Li Ye, who was locked in the room, completely put aside all his affairs and slept for the longest time since coming down from Fangcun Mountain.
In his words, he was basically half asleep and half awake.
When you are half dreaming, you don’t want to pay attention to the world of this world. When you are half awake, you want to find the truth of this world.
In his opinion, he killed someone in the back hill of the Great Buddha Temple because he was on the verge of life and death and had no choice.
Later, he encountered water bandits on the Fuchun River. Although he took action, he only shot and wounded rather than killed him.
Finally, on the way to Xixuan Territory, he met Minghui and then a group of killers, who did it when his life was at risk.
Otherwise, I am afraid that I will have turned into a pile of bones under the cliff.
In Li Ye's words, my life is very tough. If you want my life, you have to be prepared to take your own life.
I can't even be killed by a lightning strike, how many killers will I be afraid of?
However, this time Li Ye was no longer facing a killer who wanted to kill him, but thousands of troops from various grassland tribes. After all, he had planned it first and killed 20,000 grassland soldiers. .
No matter what excuses I have given myself these days, I always feel like I am lying to myself.
"It would be nice if Senior Brother Minghui was here, even if Master Lao Shang from the Great Buddha Temple was in front of me. At least I could ask them for advice on these things that I don't understand, so I don't have to hide in the room and worry about it."
Li Ye, who was lying on the bed, turned over and sighed quietly.
Since ancient times, sages and sages have all been lonely, wishing to sleep for a long time without waking up.
There is no sun or moon in the dream, and when I wake up I am stroking my beard.
"Master, they say that King Kong subdues demons with his angry eyes. What if the opponent is a living being instead of a demon?"
Li Ye murmured as he fell asleep.
"Idiot, even the angry eyes of Vajra are for the benefit of more sentient beings!"
The old monk Kuchan in the dream looked down at him with a kind look.
"What's the explanation?" Li Ye asked.
Buddha said: "The mind is like a skilled painter, painting all kinds of five shadows. It is inevitable in all the worlds. It means that the human heart is the origin of being able to do good and evil, knowing good and knowing evil."
The old monk lowered his eyebrows and spoke softly.
"The origin of being able to do good, being capable of evil, knowing good, and knowing evil?" Li Ye was murmuring in the dream.
"Human nature and psychological love and hate are the two sides of love and hate. In order to satisfy his selfish desires, the king will have infinite greed. However, when his selfish desires are difficult to satisfy, resentment will follow."
The old monk lowered his eyebrows and spoke softly, just like the words of Buddha.
"From the perspective of the self, love and hate are the nature of the heart and instinctive, and love and hate are often the cause of suffering and the source of troubles in the world."
"Master, the more you talk, the more confused I become." Li Ye replied softly.
"Alas! Idiot. To use an analogy, if you want to do something like Vajra's angry eyes, you must first have the compassionate heart of a Bodhisattva with low eyebrows, and embrace the love and hatred of compassion."
"When sentient beings suffer disasters, Bodhisattva will stop them and prevent them from doing evil. Bodhisattvas vow to take on the cause and effect of stopping evil people, which gives a different realm of love and hate in the world."
"Buddha said: A bodhisattva who is free from love and hate is a transcendent Bodhisattva, and a person who has love and no hatred is a sage in the world." The old monk observed this way.
Li Ye was startled and asked: "A bodhisattva who does not lose love and hate is a detached bodhisattva, and a person who loves but does not hate is a sage in the world?"
"Do you think about the Bodhisattva in this Buddhist hall or do you want to be a sage in the world? It all depends on your thoughts. Whether they are soldiers in the southern border or soldiers in the grassland, they are all living beings in this world."
"But the soldiers of the grassland carried out sword attacks on southern Xinjiang because of the king's desire, causing countless people to be displaced and putting millions or tens of millions of sentient beings under the sword. This is evil."
"If you can save the people of the grassland and southern Xinjiang from fire and water, even if you look like a king with angry eyes, it will be another manifestation of compassion." The old monk stretched out his hand to caress Li Ye's forehead. There was compassion and love in his eyes.
"Master, what you mean is that one thought means becoming a Buddha or becoming a devil. If you have no self in your heart and do the devil's things, is this also the other side of the compassion of Buddhism?"
In the dream, Li Yeruo realized something and murmured to himself.
The old monk nodded and smiled, and continued: "The Bodhisattva prays to all living beings. The reason why the Bodhisattva became the Bodhisattva and the reason why the Buddha became the Buddha is because there are living beings for him to save and there are living beings for him to perform meritorious deeds."
"Therefore, Bodhisattvas become great saviors, and Buddhas can achieve the great perfection of merit and wisdom. If there are no sentient beings for them to save, then they cannot become Bodhisattvas or Buddhas."
"The Bodhisattva wants to ask for help from all living beings... A good person wants to ask for help from all living beings. Master, why didn't you explain these Dharma to your disciples earlier, so that the disciples would be less likely to get lost in the abyss of killing karma..."
Li Ye's brows, which had been furrowed for several days, finally slowly opened and a smile appeared on his face.
"Idiot, if you don't experience a lot of suffering, how can you understand the many mysteries of the Buddha's Dharma? Many truths in the world are separated from the principles and Zen interpretations of the Buddha's Dharma. They just depend on their own understanding and persistence."
"As the saying goes: There is no difficulty in the ultimate path, only choice. If the kings of the original tribes do not make evil choices, you don't have to make the choice of Vajra Angry Eyes. This is your suffering, and it is also your opportunity to understand the Dharma. Amitabha, So good!"
The old monk picked up a flower and gently pressed it on Li Ye's forehead.
