In Li City, Qin Mu came to the Buddhist temple in Li City early in the morning, knocked on the door and handed over a greeting card, saying, "I'm here to see Master Ma."
The monk who received him quickly went back to report.
The reason why Qin Mu said he came to see Ma Ye instead of Ma Tathagata is because Ma Tathagata is the leader of Buddhism and needs to sit in Daleiyin Temple to promote Buddhism, and Ma Ye is his relative.
One is identity, the other is family affection.
When you come to see Ma Tathagata, you have to take on the identity of the Human Emperor and the Heavenly Saint Leader. When you come to see Ma Tathagata, you have to take on the identity of a child raised by Ma Ye.
After a while, the fetching monk came over and said, "Master Ma has invited you."
Qin Mu smiled and followed him into the temple. This temple was allocated to the Great Leiyin Temple by the gods and demons of the Emperor Taihuang. The monks of the Great Leiyin Temple built a temple here and practiced daily.
Qin Mu looked up and could see the hazy Twenty Heavens hanging in the sky above the temple. There were also many monks below the Twenty Heavens, chanting sutras constantly. The sound of chanting collided in the air and turned into streaks of Buddha light.
, pouring into the twenty heavens.
The Twenty Heavens are the Buddhist heavens, and the Twenty Heavens floating above the temple are the projection of the real heavens, not real.
Qin Mu looked away. At this moment, he saw a simple old man who had taken off the Tathagata's robe and looked at him with a smile.
Mr. Ma.
Qin Mu became excited. Ever since Ma Ye became Ma Tathagata of Daleiyin Temple, they had spent less time seeing each other. Ma Rulai took off Tathagata's robe and came to see him as a relative. How could he not
Excited?
But this is the dojo of Daleiyin Temple after all, and there are monks everywhere. He must suppress the surging family affection in his heart and not cause trouble to Master Ma or cause any mental distress.
"Master Ma, haven't you already contacted the twenty heavens a long time ago?"
Qin Mu stabilized his mind and asked curiously: "Why are you still in constant contact with the twenty heavens now? Don't the Buddhas in the Buddhist world teach higher-level skills and methods?"
"It has been passed on. But not many have been passed on."
Mr. Ma led him to the monks who were chanting sutras and communicating with the Buddhist world. He saw that the interior of the temple was quite spacious, with nearly a thousand monks sitting cross-legged, some on the ground and some in the air.
Others sat on the pagoda and said: "The Buddhist world means that we should concentrate on cultivating Buddhism and do not need to participate in the disputes of the world. They don't want to pay attention to worldly things and seem to have many taboos. But I
The idea is to ask them to teach profound Dharma. The Buddha has the heart to save the world, so how can he see the worldly people falling into misery and not save them?"
Qin Mu looked around and saw hundreds of monks, both male and female, and demons, all chanting the Buddha's name, making the Buddhas in the twenty heavens restless.
This method of fighting is more like a method of harassment. If you chant the name of the Buddha, the Buddha will hear it. These monks of the Great Leiyin Temple are chanting the names of the Buddhas.
"There were originally several Buddhas who passed down the Dharma, but later no one passed it on again and kept it secret. I wanted to ask them to go down to the next world, but they didn't want to go down to the next world to help me."
Mr. Ma shook his head and said: "I think they are not afraid of messing with the world, but are afraid of some terrible existence. Although they have advanced realms and advanced skills, their mental state has fallen behind. Before.
For a few days, the Buddhas in the Buddhist world were disturbed by the disturbance, so I came up with the idea to test the Dharma among the Buddha's disciples."
"A test of Buddhism?"
Qin Mu suddenly became interested and said with a smile: "How to compare?"
"It is to select the disciples of the Buddha and compare their level of Buddhist attainments. This kind of comparison is a comparison from a distance. The one I sent out was Zhan Kong."
Master Ma raised his hand and pointed, saying: "Zhan Kong is there, he has already defeated several Buddhist disciples from twenty heavens."
Qin Mu looked up and saw the demon ape Zhan Kong sitting on a tower. The tower seemed to be as high as the twenty heavens. Opposite him, there was a Buddha sitting, riding a precious elephant.
