Chapter 39: Death and Life, Life and Death
The old woman walked leisurely to Guangtianxiang's house with a wooden crutch and a Taoist.
A Zhumen in the east of the town has a high wall, and the Taoist stepped forward and knocked on the door. The door of the courtyard opened in the middle of the day, and out came a silver-haired old man, with a thin green shirt and a charitable face, but his eyebrows were full of decadence and exhaustion, it was Guang Tianxiang.
Seeing a poor Taoist priest and a beggar woman standing in front of the door, Guang Tianxiang thought that he was here to beg for food, so he picked up a few taels of scattered silver from his sleeve and handed it over, and said discouragedly: "I'm sorry, you two are sorry, there is something at home, so you can't entertain you." Take a few taels of silver, and go elsewhere. ”
The Taoist gave a gift: "Respect the family and be polite, the two of us are not begging at the door, just because there is something in your family, I have come to solve the problem." ”
Guang Tianxiang smiled bitterly: "Problem-solving? Hehe, seeing that your own family is also difficult to eat and drink, what can you solve my difficulties? Go, go somewhere else, there's nothing difficult about my house. "The little Taoist priest traveled all over the world and knew some spells of conjuring spirits and driving away ghosts, curing diseases and subduing demons, and seeking good fortune and avoiding evil. If the opportunity is good, it is not difficult to live the dead and change their lives against the sky. I came here today to understand a period of karma for your family, and please don't doubt it. ”
Guang Tianxiang smiled gloomily: "How dare you brag so much at a young age, even if you really have these skills, my family will not let you catch them, let you go without illness, and you don't need any spells to avoid evil." Hurry up and get out of here, Mona's old man laughed. "When he finishes speaking, he has to close the door.
The Taoist brushed the dust and blocked the door, and then said: "There are ghosts in your house, there are also sick people, and there are even more disasters. Let me go in and take a look, maybe it can give you a good ending of ghosts, people, and family reunion. Guang Tianxiang was annoyed when he heard this, and shouted: "You Taoist priest is too rude, how can you block the door of others and not leave." Where there are ghosts in my house, there are sick people! If you don't leave, I'll call someone to beat you up! ”
"Your daughter-in-law hanged herself and became a ghost, your son became sick because of his wife, and your children and grandchildren could not be protected from disaster. The little Taoist priest came to catch ghosts, cure diseases, and resolve disasters. "The Taoist will not retreat. Guang Tianxiang was even more angry, and opened his mouth to scold: "You Taoist priests are all money-greedy ghosts wearing green skins. A few years ago, hundreds of Taoist priests spent all my family wealth, and they never stopped a disaster for my family. You poor Taoist priest don't know where to get the news, and you came to lie to me. See I don't hit you. ”
Guangtianxiang raised a broom next to the door, and he wanted to hit the Taoist. The old woman stretched out her crutches to block it, and her black eyes glared: "Guang Laosan!" I don't have any eyesight. This is the holy way to help your family. No matter how rude you are, you will be angry to keep your ancestral grave. ”
Although the old woman fell into the immortal ge, she was also a guardian of the earth god, and her eyes were so frightened that Guang Tianxiang trembled, as if her heart was chilling after seeing the tiger.
The Taoist stopped the old woman and said, "Don't worry about the family. I don't take a penny for what I do. If you can't get a ghost, you can't cure a disease, you can't go to a disaster, I don't drink a cup of tea and leave, if you're afraid that I'll harm you, you can find a neighbor to take care of you. ”
Guang Tianxiang lamented: "Alas! Let's give it a try. However, I really have to call a few neighbors to corroborate it, so that you don't have to do anything, and I don't understand it in my old age. "Please."
Guang Tianxiang hurriedly ran to call more than a dozen neighbors, and a large group of people surrounded him, so that the two leaders were relieved to enter.
When I entered the courtyard, I saw that the garden was overgrown with weeds, and the flower stands were only dead vines, and peach and plum branches were scattered. It seems that the home has changed, and the owner has no intention of taking care of the pruning. When I walked to the main hall, I saw stripes of white silk hanging high, covered with dust; Paper lamp loopholes hang in the air, weaving cobwebs; The main hall is spacious, but there is a coffin with black lacquered thick wood.
The Taoist asked, "Honorable family, who is the coffin in the hall?" Guangtianxiang sighed deeply: "It's my daughter-in-law Yang Yuling." For some reason, her body remained unchanged after seven years of death, so my son did not recognize her death, and did not bury her until she died, so she kept it in the hall. ”
The Taoist knew that this matter was related to the old woman, and when he looked back, the old woman whispered: "Seven years ago, the Yang family hanged herself, and I also took pity on her, so I gave her a Chunhua Orb, which can fix her body for ten years without destroying it." The Taoist nodded, and walked into the hall with the group.
