The master comes down the mountain: I don’t want to be a son-in-law

"The five degenerate minds of the gods were trapped in the stubborn stone, and they chanted the Compass Sutra in their hearts, but they could not be reincarnated. Under the Baochu Pagoda, he looked at the Huangfei Pagoda on the other side of the lake, which was later known as the Leifeng Pagoda, day and night. Night, there is no hope of meeting your lover. Only those who have experienced this kind of despair will understand. But who can spend more than [-] springs, summers, autumns and winters in such despair, and watch the sun rise and the moon [-] times? Where's the fall?"

"But in this despair, a little bit of Buddha's heart was born from the stubborn stone."

"One day, a traveling monk passed by and was sitting looking at the scenery of Qiantang Lake. Suddenly he felt the Buddha's heart on the stone and sang a verse:

Who cares when the mountains and rivers are broken, only the sea of ​​suffering is difficult to cross;

Walking all over the green mountains holding the baton, suddenly encountering stubborn rocks blocking the road;

Well, the twin towers are divided into the north and the south, but the Buddha is always in one heart. "

"After the monk sang the verse, he sat on the stone and passed into nirvana. The corpse god remained immortal for seven days. The locals thought it was magical, so they notified Tianzhu Temple. Tianzhu Temple sent people to move the monk's relics to Tianzhu Temple. In order to keep it intact , so I also moved the stubborn stone."

"Mrs. Qian came to Tianzhu Temple to offer incense and visit the Nirvana monk. She felt pregnant after seeing a stubborn stone. She became pregnant in ten months. After giving birth to a son, she named her Qian Temple Sheng. She was sent to Tianzhu Temple at the age of seven and became a disciple of the abbot at that time. , take the Dharma name Zhiren."

When Chi Ren said this, he stopped.

Li Muchen quietly looked at the monk in front of him, whose beard and hair were a little gray. He didn't expect that he would have such a bizarre story that spanned thousands of years.

"Congratulations to the master for escaping from the trap of the five declines of heaven and man. From now on, you can stay single-minded. You are not far away from becoming a Buddha."

"Be single-minded... there are some things that you still can't let go of. If you can't let go, how can you become a Buddha? If you can't become a Buddha, how can you save yourself?"

Zhiren looked at Qiantang Lake again and sighed.

"This is a dilemma, just like the dragon under the moon in the Three Pools. King Qian of Wuyue at that time cut off the tide and trapped the water, attracted the beauty of the celestial eye, and locked the dragon's kingly aura, which indeed made the Qian family prosperous for thousands of years. But He must have never imagined that with the development of the world today, this dragon can no longer help the Qian family, but has become a burden to the Qian family."

"So, they put King Qian's Gong with you and asked you to bear this burden?" Li Muchen asked, "Thousands of years ago, King Qian turned you into stone. A thousand years later, Mrs. Qian rescued you and made you alive." As a human being, you are grateful for Qian's kindness and are willing to shoulder heavy burdens. Great monk, why do I feel that you have been plotted against?"

"Amitabha, those who calculate, people always calculate. Donor, you and I are all included in the calculations of heaven and earth. If we don't enter Buddhism, who can escape from the calculations?"

Li Muchen was stunned. He didn't expect that the monk could still be aggressive at this time. He took the opportunity to persuade him to enter Buddhism, and he laughed unconsciously.

"Haha, Master is so graceful. If I were you, I would have walked away long ago."

"I want to leave too, but there are some unfinished business matters and I can't leave."

"Master, are you talking about that flower?"

Li Muchen looked at the small island in the middle of the lake.

Zhiren also turned his gaze there, nodded and said: "The donor has a keen eye, and since he saw the flower, he must have guessed her origin. However, the donor probably doesn't know how she turned into a flower, right?"

Li Muchen really couldn't figure out why the white snake pressed under Leifeng Pagoda turned into a flower?

Leifeng Pagoda has fallen. Logically speaking, when it falls, the snake should run away. But there is a dragon in Qiantang Lake, and the earth energy of the Tianmu Mountains, plus a dragon, is quite powerful. If it has been under the Leifeng Pagoda for a thousand years, the White Snake may have died long ago.

Zhiren said: "When I was a child, I saw the Leifeng Pagoda collapsed. I asked my master if there was really a white snake under the tower. At that time, I had not recovered the memory of my previous life. Because I was transformed from a stubborn stone, I was very stupid. Very slow."

"Master gave me the Dharma name Wisdom and Endurance in response to my slowness. He said that Buddhism does not depend on wisdom, and wisdom is all conditioned dharma. The Diamond Sutra says, 'All conditioned dharma is like dew or electricity. You should observe like this. 'Everything that wisdom sees must be endured, and the ninja swordsman's mind is swung at his own mind to eliminate wisdom and leave the saints, and then the Buddha's teaching will come naturally."

"My dullness lasted for a long time. Later, I recalled everything. I searched among the ruins of Leifeng Pagoda, but only found a trace of her remnant soul. I finally understood what Master said, Wisdom comes with pain, and I was in pain.”

"I went to the master for help. The master is very advanced, but he doesn't practice magic. He can help me solve my doubts, but he can't solve my problems, let alone help her survive. I guard her remaining soul and think that this is the life of me. Hopeless... No, not in this life, but in all the generations to come!"

A look of imperceptible pain flashed across Zhi Ren's face.

"Twenty years ago..."

He breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had been fished out of a mire of pain.

"Twenty years ago, a young man came to me. He said he could help me bring her back to life, but there was one condition. I asked him what he wanted, and he said he would exchange it for something with me. I thought about it. , except for a miserable life, there was really nothing left. So I agreed immediately without even considering whether what he said was credible."

"He used the immortal method to turn the remnant soul into a seed and planted it next to the Three Pools Reflecting the Moon. He said that he could use a beautiful lake to make this flower grow. There are three pools that can suppress the dragon. Stone Tower, no one can detect the evil spirit among the flowers.”

"Although it just turned into a flower, it did come back to life. It means he didn't lie to me. I asked him what he wanted to exchange for me, and he said he wanted the compass in my mind."

"It was only then that I remembered that I had practiced the Compass Sutra for more than a thousand years. I told him that the Compass Sutra is a wonderful and mysterious supreme mystical method. It is neither Buddha nor Tao. Even after more than a thousand years, I can't Completely understand its secrets, otherwise you wouldn’t have rubbed shoulders with your beloved for several reincarnations and still not be able to be together. Moreover, the Compass Sutra must be used in conjunction with the Six Void Wheel Wheel. Without that millstone, nine out of ten uses will be useless.”

"He said it doesn't matter. It's better to pass by each other than to be separated forever. I said you have the magic of rejuvenation and resurrection from the dead, so why do you need the Compass Sutra? He said that the Six Void Wheel Rotating Disk was co-cast by demons and gods, and borrowed from the Six Paths of Reincarnation Born from the power of the Lord. The Compass Sutra is the method of the Six Paths of Reincarnation. Only it can help him enter the underworld for the first time and go to the forbidden land designated by the gods and demons."

Li Muchen's heart skipped a beat and asked, "What's that person's name?"

Zhiren glanced up at him, then lowered his head to make tea and said, "He didn't say his name, and I didn't ask. However, many people should know him, because he is so easy to recognize. Because he is so outstanding. , just standing in the crowd is like a crane standing in a flock of chickens. Even an old monk like me has to admire him for his graceful grace."