After walking for five or six miles, the three of them came out of the belly of Tiewei Mountain, looked around, but felt that the eyes suddenly opened up, and the eyes were a vast sea, and the sky was far away, and only some shadows of the mountains and mountains could be seen. It seems that if you want to get to Mount Sumeru, you can only cross the sea first.

Turning his head slightly, he saw Garang take out a scripture book from his sleeve and throw it on the surface of the water with shaking hands.

In the blink of an eye, the scriptures turned into the size of a zhangxu, as if a flat boat was moored on the shore.

Garang was the first to get on the boat, and then beckoned the two to get on the boat.

Ye Haotian and Lan'er were surprised in their hearts, jumped up according to the words, sat cross-legged, and quietly watched the boat. There were no sails or oars on the boat, but I didn't know how he could steer it.

I saw that Jia Lang stretched out his palm and waved it back twice, and the flat boat sailed forward like an arrow from the string.

When Jia Lang waved his palm, what Ye Haotian saw was not a clear five fingers, but a dense piece like a fan, like a bird's wings.

Lan'er obviously noticed it too, glanced at Ye Haotian, and nodded lightly.

Jia Lang turned his head and saw the staring eyes of the two, and quickly understood what they were thinking, and laughed aloud without caring at the moment: "The Buddha's light is universal, all beings are equal, color is emptiness, emptiness is color, and there is no need to focus on external appearance." As a member of the flail tower, there may be a difference in appearance between me and the two of them, but there is no difference in the heart of the Buddha. ”

Ye Haotian was very embarrassed to be said, so he had to bow down and salute: "Master Xie reminds that the younger generation has been taught." When he looked down, he saw a large line of words printed on the scripture under his feet: "Prajnaparamita!" 'Prajna' means wisdom, and 'Paramita' means to go to the other side. But what is this shore? What is the other shore? What is this sea? What is this boat?"

Before the words fell, Lan'er exclaimed: "Look, there is an oasis on the left, and there seem to be many houses!"

Ye Haotian looked up and found that there was a very wide green space in front of the left, and there seemed to be a market on top of the green space, not only could you see red walls and green tiles, but also pedestrians.

Without looking at it, Jia Lang smiled and introduced: "This sea is one of the four Aral Seas, and that continent is called Nanzhan Buzhou. There is a large continent in each of the four sides of the Aral Sea, and its names are Dongsheng Shenzhou, Nanzhan Buzhou, West Niu Cargo Continent, and North Julu Continent, and there are two middle continents next to each continent, and they are all inhabited by six good men and women who are not pure. ”

Ye Haotian wondered in his heart: "Dongsheng Divine Continent is Middle Earth, why is there also Dongsheng Divine Continent here?"

Jia Lang said: "The Buddha country is a microcosm of the world, there is Middle Earth in the world, and there is Shenzhou in the Buddha country." The good men and women of Middle-earth ascended to the Buddha kingdom and lived there temporarily. ”

Lan'er also felt strange: "How can there be six unpurified good men and women in Elysium?"

Jia Lang glanced at her and said, "After the Seven Incense Sea and the Seven Gold Mountain, it can be counted as the real Elysium." The four continents are still on the edge of Elysium, and can only be counted as a 'world of less worries'. Suffering is born from the heart, and if the six roots are not purified, how can we enjoy true bliss?"

Speaking of this, he paused slightly, and then said: "The existence of the four continents and the eight middle continents is to open up the path of Buddhism and protect the good men and women with high Buddha hearts. The door of the Buddha Kingdom is always open, as long as the number of Buddha hearts is ten times the average number of Buddha hearts of human beings, plus there is a Buddha in the heart before death, you can not enter reincarnation, and if you can practice seriously, you can finally enter the Elysian World. ”

Ye Haotian looked at the pedestrians shuttling on the oasis, his heart moved, and he couldn't help but think of his parents, as well as those who died in the Su family, I don't know if any of those people have died in bliss.

Thinking of this, he was in a mood and couldn't help but ask: "Is what the disciple said true? The total population in the universe is incalculable, even if there are many people whose Buddha hearts are dozens of times higher, if they all come together, can they live in a single Sumeru Divine Mountain?"

Jaron replied: "'A flower and a thought are immeasurable, and everything is at the end of a millimeter. 'If the entire Sumeru Sacred Mountain can be included in the small mustard seeds, how many mustard seeds can the four continents hold?"

Ye Haotian was dumbfounded, unable to answer.

After pausing for a moment, Lan'er looked at the pale blue sea around her and said, "This sea is called the Sifang Aral Sea, is the sea water particularly salty?"

Jia Lang smiled slightly, "You taste it." ”

Lan'er really approached the side of the boat, stretched out her slender jade finger and swept through the water, and then put it between her lips and tasted it.

As soon as the sea water entered her lips, she frowned, and shook her head again and again in pain: "This is the Aral Sea, it's obviously a bitter sea!"

Gyalang laughed and explained, "Yes, the Aral Sea is the sea of suffering, this boat is called 'Prajna Boat', this shore represents 'the boundless sea of suffering, reincarnation and birth and death', the other shore signifies 'the perfection of Buddhahood, freedom from suffering and happiness', and Prajnaparamita means 'wisdom to the other shore'. ”

Ye Haotian suddenly realized, and the answer to his previous question was found at once.

Pranya traveled so fast that it soon left the oasis behind, and a large meadow was already visible in front of it.

Not long after, the three of them came ashore and continued on their way.

Jia Lang said as he walked: "As long as the number of Buddha's hearts accumulated to a hundred times that of ordinary people, the good men and women of the four continents will be led here to taste the holy water of the Seven Spice Seas. Then in front is the Seven Spice Sea, you look at the small lake in front, that is the first sea of the Seven Fragrance Sea, called 'Old Bitter One Fragrance Sea'. ”

Ye Haotian frowned when he heard this, and said, "The name is so weird! What does that mean?"

Jia Lang smiled and was speechless, led them all the way forward, came to a small lake full of fragrance, took out a wooden spoon, scooped up some lake water, and handed it to Ye Haotiandao: "If you drink it, you can stay young forever and have no pain from aging, so it is called 'Old Bitter and Fragrant Sea'." The so-called "old suffering" means "suffering from aging". ”

Ye Haotian took the wooden spoon and tasted it, the entrance was fragrant and smooth, and the taste was excellent, so he drank it in one gulp and said with a smile: "You can live forever with just a spoonful of water, and it is the holy water of the Buddhist family! It seems that there are a lot of treasures in the Buddha Sect!"

Jia Lang watched Lan'er slowly drink the lake water, and then he smiled and said: "The so-called old is mainly a personal feeling. Some people feel old at the age of 30, and some people feel that life has just begun at the age of 60. As long as you can forget aging and not regret the lost years, you will be able to stay young forever. As he spoke, he walked on without looking back.

Ye Haotian and Lan'er followed closely behind, feeling that the Seven Spices Sea had a deep meaning.

Soon came to the second small lake, Jia Lang also took the lake water for them to drink, and watched the two of them drink before introducing: "This is the sick and bitter Erxiang Sea, drinking this water can be healthy!"

Ye Haotian said with a smile: "It seems that it is a psychological factor again, and it may not be really disease-free." ”

Garang said meaningfully: "Illness is born from the heart. If you keep a little peace in your heart, you will be able to live a long and healthy life, and if you are always at peace in your heart, it will be difficult to have a good body. ”

Ye Haotian thought about it, and had to nod and say, "What the master said is extremely true." ”

When they came to the third fragrant lake, Jia Long first introduced: "This is the Three Fragrant Seas of Death and Suffering, drinking this water can increase the chances of ten reincarnations, and it is easy to be reborn in Elysium, so you don't have to worry about turning into ashes at the end of reincarnation." This is the holy water that frees you from the suffering of death, and it is something that many people yearn for. ”

Ye Haotian glanced at Lan'er with a smile, and secretly passed on a divine sense: "I have a wife as a companion, one life is enough, as for the next life, it doesn't matter if I am a cow or a horse." ”

Lan'er looked back at him very gently, nodded slowly, and said in a low voice: "Just according to what Gongzi thinks." Leave this water to posterity......"

Jia Lang glanced at her in surprise, then turned his head to look at Ye Haotian, and praised: "The two donors are really extraordinary, I can't complain that they have cultivated to the Arhat realm at a young age, and they have already comprehended the way of life and death!"

