When Liang Jinlian asked, she said: "This place is related to horses, it's called Ma Lin!" ”

Huineng seemed thoughtful, "Marlin? ”

Liang Jinlian saw that Huineng seemed to be very interested in this place, and remembered that she passed by here a few years ago with her father and brother while hunting and rested here, and she asked her father curiously. Her father told her two stories about Marin.

When Hui Neng heard Liang Jinlian say this, he couldn't help but say, "Sister Ah Lian, come and listen." ”

"Hmm." Liang Jinlian saw that Huineng was so interested, so she repeated the story of this water source mountain marin that she listened to her father tell to Huineng as it was:

Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a great drought one year, and the villagers went to Shuiyuan Mountain and Malinping to pray for rain, hoping that God would bless and sprinkle sweet rain, and the crops would have a good harvest on the ground.

The autumn season of the year has passed, but the river stream is dry and the mud is cracked, the earth is yellow and the grass and trees are yellow, and the seedlings have not touched the ground. Hundreds of villagers in Tianlu Mountain, holding ingots and candles and incense, shouldering the temple gods and Buddhas, trekked dozens of miles to Shuiyuan Mountain and Malinping.

When people come here, they only feel the dew of the sky and the cool heart of the water, and they are still worried about when the good day (rainy weather) will be in the future! Not long after, everyone was busy lighting incense and candles, burning incense and praying. Suddenly, the firelight reflected on the mountainside, and the sweat on people's bodies flowed, sweat beads flowed to the ground, and cigarettes rushed to the sky, touching the eyes of the gods.

The gods lifted the clouds, and suddenly saw this situation in the world, and immediately called for wind and rain, and rained a great rain. The villagers here seized the opportunity to plant the seedlings, and because of the diligent cultivation in the season, the harvest was quite good that year.

In another year, before the beginning of autumn, the drought was already aware, so the team was organized in advance to ask for rain. In the wind and rain, the gods also pushed away the clouds and gained insight into the world, only to see that the water of the mountain stream was slipped away in vain, so they roared: "I want to build a dam to keep the water!" ”

As the sun set, the crowd dispersed. When night falls, the gods descend to earth. Use an umbrella to pick up the fossil of the big stone drum and the chunshi of the Datang Ao, and prepare to put it in Kaiping Dasha and Xinzhou to build a dam to store water.

Who knows that the sky will dawn, and it will not be completed.

When the incense burner in the lower factory was ready to return to the heavenly court, the light of the incense candle was still bright, the smoke of the incense candle was still in the nose, the rooster in the world was crowing louder and louder, and the sound of grinding and rice was frequently transmitted, and the fairy slapped the horse in front of Malin Village with his fingers a few times, and the horse made an earth-shattering neigh.

These few beats left a handprint on the horse's back that was 60 centimeters long and 30 centimeters wide.

This magical legend is deeply imprinted in the hearts of future generations, so it is known as "fairy handwriting".

After Liang Jinlian finished talking about the immortal handwriting, she sighed with emotion: "Speaking of the origin of this Marin." In Tianlu Mountain, there is a beautiful and beautiful story! ”

Legend has it that in the era of Han Gaozu, there was a big mountain called Tianlu Mountain. This mountain is majestic, winding and undulating, vertical and horizontal for hundreds of miles, the mountain peaks are towering, and the clouds and mist are shrouded. There are many wonders on the mountain, there are beautiful peaks such as horses galloping, there are gurgling water like jade belts on the waist of Taibai, from the top of the mountain peaks down, a cascade down into the endless river under the mountain. The geography here is the first large mountain range encountered after the monsoon travels north from the South China Sea through Taishan and Enping——— behind the Tianlu Mountains. Thanks to the barrier of the Tianlu Mountains, the temperature here is slightly lower than that in the plains all year round, and every year the typhoons in the north of the South China Sea are blocked by the mountains and the winds are weakened, which reduces the damage caused by the typhoons to the local area, and the typhoons bring abundant rain to the area. This unique climate is ideal for a wide range of trees.

Standing by the river, looking around, but see the pine trees on the top of the mountain are lush and green, and the fruit trees and wild flowers are around the mountains, and with the gusts of mountain wind, there are layers of waves. On the mountain, down the mountain, by the roadside, by the river, all bathed in the fragrance of flowers and fruits, even the light wave of the river, there are ripples, as if to overflow bursts of fragrance. It is a place to live and work in peace and contentment, with beautiful mountains and rivers, elegant environment, and fragrant flowers and fruits.

It is said that after Liu Bang defeated Xiang Yu and became the emperor and established the Han Dynasty, the civil and military ministers who followed him to fight the world, some stayed in the court as officials, and some returned to their hometowns with honor. In this class of ministers, there is a civil official surnamed Liang Mingxing, he knows that in the time of peace and prosperity, the king is like a tiger, therefore, he does not miss the brocade clothes and jade food in the court, glory and wealth, emulating Zhang Liang, an important minister in the court, resigned from the official and did not do, from the "red pine nuts" of the tour, pinned on the mountains and rivers.

