared to underestimate Ji Tian, pinched the rosary in his hand and turned, thinking about Ji Tian's words carefully, and then said with a smile: "Time flies in this world, only the past will not change, so the past is eternal and immortal." ”
"No, the past and the present are all delusional." Ji Tian replied.
Yin Hai Rosary paused, was silent for a while, and asked Ji Tian with a somewhat dull mouth: "What is the solution?" ”
"Is the past in the past?"
"If the past is gone, that is, if the past is dissolved, you cannot see it."
"If the past phase has not dissipated, then the past phase is the present phase, what is the past phase? Therefore, the past phase is an illusion, and the future phase can also be inferred as a delusion. ”
Even if this world has existed for a long time, from Ji Tian's theoretical point of view, it is just a higher-dimensional "now", and it all exists "at the same time".
Yin Hai held the beads in his hand tightly and said, "So the past, present, and future are the same thing?" ”
"Since we observe the world, we always rely on our eyes to see the world, and the shadow seen by the root of the eye is transmitted to the eye, and the eye is transmitted to the consciousness, so all the 'now' in our minds is not the 'now' of the real world. So the present in our minds is also an illusion. ”
Ji Tian said to Yin Hai.
Yin Hai fell into silence for a long time, and Ji Tian's exposition of the past, present, and future seemed to contain extremely profound truths about time and space.
If it can be penetrated, it is likely that the Great Zen Temple will be able to completely unify the "Past Mida Sutra", "Present Rulai Sutra" and "Future Wusheng Sutra", and become a supreme classic for those who practice martial arts and Taoism at the same time, and truly dominate the past, present and future.
Even if it is the Taishang Dan Sutra and the Second Sutra of the Universe, it can be easily opposed!
What Ji Tian said was really hard to think, which made Yin Hai extremely confused, and his heart was very shocked, and he was constantly deducing the truth that Ji Tian said, to see if he could deduce a truth that directly unified the past, present, and future.
Ji Tian looked at Yin Hai and still didn't answer, then nodded and said, "Zen Master Yin Hai, do you agree with what I said about the ocean of merit?" ”
Yin Hai no longer dared to take Ji Tian's words at will, thought about it hard, and then cautiously said: "The theory of the ocean of merit mentioned by the layman is really powerful and profound, and it tells the root of the eternal immortality of merit. ”
Ji Tian nodded, and then said:
"Then we have such an immeasurable ocean of merit, but how do we apply it? In other words, why can't such a vast and boundless merit manifest itself in the world? ”
After that, Ji Tian finished drinking the tea, looked at the Yinhai Zen Master who was stunned in place, dressed lightly, and slowly walked out of the main hall.
Only an old monk was left to sit in a daze, pondering there.
In fact, Ji Tian has always talked about the "true self".
Wherever the heart is, it is the "true self."
There is no past, present, and future is the "true self".
The ocean of merit is also the appearance of a "true self".
If you don't prove your true self, you will be transferred by karma and you won't know where your mind is.
Time and space are bound and cannot be free.
Infinite wisdom and gods are obscured, and foolishness is weak.