Ye Haotian said with a smile: "We are tired of being alive and want to see what it is like to die." ”

Lan'er also "giggled" and laughed: "Life and death don't matter. Joy in life, what regret in death?"

Garon shook his head slightly, and led them on, and from then on, he explained everything carefully.

The fourth sea is called the "Bad and Bitter Four Fragrant Seas". The so-called "bad suffering" refers to the decay after success and the sorrow after joy. There is no flower in the world that is not grateful, and there is no feast in the world. Although there are occasional beautiful days, its end is finally gone.

Ye Haotian and Lan'er discussed it a little and decided to give up as well. They are very confident in their golden mean, and they don't want to be too forgetful, they just want to control their feelings within a certain range.

Garang was very impressed, and became more and more respectful to the two of them between his words.

The fifth sea is called "the sea of five spices that cannot be bitter", and after drinking water, you can stop "asking for no bitterness".

Ye Haotian understood as soon as he heard the name.

In life, you must ask for something, and the most basic thing is to ask for food and clothing. The second is to seek wealth, power, and a partner. The greater a person's ability, the higher his aspirations. There are people who don't ask for anything for themselves, but they can't help but ask for others. However, if you ask for something, you may not be able to get it, and if you can't get it, you will have "no pain if you can't ask for it".

Ye Haotian looked at himself and knew that he also had needs, and there were also times when he couldn't ask for it, for example, sometimes he regretted that his skills were too weak, and sometimes he was worried that he couldn't capture the true god, but these were only emotions within the normal range, and they hadn't reached the point of feeling painful, that is to say, although he couldn't ask for it, he didn't suffer because of it, so he didn't have to drink this holy water!

Lan'er felt that with Ye Haotian, she had everything, her heart was full of happiness, and she couldn't think of anything to "ask for hardship", so she waved her hand and gave up.

The sixth sea that goes down is called "the bitter six fragrant seas". It is said that people will develop resentment and hatred. The good times are not always there, the road is narrow, the things you like are difficult to keep unchanged, and the things you dislike often appear, so there is "resentment will be bitter".

The two pondered for a while, this is also exempt!

The last sea is called "Love, Farewell, Bitter Seven Spice Sea". It is said that whether it is parents, husband and wife, or close friends, they cannot get rid of the suffering of life and death. Some people, you love them so hard, but they don't love you, some people love each other but have to separate, and some people stay together for life, but they can't avoid the order of death.

Ye Haotian and Lan'er had a heart-to-heart relationship, looked at each other and smiled, and said resolutely: "We want to taste all the joys and sorrows, and we don't want to escape, so this is also avoided!"

Jia Lang was stunned, and after a while, he said without worry: "The Seven Fragrance Sea is also known as the 'Sea of Forgetfulness', and those waters are 'Forgetful Water'. Everyone who goes to Elysium must drink the water of forgetfulness, otherwise it will be difficult to practice. You've just overlooked a few of them, and you're afraid that there will be trouble in the future. ”

Ye Haotian smiled very easily: "Don't hide it, we are here to participate in the Sixth Buddha Conference in early June, we want to meet the Buddha and the Bodhisattvas, have a long experience, and then go back." ”

Jia Lang's eyes widened, he shook his head as he stared at them, and poured a scoop of cold water on his head: "The Buddha Kingdom Conference is arranged on the top of the Sumeru Divine Mountain, and only the first eighteen of the first-level Arhats, that is, the eighteen Arhats who are recited in the world, or the Bodhisattvas and Buddhas of more than seven places can have the honor to see them! Don't forget, there are five hundred first-level Arhats alone! You are the second-level Arhats, and the difficulty is not small!"

Ye Haotian grinned in surprise, and said in surprise: "Who stipulated this? Doesn't it say that all living beings in the Buddha Kingdom are equal, why do you have to set up so many rules?"

Jia Lang smiled, his eyes lit up for a moment, and he replied, "This is not prescribed by someone, but determined by the special surname of Sumeru Sacred Mountain." In fact, it was also the feat of the Buddha back then! The Buddha thoroughly refined the soil, magnets, thousands of Buddha artifacts that condensed the supreme Buddha's heart, and the magic artifacts obtained from collecting 10,000 years into a powdered 'Sacred Land of Bliss' and sprinkled it on the sacred mountain of Sumeru. Since then, this place is not only full of aura, but also full of Buddha hearts and demon surnames, and the entire Sumeru Sacred Mountain is equivalent to a huge magnet! The more you reach the top of the mountain, the stronger the magnetic surname becomes, and those who lack skill cannot move half a step!"

Ye Haotian shouted in a lost voice when he heard this: "Bliss Holy Land! There is such a thing? Buddha Heart...... Demon ...... Why can't you move?"

Garang smiled proudly: " The Buddha heart in the holy land of bliss is the Buddha heart accumulated by the Buddha and the Bodhisattvas for many years of practice, and it has an incomparably huge attraction for everyone who cultivates the Buddha; the demon surname in the holy land is the demon surname after the Buddha's practice, which retains the original surname of the demon, but reduces the harm in it, just like the pox immunity, which can not only moderately stimulate the potential demon surname of the Buddha cultivator, so that he can achieve the Buddha body in the process of fighting against the demon heart, but also has an incomparably huge attraction to the real demon, and it is difficult to move at first sight, and can no longer exert the original power! Therefore, the Holy Land of Bliss is the second layer of protection of the Sumeru Sacred Mountain, and it is easy to enter and difficult to get out, which is also the reason why the true gods dare not rush in. ”

Ye Haotian felt that his heart was beating wildly, and blurted out: "Why didn't I feel it?" So we can't go up to the top of the sacred mountain, and we can't go out, can't we?"

Jia Lang said with a smile: "Your Dharma cultivation is relatively high, so there is no reaction to the Buddha heart and demon surname here. The further you go, the thicker and more attractive the Land of Bliss, and you will know when the time comes. Only the eighteen arhats and the seven bodhisattvas and above can reach the top of the mountain by virtue of their own cultivation. The rest of the personnel must hold the bay leaves bestowed by the Buddha in order to counteract the attraction of the sacred land of negative bliss. As for whether you can go out or not, it also depends on your cultivation. ”

Hearing that Baye Ye was able to resist the attraction of the Negative Happiness Holy Land, Ye Haotian's hanging heart was lowered again, and he said with a smile: "I see, don't care so much for now, let's continue to move forward." ”

Lan'er was thinking that the two of them only had one bay leaf, and it seemed that she was afraid that she would enter the Qiankun bag again.

Jia Lang continued to introduce as he walked: "Further on is the 'Seven Golden Mountains', the seven-story golden mountains surround the Sumeru Sacred Mountain like an iron bucket, and there is only one passage in and out of the sacred mountain, which is called the 'Sumeru Buddha Path'. There are seven levels on this path, each of which is guarded by a bodhisattva guru. ”

Lan'er was a little helpless when she heard this: "It's so troublesome, I don't know what to take the test again?"

Karang smiled and shook his head: "Don't take any tests! Those bodhisattva teachers are responsible for preaching and solving doubts." You must know that as long as you pass the Seven Golden Mountain, you will no longer be an ordinary man, but a person with the identity of an Arhat. If you think about it, you can't let everyone become a golden arhat with a lot of questions, right? In any case, the basic Dharma must be clarified. Therefore, the Buddha arranged for seven bodhisattva teachers to stay here, mainly responsible for explaining the scriptures and helping the people to complete the final training. You just have to listen to the scriptures honestly for an hour, and if you don't feel any discomfort, you can get through it. Of course, if there is something you don't understand, you can also ask. ”

Ye Haotian smiled in surprise: "Most of the Buddhism I know is self-cultivation, of course there are many problems. It would be great to be able to get systematic training from the Bodhisattva Guru!"

As he spoke, he had come to the first mountain of gold.

It was a high mountain, red and yellow, as if made of brass, except for one place, which was slightly low, as if it were a mountain gate, and a small temple was faintly visible, and the path up the mountain led to it in a winding way.

They walked up the steps along the path, and just came to a place twenty or thirty zhang away from the small temple, when they suddenly heard a very deep voice from the temple: "Little donor, I didn't expect you to really come!

