Xing Yao was skeptical and muttered, "There will be such a miracle in the world?"

Soon, I was physically and mentally abnormal, nauseous and vomiting, liking to eat acid, and there was a strange smell in my nose.

After so many years of marriage, this has never been the case.

When Xing Yao saw it, she was very happy, and hurriedly asked an old man to diagnose my mother's pulse. Lao Langzhong held my pulse and carefully judged for a while, then laughed: "Brother Lu, the old man will give you good luck first, Mrs. Zun is a sour plum spring, pregnant with Liujia, and the elder brother is going to add a noble son to his family!" ”

"What?" Xing Yan didn't seem to believe his ears, but he could hear the old man's words clearly.

Xing Yao stood aside with his mouth open, his eyes looked straight at Lao Langzhong, and he was stupid without saying a word.

I'm happy, but when I hear I'm pregnant, can I not be happy? But I'm calmer than Xingyi, and I'm not going to be stunned.

I was happy in my heart, and I hurriedly wrapped a red envelope and thanked this old man.

After the old man got the silver and left, Xing Yao was so happy that he danced with his hands and smiled, like a child.

He was stunned, how could I have the right to decide if I had a boy or a girl? Xing Yao thought that I had the final say, and she was so happy that she was incoherent and not clear-headed. One will be grateful to the heavens, another will be grateful to Guanyin Bodhisattva, and another will be grateful to his ancestors, and I don't know who to be grateful to.

He was overjoyed and impatient, wandering inside and outside the house, wanting to do something, but he couldn't do anything.

I smiled secretly in my heart: "Husband, you only have a child when you are over forty years old, so you are naturally very happy, but husband, don't forget to take care of your body and control your emotions!" A word reminded him, and he barely managed to settle down.

He dragged me to the Buddhist hall set up at home and kowtowed to the statue of Guanyin.

He was grateful first and then requested, grateful for Avalokiteshvara's mercy, giving him hope, asking Avalokiteshvara to be merciful and bless him to have a son as he wished.

From then on, we were more religious and diligent in our morning and evening services.

In the twelfth year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, in the middle of the night on the eighth day of the second month of the Wuxu year, I finally gave birth and gave birth to a capable child. We have been looking forward to our son for many years, and now we have got our wishes, this feeling is conceivable......

……

The goddess was amorous, and Liang Jinlian couldn't help but say when she heard Li talk about Huineng's birth: "His father's wish must be to hope that his son will become a dragon and glorify his ancestors." ”

"yes!" Lee nodded, then continued:

The greatest misfortune in life is the loss of a mother at a young age, a widow in middle age, and a son in old age. After Neng'er was born, when he was three years old, his father fell ill and died......

When Li Shi said this, his throat was already a little choked, and his eyes were full of tears, shedding tears for his poor life experience.

Seeing this, Liang Jinlian hurriedly took out a silk handkerchief from her pocket, and gently wiped the tears in her eyes for Li's family, a lotus heart, and expressed pity for Li and Huineng's poor life, and the pair of autumn water Danfeng eyes were full of sympathetic tears.

Liang Jinlian saw that Li Shi looked at her silently and did not speak, and was embarrassed to ask again, so she had to look at Li Shi silently.

Li's words were like a stone striking a thousand waves, setting off a storm in Liang Jinlian's heart. After being silent for a long time, Li Shi could no longer bear Liang Jinlian's intentions, and as soon as he opened his mouth, the words poured out like a flood without a dam:

After Neng'er's father died, I was grief-stricken, if it weren't for Neng'er, I really wanted to die and go with his father.

At that time, I was so sad that I fainted from crying. Although he was only three years old and not very sensible, he seemed to understand that my father and mother were finished, and he hurriedly pulled my shirt and cried.

I faintly heard Neng'er's cry in a coma, and I was shocked, and when I opened my eyes, I saw Neng'er looking at herself with tears streaming down her face, crying pitifully.

I hurriedly sat up and held Neng'er in my arms, and the mother and son cried loudly. The neighbors heard the crying and rushed to see the situation, and they were also very sad.

Neng'er's father has died, and the villagers help to handle the aftermath of Xing Yao, and also persuade our mother and son not to be overly sad.

With the help of the villagers, Xing Ying was buried in the coffin, and I pulled Neng'er to thank these kind-hearted villagers one by one.

