After the imperial court moved its capital to Luoyang, although the size of the imperial palace was smaller than that of Chang'an, the number of Buddhist temples was actually more than that of Guanxi. Among them, the Baiyun Temple in the west of the city is the most important. There are dozens of small pagodas and three large pagodas in the temple, which cost no less than one million yuan. It is said that the temple's presiding officer has great supernatural powers and has the support of prominent families in Beijing. Among them, Zhong Yao contributed money and donated a Cidu house for monks to teach scriptures. This place is pure and natural, high and secluded, which is rare in the prosperous place of Luoyang, so everyone made an appointment to discuss Xuanxuan for the second time, and the location was chosen here.
When Chen Chong rode his horse, Anduo Di, the abbot of Baiyun Temple, came out to greet him personally. This Tandutti is a Parthian who has lived in China for a long time. He is only over forty years old, but he has a very high status and many rituals are presided over by him. The reason why he was able to gain the respect of celebrities in Luoyang was because he could burn the relics of eminent monks. It is said that these relics are crystal clear, like jade. If a golden basin is filled with water and the relics are placed in it, they will emit multicolored light, which is why they are praised as having great magical powers.
Chen Chong mentioned this matter to Anduoti, who smiled and said: "If you can persist in practicing, everyone can cultivate the relics. This is not a strange thing. But I don't know if the good teacher is willing to open the door of convenience?" Chen Chong said with a smile. Smile and say nothing. It turns out that Chen Chong had already banned it, and Han people were not allowed to become monks. Therefore, although Buddhism was flourishing, there were still no Han people to be tonsured. This had to make the monks feel very regretful. Am Duoti used this to make innuendo, but this time he was obviously disappointed again. .
However, although Han people could not be ordained, many barbarians came to be ordained and seek Buddhahood. When everyone in Tan Xuan arrived, there happened to be a Jie man being tonsured in the temple. Everyone was curious and watched from the sidelines.
It was early in the morning, and all the ascetics were sitting around, and the presiding officer, Amtoti, was sitting on the lion altar. Wait for the little monk to guide the Jie man to the altar to receive the ordination. Holding a razor in his hand, Andodhi untied the turban of the ordained person, and the black hair fell down like a waterfall, covering his face. Anduo Di chanted the Buddha's name and shaved his hair with a knife, and all of a sudden his black hair fell down. At this time, the morning sun was shining over the top, and the gentle wind blew the leaves of His Highness's jujube and mulberry trees in the wind. They made a rustling sound for a while, and even the pagoda Baoduo seemed to be shaking, and all the spectators present were amazed.
Student Zhao Qiu whispered to Chen Chong: "What's the point of shaving off all the hair, skin, and hair on your body that you received from your parents?" Chen Chong replied: "To shave off your hair is to cut off all three thousand worries and bid farewell to all karma and worries in the world. Focus on self-study, and even your parents will have nothing to do with you." Unexpectedly, Zhao Qiu looked back in shock for a moment, not knowing what he was thinking.
After finishing the tonsure, before the crowd could make any noise, I heard a clear cough on the altar. The host Andoti began to sing praises in Sanskrit a cappella, and the crowd suddenly became quiet. I could only hear bursts of Sanskrit sounds. Although I couldn't quite understand them, the general idea was to praise the majesty of the Buddha, praise the great deeds of past saints, and so on.
After singing the praise, the lecture began, and the main speaker was the twenty-ninth Tan Wujie Bodhisattva. Every time I speak, I explain it in Chinese, and so on. Although the meaning of the Dharma is profound, the person who explains it takes the trouble to explain it wonderfully and intersperse it with worldly stories. Don’t stop until people understand. It doesn't say much, but it is very insightful. It always makes people feel suddenly enlightened, like taking a shower in the spring breeze or drinking sweet rain. The group of people had originally agreed to talk about Buddhism directly, but they all happened to listen to the Buddhist teachings quietly, mesmerized for a moment. When it was over, I realized it was noon.
