Zhang Shaofei said: "Of course, it is very good to change the evil and return to the right and become a monk. But you can't stay in Tianlu Mountain, let alone stay by my side. ”

Think about it, who wants to keep a person who assassinated them around? Lu Huaixia looked desperate and muttered: "Yes, I am an unforgivable sin......"

Zhang Shaofei smiled: "Where do you want to go?" If you stay in Tianlu Mountain, I'm afraid that my disciples will find out about this matter and will be unfavorable to you and harm you! Therefore, stay away for a while, and wait until the situation has calmed down, and then I will accept you and take you as a disciple. ”

Lu Huaixia's tears are like rivers flowing like heavy rain. He knocked Zhang Shaofei three times - his forehead hit the ground with a bang, and after that, he got up and hid overnight.

Two years later, an ascetic with a tired expression and a haggard face came to Tianlu Mountain. He was like a wanderer wandering the world, and suddenly saw the white-haired mother who missed him day and night, and fell down on Zhang Shaofei's knees, crying bitterly.

Zhang Shaofei also stroked the top of his head like a loving mother, and said emotionally: "I have missed you for a long, long time, why did you wait until now to come back?" ”

This ascetic is the former fierce killer Lu Huaixia. Back then, after he was reformed by Zhang Shaofei, he went incognito and went to a small temple to become a monk. In order to repent of his sins, he resolutely began to practice the most difficult asceticism.

Zhang Shaofei asked him with concern: "Since you have left home, how do you practice?" ”

Lu Huaixia said: "For many years, I have been reciting the Nirvana Sutra as my coursework. However, because the disciples have a shallow foundation and have no teacher to guide them, they are just teaching according to the script, and they do not even understand the original meaning of 'permanence and impermanence' in the scriptures. Today, I would like to ask you to tell me about it. ”

Zhang Shaofei said: "The so-called ever-changing impermanence is Buddha nature; Constantness is the distinction between all good and evil laws. ”

Lu Huaixia was stunned for a moment, and asked in astonishment: "Master, why is what you said so different from the meaning of the Nirvana Sutra?" Is it against the original meaning of the Buddhist scriptures? ”

Zhang Shaofei smiled slightly and said: "I am a master of the same lineage as the Buddha Shakyamuni, and I am the one who declares and transmits the Buddha's heart seal on behalf of the Buddha, how can my words contradict the Buddhist scriptures?" ”

Lu Huaixia said: "However, the Nirvana Sutra says that Buddha nature is constant, but you say impermanence; The scriptures say that all good and evil dharmas, even bodhichitta and so on, are impermanent, but you say that they are permanent. Isn't that exactly the opposite of the scriptures? ”

Zhang Shaofei laughed, making Lu Huaixia, a monk with two feet tall, laugh at his head at a loss. "Master, your smile makes me even more confused."

Zhang Shaofei said: "This "Nirvana Sutra", long before I went to Huangmei to seek the Dharma, I listened to the endless nun read and recited it. At that time, I was able to explain to her, and there was not a single word or meaning that did not conform to the original intent of the Nirvana Sutra. Now, I'm going to explain to you the same thing. ”

Lu Huaixia scratched his scalp hard, but he couldn't scratch away the doubts in his head, so he pleaded again: "Master, I am stupid and not knowledgeable, please explain to me carefully." ”

Zhang Shaofei nodded and said to him, "You know what? Why did the Buddha say the Nirvana Sutra? Why does the old man say in the scriptures that Nirvana has the meaning of permanence, happiness, self, and purity? ”

Lu Huaixia shook his head like a merchant's drum.

Zhang Shaofei said slowly: "There are some people who take impermanence as normal, suffering as happiness, selflessness as me, and impurity as purity, which is evil, that is, the four kinds of reversal; There are also some people who don't understand the truth that fate does not change, and they regard extraordinary, non-happy, non-self, and non-pure as treasure theories, which are also four kinds of reversal. It is precisely in order to break these eight prejudices that the Buddha Shakyamuni explained in the Nirvana Sutra the four virtues of Nirvana: Truthfulness, Happiness, Self, and Purity. The Dharma that the Buddha said is all for the purpose of transforming the corresponding sentient beings. So, we can't take the Buddha's scriptures as immutable dogmas. You have misunderstood the subtle teachings of the Buddha by mechanically understanding the meaning of the Buddhist scriptures. Huaixia, you must understand that when learning Buddhism, you must avoid rigid dogma. What is the use of reciting Buddhist scriptures a thousand times as you used to be? ”

Zhang Shaofei's teachings are exactly the same as those of the Buddha, they are all "watching the machine and amusing the teaching": if the disciple insists that "Buddha nature is constant", he will say that "Buddha nature is impermanent"; If a disciple is attached to "Buddha-nature impermanence," he will say in turn, "Buddha-nature is permanent." Actually, Buddha-nature is very and not impermanent. The Buddha and the patriarch said "permanence" and "impermanence" in order to break the attachment.

It's like a clear-eyed person leading a group of temporarily blind people to treat their eyes. Their journey to medical treatment was bumpy, full of rocks and pits. In order to avoid the obstacles one by one, the discerning man commanded his team to the left for a while, and for a moment to the right. In this way, some people can't help but wonder: left and right, exactly the opposite, are you asking us to go left or right? In fact, the discerning man does not tell them to the right or to the left, but to move forward; In fact, moving forward is not the goal, but so that they can be healed and see again!

Under the moisture of Zhang Shaofei's spring breeze and rain, Lu Huaixia suddenly realized! A song like a bubbling spring, flowing out of his heart:

Because of the impermanence of the mind, the Buddha said that there is permanence. Those who don't know the convenience, Juchun Pond picks up gravel. I don't do it now, but the Buddha nature is present. If I don't teach it to me, I won't get anything.

Zhang Shaofei was very happy when he heard his enlightenment, and said to him: "You have become enlightened today, and your Dharma name is 'Lu Che'." ”

Since then, Lu Huaixia's legal name is Lu Che, and he has followed Zhang Shaofei for many years. This reckless killer, once he put down the butcher knife, not only understood the true meaning of life in the universe, but also became the top ten disciples of Zhang Shaofei in the future and returned to the imperial court to rescue, and put on the battle to fight against foreign enemies.