At this time, the family was already destitute, and the villagers took pity on our mother and son and often helped us. However, I don't want to rely on the villagers for a long time, I either go up the mountain every day to cut firewood or open up the wasteland and farm, although it is very hard, but the smart and sensible ability brings me hope. At such a young age, this child can actually hide from the ants on the ground and walk, refusing to hurt even a small life.

Not only is he smart and kind, but he is also better at thinking than other children his age, and he often condenses his eyes to wonder where his father has gone.

Finally, he grew up to the age of twelve, he was not only smart and kind, but also physically strong, often accompanied the neighbors up the mountain to chop firewood, once able to chop dozens of catties of firewood, over the mountains and mountains to carry home.

The villagers saw that he was honest and kind, taciturn, and loved him very much, led him up the mountain to collect firewood, and taught him how to chop firewood, bundle firewood, etc.

The days are passing like water, and it's almost the New Year. Rich families kill pigs and chickens and sew new clothes, but Neng'er does not have this blessing, but he does not go up the mountain to chop wood for the time being. Seeing that our mother and son were living in poverty, a kind neighbor sent pork and chickens for us to celebrate the New Year.

When Li said this, he looked at Liang Jinlian, sighed "sigh", and then said, I didn't want to accept those pork and chickens, but the neighbor sincerely wanted to give them, but I felt disrespectful at the time, so I had to accept them.

I think that my family is poor and the food is not good, but Neng'er often goes up the mountain with the villagers to chop wood.

I made this pork and chicken fragrant and appetizing, but Neng'er didn't take a bite, no matter how I persuaded him, he didn't move his chopsticks. He looked at the pork and chicken, and seemed to think of the tragic scene when the pigs and chickens were killed, and his heart was very sad. I see that he is so kind, I don't know whether he is happy or sad for a while.

I looked at the chessboard hanging on the wall, and thought that my husband relied on this thing to dispel Si'er's anguish back then, but when he had a son and his wish came true, he left our mother and son so early and passed away. If he could live until now and see his son so kind, what would he think? Is it happy or sad? I thought about it and burst into tears.

When Neng'er saw it, he hurriedly comforted me: Mother, you teach me to play chess, and when I learn to play chess, we will have time to play chess every day.

I saw that Neng'er said sincerely, so I had to agree. Neng'er is really smart, it didn't take half a day to learn chess, and she can often come up with tricks that I didn't expect.

In the past few days of the Chinese New Year, Neng'er is afraid that I will be sad and sad, so he often plays chess with me. After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, people began to get busy. The children of the poor are in charge of the family early, and the capable children who have just been 12 years old already know how to earn money to support their families.

Neng'er went up the mountain with the villagers to cut firewood every day, and picked it up with the villagers to sell it in the market.

At the beginning, Neng'er walked with the villagers, but the villagers had food and clothing at home, unlike him who didn't stop every day.

Later, Neng'er couldn't get together, so he went alone, went up the mountain to cut firewood and sell firewood in the market. Day after day, month after month, he never stopped going up the mountain to fetch firewood, and every day in addition to going up the mountain to fetch firewood and picking it up to the market, selling it and buying rice oil to come back to make a living, he just listened to me chanting, or sat alone in the courtyard thinking about some difficult questions.

"Auntie, what questions was Brother Neng thinking about at that time?" Liang Jinlian looked at Li Shi out of curiosity and asked.

Li Shi smiled slightly and said, "Neng'er said, what he was thinking about was 'Why is everyone's experience so different?' Some are prosperous and rich, some are poor and humble, some are strong and strong, some are riddled with diseases, some are good-hearted, and some are evil. Why do snakes eat frogs, frogs eat insects, insects eat ants, they always eat and eat like this, and why is this? ’。 ”

After Li answered Liang Jinlian's question, he raised his hand and stretched his waist, and recalled -

The days are like flowing water, and when he reaches the first year of Longshuo, Neng'er is already a twenty-four-year-old young man. I am glad that he is not only physically strong, but also intelligent and sensible, and that he is a filial mother. The hard-working and kind-hearted capable child still goes up the mountain to collect firewood every day, and then picks it to the market, sells it and buys rice oil to come back to make a living...... It wasn't until later that Neng'er happened to listen to An Daocheng reciting the "Diamond Sutra", and the Zen words were straight through the heart, and the words were holy words, opening up the maze. It is also his good roots that are ripe and wisdom germinates, and when he hears the two sentences "should have no place to live, but give birth to his heart", his heart was shocked, his mind roared, and a huge lightning bolt seemed to be drawn in front of him.

