Chapter 38: Debate on the Buddha
After reciting a Buddha horn, the aftermath disappeared in the wind, and Huang Weiyang parted his closed hands, sneered at the King Kong God three times, and then turned his back and said no more. The angry monk couldn't help but be stunned, he originally thought that Huang Weiyang was going to take the opportunity to make trouble, and the sound of the Buddha's horn was only afraid that it contained the supernatural power of the Supreme Dao, and he was concentrating on his own guard. Unexpectedly, Huang Weiyang simply recited a Buddha name, and did not perform any magical spells as he imagined. He is a Taoist forgetful god, and he actually recited the Buddha's name!
Huang Weiyang's move is quite strange, but it also seems to have a deep meaning under consideration. How can a master who has escaped the sky really act recklessly, every word and deed, every move, all of which are secretly in line with the way of chance. I only see if the person who hears it can really comprehend it.
Vajra God is a master of Buddhism, although there is no real realm of heaven, but wisdom is comparable to ordinary people. Seeing this situation, he understood it in his heart, but he didn't say much, and continued to say to Lu Zheng: "The Lord of Heaven and Earth, the wish of the old monk, is it delusional, so it can't be fulfilled?"
Lu Zheng pointed out unceremoniously: "Out of the body and mind, do not change the Tao, and reach the fate, there is a great wish to talk about, otherwise it is just a delusion." Delusion and great aspiration are two and non-one, and the two do not coexist, and should not be confused. If it is really a great wish, how can it be said that it is delusional? If it is really delusional, how can it be said that it is a great wish?"
When the monks heard this, many people nodded in approval, and the King Kong God also said: "Good, what the Lord of Heaven and Earth said, it is deafening." In this way, I don't know what to think of the old monk's wish in the eyes of the Lord of Heaven and Earth?"
Lu Zheng didn't answer immediately, but turned around and glanced into the distance. Different from the Vajra God's looking at the clouds and chasing the wind just now, his eyes were on the cultivators below the Buddha Mountain, above the bright and pure land. Lu Zheng stretched out his right hand and pointed at the mountain, and asked the Vajra God: "Venerable can see all the cultivators under the mountain, Lu Zheng has a question to ask." ”
"The Lord of Heaven and Earth, but it doesn't hurt to ask, the old monk knows everything!" replied the King Kong God. He didn't follow Lu Zheng's finger to look at the cultivators under the mountain, Foshan was guarded by a magic circle, and every movement and sound under the mountain was blocked, and it would not be transmitted to Foshan at all. And those cultivators also feel like facing the mountains hundreds of miles away when they face Foshan, which is close at hand. Although Foshan is now difficult to approach, the practice is insufficient, and there is no chance to reach it after all!
Lu Zhengdao: "Please forgive Lu Zheng for trespassing, dare to ask His Holiness, how can you become a Buddha through practice?"
When King Kong God heard Lu Zheng ask this question, he smiled knowingly and replied, "Naturally, it is because people have Buddha nature. ”
Lu Zheng didn't judge, and then asked a second question: "Then why haven't cultivators become Buddhas yet?"
The Vajra God sighed, and his eyes flashed with compassion: "If the three poisons of greed, hatred, and ignorance are not eliminated, ignorance and ignorance are not broken, so you can't become a Buddha!"
"Venerable!" Lu Zheng shouted, and the Vajra God naturally responded: "The old monk is here!" Lu Zheng took the opportunity to ask the third question: "Venerable, can all beings choose not to become Buddhas?"
As soon as these words came out, not only King Kong God was stunned, but all the monks present turned their eyes to Lu Zheng, some were questioning, some were shocked, some directly showed dissatisfaction, and of course, some were thoughtful...... In the face of this kind of different gazes, Lu Zheng was calm, and the whole person was calm, like a lonely mountain with independent eight winds, and like a reef that does not avoid turbulence, no one responded, but he also did everything, showing a firm will.
There was a hint of admiration in the eyes of the Vajra God, but at the same time, he said with some hesitation: "The Lord of Heaven and Earth said this is very mysterious, if you meet someone with lofty aspirations, you should be enlightened because of hearing this word." However, if the sentient beings in the world are not aligned, if they do not know the path of Buddhahood, they are afraid that they will misunderstand cause and effect, fall into confusion, and sink into the sea of suffering without being able to transcend, which will increase the chaos between heaven and earth, and even hinder other living beings. At this point, what can I do?"