Ye Haotian was a little familiar with the voice, but he couldn't think of who it was for a while, and when he looked at it, he saw an old monk appear at the door of the temple, with silver hair and a smile, and it was the old monk he saw in Guoqing Temple when he went to Yueqing Zhi County!

At that time, the old monk had advised him to accumulate merits, which was of great benefit to his journey of cultivating immortals.

Ye Haotian was excited, ran over in three steps and two steps, saluted the old monk with his palms, and said, "The master is well, the disciple is polite!"

The old monk returned the salute and looked at Lan'er behind him, and said in surprise: "This girl, you are here too?"

Lan'er remembered that the old monk called himself a "ghost thing", and she felt uncomfortable in her heart. However, being in Foshan, it is inconvenient to mention the past, so she can only smile and step forward to give a salute: "Master Xie enlightens my son-in-law." With the help of my son, I have recovered my physical body. ”

The old monk looked her up and down in amazement, and said, "Huh, are you cultivating immortals or Buddhas? Is it the Immortal Buddha Sect?"

Lan'er smiled and said, "Master, what do you see?"

The old monk groaned: "There are immortals and Buddhas, it seems that the foundation of the immortal family is more sufficient." ”

Jialong, who was next to him, stepped forward and said, "Master, these two donors have very high Buddha hearts, and they should be promoted to the Arhat realm to practice, and please pay attention to their cultivation." Then he clapped his hands together with Ye Haotian and Lan'er and said, "My duty is to bring the two of you here, and now that the mission is over, it's time to go back." ”

Ye Haotian and Lan'er said "cherish" to him, and watched him go down the mountain.

The old monk invited the two of them to sit on the futon, stared at them for a while, and then smiled and clapped his hands and praised: "You will cultivate to the Arhat realm within two or three years, and your Buddha fate is not shallow!"

Ye Haotian said humbly: "The disciple stumbled by mistake, purely by luck. If we want to talk about Buddhism, we don't know much, and we still ask the master for guidance. Then he gave a general account of his cultivation experience.

The old monk couldn't help but nod his head and praised: "You have accumulated enough Buddha hearts! Seeking Buddha is not empty talk, but what you pay attention to is hard practice and the accumulation of Buddha hearts. So as long as you grasp the basic Buddhist principles, it is useless to know too much. The old man guards the first pass here, and according to the regulations, he should talk about 'karma'. Speaking of this, his kind gaze swept over the faces of the two, and he smiled slightly: "It's not 'marriage', don't make a mistake." ”

Lan'er's face was slightly red, and she smiled and said, "The four masters are empty, how can they think of 'marriage'?"

The old monk avoided answering, clasped his palms and said: "Although it is an old friend, I can't let it go for personal gain, and I have to tell you the Buddhist scriptures for an hour." ”

Ye Haotian said: "The disciple listens. ”

The old monk took a deep breath, and then said slowly, word by word: "The so-called 'cause' refers to the fact that there are internal factors in the formation and destruction of things, and Buddhists call this kind of factor 'cause', and the relationship between factors is called 'yuan'. To put it simply, all things or phenomena arise in relation to each other and have conditions, and without the right conditions, things and phenomena cannot arise......"

Ye Haotian is quite familiar with the theories of Buddhism, so it sounds effortless.

After that, the old monk's explanation gradually became faster: "The Buddha said: 'If this is there, then there is, if this life is born, then there is another, if there is none, if this is gone, then it is destroyed.'" All the teachings of Buddhism flow from the source of the theory of dependent origination. In the Buddhist scriptures, it is said that there are eleven meanings of origin: there is no author's righteousness, there is a cause of righteousness, there is a sense of affection, and he revolts according to him...... "He spoke more and more, not only Lan'er had a hard time listening, but Ye Haotian also felt that his head was big.

He spoke deeper and deeper, not only did Lan'er have a hard time listening, but Ye Haotian also felt that his head was big.

The old monk spoke for a whole hour before he stopped talking, looked at the two of them a little sad, and said with a smile: "The old monk explained according to the above regulations. In fact, you just need to understand the first paragraph, the rest is all nonsense, and it is not a big problem whether you listen to it or not. Since you are here, you will stay here for a while, and if there is anything you don't understand, you can figure it out later. ”

Ye Haotian hurriedly said: "Master Xie passed on the scriptures. The disciple may not stay for long, but he will go back after witnessing the Buddhist conference, hoping to see him again. ”

The old monk glanced at them with great regret and sighed slightly: "Although your cultivation is good, I am afraid that it will still be difficult to reach the top of the mountain." ”

Ye Haotian didn't say it clearly, but said: "Wait for the disciple to try it, it doesn't matter if it doesn't work." He said goodbye and left.

The second gold mountain is black in color, and it seems to be made of dark iron. The guard is a fat middle-aged monk, and the scriptures he talks about are the meaning of "emptiness" and why Buddhism calls it "empty door".

The fat monk said with a splash of mouth: "If you want to get rid of your troubles, you must first understand that everything in the world is an illusion formed by a temporary combination of various factors. These illusions make you feel that things exist, but in fact there are only factors, and the factors are changing, and things are constantly changing. If you understand this, you will not be greedy for things that are satisfactory and resentful of things that you are dissatisfied with. The word 'emptiness' in Buddhism does not mean that everything is absent, but that after you have worked hard to bring it to fruition, you should not put it in your heart, and that is the best way to get rid of your troubles. ”

Ye Haotian and Lan'er only said yes, anyway, they had to listen to it for an hour anyway.

The third gold mountain is purple and red, as if it was made of purple gold. Guarding the gate was an elderly nun dressed in a purple robe and wearing a monk's hat, and she preached the scriptures on what "impermanence" was.

The so-called impermanence refers to the fact that all phenomena in the universe are in a mutual relationship of this life and death, and there is no permanent existence in them. The phenomenon of things is the activity of the gathering and dispersion of various factors temporarily. Buddhists say that the birth and death of an instant is the full birth, dwelling, alienation, and extinction in an instant. Instantaneous time is extremely short, and the time to flick a finger is sixty moments. The birth, dwelling, and extinction of an object, and the existence, dwelling, destruction, and emptiness of a world are actually the existence of the continuity of birth and death in an instant......"

It's another tirade, and Lan'er doesn't seem to understand it, and she just wants her to finish it early.

After a long while, Lao Ni finally stopped and looked at the two of them with kind faces: "Do you understand? If you don't understand, I can say it again." ”

Ye Haotian hurriedly responded: "Thank you, master, I understand." There is nothing eternal and unchanging. For example, the hair on a human body may fall out at any moment, and the 36,000 pores vary from time to time. ”

Old Nizan said: "The little donor's surname is good, that's what it means."

The fourth gold mountain is bright silver in color, as if it was made of white gold. The guard is a thin old monk who talks about "selflessness".

The old monk knocked on the wooden fish while chanting endlessly.

Ye Haotian listened carefully to roughly understand what he meant.

That is to say, the reason why human beings have more troubles than livestock is because they have a stronger sense of self. Self-concept leads to selfish behavior, and anything that contradicts selfish behavior causes trouble. The basic factors that constitute self-concept are first of all our **, and then gradually expand outward, with my property, my reputation, my career, my power, and so on. People struggle to defend these "me" and "my" ideas, and they also incur troubles because of this. In fact, when you feel pain and can't solve it, you might as well change your attitude and try to think about "selflessness". The Buddhist scriptures say: "Everything in the world, including everyone's body and mind, is an illusion caused by karma, and there is no way to find where the concept of 'me' can take root, so it is 'selfless'." ”

Lan'er nodded frequently: "That's a good point! People nowadays are too selfish, they only pretend to be themselves in their hearts, and they don't know anything else except themselves." ”

Ye Haotian was thinking in his heart: "The realm of selflessness is too high, and few people reach it." According to the view of the mean, normal people have a sense of self. As long as it's not too strong, you won't have too many troubles. ”

Half a day later, they had arrived at the location of the fifth gold mountain.

The mountain of gold was dark in color, and seemed to be made of some kind of Ugin.

Guarding the pass is an old man dressed in a purple robe, wearing a black hat, holding a rattan cane, and looking strange, talking about the meaning of "all leaks are suffering".

Ye Haotian listened to the scriptures while carefully observing the other party, and felt that this person could cultivate from a layman at home to the bodhisattva realm, which was really rare and admirable.

