The patriarch looked at everyone, said good, and didn't say much, first let the incense boy hit the magic bell.

The Dharma bell rang three times, and the three worlds of heaven and earth and law had been connected, and the three talents were being harmonized.

Only then did the patriarch speak: "Open the altar today, don't talk about it." Only talk about one Fa, only talk about one calamity, and then answer three questions from sentient beings. ”

The female Taoist beside Shi Zixuan sat up and asked respectfully, "Ancestor, what is this method, and what is this calamity?"

The patriarch said, "This method is the 'method of guarding the mind and not moving the wisdom', and this eons are the 'third eons of the monks'. ”

He said to the immortals, "Before the Fa is taught in today's Fa meeting, there are three rules, and I will talk about them first, so that no one will blame me in the future." ”

The patriarch stretched out his finger and said: "The first rule, this altar is the 'Xiangfa Bodhi Altar', which has nothing to do with the true immortals, has nothing to do with the Buddha, and asks the immortals and Buddhas to retreat." ”

As soon as the patriarch's voice fell, several people went to the middle of the room, and many seats were vacated.

The patriarch stretched out another finger and said, "The second rule, this altar is the 'altar of salient beings', which has nothing to do with ghosts and immortals, and has nothing to do with gods and men. ”

As soon as the words fell, many more people walked inside, and more than a dozen seats were vacated.

The patriarch stretched out his third finger and said: "The third rule, this altar is the 'Nine Dragons Xuanhuo Altar', which is related to the earth immortals and sentient beings, and invites the earth immortals to come in." ”

As soon as the words fell, many earth immortals came in from outside, thanked the ancestor for his mercy, and sat down in the seat, which happened to be absent.

The three rules have been established, and the patriarch has only opened his mouth and talked about the avenue.

The patriarch opened his mouth, and it was really extraordinary.

I saw the sky falling from the sky, and the golden lotus blooming with nine petals. The three-vehicle Dafa talks about subtlety, and the Tao Zen is wonderful and natural.

The people in it listened like a fascination and a dream.

Those who have a profound Tao can hear the wonders of the Tao, rejoice boundlessly, dance with their hands, and can't help themselves.

There are those who are a little inferior in the way, smell the wonders, rejoice for a while, and cry bitterly for a while, somehow.

There is also a master like Xuan, who only hears the boundless mystery of this Dafa, but it is obscure and difficult to understand, and he forgets it when he hears it, and he gains and loses something, which makes people go up and down, and they can only scratch their ears and cheeks.

At this time, Shi Zixuan was also a little impatient in his heart, messing up his fundamental heart, but he was a person with a deep fortune, and Li Xiu said to him on the day of his flash, listening to the lecture at this time, although he may not increase the Tao, but he can get Bodhi Cause.

So the Fu Ling mind, regardless of listening or not understanding, only lowered the heart ape, locked the horse, only listened to the Xuanyin, did not mistake the wonderful reason, but got a chance.

Exactly: Xuanzi returns to the original and the original god, and the fool is really blessed.

Immersed in Xuanyin, the master Xuan has no sorrow or joy, ignorance and unawareness, in the palace of Nadu Dou, the Linghu Dharma Pool, a Bodhi seed fell and was put into it. After a stick of incense, there was a rain of true spirits, which was dripping, innocent, and as big as pearls, emitting light and shining on the true spirit.

The spiritual pool continued to rise, eight inches and seven minutes deeper, and there were mud cows tumbling below, and there were true scriptures and Taoist books spitting and sucking.

A bright moon appeared in the sky, shining a crescent moon in the lake.

Shi Zixuan was infinitely happy, and couldn't help but smile and laugh.

This smile interrupted the patriarch's sermon.

Everyone was listening attentively, and they were suddenly interrupted by the laughter, and they were all secretly annoyed.

The patriarch opened his eyes and counted the hours silently, but two days had passed. glanced at Shi Zixuan who was sitting there again, and said secretly in his heart: "My disciple is really not like a mortal, the cause is there. I wanted to talk about the 'wisdom of guarding the heart and not moving,' but I was stopped by him under the pretense of saying that if it is really a fixed number, you should not force it. ”

The patriarch turned his mind around, stopped talking, looked angry, and shouted, "You are not a son of man, you are not a son of man. If you don't listen to me, why bother others. ”

Shi Zixuan was startled, and hurriedly said, "Master, don't blame me. ”

The patriarch said with a straight face: "How can I not blame you?"

