At this time, the donkey may have been tied under the tree for too long and lost its freedom, and it was trying hard to break free from the restraints of the reins.
The young Zen monk made use of the topic: "A closing sentence can be tied to the donkey's peg for eternity. The scriptures are originally tools to indicate the truth. If you regard it as the truth itself, it is like fixing yourself on the donkey's peg. If you want to break free, But it’s even harder!”
The middle-aged mage was no longer hungry, but full - he was ashamed and filled with anger at his own incompetence. He wished he could find a crack in the ground and crawl in, so as not to be embarrassed in front of a village girl and an old man and a young man...
Naturally, he couldn't find the crack in the ground, and even if he found it, he wouldn't be able to get in. So, he had no choice but to pick up the burden and run away in panic like a thief who was discovered!
After the middle-aged mage left, Le Zhidan stretched out his arms and cheered in victory. When he was happy enough, he turned to the young Zen monk and said, "You are very good. What is your name?"
"Huaicai."
"Sit here for a while and wait for me to pick a basket of sand pears. I will take you to see Master Zhang Shaofei."
Huaicai said, "Thank you, girl, for your kindness. I think I can touch that place myself."
"With me leading the way, you won't make any detours. Besides, if I introduce you, Brother Afei will be more likely to take you in as his apprentice."
Huaicai said seriously: "Girl, I'm hungry, can you eat for me? So, you'd better walk your own way. In this way, although it may be a detour, you will have a deeper experience. At least, you can exercise your foot strength."
With that said, Huaicai got up and walked towards Fozi Dun.
Lezhidan couldn't help being stunned. He looked at Huaicai's back and murmured: "This guy, like Brother A Fei, seems to have a lot of background..."
This talent really has a lot of origins.
On the eighth day of April in 677 AD, the Christmas day of Buddha Sakyamuni, six white auspicious energies burst out from Ankang, Jinzhou, and shot straight into the sky. Since ancient times, almost all emperors like all kinds of auspiciousness and good omens, so the governor did not dare to neglect and immediately reported to the court.
Li Zhi, Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, asked Tai Shiling: "Why is this Qi so auspicious?"
Yes, the earth cannot be filled with white gas for no reason, right?
Tai Shiling explained: "The auspiciousness of the birth of Sakyamuni Buddha is naturally related to Buddhism. The six white auspiciousness symbolizes the six realms and six paths of Buddhism, and indicates the birth of an eminent monk. It lies in the boundary between Jinzhou and Ankang."
At this time, Han Kai, the governor of Jinzhou, also recorded the memorial after seeing the auspicious prime minister. So Emperor Gaozong sent an order to Han Kai to go and express his condolences in person. Han Qie traced the source and found the man who was born in response to the situation.
When Huaicai was 15 years old, he went to become a monk at Yuquan Temple in Jingzhou. At that time, Yuquan Temple was a famous temple in the world. Scholars and monks gathered there, and it became a common practice to study the teachings and practice the precepts.
Huaicai studied and practiced law here for seven or eight years, but his heart was still shrouded in darkness, his heart was not clear, and his nature was not yet revealed. He knew in his heart that the current practice methods did not penetrate the fundamentals of Buddhism and were not the best way to enter Zen. Regarding the understanding of Zen, it can be said that it is not essential and is not suitable for me. Therefore, he resolutely gave up the step-by-step life in a famous mountain monastery and came to Zhongyue with a fellow Buddhist monk, Zen Master Lingran.
At that time, the person who held the Dharma seat in Songshan was Zen Master Lao'an.
Zen Master Lao An kept his understanding, but only glanced at Huai Cai and said: "I am not your master, your master is in Lingnan."
When sending him to Lingnan, Zen Master Lao An said inexplicably: "Back then, I ate a Dao (rice) seed because of Junior Brother Zhang Shaofei, and today I give him a Buddha seed!"
Encouraged by Zen Master Lao'an, Huaicai traveled thousands of miles from the prosperous Central Plains to the remote and barbaric land of Lingnan.
It was sunset when he walked along the clear Xinjiang River to the gate of Tianlu Mountain. Zhang Shaofei seemed to have known that he was coming, and happened to be standing on the steps of Fozidun.
The setting sun sprinkles gold, paving the long stone steps of Baolin Temple with a layer of gold dust, like a splendid road to heaven. Indeed, in Huaicai's view, this is nothing more than a golden road leading to the paradise world. I don't know whether Zhang Shaofei's body is really shining, or whether it is the afterglow of the sunset reflecting from the side. There is a golden halo around the outline of Zhang Shaofei's body, making him look somewhat mysterious, somewhat sacred; somewhat kind, somewhat majestic; somewhat mysterious. Cool, how compassionate...
"Where are you from?"
An ordinary sentence, because it was spoken by Master Zhang Shaofei, is full of infinite Zen meaning.
If you have a talent, you have some sense, if you have awareness, if you have gain, if you have enlightenment, but you don't have a way to start, you can't get into it. He was a little shy, and there was a faint blush on his face. He lowered his head in embarrassment and murmured: "Disciple Huaicai comes from Songshan Mountain."
"What kind of thing is coming?" Zhang Shaofei asked strangely.
Huai Cai couldn't help but sweat like rain - there seemed to be a lump in his chest, but he just couldn't pour it all out at once. He felt guilty and hung his head deeply.
At this time, a young monk with extraordinary demeanor walked in with his head raised. His Zen staff made a thumping noise on the ground, as if he was telling others, I'm coming, you all, get out of my way!
Huaicai went up to him, saluted and asked, "Where do you come from, Brother Tao?"
The young monk did not return the gift, but said arrogantly: "I heard that an illiterate homeless man came here to pretend to be the Sixth Patriarch. Take me to see how high his Mount Sumeru is!"
Huaicai was not angry and said calmly: "The Sixth Patriarch is indeed illiterate, but he is definitely not pretending."
The young monk snorted disdainfully.
Huaicai saw Zhang Shaofei sitting on the big rock discussing matters with Lei Gong. He had just whispered a few words to Zhang Shaofei when the sound of the young monk's Zen staff pounding the ground could be heard, shaking the air on the big stone.
Zhang Shaofei and Lei Gong looked at each other and smiled, as if they were used to this kind of behavior. Under the stone steps, Le Zhidan was dividing pears among everyone.
Lei Gong took the sand pear and said meaningfully: "The sand pear is crispy when ripe, sweet and thirst-quenching, but hard and astringent when unripe."
Le Zhidan asked: "What should we do?"
Lei Gong said decisively: "He is too stiff, you pour a ladle of cold water on his head!"
Zhang Shaofei said: "It is better to let it be cooked than to be harsh and astringent!"
While they were talking, the young monk had already walked up to them. Seeing that Zhang Shaofei and others were turning a blind eye to him and that their words were insinuating him, he pounded his Zen staff on the ground to attract their attention.
Perhaps due to the vibration of the Zen staff, a leaf withered and yellow due to disease fell to the ground.
Zhang Shaofei picked it up and sighed at the leaves: "It's a great time, but if you don't grow well, you will get sick and turn yellow. It's a pity, it's a pity!"
Huaicai glanced at the young monk and said, "Who asked him to attract pests? He deserves it!"
Zhang Shaofei smiled: "Well, Huaicai, you said, some of the branches and leaves of this tree are thriving, and some are yellow and shriveled. Is it better to flourish or to wither?"
"Of course the leaves are full of vitality and flourishing," Huaicai answered randomly.
Zhang Shaofei nodded and said: "If so, if so, then go to Xiangrong."
