Xuanwu settled down in Zenhui Garden and talked with Zhang Shaofei for a whole night.

The content of Zhang Shaofei and Xuanwu's Zen wisdom words is no longer known, and the allusion of "one night's sleep" has spread.

The meeting between Zhang Shaofei and Xuanwu can be described as a single knife straight in, with arrows and blades, spears against fast guns, and needletips against Maimang.

Only when the stones hit each other can a blazing spark burst out; Blocks of clouds are intertwined to create a flash of light that shines through the sky. Zen does not need to be long-winded, but goes straight to the source of the heart; Zen practitioners, there is no need to be vague and reckless, but to be straightforward. In the face of Master Zen Hui, Xuanwu showed the demeanor of a Zen master: concise, direct, not blindly following authority, not bound by rules and regulations.

It can be said that those who are free in heart are free, and they are all accessible after they are sexually proficient. There is no life to endure under the stick, and the teacher will not be allowed to do so. Xuanwu stayed in Zenhui Garden for one night, and early the next morning, he jumped down the mountain along Tianlu Mountain.

Passing by Gangling Village, the old man who sold fruit shouted eagerly: "Master, come, eat a fruit, drink a bowl of tea, and hurry away." ”

Xuan Wuzu replied without stopping: "Thank you, uncle, I drink Master Zhang's milk to the fullest, and I am neither thirsty nor hungry. ”

"But there's someone waiting for you here." Mo Daojun walked early, and there were even more early pedestrians. It's Buddy Fada. Still a staff, a bowl, a hat, a wandering monk's outfit. "Senior Brother Fada, you've been a layman for a year, and you've just come back for a day, and you're going to travel again?"

"Aren't you the same? After decades of searching, I just had a long night of talking with my heart-to-heart master, and then waved goodbye. What a 'night' sleep! ”

The two walked together on the top of the dangerous peaks of Lushan, the bottom of the deep valley: the pine reflects the blue pool, and the sun shines brightly. The breeze sweeps the white clouds, and the eyes are too empty.

Within a day, they walked to Ganzhou. It's time to break up, Fada wants to continue to go north, swim Kuangshan and cross the Yangtze River; Xuanwu has to travel thousands of miles east and return to his hometown. Zen people have no worries, drink a cup of tea and say goodbye. So, the two came to the bank of the Gan River:

The copper bowl scoops the river water, the stone is set up as the stove, the dead branches have their own fire, and the tea becomes after the smoke is dispersed.

The tea that had just been boiled was very hot, and Xuanwu cooled a cup of tea in front of him. As a result, the teacup reflects the green mountains and green trees, the blue sky and white clouds. He pointed to the tea and said, "The mountains, rivers and the earth, all kinds of things, are all in it." ”

Hearing this, Fada picked up the teacup, poured the tea back into the waves of the Ganjiang River, and then asked, "Where is the forest?" ”

Xuanwu said it skillfully, and Fada forced it even better. The ancients said that they were not broken, nor were they excited. Under the mutual encouragement, the two people have a heart-to-heart connection, and the great Zen machine is like a surging river, overwhelming and rolling in.

Xuanwu is a great master, and he has his own wisdom. At this moment, a huge carp jumped high above the water, struck a silver-white lightning bolt in the air, and then fell back into the water. Xuanwu shouted loudly, "Fish, fish, fish!" ”

Senluo is reflected in the tea, the tea is integrated into the river water, and the carp swims freely in the river, so the carp is the manifestation of Senluo.

What's even more mysterious is that a small boat came from nowhere, and a fisherman on the boat threw a big net and covered the big carp that had just gotten carried away in it and fished it out of the bow. The fisherman laughed heartily with the drenched fish, laughing so much that the two Zen masters looked at each other, not knowing what to do. Laughing enough, the fisherman threw it back into the river.

Xuan Wu's heart flashed and he jumped onto the boat.

Fada also had a heart and jumped up.

The fisherman said: "Two, my old man is driving a fishing boat, and he does not carry passengers. ”

Xuanwu smiled and said, "Why don't you carry passengers on the fishing boat, and you can also catch fish on the painting boat." ”

"A fishing boat is a ferry, and a fisherman is equal to a captain." Fada said.

The fisherman was also full of pride, holding his long beard and chanting: "Cast a net to catch the bright moon, and the boat will carry the monk back." ”

The rivers and rivers are all flowing water; When the Zen guests met, He Lao asked.

The boat went down the river. I didn't know where it came from, and now I don't know where it is going......

