Wang Biejia looked at Elder Hua Qing and admitted, "The words on the wall were written by me." After speaking, he turned around and pointed at Zhang Shaofei, "However, this verse was written by him."
Elder Hua Qing asked Zhang Shaofei: "Did you compose this verse?"
"Yeah." Zhang Shaofei nodded.
Elder Hua Qing asked in confusion: "What is going on?"
Therefore, Wang Biejia recounted the cause and effect of the matter.
Elder Hua Qing turned to Zhang Shaofei, who was standing in the crowd, and asked calmly: "What do you use to make verses?"
Zhang Shaofei pointed to his heart: "Use it here."
Elder Hua Qing faced the wall and recited softly:
Zen wisdom has no tree at all
The bright moon is not a platform
Originally not a thing
Where does the brilliance come from?
After reciting the verse, Elder Hua Qing was silent for a long time. When he saw all the monks looking at him with inquiring eyes, he raised his hands and asked the monks: "Try to explain what this verse is about." mean?"
When Feng Gang saw Elder Hua Qing asking questions, he hid behind the crowd first.
Some bolder monks came out to explain, but Elder Hua Qing just shook his head after listening.
Elder Hua Qing saw Zen Master Huayu present and asked, "Huayu, you usually have a deeper understanding of Buddhist principles and wisdom, so why don't you explain it to everyone."
After being ordered "general" by Elder Huaqing, Zen Master Huayu had no choice but to step forward, clear the old dumb throat, and explain based on his opinion: "This verse means that both the Zen Wisdom Tree and the Bright Moon Platform are It is empty. There is no Zen wisdom, no worries, and there is no object in the first place. Where does the brilliance come from? Therefore, there is no need to look after it diligently. This verse comes from the original mind, self-enlightenment and super-realization, which shows the innate wisdom root!"
"Which of these two verses is higher? Which one is lower?" Huiming pointed to the two verses lined up on the wall and asked Master Huayu Shan.
"This song..." Zen Master Huayu was about to express his opinion. Suddenly, he thought of Fa Ru's power in the temple, and hesitated to speak. He replied: "This... I can't tell the difference either... .”
When Elder Hua Qing saw Zhang Shaofei's verses, he felt ecstatic in his heart: This is the "sudden enlightenment" that can penetrate the original Zen wisdom heart. It combines body and mind, confusion and understanding, Zen wisdom and the bright moon, these opposite things, from the fact that they are not objects in the first place. To negate concepts and completely remove all restraints to restore the true nature of life. There are innovative developments based on traditional Zen Buddhism. Zhang Shaofei's state is already above Dharma. He has no delusion and no self, and is free of all worries. He is like a bright moon after the rain, unstained by dust. It reminds him of the recent "ringing a bell with a pear" and "eating porridge with a piece of cake". Waiting for things to happen, Elder Hua Qing knew that Zhang Shaofei had unique wisdom and profound enlightenment, so he was indeed the best candidate for the master.
After Elder Hua Qing asked Zhang Shaofei to go back to work in the North Courtyard, he took half a step forward. Just as he was about to comment, he suddenly heard someone behind him say: "What kind of verse can a servant who understands the wisdom of Buddhism come up with?"
"Exactly! We who practice with the elders all day long, are we not as good as him, a practitioner with hair? How can it be his turn to come out and talk nonsense!"
Someone else said, "If cats and dogs can drive, why do we need mules and horses?" Elder Hua Qing listened, with a look of worry on his face, and stood facing the wall.
Suddenly, Yingyin said loudly with ulterior motives: "This verse has bad intentions. It was clearly written for Faru's one!"
Huiming's eyes widened like bull's eyes: "Really?"
Yingyin said: "You don't have a head? Don't you know how to think about it? Look, Fa Ru's song is: 'As a Zen wisdom tree, my heart is like a bright moon mirror'; and Zhang Shaofei's song is 'Zen wisdom has no origin. A tree or a bright moon is not a platform. Isn't this deliberately going against Fa Ru and completely negating Fa Ru's poem?"
Everyone seemed to suddenly realize it, and exclaimed in agreement: Oh, this is really the case! Yingyin said loudly and proudly: "What's even more irritating is the last two sentences, which are simply direct curses on Fa Ru for being an idiot!"
Huiming yelled: "This bastard dares to be so disrespectful to Second Senior Brother Fa Ru. I'll see if I don't twist off his head!"
Yingyin added: "There's more. This verse of his actually imitated and plagiarized Faru's artistic conception. Without the previous verses of the second senior brother, he would not have been able to compose this verse; without the previous two verses The foreshadowing of this gatha of my senior brother, and his subsequent gatha are simply nonsense and nothing!”