Lu Zheng laughed and said, "The senior's concern is indeed a fact, and Lu Zheng is powerless to answer it. But fortunately, I was taught by two gentlemen in the Sun and Moon Lu, and Mr. Li said with a witty saying, "But I come to learn, but I can't teach", which may help my predecessors think. If there is a fate, it is right, and if there is no fate, it is explained by the younger generations. ”
"If there is fate, it is right, and if there is no fate, it will be evil. The Vajra God recited this phrase twice and said to himself: "The realm that the Buddha has attained is called the realm of all fate, and I think it is the ultimate realm." Heaven and earth are formed by the convergence of causes, and since all the causes are unattainable, doesn't that mean that it is impossible to become a Buddha between heaven and earth? The old monk wondered, why did heaven and earth restrain sentient beings so much and do not allow Buddhas to exist?
Lu Zheng sighed in his heart, the King Kong God was confused here, no wonder he would eventually find the demon of Broken Ci Mountain, it was his cultivation that had a problem. He shook his head and said, "In fact, heaven and earth have not restrained sentient beings, let alone inhibiting the existence of Buddhas...... Venerable, as you can see from the younger generations, there is no Buddha in your heart, so you can't see the countless Buddhas between heaven and earth!"
The King Kong God frowned: "You said that the old monk has no Buddha in his heart......"
Lu Zheng actually said that a Venerable Buddha has no Buddha in his heart, but it is really disrespectful, it is like slander. The angry monk was immediately angry, his eyebrows jumped, and he was about to scold. Unexpectedly, the monk over there first recited and said, "Amitabha, I have heard the words of the Lord of Heaven and Earth, and this monk has proved that there is no leakage and no distinction, thank you!"
A pair of arms of the Zhiyuan monk collapsed in the power of the black knife sent out by the Zhiyi Mountain, and he had been an armless person until now, his sleeves were empty, but as the words fell, two hands suddenly came out of his sleeves, clasped together in front of his chest, and saluted Lu Zheng.
Monk Half Moon was overjoyed and said, "Senior brother, you have finally found your hands again!"
Zhiyuan Lay Monk smiled slightly: "At this time, I know that I have never lost it, where did I find it?"
Monk Half Moon's eyes widened, full of confusion, and said, "Senior brother, I don't understand, what do you mean by that?"
Zhiyuan said: "Don't understand, if you don't understand, it's right, let's stop making noise between the two of us, let's speak quietly!"
A few words of the two of them fell into everyone's ears, and Huang Weiyang laughed first and said, "It seems that among the monks, there are at least two people who understand." But looking at a certain Venerable, it seems to be a bit of a problem!"
The Vajra God asked, "What the Lord of Heaven and Earth said, is it not to let the old monk insist on asking for the Buddha?
When Lu Zheng heard this, he was noncommittal, and once again stretched out his hand and pointed at the cultivators at the bottom of the mountain, and said, "Since the seniors understand, may I ask who is under the mountain?"
The Vajra God finally followed Lu Zheng's gaze this time and said, "What the old monk saw, are it a group of cultivators?"
Lu Zheng asked, "Why aren't they all Buddhas?"
The Vajra God clasped his hands together and said, "Because the old monk saw this." Although these practitioners all have Buddha nature, they have no cultivation and no certificate, and they do not have the realm of Buddha's supernatural powers. Even though he may be able to become a Buddha in the future, he is not a Buddha at this time. ”
Lu Zheng also clasped his hands in front of his chest at this time and said, "His Holiness sees it truthfully, does not make a lie, and is a true speaker." However, please forgive Lu Zheng for being rude, with what the seniors said, I feel that the seniors asked the wrong question, not that heaven and earth are contrary to the wishes of the predecessors, but that the seniors themselves are contrary to their own wishes!"
It is not that heaven and earth are contrary to themselves, but that they are contrary to themselves? When the monks heard this, a few of them couldn't help but think, impossible, this lord of heaven and earth is really nonsense, and Venerable Vajra has already known the realm attainment, how can he make a chaotic path of self-mourning? This Lu Zheng has not cultivated the Dharma, but has relied on refining the Heavenly Mandate Flower, so he is so unashamed and arrogant. They all knew that the magic spell of the King Kong God's Heaven Escape Realm was not right, and they were already hostile to him, but when they heard Lu Zheng's words, they couldn't help but disagree greatly.
