Mu Fengzhi was surprised and inexplicable, and thought to himself: "Is this the place where Yama is? Why don't I see the bull-headed horse face, black and white impermanence and other errands coming to arrest me?"
The old monk suddenly emerged from the black mountain wall in front of him and said with a smile: "Master Mu, you are not dead, so naturally you can't see the evil behind."
The old monk is still the same old monk. He has not turned black or white. He is still leaning lazily on the stone wall, as leisurely as lying on his own sofa.
"Then why did the sky and the earth turn into black and white? What does this mean?"
"This is the true face of the world. Mortal eyes cannot see it clearly. Now that you have opened your Dharma eyes and your Dharma eyes are flawless, you can naturally see clearly."
"Didn't the master just say that he would smash me into a pulp and then reincarnate me? How come I didn't die and even opened my eyes?"
"You just hung yourself on the white wood, but you are already dead. The following things are just a joke. You are not the most useless person in the world. You are very different from ordinary mortals and are very useful."
Mu Fengzhi didn't understand: "What's the use of me?"
"You are actually very talented. You should have won three yuan in a row before you were twenty, but because you had other uses, I used some small tricks to change your fate!"
Mu Fengzhi's eyes widened and he laughed angrily: "Haha, haha, what else is there for? So you changed my fate? It turns out that it was you, the old thief, who was doing the evil? Then my parents, wife and children are dead. Are you also causing trouble in secret?"
"That has nothing to do with me. Your fate was not much better than it is now. You were supposed to win three yuan in a row and eventually become the Minister of the Ministry of War. Later, because you were framed by your enemies, your family was confiscated and exterminated by the emperor. After autumn, you were questioned and executed on the street. I changed it. You are destined to live a leisurely life for a few more years. It's fine if you don't thank me. Why are you scolding me?"
After hearing this, Mu Fengzhi felt calm and a little disbelieving: "You didn't lie to me?"
"Is the old monk trying to lie to you? What's the benefit? Our world is just a piece of lies. We are just puppets manipulated by strings, so what can we lie to?"
These words had a Zen meaning, and Mu Fengzhi asked puzzledly: "What does a piece of lies mean?"
"If you die, everyone who knows you also dies, and everything related to you in the world disappears, then have you really lived?"
"me……"
"So the world is impermanent, only the mind is eternal, so the world is just a lie."
"Mu Fengzhi has received the teaching, but I don't know who is the Buddha? What is the name of the Dharma?"
"My name is Qianzhong Monk. The so-called Buddha and the so-called gods are just names. Do you know who the Buddhas and gods are?"
"have no idea."
"This whirling world was created by chance. It was closed by other small worlds and was used to exile the fallen people in other small worlds who were unable to escape due to various troubles. It was like a prison in the world."
This was the first time Mu Fengzhi had heard such a shocking secret, and he couldn't help but feel chills all over his body.
"Buddhists say that when one's self-nature is perfect and all dharmas are empty, one can immediately become a Buddha! Taoists say that the body is empty and void, and it is in harmony with the Tao. The real person can be called a god, but in fact they are talking about the same thing. , different paths lead to the same destination, they all return to the true nature of human beings, and then break away from this world and go to the place they came back to."
"Where are you coming from? Is it the Jade Emperor's heavenly palace?"
"No, no! The Jade Emperor, the heavenly soldiers and generals in the heavenly palace, and others are from ancient times, a group of extremely intelligent ancestors who found a loophole in this world by finding a new way, and worked together to shatter the void, and then the way of heaven appeared. , then there are wardens like Lao Na who specialize in repairing the loopholes in this prison."
Mu Fengzhi was stunned when he heard this, and after thinking for a long time, he asked: "How could the ancient ancestors, the Jade Emperor, be so powerful? Since this world is a prison, and we are all prisoners, and you are the warden, then you will open the prison door Wouldn't it be wonderful to open it and release all the prisoners in the world? It is so difficult to cultivate Buddhism and become immortals. How many people have been there since ancient times? Wouldn't it be sad to be prisoners in prison for generations?"
The old monk Qian Zhong shook his head and sighed: "That group of people made so much noise back then that they almost completely destroyed the world. Have you heard of the ancient myth that Gonggong touched Mount Buzhou with his head, causing the pillars of the sky to break and the earth to collapse? Cut off, the sky tilted to the northwest, and the earth was dissatisfied with the southeast. In fact, Gonggong and others were the first people to leave with forceful means. After they left, the world flooded, submerging everything, and all living things in the world were killed or injured. Later, it was not until Dayu that the The flood was cured! The flood was the aftermath of Gonggong’s group of people who almost destroyed the world! The Jade Emperor’s group of people followed Gonggong’s group of people and once again broke through the void with a strong force and left. The second group of people, the second escape of this group of people, caused more serious damage to this whirling little world, and the passage that was originally relatively easy to pass has been completely closed, so it is now so difficult for people to cultivate immortality and become Buddha."
