Chapter 060: Reading the Washing of the Marrow Sutra at Night
In the "Qinxin Pavilion" in the back hall of the shocking door, the lights are bright, not the sound of Jia Mengle's chanting, "The eyes contain light, the nose is slight, the abdomen is wide and empty, and it is suitable to accept Qingxi." Shuowang and two strings, two points and two solstices, meridian meditation, Mao Yougan bath. Everything is made with the mind, and the refining of the gods is quiet......"
According to the scriptures, Jia Mengle sat cross-legged day and night, with his hands on his legs, his eyes slightly closed, his breathing was subtle, and he slowly vomited the old and accepted the new. However, he never understood why he wanted to practice the exercises with "a wide and empty stomach" and how to practice when he was hungry. He read it again and again, gnawing word by word, but he never found an answer.
"If only Sun Xiangyuan were here! She Bingxue is smart, she must know the reason for this!" Jia Mengle once again played up his beloved, remembering that when they were in Fengmen, they worked together to fight against the housekeeper, designed to rescue Sikong Zhao together, and went to Yangzhou to resolve the turmoil in the gate...... Thinking about it, I couldn't help but have tears in my head.
As the saying goes, the form of bodhichitta is in the mundane, and there is no practice at all. Jia Mengle knew the truth very well, and slapped himself a few times, "Jia Mengle, Jia Mengle, why are you so unlucky? Like you are half-hearted, how can you be reborn to save Xiangyuan?" he kept admonishing himself and reminding himself.
......He continued to recite the esoteric text, which he could understand, referring to the four days of grasping the waxing and waning of the moon every month, the four days of the upper and lower quarters, and the four days of the spring equinox, autumn equinox, summer solstice, and winter solstice every year, which were the key times of practice. The two periods of the day are mainly static, and the two periods of Mao and unitary are mainly dynamic.
Day after day, night after day, Jia Mengle stayed in the "Qinxin Pavilion" and never went out, and Yuwen also went to the Qinxin Pavilion from time to time to discuss the "Washing the Marrow Sutra" with him, "I don't understand, what is so good about this meditation." "Yu Wenwen doesn't know that this meditation itself is a kind of cultivation.
"The master does not know that meditation can make people's internal microcirculation at a deeper level, achieve balance between the inside and outside of the body, and when the mind is calm, the endocrine and microcirculation are in the best state. Jia Mengle has been well-read since he was a child, and he knows a lot about meditation in the Buddhist family.
But I also meditated according to what the book says, but I didn't see any benefit. Since Jia Mengle came to the door of shock, Yu Wenwen also began to practice meditation.
"Meditation is not about seeking supernatural powers, it's about raising enlightenment. Each of us has supernatural powers, but our Fa is insufficient, so supernatural powers cannot be revealed. If you meditate for the sake of supernatural powers, it's best not to meditate, otherwise you'll easily get mad. The only condition for attaining a Buddha is that one's mind is empty and pure, and if one's mind is not empty and pure, one will never become a Buddha. The ultimate goal of studying Buddhism and meditating is not supernatural powers, but enlightenment, so don't be attached to supernatural powers when meditating. This is the essence of the "Pure Sutra", and Jia Mengle has long been familiar with it.
"Forget it, I can't talk about you, you are very knowledgeable and have your own supernatural powers, but I wonder what is happening to your internal injuries?" asked Yu Wen with concern.
"Alas, I don't know, I've already cultivated according to the aspects of the "Washing the Marrow Sutra", but the internal injuries are still the same, and they haven't improved at all!" Jia Mengle suddenly fell into confusion when he mentioned this, and it had been more than a month, so why didn't he get better? Sun Xiangyuan didn't have any news at all? Could it be that she had been poisoned? The more he thought about it, the more terrible it became, and his heart couldn't help but feel sad.
"Freezing three feet, not a day's cold, I think it may not have been refined to the highest level!" Yu Wenwen comforted.
"It doesn't matter if my injury is good or not, at least I can't die, but Miss Sun, she has no news so far, how can this be reassuring?" Jia Mengle said the pain in his heart.