Besides, Liang Xing and his wife Li went south, traveled all the way to here, and saw such a good place, so they settled here. The couple planted some fruit trees such as longan and lychee in front of and behind the house, and planted green plum saplings all over the mountain. This was originally a good place with beautiful mountains and rivers, and after their hard work, soon, the flowers and fruits were ripe in front of the house and behind the house.

Besides, Liang Xing and his wife worked here, and unconsciously passed more than ten spring and autumn seasons, and lived a prosperous and satisfying life. But there are two things that have not been satisfactory: one is that he is over half a hundred years old and has no children under his knees; The second is that the fruit trees planted in the early years have all blossomed and borne fruit, but the green plum is still green and green, and there is no flowering and fruiting.

One day, they were fertilizing the green plum pine soil on the mountain, and suddenly found a pony lying there in the depths of the plum forest, and hurriedly walked up to take a look, only to see that the pony was seriously injured, and when they saw them, they tried to struggle up and escape, but it was not helpful at all, and they fell down again with a "porphyry".

Seeing this, Liang Xing thought: God has the virtue of a good life, saving the horse's life, and it is also better than building several levels of floating slaughter.

So, with the medicinal properties and medical skills learned in the mountains for more than ten years, he hurriedly found mountain herbs to heal the pony's wounds, and the lady also cut the tender green grass to feed the pony.

After careful treatment by Liang Xing and his wife, the pony quickly healed his injuries. With gratitude, Pony bowed to Liang Xing and his wife a few times, and then reluctantly left.

Time is like an arrow, the sun and the moon are like a shuttle, and a few years have passed in a blink of an eye. At this time, Liang Xing and his wife were over the age of six, and their physical strength was not as good as day by day, and they felt very difficult to work, and they were worried about how to live in the future.

One evening, when they returned home from the fields, they smelled the smell of food wafting from the kitchen.

So, I hurriedly went in and opened the lid of the pot to take a look, only to see that the pot was already cooked snow-white rice and a plate of meat and vegetables, and suddenly felt so strange, and asked the people nearby but said that they didn't know, hesitated for a while, because they were hungry, so they began to eat. This was the case for several days.

In order to solve this mystery, on this day, they specially returned home an hour early. As soon as I arrived at the house, I saw smoke rising from the kitchen, and when I looked through the kitchen window, I saw a young man cooking on the fire.

They immediately pushed the door in, and the man was too late to avoid it.

Liang Xing and his wife stepped forward to ask, "Who are you?"

At this time, the man looked at Liang Xing and his wife kindly and said, "Don't be afraid, I am the pony you saved in your early years, in order to repay your kindness, my parents want me to recognize you as a godfather and godmother." Now that you are all old, let me honor you. After speaking, he knelt down to Liang Xing and his wife, and said, "Please bow to my godson." ”

Liang Xing and his wife hurriedly helped him up and happily recognized Ma Er, his godson. After that, Liang Xing and his godson lived like a family until they died. Their last words before they died: Let their son find ways to make the green plums on the mountain blossom and bear fruit for the benefit of one party.

After the horse finished his death for his godfather and godmother, in order to realize the last wish of his godfather and godmother, he stayed day and night, braved the scorching sun, braved the cold wind, walked all over the mountains and old forests, visited famous gardeners, and went through many hardships, but never found a good solution.

On this day, it is another Soul Breaking Qingming Festival. The horses braved the light rain and came back thousands of miles away to worship their godfathers and godmothers.

He placed offerings in front of the tomb, picked up a few dry branches next to the tomb, lit them, and inserted them in front of the tomb to worship...... Thinking of all the hardships and so far unable to fulfill the last wishes of my godfather and godmother, I couldn't help choking in my throat when I was sad, and I actually cried loudly.

Besides, what the horse had just lit was not an ordinary branch, but a rather precious sandalwood branch. At this time, I saw a fragrance accompanied by a cry rushing straight to the nine heavens, alarming the Jade Emperor of the Heavenly Palace.

When the Jade Emperor learned about it, he decreed that the Hundred Flowers Fairy would help the horses.

After receiving the decree, the Hundred Flowers Fairy collected the aura and fairy dew of heaven and earth, and led the holy water of the Yao Pond in the sky to sprinkle here.

The green plum was watered by the aura of heaven and earth, fairy dew, and holy water, and in the harsh winter season of that year, snow-white flowers bloomed one after another, covering the mountains and fields, and the white expanse was boundless. There is a poem as evidence: on a plum branch on the mountain, Ling Han opened it alone.

I know that it is not snow, but there is a dark fragrance.

It was spring, when the other trees were blooming, and the green plums were already crushing the branches. By the time the plums were ripe and the people were happy to harvest them, the young man was gone. People were moved by this event, so they called this place "Marin Mountain", or "Marin" for short, as a memorial.

Since then, the area of Shuiyuan Mountain has been full of plums. In the cold winter season every year, the plum blossoms of ten miles open, white as snow, the fragrance is overflowing, and it is magnificent.