"One flower, one world, one leaf, one Bodhi. See the world from the flower, and don't let the leaves obscure the Bodhi!"
The old monk finished his Zen prayer and gradually left...
"Master, don't leave, wait a minute, disciple..." Li Ye woke up from his dream and sat up with a shout.
Staring at the ceiling blankly, he murmured in his mouth: "A Bodhisattva who is free from love and hate is a transcendent Bodhisattva, and a sage who loves and has no hatred is a sage in the world... The Bodhisattva wants to ask all living beings... Yihua One world, one leaf, one Bodhi...with the compassion of a Bodhisattva, hold up the sharp sword of Vajra's wrathful eyes..."
If I go towards the mountain of swords, the mountain of swords will destroy itself.
If I go to hell, hell will dry up.
Even if I can't be a Bodhisattva or a sage, I still have to win this war and give an explanation to the people of southern Xinjiang and the people of the grasslands.
The cavalry of the three towns, it is best for you to go back to where you came from.
My hole is dug and my knife is sharpened.
Brother Yeluqi, you'd better persuade King Khan to withdraw his troops.
Otherwise, next spring, these hundreds of miles of wilderness will be the burial place of the prairie cavalry.
Even if I am going to hell in the next life, this war will end in this wasteland in this life.
The Buddha said if I don’t go to hell, who will?
I said that if I don’t bear the consequences of this war, who will?
Li Ye already understood the world of practitioners, but he had just intervened in the secular world.
Looking back on the past, he finally understood why his husband took him to Tianshan Mountain to practice, and why he traveled thousands of miles to Fangcun Mountain to isolate himself from the world.
I just want to give him a clean and quiet practice environment so that he doesn't get caught up in the dust of the world before he enters the world.
I have the Dharma as a beacon, so why should I be afraid of the ugliness in this world?
After thinking about many reasons, a smile finally appeared on the corner of his mouth.
After getting dressed and getting out of bed, he opened the door and shouted toward the door: "Mumu, I want to eat barbecue!"
...
Li Ye shouted, but instead of calling Mu Mu, he called in the little girl Yue Ying.
"Brother, are you finally willing to go out? Sister Mumu and I have sent you meals for five days, but you haven't eaten even once."
The little girl came up and took his hand and said softly.
"I've been sleeping for five days? No wonder I'm a little hungry. Where is your sister Mumu? What has she been doing? Why hasn't she been seen? Has she taught you how to read and write these days?"
Li Ye took Yueying's little hand and walked out, asking a bunch of questions.
"Sister Mu Mu and Brother Nalan went out. They said they were going to the foundry and would be back soon."
"You come in and sit for a while. I will ask my mother to cook some porridge for my brother. My mother said that my brother has not eaten for many days and will have to eat some white porridge first when he wakes up."
Yueying looked up at Li Ye, narrowed her eyes and smiled.
The smile on the little girl's face has not stopped since she returned to Nanyun City with Li Ye.
Not only did she put on the new clothes Mu Mu bought her, she no longer had to go hunting in the snowy fields. The most important thing was that under Li Ye's careful guidance, she managed to gather energy successfully.
He became a practitioner that the tribesmen on the grassland could not even imagine.
This is her happiness and her pride.
Li Ye thought for a while, then followed her, took out some mushrooms and dried bamboo shoots and put them on the table.
He smiled and said, "Please ask your mother to cook a pot of mushroom porridge. You will also eat some later and leave a bowl for Mu Mu. We will find a way to barbecue it in the evening to satisfy your craving."
Yueying nodded kindly and replied: "Yueying likes barbecue the most, and Sister Muyi also likes it!"
Li Ye patted her little hand and said, "Send it over first. Later, I want to test what poems you have learned these days."
Yueying wrapped all the mushrooms and dried bamboo shoots on the table in a handkerchief and skipped out.
He smiled and said, "Sister Mu Mu just taught me a song called "Rhythm Enlightenment" and I only memorized half of it.
"Is the sound enlightenment? It's okay. It can be used to enlighten you now. Although it's a little late, it's better than nothing."
Li Ye looked at Yueying running out the door and said to himself.
In Li Ye's heart, the original decision to take in Yueying and her daughter was just a joke made by Mu Mu.
But after bringing Nanyun back, Biwei gradually fell in love with this quiet little girl.
In Li Ye's eyes, Yueying was different from the young lady and Mu Mu. She was a little girl who was ruthless but kind and gentle.
Perhaps he is similar to Li Xiaoxue in the Imperial City in some aspects, both have a clean soul.
Regardless of cause and effect, just look at what's in front of you. This is Li Ye's current state of mind.
If there are old monks from the Great Buddha Temple here, if there are gentlemen from the imperial city here, they should applaud Li Ye's current state of mind.
After all, he has already reached a state of giving without giving anything.
This is a kind of leap from a mortal to the realm of Bodhisattva.
It’s not about kindness, it’s about the fundamentals of human nature.
"On behalf of all sentient beings, we should endure punishment and humiliation, do evil to ourselves, and do good to others." Li Ye lowered his brows and chanted the scripture softly.
After coming to the battlefield in southern Xinjiang, he had not recited Buddhist scriptures for a long time.
At this time, all kinds of thoughts suddenly came to my mind, and I chanted softly, giving the cold hall a hint of the solemnity of a Buddhist hall, and the air was filled with the compassion of a Bodhisattva.
If I turn to Shura, my nausea will subdue myself.
If I turn to animals, I will gain great wisdom.
...
Since the king is unkind and treats the people as stupid dogs, I will use the compassion of a Bodhisattva to raise the sword of vajra to slay all the demons in the world.
No matter how strong the storm is, I am not afraid.