So everyone went to the temple to eat and drink, and Tan Duoti was invited to come to the temple to observe the meal in the afternoon. This time, in order to analyze the principles in depth, He Yan, the leader of Tan Xuan, was specially invited among the students. Chen Chong looked at him from the crowd and saw that the grandson of the former general had extremely fair and delicate skin and was as beautiful as a woman. Even if the weather was extremely hot and made him sweat, his complexion did not change. Instead, he had a jade-like look. Bright colors. He couldn't help but think to himself, this really didn't look like an official.
Xun You was away due to illness, so Zhong Yao, Bian Rang and Mi Heng were the main ones to talk this time. However, because they were in a Buddhist temple, the topics they talked about were somewhat bizarre.
Mi Heng asked Tan Duoti: "What does the host think of the theory of emergence?"
Tan Duoti said: "I have never seen the matter of immortality, but I have seen the transcendence of Nirvana and the relics it bears." The implication is that he does not recognize Lao Zhuang's method of immortality.
He Yan, who was below, said to the side: "I have a powder called Hanshi Powder. I take five stones of cinnabar, realgar, alum, Zeng Qing, and Cishi into a cube. Fry it and eat it. Immediately, the whole body becomes hot, and the chill soon disappears. It can cure wind and cold diseases, and you will also feel that the gods are enlightened, you will have a feeling of ecstasy, and you can faintly hear the voices of heaven and humans."
The man next to him listened and said with a smile: "Swallowing elixirs and medicines, gradually walking away from the valley, climbing mountains to admire the clouds, collecting dew in the abyss, gradually absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon, replacing the grains with the food wind, this is how Uncle He Ping secretly became an immortal!" "As he said this, he suddenly remembered something and said: "I heard that Guan Ning of Liaodong is going to return to Beihai. He has always been well-known and has extraordinary talents, but he has always been poor and happy. It seems to have been more than twenty years, and now everyone in the world has said that there has not been such a figure in the Han Dynasty for more than four hundred years. He is probably about to achieve enlightenment, I wonder if he is serious?"
Hearing the words, Tanduodi said: "Although I am outside the country, I have indeed heard of the reputation of the Guan Ji as the 'Dragon's Tail of the North Sea'. He can cut off all kinds of worries. He must have been able to keep his mind still, get a glimpse of the Buddha's nature, and get close to him." The path to Nirvana.”
He Yan asked from the side: "Why do you get a glimpse of Buddha nature by keeping your mind still?"
Tanduodhi replied: "Because everything is empty, only by keeping the mind still can we overcome the illusion."
He Yan slapped the table for it, knocking down the cold melons on the side, but he didn't notice it at all and continued to say loudly: "It's a big mistake, if everything is empty. If I close my eyes, doesn't it mean that the host is gone?"
Tan Duoti smiled and said: "If you close your eyes, I will no longer be seen in your heart; if you open your eyes, then I will still be in your heart, that's all."
He Yan was dissatisfied and said: "If there is no host in Tianyu, how can there be a host in the eyes of everyone?"
Tan Tatti said: "The Tathagata has a complete body. Since he does not have a complete body, he is called a complete body!"
As soon as this statement came out, many people seemed confused. Only a few people who were familiar with Buddhist scriptures knew what Tanduodu was talking about. Chen Chong came to the rescue and said, "That's right. They don't study Buddhism much. It's too early for Master to say this!"
When Tan Duoti saw that Chen Chong quickly pointed out the scriptures he used, he was very impressed. He nodded slightly and said: "The Prime Minister is indeed a person who reads Buddhism. I have heard about it a long time ago. When I saw him today, he really lived up to his reputation!" Then he turned to him. Everyone came to lecture on the sutra, and he explained in detail the freedom of practicing Buddhism and attaining the fruit. He said that practicing Buddhism is a process of "from confusion to the end of confusion, and the realization of all the wisdom of the Buddha." In the end, all doubts and worries are eliminated, and finally it is directed to the human heart and sees the nature. Become a Buddha and never suffer the suffering of reincarnation again. Before he knew it, he spoke a thousand words, and everyone who listened was mesmerized. Even if some people object to the theory of reincarnation, they cannot help but disagree with his theory of seeing the mind and clarifying its nature, thinking that it leads to the same goal as the great road.