Later, I don't know which glacial crustal uplift, it actually lifted this mountain proudly for hundreds of miles and split it into several sections; I don't know which inexhaustible dragon vein of the ancestors turned this place into mulberry field, until it was divided into the current Malin, Fengshan, Dalang, Caotian, Shuilang, Xishui and other villages, which are uniformly called "Gongcheng"; And the clear river that flows endlessly at the bottom of the mountain is called the Gongcheng River.

It is said that there was a glacial landslide and ground fissure in the Malin area, which divided this place into several villages, and the longan and yellow skin planted by Liang Xing and his wife in the early years have disappeared, but the green plums are scattered on the mountains in this area, under the mountain and in front of the village, and the plum blossoms are still smiling in the winter (east) wind, and they are fruitful every year.

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After listening to this beautiful story told by Liang Jinlian, Huineng added more love and nostalgia for this place.

Huineng has a special preference for plum blossoms, thinking that planting plum here, the flowers that grow out of the green calyx will definitely have a petal of ice and jade, like a Zen heart, dusty, ethereal and flawless, and looking at the past will make people distracted thoughts disappear.

Huineng took a fancy to this beautiful place, and later, whenever he had free time, he and Liang Jinlian came here to plant plum trees.

The land is fertile, the water is abundant, and the light is excellent, so those plum trees grow fast and well.

The mountain people of Tianlu Mountain are very fond of plum trees, they think that the plum trees are the plum kernels left by the immortals such as Tie Guan Li when they came to Tianlu Mountain to hold a hundred fruit banquets, and absorbed the aura of heaven and earth and conceived, and it is the Jade Emperor who decreed that the Hundred Flowers Fairy help the horses. Collect the aura of heaven and earth, fairy dew, and lead the holy water of the heavenly Yao Pond to sprinkle here and blossom and bear fruit.

Under the hard work and promotion of Huineng and Liang Jinlian, the mountain people planted plum trees on a large area on the mountain, and it didn't take long for the plum trees on Tianlu Mountain to be all over the mountain.

In the season of plum blossoms, up and down the mountain, a piece of white is boundless, like white clouds falling to the earth. The mountain breeze blows, the fragrance of plum blossoms ripples, intoxicating, it can be said that the mountain people are living in the sea of flowers, the world of incense, and they are at ease. On the other hand, when the plum blossoms fall and the plum trees bear fruit, countless green plums hang on the branches, and the fruits bend the branches.

At that time, most of the people here used ripe green plums as fresh fruits. Later, Huineng guided them that the harvested plums could be soaked in wine or made into preserved fruits and sold. In this way, the plum tree has brought them a lot of tangible benefits.

What's even more commendable is that in this place where the aura is compelling and the environment is quiet, Huineng put down all mundane thoughts, cultivated plums with Liang Jinlian, chanted scriptures together, experienced the "integration of Zen and agriculture" together, listened to the croaking of frogs and cicadas together, and accepted the edification of quiet and harmonious nature; I went to plant vegetables with my mother, freed myself from the noisy and boring environment, and cultivated enlightenment, which laid a solid foundation for the glorious "Six Ancestors Altar Sutra". For example, he wrote in the third product of "Resolving Doubts" in the "Sutra of the Altar of the Six Patriarchs": What is the use of practicing meditation when the mind is peaceful, how to work hard and keep the precepts, and how to practice meditation if you are straight. Kindness is filial piety to parents, and righteousness is compassion for each other. Let the humble and harmonious, and endure the evil. If you can drill wood to make fire, the silt will give birth to red lotus......

"The Sutra of the Altar of the Six Patriarchs" has a total of ten qualities: the reason for the action, the prajna, the decision, the wisdom, the sitting meditation, the confession, the chance, the pause, the protector of the law, and the order. Among them, "doubt" is the third product (i.e., Chapter 3).

The meaning of this product is: "What is the use of practicing meditation with a peaceful mind, why do you want to keep the precepts and practice meditation", practitioners can be calm and face the world, so why bother to deliberately keep the precepts? If the behavior is upright, if the heart is stopped, why go to meditation behind closed doors?

"Kindness is filial piety to parents, righteousness is mercy from top to bottom", a person who knows kindness, he must honor his parents, and a righteous person will definitely respect the old and love the young.

"Let the humble, the humble, the harmony and forbearance, the evil will be no noise", people can do everything humble, it will inevitably make the people around them show a respect, humility, orderly, harmonious scene, people who know the way of forbearance and humiliation, will naturally understand the wonderful use of concealing evil and promoting good.

"If you can drill wood to make fire, the mud will give birth to red lotus", as long as you can drill wood to make fire, you can bloom in the mud without staining lotus.

The characteristic of Huineng's Buddha-nature theory is that it regards Buddha-nature as the only characteristic of human beings, and transfers the path to Buddhahood through "seeking from the heart within" to the realization of one's own "nature". The "Sutra of the Altar of the Six Ancestors" is also the embodiment of Huineng's own cultivation of understanding and inspiration, which is inseparable from Huineng's deep penetration into the folk and the embodiment of life.

To paraphrase a modern phrase, it is called "from life, higher than life".