In front of the hall, I saw a man with a beautiful face and a brilliant temperament, sitting on a futon on the side, reciting strange scriptures in his mouth. When a large crowd came, he also turned a deaf ear and continued to chant the scriptures. The Taoist closed his eyes and listened to him chanting, and the clouds: ...... There are five calamities in the world, and six types of desires. Due to karma, Xuanhuang is widespread. The gods and ghosts are difficult to walk, and the Buddha does not take off. If you don't learn, you can't do it, and if you don't practice, you can't do it. Good wood, good prescriptions, in vain to increase dust. Vain becoming immortals, ascetic meditation, is also a sand city. …… No life and death, no reincarnation, and too void.
The man's voice was calm, as if he was stupid and stupid. When the neighbors saw this, they all shook their heads and sighed.
After listening to the scriptures, the Taoist said aloud:
If there is no virtue in the world, there is no blessing, and karma is born according to karma.
The two disciples of Buddhism and Taoism are all insects, and it is difficult to detach from them.
Whoever seeks immortality is not immortal, and who seeks to be at ease or not.
Keeping quiet and going to the emptiness of ten thousand laws, you will become a saint and sage.
The chanting stopped abruptly, Guangqing Lu turned back in surprise, and the Taoist said: "Can you understand the "Heavenly Essence Sutra"? ”
The Taoist Ji Shou: "The classics of the world, I know it by ear." The "Heavenly Absence Sutra" you recited is really a half-stubborn scripture. And you are only half of the scriptures, and if you recite them for 10,000 years, you will not be able to make merit, nor will you be able to save your wife. ”
Guangqing Lu hurriedly stood up, and the rusher bowed down and saluted: "It turned out that the master came to the house, the kid was rude, and he hoped to forgive his sins." May I ask the chief, what is a half-stubborn scripture? Since the Taoist chief understands the wisdom of this scripture, he should know that the scripture is true. ”
The Taoist replied with a smile: "The blacksmith has the recipe written by the god chef, and this recipe is a half-stubborn scripture. Now you're a blacksmith who has got the recipe, and this way doesn't work. "Why does the Taoist say that? The true meaning of this scripture is not known to many people in the world, only I can see through it. Why am I a blacksmith to get the recipe? Guangqing Road was puzzled.
The Taoist smiled: "In this book, it is written that 'the law is impossible, the law is lawless', and it is to ask you to forget about the pursuit of the so-called law. You are trying to decipher the true meaning of this book and try to figure out the way from it, which is not contrary to the original intention of the text. Only you can read it, which just means that you are the most unsuitable person in the world for this book. ”
"Ahh Oh, my God! I've wasted seven years in this book, and I can't imagine that it's all about fishing for the moon in the water. Ridiculous, ridiculous! In that case, I might as well accompany my wife to lie in the coffin! Guangqing Lu cried loudly when he heard the sound of "wow", held half of the scriptures, and hit the coffin with his head, and the neighbors hurriedly stopped him.
"My son, you can't die! If you die, how good is it to be a father? Why did you say a few words to this Taoist priest, and you said that my son is going to die. Hurry up and leave, or I'll have someone beat you out." Guang Tianxiang was so frightened that he whimpered and wept, and hurriedly drove the Taoist away.
The Taoist was not in a hurry, looked at Guangqing Road and said: "I have the true scriptures, I can live the dead, the six calamities, and it is not difficult to turn into immortals." This time, I am looking for someone who is destined to teach me. If you want to learn, you might want to give it a try. ”
Listening to the sermon's wild words, the neighbors were all annoyed, and they all pointed and shouted: "This Taoist priest is a madman, he has deceived people, everyone hurry up and drive him away, don't let him hurt people again!" Guangqing Lu ran over and knelt down to worship, kowtowed, and shouted, "I'm willing to learn Dafa, as long as I can save my wife." I am willing to give up my life, and I will ask the Taoist to teach me. The neighbors were busy pulling him up, but he couldn't afford to live or die, so he could only persuade him non-stop.
"You, a Taoist priest, how do you think my son is stupid, you have to hurt him ruthlessly. If you want money, I will borrow a thousand taels of silver and give it to you, and you can leave quickly, and don't deceive him anymore. Guang Tianxiang was so sad that he wept bitterly, pointing to the Taoist and begging for the Tao.