Shizi Xuan said: "Master, you set three rules, only say that let the immortal Buddha leave, and the earth immortal comes in, but don't say it to make people laugh." I look at the people here, some people are dancing, some are crazy and stupid, but no one is silent, and I really don't blame me. ”

"Duh! What a playboy, and he dares to use strong words!" the patriarch was furious, jumped off the platform, and struck him on the head with the ring ruler.

The immortals were frightened and didn't dare to make a sound, for fear of evil to the patriarch.

Shi Zixuan was beaten on the forehead, but it didn't hurt at all, but this foot hit the forehead, and he hit the center of the eyebrows, stirring up the inner and middle capital Dougong. Originally, the Linghu Lake had skyrocketed before, and it was a little unstable, but it was knocked by the patriarch, but it fixed the underwater mud cow, and the wind was calm.

Shi Zixuan secretly got benefits, how could he not know the truth of making a fortune in a muffled voice.

Pretending to be in pain, he covered his head and shouted: "Don't fight, don't fight, I know it's wrong." ”

The patriarch reprimanded, "When the puja is over, you will stay and be punished." ”

After the patriarch finished teaching, he returned to the Xuantan.

"The time has passed. The true meaning in the heart, self-study and self-proof. ”

After the patriarch finished talking about the Fa, he talked about the tribulation again:

"From the void to life, the spiritual root is conceived. and four eons were born. ”

"As soon as the root apparatus is born, the wind rises in the space, the wind blows the water, and the water grows into gold, so that the mountains and rivers create and give birth to sentient beings, perceive the creation, and increase the supreme good karma, and since then the six heavens have been performed. From the beginning of the Great Red Heaven to the Six Phases of Infernal Hell, it becomes a great calamity, which is called a 'Cheng' calamity, also known as a 'heavenly calamity'. ”

"After this calamity, the heavens will be safe, all living beings will be happy, and they will enjoy immeasurable longevity and immeasurable joy. After that, the good power decreases slightly, the bad karma is born, the life expectancy increases and decreases during the middle tribulation, the immeasurable life disappears, and all sentient beings enjoy 84,000 years of life, which is reduced to 10 years old. At this time, all the Buddhas and immortals came out, and their supreme power increased when reducing the calamity, and the people were 84,000 years old. At the end of this calamity, the bad karma overtakes the good karma, and the life expectancy of sentient beings is reduced to 100 years. It is called 'dwelling' calamity, and it is also 'spiritual calamity'. ”

"After this calamity, sentient beings will be bad first. Demons arise in all hearts, inflict evil boundlessly, and evil karma increases greatly. As a result, the ground utensils were destroyed, the water utensils were lost, and the external utensils were damaged. Hell is no longer alive, and there are many ghosts. When the robbery started, there was a fire, and then a flood was kindled, and then a flood was caused to water the earth, and after seven days, another wind broke out, and it was blown down to the heavens. No sentient beings, no roots. This is a great catastrophe, which is called a 'bad calamity', also known as a 'ground calamity'. ”

"After this catastrophe. There is nothing in the void, no sun or moon, no stars, no heavens. The immortal Buddha retreated to the first Chan Da Chitian, and the chaste martyr, Qingfu layman, Puji Bodhisattva, Dajue Arhat, Xiaoyao Zhenren, lived together in the Heavenly Street, and refined the twenty tribulations. This is a great calamity, which is called an 'empty' calamity, and it is also a 'calamity'. ”

"After this eon, the void repeats itself, repeating four eons, each of which is twenty eons, and a total of eighty eons, and so on. ”

After the patriarch finished speaking, there was silence inside.

The immortals looked at each other, and their hearts were worried.

A young Taoist on the right side of Shi Zixuan stood up and asked, "Ancestor, these four tribulations sound terrifying. Do you have a name?"

The patriarch said: "There is no name. It's just that this eons and deaths are all caused by karmic consequences, born from the good fruits of sentient beings, and destroyed by the evil fruits of sentient beings. Therefore, it is a 'monk' robbery. ”

A Taoist in the fourth seat stood up and asked, "Ancestor, what you have suffered in this calamity is only sentient beings?"

The patriarch said: "No." In the two worlds of lust and desire, except for the fourth Zen heaven, all the heavens are destroyed. People, gods, ghosts, heavenly beings, arhats, earth immortals, and heavenly immortals must all be calamitized. ”

When the immortals heard this, their faces changed, and the burden of this calamity was so extensive.

