The torturer was still in a state of emptiness, so Tang Sanbian simply ordered Zhu Bajie to go hunting, while he and Aowu camped under the camphor tree, chopping wood and making a fire.
"Brother San Zang, take off your robe and I'll clean it in the fire for you."
Tang San took off his Huo Huan robe and threw it into the fire to wash his robe. Not long after, Zhu Bajie came back with a few deer deer and hares on his back.
Although Zhu Bajie still had some resistance to Tang San's burial, he found the rule that he didn't have to abide by the precepts very useful.
It would be more difficult to make him quit drinking, eating, and lusting than to kill him. If what was said at the beginning, in addition to creating rebellion against Buddhism, this cheap master is not bad at all.
He took out the Huohuan robe from the fire, shook it a few times and it was as clean as new, roasted the animal meat, and then took out a jar of Yaochi jade liquid. Zhu Bajie's eyes lit up and he started talking.
"Master, has the Queen Mother really become your Taoist companion?"
The torturer had told him about this before, but he couldn't believe it even if he killed Zhu Bajie, the Jade Emperor would give up his wife.
Tang Sanzong rolled the meat fat and said calmly: "It's guaranteed to be true!"
Aowu looked at Zhu Bajie with dissatisfaction and curled her lips, "Brother San Zan is so good-looking, what's wrong with my sister liking him? When I get older, I will also be Brother San Zan's woman."
Zhu Bajie didn't know whether it was because of his moans or because he was choked by the wine in his glass. His face turned red and he was speechless for a long time.
"Bajie, do you know what kind of gifts the immortals give every time the Queen celebrates her birthday?"
The Yaochi Peach Conference is held only once every thousand years. It has only been more than five hundred years now, but there is no such fanfare and the scene of tens of thousands of immortals gathering together.
At most, immortals who have a good personal relationship with the Queen Mother will come to celebrate.
Zhu Bajie thought for a while and said: "The Peach Fair is a grand gathering that only takes place every thousand years. All the people who can participate are famous immortals from the three worlds. Naturally, there are rare treasures, and there are endless elixirs and immortal herbs."
"Of course, ordinary immortals are not rich, so they should put more thought into the gifts they choose, make them cleverly, and express enough of their sincerity."
"The empress herself doesn't lack these treasures, and she won't blame anyone for giving them inferior gifts."
"By the way, Master, it's my mother's birthday soon. Can you take me, Lao Zhu, to Yaochi?"
"And me!" Aowu tugged on Tang San's sleeve.
"Well, let's see then!"
…
The moonlight was as bright as a wash, and it wasn't until late at night that Sun Xingzhe woke up from his thoughts. When he opened his eyes, he saw Tang San Burial guarding beside him, and he felt a little moved in his heart.
"Master!"
"Awake? How's the harvest?"
Tang Sanzong patted his side and motioned for the monkey to sit over.
Sun Xingzhe scratched his head and sat down next to him, "This scripture seems to be helpful to my practice, but I haven't figured it out yet."
"Well, don't be impatient in your practice, just take it step by step. I have also achieved some enlightenments on the "Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra", so I will tell you to listen to it and confirm it with you."
Sun Xingzhe knelt on the ground, "Thank you, Master, for teaching me the Dharma!"
"No need to be polite!"
Then Tang Sanbian began to talk about some of his confirmations of the Heart Sutra.
Although the effect is definitely not as good as the Bodhisattva's personal performance, he has been a monk for ten times and has various ideas and insights from later generations. He can draw parallels and make insinuations.
Of course, how much Sun Xingzhe can understand depends on his own understanding.
"To gain the wisdom of Prajna, we must first let go of the names and images of the other shore. Put aside our experience, understanding of the other shore, and the mirror-image names and images that emerge in our minds."
"The Diamond Sutra says that all appearances are false. If the mind is free from worries, then the nature of dependent origination is empty."
Tang San buried his mind in the wonderful realm of preaching and didn't realize it. He just talked about whatever came to mind. The further he went, the more it seemed like a summary of his own practice.
Not only Buddhism, but also some Taoist and Taoist ideas, Confucianism, and even some ideas from hundreds of schools of thought are constantly mixed in.
Sun Xingzhe was able to confirm what he had understood at first, but as he went on, he found it more and more obscure, so he could only forcefully remember every sentence Tang Sanbian said and slowly digest it.
"The origin of the great road is not the essence of time and space, permanent reality, and it is not the wisdom of the three realms. Therefore, the Supreme Being has said: Absolute sage abandons wisdom!"
"It is to abandon small wisdom, return to innocence and simplicity, and understand the true meaning of Tao, which is somewhat similar to the emptiness of Buddhism."
"But what is the essence of reality? I think it should be the origin of the great road, which exists forever."