The Taoist smiled slightly: "You are fascinated, and you only recognize the appearance as illusory. In this case, I will show you the ability to show you a fake scene. "As soon as the dust was brushed, a rockery the size of a water tank was detained from the courtyard, and when he raised his hand, the boulder turned into a large piece of gold.
Seeing the Taoist "flying stones and gold", a group of people were stunned. All walked over, kicked their teeth and gritted, touched and buckled, trying to distinguish the real from the fake. Seeing that it was indeed real gold, they were all so frightened that they knelt on the ground and kowtowed, saying that they were immortals.
Guang Tianxiang knew that the true god had entered, and hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy: "The little people don't know that the true immortal is coming, please forgive the immortal." In the past, I was used to being deceived by those fake Taoist priests, so I had no eyes to offend real people. Please don't blame the immortals, save my family, and the people will be grateful forever. ”
The Taoist turned sideways, dodged the crowd of kneeling, swept away the gold and flew back to the courtyard as a boulder, and said, "Don't bow down. This is a small spell, just a trick to blind the eyes. I'm not an immortal either, I'm just passing by a Taoist priest. Even the true immortal Dao would never dare to use magic to deceive the world into bowing down, so they all got up quickly. Since the Taoist is here, he will do his best to help. In the future, you should remember that it is better to seek immortals than to seek yourself, and if you want to go to disasters and be auspicious, you still have to accumulate blessings and do good deeds at home. ”
A group of neighbors said yes, and then they stood up.
Guangqing Lu still knelt down to worship the Taoist, crying and begging: "Please pass on the law of the living dead to the immortal, that is, I want to exchange my life, and I am also willing to save my wife and return to the yang." ”
The Taoist brushed off the dust and said with a smile: "You come with me, if you can comprehend Dafa, you can save anyone you want." ”
When the group walked into the courtyard, the Taoist pointed to a thick persimmon tree in the courtyard and said: "The climate here is warmer than the world, and the persimmons have grown tender fruits, which is a good season." It's a pity that this tree is too big for the yard to hold, so I'll cut it off for you. With a wave of dust, a spiritual wind broke the persimmon tree with a click. Everyone was shocked, and all of them exclaimed that the Daoist was strong.
The Taoist looked at Guangqing Road and asked with a smile, "What do you see?" Guangqing Lu glanced at the broken persimmon tree and replied: "The persimmon tree was broken at the waist and is already dead." The Taoist smiled: "Then you will see." With another wave of dust, the persimmon tree flew up from the ground, and it grew again, without even a trace of breakage. The neighbors were so amazed that they all ran over and touched the trunk with their hands, and sure enough, there were no injuries.
The Taoist then asked, "What do you see again?" "The Taoist magic can bring the dead back to life, and the broken wood can be renewed." Guangqing Road is happy.
The Taoist shook his head slightly: "Then you take another look?" Guangqing Road turned back again, but saw that the persimmon tree fell again with a bang, and the leaves were yellow and the persimmon fruits were rotten, and soon became rotten wood. A group of people next to the tree were all frightened and hid away, and Guangqing Lu was also stunned, unable to return to his senses for a while.
The Taoist nodded Guangqing Road's shoulder with a whisk, led him to the side of the rotten persimmon tree, leaned over and pointed at the broken roots of the persimmon tree, "Look again?" Guangqing Road looked down, but saw that the persimmon tree had broken roots, and a few fresh persimmon tree buds had grown. What do you see again? ”
Guangqing Road said: "The persimmon tree is born and dies, and it is broken for the Taoist." Die and regain the yang, and restore the Taoist. Yang and rot because the remaining yang is exhausted, and it is not really alive. Life and death have a fixed number, and after the death of a tree, new sprouts are born, which is the heavenly principle of the cycle. ”
Just as he said this, it was like an initiation, the clear qi opened the chest, the golden light rushed into the skull, and the muscles and veins of the whole body opened at the same time, fluttering into the nine skies! He unconsciously opened his arms, looked up at the sky and was distracted, and the whole person was as stupid as an emotionless log.
"Hahaha! Hahaha! I understand, this is Dafa. All things are natural, life and death are prosperous and withering, and children continue to evolve. Where there is life, there is death. The five worlds are one, and the universe is the same. I don't stay away, she doesn't separate. I see. Haha, haha. ”
Guangqing Lu suddenly laughed, his voice was wild, and he described madness. His laughter was as powerful as thunder, and his smile changed like a torrent. Suddenly crying, suddenly laughing, and began to run around the yard like a wild beast! He seemed to be extremely happy, and he seemed to be extremely sad and angry, and he didn't have the demeanor of a normal person at all.
The neighbors were all scared and hidden, and they didn't know what he was crazy about.