The old woman and the Taoist walked leisurely to Guang Tianxiang's house, holding a wooden crutch.
The wealthy family in Zhendong had a high-walled house, and the Taoist priest stepped forward and knocked on the door. After a while, the courtyard door opened, and an old man with silver hair walked out. He was dressed in green clothes and had a thin face. His face was kind, but his brows were full of decadence and exhaustion. It was Guang Tianxiang.
Seeing a poor Taoist priest and a beggar woman standing in front of the door, Guang Tianxiang thought they were here to beg for food, so he took a few taels of loose silver from his sleeve and handed it over, frustrated and said: "I'm sorry, I have something to do at home, so I can't help you." Entertain. Take a few taels of silver and go elsewhere."
The Taoist saluted: "It is polite to respect your family. We are not here to beg. It is because you have something at home that we came here to help you."
Guang Tianxiang smiled bitterly: "Solution to the problem? Haha, I see you have difficulty eating and drinking at home. How can you solve my problem? Go ahead and go somewhere else. My family has no difficulty." It is a magic that can bring down diseases and demons, seek good luck and avoid bad luck. If the opportunity is good, it is not difficult to live the dead or change one's fate against the will of heaven. I came here today to learn about your family's karma, so please don't doubt it."
Guang Tianxiang smiled sadly: "How dare you, a Taoist priest, brag like this at such a young age? Even if you really have these abilities, there are no ghosts in my family for you to catch, no illnesses for you to let go, and there is no need for any magic to seek good luck and avoid evil. You should leave quickly and don’t make fun of the old man." After saying this, he was about to close the door.
The Taoist whisked his dust and blocked the door, and then said: "There are ghosts, sick people, and disasters in your home. Let me go in and take a look, and I may be able to give you a happy ending where the ghosts go away, people are safe, and the family is reunited." Guang Tianxiang said. Hearing this, he was annoyed and yelled: "You are so rude, a Taoist priest, how can you block someone's door and not leave. There are ghosts and sick people in my house! Could it be that you are trying to make money and endanger your life? If you don't leave, I will ask someone to beat you." Walk!"
"Your daughter-in-law hanged herself and died and turned into a ghost. Your son longed for his wife and became crazy and became ill. Your family's children and grandchildren could not be saved and became a disaster. The little Taoist priest is here to catch ghosts, cure diseases, and resolve disasters." The Taoist still did not retreat. Guang Tianxiang became even more angry and cursed: "You Taoist priests are all money-grubbing ghosts in green leather. In the past few years, hundreds of Taoist priests have come and spent all my wealth, but they have never prevented a disaster for my family. You poor Taoist priests, don't you?" You know where you got the news, and you came here to lie to me again. See if I don't beat you."
A broom was raised beside Guangtian Xiangmen, and he wanted to clean up the road. The old woman stretched out her cane to block it, and her black pupils glared: "Guang Laosan! You have no eyesight at all. This is the holy way of rescuing people who are in trouble, and I came here to help your family solve the problem. If you dare to be rude, I will not be able to keep your ancestral graves." .”
Even though the old woman fell into immortality, she was still a guardian deity. Guang Tianxiang's whole body trembled with fear when she stared at him, as if his heart was chilled after seeing a fierce tiger.
The Taoist stopped the old woman and said, "Don't be upset if you respect your family. I won't charge you a penny for practicing the Dharma. If you can't cast down ghosts, cure diseases, and eliminate disasters, I'll leave without drinking a cup of tea. If you're afraid that I might harm you, , you can hire a neighborhood watcher.”
Guang Tianxiang lamented: "Oh! Forget it, I'll let you give it a try. However, I really want to call a few neighbors to prove it, so that you don't have to do anything to hide my old age." "Please."
Guang Tianxiang hurriedly ran to call over a dozen neighbors. A large group of people surrounded him, and then he felt relieved that the two leaders entered.
Entering the courtyard, we saw that the garden was overgrown with weeds, with only dead vines remaining on the flower stands, and branches of peach and plum trees floating in disorder. It seems that something happened to the house and the owner no longer has the heart to take care of it. When I walked to the main hall, I saw strips of white silk hanging high and covered with dust; paper lanterns were hanging in the air with holes and weaving cobwebs; in the spacious main hall, there was a coffin of thick black wood lying.
The Taoist asked: "Honored family, who is in the coffin in the hall?" Guang Tianxiang lamented deeply: "It is my daughter-in-law Yang Yuling. For some reason, her body has not changed even after seven years of death, so my son does not recognize her death. , even if he died, he would not be buried, so he kept it in the hall."