The Taoist of the sixth seat got up, and Heshi asked, "Ancestor, I don't know what calamity has come at this time?"

The patriarch said: "At this time, in the world, there are immortals and Buddhas residing in the world, the gods are sheltering, and all living beings are good-hearted, which is the end of the spiritual tribulation." But all the evils in this world have been born, and people's hearts have been disturbed, and they are already in the midst of 'bad calamities'. ”

The woman beside Shi Zixuan got up, and asked: "Patriarch, since you are already in the midst of a bad calamity, please also ask the ancestor to give up mercy and inform me of the calamity, so that I can also be prepared." ”

The patriarch said: "Before the bad calamity, there were people who changed their minds, changed their humanity, broke the temple and cut down the sky, returned to the heavenly Dharma realm in the world, and practiced the real retreat from the world on land." In the midst of the calamity, people's hearts are evil, and they live the Buddha's heart with their own hearts, and take their own intentions as immortal intentions. Criticizing scriptures indiscriminately and pretending to be Dafa. Before the end of this calamity, the Dharma scriptures were completely destroyed, people's hearts were extremely evil, and the roots of good gradually disappeared. There are also evil demons in the outer way, pretending to be immortals, claiming to be ancestors, messing with the Buddha's righteous heart, chaotic immortals' righteous intentions, and the good fruits will disappear. ”

The Taoist at the seventh seat got up and asked, "Patriarch, the bad calamity has been born, can we and other cultivators have a way to get rid of the calamity?"

The patriarch said: "What sentient beings do, the cause and effect have been determined, and this calamity is irreversible. Cultivators such as you must first protect your own mind, cultivate morality, refrain from creating karma, do not kill, and do not create evil karma for the sake of temporary evil desires, and accelerate bad karma. Just remember the proverb: 'Cultivators must keep Bodhi, do not lose good deeds and create evil causes, know the law and break the law, there is no forgiveness for crimes, and there are many monks in front of the gates of hell'. ”

Everyone got up and said in unison: "Abide by the will of the patriarch, be good at keeping Bodhi, protect the Dharma itself, help the world, and prolong the good fruits." ”

"Great goodness!" the patriarch laughed, this calamity has been over.

"After the first Fa is finished, the first calamity is also said, and there are three more questions from sentient beings. ”

The voice of the patriarch, I don't know what kind of magic power was used, outside the Xuanguang Cave, listening to all sentient beings, no distinction between immortals and Buddhas, but all spiritual sentient beings can hear it.

At this time, a Taoist behind Shi Zixuan, who had never spoken out, suddenly stood up, stepped forward, knelt on the ground, knelt three times and knocked nine times, and whimpered: "Ancestor, please give up mercy first, and listen to the disciple's question." Although it is not in accordance with the law, the disciple has to ask, and he also asks the patriarch to be merciful and grieve. ”

This Taoist person is pure and not shallow, and Shi Zixuan heard him call himself a "disciple", and a trace of discoloration flashed on his face.

When the patriarch heard this, his face was expressionless, and he said, "What you say is in your heart, I don't know." What you want to do is exactly what I do, how can I not know?"

The Taoist kowtowed repeatedly, his eyes were full of tears, and said, "Patriarch, since you know, please tell your disciple if there is a glimmer of life?"

The patriarch said: "There is no point." If you turn around today, you will practice behind closed doors and not go out of the dojo. There is still a silver lining. ”

Shi Zixuan listened inexplicably, this person first asked if there was a "glimmer of life", the patriarch first said that there was no point, and then said that there was still a "glimmer of life", and I don't know what kind of edge the two of them fought.

The man was even more grieving, and cried: "Let me be alone, and let my friends and lovers be robbed, how can my heart be at peace? ”

"I have mercy and have been fair to others!"

The patriarch scolded angrily, flicked his sleeves and said: "How many evil consequences will be caused by such a great evil! You scoundrel, get out of the mountain quickly, and if you create evil and do evil in the future, let you do it, don't say that you are my disciple!"

With a wave of his sleeve, he sent the Taoist kneeling in front of him out of the Xuanguang Cave and flew all the way out of the Qingwei Cave.

The patriarch was furious, the heavens and the earth changed, and the immortals were frightened.

Everyone was startled and said in unison: "Please calm the ancestor's anger." ”

The patriarch was silent for a long time, and sighed:

"It's hard, it's hard, it's hard, it's hard. Don't take Qing Xiu as idle. Don't meet people to fax words, empty words, dry tongue. ”