Chapter 27 Seeking the Buddha and Seeking the Heart
After all, Buddhism is the way of cultivating the mind, and the word sincerity and respect can be regarded as the key to entering the Buddha.
Although it is not to say that you cannot learn the Dharma without sincerity, but those who do not have a pious heart will not be able to understand the subtleties of the Dharma after learning it, and will easily fall into the outer ways of supernatural powers. Therefore, people who have extremely high attainments in Buddhism either make themselves extremely in line with the Buddha's path through repeated devout enlightenment, or in the process of enlightenment, they derive more and more doubts, and then become an existence that runs counter to the Buddha's path.
However, the current situation in the Western Brahma Continent obviously cannot be said that the people living here do not have a pious heart, and it is difficult for them to learn the core of the Dharma, because the resentment in their hearts is not eliminated, and the resentment is entangled, so that they have a kind of distrust and rejection of the Dharma from the bottom of their hearts, resulting in a wonderful situation that seems to be pious, but is not pious.
In this case, ignition not only does it get twice the result with half the effort, but also easily arouses their doubts and derives some 'devils'.
You must know that although the Yin World of the Nine Continents is the same, the flow of souls between the continents itself is not frequent, most of the time, the souls of one continent rotate in one continent, and the souls that flow to other continents are less than one ten-thousandth of the total.
Coupled with the establishment of the Pure Land in the Western Brahma, the reincarnation system has been affected, and those who believe in piety will only rotate within the Brahman, and the Dharma cultivation accumulated in their lifetimes will awaken in doubt, and they will instantly fall into the demonic barrier, just like the Dharma monks of the small Kyushu in the past, and become a generation of demon Buddhas.
Therefore, it is not easy for Yuan Monk to go directly to the ignition, and his current practice is somewhat similar to some practices of Shenzhou Zen temples.
In Zen Buddhism, there is a habit that they like to set up a flagpole in front of the temple, according to the different flags and flags that are hung, to tell the people around them what activities are in the temple now, and they will never invite them specially, similar to if they like, you will come, if you don't want to, you won't use it, if you can learn, I will be happy, if you can't learn, I won't say anything.
This method of teaching does not arouse personal skepticism, and at the same time ensures the piety of those who come to study.
Thinking of this, Li Haocheng said softly: "Since the master is willing to make such a grand wish, and the poor monk is also willing to dedicate his modest efforts, I have a secret mantra here, which can remove all obstacles, eliminate all diseases, achieve all good causes, and stay away from all fears." ”
After speaking, without waiting for the old monk Yuandu to react, Li Haocheng opened his mouth and recited the mantra: "Deep-low-emperor-slaughter... Deep-Age-Zha... Sha-Po-He!"
The voice fell, like the moon-like Buddha light appeared behind Li Haocheng, a Bodhisattva phantom gradually revealed, this Bodhisattva body is white, the left hand is a fist, resting on the waist, the right hand is holding a lotus flower, the lotus flower has a half-moon shape, blooming cold moonlight, shining all over the void, deriving a glass pure land.
"Nan Wu Bao Moon Pure Light Shines on the Bodhisattva Mahasattva!" "The old monk of Yuandu folded his hands and bowed slightly towards the phantom behind Li Haocheng, the corners of Li Haocheng's mouth were slightly hooked, and he stretched out his hand a little, and the phantom of the moonlight Bodhisattva turned into a moon white lotus flower and fell into the palm of the old monk of Yuandu, and countless laws about the path of the Treasure Moonlight Bodhisattva flowed into the monk's heart.
Taking advantage of the other party's slight distraction, Li Haocheng pulled Xu Longtu and walked away immediately, turned in a direction and continued to move forward.
In a moment, the old monk of Yuandu opened his eyes, looked at the empty scene in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh.
In fact, he didn't know that Li Haocheng's identity was wrong, although he couldn't see through the disguise of the Taixu Law, but some of Li Haocheng's actions and habits still exposed the true situation of him and the person who was not very young to worship the Buddha.