Fada said, "Old man, you've been delayed from fishing. ”

Before the fisherman could answer, Xuanwu said, "Can the fishing still be delayed?" The fisherman is not a farmer, the crops conform to the season, and the farming time does not wait for idlers. And fishing, frequently casting nets, may not be very rewarding; When the fish arrive, the net can be fully loaded. ”

The fisherman nodded frequently: "What the old man wants is the freedom and ease of this livelihood." A boat and a boat, alone, eyes and minds, the water is clear and the sky is wide. ”

"What a worldly master! What a Zen realm. "Xuanwu struck the festival and applauded, "Then, let's go down the river for thousands of miles to the vast Poyang Lake!" ”

The fisherman said, "The creek leads to the great river, and the great river connects to the sea." Let's go to the Yangtze River, to the East China Sea! ”

The so-called rise and start, and the rise ends. They did not reach Poyang Lake, let alone the sea, but abandoned the boat and landed near Jizhou after traveling 400 miles down the river. Because, Qingyuan Mountain on the right bank of the Gan River is the dojo of the elder brother Xingsi Abbot. However, when he climbed Qingyuan Mountain and came to the abbot of Jingju Temple, Fada did not enter the door, but pushed Xuanwu, who had never seen the senior brother, into it alone.

Zen practitioners have the same mind. Of course he understood. Therefore, he did not explain his identity, but after bowing according to the rules of the Zen monk worshipping the mountain, he asked, "How is the general idea of the Dharma?" This question seems to be bland, but there is a needle hidden in it, and if you take it a little, you will prick your hand. Because, how can the great righteousness of the Dharma be explained in words? The so-called non-establishment of writing, and the transmission of information outside the church, is for this reason.

But obviously it can't be explained in words, and the Zen master must also say, otherwise, how can the monk be inspired to enter the Zen machine? Therefore, the Zen master's practice, insight, and kung fu, whether he sees his own heart and understands his own nature are all in this sentence.

"What is the price of rice in Jizhou?" Xingsi asked unexpectedly.

Jizhou is a must-pass place to come to Qingyuan Mountain, but what does the price of rice in Jizhou have to do with the general meaning of Buddhism? What's even more strange is that when he heard this, the Xuanwu inside the door and the Fada outside the door both laughed and respectfully kowtowed to the senior brother.

It turns out that Zen, which is difficult to describe in words, is embodied in every corner of daily life. Although the price of rice in Luling is an ordinary and ordinary life problem, it is related to all the people near Luling. And this most basic thing in life contains the essence of Zen. If you put your heart and soul into savoring the true meaning of life, you will be able to practice the Dharma. Therefore, the sentence "Jizhou rice price" can be said to be whipped into the inside without revealing traces, which naturally shows the essence of Zen - eating and dressing is Zen, and peeing is Zen, the breeze and the moon are Zen, and labor work is Zen. The most simple common sense is the truth of Zen. If you are hungry, you will eat, and if you are sleepy, you will sleep in summer, and you will be in the shade in summer and fire in winter. As long as you follow the laws of nature and follow the laws of nature, you will experience the subtlety of Zen.

Coming down from Qingyuan Mountain, the two "Xuan" Zen masters said goodbye at the bottom of the mountain after a swim in Kuanglu. Fada watched Xuanwu gradually walk away, and his figure merged with the reckless field...... In the field, in the white clouds, the voice of Xuanwu's chanting suddenly echoed:

You don't see it, you don't learn to do nothing, you don't seek truth without delusion. Ignorance is Buddha nature, and the illusion of emptiness is Dharmakaya. …… Traveling in rivers and seas, wading in mountains and rivers, seeking teachers and visiting the Tao for Zen. Since I recognized Tianshan Road, I know that life and death are irrelevant...... One nature permeates all natures, and one law encompasses all laws. All water appears in January, and all water is taken in January......

This "Song of the Preaching" echoed in the mountains and rivers for a long time.

At the end of the Fada Zen staff, he holds the bright moon of the Tianshan Mountains; The edge of the hat is surrounded by the smoke of Lushan Mountain; In the bag, wrapped in the waves of Jianghuai; Under the straw sandals, dyed with fragrant flowers from the Central Plains......

He crossed the Yangtze River, waded through the Huai River, crossed the Yellow River, and came to the territory of Hebei. Because he heard that the traces of his senior brother Zhiyuan appeared on the land of Yan Zhao. Also, this is Zhang Shaofei's ancestral hometown, since ancient times, many generous and sad people, marching in the "wind and depression are easy to be cold, and the strong man is gone" What kind of magnificent feelings should it be!

One day, when he was passing by the foot of a mountain, he saw many people kneeling down to a cave halfway up the mountainside, and he asked curiously. The local people said with respect that there was a miraculous monk in the cave.

Seeing that Fada didn't believe it, people told him: "That Zhihuang Zen Master and the famous Master Shenxiu are the same disciples, and they are both the sons of the Fifth Patriarch Hongren who personally taught the Zen essentials. ”

"Since his old man obtained the Dharma in Huangmei, he has returned to this cave and has been meditating for more than 20 years."