The middle-aged man seems to have experienced the vicissitudes of life, so he feels very deeply, and he speaks vividly: "'Leakage' is trouble." There are many kinds of afflictions, such as greed, hatred, hatred, ignorance, impermanence and selflessness, coupled with arrogance, hesitation, and incorrect views......"

His sermon is very short, and then he shows up and tells an example of arrogance: "I think back then, I was proud of my talent and arrogant to others. One day I went to the temple to participate in meditation and met a familiar monk who was meditating. I sat down quietly across from the monk and meditated along. After about a stick of incense, both of them opened their eyes at the same time to end the meditation. As I had just finished meditating, I felt refreshed and happy, so I asked the monk, 'What do you think I look like now?'

The monk replied, 'I see Your Excellency as a Buddha.' ’

I was so happy that I joked, 'How are you?' I see you like cow dung. ’

The monk smiled slightly, and then continued to meditate.

I felt that I had taken advantage of the monk, and I was very happy, and when I got home, I couldn't wait to tell my sister what had happened.

"Brother, you have been taken advantage of by the monks. After listening to this, my sister reminded me, "The Buddhist scriptures say that if there is a Buddha in the heart, then everything is a Buddha." The monk has a Buddha in his heart, so look at you like a Buddha. Then dare to ask you, big brother, what was in your heart at that time?'"

After the story was told, he smiled slightly and quietly looked at the two who were listening.

Ye Haotian and Lan'er couldn't help laughing, thinking that he was very interesting.

The old man waited for their laughter to stop before he said meaningfully: "I am young and vigorous, arrogant and unreasonable, and I have reduced monks to cow dung, but in fact, my heart is full of cow dung. This 'arrogant' prejudice is one of the root causes of trouble. Then he spoke of 'greed and greed', quoting a 32-character proverb: "Going out of public opinion and entering the chariot is the opportunity of the lotus." The cave house clears the palace, the medium of cold and heat. Hao tooth Emei, the axe of the surname. Crispy and fatty, the medicine of rotting intestines. ”

Later, he also elaborated on the obsession with fame and fortune "ignorance of impermanence and selflessness", and at the end of the lecture, he sang loudly: "The great river goes east, the waves are exhausted, and the characters of the eternal wind are ...... Lupine scarf, talking and laughing, the canopy is in ashes...... The world is like a dream, and one is still in the moon. ”

Ye Haotian thought it was interesting before, but the more he listened to it, the more shocked he became, and after listening to it, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and kept speculating about the origin of the old man in his heart.

"The old man can chant Su Dongpo's poems, which shows that he will not ascend to the Buddhist realm too early, and he came from Middle Earth; listening to his good speech, he is like a well-educated man with extraordinary knowledge; the most amazing thing is the 32-character proverb, which is nothing else, but precisely the family motto of his grandfather! The family motto of the Su family has never been recorded in the article, I don't know where the old man knew it? My grandfather is a descendant of a generation of literary heroes Su Shi, and the Su family has always been a scholarly family, and it has nothing to do with Buddhism, so how could such a bodhisattva suddenly appear? Who of the Su family's best friends has the potential to become a Bodhisattva?"

When the old man finished speaking, he looked at the two with a smile on his face, waiting for them to ask questions.

Ye Haotian's mind was racing, and a person suddenly appeared in his mind, so he barely suppressed his excitement, and pretended to say casually: "I will also tell a story about the thought of 'greed' and causing trouble." What you said is not necessarily right, please criticize and correct the master. ”

The old man smiled and said, "Please speak!"

Ye Haotian straightened his thoughts and said, "Once upon a time, there was a young and talented man who always wanted to see the emperor. When the weather is dry, the emperor wants to set up a fast in the Daxiangguo Temple to ask for rain. In order to feast his eyes, the young man decided to infiltrate the Daxiangguo Temple.

On the day of the rain prayer ceremony, the emperor sat in a dragon and phoenix sedan chair, surrounded by the ruling ministers, came to the Great Xiangguo Temple, and was greeted into the main hall by a group of monks kneeling. When the young people saw the main hall saluting, they hugged the clusters, and they never saw it really, so they specially acted as tea waiters and paid their respects nearby.

The emperor took the fragrant tea from the young man's hand, and when he saw that he was born with a huge body, big ears, clear eyebrows, and an extraordinary spirit, he was surprised in his heart, and asked casually: "Waiter, what is your name?

The young man was stunned at first, and then he was in a hurry, and kowtowed: "The minister's surname is Lin Mingfoyin, the word Jue is old, a native of Raozhou, and a newly monk." Today, I am fortunate to have a glimpse of the sky, and I am overjoyed. ”

Seeing that he was clever and clever, the emperor asked, 'Since his name is Buddha Yin, can he know the Dharma?'

Buddha Yin said: 'The minister has been studying since childhood, and the Buddha listens to Zen. Buddhist classics, a little bit of knowledge. ’

The emperor said: "In this case, I gave Qing the name of 'Yuan', a purple robe, a golden bowl, and a sheepskin do, and shaved in front of the palace as a monk." ’

That Buddha Yin was originally a talented person who went to Beijing to take the examination, and he really hoped to be named on the gold list and make meritorious contributions, but it was difficult to disobey the king's order, so how could he dare to say that I was a pretended attendant? For a while, he had to fake the show, kowtow and thank him, and become a handsome monk from a promising man. It's a pity that the mistake of the Buddha's thought is self-defeating, and it is too late to regret it. ”

The old man listened to him quietly, his face did not change at all, and he smiled slightly: "I have also heard of this story, but the ending is a little different from what you said. After the Buddha Yin became a monk, he successively became a monk in Chengtian Temple in Jiangzhou, Kaixian Temple in Lushan, and Jiaoshan Temple in Runzhou, and later presided over the world-famous Jinshan Temple. Moreover, he has also reached the Elysian World, and now he is a Bodhisattva of the Nine Lands, and he may attend the Buddhist assembly in two days!

Ye Haotian was excited when he heard this, seeing that the old man was very familiar with the Buddha seal, could it be the Buddha seal himself?

He thought for a long time and couldn't understand it, and when he saw that an hour had passed, he had to stand up and salute according to the etiquette of Middle Earth: "The younger generation is the descendant of the Su family, and the grandfather of the younger generation is the seventh generation grandson of the poet Su Dongpo. ”

The old man was shocked when he heard this, his eyes were aggressive, he stared at him a few times, and finally shook his head slowly, and said lightly: "I don't know any poetry, I only know that there is a Dongpo layman, who once made a few crooked poems, often showing off his cleverness, and likes to fool people the most." ”

Ye Haotian couldn't cry or laugh, and bowed down again and said: "Dare to ask the elders to tell me the whereabouts of the Dongpo monks, the younger generations are grateful." ”

The old man hesitated for a moment and replied: "Dongpo layman is a good Buddha in his life, diligent in self-discipline, working hard for the people, and has accumulated a lot of Buddha heart in his life, so when he was dying, he was not sleepy, and he was introduced into the Buddha country by his friend Buddha's seal. Now the Dongpo monks are also the bodhisattvas of the eight places. After so many vicissitudes of life, he is no longer the high-spirited writer he was back then, and he has even completely forgotten himself, so why do you insist on asking each other?"

Ye Haotian was excited, guessing that the old man in front of him might be Su Shi himself, but he refused to say it explicitly, what should he do?

Lan'er couldn't help but say: "Master doesn't know, a few years ago, the Su family was still a big family with seven jinshi and friends all over the world, but unfortunately a catastrophe came, more than 100 people were killed, and only Gongzi escaped with his surname." Su Jia...... There's no one else......"

The old man was taken aback, his complexion changed twice, he couldn't help but close his eyes and palms, chanting Buddhist scriptures more than once, and then pinching his fingers non-stop, as if he was planning something, it took a long time to open his eyes, look at Ye Haotian, and said in a cordial voice: "After cultivating for so many years, I was almost damaged by the words of you two little ghosts, alas, 'parting bitter', 'hatred and hatred', life and death parting, the most embarrassing to break." Life is too short and the world is impermanent!" Speaking of this, he reached out and took out a book from under the futon and handed it to Ye Haotiandao: "For many years, I have not ascended to the Nine Lands Bodhisattva, just because there is one thing that has been haunting my heart. I have entered Buddhism from Confucianism, and I have always been able to break the distinction between Confucianism and Buddha, and I always want to integrate the two. This book is a little bit of what I've been thinking about for years, and I'm leaving it to you. The Su family is a scholarly family, Confucianism is the foundation, and the Buddha is the fruit of wisdom, and it is inevitable to encounter similar problems when cultivating Buddhism, I hope this book can be of some benefit to you. ”

Ye Haotian took the book and flipped through it, and saw that there were some scriptures in front of him, and there were a lot of Buddhist poems attached to the back, it seems that the old guy has "bad habits that are hard to change", and he can't forget his old profession when he becomes a monk!

