The Poor Monk Cultivates a Way

It was inconvenient for Luo Hai to reveal the title "Master Qi" in front of them, so he said to Qi Ze, "Please!"

Qi Ze said: "Thank you two senior brothers!" He stepped into the Palace of Heavenly Kings.

The Heavenly King Hall is not just one hall, but a group of halls. Anyway, the Great Bodhi Temple occupies a very large area. The monks in the temple have nothing to do, and it has been expanded for many years.

There are 18 halls in total in the Hall of Heavenly Kings, and the one that Qi Ze stepped into was the first hall among the 18 halls, but he saw the towering dome inside, surrounded by incense, and a statue of the Heavenly King was enshrined in the center of the hall. It is a Buddhist statue of a heavenly king. It is a rule to enter the temple to worship the Buddha. Qi Ze thought he was a Buddhist, so he picked up a stick of incense and lit it, and worshiped respectfully.

Luo Hai waited for him to worship, and said: "The "Great Prajna Nirvana Sutra" was originally enshrined in the Jinguang Tianwang Hall of the third hall. Master Qi, please come with me." He led Qi Ze into the third hall.

The Jinguang Heavenly King offered in the third hall is known as the most intelligent among the heavenly kings, leading his family members to protect the righteous Dharma. Therefore, most of the various scriptures and ancient books in the Great Bodhi Temple are enshrined here.

When the two entered the hall, they saw that the hall was empty except for an old monk who was described as thin and drowsy, but Luo Hai had a surprised expression on his face. Already!"

That old monk was actually of the same generation as Hu Xing, and he was the first seat in the Palace of Heavenly Kings, with deep mana, he opened his old eyes, looked at Luo Hai, and said weakly: "That's all!" However, he asked, "Who is this fellow practitioner?"

Qi Ze said: "This junior, Yuan Xin, has always admired the Dharma Legacy of the Great Bodhi Temple, so I'm here to borrow and read the Great Prajna Nirvana Sutra!"

The old monk who looked at the truth looked him up and down with a pair of dim old eyes, and said: "What a pure little non-phase Zen skill! There are not many disciples in this temple who can have such a cultivation level! Huh? This is... "

Qi Ze had just met Master Peeping Sex, and the nine-story pagoda was still floating in his mind. Master Peeping Sex had not spied on his cultivation, so he took out the Fifty Yin Demon Map and realized that this treasure also fell into his hands. It's different, you're not polite, with a pair of wise eyes watching him, you have seen his details thoroughly.

The old monk who watched the truth could not help sitting upright, and murmured: "Small Wuxiang Chan Gong, you also practiced the invincible diamond power? What is this, um, the swordsmanship of the Five Elements School? It seems to have the meaning of five sounds, but it is novel! You This little monk is so greedy, he has practiced so many methods? It is not an easy way to practice both Buddhism and Taoism!"

Qi Ze laughed and said, "Of course I can't hide it from Master's eyes!"

Glancing at the truth: "You are not my disciple, and I can tell you what method you can learn. I am in charge of the Palace of Heavenly Kings and take care of all the classics. If you want to borrow the "Maha Prajna Nirvana Sutra", there is no problem if you have an order from the abbot." But right now there is a demon kid ready to move, and the old monk is still responsible for guarding the temple, and he has no time to take care of you, so I will give you seven days to comprehend, and after seven days, you will have to leave the Temple of Heavenly Kings, can you agree?"

Qi Ze thought for a while: "If I can't understand any suitable method from the "Maha Prajna Nirvana Sutra" within seven days, it will be useless to read it for a few more years." He said: "If that's the case, it will be seven days!"

The old monk who looked at the truth grinned, his teeth were missing three or four, and he still leaked the wind, and said: "The "Maha Prajna Nirvana Sutra" has a total of thirty-three volumes, and there are ten volumes in this temple, which is also a huge volume. It may be very difficult to study it once! However, this sutra is just a small statement, and it is the superior way to transfer to the small non-phase Zen practice, and your choice is right!"

Qi Ze said: "The younger generation only wants to realize the sixth level of the Little Wuxiang Chan Gong from the scriptures. I don't know if there are any former sages in the Great Bodhi Temple who can do this?"

The old monk who looked at the truth laughed and said: "No! No! The Little Wuxiang Chan Kung Fu has only five levels. If some disciples really realize the sixth level, it will be a great joy. Unfortunately, no one has ever achieved it."

Qi Ze nodded and remained silent.

Gu Zhen said: "It's empty here, you can study it in the hall!" With a wave of your hand, there was a breeze, and suddenly the two wooden doors at the back of the hall opened wide, and dozens of scriptures flew out from inside. During the flipping, the hall is already full!

When Qi Ze saw the scripture, he nodded and said, "It's actually the Bayeux Scripture!"