"Every time he entered the meditation, it was as little as ten days and eight days, and as long as a month. It is said that on one occasion, the chickadees made a nest on his body......"

“……”

Fada still shook his head, because deep meditation is the effort of meditation, the form, not the content of meditation. He came to the cave and saw an old monk in his sixties, Zen Master Zhihuang, sitting there quietly.

Fada inquired about Zen Master Zhihuang and asked, "What are you practicing here?" ”

Zen Master Zhihuang said, "I'm practicing meditation. ”

Fada asked again, "When you say about meditation, do you mean that you have a mind in mind and enter meditation?" Or is it settled without thinking? ”

Zen Master Zhihuang opened his mouth and felt that it was difficult to answer.

Fada continued: "If you don't have any thoughts in your mind when you enter the meditation, then all these inanimate things around you, such as plants, trees, stones, etc., should be able to enter the meditation; If you have a mind in mind and settle down, then all living and conscious beings, such as the cows, sheep, pikas and rabbits that are all over the mountains, should also be able to settle down. ”

When Zen Master Zhihuang heard this, he knew that he had met an insider, and he was an enlightened and insightful expert. He replied very cautiously, "When I entered the meditation, I did not feel the mind of nothingness. In other words, we forget whether there is or not, and we don't know if there are thoughts or not. ”

He thought he had answered perfectly.

However, Fada kept a close eye on the loophole in his words and pointed out unceremoniously: "Since you can't feel the mind of existence and absence when you enter the time, it is constant. Since it is constant, how can there be entry and exit? If there is a discrepancy, then it is not true meditation. ”

Zen Master Zhihuang was speechless and ashamed. After all, he was an open-minded Zen man, and hurriedly asked, "Who is your master who can teach such an outstanding disciple as you?" ”

Fada smiled and said, "Speaking of which, my master also has a deep relationship with you. He is the mantle disciple of the Fifth Ancestor Hongren Master and the disciple of the Sixth Ancestor Huineng, Zhang Shaofei. ”

"Zhang Shaofei? Oh, heard. I wonder what he thinks of meditation? ”

"My master, Master Zhang, said that the nature is always silent, and the spirit is perfect, as if it is not moving. Color, receiving, thinking, acting, and knowing, the five aggregates are void; Color, sound, fragrance, taste, touch, law, the six dusts are also illusory and unreal. Therefore, meditation refers to the mental tranquility, which is not disturbed by the six dusts on the outside, and is not affected by the five aggregates on the inside. The nature of Zen is not rigid and unchanging, it is neither born nor destroyed, and it is non-dwelling and thoughtless. ”

Zen Master Zhihuang couldn't sit still any longer, stood up, and asked, "Master Zhang Shaofei...... Master, are you finally out of the mountain? Where is he doing it now? ”

"Lingnan Tianlu Mountain Zen Hui Garden. You ......" Before Fada finished speaking, Zen Master Zhihuang roared, rushed out of the cave, and ran towards Lingnan with a puff of white smoke.

He ran a little farther, and ran thousands of miles until he ran to Zen Hui Garden and ran in front of Zhang Shaofei.

Zhang Shaofei asked him: "Looking at your appearance, you look like a person from the north." Where are you from? ”

"Hebei." "Oh, we're still half a fellow countryman! My father is from Hebei! How did you come to Lingnan? ”

After Zen Master Zhihuang saluted Zhang Shaofei, he told him about his meeting with Fada.

After listening to his narration, Zhang Shaofei was very happy, one was excited by the rapid progress of Fada's practice, and the other was moved by the Dharma-seeking spirit of Zen Master Zhihuang who traveled thousands of miles and was not ashamed to ask questions. He immediately said, "As you just talked about what Fada said, as long as you make your mind like emptiness, and you don't cling to emptiness, you keep your mind in a state of freedom, whether it's moving, stopping, moving, or still, you don't deliberately keep your mind. Look at the big tree. ”

Zen Master Zhihuang looked in the direction of Zhang Shaofei's finger, and the trees everywhere were not much different from those in his hometown of Hebei. I didn't see anything unique Zen.

Zhang Shaofei said: "You see, whenever the breeze blows, the leaves are singing and singing; When the wind stops, it enjoys the sunshine freely, unfettered and free. This is meditation! Forgetting the sacred complex, annihilating the distinction between the active and the moving, and unifying the inner nature with the external phenomena, one can be in meditation all the time. ”

After hearing this, Zen Master Zhihuang suddenly realized and knelt down again and again to salute. Later, he returned to Hebei and brought the Enlightenment Zen method of the Six Ancestors promoted by Zhang Shaofei to the land of Yanzhao, which played a pioneering role in the future of Southern Zen in the north.