Besides, Lu Xueru took five or six doses of mountain herbs collected by Zhang Shaofei. His spirits seemed much better and he was able to get out of bed and walk around.
But it can be seen that his illness has not been fundamentally recovered.
Zhang Shaofei went to Houliang Village the next day to visit and saw that although Lu Xueru's condition had improved greatly, he could not be cured further. It seemed that he had to find a prescription prescribed by the imperial doctor, and Ganoderma lucidum, a precious medicine, would not be used as a medicine. .
Early the next morning, Zhang Shaofei re-walked the ancient Yunwu Mountain Matcha post road where he and his mother went to the West Sea to seek refuge with Pei Zhong when he was a child. Regardless of the distance, he walked all the way and walked, relying on his strong will and perseverance, day and night. After nearly three months of traveling, eating and sleeping in the open air, and trekking through mountains and rivers, the provincial capital of the West Sea is finally in sight.
When Zhang Shaofei stepped into Xihai City, he felt like he was reborn from another life.
Zhang Shaofei couldn't care less about sighing and sighed, and followed the address mentioned by the imperial doctor, looking for the Ganoderma lucidum store in the streets and alleys.
Zhang Shaofei walked around Xihai City and searched for more than a week but could not find this Ganoderma lucidum medicine store.
At sunset that day, Zhang Shaofei came to the intersection of Huifu Road and Tongren Street. He stopped and looked at the six words "Huifu Road and Tongren Street", and seemed to have a sense of intimacy in his heart.
At this time, a middle-aged man passed by Zhang Shaofei and saw a young man in country clothes standing at the street entrance, looking as if he was lost. He stopped and turned to Zhang Shaofei and asked: "Young man, what are you doing?" Looking for something?”
Zhang Shaofei was deep in thought when he suddenly heard someone talking to him. He raised his head slightly and blinked, seeing an uncle dressed as a shopkeeper standing in front of him and looking at him, as if talking to him.
Zhang Shaofei bowed to the man and asked, "Uncle, which street should I take to go to the Ganoderma lucidum store?"
When the man heard this, he laughed loudly and said, "Isn't there a Ganoderma lucidum store in front of me!"
"Oh?" Zhang Shaofei followed the man's finger. Ten meters in front of him, there was a gold-lettered plaque hanging on the front of a shop, with the words "Ganoderma lucidum medicinal materials store" written on it in six large gilt characters.
"Lingzhi medicinal materials store, I finally found you!" Zhang Shaofei's excitement was beyond words. There is a feeling of "you can't find anything without wearing iron shoes, but it takes no effort to get it". Everyone: Look, Zhang Shaofei was so excited that he even forgot to say "Thank you".
Instead, the uncle introduced himself generously: "I am the shopkeeper of this pharmacy. If you want to find someone, please come with me."
"Thank you, shopkeeper! That's great. I'm here to buy Ganoderma lucidum." Zhang Shaofei said gratefully.
"Let's talk about it when we get to the pharmacy." While the shopkeeper was talking to Zhang Shaofei, he had already arrived in front of the pharmacy. The shopkeeper looked at Zhang Shaofei who was sweating profusely and said kindly: "Let's go to the store and have a cup of herbal tea."
Zhang Shaofei followed the shopkeeper to the front hall, took a bowl of herbal tea from the shopkeeper, and drank it all in one gulp.
After Zhang Shaofei finished drinking tea, he suddenly felt that the summer heat was gone. He stretched his body energetically and was about to return to the counter of the store when he suddenly heard the sound of chanting sutras coming from a room on the right side of the hall.
Zhang Shaofei listened carefully, and felt that every word was golden and stone. It seemed that a warm current of life was pouring out from the depths of his soul, opening up endless treasures of wisdom...
Zhang Shaofei walked unconsciously to the sound of chanting sutras.
Although Zhang Shaofei often listened to his mother reciting sutras, he had never heard such a familiar sutra——
...The Buddha told Subhuti: All Bodhisattvas and Mahasattvas should subdue their minds in this way. All sentient beings, whether born from an egg or born from a womb... I will cause them to enter nirvana without any residue and be annihilated...
Zhang Shaofei was deep in thought and stopped by the room, standing aside to listen. As the sound of sutras slowly came from the window, his face became more and more peaceful and peaceful, and his heart felt like still water.
Zhang Shaofei's heart seemed to be quietly opened and integrated into the scriptures——
In this way, countless and boundless sentient beings can be annihilated. Why is it that no sentient beings can be annihilated? Subhuti! If a Bodhisattva has the appearance of a self, a human being, a living being, or a person with longevity, then he is not a Bodhisattva...
Zhang Shaofei's mind and body jumped, and he couldn't help but think of his father's death, his mother's illness, Taoist Priest Yunwu riding the crane to the west, and the tall mountain peaks;
Recalling that he was severely beaten by two villains, Yan Fakui and Cui Defu, the shepherd boy came to save him;
Thinking that because of this, he could not go up the mountain to collect firewood, but instead had more time to play with Li Zhiwen and others, and regain the lost happy childhood time;
I remembered that he overheard Lu Huilan's words while playing and went to expose the list and eliminate a harm to the people;
Recalling that he passed by the cornfield, he bought rouge and gouache in Guanghu, and accidentally saved his cousin, making Ding hang his eyes and fall asleep;
I even remembered that because he sent rouge and gouache to his loved one, his loved one fell down and has not recovered yet...
ah! How to explain all of this?
Is it false?
Is it a mortal connection?
Is it an illusion?
So, how can we see what is true and what is not true through the above-mentioned cases that have already happened?