Peeping the truth: "That's right, it's the Beiye Sutra!" In ancient times, there were not many papers, and the Buddhist masters picked the leaves of the shell tree, processed them with secret methods, and used them to write scriptures. The Bayeux Sutra itself is a sacred object of Buddhism, and its inheritance value is immeasurable.

Seeing the truth: "This Beiye Sutra records ten volumes of the "Great Prajna Nirvana Sutra", and many of them are scattered. They are the authentic copies that the first ancestor of this temple got from Nalanda Temple back then. It is not easy to open to outsiders. If you want Cherish the opportunity!"

Qi Ze said: "Yes!" Sitting in lotus at the moment, first silently preserve the true Buddha nature, enter the state of meditation, and then look at the Buddhist scriptures.

Glancing at the truth: "In addition to the true version of the "Great Nirvana Sutra", there are also annotations made by the monks of this temple in the past dynasties in the temple, and there are dozens of volumes. Do you need it?"

Qi Ze said: "That's unnecessary, the younger generation doesn't want to have preconceptions."

Kyu Zhen praised: "That's a good statement! The monks and commentators will inevitably have preconceived ideas, and it can't compare with the original flavor of reading the original scriptures! You can read it for yourself!" Sleepy look.

Luo Hai wanted to see how Qi Ze realized the practice method from the "Great Prajna Nirvana Sutra". Sitting cross-legged on the spot, watching Qi Ze closely.

After Qi Ze entered meditation, his mind seemed lively yet peaceful, and his self-awareness reached its peak. He recited the Buddha's name: "Namo Amitabha Buddha! Namo Sakyamuni Buddha! Namo Burning Lamp Buddha of the Past!"

Guzhen moved his eyelids and thought, "Which Buddha's name is this? Could it be that the legal lineage obtained by Yuanxin comes from these three Buddhas, not from the Tathagata?"

After Qi Ze recited the Buddha's name, he slapped the top door, and a nine-story pagoda emerged, bursting with Buddha's light, and a phantom appeared on the pagoda, which was his true Buddha nature. He sat on the pagoda, reciting the "Diamond Sutra" , explaining the way of Vajra Prajna.

After hearing the scriptures, the old monk who watched the truth suddenly stood up and said in surprise, "What scriptures are these!"

Luo Hai rushed over and said, "This sutra was passed down by Master Qi, and it's called the "Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra"!"

The old monk who sees the truth ignores him, and only concentrates on memorizing the scriptures. When he hears "no self, no one, no sentient beings, and no longevity" and "if you see me with color and ask me with sound, it is human behavior." Evil ways, you can’t see the Tathagata.” When he said these two sentences, he suddenly shed tears, sighed, and said, “The scriptures! The scriptures too!”

Qi Ze mobilized his true Buddha nature, no matter how the old monk peeped at him, he pointed with his finger, and the first volume of the "Maha Prajna Nirvana Sutra" recorded in bay leaves immediately flipped, read the first part of this scripture general outline.

For voluminous scriptures like the "Maha Prajna Nirvana Sutra", you must first read the general outline before you can classify them into categories and get what you need. Just like the Taoist classic "Tao Cang" in the previous life, ordinary people may not be able to read it carefully from beginning to end in a lifetime, let alone comprehend its content?

With the blessing of the true Buddha nature and the nine-story pagoda, Qi Ze Yuanling is clear and bright, holding the wisdom pearl, and when the shell leaf is flipping, the scriptures on it suddenly project into the sky, shining brightly. The scriptures are written in teeny small characters, which is different from the Chinese language, but the language of the ancient Nalanda Temple, but with the blessing of Qi Ze's Buddha nature, he can naturally understand the essence of it.

The general outline is as much as half a volume, and it took Qi Ze half a day to read it all. It turns out that this scripture is divided into life span, vajra body, name merit, Tathagata nature, all public questions, present illnesses, and sunnah , The Brahma Walk, The Baby Walk, and the Noble King Bodhisattva of Light and Illumination, etc., mainly explain the thoughts that the Buddha's body is permanent and immortal, Nirvana is always happy and pure, and all sentient beings have Buddha-nature.

After Qi Ze watched it, he sighed tiredly, and said: "The truth is the unsurpassed Buddha collection!" After thinking for a while, he thought: "If I want to practice the Dharma, I only choose to read the four volumes of Vajra Body, Tathagata Nature, Holy Practice, and Brahmalife. For the time being, there is no need to be greedy, but I don’t know if these four scriptures have been preserved to this day, if most of them are lost, it will be very tricky!”

Qi Ze thought about it, and asked the old monk who looked at the truth aloud: "Master, the younger generation wants to see the four scriptures of the vajra body, the nature of the Tathagata, the holy practice, and the holy life in this sutra. I don't know if there are any left?" It is the first seat in the Palace of Heavenly Kings. It has guarded the scriptures for many years and is very familiar with this scriptures. It can save a lot of hard work by asking questions directly.