"Tao has been defined by the Supreme Being. It is a mixture of things, born in advance of heaven and earth. It is lonely, independent and unchanging, and moves around without peril. It can be the mother of heaven and earth. I don't know its name, but it is called Tao."
Tang San's burial hand seals were constantly changing in conjunction with the Dharma, from the Vajra Seal to the Dharma Seal, and then to the Sanqing Seal, Tai Chi Seal and other hand seals to convey the Tao.
The whole person enters a state where spirit merges with Qi, Qi merges with body, and the state of emptiness is extremely tranquil.
Good guy, if anyone from the Buddhist sect sees him wearing a monk's robe as a Taoist priest, he will probably faint from anger.
Tang San's hands did not slow down at all, and he continued to play out the hand gestures, "The way of observing the sky and the journey of holding the sky have been completed."
boom!
Suddenly, a strong earth element radiated from his body, and Tang San's burial seemed to be integrated with the earth, hidden in the ground.
The brown soil on the fingertips is churning, turning into rock magma for a while, and gravel and dust for a while, and the three mountains and five mountains are faintly visible.
At the same time, a sharp golden white light was faintly revealed above the Earth Element Dao Principle, and Sun Xingzhe felt a pain in his skin.
The principles of earth element are accomplished!
Tang San was overjoyed, but he stopped realizing it, but he didn't regret it. He didn't expect that the opportunity would come, and he would realize the Earth Element Dao Principle to great success, and along with it, he would give birth to the sharp gold energy.
"Master, have you made a breakthrough?"
Tang Sanbian took back the Earth Element Dao Principles on his fingertips and said with a smile: "I didn't expect to take this opportunity to understand the Earth Element Dao Principles."
"By the way, Wukong, have you noticed any changes in yourself after you were pressed into the Five Elements Mountain?"
Regarding the monkey being tampered with, Tang Sanzian decided to tell him the truth.
Sun Xingzhe was stunned when he heard this, and then started to think.
"Master, in terms of changes, my old Sun's temper seems to be better than before. Does this count?"
"Ever since I was trapped in Two Realms Mountain, I have felt tired. It seems that my ambitions have been squandered. I have also seen through the various ways of human nature. I just want to be free and retreat to Huaguo Mountain."
Tang San asked again, "Then do you know why your cultivation has not improved even for more than five hundred years?"
Sun Xingzhe trembled all over and asked, "Master, have you discovered my problem?"
Tang Sanzun said slowly: "If I guess correctly, the Tathagata took action and used the magical power of the Buddha's Kingdom in his palm to kidnap you into the Buddha's Kingdom in full view of everyone and tampered with you."
"What?"
Sun Xingzhe asked in silence.
"Do you know what your spiritual path is?"
Sun Xingzhe shook his head and said: "I only know that the technique I am practicing is the golden elixir method. It has the same longevity as heaven and earth, the same strength as water and fire, and can resist the three disasters. I think it should be a pure Xuanmen technique."
Tang Sanzian shook his head, "Yes, that's wrong too!"
"It's true that what you practice is Xuanmen Kung Fu, but your great way is the road to cultivating the mind!"
"The road to cultivating the mind?" Sun Xingzhe murmured to himself, thinking deeply.
Then Tang Sanbian explained his guess. After hearing this, Sun Xingzhe immediately became furious and cursed Tathagata.
Tang Sanzun stopped him and said: "Don't be anxious, you will eventually encounter your demonic thoughts ahead, and then it will be the day you advance to Da Luo."
As for the six-eared macaque, Tang Sanzong didn't tell him in advance, lest the monkey couldn't calm down and leak its stuffing.
Sun Xingzhe stopped cursing, thought for a while and asked: "Master, what do you think is it better for me to fuse my demonic thoughts or to cut off my demonic thoughts?"
"Whether it is fusion or annihilation, it will not affect your path of cultivation. You will eventually enter Daluo."
"only……"
Tang Sanzong waved his hand, and a memory picture of what he had seen in Chang'an was transformed into a picture. Sun Xingzhe stared at it carefully.
Chang'an Street was crowded with people.
Many people gathered around a field, and it seemed that people from all walks of life were performing performances such as holding a gun and swallowing a sword, breaking a large stone on the chest, and selling powerful pills.
Then the scene changed and the line of sight widened. Next up was a man performing a monkey show, tying up several monkeys to act ugly, bowing and begging for coins.
Tang Sanbian looked at him meaningfully and said, "These monkeys are controlled by others to perform, are they still monkeys?"
"Yes, they have not changed, only their nature has changed!"
"Integrate demonic thoughts, restore your original nature, and return to the Monkey King who shook the three realms; or become a Buddhist sage who slays demonic thoughts, only seeks comfort, and surrenders to reality."
"It depends, what kind of monkey do you want to be?"
