There was no sun or moon in the mountains, and it had been more than ten days since Li Ye arrived at Prajna Temple before he knew it.
Except for Master Minghui giving him the broom in his hand in the square in front of the main hall, Zaiyang had never seen him before. He was always sweeping the floor and practicing alone.
At the end of the day, Master Minghui came to the small courtyard where Li Ye lived, carrying half a bag of tea.
"Wuchen, hurry up and boil a pot of spring water. I've brought some good tea."
Before entering the door, I remembered Master Minghui's voice from outside the courtyard, and was afraid that Li Ye inside wouldn't hear it.
Li Ye, who was chopping firewood in the kitchen, was stunned, thinking that it was inexplicable that Master Minghui actually wanted to drink tea with him?
He responded loudly, put down the ax in his hand, and washed the sweat stains on his face with the water in the basin.
Li Ye went into the house and took out the tea set and placed it on the stone table in the yard. He then went into the house and moved two chairs and placed them beside the table.
"Master, why do you have time to come to my little courtyard to drink tea today?"
Li Ye found some charcoal from the kitchen, put it under the table, took out the fire sticks and started to light a fire.
"Why are you talking? Didn't I see you practicing alone in the temple and being depressed, so I asked the abbot for half a pack of Qingcheng's scented tea to have tea with you?"
Master Minghui put down the half bag of tea leaves in his hand, fell down on the chair Li Ye moved out, and looked at Li Ye in a very shameless manner.
Li Ye looked at Master Minghui and thought to himself, you are also a senior monk in the temple, how can you be so careless about your image and slumped on the chair, without any image of a master at all.
Minghui looked at the gradually burning flames on the stone table, glanced at Li Ye again, and said with a smile, "Do you think that I don't have the solemnity of a monk?"
Li Ye thought for a while, shook his head and said, "This disciple is stupid and cannot understand what the master is thinking."
Minghui nodded, looked at him and said: "If you observe you for a long time, you will see that you walk, sit, stand, and behave in a certain way, which means that you have cultivated the essence of the first few realms of the Formless Dharmakaya, and you are currently practicing it. The sixth level of 'no-self', I wonder if you have any ideas or confusion about it?"
Li Ye lowered his head, thought for a while, and replied softly: "My disciple has been worried about this matter recently. What is the phase of no-self? Do we need to achieve selflessness and emptiness? If there is no more me, what else should I practice? Why do you have to recite sutras every day?"
After listening to what Li Ye said, Master Minghui said without thinking: "Since you think that the more you have, the more you have with others. If you don't even understand this truth, even if you cultivate to an old age, you will not be able to The sixth level of mental practice is to achieve perfection.”
"Buddha said 'no self' is to avoid pride. If a person is arrogant and arrogant, he has the self. The concept of 'no self' is not simply giving benefits to others."
Li Ye was stunned and murmured: "So that's it?"
Minghui glanced at him, nodded, and continued.
"You have to be humble and prudent, and don't talk about yourself. Only then can you be truly 'selfless'. Only then can you be altruistic, single-minded, and trustworthy. It is difficult to practice to the state of 'selfless'. Once you practice to this level, you are virtuous. A wise man, a wise man.”
Li Ye sat at the table, nodded, and shook his head, as if he understood, but he didn't seem to fully understand.
Seeing Li Ye's half-understood look, Master Minghui couldn't help but exclaimed: "Crush doubts and generate faith, and the most important thing is to cultivate the formless dharma body." "Faith" means having incomparable confidence in this Sutra, believing it completely without any doubt."
"Cut doubts and create trust, and you will be able to transcend the sect?" Li Ye murmured in a low voice.
"In this state, even if it is a blunt weapon at the bottom, it will soon become a sharp weapon at the top, and then you can practice to a higher level of mind."
Minghui looked at him and spoke in a solemn voice, as if she wanted to speak into his heart.
Li Ye, who was taking out the tea leaves and putting them into the pot, felt as if an egg had burst out of its shell.
I thought that ever since I practiced with my husband, whether it was on the Tianshan Mountains or in the Great Buddhist Temple, or later when I came down the mountain and returned to Fengyun City, or even when I left my hometown to go to the Central Region, I was practicing in accordance with the Buddha's teachings.
It turns out that what Master Minghui said about "no self" is the purpose of life that he has always adhered to.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel a little proud in my heart, and a smile appeared on my face.
