"You're here. Miss Zhao, who was painting, put down her pen, looked back at Ji Xiao, and smiled.

Ji Xiao saw that her clear eyes were already a little tired, and it seemed that completing this painting was a great test for her. Ji Xiao bowed his head and said, "The Dharma Master asked me to come, is there anything special about this painting?" ”

A soft smile hung on the corner of Miss Zhao's mouth, and she said, "The painting was made by my master, but he only finished half of it back then, and the Dharma Master asked me to make up the remaining half." ”

Ji Xiao pointed to the content of the painting and said: "The flame has ice, and the poplar flowers bloom in autumn, these are all things that do not appear under normal circumstances, so the unfinished part should be similar to this?"

Miss Zhao smiled and said, "Not bad, so I'm going to draw a mud cow roaring on the water surface and a wooden horse neighing in the wind." ”

Ji Xiao bowed his head and said: "This is also a phenomenon that goes against common sense, and it is very interesting, but if you want to draw it, it should not be difficult." ”

Miss Zhao said leisurely: "I want to paint it, and it can be completed in a moment, but I still feel that something is wrong, and I want to 'be as good as water', so I painted the water surface first." ”

Ji Xiao looked at the water lines, which were indeed soft and natural, faintly and faintly changing, as if they would really flow.

He praised: "Your brushstrokes already have the demeanor of a master craftsman, and one stroke at a time, quite charming." ”

Miss Zhao smiled and said, "Yes, come on, come on, Daoist Mu Zhenzi, you help me think about whether I should draw the so-called mud cow and Trojan horse." ”

Ji Xiao was curious: "Since they are all irrational phenomena, why do you think you shouldn't paint?"

Miss Zhao said: "I can probably guess the state of mind of my master when he was painting, he painted the cold ice in the flame and the poplar flowers in the autumn, which was originally meant to be abnormal. ”

Ji Xiao thought for a while and said: "I also understand, it means not sticking to prejudices, breaking conventions, and seeing the essence of things, which is a means of insight." ”

Human thinking is inertial and constrained. It's what I've seen and heard when I've been trapped in the process of growing up. Therefore, in the world, people's insight and cognition are very one-sided and limited. In the words of Buddhism, it is the obstacle of knowledge.

This is the knowledge I have learned from the world, and I have set up obstacles for myself. And this kind of barrier, on the contrary, is the most difficult to break, because it is trapped in itself.

Miss Zhao's master must have understood this, so he deliberately used phenomena that violated common sense to break the shackles of thinking and gain more creative wisdom. This is somewhat similar to creating something out of nothing, that is, it comes out of thin air without any basis for reality.

Such a truth is close to the essence of the Tao.

Even if Ji Xiao can think of this step, he is also inspired by the painting and Miss Zhao, so in this way, he can not break the shackles, because he just walked out of the usual logic, but fell into another new cognitive logic. If we follow this kind of thinking to explore the essence of the Tao, we will be perverse for the sake of abnormality, and we will still be inferior.

Miss Zhao said softly: "It is precisely because I understand this that I feel that if I continue to paint those irrational phenomena, it is still a matter of following the rules, but this rule was set by my master, but in essence, it is still troubled by what I know and see." ”

What she said was thought of in the same way as Ji Xiao, but the words she expressed were different.

The wise people in the world, the wise truth, are also the same.

Ji Xiao said leisurely: "But when I came over, the Dharma Master said that you were going to finish this painting, I don't think he would be untargeted, maybe you should soon touch the opportunity." ”

When Miss Zhao heard this, her heart moved. Her eyes were bright, she smiled toothily at Ji Xiao, and said, "I understand." ”

I saw that she picked up a big pen and brushed a few brushes, and then sketched a mud cow on the water and a wooden horse in the wind.

Ji Xiao said strangely: "Isn't this exactly what you thought before?" ”

Miss Zhao waved at the wall, and a scroll fell off the wall, rolled into a scroll, and landed on her hand. She grabbed Ji Xiao's forearm and said, "Let's go, let's go see the Master." ”

Ji Xiao had no choice but to smile helplessly, and followed the girl to see the Dharma Master again.

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The Master looked at Miss Zhao's finished painting and said with a smile: "You really made it up." ”

Ji Xiao was a little strange, so he told the Dharma Master what he had just said.

The Dharma Master said leisurely: "Therefore, Daoyou feel that although the phenomenon in the painting completed by Sect Master Zhao is in the same vein as the previous half, it is still rigid, and it has its shape, but it is not in line with its wishes. ”

Ji Xiao nodded.

The Master smiled: "It's already commendable for Daoyou to comprehend this, but Sect Master Zhao thinks a little more than you. ”

There seemed to be a flash of inspiration in Ji Xiao's mind, but he still couldn't grasp it.

Suddenly, he saw the Dharma Master picking out his eyes, and then flicking the beads from his robe like dust.

He suddenly brightened up and smiled: "I understand too." ”

The Dharma Master smiled and said, "Daoist friends understand something. ”

Ji Xiao said: "I have heard and heard a saying in the past, at the beginning of Zen meditation, look at the mountain is the mountain, see the water is the water; when Zen has enlightenment, look at the mountain is not the mountain, see the water is not the water; in the Zen enlightenment, look at the mountain is still the mountain, see the water is still water, this is the principle of Zhao's painting.

The vision in the painting, at first glance it is a mountain, at first glance it is water, and when I look at it again, I think about it carefully, the mountain is not a mountain, the water is not water, and finally I look at it, but it is still a mountain, it is still water.

In fact, Sect Master Zhao was able to finally complete this painting because she had eliminated her discriminating heart and took unintentionality as the way. The Dharma Master previously said that the six golden bodies of the Buddha are the Dharma of equality and non-difference, which also made me understand this meaning. You don't pass on my six golden bodies, but if you want me to understand the meaning of this law, you just need to understand, it doesn't matter whether you learn the six golden bodies or not.

Because as long as I comprehend the meaning of equality and no difference, whether it is the Heavenly Demon Qi in my body, or the authentic mana of Taoism, or other powers, then what difference does it make. “

Speaking of this, Ji Xiao smiled faintly.

Between his mouth and nose, he breathed in and out, and his breath was like a thunderous sound.

I saw that countless points around him lit up, and he was shocked by the thunder sound, and the hundreds of bones in his limbs resonated with the thunder sound.

There was a boiling of vitality when the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion was on the board.

The Dharma Lord proclaimed the Buddha's name, the sound of chanting appeared, and mysterious Sanskrit symbols shrouded the place, so that the outside was not affected by the visions inside.

Zhao Xiyi also smiled.

This is still the thunder sound of the tiger and leopard, but it is not exactly, it should be said that it is Ji Xiao's unique thunder sound breathing method.

In the past, the thunder sound he emitted could only shake the flesh and bone marrow, but now even the power in his body was washed by the thunder sound. I saw that in addition to the glow of Ji Xiao's body, the blood was also surging, like the roar of a great river.

Now Ji Xiao's body is transforming into a Dao body, and he will be more suitable for cultivation than before, gradually breaking away from the limitations of flesh and blood.