"For example, there is an isolated island in the vast sea. We are all the islanders on this island. Originally, this island was not an isolated island. There was a small stone bridge connected to the mainland. Gonggong and others left At that time, the small stone bridge collapsed, and the road to the island was almost completely cut off. Later, the Jade Emperor and others left by boat. It didn't hurt to take the boat. As a result, all the wood on the island was chopped down. Then You said, how can those of us left on the island leave? There are almost no ways to leave the island."
"You just asked me to open the prison door and let everyone out. How could it be that simple? Although this whirling world was set up to exile us, this small world is also protecting us. Opening the prison door seems to be If I put all the seawater outside the island in, wouldn’t everyone on the island drown? By then, we won’t even have the last place to stay?”
Mu Fengzhi was stunned after hearing this. After a long while, he asked blankly: "Then how did you leave after becoming an immortal and becoming a Buddha?"
"Becoming an immortal or a Buddha is like practicing swimming in rivers, lakes and seas. Finally, you can practice your water skills like a fish swimming in the water. You can swim in strong winds and waves with ease. At that time, you can naturally swim away from this island by yourself. Come on!" the old monk said, shaking his head.
Mu Fengzhi agreed, nodded and said: "This analogy is very clever! I understood it immediately, but I still have a doubt in my heart. I wonder if the master can answer me?"
"I have found you, so naturally I will tell you everything I know!"
"I, Mu Fengzhi, have no talent, no virtue, no filial piety, no loyalty, and a single person. I am the biggest waste in the world. Why did the master go to so much trouble to change my fate against the will of heaven, and then reveal his true body when I hanged myself?" Come to rescue me? There are thousands of people like me in the world, how am I different?"
The old monk's eyes lit up. It seemed that this question was on point. He smiled and said, "Since I found you, this is the question that has pleased me the most."
He paused and then said: "I often call myself a tinker in the world. Although tinkers come into being, in this world, no matter how great the supernatural power is, you still need to abide by the laws of life, old age, illness and death. Be it when you become a Buddha or become an immortal, or when you pass away and become immortal, there is no immortal person. This is the iron law of heaven in this world! If this rule is broken, heaven will cease to exist, the world will completely collapse, and everything will be destroyed. Disintegrate into nothing! Naturally, the tinker must abide by this iron law. I don’t have much time left, so I want to find the next successor to the tinker.”
"Actually, I'm overly concerned. If I don't find a tinker, after I shatter the void and leave, the way of heaven will evolve, and the next tinker will naturally emerge. However, it will take a long time. I don't know when the tinker will appear again. Craftsman, if there is no tinker in the world, and another group of people appear and leave forcibly, the already scarred world will be completely damaged, and everything in the world will turn into nothingness!"
"And those who can become tinkers are either extremely smart, wild and unruly, or compassionate. They always say amazing words and do amazing things."
"Think about things that have never been thought of by previous people, be detached from all living beings in the world, do things that have never been done by previous people, and be far above the world. In short - you are born different from ordinary people, and you are born with extraordinary intelligence. , How many people from ancient times to the present have been able to win three yuan in a row? And they behave perversely, begging all the way, and scolding the Buddha, insulting immortals, and slandering monks, Taoists, and hermits. How many people have done this from ancient times to the present? Are you? He will be an excellent next repair craftsman!”
Mu Fengzhi felt dizzy. In the past few decades, everyone had pointed fingers and insulted him in front of and behind his back, but no one had ever given him a good word to praise him?
At this moment, everyone gets drunk even if they are not drunk with wine, and people are obsessed with flowers if they are not charming. He felt that he had finally found the sailing direction for the rest of his life. He couldn't help but knelt down and kowtowed to Monk Qianzhong: "Master, please accept me!"
"Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang" he made a nine-kowtow ceremony to the great monk.
Monk Qianzhong smiled happily: "Okay! From today on, you have to shoulder the heavy burden of being a tinker. You will not be able to unload it until your body is old and damaged, you can no longer stay in this world, and you break into the void and leave!"
Mu Fengzhi became more and more excited, his eyes shining with passion: "Master, please tell me clearly, what should we do in daily life? How should we maintain world peace?"
The great monk Qianzhong smiled mysteriously and said: "This is simple and not very difficult. All you need to do is eat and drink every day, travel around the mountains and rivers, and take your time!"
Mu Fengzhi was stunned. It took him a long time before he realized that the reality seemed to be different from what he imagined?
"Master, don't joke with me. Don't we support justice, eradicate evil, and maintain the righteousness of the world? Don't we save the people from fire and water? Don't we help the old and the young, punish the bullies and bandits, and eradicate them? Corrupt officials?"