The Vajra God pondered for a while, and couldn't help asking: "Lord of Heaven and Earth, please forgive the old monk for being stupid, since you said that the old monk himself violated his wishes, dare to ask how it is not contrary?"
Lu Zhengdao's eyes were there, and he naturally sensed those among the monks who had a lot of opinions about him. But he didn't care, he was not a member of the Buddhist sect, nor was he the highest level in the audience, and it was most normal for him to talk about the practice of Buddhism on this Buddha Mountain, which attracted these doubts and contempt. As soon as Vajra God asked this question, he replied aloud: "Since the predecessors wish all sentient beings to see the Buddha, then what the predecessors see in their eyes should be the Buddha, so that it is not contrary to their own wishes." ”
Lu Zheng's voice is refreshing and loud, like a breeze blowing through every corner of Foshan. The Vajra God suddenly sighed, and his face looked like a loss! When the monks who slandered them just now heard this, they couldn't help but turn red, and two of them even began to recite mantras and repent.
In addition, the rest of the monks, such as the Dream Monk and the Spirit King Monk, all appeared in different phases. First of all, the dream monk who had been dreaming and couldn't wake up and closed his eyes slowly opened his eyes. As his eyelids opened, two holy rays of divine light shot out of his eyes, causing all his dreams to dissipate, and although he was still lying on the ground, he had already shown his spirit, as if he had changed from a cloudy day to a sunny day.
As for the Spirit King Monk, he himself did not have any changes, but on the flower tree behind him that was full of branches and every one was blooming brightly, all the flowers suddenly fell for no reason, and before they could hit the ground, they turned into black ashes and dissipated in mid-air. The flowers of a tree withered, and in their place, green shoots began to bloom on the branches, and at a glance it was not a flower but a leaf. Just now, the King Kong God fell into flowers, and the Spirit King Monk was slightly injured, and now the trees are full of flowers, but the Spirit King Monk is no different. On the contrary, the temperament of the whole tree has become more real and pure, completely removing the previous sense of prosperity and dazzling clutter.
The rest of the monks also have their own changes, which cannot be described exhaustively. At this time, the Vajra God said with a sense of regret: "It's really terrifying, but it's a pity that I can't hear this earlier." ”
When Lu Zheng heard this, he was silent, knowing that the King Kong God had entered the demon realm, and it was impossible for him to change anything because of what he had said. Even if you know that you are wrong, you don't think about correcting it, don't say that it is a cultivator who has entered the demons. This is like a mortal in the world, after decades of developing habits, even if they are broken by others, they also know their mistakes, and it is extremely difficult to correct them. It's not that no one can do it, but it's that the two forces are too far apart when it comes to the accumulation of decades of habits with the realization of a single thought.
The Vajra God also said: "The old monk took the liberty to hear the words of the Lord of Heaven and Earth, which shows that the Dharma is profound, the practice is not good, and the depth of the Dharma understood is far beyond that of the old monk. But as far as the old monk knows, you should have never entered the Buddhist sect, but you were only taught some Buddhist secret mantras by the disciples of the old monk back then, so do you have such a deep understanding of Buddhist practice just by practicing these mantras?"
Vajra God asked very right, Lu Zheng has indeed never practiced Buddhism, although when the master in white gave him all kinds of Taoist methods, he also gave him a lot of Buddhist practice methods, but Lu Zheng has not really practiced, and he is not even used for enlightenment. The only way he practiced Buddhism was the mantras taught by ascetics, but it would be too shocking if it were just that. It is absolutely impossible to cultivate the Dharma deeply but not as well as a few mantras, and of course the Vajra God will feel suspicious and want to ask if Lu Zheng has any other way to learn Buddhism.
Lu Zheng could have avoided answering this question, because it already involved the selfishness of the teacher. But he didn't intend to hide it, but said honestly: "Don't hide it from His Holiness, if he is enlightened in this life, Lu Zhengju will not dare to hold up in front of his predecessors like this, in fact, what he said just now is just because his predecessor has been to Foshan and practiced Buddhism very deeply!"
"Oh! It turned out to be the fate mirror to get the know. The Vajra God was stunned, and then asked, "I don't know who the Lord of Heaven and Earth was before, who has such a Buddhist practice attainment, and has been to Foshan, he must not be an unknown person." ”R1152