He knew that the book was very valuable, so he collected the treasures, and then knelt down in front of the old man and bowed to him.

The old man stretched out his hand to hold him up, but he didn't hold him up twice, so he had to accept a salute, approached and patted him on the shoulder twice, and whispered: "When you have leisure, you might as well go to Dongsheng Shenzhou to have a look." ”

"One look, what to see?" Ye Haotian was puzzled in his heart, and when he wanted to ask again, he saw that the old man had already closed his eyes and folded his palms and sat still.

He hesitated in his heart, wandered in the temple for a long time, and did not see the old man wake up, so in desperation, he had to follow Lan'er out of the temple gate and walk towards the next mountain of gold.

The sixth gold mountain is composed of pure lapis lazuli, purple and blue in color, and it is extremely gorgeous at a glance, so that Lan'er has to rest on the path up the mountain for a long time before reluctantly continuing to walk.

Still a long way from the mountain pass, the two were surprised to find a burly monk standing in the open space in front of the temple.

The monk raised his left hand, turned around and looked left, and his right hand fell, sticking to his waist and eyes, posing as if he was picking stars and changing buckets in the Yijin Sutra.

When I looked closer, I saw that the monk was about fifty years old, his face was angular, his eyes were aggressive, and his muscles were very strong.

Ye Haotian felt a little strange. Because he traveled all the way, he saw all the monks who were kind and kind-eyed, meditated and meditated, and did not eat the fireworks of the world, and only the people in front of him were still willing to stretch out their fists and kick their legs to move their muscles and bones, which reminded people of the warrior monks who worked hard in the temple.

The monk finished practicing the 12-style Yijin Sutra, and then practiced the 12-style marrow washing Sutra, and then relaxed his momentum.

Ye Haotian hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and said, "The disciple has seen the Bodhisattva Master, how do you call the Bodhisattva?"

The monk turned to look at the two of them, and quickly waved his hand and said, "The poor monk Bodhidharma is just a little Arhat, and he is still far from the bodhisattva realm! ”

Ye Haotian was taken aback when he heard this, and exclaimed: "Bodhidharma, the patriarch of Middle-earth, who is admired by everyone in Middle Earth, whose martial arts are the best in the world, and who created a line of Zen Buddhism, Oh my God, why are you here?"

Bodhidharma looked at him with great surprise, smiled disapprovingly, and said: "Where, where, the poor monk is just an arhat, a small role, nothing but nothing." ”

Lan'er's eyes widened in surprise, and she stepped forward and said, "You are always a famous figure in the Buddha Kingdom, ranking second among the eighteen Arhats. If you are a small character, looking at the big world, how many people can be mentioned?"

Bodhidharma put away his smile and said with a serious expression: "Amitabha." Mount Meru is full of Bodhisattvas with profound Dharma, and there are many people with high skills, so it can be said that they can grasp a lot of them. Compared with them, the poor monks are only slightly more exposed than them, and if we talk about comprehensive Dharma cultivation, I can only rank more than 3,000 in the Buddha country, which is far from the bodhisattvas and the Buddhas!"

Ye Haotian rarely saw a martial arts master in the Buddha Kingdom, so he naturally refused to let it go easily, and said respectfully at the moment: "The disciple is still short when he cultivates Buddhism, and the most interesting thing is naturally to practice martial arts to strengthen his body, the master is a well-known cultivation master of Buddhism, please bring me a lot." ”

Bodhidharma said with a smile: "It's good to say, the poor monk is responsible for this level, and the main lecture is Buddhist martial arts." Come, come, let's sit on the floor and chat. You only have an hour, don't waste it. So saying, he found a protruding lapis lazuli and sat down.

Ye Haotian and Lan'er sat down not far from him, waiting for him to start explaining.

Bodhidharma glanced at them and said loudly: "There are many contents of Buddhist martial arts, and if you talk about it carefully, you won't be able to finish it in a year and a half." The poor monk is lazy and never prepares a speech, usually asked by others, and I will answer. Therefore, some people gain more, and some people do not, the key depends on the level of everyone's questions. If you want to know something, just ask. ”

Ye Haotian looked at Lan'er, who was full of reverence, and said in a low voice: "You have practiced Buddhist martial arts, but is there any problem? ”

Lan'er shook her head lightly, and said with a smile: "I have too many questions, but unfortunately none of them are the key, and it is a waste of time." Childe is subtle, has unique insights, and can hit the nail on the head, so you should come. ”

Ye Haotian nodded, then looked at Bodhidharma and said, "Master just said that you are only slightly higher in the external appearance, and your Dharma cultivation is not too high. The disciples wanted to know: What is the relationship between Buddhism and martial arts? If we want to practice Buddhism and martial arts, should we concentrate on practicing Buddhism?"

Bodhidharma glanced at him in surprise, shook his head and sighed: "I have been ordered to guard the pass for more than a hundred years, and there are not 1,000 people but 800 people I have seen, and among so many people, only the little benefactor asked about this!"

Then he stood up, circled around a crystal clear lapis lazuli not far from him, and said slowly: "The relationship between Buddhism and martial arts is like this stone. You see, this lapis lazuli has four sides, the front is like a horse, the back is like a cow, the left is like an old man, and the right is a horse Pingchuan. But whatever it looks like, it's what it is, it's just a stone. The essence of Buddhism is the mind of the Buddha, and the essence of martial arts is the Divine Pill, and the mind of the Buddha and the Divine Pill have their own characteristics, and at the same time, they are also interrelated. One of the interrelated aspects is that the Buddha's mind can be transformed into a divine pill, and there are many ways to do so, such as my Pulp Washing Sutra. ”

Speaking of this, the divine light in his eyes flashed across the faces of the two of them, and he said excitedly: "Everyone in the world knows the two meridians of Yi Jin and the two meridians of washing the marrow, but they don't know that the Yi Jin Sutra is a kind of exercise for directly cultivating the divine pill, and the washing of the marrow is the way to transform the Buddha's heart into the divine pill. If you want to learn, I can tell you more about it. ”

Ye Haotian felt that an hour was too short, so he didn't rush to agree to learn the exercises, but continued to ask, "Thank you, Master, for your kindness." The disciple wants to know, in addition to the Pulp Washing Sutra, what other methods are there to transform the Buddha's mind into a divine pill?"

Bodhidharma was surprised to see that he refused to learn the Pulp Cleansing Sutra, and his eyes widened to glare at him, and then he laughed and said: "Why? I can't even look down on my Purifying the Pulp Sutra! You must know that using the Purifying Pulp Sutra to transform the Buddha's mind, although the speed is a little slower, is the easiest and safest method, and as long as you practice diligently, you can cultivate to a high and profound realm! All other exercises require meditation and meditation, and you need to have a relatively high wisdom root, and not everyone can practice it. Even those who have long-cherished wisdom roots must devote themselves to cultivation and reach a certain level of precepts, concentration, and wisdom before they can find the method of transformation!"

Ye Haotian was embarrassed by what he said, and hurriedly found a question to cover it up: "Teacher, some monks have cultivated the precepts, concentration, and wisdom for many years, and their cultivation of Buddhism is not profound, but they still don't have a little martial arts; ”

Bodhidharma stared at him for a long time, until he saw that he was covered in hair, and then reprimanded with a straight face: "These are all common senses of Buddhism, every Buddha cultivator knows, why do you still have doubts? It must be that you are not sincere in chanting the scriptures, or you don't seek to explain everything, to be honest, have you ever practiced Buddhism? How did you get into the Sumeru Sacred Mountain?"

Ye Haotian didn't know what was wrong, thinking about the scriptures he had read, it was true that each book talked about the benefits of cultivating Buddhism, but they were not detailed enough, so that people could guess and guess, and it was difficult to grasp clearly.