The Taoist knew that the matter was related to the old woman, so he looked back and the old woman said, "Seven years ago, Mrs. Yang hanged herself. I felt pity for her, so I gave her a Chunhua Pearl, which could immobilize her body for ten years." Destroyed." The Taoist nodded and walked into the hall with the others.
In front of the hall, I saw a man with a divine face and a distinguished temperament, sitting upright on a futon and reading strange scriptures. A large group of people came, but he turned a deaf ear and continued to chant sutras. The Taoist closed his eyes and listened to him reciting sutras, and said:...There are five disasters in the world and six types of desires. Cause and effect, Xuanhuang evil is wide. It is difficult for gods and ghosts to escape, but Tao and Buddha cannot escape. If you don't learn well, you won't be successful. Excellent medicine and good prescriptions will only increase the hard work. Becoming an immortal in vain and practicing meditation diligently are also a city of sand. ...No life or death, no reincarnation, enjoy the extreme of Taixu.
The man's voice was calm, as if he was thinking to himself like a fool. When all the neighbors saw it, they all shook their heads and sighed.
The Taoist listened to the scriptures a few times and then said loudly:
People in the world have no virtue and no blessings, and their karma is caused by fate.
Both Buddhist and Taoist disciples are like worms, and it is difficult to escape from the cauldron of heaven and earth.
Whoever seeks immortality is not immortal, whoever seeks comfort is not comfortable.
Keep quiet and rest to eliminate the emptiness of all dharmas, and achieve immeasurable merit in becoming a sage.
The sound of chanting suddenly stopped, and Guangqinglu turned around in surprise. The spectator asked curiously: "Can you understand the Tianwu Zhenjing?"
The Taoist said: "I know the classics of the world just by hearing them. The "Tianwu Zhen Sutra" you are reciting is really a semi-obstinate sutra. Moreover, you only have half of the sutra. Even if you recite it for ten thousand years, you will not achieve any merit. I can’t save your wife either.”
Guangqing Lu stood up hastily, bowed to the Taoist and saluted: "It turned out that the master came to the house, the boy was rude, I hope I will forgive you. Please tell me, Taoist priest, what is the Sutra of Half-Stubbornness? Since the Taoist Master understands the wisdom of this sutra , you should know that the scriptures are true."
The Taoist smiled and replied: "The blacksmith has obtained the recipe written by the divine chef. This recipe is the semi-obstinate scripture. Now you are the blacksmith who has obtained the recipe. There is no way." "Why does the Taoist say this? This scripture has the true meaning of the world. Not many people know it, only I can understand it. Why do I get the recipe from the blacksmith?" Guangqing Lu was puzzled.
The Taoist chuckled: "This book is full of words about 'the law is impossible, the law is lawless', in order to make you forget to pursue the so-called law. But you are trying to interpret the true meaning of this book and try to figure out the Tao from it. This is not against the text. The original intention. Only you can understand it, which just means that you are the most unsuitable person in the world for this book."
"Ah! God! I wasted seven years on this book, and I didn't expect that it was all about fishing for the moon in the water. Ridiculous, ridiculous! In this case, I might as well accompany my wife to lie in the coffin!" Guangqing Road listened. "Wow" cried loudly, holding half a book of scriptures in his arms, and banged his head on the coffin. The neighbors hurriedly stopped him.
"My son, you can't die! If you die, what will you do as a father? How could you, a Taoist priest, say that my son is going to die in just a few words? You leave quickly, or I will ask someone to beat you. Get out." Guang Tianxiang was so frightened that he sobbed and cried, and drove the Taoist away in a hurry.
The Taoist was not in a hurry, and looked at Guangqing Road and said: "I have a true scripture that can revive the dead, fight off six disasters, and transform mortals into immortals. It is not difficult to find someone who is destined to teach it. If you have the heart to learn, , maybe give it a try.”
The neighbors were all angry when the Taoist was talking wildly. They pointed and shouted: "This Taoist priest is a lunatic. He is here to deceive people. Let's drive him away quickly. Don't let him harm others again!" But Guangqing Road ran over. He knelt down and worshiped, kowtowed and shouted: "I am willing to learn Dafa, as long as I can save my wife. I am also willing to risk my life. Please teach me, Taoist priest." Seeing this, the neighbors tried to pull him up, but he refused. I can only persuade him from the sidelines.
"You are a Taoist priest. Why do you think my son is crazy, so you are so cruel to harm him? If you want money, I can borrow thousands of taels of silver and give it to you. You should leave quickly and don't deceive him anymore." Guang Guang Tianxiang was so sad that he cried bitterly and pointed to the Taoist and prayed hard.
The Taoist smiled slightly: "You people are obsessed and only believe that the appearance is illusory. In this case, I will show off my heretical skills and let you see a false scene." With a fly whisk, he took a piece of water tank size from the courtyard. If you raise your hand and point your finger at the rockery stone, the boulder will turn into a large piece of shining gold.