...Therefore, Subhuti, all Bodhisattvas and Mahasattvas should have a pure mind like this. They should not have a mind that abides in form, a mind that should not abide in sounds, smells, tastes, touches, and dharmas. They should have a mind that abides in nothing... …
"Should there be no place to live but a heart to live in?!"
This sound seemed like a call from the sky;
This sound is like a whisper from the depths of the soul;
Zhang Shaofei seemed to have been waiting for this sound for a long time, as if he had been waiting for its arrival since his birth...
It was as if he had suddenly received a strong electric shock. He was stunned, dazed, and stupid. However, he could clearly feel a breath shooting upward from his joints and spine, straight into his brain, and rushing out of his skull. Become one with this voice that I have longed for for millions of years...
Zhang Shaofei had mixed emotions, tears streaming down his face, and his body could not help but tremble slightly... The expression on his face was changing drastically!
His heart was indescribably excited and filled with great joy. It was as if there was a warm current of life gushing out from the depths of his soul, nourishing every joint, every inch of skin, and every pore of the body. The spring of life's wisdom broke through all obstacles and gurgled out...
Everything Zhang Shaofei learned while collecting firewood in the mountains was organically connected and integrated...
It feels so good to have my mind enlightened.
In the rolling world of mortals, his blurred eyes were no longer covered in dust, and his heart was filled with the innocence and happiness of childhood.
At this time, white clouds floated to the west like a graceful girl singing and dancing in the blue sky.
In an instant, he seemed to turn into a cloud, floating over the mountains, across the sea, floating freely in the blue sky...
The wind blew from the distant Linghuan Mountain, carrying the spiritual energy of Linghuan Mountain. He seemed to be listening to the Buddha's sermons in Linghuan Mountain; he seemed to hear the heavy voice coming from the depths of the years; he seemed to have realized that understanding one's heart with one's heart is the key to the Buddha's teachings. Flowers are Buddha flowers, fruits are Buddha fruits...
Kasyapa took one step ahead and smiled...
...It does not depend on the appearance, and it is as if it does not move. Why? All conditioned phenomena are like bubbles in a dream, like dew or lightning, and should be viewed as such.
…
Zhang Shaofei stood in front of the window and listened quietly. The Zen words and witty words penetrated his heart. His mind was roaring. Suddenly, he forgot both body and mind. He only felt that everything in the world, all living beings, thousands of dharma, the four major and five aggregates, all returned to the void. No place to live. In an instant, flowers bloom in the heart, spiritual energy surges, worries are suddenly stopped, delusional thoughts are extinguished, Prajna appears immediately, and everything that has been recalled in the past is clear and clear.
Zhang Shaofei had a sudden enlightenment today. He turned away the clouds and saw the moon. He suddenly became enlightened and realized his true nature. He reached the state of seeing his true nature directly. This was later called "sudden enlightenment" in Zen Buddhism.
Dear friends, I'm sorry, but Shu Hong's mastery of writing is not sophisticated enough. Although he used so many terms in one breath, he still failed to express Zhang Shaofei's state of seeing one's nature thoroughly and clearly.
Because it is very difficult to explain this matter through terminology. Not to mention that Young Master Eleven was not enlightened, even Zhang Shaofei, who had attained this level of enlightenment, could not explain this matter using names and appearances.
Because through names and forms, we can only understand similar concepts, but the true and ultimate meaning. Therefore, this state can only be understood, not talked about.
But when the book involves this plot, Eleven didn't say a few words, feeling uncomfortable and feeling unable to continue, so he had to play around with verbal samadhi, using so many nouns and terms, as if a blind man was describing the world to the world. It is so beautiful, so pink and green, it just makes people laugh (laughing).
Besides, Zhang Shaofei heard the sutras and understood the Tao, and entered the wonderful realm of non-dwelling. Suddenly, the sound of chanting in the room stopped, and then a powerful question came out: "Who is outside the window? Are you listening to me chanting?"
Zhang Shaofei was startled, and then he returned to reality from the Zen state. He took a closer look and saw an elder walking out of the room, describing it in poetry:
He is over fifty years old and in good health, his eyes are bright and his waist is not bent.
The white-haired boy has a kind face and five long beards floating on his chest.
His nose is straight and his mouth is admirable, and his manners are elegant and extraordinary.
When Zhang Shaofei saw the elder coming to him, he looked at him with surprise, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute him: "Old sir, I came here to buy medicine from Qiu County. I heard you chanting sutras, and my mind was enlightened, so that I forgot about my surroundings and emotions. Please forgive me for not being able to leave. Sir, what sutra did you recite just now?"
When the elder heard Zhang Shaofei say that he forgets his surroundings and his emotions, he suddenly became enlightened and was surprised. He couldn't help but look Zhang Shaofei carefully: he saw the young man standing in front of him. Although he was dressed as a Shanxia boy in shabby clothes, he was an extraordinary person. , has a kind of detached and inaction temperament, which is definitely not comparable to ordinary people in the mountains and wilds. "Young man, what I just recited was the Vajra Prajnaparamita Sutra, also called the Diamond Sutra. I invited it from Huangmei Dongshan Zen Temple three years ago.
"Where is Huang Mei?"
"We are in Qizhou, thousands of miles away. I have been traveling back and forth for several months."
Zhang Shaofei said to himself with infinite fascination: "Huangmei, Dongshan Temple..."
The elder continued: "Dongshan Temple is the temple where Master Hongren is the abbot."
Zhang Shaofei asked a little embarrassedly: "Excuse me, who is Master Hongren?"
The elder laughed and said: "Young man, do you want to compete with me on Zen skills? Master Hongren, of course he is Master Hongren!"
