Chapter 57 Bodhidharma faces the wall, where is his back
"Dharma faces the wall, where is his back facing?"
Master Jiankong's voice slowly spread, and the entire crowd waited with bated breath for Master Zhiren's answer. If this question is taken literally, it is natural that his back is turned to the cave door.
The allusion of Bodhidharma facing the wall is almost a household name. The Patriarch Bodhidharma faced the wall for nine years in a natural stone cave on the top of Songshan Mountain, which has become a beautiful story in the history of Buddhism.
Bodhidharma faced the wall in the cave for nine years. When he left, the image of him facing the wall was vaguely visible on the stone opposite to meditating. Later generations called this stone "Dharma's shadow stone."
", and many literati have left poems to record it, including one "Ode to the Stone Facing the Wall"
A stone in Shaolin is a person.
It's clearly a person, it's clearly a stone.
What stone? Stone facing the wall,
Who is this person? Buddha facing the wall.
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"Dharma faces the wall and his back to the seeker with a broken arm!" Master Zhiren answered without hesitation.
"Where is the man who seeks Dharma with a broken arm? Are you referring to the Second Patriarch Huike?" Master Jiankong continued to ask.
"Are you asking about the man with a broken arm seeking Dharma in the history of Zen Buddhism, or the current Dharma seeker with a broken arm?"
"What is the difference between the one in the history of Zen Buddhism and the one now?"
"What is the difference between the past and the present? The Buddha Dharma has the destiny of the Tathagata. If there is no upward pursuit of transformation and no motivated people, how can we shoulder the destiny of protecting the Dharma!"
"Amitabha, what a person who faces a broken arm to seek Dharma. Bodhidharma faced the wall without teaching. He faced the wall silently all day long. He closed his eyes while facing the wall. The wall turned to face and broke the wall. I would like to ask: Since Bodhidharma faced the wall, why did he break the wall?
, what is this broken wall?"
"Amitabha, if you break the wall face to face, what are you breaking? What you are breaking are our obstacles, our attachments, our attachments, our obstacles. When we face the wall in life, there are obstacles everywhere. This needs to be broken."
Master Zhiren smiled and said slowly: "Where is Bodhidharma facing the wall? Facing the wall for nine years is to educate the younger generation. Facing the wall for nine years is to teach the Dharma. Facing the wall for nine years is to spread the Dharma widely. So, we can only ignore life and death.
, only if you are not afraid of life and death, face the heavy responsibility of life and death, bear the heart that we are afraid of life and death, face the heart of fear of life and death, not be afraid, no longer escape, face, take responsibility, this is the purpose of our Bodhidharma facing the wall
.So Bodhidharma faced the wall, and the second ancestor Huike broke off his arm to seek the Dharma. We say that Bodhidharma faced the wall and turned his back to the person who broke off his arm to seek the Dharma."
Bang! Bang! Bang!
As soon as Zhiren finished speaking, the onlookers burst into applause. Most of them were Buddhist believers and were familiar with Buddhist allusions. In order to let Patriarch Bodhidharma teach the Dharma, the second ancestor Huike broke off his arms and became a Zen sect. He was known as
Those who seek Dharma with broken arms.
Of course, there were many people who looked confused. Mo Yongxing, Zhang Hua and Tong Min all looked confused. Apparently they had never heard of the allusion of seeking a dharma with a broken arm.
Qin Yu listened with interest. The words of these two masters were full of wit and Zen. Reading them carefully was very rewarding.
"Amitabha, I am compassionate. Since Bodhidharma was mentioned facing the wall, I would also like to ask: Where is Bodhidharma facing the wall?" Zhiren began to fight back.
"Facing those who seek Dharma with a broken arm." Jian Kong said with a smile. As soon as he said this, the crowd was in an uproar. Master Zhiren had already said that his back was to those who sought Dharma with a broken arm. Why did Master Jian Kong say the same thing?