Therefore, he will tell Li Haocheng something about it, that is, he wants to take advantage of the exchange to attract the light of the Buddha around him, so that he can understand the supreme subtlety of Buddhism, and then enter the Buddha's door, but he doesn't want Li Haocheng to play cards so unusually.
Through his words, he transferred all kinds of treasure moonlight bodhisattva path perceptions to himself, so that the bodhisattva's phantom shadow faded in his heart, and it was not good for him to continue to entangle after he got benefits.
For a figure like the old monk Yuandu, unless Li Haocheng and others really stand on the opposite side of Buddhism and Taoism in the future, he will never go to them for trouble, and even today's matter, at most, is to report, and assist in tracking down something, but it is impossible.
On the other side, Li Haocheng and Xu Longtu didn't have long to walk, when they heard a Buddha call: "Nan no Amitabha! Nan no Amitabha Buddha ......"
The Buddha's name is extremely strange, and when I hear it suddenly, it feels like "Nam no Amitabha", but if you listen carefully, you will find that the other party seems to be chanting the feeling of "Namaani Buddha", and the two are a little curious, that is, the clouds are descending and observing carefully.
I saw an old man with a demented face, bowing to a stone statue of the Buddha in front of him, chanting a strange Buddha name in his mouth.
People passing by either sighed or shook their heads, but most of them left a little food for the old man when they left.
Through their exchanges, Xu Longtu and Li Haocheng knew that this old man was a well-known disabled person here, since birth, he was deaf and dumb, but since he was sensible, he tried his best to help the people around him, and he would come here every day to worship the Buddha statue, which has lasted for more than 70 years.
Xu Longtu, who was hiding on the side, looked at the old man with some surprise. He clearly heard the other party chanting the Buddha, in comparison, Li Haocheng is a lot calmer, with the blessing of the jade Fu Qingguang, he clearly saw that the Buddha light on this old man's body is faint, bright and clear, the quality is like glass, the inside and outside are bright and quiet, that is the power transformed by the bright will, its essence is so high, even with Li Haocheng's knowledge, he only dares to say that the divine light of the Miluo God is better than the other party, and the rest of the gods and cultivators are at most equivalent to it, and they cannot cross the law.
And the reason for this result is that this Buddha light is faintly connected with the heavenly light of a certain pure land in the void.
This Pure Land is naturally not the Pure Land condensed by the Buddhist monks of the Western Fanzhou, when Li Haocheng discovered the Buddha's light, his eyes were to follow the Buddha's light, and he could only see the endless Buddha's light, but he could not see the slightest internal traces.
"Do you receive a vow on your deathbed?" Li Haocheng softly recited a famous vow of Buddhism, and then recounted it softly: "Let me become a Buddha, sentient beings from all directions, develop bodhicitta and cultivate all merits, and make a wish from the heart to give birth to our country." At the end of one's life, if the former is not surrounded by the public, enlightenment will not be attained. ”
Some people think that as long as they recite Nam Mu Amitabha Buddha before dying, they can be guided, but in fact, there is a premise in this grand wish: "develop bodhicitta and cultivate all merits, make a wish from the heart, and want to give birth to our country."
In other words, if you want to be reborn in the Pure Land of Bliss, you must have three prerequisites: the first is to develop bodhicitta (the so-called mind of "seeking the Buddha's path up and transforming sentient beings", then you need to cultivate all merits, which generally refer to the six perfections and ten thousand actions, and the third is to make a vow from the heart, which is to put it bluntly, to make a sincere wish to be reborn in the Elysian World.
After the three are achieved, Nam Mu Amitabha Buddha will lead the people in the Elysian World and the people who have been destined for the practitioner in his lifetime to surround him and enlighten him when he is dying, so that he will be reborn in the Elysian World without any obstacles.
And the old man in front of him obviously meets this grand wish of Amitabha Buddha, so he will reveal such a vision.
Li Haocheng's eyes showed a trace of struggle, according to the Buddhist scriptures, Nan Wu Amitabha Buddha is obviously a Buddha-level existence, facing his brilliance, it is not helpful for Li Haocheng's future path. But the same problem is that with such a high-quality Buddha light at close range, Li Haocheng is not sure that his path will not be affected.