Suddenly, Sixth Ancestor Hui Neng felt his heart and blood rolling like a wave, that is, he clasped his hands together: "I'll send you another poem." ”

Zen Master Fahai: "Master, please speak." ”

Sixth Ancestor Huineng: "The vultures do not cultivate goodness,

Tengteng does not create evil.

Silence is broken,

Swinging the heart. ”

After speaking, the Sixth Ancestor Hui Neng raised his right hand upwards and shouted to the disciples: "I'll go!" Then a white rainbow rose to the sky, dazzling eyes, reaching the firmament, and heading towards the south of Guoen Temple.

After the dazzling white light, the monks felt that the earth was rare and the sky was strange.

For a time, the wind broke the trees, and the torrential rain was pouring.

The disciples were taken aback, and the Zen platform where the Sixth Ancestor Huineng was sitting was empty.

"Where's Master?" The disciples talked a lot, hurriedly walked out of the Guoen Temple, braved the pouring rain, and went around to look for it.

The four fields are vast, thunder and lightning are combined, and occasional lightning cuts through the air, illuminating the earth in a miserable white, but the corpse of the sixth ancestor Huineng cannot be seen.

The god would point to that side: "There's a strange white rainbow over there, we might as well go there and look for it." ”

"Okay." Some of the disciples searched for the past in the direction where the white light was rushing, and after walking for about five miles, they saw a mountain pit with white light shining, they hurriedly stepped forward, and saw that where the white light started, the sixth ancestor Huineng was sitting on a huge rock, with a dignified appearance, a peaceful face, slightly closed eyes, and his hands folded, as if he was alive.

The Divine Society hurriedly ran over with the brothers and sisters, and shouted loudly: "Master, Master!"

The sixth ancestor Huineng did not reply.

The apprentices pushed him with their hands and shouted, "Master, wake up!" Master, wake up!"

Sixth Ancestor Huineng still didn't wake up with his eyes closed.

The apprentices put their hands under the nostrils of the Sixth Ancestor Huineng and tried to breathe, at this time, there was no trace of breath in his nostrils.

The god would use his ears to press his ear to the chest of the six ancestors, hold his breath, listen carefully to the chest sound, it was quiet, and there was no even an extremely slight sound, and said, "Ah, the master has passed away." ”

The apprentices of the Sixth Ancestor Huineng cried loudly.

Some cry and cry,

Some beat their chests and feet,

Near Longshan, hundreds of birds mourn, apes scream in pain, and the sound shakes the valley.

Exactly: "The bird rhymes with a wail, and the ape breaks its bowels and screams." ”

The sixth patriarch of Zen Buddhism said goodbye to the world in his hometown of birth.

The sixth ancestor Huineng's lifespan was seventy-six years old.

The disciples moved the body of the sixth patriarch Huineng to the stone rock in the mountain behind Terada Village (later renamed the Tibetan Buddha Pit).

When the news of the death of the sixth patriarch Huineng came out, the Buddhist disciples and civilians all burst into tears.

Guangzhou. Shaozhou Faxing Temple, Shaozhou Baolin Temple officials and monks heard that the sixth ancestor Huineng had passed away in Xinzhou, and rushed to Xinzhou to bring back the true body of the sixth ancestor Huineng.

Guangzhou Faxing Temple, Shaozhou Baolin Temple and Xinzhou Guoen Temple, the senior monks of these three monasteries all led the high-level people in the temple, vying to take the true body of the sixth ancestor Huineng back to their own temples to worship.

Since the emperors of the Tang Dynasty believed in Buddhism, Buddhism was popular everywhere, and Zen machines were popular. The officials of the state capitals also have great respect for the monks.

What an honor it is to bury the famous Buddha in his own place! As a result, officials in Guangzhou, Shaozhou, and Xinzhou are also involved in this "struggle for inheritance".

Their theoretical basis is the same, that is, the six ancestors once said before their deaths: "The leaves fall back to the roots, and there is no mouth when they come." ”

The people in the three places argued with reason, and they all said that the "root" of the six ancestors Huineng was in their own place.

The officials and monks of Xinzhou shouted the loudest: Xinzhou is the place where the sixth ancestor Huineng was born, and it is also the place where he died, as a reincarnation of life, the "root" of birth and death is naturally in Xinzhou.

Officials and monks in Guangzhou believed that the Sixth Patriarch Huineng had been ordained under the Bodhi tree in the Dharma Temple, and had officially escaped into the empty gate, and that according to the Buddhist viewpoint, his "roots" should be planted under the Bodhi tree in the Dharma Temple.

Officials and monks in Shaozhou, however, believe that the views of officials and monks in Xinzhou and Guangzhou are biased. The sixth ancestor Huineng opened the door of the Baolin Temple, established the foundation in Caoxi, climbed the highest peak of the Buddhist world, and realized his ideals and ambitions.

The officials and monks of the three places fought with each other and were hoarse, but they did not back down from each other and could not hold each other.

The old monk who had been standing next to him suddenly shouted: "I have an idea." "He is the abbot of Jintai Temple, Master Shankong, and he is ninety-nine years old.

Zen Master Lonely Sky is the oldest and most senior among the monks in Xinzhou, Shaozhou and Nanhai. He was also the enlightenment mentor of the Sixth Patriarch Huineng, so as soon as his words came out, he immediately attracted the attention of the monks and officials from all over the country.

Everyone asked in unison, "What's your idea?"

In an authoritative tone, Zen Master Shankong said, "You are indeed saying that the public is reasonable, and the mother-in-law is reasonable. It's hard to come to a conclusion. In the opinion of the old man, it is better to look at the will of God. ”

The people were puzzled and asked, "How should we see the will of God?"

Zen Master Shankong's face was solemn: "Tomorrow night, when we just handed over the child, we will burn incense and pray, and the wind will blow the cigarette in whichever direction, the body of the sixth ancestor Huineng will be sent to the temple on which side." "

"Okay." At this time of contention, everyone felt that the proposal of the Zen Master was reasonable, and decided to act according to the will of God.

The next night, the inky blue sky was as clear as a white and flawless gem.

On a hill in front of Sanping Village, not far from Guoen Temple, thousands of monks and officials from Guangzhou, Shaozhou and Xinxing gathered here. At this moment, their hearts are anxious, but their hearts are the same: "I hope that the smoke of incense will be blown by the wind to the place where I am." "

Incense lamps were lit, and each man folded his hands and prayed aloud.

As soon as the time came, the nearly 100-year-old Zen master of the Lonely Sky lit three long incense sticks.

All the people present widened their eyes and hung their hearts, looking at the three long incense sticks that were burning.

I saw wisps of pale blue haze, rising.

A gust of wind blew, and the smoke swayed from side to side, and when everyone's hearts were rolling like waves, the smoke tilted to the side, about the time of a cup of tea.

"Okay!" It was the officials and monks from Shaozhou who shouted in unison.

Everyone saw that the direction of the smoke raised by Changxiang pointed to the side of Caoxi in Shaozhou.

Seeing the true body of the sixth ancestor Huineng next to his temple, although the monks of Xinzhou Guoen Temple and Guangzhou Faxing Temple felt uncomfortable, since they had made a contract in advance, they could not regret it at this time.

Later generations called the small hill that lit the incense lantern "incense lamp gang", and the place name has been used to this day.

The monks of Xinzhou Guoen Temple wept incessantly, and refused to let the six ancestors Huineng go to Baoling Temple.