"Although I don't quite understand what I heard, what I said is obviously wrong. Master Gang Zhiren said that Bodhidharma faced the wall and turned his back to the seeker with a broken arm. Everyone applauded and approved. Why did he change his face to the wall?
Are you a man who seeks Dharma with a broken arm?" Zhang Hua poked Qin Yu's side and asked.
"Facing the person who is seeking the Dharma with the broken arm?" Qin Yu also frowned. Since his back is to the person who is seeking the Dharma with the broken arm, why is he facing the person who is seeking the Dharma with the broken arm?
"Qin Yu, who is this man with a broken arm seeking Dharma?" Mo Yongxing said from the side.
"The person who seeks the Dharma with a broken arm refers to the second ancestor Huineng, but the person who seeks the Dharma with a broken arm in Master Zhiren's mouth refers to those who have the heart to worship the Buddha and have great perseverance."
"Yeah, why didn't I think of that!" After Qin Yu answered Mo Yongxing casually, a sudden inspiration flashed in his mind, he slapped his thigh and exclaimed.
"What are you doing when you are so startled?"
Mo Yongxing was startled by Qin Yu's movements and voice. Qin Yu's voice was a bit loud. Everyone in the crowd was still trying to figure out the Zen meaning in Master Jian Kong's words. At this moment, they all turned their eyes when they heard Qin Yu's exclamation.
Got him.
"What did this young layman understand? You might as well tell it for everyone to hear." Master Jiankong also turned his eyes to Qin Yu, with a kind smile on his face and encouraged him.
"Xiao Ke's personal opinions will only make people laugh. How dare you show your embarrassment in front of the master."
"Buddha once said: Everyone in the world is a Buddha, and the original mind is among countless people. This means that there is a Buddha in everyone's heart. As long as you understand it clearly, you can directly point to the original mind. There is no distinction between big and small. It doesn't matter if you say it.
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"In that case, Xiaoke, let me explain my understanding. If there is something wrong, please ask the master for advice."
Qin Yu put his hands together in front of Master Jiankong and performed a Buddhist salute. He sorted out the words in his mind before speaking: "Master Gang Zhiren said, Bodhidharma faces the wall and his back to the seeker with a broken arm. In a narrow sense, the seeker with a broken arm comes up."
Speaking, it refers to the second ancestor Huineng, because Bodhidharma faced the wall and did not preach or teach the Dharma. Only the second ancestor Huineng received Bodhidharma's inheritance, so it is said that Bodhidharma faced the wall and turned his back to the second ancestor."
"In a broad sense, those with Bodhidharma facing the wall and his back are those who have the connection with Buddha and have great perseverance. It is said that the Dharma is not taught lightly, and the Buddha saves those who are destined to have it. Therefore, Master Zhiren said that Bodhidharma faces the wall with his back to those who seek Dharma with broken arms."
After saying this, Qin Yu softened his tone for a moment before continuing:
"Buddhism pays attention to cause and effect, past and present lives. Whatever cause is planted, the result will naturally come out. Bodhidharma turns his back to the broken arm to seek the Dharma. This is the cause. If there is a cause, there will be an effect. The reason for the Dharma to find the right person is to turn his back to the broken arm to seek the Dharma.
If a predestined person finds the Second Patriarch Huineng, he will naturally teach Mahayana Buddhism to those who seek Dharma with a broken arm. This is the result. So Bodhidharma faces the wall, his back to the Dharma seeker with a broken arm, and his face towards the Dharma seeker with a broken arm."
What Qin Yu said is actually very simple, just like something we often do - getting on the bus is a cause, and if there is a cause, there is an effect, and getting off the bus is the effect. Because we get on the bus, we must get off.
car.
"It's a good talk about cause and effect. If you have some free time, young layman, you might as well sit down and discuss Zen with me." Seeing Master Kong stroking his beard and laughing, he invited Qin Yu.