"The water on the stove is boiling, it's time to make tea! Eat when you eat, drink tea when you drink tea, what nonsense are you thinking about!"
Seeing Li Ye's secretly proud expression, Monk Minghui curled his lips and roared.
Li Ye couldn't help being shocked when he heard Ming Hui's loud scolding, and looked up at the boiling water on the fire.
He couldn't help but said: "Master, I'm anxious that I can't eat hot tofu."
"How dare you talk back? I'll kill you! Hurry up, don't waste such good tea!"
Monk Minghui smiled.
"My disciple has received the master's teachings, and I am secretly happy in my heart. I don't want you to shout loudly and cut off my chance of enlightenment. I want you to compensate me for this."
Li Ye replied while warming the pot, washing the tea, and washing the cups.
Unexpectedly, Master Minghui glared and said: "You are attracted by an opportunity for sudden enlightenment. Are you obsessed with appearance again? I just taught you how to be without appearance."
Li Ye, who was pouring tea into the cup, was stunned for a moment and blurted out: "Buddha said that all appearances are false. Master, you are obsessed with my appearance. Are you also obsessed with it?"
Master Minghui was smelling the rising fragrance of flowers and tea. When he heard Li Ye's reply, he couldn't help but feel shocked, but he didn't reply immediately.
He just put the cup he held up to his lips, blew lightly, took a sip, and immediately showed a satisfied smile.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Li Ye also raised his glass to drink tea.
After tasting it several times, he sighed: "I never expected that just adding a few jasmine flowers to this spring tea before Ming Dynasty can make falling in love unforgettable. It seems that it is really difficult to achieve 'selflessness', let alone The more difficult 'colorless sound, fragrance and touch method'."
Master Minghui drank all the tea in the cup, tapped the stone table top gently, and smiled proudly.
Looking at him, he said: "Hurry up and add more tea! It is indeed rare for you to understand the principle of existence and non-existence from the tea you brewed. Considering that you have deep roots, I will put this half pack of tea leaves." I'll stay here with you, and I'll come back to you when I want to drink."
When Li Ye heard this, he almost dropped the tea cup in his hand on the table. Isn't it just half a bag of tea?
It’s so mysterious. At the very least, I can ask Mumu to take a look when she goes to visit the Buddhist capital. Maybe she can buy a few bags and bring them up the mountain.
He was thinking in his mind but did not say it out loud. He just looked at Ming Hui and smiled and said: "Master, when will the abbot of the temple come back? The disciple has not thanked him in person yet."
"How can I know the whereabouts of senior brother? It's the same thing if you say anything to express your gratitude to me. Whether he returns to the temple or not doesn't seem to have much to do with you."
"Why do you say that?" Li Ye couldn't help but frown slightly when he heard this.
"...I know you are thinking about the follow-up mental methods of "The Formless Dharmakaya". Here I can tell you that as long as you practice the sixth level to perfection, I will teach you the seventh-level mental methods immediately. Don’t lie!”
Monk Minghui glared at him and replied with a smile.
Li Ye felt happy, and the hand holding the teapot couldn't help shaking. He paused for a while before continuing to add hot tea to Minghui.
After calming down and gently putting down the teapot, he clasped his hands together and said excitedly: "Disciple thanks the master for his care."
Master Minghui waved his hand, curled his lips, picked up the tea in front of him, and took a sip.
He said softly: "Manjushri Bodhisattva said that there are many obstacles on the road to practice, as long as you always remember your original intention when you practice." After saying this, he continued to drink the flower tea in the cup.
When Li Ye heard this, he couldn't help but murmured: "Don't forget your original intention?"
Master Minghui looked at Li Ye who was in a daze, thought for a moment, and said, "What was your original intention when you followed your husband to practice Taoism?"
"Cultivating Taoism has feelings, and cultivating Taoism has feelings. This is how I felt when I first met your husband!"
Li Ye looked at the heat in the kettle on the stove on the table, but his mind went to Mr. Beipo and Mu Mu of the mountain. "
"Practice the Path of Love? This original intention is somewhat different from that of the monks in the Five Realms. Nowadays, most of the practitioners in the Five Realms are cultivating the Path of Heartlessness, just like the five men in black you and I met at the junction of the Three Realms. , what they practice is the ruthless way."
Li Ye nodded after hearing this.
"Ru Wu is very self-centered, and he pays much less on the road of cultivation than monks who practice the path of sentience. It seems that the difficulties you encountered on the road of cultivation can be explained."