Like wearing a necklace, it is extremely gorgeous.
Behind the precious elephant is a gorgeous temple complex, with haloes of light swirling behind the heads of tall Buddhas, and their Dharma images are solemn.
The debate between the two was quite fierce. The Buddha from the Twenty Heavens was eloquent and eloquent. He spoke for half an hour without stopping. His voice was sometimes high-pitched and passionate, sometimes low, but people couldn't help but listen carefully.
This eloquent speech can be described as a long and irrefutable argument.
After the Buddhist disciple finished speaking, he finally stopped talking and looked at the demon ape with a smile on his face.
The demon ape stretched out its furry palms, with five thick black fingers, and said in a vague voice: "Extremely."
The Buddhist disciple didn't understand what he wanted to say and thought hard. After a while, the demon ape said again: "Empty."
The Buddhist disciple frowned and suddenly thought about it. The Demon Ape said again: "Yes."
The Buddha's body trembled slightly and he lost his voice: "Why is it still there when it's empty?"
The demon ape turned a deaf ear and said: "Quiet."
The Buddhist disciple was furious and shouted: "If there is, why can we be still? Your words are not in line with Buddhism!"
The demon ape said: "Wei."
The Buddhist disciple was so angry that he was about to refute everything when suddenly his body was shaken and he froze on the back of the elephant, dumbfounded and speechless.
Behind him, a giant Buddha sighed: "There is stillness in the sky. It is too high and wonderful. The words are like pearls. Each word is a treatise on the Mahayana of Buddhism. Five words connected together are extremely profound. The sky is empty.
Prime Minister, you have been talking for half an hour, and you have said many long words, but unfortunately it is not as good as any of his five words. You are defeated, go down."
The Buddhist disciple Kongxiang stood up from the treasure elephant, bowed to the demon ape, and then slowly retreated.
Qin Mu was shocked and horrified, and said to Master Ma, "Master Ma, does this big man really have wisdom?"
Mr. Ma solemnly said: "You have great wisdom! Even above me, higher than Mingxin!"
At this time, another Buddha came from the twenty heavens. He came from the heavens on the upper level, followed by several Buddhas with huge bodies. As soon as he sat down, this Buddha's whole body shone brightly and dazzlingly.
Shining down from the twenty heavens, it illuminated everyone in the temple.
This Buddha's light shone all over the place, which shocked all the monks in the temple: "This Buddha has such profound Dharma cultivation!"
The demon ape raised his hand and blocked it in front of his eyes. His big hand blocked the Buddha's light, and the shadow of his hand cast on his face.
The Buddhist disciple who had just sat down was about to speak and argue the Dharma. Seeing this, he was shocked. His throat suddenly felt sweet, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he lost his voice and said: "Your attainments in Dharma are so high? I haven't had time to say it yet.
I have been defeated by your argument!" After saying that, he fell down on his back, feeling as angry as a gossamer.
Behind him, the big Buddhas rushed to save people and finally rescued him. One of the Buddhas praised: "Puzhao Buddha wants to argue the content of the Dharma this time. What is Ming? I never thought that this little Buddha would directly defeat him."
It’s really a problem with your eloquence! I admire you, I admire you!”
Qin Mu was dumbfounded. He looked away from the demon ape with difficulty and looked at Mr. Ma in confusion.
He could no longer understand this argument.
Mr. Ma explained: "Puzhao Buddha started his topic with the word "Ming", and the whole body shone brightly, and the Buddha's light shone universally. But Zhan Kong raised his hand to block it, and what he held was darkness, which told him that where there is light, there is darkness, and they are interdependent.
Therefore, Puzhao Buddha's method of argument was directly cut off, and he could not speak a single word, and he choked himself until he vomited blood. This shows Zhan Kong's wisdom root."
Qin Mu was also speechless.
He could see that the disciple Pu Zhao just now had extremely high cultivation and was probably a master of Buddhism in the realm of gods and humans. Even if Qin Mu faced off against him, he might not be able to defeat him.
