Huan Jing whispered to herself: "Why didn't I think of this move?"
Zhang Shaofei said: "You are too persistent. Let it go when it's time to let it go, and give it up when it's time to give it up. This is not only true for playing chess, but also for studying Buddhism. If you don't give up something, how can you get it? Only an empty bottle can Get drunk!"
Wuwu Zangnishi, Liu Weishu and Huanjing all nodded and said yes.
Liu Xiubin jumped up: "Second brother, didn't you say you can't play chess?"
Zhang Shaofei nodded seriously: "That's true."
Liu Xiubin curled his lips and said, "Liar, how can someone who has never played chess come up with such a good trick?"
Zhang Shaofei said enigmatically: "I just said that I am not good at playing chess. I did not say that I don't understand chess."
Because Buddhism and Taoism are like chess, life is like chess, and everything is like chess! What's more, my mother taught me how to play chess when I was a child; a few years ago, when I was collecting firewood in the mountains, I walked into a cave because of the rain and once watched a monk and a Taoist priest play a game of chess. "
"Wow, can't you? You have just watched a game of chess, and your understanding of chess is so exquisite. Could it be that you..." Liu Xiubin felt incredible.
Zhang Shaofei said: "If you want to improve your chess skills, read more Buddhist scriptures and practice more meditation and prajna."
Liu Xiubin asked: "What are meditation and prajna? What does this have to do with playing chess?"
"In layman's terms, the concentration of mood is Zen, and the manifestation of wisdom is called Prajna. The human mind is very vast, just like the void, with no boundaries, no radius, no size, no color, no up and down, no anger, no good and evil. There is no beginning or end to right or wrong. To transcend opposition, dissolve contradictions, and not be attached or greedy is Prajna and Zen." Zhang Shaofei talked eloquently.
Wuwu Zangni, Huan Jing and Liu Weishu nodded in agreement, but Liu Xiubin fell into the fog and was dumbfounded.
Zhang Shaofei patted him on the shoulder and said: "Like just now, you regarded the opponent's chess pieces as a mortal enemy on the chessboard, and you wanted to eat the opponent's chess and conquer the opponent wholeheartedly. In this way, contradictions appeared, opposition emerged, and you were obsessed with coveting your own pieces. You have the power, resentment and hatred for every chess piece of the opponent, but can you still take care of the overall situation? Can you have a mind as vast as the void?"
As he spoke, Zhang Shaofei glanced at Huan Jing.
Huan Jing was shocked and realized something in her heart. She put her hands together and bowed to Zhang Shaofei and said, "Thank you so much, Brother Afei... No, it should be the master's instructions to guide the poor nun's practice."
Liu Xiubin fell into the mist again: "He was talking about chess, when did he talk about Buddhism?" Master Wuwu Zangni nodded his forehead and said: "You, if you don't study Buddhism, how do you know Master Zhang Shaofei's wonderful words like Pearl?"
The sky was getting dark, Huan Jing lit the oil lamp.
Liu Weishu asked: "Master, what are the differences between Prajna and Zen you just mentioned?"
Zhang Shaofei gave a detailed explanation: "According to my experience, the two are like the palm and back of the hand, two sides of an inseparable body. Meditation is the source of prajna, and prajna is the magical effect of meditation. Only when the mind is focused can the light of wisdom be revealed. Just like the lights in this room, the light on the wick is the source of light, but light is the function of the oil lamp. The two are inseparable."
Liu Xiubin stood up to pour tea, and the wind caused the lights to flicker.
When he sat down again, the lights stopped shaking and the room became much brighter.
Zhang Shaofei took the opportunity to ask: "Do you think the oil lamp is brighter than before?"
Everyone nodded.
Zhang Shaofei said: "The more windless and quiet the light is, the more spiritual light it can reveal. The same is true for meditation and prajna. The deeper the meditation, the more prajna wisdom can be stimulated."