He was open-minded and told the truth at the moment: "The disciple is a layman who practices at home, and he knows some Buddhist principles, but he has not practiced seriously, so he is very confused in some places, and he also asks the master for more guidance." ”

Bodhidharma just wanted to see his reaction in the face of criticism, and when he saw his calm appearance at this moment, he felt very satisfied, and a smile appeared on his face again, and said, "It's no wonder you." The Buddhist scriptures are not very thorough, and many people can't understand them after reading them all their lives. In order to understand these problems, one must practice them and truly practice the three methods of precepts, concentration, and wisdom, and the requirements for enlightenment are very high. At this point he paused for a moment, and stopped talking again.

Ye Haotian knew that the following was the key, and he couldn't help but feel itchy, and said, "Ask the master for guidance." ”

Bodhidharma looked at him with a smile, and said slowly almost word by word: "There are many ways to subdue the dragon and subdue the tiger, which can be subdued by force, or attacked by heart. The number of immortal gods is relatively high, the strength is relatively strong, and they like to use swords, but what about our Buddhists? Our main weapon is the Buddha's heart! We can control each other's minds through the Buddha's heart! Many people think that the Buddha's heart is the moral mind, but in fact they are very wrong! What is even more ridiculous is that everyone looks down on the Buddha's heart, and the exchange between the Buddha's heart coin and the Shendan coin has reached the point of 10 to 1, which is simply unreasonable!" After speaking, he shook his head again and again.

Ye Haotian was taken aback when he heard this, and quickly asked, "So the Buddha's heart can also subdue the dragon and subdue the tiger, and it doesn't need to be transformed into a divine pill at all, right?"

Bodhidharma nodded: "People have hearts, and beasts have hearts." The tiger first has the intention of hurting people, and then it can be turned into action. Buddhism's subjugation of the dragon and the tiger starts by changing its heart and surname. Ordinary monks who have cultivated the Dharma in a profound way can directly take the tiger for their own use and make it bow down to their orders; ordinary monks who have insufficient Dharma cultivation can only appropriately restrain the tiger's animal mind, making it slow to move and restrain its hands and feet. The mind of a beast does not only belong to wild beasts, but also to wicked people and devils, and therefore is also subject to the mind of a Buddha. The use of the Buddha's mind can only be performed by us Buddhists, and it is difficult for others to do it. ”

Lan'er felt both novel and excited: "So, as long as the Dharma cultivation is profound, there is no need to cultivate anything else at all? Even martial arts can be dispensed without, right?"

Bodhidharma replied with great certainty: "Yes! The Dharma power of the Buddhas is boundless, and the Bodhisattva saves the suffering and the suffering, relying on a Buddha's heart! Only an Arhat like me, who is not high or low, will practice Buddhism and martial arts on the one hand, and even dig out his mind to create such a small skill of carving insects as the Washing the Pulp Sutra." Speaking of this, he smiled self-deprecatingly, and then said: "However, the power of the Buddha's heart can only be brought into full play when it reaches the state of the Bodhisattva, as a little monk who has just entered the Buddhist sect, it is better to practice some martial arts if you want to save your life! Besides, practicing martial arts and cultivating Buddha are not contradictory, if you are talented and intelligent, it is not impossible for both to cultivate to a very high level at the same time." ”

Lan'er glanced at Ye Haotian and asked for him: "Master, is there anyone who is a Buddha and a Taoist?" That is to say, the Divine Dan Buddha heart goes hand in hand, and the two are not delayed, okay?"

Bodhidharma said with a smile: "It is theoretically feasible, but it is difficult to succeed in two ways." You must know that there are hundreds of millions of people in the world who devote themselves to Buddhahood, and only a few thousand people can eventually become bodhisattvas, which shows that it is difficult to cultivate Buddha. If you use it for two things, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult. ”

Ye Haotian was silent, his heart had already flown to the cultivation of Confucianism.

"Buddhists can use the Buddha's heart to subdue the dragon and subdue the tiger, can Confucianism subdue the evil spirits by virtue of the mighty righteousness? What does the 'sacrosanct and inviolability' mean when people often say that? Does it mean that when the saints possess the righteousness of the Buddha, they have the effect of deterring the demons? So far, the Confucian exercises are not perfect enough, can we develop them from this angle?"

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became, and he listened to Lan'er continue to ask: "Master, you just said that the Buddha's mind is different from the moral mind, and you said that the cultivation of the Buddha's mind is related to the practice of precepts, concentration, and wisdom, I didn't understand these things, could you please elaborate on them again?"

Bodhidharma said: "The Buddha's mind consists of two parts: the eternal compassion of the Buddha practitioner and the spontaneous gratitude of the beneficiary. Ordinary people only know the latter, but they don't know the former. Only those who practice Buddhism have enduring compassion, and compassion is acquired through the practice of precepts, concentration, and wisdom. Monks start with taking vows, and holding precepts for one day will give them more Buddha's heart. When it comes to meditation, the growth of the Buddha's mind in a day can be ten times greater than that of simply taking vows. If you reach the point of 'setting up wisdom', the Buddha's mind accumulated in one day can be accelerated by a hundredfold. At the same time, the Buddha's heart also includes the gratitude of the beneficiary, that is, if the monk cultivates the Buddha while reciting sutras to transcend the dead, or does more good deeds, and receives the incense of the people's sincere dedication, their Buddha's heart will increase faster. ”

Ye Haotian understood when he heard it, and couldn't help but praise it repeatedly: "No wonder there are so many masters of Buddhism, they can go hand in hand with the immortal family, it turns out that the Buddha's heart can be transformed into a divine pill, and it can also directly restrict the beast's heart, so as to achieve the purpose of subduing demons and eliminating demons! Wow! This is the true value of the Buddha's heart! This is the meaning of cultivating Buddha! In fact, cultivating Buddha is the same as cultivating Confucianism, and the precepts, concentration, and wisdom of one's own practice are equivalent to the category of 'inner saint', and using the Buddha's heart to eliminate demons and subdue demons, so as to get the incense of the people, it belongs to the 'outer king' of the Buddhist family!"

Bodhidharma made him confused, and he muttered "Inner Sage and Outer King" twice in his heart, but he didn't know what it was.

Ye Haotian was so excited that he couldn't hold his mouth: "There are thousands of Buddhas, and it seems that they are inseparable from the words 'precepts, concentration, and wisdom'. If you don't keep the precepts, you can't get the determination, and wisdom can't be born. All three are part of the Buddha's mind, with precepts as the foundation, branches and wisdom as flowers and fruits. Once you cultivate wisdom, you can greatly play the role of the Buddha's heart, subjugating dragons and tigers, catching demons and catching demons, and even incarnating into tens of millions, thousands of hands and thousands of eyes, saving suffering and relieving the ......"

Bodhidharma just looked at him with a smile before interrupting him after a long time: "Okay, you have comprehended the mysteries of Buddhism's martial arts, and you can pass the test." You've emptied all the things I've pressed here, and there's nothing to teach!"

Ye Haotian said with a smile: "Master, don't let us go!" The disciple is suddenly interested in washing the marrow and the Yijin Sutra, please pass it on to us!"

Bodhidharma shouted: "Go! Such a good qualification is enough to comprehend the method of meditation, what else do you want me to do with the Purifying Sutra? Hurry up, I want to practice, don't delay my good deeds!"

Ye Haotian was refreshed, and said goodbye with a smile.

Further on is the last weight of the Seven Gold Mountains.

This mountain of gold is made up of blue gold full of aura, and it looks like a pool of autumn water.

The two of them went up the mountain along the Sumeru trail, and saw a person from a distance, riding a majestic lion, knotting a five-bun, holding a sword in his right hand, and a lotus flower in his left hand.

Lan'er exclaimed: "Manjushri Bodhisattva! That is the image of Manjushri Bodhisattva, he actually guards the pass himself! It seems that the Buddha Sect really bothered to promote the younger generations. ”

Within thirty zhang of his words, Manjushri's loud and mellow voice came from afar: "The two donors have finally arrived, and I have been waiting here for a long time on the orders of the Buddha!"

Ye Haotian was taken aback, and hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "The disciple is just a small second-level arhat, how could the Buddha know about my arrival?"