"The two masters have given you a gift that you can never ask for."
At that moment, Xiao Shani on the side presented a futon. Qin Yu thanked him and sat cross-legged. Like the two masters, the three of them formed a triangle.
As Qin Yu sat down, Shani on the side began to persuade the crowd around to disperse. In the past few days, every time Zhikong and Master Jianren had a sharp debate, after each asking a question, they no longer allowed other people to listen.
Some people who came often knew the rules and left even though they regretted it. As for some tourists, they were not really interested in these vague words and left one after another when they saw Shani dispersing the crowd.
"These lay people might as well take a stroll in our temple." The crowd quickly disappeared, leaving only Mo Yongxing, Zhang Hua and Tong Min. Master Zhiren said to them with a smile.
Zhiren's words were very polite, but they still had an obvious meaning of driving people away. Mo Yongxing wanted to say a few words, but was pulled away by Zhang Hua.
"Well, Xiaoyu, we're going to go shopping. If you're done, just give us a call."
"What do you call the little layman?" Zhiren asked Qin Yu after the three of them walked away.
"You can save your surname from Qin and give me a single name of Yu."
"Does Master Qin know why the two of us have been debating Zen under the bodhi tree? For so many days."
"It should be because the bodhi tree represents the enlightenment in Buddhism." Qin Yu thought for a moment and expressed his opinion.
"No, although the Bodhi tree is also called the tree of enlightenment, our generation is far from being able to compare with our Zen predecessors. We have stayed under the Bodhi tree for a long time, but the Tao is difficult to understand. The reason why we debate Zen under the Bodhi tree is
To wait for someone." Zhiren looked at Qin Yu with soft eyes.
"Waiting for someone? Don't tell me that the two masters are waiting for Xiao Ke?" Qin Yu is not stupid. Master Zhiren's words revealed the message. If the person waiting was not him, he would not have told him about this matter.
"Have Master Qin heard the prophecy made by Master Tripitaka, the wise medicine, under the bodhi tree?" Master Zhiren did not directly answer Qin Yu's words, but asked another question.
"I heard that it was about the prophecy that the Sixth Patriarch would become a Bodhisattva and teach Buddhism." Qin Yu nodded and replied.
"My Buddhist family has a secret technique that predicts the future. It is somewhat similar to the Christian prophecy technique. Master Sanzang, the wise medicine, used this secret technique to know that the Sixth Patriarch Huineng would receive ordination under the Bodhi tree one hundred and seventy years later.
He taught Mahayana Buddhism, so he left behind prophecies."
"Master, please speak clearly if you have anything to say!"
Taoists also have secret techniques such as prophecy. Unlike fortune tellers, fortune tellers can determine the fate of a person by looking at a person's face, and sometimes the fate will change due to certain reasons.
Affection
The prophecy technique is to predict what will happen in a certain period of time in the future. Such predictions are generally certain and will not make mistakes. Of course, the premise is that the person who performs this technique really has such a profound ability.
"My Buddha has mercy. More than two months ago, on the night of March 2, my former abbot of Guangxiao Temple, Master Mingjue, observed the sky at night and discovered that the Ziwei star was moving strangely, the Big Dipper was shining brightly, and the twenty-four stars were shining brightly.
Accordingly, the heavens were deceived, and it seemed that someone had stolen the luck of the stars. Abbot Mingjue was already ninety years old. In order to find out the cause of the abnormality of the stars, he used secret techniques and saw a certain fragment of the future, leaving us with
A prophecy, he will pass away in two days."
"The night of March 2nd?" Qin Yu recalled for a while, and suddenly a light flashed in his eyes. Wasn't the night of March 2nd the night when he touched the ancient Bagua stele and obtained Zhuge's inheritance?
"Could this star phenomenon have something to do with me?" Qin Yu remained calm. Since Master Zhiren has said this, he will get the answer if he continues to listen.
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