After Tantatru finished speaking, many young people began to ask him questions, asking for various methods of cultivating Buddhism. Tantatru also answered them one by one. After talking for a while, Tantatru suddenly asked: "My heart is moved when I see beauty. As a taboo in the practice of precepts, concentration, and wisdom, do all the good teachers have any method to stick to it?"
As soon as this statement came out, everyone laughed in response. After all, most of the people in the group are from wealthy families, and few are from poor families. It is common to have three wives and four concubines. For example, Zhong Yao, who was nearly sixty years old, married a concubine named Zhang Changpu at the beginning of this year. Fang was more than ten years old, and it was said that he had a charming appearance. His old friends all laughed at him when he heard that the old tree was blooming and he couldn't control himself. There are probably only a few people such as Chen Chong, Zhuge Liang, and Li Yi who can be called clean and self-sufficient. But at this moment, Chen Chong thought of himself and Wan Nian, his heart ached, and he immediately lowered his head and fell silent.
When Zhao Qiu saw that Chen Chong didn't answer, he took the initiative to guess and said: "According to the Master's words, if you don't look, hear, hear and think, you will naturally persist."
Tan Duoti shook his head and said nothing.
The disciple standing nearby saw it and replied: "Those who worship the Buddha can avoid thinking about beauty by contemplating its beauty as unclean."
Someone asked: "How to contemplate uncleanness?"
He Yan looked at the meaning of the text and said with a smile: "It is easy to have a vision of uncleanness. When you are beautiful and beautiful, you just think that such a beauty is just a body surrounded by bones and a leather bag filled with shit!"
The whole crowd was in an uproar when he said this, and Tan Duoti smiled and said nothing. He turned to look at Chen Chong, obviously wanting to see how he would answer.
Chen Chong thought in his heart: "In the words of Mahayana, these are all views of attachment. The Buddha-nature and Dharma-nature are empty. We should let go of our attachments in order to get rid of its blindness." So he stood up and replied: "These are far from Buddhism. In the name of the World Honored One, It is said that in fact, beauty is present, and color is color, so it should be moved. And I am still me, walking in the middle of the road, it is okay for my heart to be moved. "
Tan Duoti couldn't help but clapped his hands and said: "What Longshou saw is wonderful, but it seems that he hasn't finished what he said!" Chen Chong smiled, but did not continue. In the past, he did not believe in Buddhism and had been persistent for decades and refused to give up. However, after experiencing it for ten thousand years, he felt that persistence was too painful. But he still didn't want to give up, but he felt a lot of hesitation in his heart. Maybe he would let go of his attachment and be good to others and himself. He often thought so, but he couldn't convince himself. But these were the words he didn't want to say.
After dinner, everyone left Baiyun Temple. They all said that they had a great time talking about mysteries today. But before Zhong Yao left, he suddenly grabbed Chen Chong and said, "I heard that war is about to break out in the south. What do you think, Ting Jian?"
"what's the situation?"
Although Chen Chong was pretending to be stupid, Zhong Yao still said: "Sun Quan finally made a move in Yangzhou. He said that all the ships in the Yangtze River area had entered the Huai River, and the sound of Wu people's drumming could already be heard in southern Henan. Now Dongdong Most of the affairs of the government were controlled by Wang Chang and Yang Fu, who repaired the city overnight, and the blacksmiths on the outskirts of Luoyang City were recruited. It is said that the sound of blacksmithing was non-stop for ten miles!"
Chen Chong said: "Although there is currently no governor in Dongfu, Sun Quan has not been able to break through the city in southern Henan for three years. There must be nothing to worry about. We can just wait for the boy to report his victory."
Seeing that Chen Chong had no intention of going out to fight, Zhong Yao couldn't help but feel a little resentful. He turned around and said, "It's best if you can win. If you can't win, we old people will have to deal with it. What's the matter?"
Chen Chong watched him grumble and go away, and when his back disappeared into the red clouds, he was in a trance for a moment. He couldn't help but think to himself: When did he become so far away from many of his old friends? In fact, he had known that this was common sense in the world, but he couldn't help but be in a daze. It wasn't until the sun set that he and his students gradually merged into the night.
