Chapter 5: In practice, we rely on random guessing!
Also unable to fall asleep tonight, Zhang Cundao suffered from insomnia again. With nothing to do, he read through the "Green Wood Sutra" and "The Sutra of Transformation of Demons". If there were any unfamiliar words that he didn't recognize, he skipped them. Although he was stuck in reading, who was it?
He couldn't sleep!
Early the next morning, Li Zhenzi asked him to come to the 'main hall'. This main hall was the room where the headless statue of the god was enshrined.
The master was already sitting cross-legged under the statue of the god. He got an earthenware urn from nowhere and knocked it with a small stick, making a clear "buzzing" sound.
In front of him were two shabby futons, and in front of one of them was a set of folded clothes.
Zhang Cundao walked into the hall, followed Li Zhenzi's example, saluted him, and called him "Master".
The master nodded, pointed to the futon and the clothes in front of him, and said, "This will be your seat from now on, and these are your clothes." After saying that, he remained silent.
Zhang Cundao looked at the clothes he was wearing and realized that he should indeed change them.
At this time, the master hit the urn and said: "Morning class begins!"
Li Zhenzi and Zhang Cundao hurriedly sat cross-legged on the futon, and then the master said: "Yesterday, I received the Taishang Wuwei Jingjing Sutra presented by my disciple Zhang Cundao. I studied it all night and learned a little bit about it. I should share it with all the disciples."
After saying that, he began to preach: "The first sentence of the Qingjing Sutra 'is as clear as the sun, as clear as the night.' I think that the top of the head should be used as the sun and the feet as the night. Therefore, the clear air will come in through the top of the head and be deposited in the
soles of feet."
Hearing this sentence, Zhang Cundao's eyes opened wide. Because in Professor Wen's annotation, this sentence means: "(The spirit) is as clear as the scorching sun during the day, as conspicuous as the bright moon at night." This sentence.
The explanation of the words, when it comes to the master, is that "the pure Qi comes in through the top of the head and settles on the soles of the feet."
These are clearly diametrically opposed to each other. One is talking about Lama, and the other is talking about being a hot mom. These are two completely different things, right?
Zhang Cundao lowered his head, hiding his incredulous expression, but he was thinking in his heart what was going on.
At this time, the master continued: "I tried it last night. The fresh air came in from the top and settled on the soles of the feet, and there was a blockage in the chest and abdomen. Therefore, the second sentence 'Nan Nan Pass, Tong Bi Que' should be
It turned around at Nanguan and headed towards Bi Que. This Bi Que should be the chest..."
The master kept talking, and Zhang Cundao's heart exploded again! Professor Wen's explanation of this sentence is: "Only when Nanguan is narrow can you pass the Bi Que (Bi Que, a very small bird in legend)."
This is a completely different explanation!
While the master was explaining the 1,250-word scripture, he kept talking about his attempts. Zhang Cundao gradually realized that the master interpreted the scripture as a martial arts secret book!
Finally, the master said: "The Qing Jing Sutra is different from our scriptures. It has more metaphors and is more obscure. But I practiced it all night and I feel much better."
Hearing this, Zhang Cundao didn't know what to say even more. You may be practicing blindly and creating hallucinations!
When Li Zhenzi heard this, he also said: "If this is the case, then it means that the master's enlightenment is in the right direction!"
That's right? I think there is a big problem! Zhang Cundao complained in his heart.
But looking at the master who was in good spirits and Li Zhenzi with a smile on his face, he didn't know what to say. Could it be that your understanding is wrong? That's not how you understand this scripture!
Aren’t you making yourself miserable? Who would believe you?
Just when Zhang Cundao was making all kinds of wild guesses, the master looked at Zhang Cundao, looked at the expression on Zhang Cundao's face, and suddenly said: "Zhang Cundao, you have just come into contact with spiritual practice, so it is normal that you cannot understand what we say. This is how practice is.
We must always ponder and verify the text, so that we can understand it clearly and practice correctly.”
He paused and continued: "This Sutra of Taishang Wuwei Qingjing is your sutra. You will be more in tune with this sutra and practice faster. As a teacher now, I only know that this sutra has some influence on the spirit and soul."
The benefits, if you discover anything during your practice, you should share it with us."
Zhang Cundao could only respond vaguely.
In the following time, Zhang Cundao continued to suffer from insomnia. The morning classes continued every day. As the morning classes continued, the master finally forced Zhang Cundao to practice according to his 'explanations'!
Zhang Cundao was very reluctant in his heart, because the master's understanding was completely different from Professor Wen's understanding, and Professor Wen's annotation and understanding were more gentle and harmless.
But the master's understanding sounds even more absurd and unruly. If you really want to cultivate, I'm afraid something will go wrong.
But the situation was stronger than others, so he had to start practicing under the "step-by-step" guidance of his master.
"Yes! That's it. Have you ever felt a breath of fresh air coming in from the top?" the master said in his ear.
Zhang Cundao nodded. He did feel a stream of fresh air entering from the top of his head, and then rushing downwards. This feeling was very strange. It seemed that everything the master said was wrong, but this mistake was also useful?
Establishing a theory out of mistakes? This path was something Zhang Cundao had never imagined.
And it is true as the master said, he seems to be very consistent with this scripture. With a little effort, he can attract the clear air into his body, and then under the master's guidance, the clear air passes through the various 'gates' of the body smoothly.
Then it fell silent at the soles of my feet.
After practicing like this for ten days, one day suddenly, the Qi accumulated at the bottom of Zhang Cundao's feet seemed to reach a critical point and suddenly surged out!
The clear air leaking downwards rushed out, and Zhang Cundao suddenly felt a heartbreaking pain!
"Ah!" The severe pain made him cry out, which made the master next to him change his expression and immediately said: "What's wrong? What's wrong?"
"It hurts..." Before Zhang Cundao could finish his sentence, he closed his eyes and fainted from the pain!
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"Ah!" Zhang Cundao suddenly jumped up from the bed with an exclamation. He immediately touched the bottom of his feet, and then breathed a long sigh of relief.
The bottom of the foot is still there! The severe pain just now was like using a saw to cut my leg, and it was like ten thousand needles piercing through the flesh.
Although the pain is no longer there, the psychological shadow is still there!
"It hurts too much!" Zhang Cundao was still frightened at this time.
"You can't go to that place! Otherwise you will definitely be killed!" Zhang Cundao didn't know what the consequences would be if he died in that place, but thinking about the wound on his shoulder that day, he knew that the consequences would not be good!