The old monk who saw the truth was immersed in the scriptures of the "Diamond Sutra" and could not extricate himself. Hearing Qi Ze's question, he was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly asked: "Where did you get this "Diamond Sutra"? , just now you recited the three Buddha names, but the Buddhist Buddha? What are the miracles?"

Qi Ze said: "The scriptures recited by the younger generation are the "Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra". The Diamond Sutra is what Shakyamuni Buddha said! As for the miracles, I will report them later!"

Amitabha Buddha, Sakyamuni Buddha, and the past Burning Lamp Buddha are the names of the three Buddhas in the previous life. As for the explanation, the old monk will definitely get to the bottom of it. It is not difficult to explain clearly, but it will expose his "reincarnation", so we can only postpone it to a later date.

Sure enough, the old monk who looked at the truth stopped asking any more questions, and only murmured: "Diamond Sutra! Accept my bow!" Saying that, she really bowed to Qi Ze!

Qi Ze stepped aside and said: "The Buddha passed on my scriptures, and he entrusted me to spread them widely. This is not my merit, Master, don't worry too much!"

The old monk who looked at the truth nodded, and said: "The four scriptures you asked for, the Vajra Body and the Sunnaya have been lost, only the Tathagata Nature and the Brahma Life remain, you can come and see it yourself!" With one finger, the sixth and eighth volumes of scriptures suddenly opened, revealing the text in them.

Qi Ze bowed again: "Thank you, master!" He focused on studying scriptures again.

Outside of Dashi Mountain, on top of an absolute peak, suddenly there was a demonic energy flying over, covering thousands of miles, like a canopy, almost covering the entire area of ​​thousands of miles, under the demonic energy, there appeared a demonic figure, extremely tall, enough to Thirty feet tall, skinny and skinny all over his body, he looked like a zombie.

The phantom stood with its hands behind its back, as if waiting for someone. I don't know how long it took, and suddenly I heard the sound of the demonic wind shaking, and a black shadow appeared under the demonic cloud!

The size of the black shadow is almost the same as the peak below the phantom. It is several tens of feet high and several tens of feet wide. When the black shadow approaches, it sees its eight legs sliding, but there is no sound at all. It's a hill-like spider!

The spider has intricate patterns on its back, it looks like a charming human face from a distance, with clumps of black hairs growing under its belly, as fierce as needles, it is like the vermilion ink in Fulong Mountain, it is a devil spider with a human face!

The man-faced demon spider was as high as the Juefeng, and it walked silently. Before reaching the Juefeng, a spider's head was almost at the same level as the phantom. He said in a low voice: "Fellow Daoist Tu came too early! Your deputy head teacher of the Yinshan Sect is deeply trapped in the Great Bodhi Temple, and you, the head teacher, can't sit still anymore? Haha!" The voice was full of ridicule.

That phantom is Tu Biantian, the head teacher of the Yinshan School. This person has been in charge of the Yinshan School for thousands of years. Where is your face?

Tu Biantian snorted, and said with a sneer: "It's easy to say! It's easy to say! Isn't your Five Poison Sect also the same thing as Tu? That guy Qiao Sanshou was suppressed by voyeurism, and your leader sent you out in a hurry!"

The man-faced demon spider is the ugly and fierce elder of the Five Poisons Sect, and his Taoism and practice skills are not inferior to Qiao Sanshou. Ever since Qiao Sanshou was trapped in the Great Bodhi Temple, the Five Poisons Sect has been planning how to rescue him. All masters were captured, and now the Demon Sect took the lead and combined the forces of the two factions to attack the Great Bodhi Temple, and the leader of the Five Poison Sect sent him out.

The ugly and huge spider shook its head slightly, and said, "Qiao Sanshou is an idiot, but our religion can't just sit back and watch him be suppressed by those bald donkeys for a lifetime, so we have to let Ugly do it!"

Tu Biantian sneered and said, "The Five Poison Sect Masters are also not sincere, and only sent you out, so what's the use of it!"

Ugly and secretly furious, Tu Mantian was obviously mocking him for his incompetence, and that he would be dying if he came. He said coldly: "There are other masters from our sect who are using their supernatural powers to open up the earth's veins. Fa, reverse the mountains and mountains, and bury the Great Bodhi Temple in one fell swoop!"

Tu Biantian was taken aback for a moment, and then he looked up to the sky and laughed, tears were almost streaming down his face, Ugly Meng was furious, and shouted: "What are you laughing at!"

Tu Biantian laughed and said, "Tu is laughing and waiting for you to overestimate your own strength! Just relying on a mere person, dare to make false claims to reverse the earth's veins? And bury the Great Bodhi Temple? It's ridiculous!"

Chou Meng couldn't bear it anymore, and said sharply: "Your Yinshan sect is also useless, there is only one head teacher in the whole sect who can handle it, and you dare to laugh at this sect! You are not a son of man!"