Chapter 117: Zen with the Dryad (continued)
Where is Heaven?
To be honest, Shen Shi really knows. In the inheritance of the human religion, there is a path of ascension. The Human Sect has ascended to the upper realm, but it has also left a path to heaven. It's just that this matter is by no means clear in a few words.
In the short time that he watched the demon transform, he had to impress him with words that he understood and could immediately move him. Fortunately, such a statement is found in Buddhist scriptures. The tongue of the lotus flower is not just talking.
Shen Shi glanced at him and said, "In your hearts, it is also in all directions. ”
"Oh, in my heart, why can't I see it?" he was stunned for a moment, and was much calmer.
Shen Shi smiled and scolded directly: "You old bald donkey"
An old monk was immediately furious, and several young monks also picked up sticks to fight Shen Shi desperately.
Shen Shi pointed at them unhurriedly: "Look, the gates of hell are open. ”
When several monks heard this, they suddenly realized that they had put down the sticks in their hands.
Shen Shi laughed again: "Look, the gate of heaven is also open. ”
The monks looked at each other, and it turned out that this is what heaven and hell meant in their hearts.
Compared to them, the dryad's perception is even more profound. After more than 1,000 years of Buddhist practice, the demonic nature was overwhelmed in an instant. A body of demonic energy slowly converged, and the light of the Buddha reappeared. He asked even more eagerly, "Then what is heaven and hell in all directions?"
Shen Shi casually said the words of Buddhism: "One flower is one world, one grass is one heaven, one tree is one floating life, one leaf is the same, one sand is bliss, one side is a pure land, one smile is one dust, one thought is quiet." ”
About ten monks were stunned when they heard this.
As a Buddhist, they are not as good as an outsider in their Dharma practice, and they are also very embarrassed.
Even the tree demon was slightly distracted, obviously not thinking of why Shen Shi had such a profound Buddhist cultivation, and for a while he forgot that Shen Shi was not a member of Buddhism: "Since the donor believes in heaven and knows hell, why do you want to do something murderous and hurtful to others?"
The obsession in the heart, what the eyes see and what the Dharma says, is the root cause of the Buddha's demonic heart, and where is it so easy to dissolve.
However, his question aroused the anger of Gongsun Ce: "Who committed the murder and hurt people? Did you kill first? Lord Shen obviously couldn't see it, so he came to help, why did he become a murderer?"
It's a pity that the dryad doesn't pay any attention to them. His problem is not as simple as it seems, but the contradiction between his 1,000-year-old practice of Buddhism and reality.
It's like life in the afterlife in a news broadcast. A very desirable society, but it is not a reality.
Some people can easily adapt to such falsehoods and conflicts, but some people can't accept them anyway.
The Dryad was obviously a descendant, but he just looked at Shen Shi: "It doesn't matter about cause and effect, if you believe in hell, aren't you afraid of going to hell?"
Those who practice Buddhism are cautious and don't dare to do anything, even if they are a worm, they don't dare or can't kill them. Specifically in the dryad, he is desperately crossing the monks, but the monks are bent on collecting money.
But what can he do? All he can do is reform, reform, and reform, at least that's what he learned.
Just as he made a sacred tree, he was powered by people's incense and wishes. He knew the weight of the power of the wish better than anyone else, and he could only continue to burn them with mana, dissolve the weight of the power of the will, return to the source, and return the pure spiritual power to them. Among them, how much burden the dryad beared. Seeing that the mana he had worked so hard to cultivate was lost in vain, not only did the heaven and earth not pay for it, but it continued to decline, and the aura became less and less. The feeling of being unrecognized for doing good deeds and being abandoned by heaven and earth is only understood by the dryad himself.
However, his problem could not stop Shen Shi. His mentality is completely no different from that of many people in state-owned enterprises who "have never met talents", especially in that special era, whether they do more or less, whether they are dangerous or not, and the remuneration is the same. I have heard a lot of such things, and I have seen a lot, but it is just a Buddhist scripture saying that "I am a brick of socialism", how difficult is this?
Haha laughed, and said arrogantly: "If I don't go to hell, who will go to hell?"
This verse can be said to be the most famous Buddhist Zen saying in Buddhism, and it may not even be one of them. As long as there is this sentence, no matter how hard and tired it is, even people's sacrifice and dedication are not a big deal.
Even Bao Zheng couldn't help shouting: "Okay!"
"Good one, I don't go to hell, who goes to hell!"
Under the new policy of Qingli, it is not easy to implement. It's not like "I don't go to hell, who goes to hell".
Bao Zheng is just implementing the Qingli New Deal, so he has such a big feeling. And the dryad, a thousand years. How deep did he feel?
If I don't go to hell, who will?
For a while, the dryad's face was moved, and the eyes that looked at Shen Shi also changed.
This is not a general word at all, but a Zen saying of great compassion - falling into the path of hell, seeking to get out of the indefinite period, suffering greatly, and the life that falls into it is better to die, at this time, who will I not help them to liberate?
The dryad clasped his hands together: "Amitabha." ”
The real monks of Lanruo Temple also clasped their hands and said, "Amitabha." ”
The rest are all laymen, that is, false monks. Without that compassion, you can't see or understand, and you're naturally a layman.
The tree demon swept his eyes and found that there were only three or five monks in the Lanruo Temple of Nuoda, and there were many laypeople.
"Amitabha. The tree demon realized in his heart: "As a Bodhi tree, my heart is like a mirror, always wipe diligently, don't stir up dust - this is my way of seeking Buddha." ”
He really understands that the body is like a Bodhi tree that made the people of the past enlightened, and the mind is like a spotless and bright mirror, constantly looking at himself, not letting the dirt obscure the bright nature.
"Look, the sacred tree is bleeding. ”
"What's the matter? Why is the sacred tree bleeding?" The villagers next to the sacred tree suddenly noticed that scarlet and sticky blood was flowing out of the trunk, as if a person had been torn open.
The wind was stronger, but there was a constant roar of thunder in the sky.
"Quickly kneel down and apologize to the sacred tree, you can't defy the gods anymore. ”
Those believers, who were not willing to fight against Lanruo Monastery, immediately knelt down and prayed.
In fact, they did not have the sin of contempt for the gods, on the contrary, their prayers together, under the power of incense and wishes, directly condensed a word "god" and fell towards the dryad.
In the past, the dryad would only refine it and never accept the priesthood, but at this moment, after listening to "I don't go to hell, who will go to hell", his mentality has changed. He accepted the priesthood calmly.
"God", fell.
As soon as the word "god" falls, the tree demon body shines brightly, and the light turns into a bright cloud, the so-called great consummation light cloud, great compassion light cloud, great wisdom light cloud, great prajna light cloud, great samadhi light cloud, great auspicious light cloud, great merit light cloud, great merit light cloud, great return to the light cloud, great praise light cloud.