Everyone was talking like a beehive. Elder Hua Qing also had to admit that Ying Yin's words made sense to a certain extent from the perspective of a person who had not yet attained enlightenment. If this argument is echoed by everyone, then...
Elder Hua Qing's expression changed from worried to solemn!
Sure enough, Huiming was furious: "This bitch is really hateful. I'm going to hit him with a five-flavor stick right now!"
"Let's go!" Several young Zen monks were gearing up and ready to make a move.
After Faru coughed heavily, he said: "Junior brother Huiming, please be patient. And you, Yingyin, the elder is here. How many couples can you take your turn to make noise?"
After everyone calmed down, Huiming saluted Elder Hua Qing's back and said, "Elder, you have a sharp eye for discernment. Which of these two verses do you think is higher or lower?"
In order to avoid a dispute, Elder Hua Qing's shoulders were trembling a little. He bent down, took off one of his shoes, and silently rubbed the sole of his shoe against the verse composed by Zhang Shaofei on the wall.
The people behind him could not see that tears were gathering in the corners of Elder Hua Qing's eyes, gathering...
After wiping the verses on the wall, Elder Hua Qing's mood stabilized. He turned around and said to everyone: "This verse also does not reveal the Buddha nature. You should practice according to the verses of the second senior brother."
Zen Master Huayu has extensive experience and knowledge. He has long observed the changes in Elder Huaqing's demeanor from beginning to end. Naturally he understood what was going on, so he left without saying another word.
Faru, Huiming and others breathed a sigh of relief and slowly dispersed.
Elder Huaqing did not go back to his room alone, but walked along the winding paths and corridors of Dongchan Temple, looking up to the sky from time to time. But seeing the red sun setting in the west, dark clouds billowing, and the wind blowing... The elder's sad thoughts and the scene where Huiming, Yingyin and other masters just looked at him and Zhang Shaofei came to mind again... …
With worries and worries intertwined, Elder Hua Qing couldn't help stroking his long beard, looking up to the sky and sighing: "The rain is about to come, the wind is filling the building, and the black clouds are pressing down on the city, ready to destroy it!"
Elder Hua Qing climbed to the top of Shuangfeng Mountain alone. His steps were very heavy, as if he had aged ten years, and he seemed to be carrying a huge burden. Step by step, he walked up resolutely... Finally he reached the top of the mountain and looked back at Dongzen Temple.
Heavy dark clouds are gathering over the temple, getting lower and lower, threatening to overwhelm the temple...
A bright bolt of lightning shot out of the clouds, thunder exploded over the temple, and heavy rain poured down...
At this time, in Fa Ru's monk's room, the young novice monk was reciting Zhang Shaofei's verse to Fa Ru:
Zen wisdom has no tree at all
The bright moon is not a platform
Originally not a thing
Where does the brilliance come from?
A ray of lightning pierced the dark sky, and a ray of light that illuminated the universe flashed deep in Faru's heart. He couldn't help shouting: "Okay!" Thunder then hit the ground, and the sound of rumbling was endless.
The little novice monk covered his ears with his hands and looked at the extremely excited Fa Ru strangely.
Faru's expression was indeed a little crazy. He kept reciting Zhang Shaofei's verses, and his face glowed with understanding and joy.
He said with a mixture of resentment and joy: "Junior Brother Zhang Shaofei is really the Dragon Elephant of the Buddha's Wisdom Sect. I blame myself for being too narrow-minded at the beginning, and my cleverness was misled by my cleverness! The elder really didn't make a mistake back then!"
The young novice monk looked confused and asked curiously: "Second senior brother, which one is better, your gatha or that servant's gatha?"
Faru laughed and said: "How can a pearl like a grain of rice compete with the sun and the moon?"
The young novice nodded and said, "Of course, Second Senior Brother, you are like the sun and the moon, and that servant is like a grain of rice!" Faru said seriously, "You are wrong, Zhang Shaofei is like the sun and the moon, and my Faru is like a grain of rice."
The young novice monk laughed and said: "Second senior brother, you are too humble. If Zhang Shaofei's verses are good, why did the elder polish them?"
Fa Ru was shocked: "What, the elder erased Junior Brother Zhang Shaofei's verses?"
The little novice nodded.
Fa Ru was puzzled: "Why did the elder do this? Why..." Fa Ru raised his eyes out of the window. Outside the window, there was thunder and lightning, and it was stormy...
