Chapter 160: Metaphor (1)
Lei Gong said: "'The Tao is drowning in', that's the truth. ”
"Not bad." Zhang Shaofei said, "The difference is only the choice of people's hearts. There was a pile of cow on the road, and passers-by covered their noses and frowned to avoid it, for fear of contaminating themselves; And the old farmer who collects dung will have his eyes lit up when he sees the cow dung, for fear of being robbed by others. Therefore, the peak has the steepness of the peak, the mound has the ease of the mound, where is the green mountain not the dojo? The creek is clear, the river is rushing, the Bitan is deep, the ocean is vast, where is the water wave without Zen machine? ”
At this time, an elderly man rode a small donkey to the mouth of the Chanlong Gorge. Le Zhidan, who was picking sand pears at the mouth of the gorge, saw him and shouted, "Abo, come down and eat a sand pear to quench your thirst." ”
The elder was a little embarrassed: "How can I be embarrassed to eat your pears, I ......"
"What are you polite? It is a blessing for us to pass by pedestrians. ”
The elder was amused by Le Zhidan and walked to the tree next to him to tie the donkey. At this time, a young Zen monk came and asked the elder: "Uncle, how do you get to the Buddha Pier?" ”
When the elder saw that it was a monk, he said, "The master is from out of town?" ”
"The monks came all the way from the Central Plains and wanted to join Master Zhang Shaofei to learn the Fa. I don't know ......."
Le Zhidan said happily: "Wow, you have chosen the right path." You cross the gorge and turn left and follow the stream upstream. Master Zhang is speaking at Buddha Tsai Dun. ”
"Thank you, girl." As soon as he walked away a few steps, Le Zhidan shouted from behind: "Come back, mage, please come back." ”
The young monk turned around. "You must be hungry after a long journey, sit down and eat a few pears to quench your thirst."
The young Zen monk was embarrassed to touch his pocket.
Le Zhidan said: "What are you still doing here?" I will give him a few miles for every person who enters the mountain. ”
Le Zhidan pointed to the elder who was eating sand pears and said, "This old man is also going to Fozidun, you can go together." ”
The elders and the young Zen monks joined together to ask each other and sat down to eat pears together.
Coincidentally, another middle-aged mage carrying two large bundles of books came over, he saw two people eating sand pears, his eyes lit up, he took off the burden on his shoulders, and said to Le Zhidan: "Girl, please sell me a few sand pears." ”
Le Zhidan said excitedly: "Yo, Master, are you sending scriptures to Tianlu Temple?" ”
The middle-aged mage was stunned: "Send the scriptures? He found that Le Zhidan's eyes were staring at his book, and suddenly laughed: "Wonderful, wonderful!" It can be said that I am sending the real scriptures to Zhang Shaofei! This "Diamond Sutra Copy" is my experience in studying the "Diamond Sutra" for half of my life. Let Zhang Shaofei read and read the so-called method of not writing and seeing his heart directly, so as to save him from deviating and talking nonsense. ”
Le Zhidan squinted his eyes and said, "So, are you here to challenge Zhang Shaofei?" ”
The middle-aged mage said conceitedly: "To say that the challenge is to lift him up." Didn't he initiate his heart with the Diamond Sutra? I'm here to teach him! ”
Le Zhidan said: "Oh? So you have a lot of experience with the Diamond Sutra? I'd like to ask you a few questions. ”
The middle-aged mage was impatient: "If you want to ask, I have to hurry!" He sat down uninvited, picked up a sand pear and ate it.
Le Zhidan said unhurriedly: "If you can answer my question, I will give you a sand pear for free; I can't answer, I'm sorry, not only are the pears not sold, but I think it's time for you to go home. ”
What kind of Buddhism can a girl from a mountain village who seems to be illiterate? Therefore, the middle-aged mage pursed his lips disdainfully: "Hmph, what esoteric questions can you ask!" ”
Le Zhidan asked, "May I ask the master, is the scroll you are holding a face?" The sand pears you eat, are there or no phases? ”
"This, this...... This, naturally, has a phase. The middle-aged mage chewed on the sand pear and thought for a while.
Le Zhidan forced: "The Buddha said in the "Diamond Sutra": 'All appearances are false, if you see all the appearances are not the appearance, that is, you will see the same'. Since 'all appearances are false,' what is the use of your broken book? What other pears do you eat? ”
The middle-aged mage was shocked when he heard this, and large beads of sweat flowed down his forehead. It is clearly said in the scriptures that all appearances are vain, what does he want to do with vain things?!
The Zen monk who sat with the elder was also taken aback: this seemingly illiterate mountain girl was actually proficient in Zen and deep understanding of Zen skills.
Le Zhidan smiled and said lightly: "I, Le Zhidan, have no culture and don't know any Zen, but I just heard Master Zhang Shaofei talk about the "Diamond Sutra" once. The question was so simple that it made you, the great mage who specializes in the study of the Diamond Sutra, smile. ”
The middle-aged mage could still laugh, the more he listened, the more shocked he became, he couldn't say a word, only cold sweat fell down.
A few wasps, presumably trying to make a nest, smelled the paper in the scroll and fell on it to gnaw on the paper.
The young Zen monk sighed and said with a pun: "Alas, you bees, the world is so vast, you don't go to the flowers to collect honey, but you have to gnaw ancient paper." It's good to be able to digest the ancient paper by chewing it, but I use it as a nest and trap myself in a more narrow world. What a pity! ”
The middle-aged mage was like thunder, looking at the young Zen monk blankly.
The young Zen monk blushed and said to himself shyly: "I am not as talented as the village girl, I have just come from the original and have not yet met the Sixth Patriarch Master, I don't know if I am qualified to worship under him to learn the Fa." ”
At this time, Le Zhidan walked to the middle-aged mage's bundle of books and caught a small bug - silverfish - bookworm from the yellowed ancient paper. She smiled and said to it, "Ah, you little fellow, you are also full of scriptures, can you also be called a 'little mage'?" ”
The middle-aged mage's face was full of embarrassment and dissatisfaction.
Le Zhidan went his own way, and continued to say to the little silverfish: "Your luck is so good, what you eat in your stomach is the Buddhist scriptures, so you are arrogant and boastful all day long, but you are respected by people." And the other bookworm is not as lucky as you. It is full of martial arts secrets, and it is impossible to live forever, thinking that it is the best in the world in kung fu. When it goes out to walk the rivers and lakes, it encounters flies, flies bully it, it encounters bed bugs, bed bugs oppress it, and even the black mantis can beat its nose and face to be swollen. It was so angry that it found the owner of the martial arts secret and complained: 'My belly is full of martial arts tricks, and the tricks are invincible in the world, and the tricks used by those little insects are very ordinary, but why am I always beaten by them and can't find the north?' The master smiled and said, 'What is the use of your many tricks and how good you are?' ’”
When the middle-aged mage heard this, his heart trembled. Yes, like the silverfish, you have learned to be full of wealth, but whenever troubles arise, you are not at all useful; You also understand every truth of Buddhism, but whenever good times and bad times come, your heart will involuntarily drift with it, and when you are aware of it and regret it in every way, the fifteenth day of the first month will stick to the door god - it is too late!