Suddenly, my body and mind were forgotten, and I only felt that there were all things in the world, all living beings, thousands of laws, and the four major aggregates, all of which were empty and had nothing to live in. In an instant, the heart blooms, the spiritual source surges, the troubles are interrupted, the delusions are self-extinguished, and everything that has been remembered in the past is clear and thorough.

……

Li Shiru, a senior Buddhist scholar, commented: Neng'er suddenly realized when he heard the scriptures, saw the moon through the clouds, was happy and wise, and returned to the original, reaching the realm of direct nature......

"Auntie, what you said is too profound, I don't understand it very well, can you explain it clearly?" When Liang Jinlian heard this, she interjected as if she didn't understand.

Li Shi looked at Liang Jinlian embarrassedly, and said apologetically: "Ah Lian, I don't understand it very well, I only know that it is from the scriptures in the "Diamond Sutra". ”

Liang Jinlian heard the book "Diamond Sutra" for the first time, and looked at Li with curiosity.

Seeing that Liang Jinlian couldn't stop, Li looked at her with a diligent look, so he had to tell Liang Jinlian as much as she knew and understood:

This verse is one of the most important verses in the Diamond Sutra. The Diamond Sutra is the reality of Prajna, the great wisdom that can open up people. All the Diamond Sutras are broken phases.

The sentence "should have no place to live, but give birth to its heart" is the body, the use and the show. That is: use without leaving the body, the body without separation. "There should be no place to live", and "the heart is born" is not left behind, which is the essence of Vajra. Therefore, when I heard this, I immediately realized the Tao. To have no dwelling means to dwell in nothing. If you can stop everything, then you are in the realm of reality. Now that we have realized that there is no reality and nothing to gain, what ego, troubles, birth and death, and ignorance can we live in? Giving birth to one's mind according to the wisdom of Prajna is the usefulness. It is the bodhisattva mind, bodhichitta, compassion, equanimity, altruism and selflessness that give birth to endless sorrows. If it is a mind, and so on, it is a mind that is born without dwelling. It is the true heart, the pure mind, that is, the Buddha's mind.

"Auntie, I seem to understand what you say. You just said that Aneng Ge gave moon cakes to the old beggar, and when he saw the old beggar being beaten and tried his best to protect him, this is 'the true heart, the pure heart, that is, the Buddha's heart', I understand it this way, right? Liang Jinlian couldn't help but interject again.

"That's probably what it means." After Li Shi finished answering, he stretched out his thumb and praised: "Ah Lian, you are very wise and understanding!" ”

Liang Jinlian was praised by the Li family, her face turned red, she lowered her head shyly, and said modestly: "That's right, my aunt has won the award." ”

"Ah Lian, don't be embarrassed, my aunt is telling the truth." After Li praised Liang Jinlian, he turned to the topic of the Diamond Sutra: And the minds born of sentient beings are greed, attachment, tribute, discrimination, and even 84,000 disturbing minds. If it is a mind, it is the mind that is born by dwelling, which is the delusional mind, the karmic mind, that is, the mind of sentient beings. Because sentient beings are everywhere with appearances, there are many minds, and if there are many minds, they cannot be pure, and if their minds are not pure, they cannot realize the true truth. Therefore, if you want to realize the true truth, that is, you have to let go of everything, then you can't stop everything, and you can see yourself with your true heart, which is the Tao mind. The Tao is born from the heart, and the heart is seen by the Tao. When it comes to the end, this one word cannot be said. The so-called words are broken, and the heart is never done. This principle is subtle and difficult for beginners to understand. The Buddha wants people to realize that reality has no appearance, and that detachment is true heart, so he said, "There should be no place to live." The Buddha also wants people to understand the wonder of use, so it is convenient to say that "and give birth to their minds" and "should have no place to live, but give birth to their minds", which seems to be contradictory, but in fact it is so.

……

When Li Shi said this, he looked at Liang Jinlian, who was really interesting, and asked, "Ah Lian, according to what my aunt said in the scriptures, do you understand?" ”

"Well, I understand a lot." Liang Jinlian nodded and said.