The Bodhisattva smiled and said, "When it comes to the practice of Buddhism, you really have some shortcomings. But as a second-grade immortal, you are deeply appreciated by the five old emperors, and even Nuwa Niangniang is full of praise for you, obviously not an ordinary person. The Buddha told us to keep an eye on your whereabouts, and he was even more happy to learn that you had arrived at Mount Sumeru. ”

Ye Haotian's heart moved: "Obviously, the Buddha also knows that he has the Nine Treasures of Open Heaven and is a disciple of Tianzun, otherwise he would not treat himself so well!"

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile and said: "The disciple is working hard to cultivate the Buddha, and he originally wanted to cultivate to the Bodhisattva realm with his own strength, but now he has suddenly been appreciated by the Buddha, which is really a step to the sky." ”

The Bodhisattva stretched out his hand and handed over two bay leaves, and said with a smile: "Hurry up and meet the Buddha." If there is anything you don't understand, you can ask him directly, which is much better than going to enlightenment alone. Come, take the bay leaf, this is the necessary magic weapon to pass through the sacred mountain of Sumeru. ”

Ye Haotian handed a bay leaf to Lan'er, and then returned the remaining piece to the Bodhisattva, saying that he already had the bay leaf given by the Yellow Emperor in his hand.

They walked along the Sumeru Buddha Trail all the way, passing through countless beautiful and soft hills, crystal clear lakes, green meadows, and witnessed the gorgeous and colorful Buddha Elysium, strange-shaped temples and pavilions, countless rare birds and beasts, strange flowers and trees, and arhats who were practicing in various postures, and finally came to the east gate of the last pass on the Sumeru Buddha Trail guarded by the Heavenly King.

When he heard that Manjushri had arrived, the king of the kingdom, dressed in white armor and holding a pipa, opened the door to greet him and asked with a smile: "Bodhisattva, I haven't seen you down the mountain for a long time, why are you free today? Are these two disciples? Why are they so young?"

Ye Haotian glanced at the Heavenly King of the Holding Kingdom, and found that he was two feet tall, with broad shoulders and a thick back, and a tiger's back and a bear's waist.

I heard Manjushri laugh and say, "How can I be such a high disciple? These two are rare heroes in the world, especially this young man next to me, don't look at him young, but he is your boss!"

Ye Haotian didn't understand the meaning of the Bodhisattva's words for a while, but he just smiled and stepped forward to salute, and said very humbly: "In the lower Shenzhouzi, little people, please take care of the Heavenly King." ”

But he saw that the Heavenly King of the Holding Kingdom looked him up and down in surprise, and then bowed deeply and said, "Xiaguan pays a visit to Emperor Haotian!"

Ye Haotian was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and said in his heart: "You are in the Buddha country, do you have the status of a clergy?"

Manjushri seemed to understand what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "The Four Heavenly Kings were originally the patron saints of the Buddha Kingdom, and once they happened to see the Jade Emperor, they slapped people's ass indiscriminately, which made the Jade Emperor happy, and sealed them with the official position of the Four Rank Immortals, and also gave everyone a nasty Taoist name, which were the Southern Growth Heavenly King Demon Liqing, the Career Style; the Western Heavenly Wide-eyed King Demon Lihong, the Career Tune; the Northern Duowen Heavenly King Demon Lishou, the Vocational Rain; and the Eastern Heavenly King Demon Lihai, the Career Shun. ”

The Heavenly King of the Holding Kingdom was embarrassed by him and said, "The Buddha and the Tao are originally one family, what are they sharing with each other?"

Ye Haotian echoed loudly: "That's right. Buddhism and Taoism do not distinguish between each other, and the Heavenly King is the pioneer of the fusion of the two families, which is worth learning from!"

The Heavenly King of the Holding Kingdom was brightened by what he said, and his whole person became fluttery.

Lan'er just pursed her lips and smiled, and at the same time looked up and down at the very tall figure of the Heavenly King, feeling very surprised.

In the midst of laughter, Manjushri led them to the top of Mount Sumeru.

As far as the eye can see, there is an endless green space, in the middle of which there is a huge platform paved with white jade, and in the middle of the platform stands an extremely gorgeous palace held up by gold, silver, glass and crystal. The palace was tall and large, and it seemed to hang in mid-air above the colorful glass and dazzling crystals.

In addition, there are many small palaces on top of the green space, which are probably the places where the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in addition to the Buddha practiced. Each palace is surrounded by all kinds of flowers, such as Tianyu mandala flowers, manshusha flowers, golden flowers, honeysuckle flowers, glazed flowers, treasure flowers, and seven treasure lotuses.

Lan'er was stunned, unable to move her steps.

Ye Haotian stretched out his hand and pulled her, and followed Manjushri Bodhisattva to continue walking.

The two of them were speculating whether they would see the beautiful scenery of the Buddha gathering on the top of the Buddha hall, when they suddenly saw Manjushri stepping over the gold, silver, and glass steps, and walking straight towards a small side hall next to the main hall. When he arrived at the gate of the side hall, he leaned in and looked inside, and at the same time reported in a low voice: "Master, according to your orders, I have brought the Haotian Emperor here." ”

But I heard an incomparably deep voice from the hall: "Please let him in, you stay by the door, don't let the idlers wait within a hundred steps." ”

Manjushri promised a "yes", and then beckoned Ye Haotian and Lan'er to enter, while he honestly guarded the door.

Ye Haotian's heart was a little nervous, and Lan'er was even more heartbroken, almost out of breath.

They mustered up the courage to enter the door, and saw at a glance that the furnishings in the house were extremely simple, and the elders with big ears were sitting cross-legged on a thick futon, dressed in simple clothes, wearing a robe obliquely, favoring the right shoulder, revealing their hearts, raising their right hand slightly, making a ring between the index finger and the big finger, and the remaining three fingers were slightly extended, and his expression was upright and gentle, as if he was ready to speak.

Lan'er was anxious to kneel down on her knees and come forward to worship, but she couldn't kneel.

Ye Haotian just bowed and saluted: "Disciple to meet the Buddha!"

The Buddha smiled and motioned for them to sit down on the futon not far in front of him, glanced at Ye Haotian, and said, "I finally know why Tianzun handed over the responsibility of managing the world, and he has been gone for hundreds of thousands of years. This burden is too heavy, and the Jade Emperor and I have been picking it up for so many years, but we only feel tired and haggard. Knowing that you were coming, the Jade Emperor preemptively let go and secretly ran out for alchemy. What about me, I want to take it easy, too!"

Ye Haotian was dumbfounded when he heard this, he didn't know if the Buddha was joking or serious, and said in panic at the moment: "The disciple is young and shallow, how can he take on such a heavy responsibility?"

The Buddha smiled and said, "Even my nine-rank lotus platform has been taken, and you still want to evade responsibility? Don't fool me! The lotus platform left in the same place is obviously one size smaller, when I can't see it?"

Ye Haotian has been worried about this matter in his heart, and he doesn't know how to deal with it, but when he heard the Buddha say this, he had no choice but to take out the Jiupin Lotus Table, hold it with both hands and present it, and at the same time think of Xi Shi in the lotus platform, and feel that this move is very inappropriate......

The Buddha didn't reach out to take it, but just glanced at the Jiupin Lotus Platform, then shook his head and said, "This ...... I don't want it! Good boy, I actually used the world's best beauty in the past and present to test my cultivation! Even though I have reached the realm of great nirvana, I don't want to ask for trouble. So, the heavy responsibility of managing the six reincarnations of the world is up to you!"

Ye Haotian was so anxious that he was at a loss, and he didn't choose what to say: "What kind of thing can I do? How can so many Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in the world listen to my constraints? Don't say that I can't do this work, and I can't take it when I do it! Your four elders are empty, and those who can work hard; I still have to marry a wife and have children to enjoy the joy of the world! Miss Xi Shi will not stay in the lotus platform for a lifetime, after a year and a half, she will come out, and I will return the Jiupin Lotus Platform to you at that time!"

When listening to Ye Haotian talk about marrying a wife and having children, Lan'er suddenly had a sweet feeling in her heart. Like Ye Haotian, she often stands in the position of Confucianism when thinking about problems, and always feels that it is occasionally okay to learn Buddhism and transcend the Tao, and it is a bit too much to abandon everything and immerse yourself in it every day. Confucianism is the study of joining the WTO, which is inseparable from husband and wife, self-cultivation, and family.