Seeing the others listening attentively, Liu Xiubin couldn't help but be very interested in Buddhism. He bowed to Zhang Shaofei and said, "Second brother, Elder Zhang Shaofei, Master Zhang Shaofei, can I succeed in learning Buddhism from you? Do I have a poor foundation?"
"Not only can everyone learn Mahayana Buddhism, but also everyone can achieve enlightenment and become a Buddha." Zhang Shaofei said loudly.
Liu Xiubin was filled with joy: "Really? Then, when will I become a Buddha?"
"With all your impatience, you still want to become a Buddha." The nun spread his hands and said, "Okay, after talking for a long time, Master Zhang has traveled a long way, so he must be hungry. Huanjing, go and cook. Bar."
Zhang Shaofei looked at Huan Jing and said implicitly: "You masters and disciples must hold noon, and we will not disturb your masters and disciples' retreat. I'd better go to Brother Xiubin's house and have a meal."
After saying that, Zhang Shaofei, Liu Xiubin and Liu Weishu stood up to say goodbye.
Let's talk about Liuxuan Village. In the Sui Dynasty, from the ninth year of Kaihuang to the thirteenth year of Daye (589-617), it was subordinate to Huaiji Nanhai County.
In the fourth year of Wude (621) in the Tang Dynasty, Qizhou and Weizhou were set up in Mian'an County and Huaiji County respectively. In the first year of Zhenguan (627), Huaiji County and Mian'an County belonged to Nansuizhou. In the second year of Kaiyuan (714), Yonggu County was merged into Huaiji County.
Huaiji is known as "one river, two rivers and twenty-one waters". One river (Suijiang) is a tributary of the Beijiang River, which flows from the southeast of the county to the Pearl River and flows into the South China Sea; the two rivers refer to Zhongzhou River and Fenggang River; the twenty-one waters There are 21 rivers with primary and secondary tributaries such as Maning River.
Huaiji County is the main forest area in Lingnan, with a wide variety of forest trees, a forest area of 4 million acres, and a living forest volume of 10.2 million cubic meters.
Huaiji County is surrounded by mountains. There are more than 60 peaks above 1,000 meters above sea level, 53 of which are in the north. Dachouding, located in the northeast corner of the county, has an altitude of 1,626 meters and is the highest peak in Lingnan.
Liuxuan Village is located in Huaiji, Lingnan, among the vast expanse of land, stretching over sixty mountains and hundreds of thousands of mountains. The stream flowing around the village is like a clear wave in the eye, and the village is just like the clear water on the eye wave. The gentle curved eyebrows have become the most beautiful scenery in the village.
The stream running day and night is like a pure girl who is good at singing and dancing, singing beautiful folk songs, dancing gracefully, and flowing joyfully from the depths of the mountains. Maybe it doesn’t want the mountains to be too lonely. Sometimes, it is as naughty as a monkey, jumping down from the high cliffs, stirring up water mist and colorful neon lights;
Sometimes, it is as quiet as a virgin, quietly forming a deep pool, reflecting the white clouds and the green mountains...
When Liu Xuan opened the village, it was known as "the mountain is the father of Liu Xuan and Liu Xi is the soul of the mountain". At this time, under the ancient banyan tree by the stream at the head of the village, Liu Weishu and several elderly people and young adults were discussing the past and the present under the shade of the tree.
I saw an elder with a gray beard and a scholarly air, waving a paper fan, and said quite proudly: "If you want to talk about our Liuxuan Village, old man, I heard the second grandfather say when I was a child, that is A treasure of Feng Shui! The clear Liu Xi and the Zen Lin Temple in the upper reaches of Liu Xi both have great origins."
A handsome young man with red lips and white teeth urged: "Old man, tell us what the background of our village is!"
I saw the elder who was called the old man, stroking his gray beard and saying quite proudly: "When I was young, I still listened to what my grandpa said. You should listen to me."