Looking at the sad person, who is not emotional? Yu Wenwen patted him on the shoulder and muttered, "Don't worry, Master Sun is in the official mansion and is very familiar with the affairs of the rivers and lakes, I believe that nothing will happen, and Zhu Jiabao is also doing his best to find it, it should be fine." Why don't you go to Sun's Mansion and see if there is any news. ”
At the suggestion of Yu Wenwen, Jia Mengle hurried back to Sun's mansion and couldn't wait to come to Lord Sun's room, "Is there any news from Xiangyuan?"
His words were like a cold dagger, deeply stabbing the old man's heart, Sun Xiangyuan was his closest person, how could he not be sad? ”
Jia Mengle, who was full of joy, did not get a satisfactory answer, and his heart was torn like ten thousand snakes and scorpions, devouring his haggard heart.
"Don't worry, Jiren has his own nature, I have never done anything hurtful, I believe God will not treat me like this. Master Sun knew that Jia Mengle's heart was dripping blood, so he comforted him.
"Hmm!" Jia Mengle saw that the old man was also in such a state of mind, and his mood was slightly better.
"By the way, how are you shocking, how are your injuries?" asked Sun with fatherly concern.
After Jia Mengle reported to Master Sun one by one about the cultivation of the "Washing the Marrow Sutra", "I practiced according to the scriptures, but the internal injuries still haven't improved at all!"
Master Sun pondered and said with concern, "This "Washing the Marrow Sutra" was created by the patriarch of Bodhidharma, he passed away and was buried in the Bears Ears Mountain near Shaomu Mountain, because it was rumored that someone saw the patriarch, and the descendants were curious to open the coffin to inspect it, and found that the patriarch's bones had disappeared, leaving only a shoe in the coffin. Then the monk found a glue-sealed iron box in the relics of the patriarch, which contained two scriptures written in Sanskrit, these two books are the famous "Yijin Sutra" and "Washing the Pulp Sutra", which is a rare martial arts in the world, and the descendants trimmed it, and refined the Shaolin Tiangang body protection skills, King Kong point acupoint fingers, Shaolin King Kong palms, red sand thunderbolt palms, Arhat iron cloth shirts and other martial arts, as the so-called "world martial arts out of Shaolin" is how it came. ”
Master Sun knew a lot about martial arts anecdotes, and continued, "At that time, I asked you to go to Jingmen to study, and I was worried that the head of the Yushu was conservative and did not pass on your scriptures, but I didn't expect that the bearing of this Yushu was really unusual. ”
"I don't think this "Washing the Pulp Sutra" is like a martial arts mind, but like a Zen sutra, which discusses many concepts of practice and the cultivation of the mind. Before they knew it, the two of them were talking about the scriptures again.
"How is it possible? The "Washing the Marrow Sutra" was created by Patriarch Bodhidharma, it is broad and profound, how can it be a Zen Sutra?" Master Sun asked in confusion after listening to Jia Mengle's words.
"I'm just a little bit of a learner, and there's a lot I don't know much about. Jia Mengle took out the "Washing the Marrow Sutra", "My lord, please see, what is the explanation of this 'wide and empty belly, just right to accept Qingxi'? Could it be that people practice on a hungry stomach?"
Sun Zhifu took the "Washing the Marrow Sutra" and read it word by word, for fear of missing something, and sometimes read the scriptures aloud with words, "How do you understand the scriptures so well, the 'wide and empty belly' here is to let you let go of the mundane troubles and don't leave anything in your heart." ”
It was really a word to wake up the person in the dream, Jia Mengle suddenly realized, it turned out that he couldn't cultivate, the reason was here, he never forgot Sun Xiangyuan in his heart, he was Sun Xiangyuan's shadow day and night, how could he succeed in cultivating like this? Jia Mengle knew the truth, and he had to stop practicing the "Washing the Pulp Sutra".
Things in the world, complicated, there is family affection, there is love, and friendship, people are not plants and trees, who can be ruthless, there is affection and intention, because of the collision of various feelings, only to weave such a world of flowers, outlining this colorful life, just like Jia Mengle, from time to time miss his beloved, it is difficult to let go of gains and losses, if the heart is stopped, how easy is it?