Minghui looked at Li Ye quietly and couldn't help but sigh.
Li Ye was stunned by the sighing Master Minghui. After a moment of silence, he subconsciously picked up the teapot and added water to Minghui.
I thought I was just saying what was in my heart, but I couldn't understand why the master looked worried.
Mingming Buddha said that trouble is Bodhi, and he is trying hard to slowly resolve all kinds of troubles he encounters.
Li Ye's expression was not much calmer than Minghui's. He stared blankly at the withered branches outside the courtyard wall.
I was thinking about whether I should go to the forest in the mountains to collect some dry firewood to prepare for the winter, and how to make the great monk in front of me happy.
Because of the previous topic, Master Minghui seemed a little uninterested.
He drank up the tea in his cup, flicked his sleeves, stood up, waved and walked out of the hospital.
Pushing open the door of the small courtyard, he suddenly turned to Li Ye and said, "After you finish your homework in the temple, you are going to pick up some dry firewood from the mountains and prepare for heating in the winter. After all, you live here alone."
Li Ye felt confused and stood up and replied: "Thank you for your concern, master. Disciple, please pick up more dry firewood and go back to the house. I will make tea for master in the winter."
Master Minghui nodded without replying. He closed the courtyard door and left Li Ye's residence with his hands behind his back.
Li Ye was stunned, frowned and said, "Just leave like this?"
I still had many questions to ask, but unexpectedly Master Minghui waved his hand and left the courtyard without taking any tea leaves.
Watching the gradually rising autumn wind blowing over the small courtyard, making a whining sound, he lowered his head and drank all the tea in the cup.
He said softly: "I've just finished three courses of tea and I'm leaving. Do you want to be so particular? I can cook another one."
There is no form, it is all in one thought.
Unexpectedly, eminent monks such as Master Minghui are inevitably affected by appearance.
He raised his head and looked at the slightly closed courtyard door, thinking that he was really going to collect firewood in the woods at the back of the mountain tomorrow.
Since he began to practice with his husband, although he encountered countless confusions along the way, he resolved a lot of them with the care of the old monk of the Great Buddha Temple, and gradually understood some truths. Unexpectedly, when he came to Fangcun Mountain, he would have new worries. Waiting for him.
"How to explain? How to deal with it?" He was thinking about what he said and how to speak in the future so as not to hurt others, just like Minghui in front of him.
But what he didn't understand was that he had gone far beyond Minghui's estimation of him, so he pushed the door open angrily.
After decades of hard practice, he is not as good as a young man who has just entered Buddhism. How should he deal with this?
The Buddha said there is no discrimination, and many people understand it, but how many people actually practice it?
Li Ye has already practiced the "Ksitigarbha Sutra" and completed the "Lotus Sutra". Under the guidance of the old monk of the Great Buddha Temple, he has gained some understanding of both Buddhism and worldly law.
Coupled with his flawless Taoist heart, there is no comparison with Ming Hui, a master who has been practicing for many years and has to take care of the food, drink and practice of hundreds of monks in the temple.
Some truths are simpler and easier to understand. If you really get into the allusions of Buddhist scriptures, it is easier to get yourself trapped in them.
This is what the Buddha said: "It's easy to get in, but you still have to get out."
Right now, Li Ye could both get in and get out.
The key is that he has no discriminating mind, no discriminating mind, the Tao mind is non-dual.
If the Tao mind is the same, there is no need to choose. Cultivation without choice is naturally the most wonderful and rare state.
Not to mention Tianshan Mountain, the current Fangcun Mountain is also a blessed place for Li Ye to practice.
It's not because he has cultivated the formless body to the sixth level, but because he has a simple heart. Let go of your attachments and your mind will be clear. This is what the Buddha said to those who have heart obstacles.
The Li Ye in front of him couldn't be simpler. If there were any obstacles, even if there were any, that would be a problem later.
Right now, he is still a newborn baby, as clean as a piece of white paper.
As for the level of Buddhist practice, he is clean and simple.
As Minghui walked on the road, she kept muttering, never expecting that this little guy she picked up on the way was actually as good as herself in Buddhist practice.
He naturally understood that what Li Ye in front of him lacked was only time.
As long as you give him more time and let him read more Buddhist scriptures, he will one day surpass himself.
"It would be a pity not to enter my Buddhist sect!"
As he walked on the road, he sighed softly.