Seeing the Taoist "flying stones and touching gold" made a group of people stare. They all walked over, kicked their teeth and touched it here and there, trying to tell whether it was true or false. Seeing that it was indeed real gold, everyone was so frightened that they knelt down and kowtowed, saying that they were immortals.
Only then did Guang Tianxiang realize that the true god had entered the world, and he hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy: "I asked the immortals to forgive me for not knowing that the true immortals were coming. In the past, I was deceived by those fake Taoist priests, so I offended the real people without knowing anything. Please don't blame the immortals and save me." As a family, the people will be grateful for eternity."
The Taoist turned sideways to avoid the crowd of kneeling people. He swept the gold with a whisk and turned it into a huge stone and flew back to the courtyard. He said: "Don't kneel down and worship. This is a small magic, just a blindfold. I am not an immortal, just a tourist passing by." Taoist priests. Even the true immortals would never dare to use magic to deceive people into kneeling down. Get up quickly. Now that the Taoist priests are here, they will try their best to help. In the future, you must remember that seeking immortality is not as good as seeking yourself. If you want to eliminate disasters, you can bring good fortune. , you still have to accumulate blessings and do good deeds at home.”
A group of neighbors all said yes and then stood up.
Guangqing Road still knelt down and worshiped the Taoist, crying and begging: "Please teach me the living dead method from the immortal Taoist. Even if you give me one life in exchange, I am willing to save my wife and return her to the dead."
The Taoist lifted up his fly whisk and said with a smile: "Follow me. If you can understand Dafa, you can save anyone you want."
When everyone walked into the courtyard, the Taoist pointed to a bowl-shaped persimmon tree in the courtyard and said, "The climate here is warmer than in the world, and the persimmons have already grown tender fruits. It's a good time. What a pity, this tree It has grown too big and the yard can no longer hold it, so I will cut it off for you." With a swipe of the whisk, a spiritual wind struck the persimmon tree in pieces. Everyone was shocked and exclaimed that the Taoist's magic was so powerful.
The Taoist looked at Guangqing Lu and asked with a smile: "What did you see?" Guangqing Lu looked at the broken persimmon tree and replied: "The persimmon tree was broken in the middle and is dead." The Taoist laughed and said: " Then you'll see." With another wave of the whisk, the persimmon tree flew up from the ground and grew again without even a trace of breakage. The neighbors were surprised. They all ran over and touched the tree trunk with their hands. Sure enough, there were no wounds.
The Taoist asked again: "What did you see again?" "The Taoist's magic can bring the dead back to life, and even broken wood can be rebuilt." Guangqing Lu said happily.
The Taoist shook his head slightly: "Then you take another look?" Looking back on Guangqing Road, he saw that the persimmon tree fell down again with a crash, the leaves turned yellow, the persimmon fruits rotted, and soon turned into rotten wood. The group of people next to the tree were all scared and ran away. Guangqing Road was also stunned and could not recover for a while.
The Taoist tapped Guangqing Lu's shoulder with a fly whisk, led him to the side of the rotten persimmon tree, leaned over and pointed at the broken roots of the persimmon tree, "Will you see it again?" Guangqing Lu lowered his head and saw that the persimmon tree had broken roots. On the side, several fresh persimmon tree buds have actually grown. "What did you see again?"
Guangqing Lu said: "Persimmon trees are born with death, and those who follow the Tao will be cut off. After death, the sun will rise again, and those who are Tao will recover. The sun will rot again because the remaining sun has been exhausted, and it has not really lived. Life and death have long been determined. After the tree dies, new shoots sprout again, which is the natural principle of cycle.”
Just when I said this, I felt like I was enlightened, my chest opened with pure air, golden light rushed into my brain, my veins, veins, and orifices all over my body opened at the same time, and I flew into the sky! He opened his arms unconsciously, raised his head and stared at the sky in trance. His whole body was as stupid as a piece of wood without emotion.
"Hahaha! Hahaha! I understand, this is Dafa. All things are created in nature, life and death flourish and wither, and children continue. There is no life, no death. The five realms are one, and the universe is the same. I will not stay away, and she will not Separate. That’s it. Haha, haha.”
Guangqing Road suddenly burst into laughter, with a wild voice that described madness. His laughter was as powerful as thunder, and his smile changed like a torrent. Sometimes he cried loudly, sometimes laughed, and started jumping and running around in the yard like a wild animal! He seemed to be extremely happy, but also seemed to be extremely sad and angry, and he had no trace of the demeanor of a normal person.
The neighbors were all scared and stayed away, wondering why he was so crazy.