Unexpectedly, the demon ape blocked the light tightly and illuminated the Buddha, then he vomited blood and almost died!
The demon ape has reached the twenty heavens of great merit and virtue, and the next heaven is the great debate of talent.
In the Great Argument Heaven, the Buddhas and a young Buddhist disciple came to face the demon ape. The young Buddhist disciple slowly sat down and didn't speak much. He held the Dharma seal and a lotus in his hand and said: "No.
"
The demon ape said: "Yes."
The young Buddha frowned, put down the lotus flower, and said, "Yes."
The demon ape said: "Nothing."
The young Buddhist stood up and asked, "Are you an ordinary person?"
The demon ape shook his head: "I, Saint."
The young Buddhist asked a deafening question and shouted: "Are you a holy Buddha?"
The demon ape shook his head again: "I, Fan."
The young Buddha's face turned red and he said angrily: "Sometimes you say there is nothing in my hand, and sometimes you say there is nothing in my hand. I ask you if you are a mortal, and you say you are a holy Buddha. I ask you if you are a holy Buddha? What are you doing?
Say you are a mortal! What exactly do you want to say?"
The Buddhas behind him frowned and summoned several vajras to fork him down. One Buddha apologized to the demon ape and said: "Junior brother, forgive me, he has messed up his original mind. Sometimes there is no action, but there is nothing. The mind should be holy when it is holy."
Yifan. I admire my junior brother’s Buddhist attainments.” Note ①
The demon ape returned the favor but said nothing.
Qin Mu was shocked and dizzy. He held his forehead and said to Mr. Ma: "Master Ma, I can't understand it at all. I don't have the wisdom, so I won't come to listen to the lecture."
Mr. Ma smiled and said: "When I was as old as Zhan Kong, I never had such attainments. Since you are confused, let's go out of the temple for a walk."
Qin Mu felt relieved.
The two walked out of the temple. Ma Ye breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Mu'er, I am the Buddha now, and I have walked farther and farther with you. Putting on my cassock and sitting on the Buddha's throne, I am no longer the same Ma Ye I used to be.
In my eyes, you are just a living being. But when I step down from the Buddha's throne and take off those clothes, I am the Ma Ye of our disabled old village, Ma Shenquan, and you are the child I watched grow up."
Qin Mu suddenly hugged him tightly.
Mr. Ma was startled, then smiled and patted his back, saying: "Zhan Kong is a quick learner, and Mingxin is also a good boy. It will be the two of them who will inherit the mantle of Great Leiyin Temple in the future. By then, I
If it were not Tathagata, I would return to the Village of the Disabled Old Man, and I would still talk, laugh, and eat wine and meat with you."
Qin Mu asked: "Why are the Buddhas in the twenty heavens unwilling to teach the Dharma or to help in the lower realms? Did Master Ma ask the reason?"
"I asked. A Buddha told me that the reason why Daleiyin Temple has been preserved in the disasters of the past is because if you don't ask, it will not be preserved. They told me not to ask."
Mr. Ma sighed and said: "This time I used the trick that the mute taught me. The mute told me to order the monks to recite the Buddha's name and make them quiet. Only when they can't stand the noise will they talk to you.
.If we can win this debate, the Buddhas in the twenty heavens will grant three places to enter the Buddhist world to study. However, they still will not let people from the Buddha world go down to the next world to help. I thought about it carefully, and there are three places.
No matter what, it’s better than nothing.”
At this moment, suddenly there was an uproar in the temple, and the cheers of the monks were heard. Qin Mu and Ma Ye looked at each other, and hurriedly turned back and rushed into the temple. They saw the monks throwing the magic ape high and catching it.
, throw it up again!
"We win, we win!" The monks cheered.
Note ①: These debate questions come from the Thirty-six Couples of the Sixth Patriarch of Buddhism, Hui Neng. Friends who are interested can search for them. "The Jingwei of the Supreme Emptiness, the Being" is also from Huineng's "The Jingwei of the Supreme Emptiness, the Being", and they are all based on Buddhism.
The debate topic has a very high artistic conception.