The Buddha didn't seem to have heard this kind of thing for a long time, stared at Ye Haotian and looked at the boss for a while, and suddenly made up his mind: "Okay, as long as you can do one thing, let alone a year and a half, it is not impossible for this nine-rank lotus platform to be handed over to you forever." I'm not like the Jade Emperor, and I'm like having no soul without the Imperial Seal of the Prison Heaven. In recent years, the management of the Buddha country has gradually improved, and it is not a big problem without the Jiupin Lotus Platform, not to mention that although the lotus platform on the bottom of the sea is slightly weaker, it is more than enough to be responsible for statistical management. ”

Ye Haotian perked up, thinking that this would be good, I wouldn't have to worry about the separation of the nine treasures. Then he suddenly thought of the crux of the problem, and immediately said with a sad face: "Your old mana is boundless, and your disciples are like the sand of the Ganges, what else can't be solved? If there is, I'm afraid it won't be something I can do." ”

The Buddha smiled and said, "Not necessarily. For example, it is difficult for me to deal with the catastrophe in front of me. Especially that true god, the magic power is still above my great Nirvana Buddha Gong, if you go out of the Sumeru Divine Mountain, even I am not his opponent. If you can help me to lure him to Mount Sumeru, or if I can cut his power in half in some way, I can control his demonic mind with the Great Nirvana and capture him in one fell swoop. ”

Ye Haotian's heart was relieved, and he immediately told the preparations of the five old emperors, together with the Queen Mother's Yunjin Trapped Demon Array, and the Jade Emperor's royal road reincarnation jade burning, and finally asked: "You have so many bodhisattvas under your command, why don't you send a few out to attract the true gods?"

The Buddha's face was as usual, but his voice was slightly lower: "In order to lead him, the Buddha Kingdom has lost more than 20 Bodhisattvas. I know most of what you're talking about, but I'm afraid it may not work out with that. If you want to destroy the true god, unless you can find the world's number one artifact, the Heavenly God Axe, it's up to you!" Speaking of this, he raised his voice again, and said with a smile: "I heard that the Cowherd was half angry with me back then, why can't he see it? When he said this, he looked at Ye Haotian and Lan'er with both eyes, which means that you don't want to be so ridiculous! Give me a good cultivation, how good it is to break off the female sex!

Lan'er was originally very upset about the Cowherd and Weaver Girl, and almost fainted when she heard this, but she didn't dare to reprimand the Buddha directly, so she had to say angrily: "My son-in-law has the whereabouts of the Kaitian God Axe, and he can take it at any time." At that time, under the joint efforts of all immortals and the impact of multiple artifacts in turn, even if he can't kill the true god, he can always reduce most of his skills. At that time, it will be up to you to see the great nirvana of 'color is emptiness, emptiness is color'. At the end of the day, her tone involuntarily became a little heavier.

Ye Haotian's heart moved, and then he asked: "What is Nirvana? The disciple is stupid, and he still asks the Buddha to explain it slightly." ”

The Buddha looked at Lan'er's puffing appearance, smiled slightly, and then replied: "Nirvana refers to 'Nirvana silence', which is just the opposite of 'suffering when there is a leak'. Nirvana is the absence of leakage, the elimination of the causes of suffering. All the causes of impure pollution are extinguished, and only the truth of reality that is seen by pure wisdom remains, and this is nirvana. Nirvana is also the fulfillment of death, which means the most blissful state of eternal silence that has attained the attainment of wisdom and merit. This state of being 'known only to the sages' cannot be measured by the concepts of empirically existing, non-existent, coming, and going, and is an inconceivable state of liberation. ”

These words were said extremely thoroughly, and unconsciously, the injustice in Lan'er's heart gradually disappeared, and she couldn't help asking: "I see! I always thought that Nirvana and Yuan Death refer to death!"

The Buddha continued, "Nirvana, which originally means 'to be blown away,' refers to the Buddha's arrival in the Elysium where there is no birth and death, or the ability to reach Elysium at any time. Nirvana is not the same as death. Many monks die and die and have not attained nirvana, while there are those who have attained nirvana even though they are alive. For example, when I was only 30 years old when I had an epiphany, I reached the state of surplus nirvana, and it was not until I was 80 years old that I reached the state of infinite nirvana, which is the state of great nirvana. ”

Lan'er listened fascinated, and asked again, "Has your old cultivation reached the ultimate level of Buddhism?"

The Buddha shook his head and said, "The cultivation of the Dharma is endless, although they are all great nirvana, my current mana is more than a thousand times stronger than back then." ”

Ye Haotian's mind was racing, and then he asked, "You just mentioned that you used the supreme Dharma of Great Nirvana to control the true god. The disciple wants to know where the mana of Nirvana comes from, and what does it have to do with the cultivation of precepts, concentration, and wisdom?"

The Buddha stared at him with discerning eyes, and said with a slight smile: "You already know, what else do you ask? Nirvana is the continuation of precepts, concentration, and wisdom, and is the ultimate of wisdom." Without the practice of precepts, concentration, and wisdom, there can be no nirvana! The mana of nirvana is far above the three realms of precepts, concentration, and wisdom, and if the mana of the precepts is one, the mana of the set is ten, the mana of wisdom is one hundred, the mana of nirvana is one thousand, and the mana of nirvana in general is ten thousand, or even billion!"

Ye Haotian finally understood the words that Baye Ye said: "A flower and a thought are immeasurable, and the great thousand are all at one end, I will enter the mustard seed and realize the four noble truths to prove nirvana." I couldn't help but sigh with emotion, and praised: "The Dharma of Buddhism is indeed very perfect, and the disciples have been taught! In two days, the Buddhist exchange conference is about to begin, and the gathering of Buddhas must be very spectacular, and the disciples want to stay here for a few days, and then go down the mountain when the conference is over." ”

The Buddha nodded, and then instructed Manjushri who was waiting outside the door: "Give them a set of the Great Nirvana Sutra, and take them down to settle down by the way." ”

Manjushri Bodhisattva whispered, Ye Haotian and Lan'er got up with great emotion and said goodbye.

They walked down the steps paved with gold, silver, glass, and crystal, and came to a palace inscribed "Sumeru Scripture Pavilion" not far away.

Manjushri walked straight over and said to the two people standing by the door, "Ah Da, Ka Ye, is there still a great nirvana sutra? ”

One of the tall and thin men replied: "It's really unfortunate that Medicine Buddha has just taken away two sets, and now only one set is left in the pavilion, what can I do? The forty volumes of the Great Nirvana Sutra will take ten days and a half months to engrave the Sutra overnight." ”

Manjushri looked at Ye Haotian apologetically, spread his hands and said, "Look, this ......"

Ye Haotian was originally a book lover, how could he let go of this rare opportunity, so he said: "When you enter Baoshan, you can't go back empty-handed, can you allow your disciples to go in and have a look?"

But I heard another short and fat man laugh and say: "It's good to say, the books in the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion are meant for everyone to read at will, even if you go inside to read them, day and night, you can read them for as long as you want! ”

Ye Haotian was overjoyed when he heard this, thinking that the time he stayed in Sumeru Divine Mountain was only two or three days, so he turned his head to Manjushri and said, "Disciple wants to enter the Vipassana book, Bodhisattva, you are busy with you, so you won't delay your time." In the end, he didn't forget to ask about the time and place of the Buddhist assembly.

Manjushri understood one by one, and then turned and left.

Ye Haotian walked quickly into the Scripture Pavilion and was overjoyed when he looked at the collection of books.

Lan'er smiled bitterly and shook her head, followed slowly inside, and found a simple book to read.

Today's Ye Haotian is even faster than reading books, and it is no longer at the level of ten lines at a glance or a thousand lines at a glance. He didn't have a book in his hand, he didn't even open his eyes, he just sat cross-legged in the bookshelf, thinking about the appearance of the book, and his divine consciousness automatically scanned it, pouring the contents of the scriptures into his brain one after another. Since he was explained by the Bodhisattvas on his way up the mountain, he was now able to grasp the main points of a book very easily, so he went through all the sutras in just a few hours.

They spent a whole day in the Scripture Pavilion, not purely for reading, but more for speculation.

Necessary thinking is the basis for further learning.

The next day, Ye Haotian saw that Lan'er couldn't stay up, so he took her out for a stroll.

Because the Buddhist conference is about to be held, there are more and more bodhisattvas on the mountain, and from time to time you can see world-famous figures, provoking Lan'er to follow and look at it from a distance, just like a little girl in the countryside suddenly entered the city, there is a feeling of dazzle.

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